As promised, The Maze is free from now until Friday. Whoo-hoo!
http://www.amazon.com/Maze-Ravens-Curse-Lalla-Squeglia-ebook/dp/B00EPG45M4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1403533637&sr=8-1&keywords=lalla+squeglia
Monday, June 23, 2014
Thursday, June 19, 2014
Free!
Yes! It's happening!
What's happening, you ask? Why, only the most awesome thing in the world!
Well, maybe not that awesome. Nothing compares to bacon. Mm...bacon.
Beginning Monday, June 23rd (THIS MONDAY!), The Maze will be free on Amazon.com. The free period ends on Friday, June 27th, so act quickly. Well, sort of quickly. You've got all week, almost.
Get ready. It's coming.
-Lalla
What's happening, you ask? Why, only the most awesome thing in the world!
Well, maybe not that awesome. Nothing compares to bacon. Mm...bacon.
Beginning Monday, June 23rd (THIS MONDAY!), The Maze will be free on Amazon.com. The free period ends on Friday, June 27th, so act quickly. Well, sort of quickly. You've got all week, almost.
Get ready. It's coming.
-Lalla
Thursday, June 12, 2014
Nothing to Say
I haven't chattered about The Muse as much as I do about some of the others. I don't know why, really. There aren't words to describe it, maybe? Don't look at me, I don't know.
While the plot isn't particularly personal, the characters are. Layne and Alice are probably the two most personal characters I've ever come up with. I don't know why, and I didn't plan them that way, but when did things ever go the way we planned?
They can-canned (yes, really!) into my life when I was trying to finish up with Color Blind and refused to leave me alone. They have a knack for popping up at the most inopportune times. Math finals were a big one. It was an absolute nightmare.
I don't know. Maybe when it's out, I'll find something to go on about. But I don't think that's going to happen.
Anyways...
AUGUST. HOLY MOLY, BATMAN.
-Lalla
While the plot isn't particularly personal, the characters are. Layne and Alice are probably the two most personal characters I've ever come up with. I don't know why, and I didn't plan them that way, but when did things ever go the way we planned?
They can-canned (yes, really!) into my life when I was trying to finish up with Color Blind and refused to leave me alone. They have a knack for popping up at the most inopportune times. Math finals were a big one. It was an absolute nightmare.
I don't know. Maybe when it's out, I'll find something to go on about. But I don't think that's going to happen.
Anyways...
AUGUST. HOLY MOLY, BATMAN.
-Lalla
Wednesday, June 4, 2014
Heat
So some poor guy has been found in the Phoenix area, dead from heatstroke.
I'm sorry.
Look, guys. Anyone that doesn't live in Arizona and is planning to come visit, listen good. We have four or five deaths every year-tourists, usually, that didn't realize how hot it can get here. Let me tell you something right now, it gets Damn Hot. You know what it was in Tucson today? 107 degrees.
Ouch.
Phoenix is usually a bit hotter.
So please, take my advice. Please. If you come down here, drink plenty of water. Don't hang out in the sun for too long. You can die very quickly from the heat. I see you rolling your eyes-they always do. Just listen to me, guys. I live here. I know. (Anyone else who lives here can back me up.)
Take precautions. Be careful. Shorts and a t-shirt and one little water bottle are not enough.
That was...depressing. The next update will be back to normal, I promise.
-Lalla
I'm sorry.
Look, guys. Anyone that doesn't live in Arizona and is planning to come visit, listen good. We have four or five deaths every year-tourists, usually, that didn't realize how hot it can get here. Let me tell you something right now, it gets Damn Hot. You know what it was in Tucson today? 107 degrees.
Ouch.
Phoenix is usually a bit hotter.
So please, take my advice. Please. If you come down here, drink plenty of water. Don't hang out in the sun for too long. You can die very quickly from the heat. I see you rolling your eyes-they always do. Just listen to me, guys. I live here. I know. (Anyone else who lives here can back me up.)
Take precautions. Be careful. Shorts and a t-shirt and one little water bottle are not enough.
That was...depressing. The next update will be back to normal, I promise.
-Lalla
Wednesday, May 21, 2014
You Gotta Have Pink Hair
Yes.
Really.
Layne has pink hair. Not naturally pink, and for a while there he had dye stains on his shirt because he sucked at doing it, but yes.
And a lot of people, upon hearing this, give me a look and ask, 'Why?'
Honestly? I don't know. Layne and Alice can-canned into my head while I was editing Color Blind and Layne had pink hair. I didn't know he dyed it until later. All I know is that one of the set-in-stone characteristics was the pink hair.
I could tell you what I told my symbolism-seeking writing teacher (who was actually very cool apart from that): 'well, um...he wants to seem otherworldly without glowing, so this is the best he could do.' (Don't look at me like that, I was put on the spot, and he wasn't the type to take 'I dunno' for an answer.)
But...really...no idea. He just does.
But damn, it works so well.
-Lalla
Really.
Layne has pink hair. Not naturally pink, and for a while there he had dye stains on his shirt because he sucked at doing it, but yes.
And a lot of people, upon hearing this, give me a look and ask, 'Why?'
Honestly? I don't know. Layne and Alice can-canned into my head while I was editing Color Blind and Layne had pink hair. I didn't know he dyed it until later. All I know is that one of the set-in-stone characteristics was the pink hair.
I could tell you what I told my symbolism-seeking writing teacher (who was actually very cool apart from that): 'well, um...he wants to seem otherworldly without glowing, so this is the best he could do.' (Don't look at me like that, I was put on the spot, and he wasn't the type to take 'I dunno' for an answer.)
But...really...no idea. He just does.
But damn, it works so well.
-Lalla
Wednesday, May 7, 2014
Release Date
I am very predictable person. I like things to be just so, I won't deny that.
So, in keeping with this predictableness, the release date for The Muse will be...
Are you ready?
How about now?
You're still reading this, right?
Okay, if you're sure...
AUGUST 22nd, 2014.
This is gonna be good.
-Lalla
So, in keeping with this predictableness, the release date for The Muse will be...
Are you ready?
How about now?
You're still reading this, right?
Okay, if you're sure...
AUGUST 22nd, 2014.
This is gonna be good.
-Lalla
Thursday, May 1, 2014
Be Afraid
I am a 'fear junkie'. Not dangerously-I don't go playing in traffic or anything silly like that-but I love the feeling of reading a horror novel and being so...on edge. I love it.
Unfortunately, I have a tolerance now. It takes WORK to get that fear response. But there are two things-one book and one film-that work so well. So anyone out there seeking that perfect scare, listen close.
FILM
The Silence of the Lambs. We've all heard of it. Hannibal the Cannibal, Buffalo Bill, 'hello, Clarice'...
I didn't see it for several years. I knew of it, and it didn't sound that scary. A bit of background information-my mother managed a Halloween store, and one of the props we sold was a life-size Hannibal Lecter. It was neat-he had a straitjacket and his mouthpiece and he said things, and sometimes the mouth piece would come down. But he wasn't that SCARY. I thought, 'pfft. This can't be that good if the giant prop isn't that scary.'
Never have I been so wrong.
I settled down with some popcorn and the lights off and hit play one rainy night a few Octobers ago. I wasn't expecting much. I've read crime thrillers. They didn't scare me.
Then...then there was Hannibal's dinner. And the ending, when Clarice and Buffalo Bill...well, those of you who have seen it will know.
I didn't sleep for two days. It was amazing.
THE BOOK
Stephen King scares me. He's good at it. (Obviously, that's his job.) But there's one thing of his that does it more than anything else. Not The Shining, not Salem's Lot. No.
Pet Sematary.
My god.
I made the mistake of reading it while I was home alone. My parents were having a 'date night' and I was bored. So I'm reading it, and I come across the words Oz, the gweat and tewwible.
And then the back door swings shut because of the wind. I'll admit it, I freaked out.
I didn't sleep that night. And on and off for the next few days the words Oz, the gweat and tewwible popped randomly into my head and I'd get this little shiver of dread.
So. Anyone looking for a good scare should check those out.
-Lalla
Unfortunately, I have a tolerance now. It takes WORK to get that fear response. But there are two things-one book and one film-that work so well. So anyone out there seeking that perfect scare, listen close.
FILM
The Silence of the Lambs. We've all heard of it. Hannibal the Cannibal, Buffalo Bill, 'hello, Clarice'...
I didn't see it for several years. I knew of it, and it didn't sound that scary. A bit of background information-my mother managed a Halloween store, and one of the props we sold was a life-size Hannibal Lecter. It was neat-he had a straitjacket and his mouthpiece and he said things, and sometimes the mouth piece would come down. But he wasn't that SCARY. I thought, 'pfft. This can't be that good if the giant prop isn't that scary.'
Never have I been so wrong.
I settled down with some popcorn and the lights off and hit play one rainy night a few Octobers ago. I wasn't expecting much. I've read crime thrillers. They didn't scare me.
Then...then there was Hannibal's dinner. And the ending, when Clarice and Buffalo Bill...well, those of you who have seen it will know.
I didn't sleep for two days. It was amazing.
THE BOOK
Stephen King scares me. He's good at it. (Obviously, that's his job.) But there's one thing of his that does it more than anything else. Not The Shining, not Salem's Lot. No.
Pet Sematary.
My god.
I made the mistake of reading it while I was home alone. My parents were having a 'date night' and I was bored. So I'm reading it, and I come across the words Oz, the gweat and tewwible.
And then the back door swings shut because of the wind. I'll admit it, I freaked out.
I didn't sleep that night. And on and off for the next few days the words Oz, the gweat and tewwible popped randomly into my head and I'd get this little shiver of dread.
So. Anyone looking for a good scare should check those out.
-Lalla
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