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SPOILERS AHEAD Live Girls is the only novel from my reading list that hasn’t been turned into a movie.  Hollywood, what are you waiting for?  There are enough terrible vampire-stripper movies on Netflix to choke a nosferatu, so it’s about … Continue reading →

SPOILERS AHEAD Carrie is Stephen King’s first published novel, but not the first he wrote.  Counting unpublished work (at the time), it would’ve been his fourth overall.  Those others — what became known as the Bachman books — were trunk … Continue reading →

SPOILERS AHEAD This isn’t my first Jack Ketchum book.  I’ve read Off Season, Right to Life, Red and a couple others, so I know to expect a story from Ketchum that’s gut-wrenching and grim.  The Girl Next Door certainly fits … Continue reading →

After reading about 2,100 pages over the past week, I’m getting my thoughts in order and have started formulating individual reviews.  I don’t use a rating system for books; instead I categorize them by how they made me feel when … Continue reading →

Normally I don’t write book reviews, because they’re as plentiful as weeds and just as useful.  Check out my profile on Goodreads to view the handful of “reviews” I’ve done in the past.  You’ll notice I don’t comment on books … Continue reading →

The Bram Stoker Awards were handed out a couple of weeks back, at the World Horror Convention in New Orleans.  Congratulations to all the winners.  (List taken from SF Signal.)  In addition Robert McCammon and Clive Barker were honored with … Continue reading →

Richard Matheson passed away this week at the age of 87.  Anyone who follows this blog has heard me mention that name many times before, and for good reason.  Matheson was a huge influence on my writing, one of three … Continue reading →

This week Amazon premiered a new feature through its upstart movie studio.  It’s called Amazon Storyteller, and you can read about it here.  Basically it’ll turn any uploaded screenplay into a rough storyboard, which can help both writers and producers in … Continue reading →

Couple of notable items this morning, as a tropical storm sweeps overhead and the rain keeps coming down.  First is an article from i09 about sci-fi writers and their workspaces.  I find it interesting to dissect a writer’s work area and see the actual spot … Continue reading →

Last week Joss Whedon gave the commencement speech at his alma mater, Wesleyan University.  Here’s the complete transcript, full of that trademark Whedon wit and pathos.  He talks about how Baby Boomers broke the world, and implores the next generation to fix it, … Continue reading →