BREAKING NEWS

Hi Friends,

Here's the latest breaking news. I just finished the manuscript for "SPOOK: Confessions of a Psychic Spy." It went to my editor for a final proofing. Then I will go over it one more time. In the meantime, I'm going to focus on the feature film adaptation of the novel, until the editor's finished her end.

My photo shoot is scheduled for this Friday and I am very happy with actor Arthur Clark who will appear on the book cover as my psychic spy and the talented photographer Taner Tumkaya who is going to shoot it.

As for the new feature film version of "THE BLACK ALBUM," we're planning a shoot in the bayous of New Orleans, Louisiana. My producing partners are in talks with Larry Brand ("Halloween: Resurrection") to direct. 

We have other cool stuff in store for this project as well as you'll find out in coming months.

Also, a new chapter of TBA will be up on Wattpad this weekend.

In two weeks, I will be starting on my third novel "THE MOON BEAM RIDER." I'm very excited to get to work on this one. I'm tempted to rent a cabin in the mountains for two months and just hold up there writing until it's all over. Or better yet, go back to Antwerp, Belgium and rent a flat on the centrum and look out at the cathedral everyday as I write.

Sigh... one day. Hopefully soon.

"I love zombies. I love zombies..." (sung to the "I love candy" tune).

Images courtesy of "THE BLACK ALBUM"

 

NEWS AND STUFF

Hi all,

I'm finally starting to get caught up with everything. So I'll give you the scoop project by project.


"THE BLACK ALBUM: A Hollywood Horror Story" Novel 

The new screamplay is out to a film financier who is trying to raise money for my producing partner and I to shoot. The new script is much scarier than the original. 

The book is on Wattpad as an ongoing serial. I released the FOREWORD, PROLOGUE, and CHAPTER ONE yesterday and will be releasing a new chapter every week.

Please check out and enjoy.

THE BLACK ALBUM: A Hollywood Horror Story 

Read Now

or open in Wattpad app: 46692527

"SPOOK: Confessions of a Psychic Spy" Novel

Thanks to my friend Casting Director Pamela Staton and my team, we will be shooting the photography for the book cover this coming Friday. So I should have the completed cover art about a week after that.

I will be finished the latest pass of the novel with my editor's notes. I will be handing it back to her for a polish, but that should not take more than a week and a half.

After that, I will be releasing advanced copies to reviewers, publishers, industry people.

I am also halfway through the screenplay adaptation of SPOOK.

I can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel. Hallelujah!

"THE MOON BEAM RIDER" Novel

I'm starting to compile my notes for this, my next book. This will be my first teen fiction book. I actually started writing it in novel form a number of years ago. I believe I already have the first fifty pages written, although there will obviously be changes.

"DEATH DEFYER" TV Series

I can't say too much right now regarding this TV show I created and am trying to sell here in Hollyweird (my trials and tribulations), but some heavy-hitters may be coming aboard to join me and my producing partner.

Anyway, that's it for now. Have a great weekend everybody.

KEEP ON CREATING AND DON'T LET ANYBODY STOP YOU!

And remember: THE REVOLUTION WILL BE DIGITIZED!

Grace Lynn fights possession

Images courtesy of "The Black Album"

BACK COVER DESCRIPTION FOR SPOOK

Hi all,

Sorry I have been very remiss in my blogging duties. I believe it has been about two weeks. I won't let that happen again. But right now I am deep into the heart of the espionage world as I finish up my latest novel (I can't wait to get on to the next one. Each book is like entering a new world).  I have my photo shoot coming up for the book cover. I have a great actor to appear on the book cover as my Spook character thanks to my wonderful friend, casting director Pamela Staton. 

In the meantime, here's the backcover description for my soon to be finished novel:

 SPOOK

Confessions of a Psychic Spy

"THIS BOOK WILL ONE DAY BE REGARDED AS A TRULY UNIQUE GREAT AMERICAN SPY STORY! As unfathomable as it sounds, it's 12 Years a Slave meets 
Ian Fleming's James Bond."

-Beauregard Freidkin

Host of the MIDNITE REVIEW

In 1961, during the hottest days of the Cold War, at the dawn of the Civil Rights Movement, in a time when the Superpowers are deploying psychic spies behind the Iron Curtain to engage in intrigue and espionage, the CIA discovers a man who just may be the most powerful remote viewer of them all: a Black prison convict named John.

Although they hate him because of the color of his skin, although they fear him because of his unnatural abilities, the CIA secretly ‘baptizes’ John into the world of espionage. From Montgomery, Alabama to Istanbul, Turkey, from the Orient Express to Washington, D.C., from Marilyn Monroe’s Los Angeles doorstep to the Cuban Missile Crisis countdown, John walks unseen through the annals of history, in its shadow.

And this is only book one.

UPCOMING TITLES

As I near the end of work on "SPOOK: Confessions of a Psychic Spy," I realize I'm trying to hold onto it. Prolong the project. This is a common dilemma for the writer. When I first moved to Los Angeles, I read a book on the art of writing screenplays. In it, the writer (I believe it was Syd Feld) said that as you near the end of your screenplay you may find yourself moving very slow. Holding on to it. This is because part of you loves writing this project and doesn't want to see it end. But part of the writer's process is to finish the project and move on to the next.  

Finishing a script or book is like saying goodbye to an old friend. But just as that is a bittersweet part of life, so is saying hello to a new friend.

Wow. I didn't know I was going to me so sentimental this morning. 

The other day I told someone that I write stories that I would love to see. That I am a fan of. The stories I don't see on TV or in the movie theaters. The stories Hollywood isn't telling. 

Anyway, that was my big lead in to the list of projects my indie publishing company Brooklyn Apache Press will be releasing in the coming months:

"THE BLACK ALBUM: A Hollywood Horror Story" (released 2013) Genre: Horror/Thriller

"SPOOK: Confessions of a Psychic Spy" (Release: Spring 2014) Genre: Spy/ Drama

"THE MOON BEAM RIDER" (Release: Summer 2014) Genre: Science Fiction/ Young Adult

"TEENAGE WASTELAND" (Release: Fall 2014) Genre: Science Fiction/ Young Adult

"MIDNITE REVIEW OF THE FREAK KING" (Release: Winter 2014) Genre: Science Fiction

"DEATH DEFYER" (Release: Winter 2015) Genre: Dark Comedy

"UNTITLED SPOOK NOVEL" (Release: Spring 2015) Spy/ Drama

That's it for now. Thanks for reading.

On the run.

Images courtesy of "THE BLACK ALBUM"

NEW COVER FOR THE BLACK ALBUM

Hi all,

I just wanted to share the exciting new cover jacket for "THE BLACK ALBUM: A Hollywood Horror Story." I'm having great fun working with my new graphic designer Ki.

I am currently setting up the photo shoot for "SPOOK: Confessions of a Psychic Spy" and the "MOON BEAM RIDER." I may do both shoots simultaneously. I'm still in the planning stages and a friend of mine who is a Casting Director is helping me find the model for the "Spook" cover.

All I know is I'm having a great time building my publishing company, working with my editor on "SPOOK" (I'm hoping to have advanced copies for people in a few weeks), and living the American dream.

Have a great day everyone.