It’s time to discuss something that I think we can all relate to in some degree, addiction. Addiction –noun the state of being enslaved to a habit or practice or to something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming, as narcotics, to such an extent that its cessation causes severe trauma. Now, I know that this a taboo topic to some degree, but today I will examine this from what I believe to be a different angle to the norm....

They exist not only in fairy tales, movies, video games, but in everyday life… they are, villains (insert dramatic music here) But what makes a villain, great? This is a question that we as writers may struggle with, as the best “bad guy/girl” is one that in my opinion, is one that we need to be able to relate to on some level. We have to understand them, relate to them. Let us examine this further. On the surface, a villain...

The word “ghost” universally scares most people, and rightly so. As human beings we fear the unknown, or as Iron Maiden very nicely titled their track “Fear of the Dark”, we fear what we cannot see. I remember many years ago (and I mean many… Sadly I’m no spring chicken anymore), I got given a movie at a LAN party entitled “Blair Witch”. At the time, the movie was many months away from release and...

I’d like to begin with a definition straight from the dictionary. Vampire (vam·pire) –noun 1. a preternatural being, commonly believed to be a reanimated corpse, that is said to suck the blood of sleeping persons at night. 2. (in Eastern European folklore) a corpse, animated by an undeparted soul or demon, that periodically leaves the grave and disturbs the living, until it is exhumed and impaled or burned. 3. a person who preys...

I don’t usually write articles about non-fiction books, but in this case… it’s worthy of spreading the word. Let’s take a quick ride in the mad scientist’s DeLorean and jump back into my history, I wrote and later published my first fantasy novel in November 2009. Not a bad feat by any means, but I then continued to attempt to “promote” it online. To give you a bit more of an idea about my skillset, I...

I have found that a lot of Author’s are confused or ill informed of how to make a good website to promote their book, themselves, and moving toward new technologies that embrace socialising. Most of what I have written below is learnings from my skillset, trial and error, feedback, learning from other IT professionals and other authors, and doing a lot of research. “I just want to sell books through my site” – (many...