One of the new columnists for Book Trailer Showcase is…

Me!

Hey, guys and girls. I’m happy to announce that I’ve been selected to be a horror columnist on Book & Trailer Showcase. Myra Nour first approached me a few days ago, inquiring if I’d be interested in a position as a horror columnist. Naturally I said, “Yes!” The catch though was for me to submit two works from a published blog. I’ve done a few of those, but the hard part was picking which one. All the blogs I’ve appeared on are pretty outstanding, but I was able to choose. I submitted my examples and Myra loved them enough to welcome me aboard. Outstanding, right?

Now, when you go to her site, don’t freak out. You’re at the right page and yes, it’s all romance at first sight. Myra is a published romance author and a lover of horror that happens to be branching out to include horror in the Showcase as well. If you dig hard enough, you might find me lurking around thereabouts.

My first article will be appearing at the first of April. I’m keeping my fingers crossed that I can do Myra and BTS proud as well as amuse and/or entertain you, the reader.

For my horror writing mates out there, Myra’s on the lookout for you so let this be your official invitation to join up. She offers a great variety of advertising options for first time and seasoned authors at outstanding rates. Even if you aren’t committed to going that route, take the time anyway to look around.

Wow. That reads like a sales pitch. Normally I hate salesman and sales pitches for no other reason than their annoyances make them taste like bad Sloppy Joe.

So with all that aside, do us both a favor and check her out. If you like what you see, contact Myra and let her know I sent you.

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Werewolf Con 2012

This is what Epic looks like.

Hey guys. I wanted to take a moment and talk about Werewolf Con 2012, which is taking place at the Midway Convention Center in Columbia, MO May 4 to 6.

I’m locked in for attendance and it goes without saying that I’m fairly motivated about this. It has the makings of being the biggest gathering of werewolf lovers in North America.

Here’s a sample of who’s on the list to show up:

Ahi Leman – First Jason – Burlesque Rock Show
http://firstjason.com/
firstjason@firstjason.com

Karina Koji – Burlesque Troup FyreFae Productions – Burlesque Rock Show
https://www.facebook.com/FyreFaeProductions
karina.koji@gmail.com

Werewolf Ball
Decadent Nation (Represents all Werewolf Ball Bands)
http://decadentnation.com/
colinlavaute@gmail.com

Special Guest and Vendor
David Gallaher
david.gallaher@gmail.com

Special Guest and Vendor
Steve Ellis
http://www.wix.com/ste527/hypersteve
steve@hypersteve.com

Even with all that goodness, WWC still needs sponsors and vendors. If you’re a horror publisher, big or small, or a werewolf author then I urge you to sign up with this event. I know this sounds cheesy as hell, but this is our chance to be a part of greatness.

Won’t you please help? If you don’t, the lycans will be very sad and we all know what a depressed werewolf can do. They do like to eat when they become depressed.

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Romance and a little loving – undead style

Awww. Isn't that just the sweetest thing?

I wasn’t going to post anything for Valentine’s Day, but Tabitha urged me to do something so here it is. I’m posting the sex scene from Memoirs of the Walking Dead. Hey, sex is romantic when it’s with that special someone and nothing beats… well, use your imagination.

The scene takes place after Paul and Tracey take shelter from a human offensive on their city. What follows has captured the imaginations of many with a few being reacquainted with meals enjoyed earlier in the day.

Enjoy and Happy Valentine’s Day everyone!

Dear God she is so sexy when she’s angry. I loved watching her jaw work through that wound in her cheek.

I can’t imagine what Candy orCharlottethought about all of that. I know Candy hid behind a rack of Garands and I wasn’t sure ofCharlotte’s whereabouts. It’s hard to tell with that cat.

She charged across the room at me. I braced for impact and next thing I know we were kissing with such passion that it curled my toenails. That’s my metaphor and I’m sticking to it.

“I want you, Paul,” she said. The statement blindsided me. So did the smell of her perfume, the taste of her lips -although dry, they were kind of soft- was more than enough to push me to her way of thinking.

“I want you more than anything,” I moaned, fumbling with her dress like a high school freshman. I was never graceful in the bedroom. If you’re looking for some kind of suave, charming or ballet like in its movements then I urge you to pick up one of those harlequin novels. You won’t find anything like that here.

I ended up pulling her dress down. It wasn’t pulled down so much as being ripped away. She, in turn, ended up twisting my left arm to the rear trying to get my shirt off. It was obvious that it was either a long dry spell for her as well, or she was just as clumsy.

Moving to a cot was an adventure in itself. I stomped on her ankle, before she threw me onto a military bunk bed. My head hit the headboard railing, giving me what would’ve been a concussion. Luckily, all I got was a ringing in the ears. She jumped on me, kneeing me in the groan before falling off the bed. Somehow I got my right arm caught in the vertical rails of the headboard too. Can you say awkward?

I’m not going to get into great details, (Writer’s horror: Thank God. I don’t think I could stomach undead loving) but it was memorable in its bizarreness. Undead woman, like undead men have a finite amount of, for lack of a better way to say it, joy fluids. We can still feel, hate or love sex, but our bodies can’t produce new fluids. Pretty apparent, I know, and not much of a shock. Don’t judge us. It’s not necrophilia if both parties involved are undead.

(Writer’s continuing horror: Oh dear God! He’s still talking about it! Gag me, shoot me, do something!)

She was a little on the dry side at first, but that problem was solved as the act went on. Don’t give me that gross look or say, “that’s disgusting”. Have you ever seen yourself have sex? Yeah, I’m pretty sure it’s bizarre in its own way, too.

We made love (Again: I really don’t want to hear this let alone type it for you nice folks) and rested in the short military bed. Rested is an understatement; we fell asleep. I dreamed of days best left behind, my life was more like a nightmare really, as Tracey lay beside me. It was the closest to heaven I’d ever felt. Somewhere, Hey, Soul Sister played on for her.

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Bloody Hearts Blog Hop 2012

Woof. What a busy week for me. Between taking Emily to hearing tests, eye exams and speech therapy, I’m also editing Dog World and Memoirs of the Walking Dead while writing a colum for Book & Trailer Showcase and participating in the Bloody Hearts Blog Hop 2012. It goes with out saying that all of that is a good way to lose sleep and weight.

The blog hop is being run by Vamplit Publishing which is the home away from home for many great authors such as T.K. Millin and that charming feline of the night, Efi Loo.

I am Efi Loo and I'm coming for you next.

It doesn’t take much to be a part of it, though you must follow the rules. Here they are, courtesy of the BHBH itself.

My heart for you!

Staying home on Valentine’s Day and need something to do? Love horror? Then why not browse our blog hop February 13th and 14th?

How to Join

BLOGGERS: We are seeking bloggers who love horror and have something horror related to share on Valentine’s Day including: books, movies, artwork/prints, music, games, toys, collectibles, etc.

  • Enter your blog in our hop using the link above or CLICK HERE. Note that we are not using Linky Tools so we can better control and format the blog list.
  • Grab a badge to the right and put it on your blog in one of the columns. Make sure the badge links back to this page.
  • Join us on facebook and/or Google+for up to date news and events related to the blog hop.
  • On February 13th, publish a post with your giveaway and the rules. We suggest you include another Bloody Hearts badge in your post so participants won’t have trouble finding your post.
  • Choose and announce your winner(s) on February 15th and deliver the prize.

BLOG HOP PARTICIPANTS: The blog hop starts February 13th and runs through the 14th. Visit links under the category of your choice below and follow the contest/giveaway rules on each blog.

My contest is short, sweet and to the point. I want to hear your romantic story about how you wooed your significant other into putting up with you for all eternity. What was that one moment in time in which they agreed to be yours forever!

The judge will be my lovely wife Tabitha, simply because she needs more on her busy plate and is the chairwoman of the Romantic Hearts Synidcate.

The winner will receive an advance PDF copy of my soon to be released short story collection,  Hell is What You Make of It. The winner will be announced on the 15th.

So there you have it, lads and lasses. Let me hear you soppy stories. The truth is, I’m a romantic at heart.

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I’ve been interviewed by Zombie Zone News! Cool, huh?

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Well, Zombie Zone News must really like me. I’ve been very fortunate to be interviewed by ZZN’s leading brain picker, Wednesday Lee Friday.

Wednesday picked my brains in ways that no one ever has and just between you and I, I loved it. She asked questions like whether the undead would be pissed by my making light of them and what makes me an authority on zombies. I’m not an authority on the undead, but I was an office drone for the better part of 15 years, which is the same.

Do us all a favor and jump on over to Zombie Zone News and take a read of the interview.

Also, for today, pick up your free Kindle copy of Memoirs of the Walking Dead. It’s free until midnight Pacific Standard time!

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Always late, or more appropriately “where have you been, Jason?”

 

This is me for the past two weeks

Have you ever had one of those months in which joining a society of sworn to silence monks or a nunnery has ever appealed to you? That’s the way it’s been here.

At the end of last year our transmission started slipping in second gear. As a one vehicle family with limited funds this posed a great problem for us. We decided to hold off on repairs until we could get the cash together. A week after that, we developed a severe oil leak. When it rains, it pours.

Next was the issue of giving Dog World another once over to make it more appealing to the world. I got halfway through before receiving an email that Amazon was holding its annual Breakthrough Novel contest. Dog World was too large so Memoirs of the Walking Dead would have to do. I had 12 days to get it done and that didn’t seem to be an issue. ”Didn’t seem to be an issue” and a confirmation of “not being an issue” is two different things.

It became an issue when things began to pop up, adding unwanted stress and aggrivation into the equation.

We’d gathered the funds to have the car problems addressed while re-proofing Memoirs proceeded along nicely. I was 60 pages along when the transmission shop called two days after dropping the car off to let me know that it would be ready by the end of their business day. I thought, “Great!” What wasn’t great was not getting the call and visiting the closed shop to find it still on the rack and in pieces. I was fit to kill.

Needless to say, the vehicle was in the shop for a week and that left us with trying to find transportation to Emily’s speech therapy. Emily has Phonological Dyslexia and her therapy is extremely important and 20 miles away. Family outings could be postponed but not therapy. Never therapy. What happened next was borrowing vehicles from family members that were worried more about you scratching the paint than Emily getting the help she needs. Welcome, stress! Where the hell have you been?

 In that time, I was concerned about things that a lot of us take for granted if you own a vehicle. It added stress to Tabitha as well. Her stress amplified my stress and we had a huge stress circle. Ain’t life grand?

The added stress of relying on family for rides and loaners has affect everything from the quality of Emily’s at home therapy, to cooking dinner (who knew that beef stroganoff could start a war), to writing, to tweeting. I say again, ain’t life grand?

As I write this, I had our vehicle for 36 hours before driving it to our mechanic to get that oil leak repaired. It’s a little costly in the way of money we really don’t have, but it’s getting done. I miss having nothing more to worry about than writing, grocery shopping and taking Emily to therapy. Hopefully, keep your fingers crossed, that once we get the vehicle back we’ll have normalcy in our lives again.

Just thought I would post and let you, my loyal reader, know that I’m not dead and will continue to annoy the world and those around me.

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The effects of freezing on the undead. A human and zombie perspective

Recently I was approached by the lord of the undead, Steve Da Zombie from Zombie Zone News, to give my two cents to a recent question concerning the effect of freezing on zeds. The question was posed by zombie fan, Nyky Payment and no question could have been more relevant to human safety.

What resulted was a forum, for lack of a better description, featuring myself and J.D. McGhoul, author of The Brain Eaters Bible and noted member of the living dead, as well as

Knowledgeable and handsome ghouls

Dr. Steven Schlozman, author of Zombie Autopsies and assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard University, and Roger Ma, author of The Zombie Combat Manual and Team Chief for one of New York City’s Community Emergency Response Team.

The good doctor and friends

This is what a prepared zombie killer looks like

Everyone’s conclusions seem to say the same thing. Believe me when I say it would be in your best interest to check out part 1, part 2, and part 3 for all the undead details. Until next time my living peeps, stay delicious!

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