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- Jul 26, 2009 3:58 PM DAYS OF LITTLE TEXAS starred review in Publishers Weekly
- Jun 25, 2009 6:49 PM Check out my new website and blog
- Mar 10, 2009 2:15 AM Teach Me optioned for a feature film
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- Jan 13, 2009 5:04 PM Weird object photographed on Mars
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About me:
Here is the cover of my third book, DAYS OF LITTLE TEXAS. It's the story of a preaching prodigy named Little Texas who started on the tent revival circuit at age ten, and is now a 16 year old faith healer. One night he heals a dying girl in a blue dress who then starts appearing wherever Little Texas preaches. Is Lucy a stalker? Or something even worse? DAYS OF LITTLE TEXAS is unlike any ghost story you have ever read.
I grew up in north Alabama surrounded by cotton fields and Saturn V rocket engines that every few days blew smoke through the pine woods that looked just like clouds. The NASA test stands rattled our windows on a regular basis when they test-fired the massive Apollo engines. These days I'm a technical writer at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center. But what I really like doing is writing books that scare me.
My second book, BREATHE MY NAME, is about a girl named Frances who has a terrifying secret: eleven years ago, her mother murdered Frances' sisters and nearly killed Frances herself. Now Frances is in high school just trying to live her life and forget the past while crushing on the strangely wonderful new guy, Nix — until the day her mother sends her a chilling message: I need to see you. Please come right away. We have to finish.
My debut novel, TEACH ME, is about a science-minded girl named Nine who falls in love with her poetry teacher. But after things turn physical, Nine's life spirals into a dangerous nightmare of obsession and revenge.
Here's the link to my new web site. Please check it out!
Thanks for visiting, and especially thanks for reading! If you want to know more about me, here are a few of the one million things I'm interested in:
Astronomy, time travel, the outdoors, watching snow fall. Reading, everything from great poetry to love stories and fascinating non-fiction.
The North American continent, circa 1500-1720. I fantasize about being an explorer, sans any raping and pillaging. But I'm also part Cherokee, so I'm at least 1/8 noble, proud and a total friend of nature.
Hiking and exploring "undiscovered places" like caves. Sitting still in deep natural places and just watching and listening. New scientific discoveries like Lake Vostok in the Antartic, a massive subsurface lake that hasn't seen the light of day for millions of years which NASA says resembles conditions on Jupiter's moon, Europa.
Learning about quantum theory, which dovetails nicely with a lot of Eastern philosphy. No, I can't do the math. Yet.
Archeology, e.e. cummings and Sharon Olds, the Mars Rovers Spirit and Opportunity, South Dakota, college sports (they invented the term "smashmouth" down here), playing basketball, road trips to strange faraway places, Chumley's in the West Village, NYC, a literary watering hole for writers like Hemingway, Parker, and Fitzgerald (you can still see their signatures on the walls), mysterious ancient structures, historical sites famous and obscure, digging holes, trees, the afterlife, amazing comebacks, wildflowers, and lumberjack competitions. Ha. Just checking to see if you are still awake.
Who I'd like to meet:
Ray Bradbury, Audrey Niffenegger, Anne Heche, Gary Numan, Russell Crowe, Johnny Depp, Mark Twain, Moira Kelly, Chrissie Hynde, Abraham Lincoln, Dr. Ronald L. Mallett, Philip K. Dick, Nikola Tesla, Coleridge, Emily Dickinson, Cyril Kornbluth, Tracy Chapman, Boris Karloff, Laurie Anderson, H.P. Lovecraft, Sara Gran, Emma Thompson, Ben Kingsley, Dikembe Mutombo, and a whole slew of YA writers and readers.Details
- Status: Married
- Here for: Networking, Friends
- Zodiac Sign: Pisces
- Occupation: Author
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So many. A few: The Lives of Others, The Man From Earth, Shakespeare in Love, Office Space, Blade Runner, Notting Hill, Brazil, The Mothman Prophecies, Name of the Rose, Bride and Prejudice, Gladiator, Groundhog Day, Lost In Translation, Happy Accidents (a fantastic time travel love story), The Family Man, Master and Commander, Much Ado About Nothing, Gattaca.Television
Books
So many. A few of my all-time favorites: Huckleberry Finn, Watership Down, the Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson, The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson, Green Mansions by W.H. Hudson, the Little House on the Prairie books, The Island of Dr. Moreau, A Farewell to Arms, The Giver -- I could go on and on. Some of the recent: The White Darkness by Geraldine McCaughrean, Dope and Come Closer by Sara Gran, The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau, No Country For Old Men and The Road by Cormac McCarthy, The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger, Project 17 by Laurie Faria Stolarz, Becoming Chloe by Catherine Ryan Hyde, and House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski.Heroes
My NASA engineer father helped us land on the Moon. I am extremely proud of him for that. We have home movies of Dad goofing around in zero gravity with two 500-pound packages, one in each hand. Also people like these: Dikembe Mutombo, Emily Dickinson, Abraham Lincoln, Philip K. Dick, Sharon Olds, Thomas Jefferson, Bjork, Bill Russell, Freddie Mercury, Harriet Tubman, Loren Eiseley, Dr. Ronald L. Mallett, and Nicola Tesla.












































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Thank you so much for your friendship. I’m really excited since I will be putting my new e-novel, The Cure, on Amazon very soon. In the meantime, it is already available on Lulu and Book Locker. You can even read the first 4 chapters for free on Book Locker and see what you think. Have a great day and be well. http://booklocker.com/books/5003.html
I just finished reading "Breath My Name" again (in germany its called "Shine") and its such an amazing, overwhelming book just like "Teach Me". Thank you so much for writing these books!:D
Do you know if there are plans to release "Days Of Little Texas"in germany?
And thanks so much for the kind words about my books!
Hi Ernie Bert! So far there are no plans to release Days of Little Texas in German. They say it is too "American." Probably too many southern words. But Throat, my new novel about a vampire who doesn't have to drink blood and can go out in the sunlight, comes out on January 25, and will soon be followed in Germany.
Hey Russ,
I haven't been by in a while, just thought I'd stop in and see how everything is going. Hope you're enjoying your summer!
Kim
Thanks for accept my friendship.
Congrats on all your success! You deserve it! :-)
I wanted to let you know about my latest releases--Whale Song (ebook) and Remote Control (ebook). They're both available on Amazon, Smashwords and other ebook retailers.
Also, in August, I'll be releasing Skeletons in the Closet & Other Creepy Stories. And my romance alter-ego, Cherish D'Angelo will be launching her debut romantic suspense, Lancelot's Lady.
Wishing you the very best in life!
Cheryl Kaye Tardif
http://www.cherylktardif.com
http://www.cherylktardif.blogspot.com
I'm happy to announce 'My Minotaur' a new publication of my original poems with engaging ink illustrations by Jim Holyoak
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Hi! Just wanted to make sure all my friends know that my new erotic horror novel SIREN will be in stores everywhere at the end of July! I hope you'll take a look at this dark (and wet!) novel of obsession; I really think it's one of my best works. I'll be debuting it this weekend at the Famous Monsters Convention in Indianapolis; you can get info on my website at www.johneverson.com or pre-order a copy now on Amazon.com.
Bryan Smith, author of The Killing Kind called Siren,
"A richly lyrical and melancholic meditation on loss and desperate yearning. It is also a superbly effective exercise in soul-ripping terror. Modern horror doesn’t get much better than this".
And Jonathan Maberry, author of The Wolfman said, "With Siren , John Everson brings horror fiction back to its roots: scary, sexy and surprising. His best work yet"!
Thank you so much :). I'm really glad you like my stuff! Please tell everyone you can. Maybe post some bullitens, put my info. in your status, add a song and banner to your page, put me in your top, add [SD] to your name, etc....anything you can do to help would mean the world. Even Tweet about me!
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Sam
Hey there! Good seeing you too! & thanks for the add =)
Reading ur book at work, for the billionth time again made time fly lol