tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-292708712024-03-12T06:15:28.171-06:00Adventures In WritingA blog about books, writers, and writing (old and new), and anything else that might catch my eye. Expect to hear about novels, short stories, comics, TV, movies and video games.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1461125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29270871.post-73968007312806639842015-07-06T00:09:00.003-06:002015-07-06T00:09:35.237-06:00ASIAN PULP is out now!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I would have loved to have been in this one, but I couldn't make the deadline work. : (</div>
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I loved this series when it first came out! Get lost in the castle with 144,000 doors and all the adventure, mayhem, and humor you could want!</div>
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Years go by, and scars fade, but memories only fester. For the animals of the Captain's company, survival has meant keeping a low profile, building a new life, and trying to forget the war they lost. But now the Captain's whiskers are twitching at the idea of evening the score.</div>
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Seems like reviews from last night's premiere aren't very encouraging, but I took time out of a busy schedule to watch the first show. Over dinner, so I was multitasking.<br />
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Hart Hansen, the show's creator, also gave television audiences <em>BONES, </em>which I've enjoyed because of the quirky characters. In this series, Backstrom is no less quirky than Temperance Brennan and her crew.<br />
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Forensic science, magic, mystery, and romance mix in this edgy steampunk fantasy—a retelling of the horror classic, in which Dr. Eliza Jekyll, daughter of the infamous Dr. Henry Jekyll—pursues a dangerous murderer in an alternate Victorian London.<br />
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In an electrified Victorian London, Dr. Eliza Jekyll is a crime scene investigator, hunting killers with newfangled technological gadgets. She will need every advantage available to catch a terrifying new psychopath splattering London with blood. Hidden in the grimy shadows, the fiendish murderer preys on beautiful women, drugging them before slicing off their limbs. Finding the “Slicer” can make Eliza’s career . . . or unmask her darkest secret. Like her father, she has a hidden second self that emerges when she drinks his forbidden magical elixir. Just a few sips, and a seductive and impulsive Lizzie Hyde is unleashed.<br />
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The members of the Royal Society do not trust Eliza, and they send their enforcer, the mercurial Captain Lafayette, to prove she’s a dangerous sorceress. The careful doctor knows that one wrong step can make her prey to the clever Lafayette, a man who harbors an evil curse of his own. No matter how much she craves the elixir, she must resist.<br />
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Review <a href="http://beauty-in-ruins.blogspot.ca/2015/01/sci-fi-review-master-sergeant-by-mel.html" target="_blank">here</a>!</div>
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Army Scout Sam Blaylock rode into the small Texas town of Shooter's Cross looking for deserters, not trouble. <br />
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In the Old West, J.D. Miller had been an attorney at law. A respected and successful one. Until the horrific, soul-scarring day when he returned home to find his entire family gruesomely slaughtered—the charred remains scarcely recognizable in the smoldering ruins of what had once been their house. Like a phoenix rising out of the ashes, The Lawyer—a killing machine—was born, and he’s leaving a blood-splattered revenge trail as he searches out those who murdered his family.<br /><br /> THE LAWYER: STAY OF EXECUTION is the first novella in a thrilling new hard-boiled Western series by bestselling Amazon author Wayne D. Dundee (<i>Manhunter’s Mountain</i>, <i>The Empty Badge</i>) and BEAT to a PULP books. Based on characters created by Edward A. Grainger, author of the Cash Laramie and Gideon Miles adventures.</div>
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It's out on January 27 but you can pre-order now!</div>
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An investigation of some of the most contentious debates of our time, <i>Galileo’s Middle Finger</i> describes Alice Dreger’s experiences on the front lines of scientific controversy, where for two decades she has worked as an advocate for victims of unethical research while also defending the right of scientists to pursue challenging research into human identities.</div>
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Dreger’s own attempts to reconcile academic freedom with the pursuit of justice grew out of her research into the treatment of people born intersex (formerly called hermaphrodites). The shocking history of surgical mutilation and ethical abuses conducted in the name of “normalizing” intersex children moved her to become a patient rights’ activist. By bringing evidence to physicians and the public, she helped change the medical system.</div>
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But even as she worked to correct these injustices, Dreger began to witness how some fellow liberal activists, motivated by identity politics, were employing lies and personal attacks to silence scientists whose data revealed inconvenient truths. Troubled, she traveled around the country digging up sources and interviewing the targets of these politically motivated campaigns. Among the subjects she covers in the book are the anthropologist Napoleon Chagnon, falsely accused in a bestselling book of committing genocide against a South American tribe; the psychologist Michael Bailey, accused of abusing transgender women; and the evolutionary biologist E. O. Wilson, accused of fomenting rightwing ideas about human nature. <i>Galileo’s Middle Finger</i> describes Dreger’s long and harrowing journey back and forth between the two camps for which she felt equal empathy: social justice warriors and researchers determined to put truth before politics.</div>
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As scientific discoveries increasingly complicate our traditional ideas about human identity and behavior, Dreger poses an urgent question: How do we balance social justice and scientific freedom when these ideals seem to be in open conflict? As she shows was the case with Galileo, in spite of how scientists and activists may think their values differ, justice and truth are inextricably bound up. <i>Galileo’s Middle Finger</i> ultimately makes the case for treating the quest for evidence as essentially sacred, and doing so specifically to advance justice.</div>
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This is one of those books I want to open in the morning and indulge myself, reading till I reach the final pages. It just looks like fun, and I love a story that takes me into another world(s)!</div>
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For archaeologist and TV host Annja Creed, a late-night phone call from the NYPD means one thing: there's been a murder and the police need her expertise. The only link between a dead body and the killer is a small elephant of white jade. An artifact that's gone missing. <br />
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Once belonging to Catherine the Great of Russia, the elephant was key in a risky political gambit all those years ago. But there is another story attached to the artifact—a rumor of an ancient hidden treasure. And for a cruelly ambitious media mogul with a penchant for tomb-raiding, the elephant is nothing short of priceless.<br />
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Annja must make her move quickly, traveling across several continents with only the assistance of her extraordinary sword—purportedly the same sword wielded by Joan of Arc—and a mysterious temple monk. It's a deadly battle of wits, and one wrong move could mean game over.<br />
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I'm trying the <a href="http://www.wattpad.com/">www.Wattpad.com</a> venue for a teen paranormal novel I've been working on. If you'd like to see it, go there for the first chapter. I'm having fun with it. It's called APPARITION and it's got some real twists and turns.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29270871.post-3595310909699947062014-09-16T14:23:00.003-06:002014-09-16T14:23:56.064-06:00Out Now!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Full of magic, mystery, and romance, an enchanting steampunk fantasy debut in the bestselling vein of Trudi Canavan and Gail Carriger.<br />
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Orphaned as a child, Octavia Leander was doomed to grow up on the streets until Miss Percival saved her and taught her to become a medician. Gifted with incredible powers, the young healer is about to embark on her first mission, visiting suffering cities in the far reaches of the war-scarred realm. But the airship on which she is traveling is plagued by a series of strange and disturbing occurrences, including murder, and Octavia herself is threatened.<br />
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Suddenly, she is caught up in a flurry of intrigue: the dashingly attractive steward may be one of the infamous Clockwork Daggers—the Queen’s spies and assassins—and her cabin-mate harbors disturbing secrets. But the danger is only beginning, for Octavia discovers that the deadly conspiracy aboard the airship may reach the crown itself.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29270871.post-82700488373657811762014-09-14T13:00:00.003-06:002014-09-14T13:00:26.976-06:00The Coming War!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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They call it The Green Hell. A maze of tangled jungle, the planet Makaum is one of the most dangerous places in the universe. And for Terran Military Master Sergeant Frank Sage, it is now home.<br />
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The war between the Terrans and the Phrenorians rages, and both sides have their sights set on Makaum. If the planet’s rich resources fall into enemy hands it could mean devastation for the Terran Army. To ensure that doesn’t happen, Sage is sent to assess the Makaum troops and bring them in line with Terran Military standards. But soon after arriving at his post, he realizes the Phrenorians are not the only threat. Heading up a small but fearless unit, Sage must stop a brewing civil war with the power to unleash a galactic cataclysm unlike anything ever seen.<br />
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People are grabbing up <em>BLACK PULP</em>! It's out in paper and ebook, and chockfull of stories that span worlds and time. I wrote "Drums of the Ogbanje," the first Ngola Kilunaji story for the anthology and it was featured on <a href="http://www.criminalelement.com/stories/2013/04/black-pulp-drums-of-the-ogbanje-mel-odom-zombies-pirates" target="_blank">CRIMINAL ELEMENT</a>. It's got zombies and pirates!<br />
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For $2.99 for an e-read and over 300 pages, you can't go wrong.<br />
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From Today's Best Authors and up and coming writers comes BLACK PULP from Pro Se Productions! BLACK PULP is a collection of stories featuring characters of African origin, or descent, in stories that run the gamut of genre fiction!<br />
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A concept developed by noted crime novelist <strong>Gary Phillips</strong>, BLACK PULP brings bestselling authors <strong>Walter Mosley</strong> and <strong>Joe R. Lansdale</strong>, <strong>Gary Phillips, Charles R. Saunders, Derrick Ferguson, D. Alan Lewis, Christopher Chambers, Mel Odom, Kimberly Richardson, Ron Fortier, Michael A. Gonzales, Gar Anthony Haywood</strong>, and <strong>Tommy Hancock</strong> together to craft adventure tales, mysteries, and more, all with black characters at the forefront!<br />
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"Literature for the masses kindled the imagination and used our reading skills so that we could regale ourselves in the cold chambers of alienation and poverty. We could become Doc Savage or The Shadow, Conan the Barbarian or the brooding King Kull and make a difference in a world definitely gone wrong."--Walter Mosley from his introduction.<br />
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Between these covers are 12 tales of action, adventure, and thrills featuring heroes and heroines of darker hues that will appeal to audiences everywhere! BLACK PULP! From Pro Se Productions!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29270871.post-64196172525883777432014-09-06T11:24:00.001-06:002014-09-06T11:24:01.295-06:00Caught My Eye<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<em>In the year 2038, an act of bioengineered terrorism decimated humanity. Those who survived were either completely unaffected or developed horrible mutations. Across the globe, nations are now divided between areas populated by “norms” and lands run by “mutants”…<br /></em>Detective Cassandra Lee of Los Angeles’s Special Investigative Section has built a fierce reputation taking down some of the city’s most notorious criminals. But the serial cop killer known as Bonebreaker—who murdered Lee’s father—is still at large. Officially, she’s too personally involved to work on the Bonebreaker case. Unofficially, she’s going to hunt him to the ends of the earth.<br /><br /> In the meantime, duty calls when the daughter of Bishop Screed, head of the Church of Human Purity, is kidnapped by mutants and taken into the red zone to be used for breeding. Assigned to rescue her, Lee must trust her new partner—mutant lawman Deputy Ras Omo—to guide her not only through the unfamiliar territory but through the prejudicial divisions between mutants and norms…</div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><em>Sir Gault the Red was once the fiercest knight in all Malachar, but that was before age and a life of peace reduced him to a shadow of the warrior he once was. Now his epic battles against the fyredrakes, the race of reptilian monsters that terrorized the countryside in times past, are just a memory...until an unexpected encounter prods him into a desperate attempt to recapture past glories. <br /><br />Keldrick is the last of his kind, a giant fyredrake whose flaming breath once blazed a path of destruction across the land. He wants only to reach the legendary northland where others like him may still be found...but his journey will also be one last rampage of fire, death, and devastation across the domain of the hated humans. <br /><br />These two natural adversaries are fated to meet, but before they do both will be drawn into a web of deceit, ambition, and lust that will leave them questioning who are the real monsters, humans or fyredrakes! </em><i>THE FYREDRAKE'S PREY is a gritty fantasy saga packed with bloody action and unexpected heroism from New York Times bestselling author and legendary storyteller James Reasoner, a never before published 70,000 word novel available only from Rough Edges Press.</i></span></div>
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When I moved from Texas to New York to take my chances as a yarnspinner for the pulps, I knew I was entering into a whole new world. As the author of the LINCOLN LANDRY, SPACE RANGER tales for the science fiction pulps, I know a thing or two about new worlds. </div>
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But what I wanted most of all was to get a story in BLACK MASK magazine, the same pulp that launched the careers of Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett, to name a few. <br />
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In order to do that, I pulled in a few favors. Who knew the chief of police was a Lincoln Landry fan? Once I found out, though, I had him hook me up with his best homicide detective: Jim McLane, a tough no-nonsense cop that Hammett and Chandler might have admired. <br />
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Together, McLane and I sort through murders in the Big Apple in 1935. I didn't know I was going to learn so much, or that the price would be so high. But between McLane and me, we generally get to the bottom of murder, blackmail, and kidnappings.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the spring of 1848, the Culbertson-Barkley company, so named for the Illinois and Missouri counties from which most of its members came, heads out for the promise of new beginnings and new lives in the Oregon Territory. 52 wagons, 233 men, women, and children who have been battered by a seemingly endless string of devastating winters and destructive spring floods. Battered maybe, but not defeated. Instead, toughened and filled with a collective iron resolve to change their fate and their future.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But the Oregon Trail is a challenge, even for the toughest and most strong-willed. It starts out hard and gets progressively harder, every inch of the way. It is a foregone conclusion that not everyone who is there at the beginning will make it to the end. It will take men like Wagon Master Eugene Healy, trail scout Basil St. Irons, and former mountain man Elwood Blake to get as many through as possible. And it will take determined women like Ingrid Healy and Evelyn Harmony to nurture and encourage their men in order to help them find the strength and courage to endure. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">From within and without, they will be tested. By the elements, by the threat of Indians, by betrayal … and by secrets from the past. </span><br />
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In the wake of a breakthrough in the struggle against the Xenos on its frontier worlds, the Hegemony turns its attention to the planet Eridu, where newly-encountered Xenos as well as brewing unrest among the colonists threaten the Hegemony's rule. The ensuing struggle will test loyalties and have a far-reaching impact on the future of human and alien alike. </div>
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