Here there be dragons . . . and vampires.

February 22

The Yattering and Jack
Monsters Blog # 6  (Updated) Oh, this poor creature.  And that stupid jerk knows! This story is so, so different from the last story we read by Clive Barker–Rawhead Rex.  This story is  . . . tragically comical.  The Yattering is a lesser demon charge with the task of tormenting and creating madness in a [...]

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February 15

30 Days of Night
Monsters blog #5 I remember when the movie came out, and I saw pieces of it, and I have heard of this graphic novel before this, but let me just say that when I saw the introduction from Mr. Clive Barker on the first page, I decided to alter my expectations.  (After seeing what Barker [...]

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February 08

Rawhead Rex
So, this story is my introduction to Clive Barker, whose name I have heard thrown around ever since I entered the professional writing community.  And I must say, I like. Down to this particular story.  I love the beginning.  I love the idea of the invasion of the tourists!  Run and hide!  As a native [...]

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February 02

Breeding Ground
Monsters blog #3 From page 105 to 106 of the kindle version, it made reference to Doctor Who. That was my favorite part. But now to the important stuff. I’m going to keep my comments mostly to my thoughts about the “monster” of this book as its own entity, mostly because I don’t generally believe [...]

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January 29

Cover Art!
It’s finally here!  And I am so excited to show it to everyone.  ^_^ Eternal Shadows, to be released February 14th (ebook).  (Print will follow soon after) And here’s the back cover, blurb and all!

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January 22

The Funeral
The second of my Monsters blogs… OMG.  (Yes, omg)  I loved this story. Loved it.  It was freaking awesome.  A fantastic surprise.  One of the most fun things I’ve read in a long time.  Richard Matheson won my love here.  After reading I Am Legend–which had its good points, I’m not saying that it didn’t–I [...]

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January 18

I Am Legend
And this would be the first of my Monsters blogs.  ^_^ Firstly, I have to admit my initial surprise with reading this book.  With the movie a few years back, and all the talk, and trailers, etc, I had been under the impression that this was a zombie apocalypse novel–wrong. This is a vampire apocalypse [...]

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A Quick Note
So, since I’ve gone back to school to get my MFA in writing popular fiction, I have homework.  ^_^  Part of that involves keeping a blog about the books I read for class.  So, for the next few months, there will be weekly blog posts about different novels dealing with different types of monsters.  Most [...]

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December 15

Merry Christmas to Me!
Okay, so from here on out, I promise to be better about this blogging thing.  Mainly because . . . I have a novel coming out!!!  ::dance dance dance:: My Young Adult novel, ETERNAL SHADOWS, has been accepted by Cool Well Press and is due out February 2012. Edits are in, and so everything is [...]

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May 18

Finally allowed back in . . .
My, my . . . I guess the winter went rather quickly. And I lost my password . . . oops. Anyway, here I am, getting back in the saddle.  ^_^  I don’t have any news to post at the moment, though there is some on the horizon, and some more that is just taunting [...]

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