PenTwist

How many times have you been completely captivated with an absolutely perfect scenario coming alive in your imagination, to have the telephone ring or a knock on your door obliterate that delicate vapor?

If you dare consider yourself a writer – whether it be considered simple or cryptic pentameter of a poem, or a thousand pages of complicated thriller – you’ve likely experienced these types of interruptions. Even if you take careful and meticulous notes, it’s easy to lose that moment of divine inspiration.
Have you also noticed that these interludes always manage to arrange themselves to occur at the precise moment of the apex of that specific creative moment?

I’ve heard these creative moments aptly described as the construction of a house of cards, but I believe it goes much deeper into a writers psyche and is far more delicate. I also believe that even well meaning repetitious interruptions can be destructive to long-term creativity.

An oversimplification would be the scenario of Pavlov’s dogs and ringing bells. If your apex of construction is regularly interrupted, it may be possible to become expectant of an interruption even when none presents itself.

If your writing environ is for example the family kitchen table, then there are no expectations of privacy, focus, or concentration. The cellphone will ring, sing, buzz, and vibrate every thirty minutes to an hour. Your spouse or children will wander through making reasonable demands of attention on a regular basis.
If you only write casually, or for your own personal enjoyment, then this type of setting may be perfect for you.

However, if you belong to the less than 1% of total population with the lofty desire of an enduring career dependant on your writing skills, then you may want to consider some retreat away from daily (or hourly) interruptions to rekindle those pivotal moments of genius.

If you can’t find the seclusion you need in your home, you’d be surprised to find how many buildings and organizations in your home town have vacancies at little or no cost for someone needing a private setting to gather their thoughts.

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Happy Writing,
DP

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Occasionally I run across an article or short story that resonates.  Even rarer I run across a story that is so deliciously vile and irreverent that it causes backbone jarring laughter, all in the name of Gothic Horror.

Demonic Dora by Claire Chilton – originally appeared on Wattpad, and after laughing myself silly streaming through its rough beginnings, I too stood in line as a new chapter appeared each week.

This is not for children, nor would it be considered appropriate for a bedtime story – however if you can clean the chips off your shoulders and put away your vices, this tale of teenage horror is definitely for you.
It contains blatant, no holds barred situations of stone throwing and temptation that only a survivor of the teenaged years might fully appreciate.

My only regret is not taking the time to make note of its appearance ages ago.
Happy Reading.

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I’m sure I continually shock my children when I admit that their conservative dad, steeped in 70’s era rock, also immerses in such revelry as Avenged Sevenfold, Pink, Chevelle, Tool, and the Pretty Reckless – to name a very few. Of course, there are other artists and other genre, but I can’t deny the need to remain current with the world around me, lest I end up stale or mimicking the proverbial ostrich. The same goes for reading choices.

Avoiding progressive thoughts and ideas, even those ideas with which you do not necessarily agree are a swift path to becoming moldy and irrelevant.

Remember it was your life events (good and bad) that created the person you have become and it is through your lens and your viewpoint with which you interpret the world around you. You are the only person capable of delivering your viewpoint to the world, through song, poem or the written word.

As a writer, you cannot afford to retreat into mediocrity.
This tidbit of information should not be anything shocking or new; it only serves as a reminder to keep your eyes open to the world around you.

Happy writing.

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New release – Hells Bells
Book Three of Between Life and Death

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Reborn!

Thirteen years have passed since James Earl Williams was murdered, buried, then through a powerful ritual of dark magic was resurrected to a body of Flesh and Bones.

During the last decade, peace has reigned over the Ames family, with James serving as backbone and curator over their vast financial network. Married for ten years to his first love Jolie and raising a pair of precocious nine year old twins, Fate seems to have granted a reprieve. But there were snakes in their Garden of Eden.

One cold November evening, following a trail of promises, a desperate young girl stumbles upon a tiny book containing a rite powerful enough to unleash a desperate evil.

Bridget Straw has nothing left to lose and recites the tome while spinning widdershins in the dark. As she utters the verse, bells begin to toll in the distance. These bells signal an exchange of ownership and she is overtaken by the animus spirit. Freed from its prison, it has places to go and people to eliminate.

All is at stake in this final battle between good and evil. Lives will be changed and some may not survive.

New release – Flesh and Bones
Book Two of Between Life and Death

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Flesh and Bones – by David Pyle

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The Saga Continues

In Book One of this trilogy, Bitter winds of change swept through the Ames family. Dark magic and deception lured seventeen year old James Earl Williams into a deadly trap using a supernatural bond of love as its bait. Greed and a relentless pursuit of unimaginable power led a practitioner of the Dark Arts to whisk James Earl from the land of the living and cast him into a place where light and shadows are inseparable.

Now, trapped in this altered state, all that remains are endless memories of what could have been and a young woman who refuses to let go of her desperate bond to an ethereal being. Before James has a chance to mourn his losses or learn how to cope with the possibility of an eternity in this world of shadows and nightmares, another chapter begins to unfold.

By complete accident James Earl gets a taste of his true potential and new doors open offering other possible futures, but some of these doors lead to even darker evils of the soul. At the same time, James learns new truths about Jolie, her past, and her origins. Now begins another journey of discovery, deception, murder and intrigue all immersed in the supernatural.

The Fates are spinning a web of unbreakable cords between James Earl Williams and Jolie Dimanche, and will cause their bond of love to tighten beyond anything either of them could imagine.

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New release – Revised and Edited version of
Between Life and Death (Second Edition)

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Between Life and Death

New Edition – Affordable Price!

It is the summer of 1977, on the cusp of a technological revolution that will soon cause the world to shrink. Seventeen year old James Earl Williams arrived in Natchez, Mississippi, looking forward to a new beginning far from the world of his New Jersey childhood.
After years of life in gang riddled neighborhoods and fast paced crime, life has come to a virtual standstill.

But all is not as quiet as it first seems. Supernatural forces are beckoning to James, searching for a treasure hidden deep inside him. The changes he expected when he arrived are far different from the transformations about to overtake him and his family.
His first surprise comes in the form of an annoying nightly sound – one that his grandparents dismiss as the natural decline of their aging homestead. The second surprise fits inside a pair of tight blue jeans, has bright blue eyes and long wavy black hair – Jolie Lefleur Dimanche. And she has had a dream impossible to ignore, one which lures her into a torrid relationship with James Earl.

Tormented by the past and present, love and hope will entice James Earl Williams into a dark place where dreams and premonitions come alive. One wrong decision could easily take him to a place of no return.

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Review!

Highly Imaginative Thriller   (Rating 5 of 5)

Between Life and Death is a trip through the supernatural looking glass, with a sip of southern comfort.
Set in the year 1977, just prior to the cell phone, computer, and Ipod generation, this story gives you a feel of what it was like back when life events were more thought out and surreal.

The main character, seventeen-year-old James Earl Williams, has had more than his share of difficulties and has almost smoothed out those wrinkles prior to visiting his grandparents in Mississippi.
His family offers him a genuine feeling of support and close-knit emotional connection, but the reluctance of youth prevents him from exposing the building terror that is chewing into his mind.
Just when events begin to get their strangest, he is thrust into the confusing arms of his first feelings of love with Jolie. Her persona is an irresistible young Cajun girl with a charming Aunt as her support.
Underlying currents from the past begin to surface through James’ dreams and by now the seat to the story’s roller-coaster will have locked you into its grip.
Authentic characters pull you along smoothly into the story line and when you think you know what to expect, will take you completely by surprise. Spiritual Hoodoo and superstitions abound within the realm of the Mississippi River locations.
Raised in the south, I could almost see each character, feel the sticky humidity, and cringe to their reactions. Their dealings with spiritual torments, which though subtle, tend to make them just a little too realistic at times.

The imaginative plot offers completely unexpected twists and turns into the concept of spirit activity as well as a look at the neighbor next door.
This novel brought back memories of the inner struggles of youth, with its needs and desires as well as the preconceived illusions of finding adulthood.
Historical references to the Mississippi delta are mostly convincing and the vivid descriptions easily take you into the creepy world of what might be making that sound in your closet or behind the door.
Being a late night reader further exploited my feeling of being observed by something over the shoulder, which actually enhanced the enjoyment of this page-turner.

The imagination of the author will owe us at least one continuation into the lives of the main characters James and his sweetheart Jolie.

A fresh twist of Thriller fiction.
Highly Recommended for the Horror Fiction Fan. (Between Life and Death)

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Don’t forget to add life to your characters!

• Grass grows, then dies.
• Cattle are born jumping and playing, then end up as lawnmowers or hamburgers.
• Trees spring up from tiny seeds and never stop reaching up to the skies, even after drought and devastation – they never quit until the last drop of sap leaves their roots.

Without a passion for what you do, why bother?

When writing, make sure that each character exhibits their particular passion OR emphasize the lack of passion in your walking dead.

Characters don’t:

Retaliate – they bitch slap.
Die – they gasp at the last glimmer of life
Drive – they slam the accelerator to the floorboard
Jump – they trampoline into the air
Spit – they heave violent spew
Stop – they have episodes of emphatic doldrums

 *Always remember to use with caution!

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When someone is completely prohibited from doing the very thing that they excel at…,

Insanity Ensues.

Seek out that one thing, and when you find it, guard it with your life.

It is your life.

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No matter how fast light travels, Darkness is already there waiting on its arrival.
-Ray Bradbury

Something to ponder while I trudge through my current projects. I hope to have another work ready for the publisher within the next 60 days.
Darkness always seems to shroud my deadlines, maybe that’s why they’re called Deadlines…

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