The Eclectic Artist Cave Presents: Brian D. Byers

THE ECLECTIC ARTIST CAVE PRESENTS BRIAN BYERS. LIVE ON SATURDAY MARCH 5TH AT 10 AM CST.  Brian is a master when it comes to marketing. Join me and hear some of his marketing tips and learn about a new iphone app for your phones. If you love the paranormal, you're going to love this one! Brian Byers is best known for bringing to life animated characters such as Spongebob Squarepants, Curious George, and Barbie. He always wanted to be an animator and still creates and breathes life into his own characters on a daily basis. Brian is one of those few people that actually can support the label "renaissance man" without missing a beat. Besides...

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Feeling Introverted: One Writer's Journey

There are days like today when I wonder what I was thinking trying to get into a business that is more competitive than any other business around. I mean we as writers are plagued with rejection, hammered with critiques and smashed with other people's opinions on a daily basis. We don't stop though. I think it's because we can't. We have words crashing around our heads being said by characters we create and oddly enough they are only seen by others because we choose to allow it. I think in a lot of ways we are all a little nuts. We see the world different than most people. I have been playing the waiting game for a couple months now. I have...

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Writing Tip Tuesday

Get an editor, work with an editor if you can. These days the market is very tight and it’s competitive. It needs to be made camera tight. Go to your local college English department if you can’t afford one. ~~Chamein Canton~~ We as writers share our souls when we show our creations to the world. We are telling simple truths about who we are and how we view the world. The characters we create are often conjured from our own experiences and the settings we create are the very places we use to escape our everyday lives. We tread a fine rope between reality and fantasy. We have to. We have no choice. That being said, an editor brings us...

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The Eclectic Artist Cave Presents: Elizabeth Kolodziej

The Eclectic Artist Cave Welcomes LIVE on Saturday February 26 at 10 AM CST, Elizabeth Kolodziej author of Vampyre Kisses. She will also be doing a book signing from 2-6 pm in Ithaca, NY. Join us live to hear all about the exciting things going on with Vampyre Kisses. Synopsis Vampyre Kisses is an enthralling story about a young woman named Faith, who seems content with her life, but deep down craves more excitement. Then a mysterious man named Trent enters her world and everything changes. Surprising to Faith, Trent is a green-eyed vampire from Ireland. She is even more amazed to find out that she is a witch, and the last of her kind. Faith...

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Feeling Introverted: One Writer's Journey

There is something different and special about a woman's heart. We are able to be strong and vulnerable at the same time. We bend but don't break. We can't. We have too much to do in our everyday lives to even get a chance to break. We know what we want and yet at the same time sometimes what we want isn't good for ...

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Feeling Introverted: One Writer's Journey

I wake up every morning with a groggy feeling sitting stagnant in my body.  No it isn't time to wake up yet is it?   While I'm having my first cup of coffee, I get the kids off to school and John off to work. If I'm lucky, like right now, I get a little quiet time before the little kids wake up and want breakfast. There is no such thing as ever lasting peace and quiet in my house though. One by one my two little ones wake up. My daughter Carolyne always asks to eat breakfast right away. You would think she never eats the way she acts sometimes. When I don't move right then, she gets a small frown on her face and her forehead...

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Writing Tip Tuesday

Write what you love. ~~Abigail Madison-Chase~~ I couldn't agree more with Abigail on this. Writing what you love makes all the other stuff that comes with it less important. I received my first rejection on I AM WOLF. It's a badge of honor to me. I'm sure most of you are saying, "WHAT?" Thing is this, it's my first rejection. As writers we all know they're coming. The first one is not a surprise. It is part of the game of writing. The business of writing is so much different than the art of writing. That's why writing what you love is so important. It doesn't come off forced when you write what you love. The way...

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The Eclectic Artist Cave Presents: Chamein Canton

The Eclectic Artist Cave Presents Chamein Canton LIVE on Saturday February 19 at 10 AM CST. Chamein Canton is a best selling romance writer who loves to write romance for women who are normal every day women. Her writing is sexy and beautiful at the same time. She specializes in writing about full figured women with a single thought in mind, WE ALL NEED LOVE. Below are a few novels she has written. Waiting for Mr. Darcy Gabby, Lauren and Alicia were boarding school buddies who also happen to be full figured young women. These women go on in their lives of spouses, children, careers, divorces, death and family but their friendship...

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Feeling Introverted: One Writer's Journey

It isn't often my life to imitates my art. I generally write about other worlds, places and people who aren't really people at all. However, once in a while, I do write about reality...in an odd sort of I'm gonna kill em off sort of way. The story I'm talking about is one I haven't published or shared anywhere called "A Less than Perfect Life." I wrote it about 6 years ago on my old computer that melted in the fire. It was about a 20 year old young girl named Jackie whose husband had been sent to prison for beating her to a pulp. I know, not a nice story, but here's why I'm bringing it up. I had an accident a week ago. A girl ran a stop...

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Feeling Introverted: A Writer's Journey

Being a writer can be a daunting and scar filled path full of ego bashing and paper cuts. It's also a journey I feel I have been preparing for my entire life. During the darkest times in my life, words were my escape. Books became my refuge. Life seemed a little better when I would either read or write down a story. It is those who took me away that influenced me on the inner most level of my subconscious. I have been influenced by many writers in my life. Stephen King was my first influence. I mean come on, how many teens wouldn't want to go all "Carrie" on a person who is a complete jerk to you? Stephen King painted...

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Writing Tip Tuesday

Write your story. Don’t try to copy what Stephen King does or Dean Koontz does, it doesn’t work. Write for yourself.  ~~Jeremiah Coe, author of The Dead of Space series and streaming video show Transitions. All too often we as writers forget that we have our own voice. What works for some may not work for others. We read a story and think, "That was amazing!" We then pick up our pen and begin writing a story similar to the one we just read. We forget what we already know. "I have a voice. It's unique. It's original and sets me apart from others. I have my own opinions and I see the world in a different way." This is what we...

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The Eclectic Artist Cave Presents: Abigail Madison-Chase

http:// Abigail Madison-Chase joins me LIVE on Saturday February 12 at 10 AM CST around the coffee pot where we are going to discuss love and laughter in writing and life. Abigail Madison-Chase writes one of my favorite blogs called Always Abigail. Her main character is a match maker with a flare for the dramatics who is willing to go out on a limb and get into trouble when it comes to love. Her zany antics and mischievous ways are full of heart felt intentions as she searches the world for true love. Her blog is my soap opera and I love how in reality she has just as big of a heart as her characters. Abigail does volunteer work through...

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Feeling Introverted: One Writer's Journey

What does it mean when a person sits in front of a keyboard, dreams about other worlds and translates what is seen into words?  Are we all mad in some way or do we just have nothing better to do than live in a world of our own creation? Better yet, do we just want to escape our own reality? Honestly, I think for me it's as simple as loving the idea that there are endless possibilities and timeless adventures waiting to be had. The books I read may not be able to hold me close or keep me warm. They can't have a conversations with me nor can they tell me everything is going to be ok when I'm crying. Yet, somehow they fill me with joy...

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The Eclectic Artist Cave Presents: Jeremiah Coe

Transitions, written by Jeremiah Coe Jeremiah Coe, author of Transitions .  Ed Loomis is a man on the streets trying to find his way through life , looking for a new opportunity to redeem himself in society. Until one evening he finds himself cornered and in a dire situation for his life. Not believing it he is killed and brought back as a vampire. This is a story of "transition" from life to the undead and its trials and tribulations. Follow Ed and his fellow clan members as they confront the challenges that come within their shadowed society. We all live... we all die... only the unfortunate transition. NOVELS HERE COMES SANTA...

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Writing Tip

Join a critique group. Stephen Prosapio. This was the advice given on my radio show. I have to agree. As a writer, we all need another set of eyes to make sure what we are seeing in our heads is coming out right on the page. I know for me, my small group of people who look over my writing helps me a lot. They let me know when something isn't flowing right or when a character wouldn't say that. It also lets you see how you've improved. When you first start with a group they rip it to shreds and it makes you improve. As you learn, the bloody mess becomes less of a massacre and more of a joyful experience. The secret to a good group is being able to take criticism and being able to give it without being rude and making it as painless as possible. Eventually ...

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