Ever since I read Derrick's first book, Dillon and the Voice of Odin, I've been sold on his work. Derrick has a knack for intriguing characters, snappy dialogue, and some of the best action I've had the privilege of reading. Whereas Derrick's Dillon series (as of this writing composed of…
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News on THE MYTH HUNTER
To the left, you'll see the revised cover for The Myth Hunter. This change came about after a friend pointed out that the font I had used for the previous design, which was Papyrus, was a big mistake. You'd think being a guy who cut his teeth in the publishing…
The Green Hornet (2011)
THE GREEN HORNET (2011) Directed by Michel Gondry Written by Seth Green and Evan Goldberg Starring Seth Rogen, Jay Chou, Christoph Waltz and Cameron Diaz Every so often, there comes a movie that raises the bar. That manages to do something really special and is able to speak to people…
Censoring Huck Finn
There's a pretty big furor right now in my homeland (the United States) over censorship of Mark Twain's classic novel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Twain "scholar" (and I use that term very lightly, which I'll get to shortly) Alan Gribben has put out a censored version which replaces the volatile word…
The Write Place
The only thing you really need to write is something to write on and nowadays, technology has made that even easier. These days, you can even do it on your cell phone (although this is definitely not a method I prefer). But all you really need is something to write…
Cover for THE MYTH HUNTER
The Myth Hunter is my fourth novel, the second to be published through Pulpwork Press. The release date hasn't been finalized yet, but it's looking to be sometime in early 2011. Like Love & Bullets, The Myth Hunter is also the beginning of a series of books. This one features…
Tech Tools of the Trade
I'm something of a tech geek. And by that I don't mean I'm some sort of computer genius. Far from it, actually. But there are quite a few programs I like to use in conjunction with my writing. I know some people may be groaning here so allow me to…
Uncompleted Projects
November is National Novel Write Month or NaNoWriMo for short. The goal is to start a book from scratch on November 1st and have it completed by November 30th and the length has to be a minimum of 50,000 words (you can plot in advance but you can't do any…
Writing Update
I've just completed the first draft of Outlaw Blues. This book is the second novel in the Infernum series, which began with Love & Bullets. Outlaw Blues features an Infernum assassin named Carl Flint, who characters may remember made a very, very minor but very significant appearance in Love &…
Dracula Lives!
I'm going to admit something here and now, something which I'm sure my fellow horror fans will probably want to flay me alive for even thinking, let alone giving voice to: I'm not a fan of Bram Stoker's Dracula. I'm not sure what it is, but something about the book…