TEMPORARILY OUT OF ORDER

GEESH,

I'M OVERWHELMED.

I'LL START POSTING AGAIN IN JUNE . . .

NOW BACK TO YOUr REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING OR SOMETHING.

Easter Madness

Don't click on the link below if you have a weak stomach and/or fondness for bunnies.

I'm joking! It's just harmless Easter humor:

http://myrantsandrambles.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/easter_what.jpg

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The Easter Morning Procrastinator

HAPPY EASTER!

CLICK THE ARROW TO DO THE PUZZLE.



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Stephen King--The Errors

While I'm not a fan of pointing out errors in the works of other writers--I know I have enough of my own--it's my guess that Stephen King (who once referred to himself as the literary equivalent of a Big Mac and fries) might see the humor in this website.

Errors in Stephen's work: http://www.horrorking.com/errors.php Click on any book to see what he and the editors missed.

I actually did notice a few of the errors in Carrie myself--her father dies before she's born, but he stops Margaret White from killing Carrie in infancy.

The fact that these issues aren't immediately obvious in his writing is just a testament to what a great storyteller he is. It's easy to get lost in King's world and not notice the inconsistencies unless you're actually looking for them.

It's my guess that the keeper of this site is a major fan.

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Famous Writers/Creepy Facts 2

Morgan Robertson, finger on the pulse of the future world?

In 1898 Robertson pens a novella originally titled Futility. In the novella a state-of-the-art ocean liner called Titan, while on route to New York, collides with an iceberg on a calm night in April. Most of the passengers parish for lack of lifeboats and because there are no other ships in the vicinity to offer a timely rescue.

A short time later the same author writes Beyond the Spectrum, a book depicting a future war between Japan and the United States. Robertson describes Japanese air crafts that carry sun bombs. In Beyond the Spectrum Japan declares war on the United States in the month of December by (you guessed it) a sneak attack on Hawaii.

Robertson also wrote Three Laws and the Golden Rule, a novella about shipwrecked children who grow up together on an island and fall in love. It is believed that his writing had a tremendous influence on Edgar Rice Burroughs.

In addition, in Robertson's book The Submarine Destroyer he describes a periscope. At the time of the writing the instrument had not been invented yet, but was later patented by another who, scholars believe, simply read Robertson's book and copied his descriptions to the letter.

Morgan Robertson died of an overdose at the age of 53.

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END OF THE MONTH REPORT CARD . . . LATE

Despite plenty of power and Internet outages this past week, I managed to get a few things done.

I'm starting to break my habit of constantly editing. My new vice is adding massive bits of text into finished chapters--describing a sunset, a gun, the aromas of summer, etc.

The Walleye Phenomenon -- 100,000 words finished (Started the month in need of massive edits. I have, so far, edited chapter one)

The Drawing of the Moths -- word count to be determined -- 80-90K (Started the month at 32,000 words. It is now at 50,000 words)

Vampires -- untitled novel with Matthew Baugh (Started the month at 18,000 words. It is now at 21,000 words per Matthew)

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George Bush Fields Zombie Questions!

Let's all be thankful the apocalypse didn't happen on his watch!