Been too long, true believers. Been a busy writing fool. I also recently had a great time at the Pacific Northwest Writers Association conference. If you haven’t, do. But I digress. I simply wanted to post a quick blurb for you to stop whatever you are doing, and go read [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Books'
Cronin’s “The Passage” is a must read vampire epic
August 5th, 2010 · No Comments
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Penguin’s vision for books on the iPad
March 4th, 2010 · No Comments
Has Penguin launched the first salvo for an iBook? Someone will come up with a name for publishing house Penguin’s version of books for the new iPad. Certainly a step forward from an e-Book.
I have to admit, it’s pretty intriguing.
Good luck doing that with your Kindle. Can’t wait to see [...]
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New Jane Austen horror novel: ‘Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters’
July 16th, 2009 · No Comments
I’ve been UBER busy working on Les Moribund, so I haven’t posted in way too long. Still, I thought this was interesting. The book trailer for the follow-up to Quirk Books’ best seller, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. In case you haven’t been following, Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters tweaks [...]
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“Ring” author’s new horror story to be printed on toilet paper
May 25th, 2009 · No Comments
Yes, you read that right. Japanese horror author Koji Suzuki is printing his new novella on toilet paper (taking a stab at potty horror, following in the footsteps of Stephen King’s Dreamcatcher).
Suzuki’s new story is aptly titled Drop, and has the evil spirits inhabiting the…toilet. This bit from the Telegraph.co.uk:
(Suzuki’s) latest [...]
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Get a signed copy of Strieber’s “The Hunger”
April 17th, 2009 · No Comments
I’ve been stupid busy with the new manuscript, so I apologize for being absent from the blog for too long. Still, that’s a good thing — seeing how much progress I’ve made over the last two weeks. But enough about my work.
I received an e-mail from one of my many mailing groups, that [...]
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Ron Howard to direct H.P. Lovecraft film?
March 27th, 2009 · No Comments
I guess directing Dan Brown’s Angels and Demons’s did something to the redhead. Now, Variety is reporting that Ron Howard is eying the directing duties for the as-yet unreleased H.P. Lovecraft comic The Strange Adventures of H.P. Lovecraft. Universal and Howard’s Imagine Entertainment have reportedly picked up the film rights to the [...]
Another Horror writer goes Kindle only
March 12th, 2009 · No Comments
Following Stephen King, another Horror writer is skipping print and going Kindle only. At least as a short-story primer for a novel. In a nice bit of promotion, author Tom Upton is releasing a four-story Kindle download for under a buck, as a teaser for his upcoming horror novel. Here’s a bit [...]
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Twitter writer horror list (say that 10 times fast)
March 6th, 2009 · No Comments
If you’re in the mindset to look for some friendly neighborhood horror tweets, then begin by looking no further than this Greententacles.com listing of horror twitters.
The list could save you some time blind searching for horror, fantasy and scif fi twitters. John Joseph Adams is there, Cory Doctorow, as well as [...]
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Star Wars horror novel: “Deathtroopers”
December 22nd, 2008 · No Comments
Joe Schreiber’s upcoming Star Wars horror novel finally has a title: Deathtroopers. The novel happens between A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back. You can read more about the book on Schreiber’s blog. Here’s a quote:
Earlier today, Lucasfilm announced that my forthcoming Star Wars horror novel will be called Deathtroopers, and [...]
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Nothing like a martini to get the night rolling
November 20th, 2008 · No Comments
I’ve been writing too much to post anything recently, but in honor of the new James Bond flick, Quantum of Solace, I thought I’d post the following, straight from the 1953 novel Casino Royale. A few simple lines, very well written, by Ian Fleming (who wrote the short story for which the new movie [...]
