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  Author Interview with PD Alleva Author of: The Rose, and other stories   Please tell me a little about your current work in progress.   I’ve got a few books in the pipeline. My current writing in progress is titled Jigglyspot and the Zero Intellect: A Truly Offensive Grindhouse Novel . Carnivals, Cannibals, and Clowns. Oh My! Not sure if I can use the term Grindhouse though, I’ll need to check into any trademark or copyright on that word prior to publication.  N ext up is Golem , a horror thriller, currently in the content editing phase of the publishing journey. One of my favorite silent horror films is The Golem , and for those who don’t know a golem is based on Jewish folklore and is a spirit that incarnates inside of a statue, usually clay, although I used marble in the novel. The story setting is late 1940’s to early 1950’s New York City and follows the young and naive John Ashton after he receives a promotion to be a detective in the departments missin...

 Author Interview with  Nikki Nelson-Hicks Author of The Jake Istenhegyi Detective Series And Much More Please tell me a little about your current work in progress.   I’m working on finishing up the two volumes of the Jake Istenhegyi: The Accidental Detective Omnibus.   The first volume (available now on Amazon) in a nutshell: Jake Istenhegyi: The Accidental Detective is a pulp noir series set in 1930’s New Orleans.  The first story, “A Chick, A Dick and a Witch Walk into a Barn…” When his best friend, the PI Barrington “Bear” Gunn, disappears on what should be a simple case, Jake sets out to find him and ends up falling into the clutches of dark magic. And zombie chickens. And that’s just the first story.   The second story, “Golems, Goons and Cold Stone Bitches”, centers around three immortal sisters who entangle Jake in their squabbles to fatal results.   The third, “Boodaddies, Bogs and a Dead Man’s Booty”, has pirate treasure, swamp monste...

 Author Interview with Chris Lodwig Author of Systemic Please tell me a little about your current work in progress. These days, I’m mostly trying to promote my recently published novel, Systemic. That said, I'm currently working on two other pieces. One is a short story about the transference of empathy over social networks. The other is the sequel to Systemic. I've recently finished the outline and now I'm really starting to get into the meat of it. I’m about 150 pages in. Like Systemic, the sequel has multiple narrative threads and story arcs, one of which picks up right where Systemic left off. The other threads are many generations later. I would love to tell you more, but I don’t want to ruin Systemic. So, if you’ve read Systemic, drop me a line and I’ll gladly tell you everything you want to know about the sequel.   Where did you get the idea for this book or series? While I was writing the draft of Systemic, I was watching every TED Talk I could get my hands ...

  Is GoldenEye the best Bond film ever? Of course it is! GoldenEye was Pierce Brosnan's Bond debut in 1995, and he nailed it. Although he may have lacked the gravitas of Connery, I enjoyed his performance much more than that of any other Bond. Perhaps Timothy Dalton suffered from poor scripts or lackluster performances by co-stars (as could be argued for Brosnan's later Bond entries) but I could never see Dalton as Bond--something was off with him in the role. Daniel Craig does a spectacular job as Bond, but his characterization lacks most of the charm brought to the role by Connery, Moore, and Brosnan. Additionally, the more recent Bond scripts with which Craig has had to deal have veered away in many respects from the classic Bond to dwelling on his sad backstory and the sort of emotional and social issues from which a great Bond movie is supposed to offer a reprieve. Lazenby wasn't bad, but that's all I can say. You've probably already found a number of points up...

  Author Interview with Eric Shapiro Author of RED DENNIS Please tell me a little about your current work in progress.   The title I'm out here pushing is my first novel, RED DENNIS. It's out from Independent Legions Publishing as of March, 2020. It's about a guy who's caught in a quasi-metoo scenario in his small town and ends up lashing out with violence.     Where did you get the idea for this book or series?   I started wondering what it would take for me to snap. And I was depressed when I wrote it. I'd just stepped away from many years in the ghostwriting business to embrace running a local newspaper with my wife. I technically should have felt relieved and renewed, but I crashed; it was a heavy transition, and I felt like I didn't know myself. From the void came this psychotic character. I was wondering if I'd lost my mind, and I worked it all out through the novel. (P.S. – I'm feeling better now!)     Do you write in more th...