By Forris Day Jr. The “British Invasion” was a glorious time in music for us Americans. We have always loved all forms of music but now we were being introduced to the bands from England, many of which were influenced heavily by American music to begin with. Most notably was […]
Book Reviews
Experiencing Led Zeppelin; A Listeners Companion – BOOK REVIEW
By Forris Day Jr. I was never a fan, per se, of Led Zeppelin but as the years go by I really do appreciate them more and more. They are a band of REAL musicians. When they played a show they did it with energy and passion. They were not […]
Stephen King’s Contemporary Classics; Reflections on the Modern Master of Horror – BOOK REVIEW
By Forris Day JR I have read several Stephen King books but not enough to say I am any kind of expert on his writing. He is innovative in what he does. He has created some of the best horror writing of all time. Many of his books have been […]
The Women of Skawa Island by Anthony Bidulka – BOOK REVIEW
By Forris Day JR Canadian author, Anthony Bidulka, strikes gold yet again in his latest book “The Women of Skawa Island”. This is the second volume in the Adam Saint series. The first book, a fast paced thriller titled “When the Saints Go Marching In”, introduced us to Adam Saint […]
BOO! HOLIDAY SPECIAL 2014 Released Midnight tonight – PRESS RELEASE
The BOO! is BACK for Xmas!!!!!!! Seven harrowing holiday tales for 99 cents! Some of the familiar, frightening faces who brought you BOO! HALLOWEEN STORIES in 2013 and 2014 return – bringing a few new ne’er-do-wells with them – to bring you holiday horror in the BOO! HOLIDAY SPECIAL […]
Meltdown: ZOMBIE FUN, CONSPIRACY & MORE – BOOK REVIEW
By Geno McGahee Activity in the city is as normal as usual with people in their own worlds, hooked on the technology that we all have become used to depending on when a warzone erupts. MELTDOWN by C.A.S. Novel pulls no punches in this book, immediately jumping right into the […]
The Writers Advantage by Laurie Scheer – BOOK REVIEW
By Forris Day JR “The Writers Advantage: a Toolkit for Mastering Your Genre” by author Laurie Scheer is an outstanding book. It teaches storytellers how to add elements to their story and understand their genre, whatever that genre is. It’s a book that covers writing overall. Whether you write screenplays, […]
Animation Unleashed by Ellen Besen – Illustrated by Bryce Hallet – BOOK REVIEW
By Forris Day JR Animation is everywhere. It is used, of course, in funny pages (can I call them that?) in the newspaper and cartoons on TV. It is also used in hundreds of other ways that you may not think of. Video games use animation, comic books use it, […]
Living Beyond the Five Senses by Teresa L. DeCicco, PhD – BOOK REVIEW
By Forris Day JR We live in an overwhelming world full of outside stimulation such as noisy cities, televisions blasting mindless programing, to people endlessly chatting on cell phones. Everywhere we go it seems that there is something assaulting our senses. Our eyes are barraged with signage, our noses are […]
Elephant Bucks by Sheldon Bull – BOOK REVIEW
By Forris Day JR Sitcoms are one of the top formats on television and there is a ton of money to be made writing for these shows. The big money is the so called “Elephant Bucks”. The author of the book “Elephant Bucks; An Inside Guide to Writing for Sitcoms”, […]
Creating Graphic Novels by Sarah Beach – BOOK REVIEW
By Forris Day JR I’ll admit that I did not know or understand what a graphic novel was before reading Sarah Beach’s book “Creating Graphic Novels: Adapting and Marketing Stories for a Multimillion-Dollar Industry”. A graphic novel is basically a comic book but a much longer format or version of […]
Chasing 120 by Monte Wolverton – BOOK REVIEW
By Forris Day JR “Chasing 120” is a story of corruption and deceit. Dr. Tyler Belknap was a former ad executive turned preacher. Down on his luck he uses his skill in sales to build a huge empire called Wellness 120. It revolves around the fact that Belknap believes, or […]