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Fear the Walking Dead: a review of a series that showed potential but fell short

Fear the Walking Dead: a review of a series that showed potential but fell short

  Be aware, this post does contain spoilers of Season 1 of Fear the Walking Dead. If you haven’t seen the series, you are warned that this might ruin the show for you.     Robert Kirkman’s latest venture in The Walking Dead franchise takes place in Los Angeles, or rather a suburb of LA. … Continue reading

Latest news: Up From the Depths

Latest news: Up From the Depths

For those of you who have been following this from the start, Up From the Depths was scheduled to be released in September 2015 through Permuted Press. Events transpired and the rights were returned to me. The series will be released through Smashwords and Amazon’s Createspace in later summer/early fall of 2015. As I mentioned … Continue reading

What makes Up From the Depths stand out?

What makes Up From the Depths stand out?

For those of you who don’t know what Up From the Depths is, its a 6 book series that details the events of an ensemble cast before, during, and after an apocalyptic event. So what makes it stand out? The ensemble cast for one. There is no ‘hero’ character within the entire series. There are … Continue reading

Seeking Beta Readers

Seeking Beta Readers

I’m looking for no more than 10 people willing to take on the task of being a Beta Reader for my Up From the Depths series. While this may sound simple, there are some requirements. Requirements You must be able to discuss each book more than just commenting , it was good, or it was … Continue reading

Concept cover art

Concept cover art

Here is a sample of some covers for the Up From the Depths series. These covers were made using Powerpoint and are not from the publisher of the series.                

Up From the Depths Book 1 release date

Up From the Depths Book 1 release date

Where will you be when the world ends? What will you do to save the lives of people you love? Follow the men of ODA-141, the Outlaws and the SEALs of Shark Platoon in this hard-hitting, real-world look at life before, during, and after an apocalyptic event. In a world ravaged by a mutated virus … Continue reading

What is Up From the Depths?

What is Up From the Depths?

The series, Up From the Depths,  is very loosely based  on the genre that George Romero showed the world with the classic Night of the Living Dead.  In all of Romero’s films such as Dawn of the Dead, Day of the Dead and Land of the Dead, the basic premise was a global pandemic that … Continue reading

Up From the Depths: The Novel

Up From the Depths: The Novel

This blog started out as a place to post and discuss my novel, Up From the Depths. As you can see, the site has morphed into pretty much a catch-all of everything. As the previous posts were about Product Reviews, this post is dedicated strictly to my novel. Some of you know that my original … Continue reading

Dissecting Up From the Depths

Dissecting Up From the Depths

Let’s look at the series Up From the Depths. Ok, it’s my series and I’m a little biased about it but I have been getting some questions that I would like to address. One of the major questions was why the title? The title for the entire series is: Up From the Depths. Why did … Continue reading