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Movie Review - FIFTY SHADES FREED

4/25/2019

I just finished watching FIFTY SHADES FREED and I've decided not to review it, because it wasn't any better than the other movies. The plot was iffy, it was all about sex (duh), and the "thriller" aspect was so, so, so very dumb. I mean *and here is where I insert spoilers* this entire thing was about revenge because the wrong kid got adopted and another kid got adopted. I mean, does this happen? Do kids look up their foster siblings when they grow up? Do they get jealous of ones who are adopted into wealthier families? I don't know, I didn't think the reason behind the suspense was realistic. Plus, again there was no chemistry between the two main characters.

So instead of reviewing the movie I decided to talk about what I am doing.

I am going to be at the Hanover Book Festival in Mechanicsville, VA. I will be selling books and bookmarks! So come and join. The festival is this Saturday, the 27th, from 10am-2pm!

And next Saturday, May 4th, I will be selling at a comic festival held at the Howell Library: 806 Lyons Boulevard
Fredericksburg VA 22406.

This event is from 1-4pm, and I will have my books and bookmarks there as well!

Some and see me. I love talking to horror and pop culture fans! Plus, we can talk about the awesome new things I have in development!

NaNoWriMo

11/24/2017

I've done it. Yesterday I finished the contest for the month for NaNoWriMo at 50,334, but this doesn't mean I am done writing. I feel both good and bad about it. Why? Let me tell you.

I have been working on a new project this month. It has been wonderful since it has also been a while since I've written, really written. This idea came to me in the form of a book title, and then the first chapter, and then it kept going. I've gotten a little sidetracked in it and it will need some major work, but at least it is something, and it might even, eventually, be something good. It feels good to have written, and most days I actually got 2,000 words, which means it isn't impossible. The problem, or at least what I tell myself is a problem, is that I am also an English Professor, and I often have 2-4 classes of papers I have to grade, and I have to do it in a timely manner. Do you know how hard it is to write and grade papers at the same time? Well, for me it isn't easy because I get so stuck in the editing of everything and making sure my grammar is correct that I don't know what to do.

But, I can do it, if I space things out properly and don't have to grade all of the papers from all of the classes in one week, which I have planned for better this next semester. So I am planning, after this weekend because I need a break from thinking so I can read for a minute, to write every day like I have been, and my continued goal is to write at least 2,000 words, which is not impossible.

I feel bad because I shouldn't have been working on something new when I have the last installment of my zombie series to complete. I know, sometimes as a write you can't help but get sidetracked by an idea, but I have been, and it hurts because I really do want to get this zombie novel out of me, and round out the series. I know where it is going, but I've been having problems getting there, partly because one of my characters is refusing to die, and I need them dead. Now, there is a flip side and a good part! I know I can keep writing, so next week I will be working on both books, it might be one thousand words in one and on thousand in the other, but I can do it. I look forward to doing it.

My new novel might be crap now, and honestly it probably is, I mean no one writes a great novel in the first draft, no matter what they say. There is always editing, and cutting and refurbishing, and if they tell you any different they are entirely full of themselves. Even the greats don't have a perfect first draft, and they are honest about it. I'll keep plugging away, and we will see where it gets me, and we will see if you out there in internet land even likes it, or me!

Coming Up!

5/17/2017

In ten days, just one day before the day of my birth, on the 27th day of this month I will be participating in a literary event.

ALCPL- Catfish Literary Festival
Date: Saturday, May 27, 2017
Description: The Athens-Limestone Public Library presents its 3rd Annual Catfish Literary Festival. You can catch a good story through author talks, book signings and panel discussions on Saturday, May 27 from 10 AM to 3 PM. This celebration of books and authors is open to the public. Information at http://www.alcpl.org/

Come visit me! Come visit other awesome authors! Get lots and lots and lots of books! And maybe discover a brand new author!

Stupid December

12/8/2016

I haven't been on here a while, and the reason why is not a great one. I'd like to say how much I hate December, as things always seem to go wrong. It isn't Christmas, although it is absolutely not my favorite holiday, it is really the entire month of December.

I have been sick, and have really only been feeling well for the last couple of days, so I started the month sick. It was a sinus infection. I don't know how the rest of you handle sinus infections, but for me, it makes me feel like I can't think in a straight line. So I really haven't done much of anything. Now I am starting to feel better, or so I thought, but today I awoke with a headache and a very stuffy nose so I am hoping it is just the cold weather. Taking meds and drinking hot tea is very helpful so I am very excited to be healthy.

Another issue, and I have been dreading announcing this, is that I have lost a lot of what I have written on book 4, ZOMBIMERICA. Something got on my computer and I lost a lot of the new stuff I had written, and two stories. I have no idea what happened, but something ate through my computer and ate not only these things but several pictures, and one cover I had been working on for a short story I had just finished. I am pretty sure it had something to do with me trying to add iTunes back onto my computer. For some reason iTunes has failed and I cannot put it back on without crashing my computer. This was my third attempt to add iTunes back on my computer, and since I have lost so much I don't think I will be trying again. The bad part isn't the photos, I can scan them again, and it isn't the short stories since I had printed them out to edit them and take them to my writing group for critique, no it was the work on book 4 that has been troubling me. I usually write things longhand then type it up, but lately (in the past few months) I have just been typing things up. I haven't been printing it yet, nor have I been backing anything up because I usually wait until I have so much done before I do any of that.

To say the least this is a setback of epic proportions for an author. Whenever you lose something that you have put your heart and soul into it rips a piece of you out, not only because I am disappointed in myself, but I am also disappointed for my fans who have been waiting for the release of book 4. Hopefully this is just a setback and not a break, and in the next month I plan to work dutifully on book 4, ZOMBIMERICA, so that, if nothing else, I can recoup my losses.

These are not the only things that have made December unplesant for me, but these are the things that affect you, my fans and readers, so I needed to be upfront and let everyone know what was going on.

Now Out!

10/24/2016

Now out, DON'T BURY YOUR DEAD, a short zombie story involving a minor character in book 3 ZOMBIE WASTELAND. It is currently available on Smashwords and Amazon, but will be available soon on all other ebook sites. I enjoyed writing it very much and hope you out there in internetland enjoy reading it just as much. Now I will go back to working on the final book in my series, ZOMBIMERICA. Since NaNoWriMo is next month, it will be the only thing I am working on. I hope to have it written by the end of next month, and hopefully it will be out by the end of the year next year.

On another note, here are some horror movies you can skip watching: STARRY EYES, LET US PREY, ARCHIVO 253, and MOST LIKELY TO DIE. Been watching a ton of bad horror movies, I think it's all that it out there anymore.

Upcoming Event and News

10/20/2016

This weekend I will be at Rocket City Nerdcon signing books and selling bookmarks. I will have a limited supply of my first book ZOMBIES ARE PEOPLE TOO, so come early and come fast. I am always happy to meet my fans!

Here is the link to buy tickets:
https://hmcpl.org/rocketcitynerdcon

And now for other news! I am releasing a short story tomorrow for free. This story involves a minor character from book three ZOMBIE WASTELAND. The title of my story is DON'T BURY YOUR DEAD, and is a zombie story from a zombies point of view. I am very excited to release it before Nerdcon, and before the start of NaNoWriMo next month. All next month I will be working on my last book, ZOMBIMERICA, and hopefully I can get through this halfway point and have it for you all late next year.

Lastly, I have a question. I want to know what scares you? Once I finish with my zombie series I am not sure I will be continuing to work in the zombie genre, so I want to know what scares you? What gives you chills just to think about? What makes you shiver when you are walking to your car in the dark of night? What wakes you sweaty and shaking from a deep sleep when you are at home alone at night?

Author event this weekend

9/8/2016

This Saturday, September 10, several authors will be participating in an author's expo in Huntsville, Alabama. I will be one of them.

If you want to come meet me, talk zombies and/or horror, buy a book or two and explore works by other authors come on by. The event is free to attend, and you get the chance to meet and talk with authors, and you can get some signed books to show off to your friends or give as a Christmas gift (winter is coming).

The website is https://www.evensi.us/southern-authors-expo-downtown-huntsville-library/180670978

Hope to see you this weekend! I love meeting fans and readers alike!

Updates

8/31/2016

I hope soon I will have a story out for all of you zombie readers. I have been working on the cover and so far it hasn't looked quite right to me.

I have been slowly working on the final book in my series ZOMBIMERICA. I am having trouble with one of the characters, who has suddenly decided they don't want to die in the way I had planned so I have had to rewrite a bunch.

September 10th I have an event coming up where I will be signing books, and I am looking forward to it. The event is the Southern Authors Expo. And here is the link if you are interested in going https://hmcpl.org/sae

There will be a lot of authors in attendance, so I am sure there will be several genres there for all of you who like a wide variety to read.

So excited to be working! It means I am past the worst of the writer's block, yay!

Zombie Story

7/11/2016

I just finished my first round of edit on a new zombie story which will be released at the end of this month. It goes between the third book, ZOMBIE WASTELAND and the fourth book, ZOMBIMERICA. I am not yet sure what I will call it, but the main characters are the zombies. If anyone has any suggestion I am open and if I use your title I will of course give you credit, so blow me away!

I have some titles in mind, but nothing seems to work. So I am asking you, my internet beauties to help an author out. If I don't use any of your suggestions for this story, I will keep a file of them in case they work for a future story...or even a future book.

On another note, I am continuing to work on book four. I apologize for not updating the playlists every day but I haven't always been able to write them down as I have been distracted by actually writing. I will try to have some in the next week or two, because I feel that if I share them with you I am inviting you to be a part of the writing process with me.

Zombies

6/28/2016

When writing from a zombies point of view what would you listen to dear internet reader? Today this was just the question, what do I listen to when writing from a ten year old zombies point of view, and yes, she is much wider than most living ten year old's.

This is what happened when I let her choose my music:

Mother by Danzig
Blood Pressure by Mutemath
Cry Little Sister by G Tom
Ladies of the World by Flight of the Concords
Cradle of Love by Billy Idol
Dragula by Rob Zombie
Fuck You by Cee Lo Green
Back to Black by Amy Winehouse
They Won't Go When I Go by George Michael
Dirty Paws by Of Monsters and Men
Chop Suey by System of a Down
Left Hand Free by alt-J
The Nights by Avicli
In The Air Tonight by Phil Collins
Far From Any Road by The Handsome Family

Then I lost my train of thought so only 1640 words down today, but again that is better than zero. So I am on my way to getting book 4 ZOMBIMERICA done. I'm working on the free story that goes between books 3 and 4, which is good for you out there in internet-land. Plus, in September and October I have evens in Huntsville, Alabama where I will be selling myself, signing books, and basically pimping zombies. So look for more information on those events, coming to this blog near you soon.