Archive for February, 2010
A Writer’s Journey: Part 1
Feb 10th
THE FIRST PAYMENT
(originally published; July 18th, 2009)
There comes a time in many a writer’s life when they feel that a debt is owed. For some, that time does not come until late in their careers and for others – like myself – it comes at the start, when you begin to feel the mounting weight of the debt you've already begun to accumulate. Owed in part to those who came before you and might have passed down some advice (through "on writing" books, classes or correspondence) and to those who will come after you. Perhaps I am being presumptuous to More >
Welcome to Slush City
Feb 9th
Hello there. Welcome to Slush: Confessions of a Word Wrangler—your personal peephole into the dark and forbidding world of editing. I’m your tour guide and guilt-riddled confessor, Myrrym. My mission: to pepper you with a combination of practical information and amusing anecdotes as we wander the grimy backstreets of my hometown, Slush City. (more…)
Share and Enjoy:McMonsterBook Channel on YouTube
Feb 7th
Just a quick note to invite folks to visit the McMonsterBook Channel on YouTube — http://www.youtube.com/mcmonsterbook In the Uploads section, be sure to hit See All, and then click on links to watch: The short video, DIVA GUGU, VAMPIRE HUNTER "The Further Adventures of Lizzy Borden" from TWISTED TALES FOR SICK PUPPIES The book trailer for the Michael McCarty vampire novel, LIQUID DIET Two installments of the vampire epic, DR. ACU, L.A. An interview with The Great Sewer Clam, and … The book trailer for RAISING DEMONS FOR FUN & PROFIT Thanks!
Share and Enjoy:A Great Honor
Feb 7th
It is such an honor that my fiction collection, A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FIENDS (Sam's Dot Publishing), and my nonfiction collection, ESOTERIA-LAND (Bear Manor Media), both have made the HWA's Bram Stoker Award PRELIMINARY BALLOT for works published in 2009. The FINAL BALLOT will be announced in a few weeks.
Wish me luck (I'll need it!) ….
Share and Enjoy:Time Machine Of Terror! 1973: An Excellent Year for Devils and Doctors
Feb 3rd
Time Machine Of Terror! 1973: An Excellent Year for Devils and Doctors
by Mark McLaughlin
“Ouch!” said Professor Artemis Theodore LaGungo as he brought a large prehistoric curio down from a shelf in the main display room of his curio shoppe, PROFESSOR LaGUNGO’S EXOTIC ARTIFACTS & ASSORTED MYSTIC COLLECTIBLES. “I think I’ve pulled a muscle in my shoulder!”
“You should’ve let me help you with that Ridiculosaurus skull,” I said. “It looks terribly heavy!”
“It IS terribly heavy!” the wily, wiry old fellow said. “In fact, it’s RIDICULOUSLY heavy! And now I’ve pulled a muscle. But there’s no need to fret. I’m More >
