NEW YEAR, NEW HORROR

Happy New Year! Welcome to 2014 (I still remember when I was partying like it's 1999).

I want to thank everyone who participated in Horror through the Hallowdays (which is sadly over) and my free book giveaway promotion.

I will deliver on more timeline diary from the making of the horror movie, as well as releasing more scenes from the scariest movie you'll never see.

But I am also entering a new phase of my life as the fledgling owner and president of BROOKLYN APACHE PRESS (that's my publishing company for those of you who are new to the party). Since I launched it way back in July 2013, I have been learning by trial and error as I try to build awareness for my first novel (which is great because I'm learning so much for all my other books to come).

The new phase: the search for book reviewers who will review my book (I won't buy reviews because I want sincere reviews). I would also be interested in articles and interviews as well.

For this new phase I'm going to do something I'm not very good at. I'm going to ask for help through this vast global community we call the Internet. Although I call it the great equalizer. Why do I call it that? Because traditionally, if you wanted to release a music album or book or turn your screenplay into a movie, you had to go to the dreaded gatekeepers (Veepees, agents, managers, execs, producers). The suits! If they said no, your dream was over. Year after year I would write screenplay after screenplay. People would get excited. Then, when we would get to the gatekeeper, there would be the obligatory pass (always with some incredibly lame reason). Let's face it, gatekeepers have their own agenda and their own people and they don't plan on letting you or I in!

Now, through the power of the Internet, all these creations that lay dormant in my sockdrawer, will live, finding new life and hopefully an audience over the Internet and throughout the world as novels. Which reminds me of the quote from the movie "ED WOOD," where a scientist comes to the jungle to tell Bela Lugosi that the scientific community realizes he was right and they were wrong about his experiments and they want him to come home. 

This was Bela's response: "Home? I have no home. Hunted... despised... living like an animal. The jungle is my home! But I will show the world that I can be its master. I shall perfect my own race of people... a race of atomic supermen that will conquer the world (diabolical laughter)."

God, I love that movie.

Woo... Totally sidetracked.

So... if any of you know of any book reviewers, newspaper, magazine, television people you could turn me on to, I would be forever in your debt.

As always, I look forward to your thoughts and comments. Thank you.

Trick or treat!

Images courtesy of "The Black Album"