I want to give you all warning that the price of my novel, The Darkening Dream, is going to rise shortly to $4.99. The hardcover is almost ready and I’m about done with the introductory period. So grab it now!
This new YA time travel novel has a bit of buzz and I read it because of the superficial similarities to my second novel, Untimed. Both are YA time travel, both have a male protagonist but that’s about where it ends.
The The Darkening Dream’s hardcover mechanical came in and I submitted a proof. This is the third version of the book, the e-book and the trade paperback already being for sale.
This is certainly not your everyday read, although it’s certainly a good one. Set in 1861, the protagonist is Sir Richard Francis Burton, the explorer, not the actor. But then enter, among other things, Spring-Heeled Jack, crazy time traveler, and a host of steampunk altered villains including a double-brain grafted Charles Darwin and an Iron Golemized Isambard Kingdom Brunel.
In constructing The Darkening Dream I wanted a meta-story that at the high level, played off conventional tropes. Broadly, a cabal of ancient supernatural beings has sent one of their number to recover an artifact needed to destroy the world. But as preposterous as this scenario is, I also wanted to ground it in real history and legend. Read about how…
She reads minds. He controls minds. Together, they might get out alive.
I’ve official “sold” all 100 tickets in ROUND ONE of the Naughty Dark Contest and randomly selected a winner! Plus, there’s been another special prize winner in the meantime.
HBO has pushed out another “behind the scenes” that features filming in Croatia.
I got the latest proofs back from CreateSpace for my novel, The Darkening Dream, and they are looking great. While there are perhaps a few little tweaks possible to make them perfect, the presses are ready to roll, so I turned it on.
TGWTDT is a peculiar literary and cinematic phenomenon. Wildly successful, it’s not your typical story or route to success. It also proves that some people, at least, still have an attention span.
The “beta” of The Darkening Dream‘s Trade Paperback cover has come in and I submitted another proof. With any luck I might get it on sale next week, the week after for sure. The interior layout has been complete for…
The concept for Sucker Punch, whacked as it is, is actually pretty decent. The movie is also gorgeous and stylized. Yet… it just doesn’t really work at any rational level. Part Kill Bill, part Pan’s Labyrinth, part Inception, part Sin City, part video game cut scene, this film is all CGI glitz and fetishistic style.
This is a very dark road horror movie shot in the days before anything was digital. Still, it’s more watchable even now than many a newer film. It has excellent direction, stylish cinematography by Cameron alum Adam Greenberg and an awesome moody Tangerine Dream score.
I can’t resist a little continued geek out and bringing you a video on the making of Renly Baratheon’s armor for season 2 of Game of Thrones.
The final version of The Darkening Dream cover is finally ready!
The first round of the crazy Naughty Dark Contest already has not one, but two special prize winners! Both winners also wanted signed copies of the original Crash Bandicoot. Thank you!!
The Darkening Dream is now for sale at Barnes and Noble and the Google bookstore.
This disturbing indie crime thriller is about no less a subject then a serial killer with a taste for little girls. Apparently it’s been a runaway best seller in the UK but you’d have to be a total whack-a-doodle like me to even pick up something like this.
This is the kickoff post for my new experimental — and hopefully permanent — giveaway program. Via this contest you, dear reader, will have the opportunity to win signed copies of Crash Bandicoot and Jak & Daxter games as well as my…
Even after the product launch has begun, I’m still tinkering. My current cover now has an awesome image, but the overall effect isn’t quite bookish enough. So in the interest of total transparency I’ll continue to let you in on every intermediate step of the creative process.