Sable Lit Reviews

No source of fear goes unexamined in J. Richard Jacobs’ Twisted Tails III: Pure Fear anthology. Combining 18 stories from nearly a dozen talented authors that resemble Stephen King’s Creep Show, anything Alfred Hitchcock and the Twilight Zone is no easy task but Jacobs does an excellent job of showcasing each author’s ability to bring [...]

In my quest for the most terrorizing scary novels and stories for this first annual Sable Lit Reviews Spooky Friday Showcase, I received some amazing entries. While I liked some and loved others, every author who was showcased for this event should be proud of their stories and the way in which they told them. [...]

This past week while I was prospecting for new clients I had to consider how I write. Many writers identify themselves as heavy planners or free spirit writers who just take a snippet of an underdeveloped idea and either weave it into a full-length novel or scribble out a mass amount of words before having [...]

Title: BET Black College Tour Location: Tallahassee, Florida Description: Occuring at Florida A&M University, in its 7th year, BET hosts the back to school college tour. Support BET as it creates excitement and social activites while boosting community awareness regarding the longevity of US Historically Black Colleges. For more information about the tour locations see: [...]

In Melissa Blue’s interracial sensual romance, How Much You Want to Be?, construction maven and a professionally lost pseudo-playboy find love among pool cues, hammers, drill bits, paint tubes and chalk dust. Neil Sullivan is a construction manager-hopeful who has moved to a small town in hopes that she can build a new life and [...]

As my writing career has started to evolve, I’ve had to examine why I write. It is simple to say I write because I have to or it’s like breathing — if I don’t I’d die inside. Yes, those explanations are severely dramatic although they may be very true emotionally speaking.              I started out [...]

             While not inherently scary, you will get your fill of the menacing, bloody and brooding atmosphere of LA Wilson’s In Blood Covenant. While in the city of Gwyngoed visiting his ill brother-in-law, Lorne Jagger, an ordinary mechanic from Plymouth, stops at a pub for a drink. He becomes entranced by a dark man dressed [...]

 As a freelance writer, you are constantly marketing yourself. As a traditional worker, you tend to market your abilities only when it’s time for a new cubicle with a better view, or if you’re high enough on the corporate climbing wall, a more opulent office, a bigger bonus and a fatter paycheck. A freelance writer [...]

Title: Re:Verse Literary Conference & Festival Location: Bronx, New York Description: Support the platform for literary based creative thinking and knowledge sharing. Presented by the Literary Freedom Project, join the educators, literary organizations community organizers and artists who will be in attendance. Advanced registration is required. For more information see http://reversefestival.com/08.htm. Date: 2008-10-25

As a writer, the way I watch movies will never be the same. After finding out that Lakeview Terrace, the latest Samuel L. Jackson flick produced by Will Smith’s production company Overbrook Entertainment, had interracial themes, I decided to go see it for blog material’s sake.              The movie had caught my interest anyway, I [...]