In those days I thought I knew so much...

These are pictures of a place called Colonial Williamsburg. The last time I was there was with a group called The Youth Action Singers. This seems like another lifetime ago. It was 1977. The trip was a ministry tour up the eastern seaboard to NYC and specifically to Brooklyn and Queens. 

In those days I thought I knew so much... looking back I realize just how much I didn't know. I guess age and time is a great teacher. I was telling a friend just today to be careful asking God for wisdom because it comes to you through the school of hard knocks. It's great to have and we all have a little by the time we have white hair... lol. But, I truly believe that an abundance of wisdom comes from a life of unpleasant experiences. The thing about life is that its experiences are not always positive... the negative must come with the good. Wouldn't it be grand to only get the positive? but then, how would we know the difference if all we get is positive experiences... doesn't the negative experiences mold us faster than the positive ones? I know that when things are wonderful it is then that I'm satisfied with myself and I don't grow or become more than I am. It's when things are uncomfortable that I press myself to change. Maybe you're the same way too.   

The animated snake...

The snake in the book trailer, just as on the cover, is a construction...an animation. Of course I couldn't train a snake to climb across the cut outs of the lady figures and climb up the knife in the perfect pose to match the cover.  Snakes don't take orders very well... and remember that "under it's skin a snake is still a snake." - quote from "Premeditated Pandemonium."  

Follow this link to see the 80's style trailer for "Premediated Pandemonium."

Follow this link to see the 80's style trailer for "Premediated Pandemonium."

Everyone, check it out at noon today!

This is an all call for friends and fans. Today at noon when the book trailer for "Premeditated Pandemonium" is released lets go online to YouTube and get as many hits for my new book trailer as we can. Search for "Premeditated Pandemonium Trailer" and watch.

Watch for the premiere of my new book trailer...

A new book trailer for Premeditated Pandemonium will premiere on YouTube Thursday at noon. Watch for it. I must admit I am thrilled to see the book trailer go live. The animation is unique and yet reminiscent in a traditional way of the action adventure hero genre. Yes, I am so very excited! I can hardly wait for it to go live. Look for it Thursday Feb. 28th at 12:00 noon.

The video is tagged as: Book Trailer, Premeditated Pandemonium, Crime Drama Novel, Mystery and Suspense Novel, Detective Evan Chavez, D.A. Janie Fulbright, General Matthew Goldstein, President Edgar J. Tarkington.  

Harlan Ellison on the topic of writing...

People on the outside think there’s something magical about writing, that you go up in the attic at midnight and cast the bones and come down in the morning with a story, but it isn’t like that. You sit in back of the typewriter and you work, and that’s all there is to it.

- Harlan Ellison -

“Remember: Plot is no more than foot prints left in the snow after your characters have run by on their way to incredible destinations.

“Remember: Plot is no more than foot prints left in the snow after your characters have run by on their way to  incredible destinations. Plot is observed after the fact rather than before. It cannot precede action. It is the chart that remains when an action
is through. That is all Plot ever should be. It is human desire let
run, running, and reaching a goal. It cannot be mechanical. It can

only be dynamic. So, stand aside, forget targets, let the characters, your fingers, body, blood, and heart do.” 

- Ray Bradbury