you know your a writer when

As the new year begins I've decided to take a close look at what I'm most excited to read. Last year I reviewed a book by new author Les Bailey. The Vampire Game: Discovery. Many of you may remember I gave the new, fresh work high marks. Well, I'm hearing some exciting things about the sequel coming out at the end of this month, by the man closest to the work, other than the author himself, author Randy Jernigan.

To celebrate the emergence of his second title, I've asked Randy to review his friends newest offering.

"I'm a bit picky when it comes to my reading material. Especially fiction. If...

Author and writing coach Randy Jernigan is not a man who likes to sit on his laurels when there's something that needs to be accomplished.

With his newest book's success ebbing, The Life and Career of Marie Osmond, the author is about to release a second celebrity sketch in his "Stars" series, on comedian Ellen DeGeneres.

Upon meeting up with Randy at his favorite Asian eatery on a beautiful Sunday morning in his home state of Utah, we hug, exchange pleasantries (I can't help but gasp that my friend has lost an enormous amount of weight--180 pounds to be exact) then we enter the establishment...

The Vampire Game ll: Acquisition is the second book written by master storyteller, Les Bailey. A sequel to his first offering that some in the world of literature say will act as a model for how to write about vampires in a way that stands out from all others.

It was Bailey's first release that brought me back to the vampire genre, that I had all but given up on.

A Kindle release, "Acquisition" is a story of loyalty and betrayal, sin and redemption, seething hatred and self loathing, and an unshakable determination to win that transcends the boundaries of life and death.

Bailey's tale has been...

I've always thought that a person's taste in reading material can sometimes be a window into their soul.

It was surprising to me to learn that a reserved, pragmatic writer like Randy Jernigan had been drawn into the youthful fantasy world of of witchcraft and wizardry. When I posed the question, 'who are you a fan of?' his answer came quick.

"I'm a fan of anything by J K Rowling. There's something about her style that just sucks me right into the story--and I like that about a writer.

"I didn't start reading her Harry Potter series until after the fourth book, I think it was. I wasn't impressed...

I know you’re in pain. It hurts in ways you can’t even begin to describe and even if you could, no one seems to want to listen.
Sure, people care and try to help… for a time… but when you don’t seem to be getting any better, after a while, they get tired of listening… Eventually it becomes easier to keep it all inside.
I know you feel like it will never get better and you’ll never be okay again. It’s been like this for so long now that you think if things were ever going to change they would have by now so this is how it’s always going to be… but it’s not. I promise it’s...

Prologue
She never knew she had an uncle until her parents died. It’s strange how- sometimes in life when you lose important people in your life you gain some more.
Her mother and father died in a house fire. No one knew how it started except the one daughter who managed to survive.
But she was in no state to tell. She suffered mild burns but her mind suffered worst of all. She never spoke again.
She was kept in hospital for six months but eventually she was packed off to her uncle Scipio. She was thirteen years old and many said it was a crime sending a child off to such an evil man as Scipio....