Well this month is women in horror month. I have been meaning to post something about this all month but it seems I better do so. Okay it nothing to do with my writing but it does has something why I like writing horror. 

Women Authors of Horror

What? You might be wondering. It started probably with Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. It was a story where a mad scientist putting body parts together and reanimate the monster, Frankenstein. Well it was this woman who made me like horror. Of course it wasn't on an immediate flow of the genre. It was more latter when I read the first Anne Rice novel Interview with a Vampire. This novel made me a fan of vampires and everything about vampires; I needed to understand and researched until I knew that I was ready for a novel I'm just editing at the moment. 
Anne Rice's subsequent novels in the vampire series that followed peak my interest of another concept, which I am not at liberty to say because spoilers of my working novel is not a thing to be expressed - something to do with immortality is all I can say. 
Of course, every mortal life is a question  which Mary Shelley also touches with Frankenstein. Not only that which every writer likes to emphasize in horror and I've noticed that all women writers' show this more; an example is Charlaine Harris's Sookie Stakehouse novels. It was here that I fell for the werewolves sense of loyalty, honor and pride. Harris also open my heart to other were-creatures and shape-shifters. Because of this I ventured into unknown territory but it also peak an interest with such that I had thought of that mortal desire for immortal or eternal life. 
Another lady of horror is Laurell K Hamilton, she also brought like Harris about vampires, were-creatures and shifters from a different angle - from a vampire hunters view. The difference between the two is very slight with Hamilton's Anita is a vampire hunter who can speak and raise the dead. While Sookie is a half human and faerie, and can read thoughts from everyone around her. This also provided something which I couldn't let go of the thought I had. 
In most of these four horror women writers, I think are my best of the best. Even though I class Stephanie Meyer as my lowest in my list, she did give a good story line of a person who desire to love a vampire without fangs. In a sense it also took another type of vampire and made it shine - well literally. Okay before you jump on me, it made me think that even thought a vampire is immortal what better way than to show it shine. I think that is why Meyer wanted to show the difference between her vampires and the others in the vampire genre. Of course we enthusiasts of the vampire wanted them to have fangs to bite. Seriously the only reason for me to put her in my lowest list is because of the first person point of view. I'll explain more later on here.

Women in Horror Media

What I'm talking about is the movies, Television series/shows and videos. The best of my list of the media is slowly growing because none could match my best of the best - Sigourney Weaver in her role in the Aliens' movie franchise. Linda Hamilton is next even though her role in Terminator movies made her know, but her role in Children of the corn was one I remember and knew she was another to look out for. Then comes in third Jamie Lee Curtis in her portrayal in Halloween. 
Even though it is small, one other is Anna Paquin in her main role as Sookie in True Blood. Oh I almost forget one other and she is one who recently opens my eyes from the video game adaption of Resident Evil actor Milla Jovovich. Crumbs I almost forgot Sissy Speck for the classic role in Carrie.

Overall the lists of my favorite authors is slowing growing, however my favorite actresses lists is bigger than my favorite women authors. 

Pill Hill Press Announces that they are closing down the press.
As of now, I have the sad duty to announce that my stories in Daily Frights 2013 – 365 days of Frights Flash Fiction, my accepted story - Lord Captain Victorus at about 500 words and Daily Flash 2013 – 365 days of Flash Fiction, also the accepted Brewed Coffee at about 500 words will be stored until I am ready to send them out again.
It's not a good start to the year where a free marketing submissions service company decided to become a paid subscription. Earlier this month this company which I looked up to has now given limited use - very limited; well, haven't seen an email since the first week of January. And now, one of my favorite and first press decides to close permanently. Well as some of you might will say the year has the dreaded 13 number but I'm not as suspicious as that. Not at all. I considered 13 a very lucky number. (I consider 666 as the worst number...) Seriously, only one thing, I hope not another problem comes then I'll not going to say it here. 
So why would a Small Press Close? Well, I gathered that there is a few factors. First I must say that I know next to nothing about the publishing world(a little bit) but I do know how a business is run. Well slightly, that is the ending of a business - even though the paper side I had not touch. The stock of the business, it was my duty to sell as many as I can, and packing up the remainder of the stock and other assets that the business had. I'm not saying which business it was but it was the hardest thing I had to do. That was the moment, I burnt the wick on both ends - physical and emotional.
However, let me get back to the question. There is many reasons for going into a business but stopping a business is entirely a different kettle of fish. Let me explain, one reason why I thought a lot about starting a business and with what I had done was to experience some sense of it. The outcome is very good but the jobs were less. Factors of the job tasks in my experience of working and looking for jobs to do was not an option. Lucky I had found a job which could help me until health.
Health is the most important part of any business that is for the person who owns the business and the business itself.  Also considering the world we live in the almighty dollar - money in short dictates the running of the business. As I said  there are many other factors but ultimately the two I have mention is the main reasons for closer. I hate the word money but I'll not explain why here, but to suffice to say it is a need to survive. 
I know that the owner of Pill Hill Press has become a mother last year to twins, and yes it would become a job where one can burn at both ends. May be closing down is a bit drastic but with a three times the normal job load; I would want to say there is a point we can go. I would like to applaud the owner in her case to close the press. Even though I'm sadden I must say I hope it is for the best.
Now that I have almost finished, there is one thing that I must say, my writing career is a business that has started with Pill Hill Press who first accepted my first flash fiction in 2010 for the Daily Flash Fiction 2011. Ever since 2010 I have been accepted as you can click in the published and upcoming works in the above menu.

As you all can see this is my first official post. Here I'll be explaining the writing of my professional life as an author, my flash fictions, shorts stories and long fictions; also my works in progress that is novels. Let me run down the overall look of this site. The main theme appearance of the site is very close to what I write. The werewolf like creature wearing armor on the banner holding a torch with buildings demolished in the background is a very distant - Utopian like feel of a world at war. It depicts the very fabric of horror, science fiction and fantasy that I write. Well, as close to my depictions as possible because it shows how darkness, the human condition to do evil and when good people and the light fight to stay alive.

I've tried other sites which is like Weebly and they had worked okay but sometimes there were things that made be feel that my control was not mine. It seemed every time that I wanted to put my picture where it suppose to be instead was at the top of the page - when I published it. Then the themes were not to my liking. Nothing did not suit me at all until now. the header picture above changes when you visit my other pages on the site. The reason is because I wanted some uniformity with my name and tagline. The Banner like a gold ribbon is the menu bar above the picture which has Home, About, Published Works, News Blog, Upcoming Works, Links and Contacts. 

As you notice above the menu bar, it looks like a metal of some sorts, like a scroll with miniature swords, arrows and chains and decorative gemstones which holds the parchment paper as you read my blog and the site. This appeals to me for the fantasy side of my writing. Oh before I go further, and where the picture is on this News Blog page - there is my name, a message and a button, well, its there for you to see my old blog and such things.

In conclusion, this News Blog is just that. With my news about my writing life will be here and the other blog site is my personal site where I'll write about anything that is not related to writing but with my sense of who I am with my thoughts, movie and book reviews and anything else I want to talk about.