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Free Movie Giveaway – The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey #TheHobbit
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is coming to Blu-Ray & DVD on March 19th. To help celebrate the release, Warner Bros. has graciously gifted me a copy of the movie to give away here at...
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2013 Bloomington Writers Festival and Book Fair
This Saturday, 23 March 2013, myself and many other authors from the Minnesota Speculative Fiction Writers Group are attending the Bloomington Writers Festival and Book Fair. We’ll be celebrating...
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Review of the 2013 Bloomington Writers Festival and Book Fair
Last Saturday I attended the 2013 Bloomington Writers Festival and Book Fair along with fellow Minnesota Speculative Fiction Writers Group members: Terry Faust, Michael Merriam, Jason D Wittman and...
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Monster Movie Review: Mega Python Vs Gatoroid
Someone sold their soul to the Gods of Hipster-Pop-Culture-Soft-Porn to get this movie made. I’ll be honest, even if former-teen-pop-princesses Tiffany and Debbie Gibson weren’t in this movie, I...
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Dark Fiction Review – Goblin Secrets by William Alexander
William Alexander was initially referred to me for a panel on ‘Writing Successful Query Letters.’ I was coordinating the panel for a Minnesota Speculative Fiction Writers Group meetup. A bit of online...
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One Year Lived – Get a Free Signed Copy From Author Adam Shepard!
If anyone ever asked me how I got started writing, I’d tell them, “Well, I had this idea for a story, and I decided to write it.” That first part is easy. The second part, not so much. Lots of people...
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Earth-Friendly Giveaway!
Writing isn’t generally the most “earth-friendly” occupation, I swear I’ve printed out an entire deciduous forest in rough draft manuscript hard copies just so I could burn them. (Trust me, it’s a...
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Glorious is the New Awesome
Cool. Bitchin. Gnarly. Classic. Mint. Def. Sweet. Excellent. Awesome has been around for a long time now. Maybe too long. It’s time for a new adjective. And that adjective is… Glorious I’ll be using...
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Arts of Darkness – The Shadow of Approval Award
Since 2003 I’ve been writing blog-reviews here about dark and beautiful things. I’ve used the category Ubercool to reference arts, artists, events and things that I think are glorious. And I never...
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Dark Fiction Review – Northwoods Deep by Joel Arnold
Review Disclaimer A few disclaimers about this review before I get started: I know Joel Arnold personally. He is a fellow member of the Minnesota Speculative Fiction Writer’s Group. I purchased...
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Voltage 2013
After a hiatus, Voltage: Fashion Amplified returned to First Avenue, Minneapolis. The combo of up-and-coming local bands crossed with up-and-coming local fashion designers was the brainchild of...
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Take Control Of Your Creative-Time With The Power Of ‘No’
Use One Super-Powered Magic Syllable To Control Time Dreamhaven Books in Minneapolis is not a big bookstore. But whenever I’m there, I see dozens of books I want to read. Hundreds. I’m sure Greg, the...
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The Art Of Charitable Interpretation
The Power Of Low Compels You……using a slow, minimalist drone. Low’s Rock the Garden Show A Little Too Low For Some The fans and critics loving/hating on Low’s extended drone interpretation of ‘Do You...
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Neil Gaiman Live!
Neil Gaiman has been a writing inspiration to me for years. But he isn’t just a good writer. He’s smart. He’s humble. He’s well-spoken. He is grateful and respectful to his audience. And he wears...
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Mystery Writers Police Academy – 7 Sept 2013
Four crime scene specialists give authors valuable insider info in this one-day workshop. What do these four people have in common? A Bloomington MN Police officer A Retired FBI agent A Licensed...
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Z.B.C. – Trouble With Green Eyes
What is Z.B.C.? Z.B.C. is an acronym for the musical conspiracy that concocted an electronic-pop-song called Trouble With Green Eyes: The song is “pay what you want” and that includes $0. The license...
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Free Movie Giveaway – Bounty Killer #BountyKillerMovie
Bet you were just thinking to yourself, What the hell is Kristanna Loken up to? After Bloodrayne and Terminator 3, you might have missed her in Painkiller Jane and The Legend of Awesomest Maximus. (No,...
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Estate Planning for Authors and Artists
Don’t let this happen to your book! Make a will for your intellectual property estate. A local Minneapolis artist passed away unexpectedly last week. I’d done some website work for him over the past...
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Dark Fiction Review – Ghoulish Song by William Alexander
Ghoulish Song is a companion book to Goblin Secrets, the national book award winning story by Minnesota author, William Alexander. (Read my review of Goblin Secrets.) This is not a “Part 2″ to Goblin...
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Pacific Rim Blu-Ray Giveaway! #PacificRim
Win a Free Blu-Ray of Pacific Rim! One lucky member of the Cult of Zero will receive a Free Blu-Ray of Pacific Rim! I saw Pacific Rim in the theater, and if you’re a fan of Kaiju movies, you’re going...
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