“The greatest story commandment is: Make me care.”
I am always amused by storytellers compelled to challenge the notion of the successful story model in the this TED clip
Filmmaker Andrew Stanton (“Toy Story,” “WALL-E”) shares what he knows about storytelling — starting at the end and working back to the beginning
He also shares what Disney viewed as a successful story model,for Toystory how Pixar railed secretly against it, and when Toystory was in trouble Disney’s suggestions
Three years ago at the bi-annual conference for the Society for the Study of Southern Literature, Brannon Costello and I began considering the possibilities of the question:how do comics represent the South? To what extent do comics creators wrestle with what Scott Romine calls the “qualitative geography” of the region, that elusive sense of place and specter of history that shadows nearly every author, poet, or artist whose creative aspirations wander below the Mason-Dixon line?
Unless you are an established author with a built in fan base a catchy cover may not be enough to bring attention to your work especially on the internet. That’s where book trailers come in handy. In a 30 seconds or less the viewer can get the gist of what your work.
I’ve enjoyed making trailers for my novels but I’ve hit a wall in terms of how many times I can say sweeping novel?
Allow me to introduce you to Blac and Dub Dub, they will be marketing my books from this day forward. In their first adventure their Christmas Eve plans are cut short for a mission that involves jolly Saint Nick
enjoy
So I walk into the Verizon store to get a phone, and the walls are covered with posters from their Rule the Air campaign, my friend joked, “They look a lot like your book covers.” I had to confess there were strong similarities. But hey, I like my book covers and I like the posters from the Rule the Air campaign. I hope Verizon feels the same way about my Read the Page campaign
Check out the wallpaper for the new Mix Tape cover, its a beauty
The Tales of Urban Horror series is more than just teens facing vampires, werewolves and other supernatural phenomenon, it’s also a cautionary tale to warn reader of big city dangers. I wrote a scene in Werewolves the Mix Tape in which protagonist, 16 year. Jamilah Jackson meets a man at a party He is charming, a great dancer exposes her to Ecstasy, and plans to sleep with her. She is unaware that he’s HIV positive, un-protective sex with him is equivalent to a death sentence. He knows it, yet, doesn’t care. He contracted it, now he’s going to do to others that which was done to him. The character is described as handsome and desirable, but in his heart he is as much a monster, as any zombie, or ghoul
I don’t know German singer Nadja Benaissa of the band No Angels, but her actions according to news reports fits the description of monstrous
Read her story here
At its heart Tales of Urban Horror is a story of forgiveness and redemption, I wish the both for Ms. Benaissa
