These entries deal with the craft of writing.
Wednesday, October 27th is the Grand Opening of Captiva Press! The whole gang is going to be celebrating with an all-day party at The Haunt at PNR. The following is from their homepage: “Pull up a chair and enjoy a chat with your favorite authors and publishers of the hot and scary variety. If you … More Big Day Tomorrow!
Shifter Run is the 3rd book in the Shifter Born Series. You can read an excerpt and pick it up at Red Rose Publishing.
BaltiCon 44 starts tomorrow and I’m gathering my goodies. Here’s my schedule, so far. From 11pm to midnight on Friday, I’ll be giving a reading and answering questions. Saturday between 1pm and 2pm, I’ll be moderating an Ice Age panel discussion. Saturday between 5pm and 6pm, I’ll be moderating a panel discussion on What’s Love … More BaltiCon Tomorrow
If you have any interest at all in creating independent video productions, then you need to check out this new group. By independent productions, I mean anything from a simple book trailer to a full-length movie. The Creative Commons Film Group is dedicated to using Free and Open Source tools to help visual artists achieve … More Creative Commons Film Group
Many, many years ago, when I was a kid of about eight or nine, my folks had this old guy over for dinner. They laughed and joked like adults do and, as soon as possible, I escaped to play outside. We had eaten early and it was still light when he came out by himself … More The Dream King
My wife is not a computer geek. Neither is she an engineer, mechanic nor captain of industry. She is however, highly skilled at several crafts that leave me in awe. Her day job is in a fabric and craft store. From experience, she can attest to the fact that the great majority of folks are … More The Price of Experience
Each book trailer I’ve seen so far has three components. There is the visual content, the audio content and some text. The visual components can be either short video clips or still images. The audio can be the spoken word, music or a combination of both. We shall gather all three in this next segment. … More How to Create a Trailer – Part Two
Join us, SUNDAY DECEMBER 27 at 2 pm EST with guest Anthony Stevens for an hour of fun and facts on his latest release. To call in, please dial: (917) 889-3332 Or…join us on the BTR RRA chatroom OR…just listen, but one way or another enjoy the fun. You say you’re busy at that time? Not a … More Blog Talk Radio
My very first video trailer is up and ready for comments and thrown tomatoes. Shifter Born is the first of a series of Urban Fantasy stories and part of it involves a band of young shifters that record their own animal sounds and use that as background music for their CDs. The trailer features the … More Shifter Born Trailer
The last couple of weeks have been hectic around here. Besides rushing like mad to finish the edits on Shifter Born (I’m really proud of it), I attended an intensive computer seminar that was both interesting as well as exhausting. Software Review Yesterday, I put in more than five hours, working on my first trailer. … More Wow! Whatta Ride!
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