The Results Are In: Kick-Ass Opening Line

Over at Chuck Wendig's site he's announced the 3 winners of the Best Kick-Ass opening line contest he has been running for about a week. There were over 400 entries. Including this from me:

The people in the woods wear black hooded robes, have oblong white faces, and black dots for eyes.

Anyway... you can check out the winning entries and runner ups HERE

Chuck Wendig's Kick-Ass Opening Line Challenge

Over at Chuck Wendig's site, TerribleMinds, he is hosting a "Kick-Ass Opening Line" challenge. Basically,  all you need to do is come up with your best opening sentence. Find out more, and hopefully give it a shot HERE

Stuart Neville's Collusion

Hope everyone had a terrific holiday season and I wish a happy and healthy 2012 to one and all.  I am 3/4 through reading "Collusion", Stuart Neville's follow up novel to his tremendous "The Ghosts of Belfast".  TGOB was a game-changer for me, when I read it in Jan 2010 and I am really digging the way "Collusion" is taking me back to that time.  What a wild ride it has been since I read TGOB, so many new friends, stories, novels, writers, and good times.   I am really looking forward to 2012, assuming the world doesn't end.  So, a sincere thank you to Mr. Neville, for writing such great stories. If you have not read TGOB or Collusion, you can get both of them together for kindle HERE

Next up, after a review of "Collusion", is Adrian McKinty's "Cold,Cold, Ground", and Stuart Neville's "Stolen Souls".  Can't wait!

Donna Moore's Ramones Challenge

Over at Donna Moore's blog, she's hosting a challenge. Cliff Notes version: write an up to 750 word story, a Ramones song needs to be the title, and someone has to die. All by Nov 1st. Donna will then post a link to your blog / story. If you don't have a blog, she will post the story on her blog. For complete details click HERE


I might be late to the game on this one but I just heard this song today, and loved it. Why? because I got that chill up my spine and that only happens with very few songs the first time I hear them. It's the combination of good music and great lyrics that does it to me. Great title too, for a novel as well.

"Gold Guns Girls" by Metric...Check it out HERE