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[Review] Absolute Visions Anthology

29 Tuesday May 2012

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Absolute Write, Absolute Write Anthology, anthology, MacAllister Stone, reviews, visions


I have talked about the Absolute Write Absolute Visions Anthology on this blog a few times before. Finally, after many months, is my review of said anthology:

http://www.epublishabook.com/2012/05/24/anthology-review-absolute-visions-edited-by-macallister-stone/#axzz1wH5gz5kO

Apparently there is no way to comment on epublish a book (I assumed there was but some people have been telling me they have had difficulties) so feel free to comment on this post if you have anything you would like to say about the review…

By the way, I do have some interesting news which I may share soon. A lot of things have been happening at once – most of them yesterday with a slew of interesting e-mails coming in.

[Review] Bites by Ninfa Hayes

10 Thursday May 2012

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Absolute Write, Absolute Write Anthology, anthology, books, ninfa, Ninfa Hayes, reviews, Vampires, writing


I have been a little quiet of late, been far too busy with things other than blogging…

However, I have a couple of reviews in the pipeline. This one (out today) is Bites by Ninfa Hayes – one of our Vampire Month writers

http://www.epublishabook.com/2012/05/10/book-review-bites-by-ninfa-hayes/

I suggest you pop over there now to have a look at what I thought about it…

Another review that is likely to be due soon (depending on publishing schedules) is my review of the Absolute Write anthology, Absolute Visions. I will notify you when this one goes live…

[Review] Baker Street Beat

22 Sunday Apr 2012

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books, Dan Andriacco, Essays, guest posts, reviews, Sherlock Holmes, sherlock holmes books, Short Fiction


This is the third and final of the MX Publishing Sherlock Holmes books I have reviewed…

http://www.cultbritannia.co.uk/2012/04/22/book-review-baker-street-beat/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=facebook

It is an entertaining collection of essays and fiction that is well worth a read…

A busy few days in blogging land…

20 Friday Apr 2012

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Absolute Write, books, City of Roses, Dr Watson, ghost photos, Ghost Pics, guest blogging, Kieran McMullen, Kip Manley, productivity, raynham hall ghost, self publishers, Self Publishing, Sherlock Holmes, Watson's Afgham Adventure, writing


This is what my study looks like at the moment...

I’ve not posted here much since the end of Vampire Month (apologies for that, I’ve been distracted) and you were probably expecting a post linked to the AW Blog Chain here about now as I was signed up for it this month. However, I opted out last week for personal reasons. I do intend to do next month’s blog chain, however, so look out for that in May…

In the meantime, I have been a busy bunny on the reviewing front. School Easter holidays provided me with plenty of time for reading and writing so I managed to clear some books off the big pile of ‘books to be reviewed’.

First up we have Watson’s Afghan Adventure, another MX Publishing offer set in the Sherlock Holmes universe:

http://www.cultbritannia.co.uk/2012/04/18/book-review-watsons-afghan-adventure/

This follows the exploits of Dr Watson during his pre-Holmes days in the army. Please excuse the missing ‘of’ in the first sentence…

Secondly, I have also reviewed Wake up, volume one of the City of Roses series:

http://www.epublishabook.com/2012/04/20/book-review/#axzz1sZN6l3ZI

A strange and mystical story of faerie courts in modern urban cities, somewhat akin to Gaiman’s Neverwhere.

Finally, not a review but a commentary on a photograph:

http://newsfromthespiritworld.com/2012/04/18/ghostly-pics-the-raynham-hall-ghost/

Here I talk about another famous ghost photograph – the Raynham Hall ghost, also known as the Brown Lady – another of the shots labelled as one of the ’10 greatest ghost photos ever’ in numerous blog posts.

There is a lot more to come because the ‘big pile of books to be reviewed’ is a very big ‘big pile of books to be reviewed’ and there are a lot more ghost photos out there…

 

[Review] Shadowfall by Tracy Revels

30 Friday Mar 2012

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Benedict Cumberbatch, Cult Britannia, Faeries, guest blogging, guest posts, Magic, reviews, shadowfall, Sherlock, Sherlock Holmes


I review a book (and an actual physical book at that!) by Tracy Revels and starring a rather unusual variation of everyone’s favourite detective… yes, even more unusual than the one played by Benedict Cumberbatch…

http://www.cultbritannia.co.uk/2012/03/30/book-review-sherlock-holmes-shadowfall/

[Review] Being Human: Puppy Love

12 Monday Mar 2012

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Being Human, guest blogging, guest posts, horror, puppy love, solar storms, Vampires, Werewolf


A little late this week (I blame solar storms…) but here is my review of yesterday’s Being Human episode…

http://www.cultbritannia.co.uk/2012/03/12/being-human-puppy-love-review/

Feel free to pop on over there and comment. Or comment here… either way I’m happy.

Oh, and this does count as part of Vampire Month 🙂

[Review] The Chosen: Book one of the Portals of Destiny

08 Thursday Mar 2012

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aliens, books, guest blogging, Shay Fabbro, The Chosen


Taking a brief break from Vampire month to tell you about another one of those e-publish a book reviews…

http://www.epublishabook.com/2012/03/08/book-review-the-chosen-by-shay-fabbro/#axzz1oX9kDhcA

Now, back to normal viewing…

Vampire Month

01 Thursday Mar 2012

Posted by D.A Lascelles in Guest posts, Publicity, Reviews

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Edward, guest blogging, guest posts, horror, Lestat, Ninfa Hayes, Rebeka Harrington, reviews, Skyla Dawn Cameron, Vampires


The big grand-daddy of all Vampires. Christopher Lee as Dracula.

This month is Vampire month on this blog.

What? You say March is a stupid time for Vampire month? You think that maybe it should be another month, like October? Well, on this blog we don’t follow trends we make them and I reckon that this time next year EVERY blog will call March ‘Vampire Month’ and I will take the credit for starting a whole new social trend.

Well, that or, you know, the rest of the internet will just carry on doing what it always does and not be affected at all by what I say or do.

So, why is it Vampire month here? Well, over the next month I will be featuring articles and interviews with three writers of Vampire fiction starting next week with Rebekah Harrington, author of Vampires Revealed. This will be followed by Ninfa Hayes, author of the upcoming novella Bites. Finally, Skyla Dawn Cameron, author of Bloodlines* and the newly released Lineage, will weigh in with her opinions. In these articles we seek to understand the underlying appeal of Vampires, their psychology and motivation and, most importantly of all, who would win in a fight: Lestat or Edward…

So, that is three writers, in three different continents, writing about Vampires in three different ways… Should be something to look forward too…

*If you remember, I reviewed Bloodlines here: http://www.epublishabook.com/2011/10/28/book-review-bloodlines-by-skyla-dawn-cameron/#axzz1nuXKfHgn feel free to go back there to be reminded about how awesome I thought it was…

[Review] Being Human 1955

13 Monday Feb 2012

Posted by D.A Lascelles in Guest posts, Reviews, TV

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Being Human, Cult Britannia, guest blogging, guest posts, horror, reviews


My review of this week’s Being Human episode (Being Human: 1955 which so sounds like it should be a spin off series…) is now up for all to read on the Cult Britannia website. Feel free to pop over there and leave a comment saying what you thought of the episode or leave a comment or two here.

After a couple of comments on last week’s review, you may like to know that this week’s is guaranteed spoiler free. It is, however, still high in polyunsaturated comedy ritual magic which studies* have found may be linked to some disease or other. I suggest a diet of fish high in Omega 3s to overcome this.

*Well, vague, wibbly wobbly concerns turned into tabloid hysteria. Comedy ritual magic may also have caused the current ‘snowpocalypse’ according to some bloke I met in the pub yesterday. If a second bloke confirms it, I’ll be sure to let the Daily Mail know…

Review – Being Human: Eve of the War (SE4 Ep 1)

06 Monday Feb 2012

Posted by D.A Lascelles in Reviews, TV

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BBC3, Being Human, horror, reviews, Vampire, Werewolf


As you are all well aware by now (well, at least I hope you are…) I’ve done regular reviews of self published books over at the epublish a book site. I also occasionally on this blog comment on films, TV and other SFF stuff that I hear about and have an opinion on. Well, now I have expanded that small empire of reviewage into something a little bigger. A sort of medium sized, semi detached empirette with a bigger garden and room for an extension…

In other words, I am now doing reviews for Cult Britannia, a website all about British cult TV, and my first review can be seen if you click the direct link below:

http://www.cultbritannia.co.uk/2012/02/06/being-human-eve-of-the-war-review/

As things currently stand, I will be doing reviews of the first two episodes of Being Human series 4 at least. I may be doing reviews of other episodes in the series and possibly reviews of other shows and general opinion articles as things progress. Feel free to pop on over there and see what I had to say about episode one and leave a comment if you disagree with me (or even if you agree with me…).

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