Category Archives: Writing

SO YOU WANT TO BE A WRITER?

FIVE THINGS TO ASK YOURSELF BEFORE YOU BEGIN A CAREER AS A WRITER Many people who aren’t writers or who aspire to one day write the “NEXT BEST THING” have absolutely no idea what a writing life entails.  It is because of their skewed and/or misguided ideas on what being a writer is about thatContinue reading “SO YOU WANT TO BE A WRITER?”

FOREST OF SHADOWS FEATURED IN SEVENTH STAR PRESS ANTHOLOGY TITLED THUNDER ON THE BATTLEFIELD

GREETINGS STAUNCH PERUSERS! My latest character creation, Prince Jaziri of Kagiso, makes his debut in my BRAND NEW Sword & Soul short story “Forest of Shadows”! Available now in eBook format from Amazon and Barnes & Noble and by mid-August in Print, as part of the Thunder on the Battlefield: Sword and Thunder on the Battlefield: Sorcery anthologies fromContinue reading “FOREST OF SHADOWS FEATURED IN SEVENTH STAR PRESS ANTHOLOGY TITLED THUNDER ON THE BATTLEFIELD”

PICK UP THE GOD KILLERS TODAY – NOW AVAILABLE ON KINDLE & NOOK!

EXTRA, EXTRA! READ ALL ABOUT IT! My debut Urban Fantasy novel, The God Killers is now available for purchase on the Amazon Kindle and Barnes & Noble Nook! Click the icons below to purchase your copy TODAY!!!          

AN INTERVIEW WITH ERIC GARRISON!

I want to extend a hearty congratulations to my very good friend and fellow Seventh Star Press author, Eric Garrison on his latest novel, FOUR TIL LATE. Eric, as I write this, you’ve gotten your first shipment of print copies of FOUR ‘TIL LATE your novel. I know what a thrill it is to seeContinue reading “AN INTERVIEW WITH ERIC GARRISON!”

InConJunction 2013

MY VERY FIRST EXPERIENCES AS AN AUTHOR AT A CON! Today’s blog post is a recount and sharing of my experiences as an author attending InConJunction 2013! I had the opportunity to share a dealers table with my fellow IHW members and Seventh Star Press authors RJ Sullivan and Eric Garrison, two friends whom IContinue reading “InConJunction 2013”

MAN OF STEEL MOVIE REVIEW

MORE THAT JUST A FRESH COAT OF PAINT ON AN ENDURING CHARACTER!               2013 Warner Bros. Pictures/Legendary Pictures/DC Entertainment Directed by Zack Snyder Produced by Christopher Nolan, Charles Roven, Emma Thomas & Deborah Snyder Screenplay by David S. Goyer Based on “Superman” created by Jerry Siegel and Joe ShusterContinue reading “MAN OF STEEL MOVIE REVIEW”

Author John F. Allen will attend InConJunction 2013, July 5 – 7!

This Friday, July 5th is the start of InConJunction, one of Indianapolis’ longest-running genre cons. It will be held at: Indianapolis Marriott East 7202 East 21st Street · Indianapolis, Indiana 46219 USA This weekend will mark my first appearance at InConJunction as a fan and as an author. I’ll be sharing a table with local authors Eric GarrisonContinue reading “Author John F. Allen will attend InConJunction 2013, July 5 – 7!”

URBAN FANTASY AND PARANORMAL ROMANCE

What’s the difference? If I were asked—as I often am—to name a genre which my forthcoming novel The God Killers fits in, it would be urban Fantasy. I suppose this is mainly because the city in which the protagonist currently resides and the one of her birth, play an integral part in the story andContinue reading “URBAN FANTASY AND PARANORMAL ROMANCE”