Thanks For Participating!

Okay kiddies, thanks to everyone who participated here. Very entertaining. Anyway, since I'm not giving away anything physical, and since I appreciate your interest, I've decided to just give away coupon codes here for my 2 novellas for everyone if they are interested. Please don't post these everywhere, please. Anyway, coupon code for Dogs of War is FZ76Z and it expires 12/1/11 and the code for King of the Merge is WE84T and that expires 11/9/11. If you decide to download and read either of these stories, I hope you enjoy them. And if you enjoy them, please, write a review at Amazon. I hope everyone had fun hopping around. Thanks.

We had a great time trick-or-treating.  My son was Optimus Prime, my daughter was, as previously noted, a chicken.  She basically ran around all night screaming "Bok bok!"  And now my wife and I get to steal all of the chocolate because both kids are allergic to milk.  

Hope everyone else had a great Halloween.

The 2011 Coffin Hop is Here!

Before I actually write anything, here are the details of the Coffin Hop, though I'm sure that you already know them:


1) HAVE A SPOOKY FUN TIME!

2) INVITE YOUR FRIENDS AND SPREAD THE WORD!

3) THIS TOUR STARTS: Monday, October 24, 2011 at Midnight (PST)
    THIS TOUR ENDS: Monday, October 31, 2011 at Midnight (PST)
    Winners will be drawn and posted November 1, 2011

4) MEET AND MINGLE WITH THE AUTHORS! EXPERIENCE A NEW DESTINATION AT EVERY STOP! PARTICIPATE IN EVERY SITE'S CONTEST AND BE ENTERED FOR CHANCES TO WIN MULTIPLE PRIZES! EVERY BLOG VISITED IS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO WIN!

5) PARTICIPATION AT ALL SITES IS RECOMMENDED, BUT NOT REQUIRED. THE MORE SITES YOU HOP, THE BETTER YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING PRIZES.

6) DID I MENTION TO HAVE A SPOOKY FUN TIME?


And don't forget to return to http://www.coffinhop.blogspot.com/ to visit for participants.


So, us participants were asked to do 2 things:

1. Write a Halloween-related blog and 
2. Give away some prizes.  

First things first, what do I want to say about Halloween.  We'll start with the picture below and go from there.  By the way, I'm the one on the left, the dead guy, not the one with the boobs.  That was... let's see... 16 years ago, back when I was a Freshman in college.  Back when I was young and thin.  Ahh, those were the days.

Fotoshop of the Gods cover

Cover for my 3rd upcoming novella, Fotoshop of the Gods, my homage to King's Wordprocessor of the Gods.  A re-imagining, if you will.

Are my covers professional?  No.  Do I have fun making them?  Yes.  Yes I do.  And I like that all of my covers have a similar theme and setup: one of five black and gray backgrounds, a picture, and the title and my name in the same place and same font.  Because of the similarities, if you see one, you'll instantly recognize the others

New Novella- King of the Merge

My newest endeavor, the 18,000 word King of the Merge, a horror/thriller/ghost story, was published earlier this week.  At it's heart, it's a story about how guilt, real or perceived, can shatter a vulnerable mind.  As you can see, it did very well the first week it was out, almost, almost, cracking the top 20 in horror:

So, thanks to everyone who picked it up, and if you haven't yet, click the link below and it will take you right to the Amazon page.  Only $.99.  What do you have to lose?

Story Behind The Story- Stolen Honor

Was was my motivation behind writing "Stolen Honor"?  Click on over to Darkest Days Publishing and find out!  http://darkestdayspublishing.blogspot.com/2011/08/story-behind-story-stolen-honor.html

The Box by Brian Harmon- A Review

Any time I read a book about a box, or where there is a mystery box involved, I hope that the author is not tyring to recreate or ripoff Clive Barker's Hellraiser mythology.  Thankfully, that is not the case here.  Also, whenever I read a book about a box, I hope that Gwenyth Paltrow's head is not inside.  On second though, I hope it is inside, because that means she will never make another movie again.  (If you do not understand this reference, go see the move Seven.  Now.)  Alas, her head was not inside the box.

But I digress...

I will start off by saying, so there is no confusion, that I enjoyed this book and fully intend on reading the rest of the series.  It is an easy 4 out of 5 stars, and would be 4.5 if that was an option

"Where were you when..."

This is one of my favorite questions: where were you when a certain event happen.  What made me think of this now and want to write a post on it?  Because I live in New Jersey, and last Wednesday all of my patients asked me: where were you when that earthquake hit?  I'm going to tell you, but a little bit later.

In my experience, there are two particular events that I was asked about for weeks afterwards by friends and family, and they both stick in my mind very clearly to this day.