Well its time to head off to another science fiction, horror, and fantasy convention. We have a new one for this time of the year-ITSNOTACON…have to love the name, but I have to admit, I didn’t get it at first. I have attended other conventions in Columbus, but it has been quite a while since I have been there. I’m hoping it will be a fun ( Read more... )

Yeah...somehow they got me. I apologize to those who may have received some form of advertisement (on myspace) appearing to be sent from me. I assure you it was not me. I have changed my password so hopefully it should be okay now. If you do receive any form of advertisement, please let me know ( Read more... )

Why don’t I have a book signing in Norfolk, Virginia and then I can meet you all in person? (well at least the local folksJ What a great idea? Well it’s in the works! Discussions are underway with the Barnes and Noble in MacArthur Mall for a May book event to welcome the newest addition to the vampire saga, Operation Save the Innocent. I’ll let you ( Read more... )

What ever happened to role models we wanted to grow up to be like?

I remember quite a few that I aspired to be like and to this day I still look up to them. However today many of the younger generation look to the athletes, musicians, singers, and actors yet many of them cannot keep their noses clean for more than a few ( Read more... )

Read part 1 first!

continued:

THE BETALOID, PRIME Minister Braxen, whom Gil Morris had named, “Mr. B”, impatiently awaited his arrival. He glanced at his time device impatiently. Mr. Morris was thirty minutes late.

The Prime Minister paced the room. “Nothing can go wrong now. We are so close. This is the last piece we need to form the ( Read more... )

With classes at ODU beginning, I haven’t had much time for anything else this week. So with the theme of school and new students in mind, I thought we get a science fiction story up for this week that deals with brains and the abilities that they possess-it just seemed appropriate:) and with all the new students wanting to know just how crazy ( Read more... )

Thanks so much to everyone that came to visit at Creatures and Crooks Bookstore. It was a terrific time and I was sorry to see the afternoon come to an end. I’m already looking forward to the next time we can all get together! This also brings up a good point-what local bookstores/library/bar/coffee shops do you like? If you have a favorite place ( Read more... )

 I've been getting emails from some folks that they can't make the book signing in Richmond on Saturday.

Relax--you can call the bookstore and ask them to keep a copy for you or check you local bookstore. If they don't have it they can order it for you or you can order it yourself from Amazon or Barnes and noble.com.

But if you really wanted the ( Read more... )

I promise I won't give away any spoilers, although by now, probably most of you have seen the movie anyway. But what I recently was surprised to learn was that this was the third time this story was made into a movie. Most old farts like me remember the Charleston Heston movie, Omega Man, so we say okay, its been done twice. Actually this is the ( Read more... )

I have been doing some research on Mars for a new book that I am working on. Specifically, I needed some information on the moons of Mars. I went through book after book in the bookstores without much success. Yeah I know, I probably could have looked it up on the internet but what fun is that? At least if I get to the bookstore I can hang out ( Read more... )