I cannot stand these mid-season breaks that AMC's "The Walking Dead" seems to take every year. isn't it bad enough you make us all wait several months until the new season? Now we have to wait another few months in between???
Well, i must say that i was shocked at what happened on last night's show. they told us they were going to take out a few people from the show, and it is a "given" that main characters are going to die sometime; it is a zombie apocalypse after all. But two major characters bit the dust last night, and one of them, i think left a small emotional scar on the viewing public.
Rest in Peace(s) "Herschel" and good riddance to "the Governor".  i really thought i was going to have one up from reading the comic book, but the folks at AMC aren't following the timeline and reality of the comic, which i think is a good idea. Keep us guessing. So up to date...here is a rogues gallery in alphabetical order; of the deceased of "The Walking Dead" (er...minus the walking dead themselves that is)...

I've started several novels but being the scatter mind that i am, i never finish hardly anything. The poetry books were easy, there was no plot, just poems which i had already written, it was a matter of organization and BAM...publish.
"Midnight Snacks: a horror anthology" was pretty much the same way, except i did need to tweak a few stories and characters.
"Zechariah 14:12-humanity's last stand" was my first full length novel and it was tough for me to know when to stop. when i thought i was done, a character would tell me they weren't done yet...so click and clack...4 chapters later i'm frustrated as to whether i was done yet. 
I've asked some of my readers what they'd like to see out of me next. I gave the the choice of these ideas from projects i've started:
-The Painting: a historical/drama/fiction/love story. in the 1950's an artist from east berlin falls in love with the daughter of a west berlin gallery owner. they fall in love and the night before he plans to propose to her, the wall goes up. they are separated and the story follows their trials and tribulations to find each other. This follows both the rise and fall of the Berlin Wall.

-The Land of Nod: a young adult fantasy novel. After the death of a minnesota family's matriarch, they soon find out after digging through some of gramma Elorah's things that their family has a legacy to guard the border between our world and others.

-growing fonda kerouac: a road story about a young graduate who tries to live out his dream to find the ghost of jack kerouac and the spirit of "easy rider" on his motorbike across america.

-love and insanity: a semi-autobiographical story about a suicide attempt and his inner-quest to find love in a dysfunctional world.

So far, "The Land of Nod" is winning out....though i have had requests for a sequel to "Zechariah"...hmmmm...

If all goes well with the folks at CreateSpace, should be ready for launch on Halloween! 

Fair Lakes, MN. A mutated strain of spongifom encephalapathy has infected the population turning it's hosts into ravenous eating machines. One man tries to get his family together to survive this nightmarish pandemic. Government safe zones are falling and humanity prepares to make it's last stand.
"Zechariah 14:12-humanity's last stand" has been completed. I'm shooting for a Halloween release: October 31st, 2013 from CreateSpace!
#zombie apocalypse

Finally, came up with a title for the new book. It's a Bible verse that describes a zombie apocalypse better than anything else i could find.
It is an expansion and re-write of the short story "The Last Stronghold" which is featured in "Midnight Snacks: a horror anthology". I had got a lot of feedback from friends wanting a back story to that one, and then some more as to what happens after "last stronghold".
So in a way, it's a prequel and sequel all wrapped up into one.
To date i am typing away at Chapter 12. I don't know how far that is, because i have no idea how this will end. But out of all the books in my brain, this is the one shouting the loudest and threatening to eat said brain if it doesn't get finished.
That being said, i should have this done by June of this year. I'll keep you all posted as time progresses.
**ALSO!!! a BIG thank you to all of you who have ordered "midnight snacks" on kindle and in paperback! the support is overwhelming. blessings and hugs, cheers and boo-yahs!