Matt Forbeck is a friend and one cool cat. He’s humble, gracious, and an all around great guy. That he’s talented is icing on the cake. I’ve dug his earlier works, such as Carpathia and Amortals, yet I’m particularly intrigued by his latest Kickstarter project, Monster Academy, so wanted to give it a special shout out. You see, he’s slanting his latest trilogy towards the YA audience, but not just the YA audience. Savvy? I recall one or two authors who’ve managed some success with this in the past. Let’s see what Matt has to say about this: Monster Academy is [...]

It’s Friday afternoon right before we leap into the Memorial Day Weekend. Hopefully, you have big plans, schemes, games, and dreams. Who knows? Maybe’ll you fulfill some of them. Me? I’m looking at pretty pictures and may well be doing this throughout the weekend. Though, as you know, I am oft quoted as saying CONTENT IS KING1 Art is essential and has its place within a work. Art gives us an easy way to communicate beyond words. Why on earth do you think books have covers with art? I don’t know exactly when this began, but I bet the first [...]

Today, I am beat. The time change always gets me either way it goes, and it takes me a few beats to get adjusted. It always has, but I am here now, at the keyboard, because I made a commitment to crank this thing out every day. I’m used to taking Sundays off to chill or do some “relaxed work” other than writing, such as reading, watching a movie, or playing video games (or even just sleep) which is what I’ve been doing today. I had Psych on and was nodding off while Shaun and Gus solved crimes. It’s the [...]