Month: February 2009

Taken Yes, it is a formulaic action thriller the likes of James Bond and Jason Bourne, but it's cool to see Liam Neeson (Byran Mills) in a role like this. Besides, who doesn't like James Bond and Jason Bourne flicks? Mills is an ex-government operative who retired to be near his seventeen-year-old daughter Kim (Maggie… Continue reading Film: Taken

If you don't know by now, Amazon.com is having their second Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award contest, which opened to submissions on February 2nd and will only take submissions until February 8th or until they reach 10,000 entries, whichever comes first. That's a lot of novels! Holy crap! And you'd better have a good pitch, too,… Continue reading The ABNA Contest

This is my first attempt at actually writing a "pitch":Armen Leza does not recall exactly how she became human when she fell from Hell, much as she did not understand her sins when they cast her into the Darkness after falling from Heaven. All she did was give birth to a Nephilim, and in her… Continue reading Dusk of Death Pitch

Found this article by way of Twitter (someone I follow--thanks S.M. Duke--check out his blog to the left) and felt it important to post not only because a friend of mine has Multiple Sclerosis, but because I am a supporter of stem cell research and all it's wonderful possibilities. Didn't I say in a blog… Continue reading Stem Cell Research