Death By Samurai

Alfonzo painted.Everything Alfonzo painted came to life.In no uncertain terms this scared the shit out of Alfonzo. Two nights prior Alfonzo slept with a woman named Maroon. Alfonzo had painted her. When she stepped out of the painting she was naked. Alfonzo liked to paint naked. They were both naked. He couldn’t stop the inevitable from happening.Last night Alfonzo painted a samurai. Alfonzo hated samurais. That’s not why he painted one. He wanted...

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Are Books Going the Way of CDs?

Before I started buying MP3s I had the biggest CD collection of anyone I knew.Thinking about it, I would guess that 1 out of every 5 CDs had a warning label on it.Some of the music I enjoyed had explicit content: Guns 'n Roses, Aerosmith, AC/DC, Metallica, etc.I don't really care for any of those bands anymore, but if this lady in FLA gets her way, our library books are going to come packaged with a warning label (<---- click here).Sure, this lady has good intentions. I wonder, though, has she ever heard of a book called The Cathcer...

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Morning Zest = Wife + Tohline + David

I don't like to drink coffee. It's the taste. The bitterness of it makes my taste buds scream in pain. I'm more of a tea guy. Sweet tea only. When I wake up in the mornings I have a routine: bowl of cereal, sit down to write, and a tall glass of sweet tea in reach. However, this is all beside the point. Waking up I can be a pretty grumpy guy. I have to do something for my morning zest. I do this by going to my favorite blogs. These are blogs that...

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3 People From 3 Fields That Make My Creative Juices Flow

Robert JordanIn my mind I like to call him Papa Jordan. He's the reason I wanted to become a writer. Writing has always been something I've enjoyed, but it wasn't something I wanted to dedicate my life to until I picked up a copy of The Eye of the World. Eye begins pretty ordinarily. It brings back memories of the Shire. And then you get a swift kick in the face from a Trolloc, and the book becomes something else entirely. There is no other...

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A Rude Awakening

A Rude Awakening He was the most beautiful man she’d ever seen. He had told her that she was the beautiful woman he had ever seen. She knew that he was lying to her. All men lied. So it didn’t bother her. Besides, she had done her homework. For three months she had studied women, the clothes they wore, and the things they did to attract men. Men were easy. All she had had to do was leave a few buttons of her blouse open, and wear a skirt with a...

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Monday Madness

I apologize for being absent from the Madhouse all last week. Two weekends ago my wife and I moved to a new apartment. I swear, moving has to be the fifth portal of Hell. Or it's the closest thing that we'll experience to Hell on earth. *sigh*Anyway, I'm back and have a quote for every one. It inspired me over the weekend. I had come to a point of frustration with my novel that I was one the verge of scrapping it. I've heard many writers say to never...

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