An Ig-Noble Letter
God, I don’t want to write this post. Like really, seriously, honestly feel sick to my stomach as each new letter hits the screen. So then why write it? Simple answer: Because it needs to be said. Some...
View ArticleAnd I Should Believe You . . . Why?
Author’s note: I will continue to add further links to the ongoing NRP coverage at my previous blog on this matter: http://jswayne.wordpress.com/2012/07/26/an-ig-noble-letter/ and encourage everyone to...
View ArticleAxes and Echoes: New Online Serial! (NSFW)
Things have been just a little too gloom and doom for my taste around the bar lately, so I decided a change of gears was in order. With the frenetic and stressful last month or so, I’m way behind on...
View ArticleAxes And Echoes Chapter Two (NSFW, Rated MA for sexual content)
When we left Alexandra at the end of Chapter One, her ride had just shown up. In her wake she left a pile of dust that used to be a “needle” (hunterspeak for a vampire). Now let’s see what happens...
View ArticleAxes and Echoes Chapter Three (NSFW-violence and language)
It’s Monday, and Chapter Three’s all ready for you! I hope y’all enjoy it, and be sure to tell your fellow romance and horror lovers! After Alex left her conquest for the day, she headed for her bed....
View ArticleAxes and Echoes Chapter Four (NSFW: violence and language)
It’s Thursday, and that means another installment of Axes and Echoes! When we left Alex, she was reminiscing about the night she realized vampires were far more than a myth and that these preternatural...
View ArticleAxes and Echoes Chapter Five (NSFW, for mature audiences only)
Another Monday…and more Axes and Echoes! When we left Alex, we’d just learned how important her mentor really was to her. Now let’s find out what a vampire hunter in a bad mood does when she’s at loose...
View ArticleBoycott Noble Romance
I hate even saying this, but there it is. After so long being a booster of Noble and a huge promoter of the company (at one point, H.C. Brown and myself comprised fully TEN PERCENT of Noble’s online...
View ArticleAxes and Echoes Chapters Six and Seven! (NSFW: violence and language)
It’s back to school for me, ladies and gentlemen! Today I take my first official classes at Southern Utah University, but I didn’t want y’all to think I’d forgotten about you…or Axes and Echoes!...
View ArticleSome Announcements…and what I learned from my first week in college!
Hey, folks! Welcome back to the bar. Grab a drink, get cozy, and never mind Boris…I’m not sure what he’s doing over in the corner with his head, but I’m pretty sure all of us will be far happier and...
View ArticleSpecial Guest: Milly Taiden!
When I saw what this hot new author’s bringing to the table, I couldn’t WAIT to have her as a guest here at the bar. If you haven’t heard of her yet, you’re going to want to! Check out her funny story...
View ArticleA Common (Red) Thread
When I stumbled across (literally) the chapter president of the Red Thread Movement, Ksenya Plumb, on the Southern Utah University campus, I knew immediately I had to get involved. Not that stopping...
View ArticleNew Release: Wail !!!!
*gasp* *gasp* *pant* *pant* Gimme just a second, folks… *pant* BORIS! Scotch and soda…and don’t overdo the rocks this time! It’s been a busy few weeks around here! Of course, I’ve been pretty well...
View ArticleI Got A War For Thanksgiving…. :-/
It’s been a very strange night. Hell, it’s been a strange month! Since last I was here, I managed to take first place in the Sigma Tau Delta literary conference at SUU with my paper, “Word Wizardry.”...
View ArticleA New Definition of WTFery
http://jswayne.wordpress.com/noble-romance-publishing/ http://giannasimone.blogspot.com/2012/11/pubisher-woes-part-3.html At times like these, I ask myself: “What would Johnny Cash do?” I believe it...
View ArticleTelling Tales of Men and Romance
There is a misconception in the romance world that male authors cannot write with genuine emotion as effectively as women can. I’ve seen more than a few comments from readers, critics, and academics...
View ArticleVampires: Is There Anything Left To Say?
by Sven Ullenbjorn Master of the macabre Neil Gaiman has said it. Allison Flood, writing for the Guardian.co.uk, has said it. Horror grandmaster emeritus Stephen King didn’t quite come right out and...
View ArticleAxes and Echoes Chapter Three (NSFW-violence and language)
It’s Monday, and Chapter Three’s all ready for you! I hope y’all enjoy it, and be sure to tell your fellow romance and horror lovers! After Alex left her conquest for the day, she headed for her bed....
View ArticleAxes and Echoes Chapter Four (NSFW: violence and language)
It’s Thursday, and that means another installment of Axes and Echoes! When we left Alex, she was reminiscing about the night she realized vampires were far more than a myth and that these preternatural...
View ArticleAxes and Echoes Chapter Five (NSFW, for mature audiences only)
Another Monday…and more Axes and Echoes! When we left Alex, we’d just learned how important her mentor really was to her. Now let’s find out what a vampire hunter in a bad mood does when she’s at loose...
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