George R.R. Martin (AKA: the mastermind behind the Game of Thrones franchise) revealed in an open-panel talk at the annual thriller-writers conference, Thrillerfest, this past weekend that the town in which he grew up (Bayonne, New Jersey) did not, in fact, have a bookstore. Image via Twitter Instead of an actual bookstore, Martin was only ever able to purchase books at his local candy store. And, instead of resenting the lack of reading material or the struggle it was to find the books he really wanted to read, Martin spoke about these days; he credits the “spinner rack of 35c paperbacks” inside …
This weekend, Goosebumps! author R.L. Stine spoke to a panel at the annual thriller-writers conference, Thrillerfest, and man, was it thrilling! The world-renowned Young Adult Horror author told-all, starting with where his fame began… RL Stine at Thrillerfest | Image Via Author According to Stine, he’d never joined this industry with the idea of being a horror writer for children ages eight-to-twelve in mind: I wrote joke books…I had no idea that children love being scared! In fact, it wasn’t until Stine wrote his first creepy novel, Blind Date, and was quickly thrust into the world of praise from his …
Last Friday 13th, George R.R. Martin, the mastermind and wordsmith behind the famed Game of Thrones franchise, told-all during a panel at the annual Thriller-author convention, Thrillerfest. During an open-panel interview, Martin spoke candidly about his past struggles with novels that didn’t sell, the wild nights of sci-fi author conventions during the 1970’s, his love for H.P. Lovecraft, and more. Martin spoke in such an open, friendly, and conversational manner that it would’ve been impossible not to be completely charmed and feel as though you were listening to stories from a close friend in your living room, as opposed to listening to an insanely famous …
If you happened to be bobbing around on this planet between the years 1992-1997, then you may remember the Goosebumps series. Goosebumps was a series of children’s horror fiction novels written by the one and only R.L. Stine depicting everything from possessed dummies, monsters made of green slime, demonic lawn gnomes, haunted masks, and more. They were fun, they were spooky, and they held a pretty important part in defining a generation. But, how could they not? There were sixty-two books released in a span of just five years, along with four seasons of an accompanying series. Goosebumps was everywhere! And everyone watched along, hiding under the covers, ready …
Game of Thrones has wrapped for the final season and, now that the end is near, it appears our fierce and fearless Sansa Stark already has her heart set on new endeavors… #nofilter Los Angeles, California. Chicken cranberry sausage. Nice to have a sausage shaped sausage for once ? finally. Other than that, aesthetically not the most pleasing. A little lumpy. The cranberry really compliments the chicken. A nice surprise. However after the 3rd bite, it can get a little sickly. Excellent size. The texture inside is perfect. I’d give it 6/10 A post shared by Passionate Bout The …
