Coming Soon: Teddy Roosevelt and the Lost World

The Year is 1886. Young Theodore Roosevelt finds himself a cattleman in a west once ruled by great herds of dinosaurs. But there is a monster loose in the Yellowstone Caldera,  one of the last of the fearsome carnivores. Teddy mounts an expedition to rid the land of this great beast, and confronts...

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Kill Your Babies: Should I Cut this Prologue Out?

by Lou on November 9, 2011 - 2 comments

Here’s a little scene-setting prologue I’ve been waffling on. Obviously it needs some work ( Ugh. Passive tense. It’s.) but I think it’s just going out the window. It doesn’t do anything in the book at all. If it gets cut, that’s the three out of the first five chapters I’ve cut as throat clearing. The Bull Torosaur trotted along the creek bank and up over the edge to the plains. The wind stung his eyes. He lifted its snout to sniff the …

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Jamie was kicked out of the school’s Costume Contest because the Judges didn’t recognize the character

by Lou on October 30, 2011 - 0 comments
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Bestselling horror Novel “Zone One.” Read the First Chapter Here

by Lou on October 22, 2011 - 0 comments

Recently saw “Zone One” by Colson Whitehead featured on NPR. Thought you might like it. A depopulated Manhattan. And yeah, sure, the central metaphor has been cliche since the original DotD. But a good zombie novel is still a good zombie novel.(Don’t worry, only the cover image is broken- The rest is there. just hit the next arrow.)

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by Lou on August 15, 2011 - 0 comments

Not Really a big fan of “psychology” in writing books. But in The Story Book: A Writer’s Guide to Story Development, Principles, Problem-solving and Marketing David Baboulene does a good job of explaining how subtest works and how to best incorporate multiple layers of meaning into your writing. Here’s the Table of contents and a sample of the first chapter. Pay attention to the charts. I kinda like them.

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Free Chapter of Star Wars, Fate of the Jedi:Ascension

by Lou on August 15, 2011 - 0 comments

From Amazon’s Bestseller list, Here’s the front matter and first chapter of Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi: Ascension:

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Ding Dong the Witch is Dead- Good Riddance to Borders

by Lou on July 28, 2011 - 0 comments

Sorry Borders, you lost me a while ago. When you first opened up in out area, I Loved you. Unlike B&N, you carried small press and specialty Books. I bought my “Letters of H.P.Lovecraft” from you. I discovered Borderlands and Crossroads press. While I browsed the Horror and Sci-Fi sections, My family spent time in the Videos and the well stocked Children’s area. But you began to abuse the relationship. Our two local Indie bookshops closed under pressure from the …

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