Most everyone has heard of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and its headless horseman that terrorizes a village. You have probably also heard about the movie and television series, both of which are loosely based on the classic by Washington Irving. First is a review of the book, favorite sentences, and new words learned. After…
Will you dress up like Frankenstein on Frankenstein Friday? Are you brave enough to clean your refrigerator on Haunted Refrigerator Night? How many caramel apples will you eat on National Caramel Apple Day? Will you drive people crazy with your knock-knock jokes on National Knock-Knock Jokes Day? One of your characters could start a new…
From December 18, 1975 to January 14, 1976, the house located at 112 Ocean Avenue in the Amityville Village of Long Island, New York, was occupied by George and Kathleen Lutz along with their children. The story of what they experienced during the twenty-eight days they resided in this house is told in The Amityville…
Does the ghost of a librarian that just couldn’t bear to be parted from her books frequent the library in your hometown? Does she reside there peacefully unless disturbed? Does she react like the ghost librarian from Ghostbusters if you try to talk to her? Or is she more like the ghost librarian at the…
Are you a SLIder? Do you have H.V.S.? In my Sci-Fi series, The Eve Project, Ben Harris is and does. He destroys any unshielded electronics, sets fire to ATMs, coffee machines, and unwittingly sends devastating arcs of electricity to anything metal. He suffers from B.C.E.D. He has spent his entire life trying to hide his…
Have you ever been in a situation where you can trust no one? You can’t even trust what you have seen with your own eyes. Ben has a condition called B.C. E D. or Bio-Chemical Electrical Discharge, and his body emits a form of electrical energy that messes with electrical devices. It’s not like we…
When you think of religious fiction, what authors come to mind? The obvious, of course, are the most famous: Dan Brown. Lynn Austin. Ted Dekker. Anne Rice has even delved into the subject. Over the past decade, religious fiction has become more popular and has steered the literary world into a territory that was seldom…
I was sure I had read every twist possible on the vampire story, but I was wrong. The Vitandi adds another unique and upsetting twist to the vast collection of vampire stories out there. Remember the twelve apostles from the Bible? The apostles and Christ are a huge part of this book. The author does…
Several afternoons a week, I sit at our local coffee shop, sipping a chai, writing, knitting, and watching customers come and go. Though I’m not a stalker or psycho (okay, shut up), I can’t help but eavesdrop on other customers’ conversations if they are close enough and loud enough, because hey, they’re close enough and…
What kind of theme does the author believe Desper Hollow has? Did she have to do any research to write this book? What kind of books does she like to read? What fictional character would she like to have dinner with? What advice does she have for writers? I see Desper Hollow as a story…
