I am penning this article as I have seen some blatantly ridiculous evidence of some indie authors taking something that “inspired” them and turning that inspiration into one of the following categories of books: 1) A “cash in” book on a current trend. ie. The endless vampire teen romance books aimed at targeting Twihards (No offense to Twihards, just an example). This is the least of all evils as although it can be mind...

For anyone who has read my fantasy novels, they know that I like to use the element of fear in certain chapters to set my reader’s nerves off balance. How do I do this? by learning from books I read and movies I watch. What interests me is, what is fear? and what makes something scary? As most of us see movies a lot more than we read books, I will analyse this in movies that you have most likely already seen… but the principals are...

As I am sure you have all heard the news (unless you have been living under a rock, and hey, i’m sure there’s nothing at all wrong with that, but I digress), Steve Jobs recently passed away. Although there are varieties of opinions of the man himself, it is almost staggering to see how much he has achieved. To put it simply, he is a prime example of motivation and inspiration.   If any of you have never seen his speech at...

My fantastic readers! I know it’s been a while since i’ve posted and I have many topics I wish to share. But first, I will share with you a guest blog. On my twitter travels, I happened to meet someone that I found incredibly interesting. His name is “RJ“, and he is an ex Security officer that ran his own security team for Movie sets in Hollywood. He just finished writng his book, “Life After Wrap”, about his...

I have had this experience countless times; A new movie is coming out based on a video game, awesome! I get excited and head to the cinema to see it only to come out wishing that I could ask for a refund of my ticket and 2 odd hours of my life back. If anyone mentions the director’s name “Uwe Boll” in a positive light, they need to get their head read. He has butchered enough video game licenses to be able to open his own...

The world, as we know it, is about to enter the next digital age. Why is this happening, why do I think that? and why am I talking about this? I’m glad you asked. Many people are talking about 2012 as the “end of the world”, but the Mayans actually described it as the “end of an age”, and I believe that the new age will be digital connectivity. Yes, there have been some major changes in the planet, and countless...