Aiding Chicago’s Battle Against Crime in the Inner-City

January 26, 2017.Reading time 2 minutes.

According to Chicago Police Department crime stats, there’s been a shooting every day in the city of Chicago, IL from February 2015 to December 29th of last year. By the end of 2016, Chicago’s murder rate stood at 750. January 25, President Donald Trump, in an interview with ABC news analyst David Muir, said he is ready to aid […]

Author Interview of Neon Houses: What Readers Want to Know

January 26, 2017.Reading time 2 minutes.

Why did you write this story? I wanted a story that would resonate with Millennials who are moving away from the inner cities. I wanted them to see the affect that not giving back to the community will have in the long run. It’s for the Black and Brown Lives Matter advocates who must also […]

Use word-based interactive fiction to promote your novel?

January 24, 2017.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Video games have always played well with other media. Can word-based interactive fiction do the same and maybe help you promote your novel or other work? Absolutely. But first some history. Many early games were, if not outright adaptations, heavily inspired by popular franchises of the time. The licensing could be a bit dodgy. But games complemented …

Review of ‘Empty Chairs’ by Suzanne Burke

January 23, 2017.Reading time 1 minute.

In the novel Empty Chairs, author Suzanne Burke, writing as Stacey Danson, takes us on a roller-coaster ride through the roughest areas of Sydney, Australia as seen through the eyes of an eleven-year-old run-away. In Stacey’s own words, “I was about to spend my very first night in ‘Kings Cross’—the organized crime, drug, and sleaze capital of Australia.” […]