Posted in E-Publishing, tagged ebook, fans, launch party, science fiction, The Dead Don't Cry, The Shannon Rose, Woodbridge on October 27, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I am proud to announce The Dead Don’t Cry’s Official Launch Party!
We will be hosting the Event at The Shannon Rose Irish Pub in Woodbridge, New Jersey. Anyone who loves to read is welcome! From fans to industry professionals, we will have a broad spectrum of sci-fi lovers coming together to share their enthusiasm for the genre that dares to imagine the impossible!
For more information, and to sign the guest list, visit us here!
Posted in On Inspiration, On Writing, tagged apple filling, criticism, literary criticism, passion, reviews, risk, The Dead Don't Cry, tough critics on October 22, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Last night I had my surrogate mom (my best friend’s mom…mine passed away years ago…sigh), her mother, and her brother over for dinner (wife’s birthday, Happy Birthday J-Lo!). What started as some simple mass cooking in the morning to carry us through the day quickly turned into my very own little proving grounds (grandma is a notoriously tough critic). With their being Irish and all, I decided on deep fried meat stuffed pastries (empanadas), spanish rice (a reliable hit), and what I like to call “sun-chips,” fried plantains, a potato-like banana sliced and flattened into chips. Grandma enjoyed everything very much, especially the empanadas, but described the chips as bizarre. Not satisfied, I decided to finish the night with a bang: home-made apple pancakes with hot-off-the oven candied raisin/apple/walnut syrup topped with a generous a dollop of freshly whipped cream. Verdict?
THEY LOVED IT!
I took a risk with a tough critic and knocked it out of the park. Woot.
The Dead Don’t Cry is my literary risk. It’s my four year home-made pancake, and I want the toughest critics to give it a taste. Does the time spent on it validate anything? No, because if I really spent that much time cooking a pancake, I’d end up with a charred, disgusting mess. But I believe the passion counts for something. So here’s hoping I find some book starved grandmas out there!
PS. I really should start photographing my culinary concoctions…the attached pic does not do dessert justice.
Posted in My Writing, tagged e-book, ebook, science fiction, The Dead Don't Cry on October 18, 2010 | 4 Comments »
The Dead Don’t Cry is complete!
For those still looking, I’ve been inactive for the last three months. It wasn’t for a lack of enthusiasm, but for a complete lack of time! I don’t know how some of you do it, but I needed to keep my eyes on the prize to see it through. Now that it’s finally done I can begin the next project, and return to the Cafe, with some changes, of course. Gone will be three posts a week, one is much more realistic. I’ll also be abandoning the “In the Biz” feature…although that isn’t exactly written in stone. Hopefully this time I can keep the Cafe going!
In the meantime, The Dead Don’t Cry is ready! Have you seen the cover art??? Sure you have, I’ve attached it to this post:-P
