Photo: Book Cover for “The LookyLoo” by Darryl Hughes. (December 2022)
Big News Announcement: Darryl Hughes (aka TheDeeMan) has published a “scary suspenseful coming of age werewolf horror mystery thriller book for kids, teens, and adults”.
Here is what TheDeeMan has to say:
“I just published my first prose book ...

TheDeeMan has Published First Prose Book—“The Lookyloo: ‘Things That Go Bump in the Night–HAVE TEETH!!!’”
kawaiidaigakusei at 12:00AM, Jan. 2, 2023A Short Expedition into Sweet Exposition
Banes at 12:00AM, Dec. 1, 2022
I know we've talked about exposition before, but a couple examples popped into my head recently…even though the examples are not recent.
When I was a youngster I loved the Hulk character. Today I remembered a specific issue of that comic, from way back, where the Hulk was ...
The Visuals of Fear
Banes at 12:00AM, Oct. 20, 2022
A creepy pov shot works very well if the camera is looking through a window, or trees, or some other barrier. So we the audience seem to be hiding from the characters on screen.
THE VISUALS OF FEAR
When the director Rob Reiner was going to direct the movie based ...
The Origin Story
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, July 2, 2022
It's common knowledge that a solid origin story will make a character. It'll often also make the story being told. Origin stories can be and often are the foundation for characters and plotlines, since motivations, plot points, and even stakes are set in them.
But what makes a ...
Snow Days
Banes at 12:00AM, Nov. 11, 2021
Snow changes everything. The entire environment is completely different, and the minute-to-minute operations of life become more complicated and troublesome.
In comics, snow can be a lot of fun. Flakes can fill up the pages and add to the grit and danger in comics like Sin City…
One of my ...
The Ethics of Historical Fiction
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Nov. 6, 2021
I'm happy to say that lately there has been an effort to revive Greek cinema. More new scripts are getting attention and thematology diversifies into thrillers, historical fiction, suspense and even horror as opposed to the age-old sitcom moat that was Greek TV.
One such movie that I had ...
Juggling the Plots
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Oct. 9, 2021
So often, the story doesn't simply have one plot, but many.
There's the A plot, the one that's the main conflict or problem that needs solving. Then there's the B plot, where secondary but still-important issues and problems are being addressed. And often there can even ...
When your readers guess correctly
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, Aug. 28, 2021
So you have uploaded your latest page, and it's one of your best.
The story is at a point where the suspense is cranking up to eleven. The plot thickens. Everyone wonders what is going to happen next…
…and then that one fan GETS IT RIGHT. Right there in ...
Mind Games
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, July 24, 2021
Sometimes the arch villain of the story is the one pulling all the strings in the background, and the protagonists don't know about them until the endgame.
And other times, the arch villain gets to clash with a protagonist (or an opposing character) that is also a mastermind pulling ...
Intrigue and Scheming
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, July 3, 2021
Who doesn't love a good intrigue, some scheming in the shadows, some low chuckling behind a curtain?
The author.
It's the author that doesn't love it. Or rather, the sheer background work that needs to go into writing a good scheming plot, counter plot, and the whole ...