To break with tradition I’m posting the second part of a short story I’m working on. You can read the first part here: Enjoy. I haven’t done much world building but it’s interesting how the details are just flowing. The characters’ names are set but their race’s name is not. SoulEater is completely unimaginative. I…
Journal writing dug into my soul and pulled out things I never knew about myself. Writing all thoughts, never lifting pen from paper, helped me sort through some emotions. I stopped journaling awhile ago, though, and focused on stories. Writing, no matter the form, is therapy right? The answer isn’t that simple. For me, it…
Paranormal Activity 3 sure knows how to make people jump. As someone who has been reading and writing horror and dark fiction since they were a kid, I will admit- I jumped, a lot. I wouldn’t call it scary but I’m not a good judge of what is or isn’t scary. I did enjoy myself…
I love words. I love experimenting with them. My favorite author is E.A. Poe because he uses familiar words in ways I never thought of. I was blown away by Prince of Thorns because the language was gritty; it had a bite to it- same with Anne Bishop’s The Black Jewels and Ephemera series. I…
While riding through NY, I kept seeing this: I thought, why in the world am I looking at the Umbrella Corporation’s symbol? First, let’s process that I actually knew what this was without hesitation. For those who don’t know, it’s from Resident Evil. I soon realized this symbol was on a Comic Con poster! This…
“It is time for Prince Honorous Jorg Ancrath to return to the castle he turned his back on, to take what’s rightfully his. Since the day he hung pinned on the thorns of a Brair patch and watched Count Renar’s men slaughter his mother and younger brother, Jorg has been driven to vent his rage….
I heard about the Occupy Wall Street Movement but never understood what it was about. So, I decided to see it for myself. I don’t know what I expected but I did not expect to be completely blown away. I knew, in the back of my mind, the protesters were sleeping there but it didn’t…
Real Steel was amazing. People were so into it they clapped and cheered at all the right places. It was very well written. I can’t think of anything I don’t like about it. The writers took a plot that’s been done to death and turned it into something spectacular. Although it was set in the…
This is the first new short story I’ve written in years. I’ve been so focused on polishing my novels, I haven’t worked on any new projects. It’s still a work-in-progress. I don’t even know how it’ll end but I’m having a lot of fun with it! *** Because of the monsters, people no longer stood…
Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple, died yesterday at age 56. I was very late to the Apple party. Until recently, I wanted nothing to do with Macs or iPods or even iPhones. I didn’t understand why people would stand in line for hours just to have the first iPhone (I still don’t actually). I’d used…
