This latest installment not only deals with creating characters, but also explains a bit why I haven’t been making as long an entry as I’d like lately. I hope to do a more proper entry shortly. Thanks…
Originally from Levittown NY, I currently reside somewhere along the coast in California with my wife/co-author Helen.
A lot of my creativity was born from my lifelong love of science fiction and horror. As a child I grew up on the original Dark Shadows, The Twilight Zone, The Outer Limits, Doctor Who (which I still follow) and Anime.
A few of my favorite authors are HP Lovecraft, Jane Austen, Robert Asprin, Jodi Lynn Nye, Stephen King, Richard Matheson, Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Edgar Allan Poe, and so many more.
However, I do not spend all our time sitting behind a desk writing. I like to get out and try new things. We also like to explore new places, sometimes with family or friends. I've gotten plenty of ideas thanks to these adventures. I like to draw from personal experience because I feel it lends a bit of authenticity to a story and its characters. Which is probably why Helen and I still love to attend conventions which involve sci-fi, fantasy, anime, comics, you name it. Yes, we are Geeks and proud of it.
Sorry for the long silence, been busy with college and also doing a major re-write and edit of novel #1. I’ve been using the critique I was given as a guide. I didn’t take every idea on board because I was afraid of losing some of my vision, but I have used a majority of…
“HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL” No updates on Kickstarters, or discount books today gang. Just a few thoughts on this holiday season. This will be our first Christmas without my father-in-law, and I’ll admit a part of me is a bit apprehensive about it. But not all that much really. There is still going…
The first installment of “The Forever Detective” series now available in Trade Paperback and E-Book formats And the review are just starting to come in… 5.0 out of 5 stars “Clever writing without being campy“ “This genre mashup of 1940s detective/vampire novel must have been a challenge for Helen Krummenacker to write, but she pulled it off…
Just wanted to share a few things about my new novel “The Bridge” with all of you. I’ve been getting a lot of questions and I’m hoping to answer most, if not all of them, here. The novel is a strange blend of horror, paranormal mystery, and science fiction set in modern day. I have…
Okay fellow writers, here’s a question for you all. How many of you find yourselves working and reworking a scene because something just isn’t right? In your mind, you know what you’d like to happen, but something just doesn’t seem to be working right. You make a change here, then a slight a tweek there…
NOTE: This review contains spoilers, so read only if you choose to. Ever since the 1956 black and white classic movie “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” was released certain phrases became part of everyday life for most folks. I’ve heard things like: Pod person? Have you checked his/her basement for any giant seed pods? So-and-so is acting…
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You are so right. In my second book I had a fellow who had to have his leg amputated below the knee. He had been a soldier – so now what would he do, how would he cope. It turned out to be one of the stronger elements of the story and he became a central character in the book. He continues as a main character in the third and final volume of the trilogy.
I have had fibro (it’s in remission) so I know what you are going through. I hope you feel better tomorrow.
Thanks Yvonne, I hope so too. And I hope yours stays in Remission a good long time.