August 2013 ~ Patrick Satters

August 25, 2013

Author Interview with Glenn Clay

9:38 AM Author, Glenn Clay, Interview, paranormal, Self Publishing, The Cursed and Damned: The Daniels Family, vampire, Werewolf, young adult No comments

Q: Hi Glenn Clay, first of all, could you tell us a bit about yourself?

A: Well I am a 24 year old guy. I am a graduate of Teays Valley High School and I live in a small town in Ohio.

Q: Why did you start writing?

A: I started writing as a newsletter writer for my small town but then it turned into a way to relieve my depression after I lost a very close loved one.

Author Interview with Ellen Ekstrom

8:46 AM Author, Ellen Ekstrom, Interview, Midwinter Sonata, Scarborough, Self Publishing, Tallis Third Tune No comments

Hi Ellen, first of all, could you tell us a bit about yourself?
I've been writing since I could hold a pencil and that's been a long time. Presently, I work as a legal secretary to pay the bills and I'm also a clergywoman in the Episcopal Church for the Diocese of California - I serve as the parish deacon in my neighborhood church and undertake a lot of outreach to the community, which is middle-to-poor working class. I'm a native of the San Francisco Bay Area and live in Berkeley. I was influenced to write by an older sister who told me to put my imagination to work and to stop bothering her. I started writing five-page novels complete with illustrations and sold them for a dime to our neighbors. Once in a while, I sleep. Early morning I wake and usually get an idea for a story.

The Lone Ranger - Movie Review

8:58 AM Action, Armie Hammer, Comedy, Cowboys, Disney, Gore Verbinsky, Johnny Depp, movie, Pirates of the Caribbean, Review, Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Tom Wilkinson, Western, William Fichtner No comments

A few years ago a group of people gathered to turn a theme park ride into a movie. The movie turned out to be a huge success and made Johnny Depp into the highest paid actor in history. Now the same team returned and try to achieve the same with a typical western story… and they failed in earning their budget back, resulting in the second biggest flop for Disney in recent years, right after John Carter. Is it justified? No, because at least for me it was one of the better films of this year, ranking somewhere in the top 3. Also it seems that the movies does better outside the USA.

Life of Pi - Movie Review

8:43 AM Ang Lee, Gérard Depardieu, Inspirational, Irrfan Khan, movie, Review, Ship Wreck, Slice of Life, Suraj Sharma 2 comments

Life of Pi is the unusual combine of visual stunning effects and an inspirational storytelling, instead of the well known action blockbuster. Ang Lee takes the viewers with him to the high sea, on a travel full of wonders and magic. It’s a movie that asks more question than it answers. It’s a movie that doesn’t tell you anything, but instead shows a how colorful the world could be. The question is, is this journey entertaining?

Writers Wanted For the Eat Sleep Write Podcast

2:01 PM Author, author tips, EatSleepWrite, marketing, opportunity, podcast, promotion, writing No comments

Adam told me about another great Opportunity to give authors the chance to reach people. Podcast! Read here, what you need to get an podcast interview on his site.

Please take a moment to read my podcast proposal below, and if you have any interest in recording a podcast aboutyour adventures in writing, I hope to hear from you soon. I invite you to my site where you can look around and listen to some of my podcasts on EatSleepWrite.