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Christmas Myspace Comments

Coming Distraction: On Thursdays... I Plan To Feature Writer Andrew Katsis...Short Cuts

My "Tentative" Schedule

1...Mondays...Eric M. Armstrong's Reviews
2...Tuesdays...
3...Wednesdays...I Plan To Feature Andrew's Animated Shorts Films On Wednesdays and Thursdays.

I also want to take the time to say...
...Thanks, to writer Andrew Katsis, for the link to 100

Important Directors of Animated Short Films.
100 Important Directors of Animated Short Films

5...Fridays...

6...Saturdays...

7...Sundays...

Please join me tomorrow....as I welcome a "new addition" to my blog....Called..."Coming Distractions"
Where I will present mini reviews....of current films and
Who knows?....Maybe I will offer these same films in a contest...along with presskits and "movie posters."....Therefore,
Stay Tuned!

2....Program Change:
I plan to follow-up with a review the following day by writer Andrew Katsis.
(and hopefully, when his exams are over (Andrew's exams are over...Therefore, I may interview him...)

....HERE GOES ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM AUTHOR ERIC BEETNER ON ENTERING AND WINNING

THREE TITLES FROM SECOND WIND PUBLISHING COMPANY AND THEY ARE...
..."ONE TOO MANY BLOWS TO THE HEAD,"
"DAUGHTER AM I," AND "FALSEWORLD."

FROM HIS AND AUTHOR J.B.KOHL'S BOOK PUBLISHING COMPANY...SECOND WIND PUBLISHING.


Win free books!
Second Wind publishing is celebrating the release of three new thrillers - our book as well as Daughter Am I by Pat Bertram and False World by JJ Dare - with a slew of new contests where you can win free books, both ebooks and real books.

Go check it out HERE .


Thank-you!


Friday, November 6, 2009

In The Spotlight: Authors Eric Beetner and J.B.Kohl's Just Released Book..."One Too Many Blows To The Head"...



Book trailer One Too Many Blows To The Head from Eric Beetner on Vimeo.

One Too Many Blows To The Head is written by J.B. Kohl and Eric Beetner


Book trailer One Too Many Blows To The Head from Eric Beetner on Vimeo One Too Many Blows to the Head by Eric Beetner and JB Kohl
One Too Many Blows to the Head by Eric Beetner and J.B Kohl Is A Mystery Novel and is published by Second Wind publishing's Dagger Books series.

Synopsis:Kansas City, 1939...... One story from two points of view: the hunter and the hunted. Ray Ward - seeking revenge for his brother’s death in the boxing ring. Detective Dean Fokoli - hot on a killer’s trail. Ray’s hunt takes him underground into Kansas City’s criminal nightlife. Dean Fokoli lives there full time but he’s on the run from his own troubles. Two men racing forward to collide like a knockout punch.A razor-edged story of revenge, redemption and what happens when you confront the ghosts of the past.
About the Authors:
Author Eric Beetner














Author Eric Beetner's Hometown:Los Angeles
About Me:I am a writer and film maker in Los Angeles.
I have several short stories currently published on the web and two novels that I am shopping.
I am also a staff writer for the Noir City Sentinel - the news letter of the Film Noir Foundation. I also administrate their myspace page so come on by.

Please Check out author Eric Beetner's blog if you want to find out how to pick up several copies of his book just released book "Too Many Blows To Head."

Website:http://ericbeetner.blogspot.com/

Books And Authors I Like:Raymond Chandler, J.B. Kohl, Cornell Woolrich, Joe R. Lansdale, Eddie Muller, Megan Abbott, pretty much anything by Hard Case Crime, Jason Starr, Richard Powell, Scott Smith, Steve Brewer, Victor Gischler, Sara Gran, Donald Westlake, Ken Bruen, Elmore Leonard, Allan Guthrie so many more...

Movies And TV Shows I Like:Film Noir.Visit the Film Noir Foundation myspace page which I run. myspace.com/filmnoirfoundationWhere to find my writing All my online stories can be linked to from my website ericbeetner.blogspot.com and my novel One Too Many Blows To The Head (co-written with JB Kohl) can be found after October 1st at Amazon or any online book retailer or please, please order it from your local mom n' pop bookstore.

To get it directly from the publisher go to secondwindpublishing.com
Eric Beetner's Blog Release party & signing!

Hello all,

If anyone is in Los Angeles I am doing a signing/book launch for my book One Too Many Blows To The Head (co-written with J.B. Kohl).
Saturday Nov. 14th at 5:30 pm at the Mystery Bookstore in Westwood.
I'd love to meet some of you there.And hey, by then an actual book will be out.
Author Eric Beetner



We've just sent back the final proof corrections and it is going to the printer so any day now (or next week… Continue

Release date for the novel!

We have a due date for this little baby. On October 1st One Too Many Blows To The Head will be available for you to get your grubby little hands on. Jennifer (my co-author) and I are SO excited to finally release the book on the world.

We've already gotten some great feedback including this amazing blurb from the always fantastic Megan Abbott:“One Too Many Blows to the Head feels like… Continue

Author J.B.Kohl














Kohl is an avid reader of all fiction, especially noir. She began writing professionally in 2006. Her first book, The Deputy’s Widow, is available at all online bookstores. In October of this year, she completed her first co-written novel, an urban crime story set in 1939 Kansas City.
The book, entitled One Too Many Blows To The Head, was co-written with writer/producer, Eric Beetner, who lives and works in L.A.

The sequel to The Deputy’s Widow, entitled A Finger Too Few, is near completion.

J.B. is a member of Chesapeake Bay Writers, Gloucester Writers, and the online group,
Deadly Prose, founded by Kunati Publisher, Derek Armstrong.

J.B.Kohl lives in Virginia with her husband of 17 years, her three children, and three dogs. When she’s not writing, she can be found reading books, taking long walks, or folding the mountains of laundry five people make on a daily basis. She maintains a website at http://www.jbkohl.com/.

She loves to hear from other writers.
Official WebsiteJ. B. Kohl on MyspaceFilm Noir Foundation

Excerpt From
The Deputy’s Widow: The year 1948 is drawing to a close and things couldn't be much worse for Private Detective Hamilton Baker. It starts with a simple phone call from a woman named Diana Kramer.
With a voice like a teaspoon of honey drizzled over Lauren Bacall, she begs the detective to find letters she's written to her lover, Sheriff's Deputy Chester "Chet" Ferrebee.
Chet is to wed another woman this afternoon and Diana, the scorned mistress, wants the letters back where they belong…with her. Hours after the wedding, when Chet turns up dead in a roadside motel room, his bride beaten beyond recognition and unable to remember anything, Baker fears his client is somehow involved.
As he searches for the letters, he unwillingly digs into the past of the sleepy town of Crane Haven and uncovers the dangerous secrets of a group of men who shattered a young girl's mind, as well as her chance for happiness, years ago.--> -->

excerpt....courtesy of Arctic Wolf Publishing

Chapter 1...Crane Haven, New York
November 1948Baker climbed from the Packard. The smell of snow hung heavy in the air and he searched the sky for signs of the storm to come. There were none. There was only a quarter moon, but it was bright enough to cast shadows on the day-old layer of white crust spread over the ground. He spied the Big Dipper too, almost laughing at the ridiculous surge of pride that swept over him whenever he was in a group and was the first to see it. There was no sign of snow. But it would come. Sixteen inches of snow so far this month and more on the way. Already, fingers of cold slithered into his coat, pawing at him and he lifted his collar against the feeling. --> -->--> -->--> -->Grab your copy today for more of The Deputy's Widow,...AmazonBarnes and Noble

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10 comments:

rlbourges said...

I'll be back for a full read, DeeDee, just want to say hi. Not circulating much these days, but here's wishing you well.

cheers

Books, said...

Bonjour! R.L.Bourges,
No *worries*...I truly understand...as
matter of fact, I was on my way over to your place.
Take care
and I hope to
talk to you soon!
DeeDee ;-D

Sam Juliano said...

"Books And Authors I Like:Raymond Chandler, J.B. Kohl, Cornell Woolrich, Joe R. Lansdale, Eddie Muller, Megan Abbott, pretty much anything by Hard Case Crime, Jason Starr, Richard Powell, Scott Smith, Steve Brewer, Victor Gischler, Sara Gran, Donald Westlake, Ken Bruen, Elmore Leonard, Allan Guthrie so many more..."

Well, you have great taste there Eric, and I can say I admire many of these myself. There aren't many books as of late that I am looking forward to as much as this one, and I will be grateful and honored to read it. The advance praise and attention speaks for itself, and it obviously deserves every bit of it.

Books, said...

Hi! Sam Juliano,
I will see if I can get author Eric Beetner, to stop by and response to your comment.

Sam, you and Tony (D' Ambra) are both lucky ...because with this batch of books that Eric, is sending across the coast to his co-author J.B.Kohl, to sign these will be the final books with both authors’ signatures.

Future copies of their book will just have one author signature.

By the way, Sam Juliano, I watched the CGI animated film WALL-E this morning for the first time and it was great...I’ am ready to re-visit this film.

Sam Juliano thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment for author Eric Beetner and giving me a chance to talk to you too…

Take Care!
DeeDee ;-D

Eric Beetner said...

Sam -
There are so many authors I want to get to but so little time. I'm about to embark on a 20-hour plane ride (each way) so I'm hoping that I can I knock out a few of the Hard Case Crime titles that are clogging my to be read pile.
Hope you enjoy the book.
Eric

Sam Juliano said...

Eric: Your enthusiasm and energy is boundless. What can I say? As I'm in my 50's now, I can look back and remember the ability to muster up what is physically needed for any new adventure. That's quite a plane trip there! Enjoy whatever Hard Case titles you settle on! Again thanks so much for the copy, which I will surely begin reading.

Dee Dee: I'm thrilled to hear what you say about WALL-E, which you may remember was my #1 film of 2008.

Books, said...

Sam Juliano said, "Dee Dee: I'm thrilled to hear what you say about WALL-E, which you may remember was my #1film of 2008."

Hi! Sam Juliano,
I most definitely, do remember that WALL-E was your No# 1 film in 2008.
Sam Juliano,
Once, again thanks for hosting my contest over there on your blog...
Wonders in the Dark this month...
...and for stopping by and leaving a
comment...as usual.

(You are one of a kind Sam Juliano...a nice person.)
Take Care!
DeeDee ;-D

Books, said...

Hi! Eric Beetner,
Eric, thanks for stopping by and responding to Sam Juliano's comment.

Take care!
DeeDee ;-D

Eric said...

Very cool. Kansas City is a great city. I'll have to check this out.

booksandacupofcoffee said...

Hi! Eric,
I have not had the opportunity to visit Kansas City, but
I’ am sure, that Kansas City is a great city.

I agree with you when it comes to the book:
The book seems like it is going to be interesting to read and the book trailer is cool!


Eric, Thanks, for stopping by and leaving a comment and compliment too.

DeeDee ;-D

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Bob Peak:The Father of Modern Hollywood Posters

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A dedication the movie poster artist legend Bob Peak (my late father). Produced by SoundChaser Studios, a multi media design studio headed by Matthew Joseph Peak (me).

Information About Classic "B" Film Noir Movie Poster...Highway 103, The Glass Web, The Sell out,...

Information About Posters and Lobby Cards...

About Vintage Movie Posters
Vintage movie posters are highly collectible, especially those for films released before the 1940s. Few of these early posters survived because theater owners were obliged to send them along to the next theater.
A smaller variant of the poster, the lobby card (or window card), is more widely available because theaters were allowed to add their names to the cards and keep them.

{About Vintage Movie Lobby Cards
Lobby cards, the smaller cousins to movie posters, once graced theaters everywhere. They were produced from about 1910 to 1985, and typically consisted of eight cards, including a title card and seven scene cards. They were printed on 11 by 14 inch card stock, and displayed all around the theaters. Collectors value complete sets, which are surprisingly possible to find, as many people who collect them try to keep them together.}



Beginning in the 1940s, theaters were able to buy additional copies of the larger sized posters, known as one-sheets, and keep those, too. These later posters are generally marked with the year and edition number...
Movie posters were originally produced purely as advertising, so even the major studios rarely saved posters from their films. Thus, movie posters from the 1920s or earlier are almost nonexistent today. It wasn’t until the release of Star Wars in 1977 that a strong interest in owning original movie posters became widespread.

The movie posters most sought by collectors tend to be from science-fiction films, followed closely by those from horror flicks. Sci-fi posters from the 1950s are especially in demand (The War of the Worlds, The Day the Earth Stood Still), and the most popular era for horror posters tends to be the 1930s (Frankenstein, Dracula).

Posters for genre movies such as film noir, independent films, and B-movies are also especially desirable.
In some cases, these posters are more collectible than ones with star-studded casts because the artwork can take center stage. That said, there are exceptions to every rule—the original 1941 Bill Gold poster for Casablanca is not only graphically compelling, it features Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman at its center.
Other categories of vintage movie posters include musicals (An American in Paris, Singin’ In the Rain), Bollywood (Pyaasa, Shree 420), the Beatles (A Hard Day’s Night, Yellow Submarine), James Bond (Dr. No, Goldfinger), and French New Wave (Jules et Jim, Breathless).

Most collectors seek vintage movie posters because of their passion for a particular actor, director, or film, but some collectors like to acquire posters based on the poster’s designer. For example, Saul Bass’s classic designs for West Side Story, Vertigo, and Anatomy of a Murder echoed the Mid-century Modern aesthetic of the 1950s and 1960s.

As for Reynold Brown, his posters for such forgettable films as Attack of the 50 Foot Woman and Love-Slaves of the Amazons were far better than the movies they advertised. On the other hand, sometimes the stars aligned, as was the case in Brown’s posters for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Ben-Hur.
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November Contest...Is Officially Over...Congratulation! To Winners...Tony D'Ambra and C.M...

REMEMBER:The Correct Quiz Answer Is....Wrong...It Is Up To You To Email Me The "Correct" Answer.

Announcement:
Wonders in the Dark Readers The Book Contest Starts Today: November 07, 2009
And I Will Announce When It Will End...



This Contest Is Open To Members of LAMBs, But Most Importantly, It Is Also Open Now To Readers Over There At "Wonders in the Dark..." Wonders in the Dark
And Open To Non LAMBs Much Later in the Month.

Well, I'am so sorry!...Non Lammies, but if you want a chance at entering the contest earlier just visit the... The Large Association of Movie Blogs

Here How To Play:
1.Just answer the question.... using the
alphabets only!...A,B, C, or D
2.and then email me the answer at....
darkcitydame4e@gmail.com

3. The Winner(s) of.. Authors Eric Beetner and J.B.Kohl's book "One Too Many Blows To The Head"...Tony D'Ambra...From Over There at http://www.filmsnoir.net/ and C.M.

From Over There at http://www.coffeemessiah.blogspot.com/

Once again congratulations to you both!


This contest is only open
to U.S., Canada and ( A French resident...)
....Please No!..P.O. Boxes

Thanks,