Writing and Reading

As promised, my friends, I have another book trailer here from the passionate embrace of one J. Hali Steele, fellow Eirelander author, paranormal romance writer. Let me tell you, by the trailer, the story’s HOT. HOT. HOT.

Be teased by HARD CASE. Fall in love. Or in lust. Whichever you prefer. You know you’ll love it…. Mmmmmm….

Hurray! Pour out the bubbly, bring out the nachos and dip! Let’s play Parcheesi! AY AY AY AY AAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!! Aye caramba….

Why am I celebrating? I’ve achieved the most extremely difficult (at least for me), surprisingly difficult, actually. Working with my editor at Eirelander, I’ve FINALLY….

FINALLY….

Come up with the series title for the books following the adventures of Alexandra Glade and the Berith Lochem. Here it is…brace yourself….

THE REVENANTS OF ANARCHY

I must insist that characters are people, too! Even if they’re all in our imaginations. Look, my son can vouch for the truth in that, as one of his favorite shows on The Disney Channel is “The Imagination Movers”. Listen to my son. He knows what he’s talkin’ about.

But anyway, to the point: very simply:

My main character Alexandra Glade,

ruthless vampire hunter….

Has…

A TWITTER NOW.

(http://twitter.com/Alexandra_Glade)

I’ve had an epiphany about this particular set of posts that I hold dear to my heart. Yes, the title’s kind of long. But I now have an idea:

One, I have my source of pure inspiration, finally. And it’s clear, concise, 24/7. My girlfriend. The princess. She is my muse.

I now have a resource that allows me to post new words constantly. It shall be my only resource. And I shall therefore name these set of posts….

Slipping In Dogmas of  Solemn Wonder

(Same letters, S.I.D.S.W., as the Sadistically Imaginatory Dictionary of Super Words).

So whenever you see this title on a post, it shall have a new word in the title as well.

For this post, however, I have a new word for you from my muse. It is….

GROWEN

The term ‘growen’ is derived from the word ‘grown’. Naturally, the broad definition of grown exemplifies the simple process of ‘finishing growing’. Naturally seen with the phrase, “you are all grown up!” or “my Lord, look how you have grown!”

However, GROWEN focuses on specifics. It is essentially the word GROWN only with the specifics regarding children growing up enough to be kicked out of the house to fend for themselves so that mommy and daddy can renew their vows and travel the world. *Ahem*

Nothing more to say after that.

“Death by Stereo!”

- Corey Haim

I’m betting everyone loves to hear and see Spacey do his thing, with that haunting monotone voice of his, the strange blank stare on his round face. He really is the pinnacle of mystery that adds the right tint to dialogue, a deep enigmatic elysium of purity, seemingly untainted–just like his face, in fact!

I mean, seriously, who ever has seen Kevin with any facial hair? No scars, no wrinkles almost. He’s pure. He’s… Kevin Spacey.

So here’s an edition of an Eloquence of Words. Kevin Spacey.

I’m a sucker for research, and quite frankly, it’s been awhile on Writing and Reading since I’ve written a post about a particular in-depth topic of literary quality and/or content. As it does say…”Writing and Reading”, you know? I can’t always be writing posts about sheer randomness and oddities and utter craziness–

OFF THE BED, CHUCK STAKE, AND PUT YOUR CLOTHES ON!

Back to the topic–

ROMANCE

Cue in regal Victorian music and give me a picture of that heavily busty-dressed buxom blonde struggling to breathe, causing her boobage to rise and fall like the waves of the ocean.

Yes, the romance genre of literature.

In my early years as a budding English major, I burned through all those literature classes studying Shakespeare and Sydney and the Earl of Surrey and Marlowe and the Beowulfs and Homers of classicism–

And NEVER realized that, in truth, the romance genre essentially started with those particular elements–elements of fantasy, usually regarding a chivalrous knight saving a fair maiden. As always was the case, love conquers evil. Hence, in these literary works, there was an ‘evil’ to be thwarted to save the princess or the kingdom or the town or whatever so that the knight or pauper or prince or heavily-clad barbarian could then pull in the pretty damsel and plant a big kiss on her sweet face. The End. (End credits and cue in epic soundtrack).

Such works originating the genre include King Horn, Robert the Devil, Emare and Havelok the Dane.

How diverse the genre was! Who would’ve thought the whole basis for that sleazy beach read that Chuck Stake likes so much originated from such classic literature?

Romance even took a turn into more gothic elements, presenting darker images, elements of horror and terrifying drama, such as Bram Stoker’s DRACULA. Yes, that same blood-sucking vampire we all love. Yes, he was a romantic guy. He had to be if he could convince a girl to let him suck on their necks.

The genre transcended any staple or covered box with a label pretty easy, and the only way I can think that that would happen is simply this:

Romance is something we all long for. We’re human. We all hope to fall in love. We all hope to have that fuzzy feeling in our chest, the sweaty palms, the sleepless nights. We all dream of being swept off our feet. We’re self-destructive like that. It’s in our nature.

So, naturally, the romance genre continues to be one of the most long-lived, popular genres in literature and film today! In all its forms, too. Erotic romance, classic romance, epic romance, romantic comedy, romantic tragedy, horror romance, romantic drama. You name it.

We love it.

Nothing illustrates that more than this trailer, I think enjoy. And remember…oh, yeah, baby…to give a passionate kiss to the other in your life who always makes your heart race…you know it, baby. Enjoy.

Yep. Long weekend. But a good one. And you know what that means? Time for some “late night snacks”. No, I don’t mean fudge brownies and untoasted pop tarts and Kool-Aid and leftovers in the fridge (although at this time of night, that sounds like pure Heaven). I mean INDULGENCE. I mean mindless surfing on the web, finding things that can turn my restless insanity into something that of such chaos that it somehow brings me back around to that place of peace where everything is right in the world and it’s okay to be in my boxers and nothing else on. In fact, all I’m wearing are my boxers right now.

But to the point–here, I’ve found the most insane trailers for films that will probably NEVER be made. Feast your eyes on the power of insanity! HOOWAAHH!!

I am a bit of a charity man, for sure. And I love book trailers. Hell, I love books! And books love me. Because I’m good enough and smart enough.

And I’m definitely good enough and smart enough for the likes of Rebecca Royce, author extraordinaire and fellow debut, same date, December 4, 2009!

Her novel LOVE BEYOND TIME has it all, friends. And to show you a little teaser, I’ve got her book trailer right here. Feast your eyes and fall in love with… REBECCA ROYCE…and her LOVE BEYOND TIME.

Hello again, people! Love you all. Because I have officially created my official author web site. Officially. And it is officially up today on June 17th, 2009. Officially. You know, after awhile the word ‘officially’ starts looking funny. Like the ‘y’ starts looking like some weird dictionary appendix that sort of hangs out there for no apparent reason….

I’m off to a tangent again, as always. Unforgivable ranting. Sorry! So here’s the site. I shall post it on the blog as a link on the sidebar as well. Please leave comments in the guestbook and feel free to immerse yourself in the easy listening radio station. Taco Supreme.

http://pierreroustan.spaces.live.com/