Douglas Clegg became one of my favorite authors after I read his first e-serial novel, Naomi, in 1999. Since then, I have read several of his books that centered on a haunted mansion called Harrow. Isis is a prequel to his earlier novels, told in the first person POV of Iris Villiers, a girl who [...] Read more »
How to Draw a Basic Mind Map of Your Characters
Knowing the Basics About My Characters Before I start writing my stories, I have to know the basic attributes of my characters: Who are they? Where did they come from? What event brought them into this story? What are their attitudes and why? How will they solve the problem in this story? Will they grow [...] Read more »
Writing Progress: Back to the Drawing Board
After careful consideration, I’ve decided to scrap the draft of Shades of Evil that I’ve been working on. I made the same mistake that I did with Prosperity by crowding the plot with too many characters. There are also some inconsistencies that I felt needed attention before I can continue. Yesterday, I spent the better [...] Read more »
Flash Fiction: Secrets From the Other Side
I came to bury one father and found out I had two. One is confirmed dead, and the other is presumed dead by a family I never knew. Both called themselves Bob. Though they looked identical, the subtleties were there. I thought I was the only one who knew, but I was wrong. I was [...] Read more »
Review: Death of a Ghost Hunter
In 2002, renowned Ghost Hunter , Carter Simms, was offered $5,000 to conduct a 3-day and 3-nihgt paranormal investigation of the infamous Masterson House . Twenty years earlier, Minister Joseph Masterson and his family were brutally murdered inside their home. With the aid of a videographer, a reporter, and spiritual advocate, Carter set out to [...] Read more »
Halloween 2008
This picture says it all about our economic state, doesn’t it? Share and Enjoy Read more »
Prosperity Listed on Amazon
When I wrote yesterday’s post, I honestly didn’t expect to see my book listed on Amazon before the month was up. Imagine my surprise when I found it up early this morning. There is no synopsis, and Amazon is listing it as temporarily unavailable. A year and a half ago, I had no problem uploading [...] Read more »
Virtual Blog Tour – Days 1 and 2
Day One begins this tour at Rose Marie Wolf’s author blog, where I’ve written a guest post about how I came up for the idea for Prosperity. Writing Prosperity 1998 The idea for novel came to me as a “mind movie” of a woman who was standing on a small island in the middle of [...] Read more »
Review: Ju-on (The Grudge)
I’ve never watched an entire film with subtitles before and have to admit that it felt strange at first. The storyline was very similar to the American remake, but I found that I enjoyed the Japanese version better because it focused more on the psychological horror rather than the gore aspect. The only thing that [...] Read more »
The Paranormal Craze
While looking for something to write for Supernatural, I found the mention of another paranormal TV show called The Meant to Be’s, which sounds very similar to Michael Landon’s Highway to Heaven. I don’t know the details of when it’s supposed to premiere. Ghosts seem to be the latest fad on television, next to reality [...] Read more »
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