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I have always wanted to write fiction but writing a book seems so unbelievably unattainable. I don't have the patience nor, most likely, the talent to pull it off. Very few people have the ability to write a good novel but oh how I love to read them.

I blog, I draw and I paint to give me a bit of a creative outlet as my job is not creative in the least. Even a short story seemed quite out of reach and then I remembered reading a post by Morgan Bell some time ago titled COUNTING WORDS that described the many types of writing by the length of the piece so I dropped by again to have a look. Until I read that piece I had no understanding of the many types of writing out there that is based purely on the number of words and I thought, maybe I could do one of these!

So, in keeping with my love of vampires, I thought I'd y my hand at my first piece of Flash Fiction which is a piece between 250 and 750 words. In other words, a very short story.

So please come over and take a look and see what you think. Genuine critiques are most welcome. Savaging me for my lack of knowledge on the art of writing will see me hunting you down and staking you

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My Awakening

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My New Vampire Website

April 15th 2009 06:35

Do you like vampires or things that go bump in the night? Do you like having the bejeebus scared out of you? Would you also like to see reviews of movies, books and such that cover this deep and bloody underworld? Then I have just the thing for you!

I have started a website called Vampire Daze. Although the biggest focus will be on vampires, it will also cover other horrors and nasties such as shapeshifters, werewolves, witchcraft and the list goes on. If you can think of something otherwordly, I’ll probably write about it. It will also cover the subculture that goes with the various netherworld topics.

I’ve been a big fan of vampires since I read Bram Stoker’s Dracula when I was twelve. I was totally hooked. I soon became a fan of the horror genre and I devoured (no pun intended) books, videos and anything else I could get my hands on. I blame my mum, who is in her seventies, but is a big fan of horror herself.

Although my tastes are far more varied now, I still have a soft spot for all things vampy, both the horror and the camp.

Anyway, I hope you’ll drop by for a visit and, if it takes your fancy, subscribe.

Vampire Daze also has a Twitter account and a Myspace page so come on over…

…I won’t bite

…much!

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Author of '100 Things to do before You Die' has died age 47

August 27th 2008 14:25

Dave Freeman, an advertising agency executive who co-wrote "100 Things to Do Before You Die," a travel guide to inspire travelers to treat each day as if it may be their last died August 17 after falling and hitting his head at his home in Venice. He was 47.

Relatives have said that he managed to visit just over half of the places he wrote recommended in his famous 1999 book.

The guide, subtitled "travel events you can't miss" was one of the first books to create a travel plan based on 100 sites and then market it with a title that reminded mortal readers that time was limited. It became a best seller shortly after publication and spawned an entire genre.

The "100 Things" approach later swept the publishing industry, said Neil Teplica, who wrote the book with Freeman. In an interview with the Los Angeles Times yesterday, Teplica said he and Freeman had come up with the idea for 100 things To Do Before You Die after being inspired by some of the off-the-wall listings for obscure events and public festivals that appeared on www.whatsgoingon.com, a cult travel internet site they jointly ran from 1996 to 2001.

The title meant "you should live every day like it would be your last, and there's not that many people who do," Teplica told The Times. "It's a credit to Dave -- he didn't have enough days, but he lived them like he should have."

"This life is a short journey," read the introduction by Freeman and his co-author Neil Teplica, which summed-up the book's spirit. "How will you make sure that you will fill it with the most fun, and that you visit all the coolest places on earth, before you pack those bags for the very last time?"

Freeman's father Roy was quoted as saying said his son's favourite line was: "We're going to the future. Do you want to come along?". "It always made everybody laugh," he said.

Ranging from the participatory to the sedate, their list includes the Iditarod Sled Dog Race in Alaska; the Pageant of the Masters in Southern California; Mardi Gras in New Orleans; the World Cow Chip Throwing Championship in Beaver, Oklahoma; Carnival in Brazil; Bastille Day and the Cannes Film Festival in France; Oktoberfest in Germany; the Running of the Bulls in Spain; Yom Kippur at Israel's Western Wall; the Pushkar Camel Fair in India; the Sapporo Snow Festival in Japan; and Australia's Nude Night Surfing Contest.

RIP Dave.

Information from The LA Times and The Independent World

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Free Comic Book Day - 3 May 2008

April 29th 2008 14:45

There are some of you who may already be aware of this but if you are a comic book fan take note. On Saturday, May 3rd – the comic book industry once again celebrates
Free Comic Book Day!

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