Welcome to my night gallery. Please explore with your eyes open and your wits about you. Here all breeds of monsters lurk – some friendly, some sad, some humorous, and others…well, just downright hostile. My goal is to explore the dark side of humanity and showcase the writers who share the same interest. The following pages will take you through my own work, my biography, links, Night to Dawn magazine, and to the individual authors who books are published under the NTD imprint.
When to Hire an Editor
Some time ago I posted the advantages of Autocrit software, and the wisdom found in Writing the Breakout Novel. Autocrit enabled me to catch repetitive words, and I ferreted out problems in my novel when I applied techniques from Writing the Breakout Novel. However, the devil is in the details, and a small press editor once told me…Read more.
Dark Moons Presents Zombies – a Review
A few weeks ago, Julia Jansen offered me the pleasure of reading Dark Moon Presents Zombies. I can’t resist zombie tales any more than I can balloons, and will always make time to read one no matter how many other projects I have cooking. All up, this one was a real treat for zombie aficionados like…read more.
Autocrit Revisted…When Your Writing Needs More…
Some time ago I raved about the merits of Autocrit. I ran Steel Rose and other work through it and became ecstatic when the software ferreted out repetitions, clichés, and problems with sentence structure. I showed up at the PWC with Autocrit-edited work, and learned that Autocrit made a great proofing tool indeed. The extraneous adverbs became history, and so did problem sentences.
But workshop leaders told me the manuscript needed…Read more.
Other blog posts you might enjoy…
Createspace versus Lulu Revisited
PULP ECHOES presents seven new stories in the pulp tradition, both new and original characters: The Bat returns in “Blind As A Bat,” The Crimson Clown returns in “The Crimson Clown … read more.
THE PRODIGY OF ST. PETE’S: Andy stands alone in the hallway, trembling, his sweaty hand clutching to the doorknob. He knows what lies on the other side of the door and what he must do. Though, should he summon the courage to … read more.
BETROTHAL, BETRAYAL, AND BLOOD – How does a small, self-contained city react to a brutal murder in its only tourist attraction? Hush it up? Blame an unknown outsider? Find a scapegoat? Then what? Ask Karl Kelly and Vito Kostowki, San Tobino detectives baffled by the outrageous murders…read more.
RECOMMENDED READ: Dropping the Legal Ball: A Publishing Nightmare Exposed.
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Coffee Time Romance reviews Alien Worlds!
Calling Captain Danger: Captain Steve Danger is one of the elite Space Rangers of the Galactic Empire Alliance. Along with his Lieutenant, Cathy Rogers, he flies the Silver Raptor #1 to investigate the mysterious deaths in a mining colony on the outskirts of the galaxy.
An exciting introduction to the world of…. Read more.
COMING SOON!
Night to Dawn will be coming out April, 2012, featuring Marge Simon, JoAnna Senger, Rod Marsden, Lee Clark Zumpe, Todd Hanks, Francis W. Alexander, Teresa Tunaley, Tom Johnson, and others. Think zombies, mummies, werewolves, and vampires with a unique twist.
Continuing in a great tradition, five stories in pulp action, adventure, and thrills are included in this anthology! “The Hooded Hunter” by Max Scarlatti, “Prophet of Peril” (a Masked Avenger story) by Lamont Wentworth, a new Crimson Mask story, “The Crimson Mask’s Justice” by Frank Johnson, Doc Atlas returns in “His Master’s Voice” by Michael A. Black and Ray Lovato, and Tom Johnson’s Black Cat story, “Partners In Crime” rounds out the issue. With a great cover by Matt Lovato. If you like PULP this is the place to be!
Jur – A Story of Predawn Earth
The giant saber-toothed cat continued its pursuit of Odette as she tripped and fell. Aaron moved forward on his unsteady perch and suddenly felt his balance desert him. He stumbled sideways off the high limb, directly into the path of the bounding saber-tooth!
Through the high thrills of adventure and the adrenalin-pumping lows of terror, two young people lost in a prehistoric world must unite in their fight to survive – and find a love like no other!
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD WINNERS:
Tom and Ginger Johnson
Lifetime Achievement Award for Pulp Literary Fiction
Comments on: "Welcome!" (19)
Hi, First time here, this place seems like a very useful place.
Will do my best to help in to the best I am able
Thanks so much – I just added my biography. There’s a lot of material to move yet but I’m getting there.
Hi Popple, is this supposed to be your Welcome Page or your Author’s Page?
The front page with the banner is the front page – the other one is the interview page.
Popple
I really enjoyed this post, especially the “examples in this post” portion which made it really easy for me to SEE what you were talking about without even having to leave the article. Thanks
Fascinating write-up. Appreciate your posting
Incredibly great article! Truely.
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I am so very pleased with issue 18. Excellent. Loved Juam McGowan’s Aztec Mummy on page 62.
I’m extremely impressed with your writing skills as well as with the layout on your blog. Is this a paid theme or did you modify it yourself? Either way keep up the nice quality writing, it’s rare to see a great blog like this one nowadays..
All right! The new look of the website is looking awesome. Thanks for dumping that ugly green. This lighter yellow is a happier look, and friendlier greeting Page. I like it!
Hey Barbara,
Love the new site, so much color and care that seems to have been put into this…and cannot wait for the rest to be moved over.
C-ya.
Thanks all! I still have a way to go, but I am making progress. ~ Barbara
Fantastic new look to the website, Popple! You are doing an excellent job in setting the Site up for visitors. Keep up the great work!
Hey, I think your blog might be having browser compatibility issues. When I look at your blog site in Opera, it looks fine but when opening in Internet Explorer, it has some overlapping. I just wanted to give you a quick heads up! Other then that, awesome blog!
Dearest Barbara
Thank you so much for publishing my drawings in Night To Dawn (Issue 20). Its a wonderful magazine to be in. Quite beautiful. I am pleased as punch with it.
Thank You Chris
I appreciate, cause I discovered exactly what I was taking a look for. You have ended my 4 day lengthy hunt! God Bless you man. Have a nice day. Bye