Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-i2IpThPzks
Monday, May 21, 2012
"Of Light and Darkness" Music Video Release
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-i2IpThPzks
"Series"ously Social
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| Kailin Gow |
Kailin Gow, author of over eighty books, has traveled the world, visiting places such as Transylvania, the Stanley Hotel in Colorado, Pompeii, St. Petersburgh and Thailand, collecting stories and conducing research from these places; soaking up inspiration for her fantastical novels. Every one of them tell stories of empowering women and men who stay by their sides despite the circumstances that come against them or villains that stand in their way.
Her list of published books include the bestselling Gifted Girls Series, The Frost Series, The Phantom Diaries Series, The Stoker Sisters Series, PULSE Vampire Series, Queen B Superheroine, The Wordwick Games Series, The Alchemists Academy, Harold the Kung Fu Kid, and Shy Girls Social Club. Her books have been recommended by PBS Kids, the PTA, US Mental Health Association, homeschooling organizations, and mother-daughter book clubs.
A Little PR had the opportunity to interview Mrs. Gow about her work, life and what has inspired her through the years.
PR: What made you become interested in writing, what was the "Ah-ha, I could do this!" moment?
Her list of published books include the bestselling Gifted Girls Series, The Frost Series, The Phantom Diaries Series, The Stoker Sisters Series, PULSE Vampire Series, Queen B Superheroine, The Wordwick Games Series, The Alchemists Academy, Harold the Kung Fu Kid, and Shy Girls Social Club. Her books have been recommended by PBS Kids, the PTA, US Mental Health Association, homeschooling organizations, and mother-daughter book clubs.
A Little PR had the opportunity to interview Mrs. Gow about her work, life and what has inspired her through the years.
PR: What made you become interested in writing, what was the "Ah-ha, I could do this!" moment?
KG: When I wrote a book at 9 years old and illustrated it. Then in high school, I sold my first article to the local newspaper, and began writing professionally as a journalist.PR: Who has been your biggest influence in writing?
KG: I read a lot of plays as a Drama major in college and also studied abroad in England so was highly influenced by classic plays and literature. In modern lit, my biggest influence is Anne Rice and Stephen King. I love to experiment with each book series, too...meaning sometimes using a different style and voice for different genres.
PR: We all know you write series', but do you also like to read series' or stand-alone novels?
KG: I like to read both. Most times, stand-alone novels can easily become a series.
PR: What is your favorite book, the one with the broken spine and pages falling out?
KG: Strunk & White. Yellowing pages and all until it was available digitally.
PR: Do you listen to music while you write, and what kind is it, or do you think better in silence?
KG: I listen to music when I write. I can be totally in the zone and nothing can snap me out. But for total concentration, I play instrumentals with no vocals.
PR: You're books deal with a lot of issues that every teenager faces, how did you deal with the cliques, bullying and stress?
KG: Yes, although the books are fiction, they do bring up these issues. In Wicked Woods, Stoker Sisters, and Bitter Frost, bullying is brought up, along with cliques, and other issues. As a teen, I dealt with bullying issues by learning self-defense and putting together my own group of friends and authority figures to stand up with me against a bully.
PR: What is your favorite book, the one with the broken spine and pages falling out?
KG: Strunk & White. Yellowing pages and all until it was available digitally.
PR: Do you listen to music while you write, and what kind is it, or do you think better in silence?
KG: I listen to music when I write. I can be totally in the zone and nothing can snap me out. But for total concentration, I play instrumentals with no vocals.
PR: You're books deal with a lot of issues that every teenager faces, how did you deal with the cliques, bullying and stress?
KG: Yes, although the books are fiction, they do bring up these issues. In Wicked Woods, Stoker Sisters, and Bitter Frost, bullying is brought up, along with cliques, and other issues. As a teen, I dealt with bullying issues by learning self-defense and putting together my own group of friends and authority figures to stand up with me against a bully.
PR: Which of your characters can you relate to the most and why?
KG: Hard to say because they all come from some part of me. But for Saving You Saving Me, surprisingly my mindset is more like Collins McGregor because of his worldliness. It's fun playing him or writing from his point of view.
PR: What are the best and worst parts of writing for you?
KG: Best part is getting lost in it and the ideas flow and flow. The worst part is finding the time.
PR: Do you plan you stories out or take them as the come?
KG: I plan them out but leave room for some impromptu.
PR: What part do you find challenging in your writing?
KG: The middle part because there are so many ways to go about it, and structuring a novel can be formulaic or creative. I always go for the creative.
PR: What Author do you consider a mentor?
KG: Suzanne Collins would be because she writes not only books, but also for film and television. I write for books, film, radio, and plays, too so it'll be great to have a mentor who has done this, too.
PR: How do you write believable male characters when its so easy to want to rely on stereotypes for character building?KG: - I'm surrounded by men. Really. I have more men friends than women friends, and I work with men (at least in corporate), I'm married, and I have relatives who are men. I draw a lot of my male characters' characteristics from a lot of men and boys I grew up with and know. And the male best friends in my books - yes, I've had a few whom I was completely oblivious to as wanting more than friendships. To avoid stereotypes, I rely on real experiences.
PR: What words of advice/wisdom would you like to give the aspiring writers reading this blog?
KG: Best advice for aspiring authors from me would be to live life to the fullest. Many of what I write is inspired from my personal experiences and what I know. The emotions, the breakups, the love, the falling in love, the loss, the joys, and the living.
To find out more about Kailin, visit her website http://kailingow.wordpress.com/
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Shayne Leighton's Incubus Love
The paranormal romance genre has been a favorite for centuries. It's origins can be traced back over hundreds of years, being carried to our time through stories orally passed down from generation to generation, more recently the movie and television industry has picked up the trend and has created some successful... and some not so successful, movies and television series.
One project that has been successful throughout Florida and has spread throughout the world via promotions on various web-sites and word of mouth has been Shayne Leighton's debut movie, a paranormal romance "The Incubus"
Incubi/Succubi, by definition, are creatures that lack a soul of their own, they feed off of human emotion to live. Vampires, ghosts, werewolves and such have been used so much as a theme Ms. Leighton wanted something different, and that something was an introduction to a whole new world career-wise.
I had the chance to interview the mind behind the camera, the star, producer, featured singer in the film and co-director, Shayne Leighton herself!
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PR: Why did you decide on an Incubus for the paranormal creature?
SL: I chose an incubus/succubus because I obviously love that paranormal romance genre, and wanted to do a story about a creature that's rarely been done before. There's never really been a popular book or movie that surrounds the concept of an Incubus, especially not one that appeals to a younger generation. Plus, I think the idea of what an incubus is lends itself really well to a paranormal romance in that...loving an incubus is forbidden and impossible. How can you love someone that is forbidden to touch you?
PR: When did you begin writing the screenplay?
SL: I began writing the screenplay when I was 18 and in my senior year of high school. I had just wrapped up my first independent film project, Guardian of Eden, which was also a paranormal romance that never saw the light of day. I was inspired to write The Incubus when I decided I wanted to start fresh on a brand new story.
PR: Did you always see yourself playing the character of Marnie?
SL: Yes. Just like Ben Afflec and Matt Damon did it - I knew this industry is EXTREMELY competitive. I know what I want to do in life. I know what I love. Sometimes...you just have to do it for yourself. Some people will look down on that, but at the end of the day, I would never ever exchange the experience and the lessons I learned for anything.
PR: How long had you known Alexandra Santana, Frantisek Mach and Michael Nori, your co-stars, before production?
SL: I knew Frantisek the longest - since I was 16 - and always had him in mind for Raphael. He was in my first film, Guardian of Eden. Alexandra was my best friend in high school and I knew how talented she was because we both attended the school of the arts. Michael was the only one I met at the Incubus auditions, but I knew we would be instant friends.
PR: The movie began as a small budget project, how did that change?
SL: I had first approached our executive producer, Marcie Gorman, with the idea that The Incubus would be made on a "shoe-string-budget". It was supposed to be a very small indie film. But more and more people started coming onto the project and the interest in the idea continued to snowball and grow. Marcie kept going like a bullet train - nothing standing in our way. Before I knew it, my 10 thousand dollar film had grossed into a half a million dollar motion picture that would eventually play in movie theaters - a dream come true!
PR: How long was it between pre-production to completion?
SL: Believe it or not, The Incubus is STILL getting tweaked by our editor in New York in preparation for an awesome surprise coming soon. In its entirety, its been about two years!
For those who have been captivated, and or obsessed, with Twilight, Teen Wolf and the legends of Dracula, this is a new creature to get your mind on.
You can find out more about The Incubus on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theincubusfilm
Or the official website, where you can order the movie, starring Shayne Leighton, Michael C. Nori, Frantisek Mach, Melvin Lima, Donna Lisa, Alexandra Snatana and James Pace, and the official soundtrack, with music by Anthony Espina, Shayne Leighton and Alexandra Santana: http://incubusmovie.com/
To follow all of Miss Leighton's newest projects, you can find her here: http://www.facebook.com/shayneleighton?ref=ts
Please follow the Little PR facebook page at: http://www.facebook.com/alittlepr
One project that has been successful throughout Florida and has spread throughout the world via promotions on various web-sites and word of mouth has been Shayne Leighton's debut movie, a paranormal romance "The Incubus"
Incubi/Succubi, by definition, are creatures that lack a soul of their own, they feed off of human emotion to live. Vampires, ghosts, werewolves and such have been used so much as a theme Ms. Leighton wanted something different, and that something was an introduction to a whole new world career-wise.
I had the chance to interview the mind behind the camera, the star, producer, featured singer in the film and co-director, Shayne Leighton herself!
___________________________________________________
PR: Why did you decide on an Incubus for the paranormal creature?
SL: I chose an incubus/succubus because I obviously love that paranormal romance genre, and wanted to do a story about a creature that's rarely been done before. There's never really been a popular book or movie that surrounds the concept of an Incubus, especially not one that appeals to a younger generation. Plus, I think the idea of what an incubus is lends itself really well to a paranormal romance in that...loving an incubus is forbidden and impossible. How can you love someone that is forbidden to touch you?
PR: When did you begin writing the screenplay?
SL: I began writing the screenplay when I was 18 and in my senior year of high school. I had just wrapped up my first independent film project, Guardian of Eden, which was also a paranormal romance that never saw the light of day. I was inspired to write The Incubus when I decided I wanted to start fresh on a brand new story.
PR: Did you always see yourself playing the character of Marnie?
SL: Yes. Just like Ben Afflec and Matt Damon did it - I knew this industry is EXTREMELY competitive. I know what I want to do in life. I know what I love. Sometimes...you just have to do it for yourself. Some people will look down on that, but at the end of the day, I would never ever exchange the experience and the lessons I learned for anything.
PR: How long had you known Alexandra Santana, Frantisek Mach and Michael Nori, your co-stars, before production?
SL: I knew Frantisek the longest - since I was 16 - and always had him in mind for Raphael. He was in my first film, Guardian of Eden. Alexandra was my best friend in high school and I knew how talented she was because we both attended the school of the arts. Michael was the only one I met at the Incubus auditions, but I knew we would be instant friends.
PR: The movie began as a small budget project, how did that change?
SL: I had first approached our executive producer, Marcie Gorman, with the idea that The Incubus would be made on a "shoe-string-budget". It was supposed to be a very small indie film. But more and more people started coming onto the project and the interest in the idea continued to snowball and grow. Marcie kept going like a bullet train - nothing standing in our way. Before I knew it, my 10 thousand dollar film had grossed into a half a million dollar motion picture that would eventually play in movie theaters - a dream come true!
PR: How long was it between pre-production to completion?
SL: Believe it or not, The Incubus is STILL getting tweaked by our editor in New York in preparation for an awesome surprise coming soon. In its entirety, its been about two years!
For those who have been captivated, and or obsessed, with Twilight, Teen Wolf and the legends of Dracula, this is a new creature to get your mind on.
You can find out more about The Incubus on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theincubusfilm
Or the official website, where you can order the movie, starring Shayne Leighton, Michael C. Nori, Frantisek Mach, Melvin Lima, Donna Lisa, Alexandra Snatana and James Pace, and the official soundtrack, with music by Anthony Espina, Shayne Leighton and Alexandra Santana: http://incubusmovie.com/
To follow all of Miss Leighton's newest projects, you can find her here: http://www.facebook.com/shayneleighton?ref=ts
Please follow the Little PR facebook page at: http://www.facebook.com/alittlepr
Monday, August 22, 2011
Kailin Gow FADE 2nd virtual release party
Being as the last virtual release party for internationally bestselling author of more than eighty books, Kailin Gow, was such a success, she is throwing yet another. And what would a party be without some amazing prizes, a book bag filled with random books by Kailin and a Juicy Coture necklace, to be given away separately.
Her latest book entitled Fade is about a young woman who is more than what she seems. It is now on e-book and the paper back edition is being released this week.
More information and contest rules can be found here:
http://networkedblogs.com/m0heP
Monday, August 15, 2011
The Tennessee Hot Damns
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| The Tennessee Hot Damns are (left to right) Marcus, Megan and John |
Country music has been the pride of the south for generations, dating back to the 1920's and it's still growing strong! The latest and greatest country stars include teen sensation Taylor Swift, Lady Antebellum and the ever popular Carrie Underwood. Joining the ranks of these crooning and strumming stars is a family band with attitude, spunk and a lot of heart. Their music reflects their struggles, passions and aspirations. A true family, in every sense of the word. The Tennessee Hot Damns are siblings Megan and Marcus Mullins and John Bolinger. The band started when Megan and Marcus were children, playing in their dad's bar at the age of two and four in the late hours of the evening. This went on until they became teenagers and "The Little Fiddlers" soon became "Megan Mullins" as she became a solo artist when Marcus made the decision to join the army to serve his country.
Megan began working with Nashville's top producers Mark Bright, Randy Scruggs, Buddy Cannon as she attempted a solo career. Her first single peaked at number twenty-nine and her last at forty-one. Unfortunately they did not have as much rotation on the radio as they had hoped. Her supermodel looks and voice helped her videos gain high rotation and yet the label was never confident enough to release an album. She asked off her record label and began her career as a hired musician. She appeared in five seasons as a member of the house band of NBC's Nashville Star, was featured in American Idol, Dancing with the Stars, SNL, The View and The CMT Music Awards. She also toured the world playing for Shakira and recorded a duet with Randy Owen. She became the red haired violinist one would see everywhere. Thanks to her appearances in these shows, she eventually met and married John Bolinger.
Megan and John began to write music on the side, which is a musicians prerogative, and when Marcus returned home on extended leave due to a medical problem the three began to record their music in the Bolinger's living room. In the short span of one week, the trio had completed a twelve track album. Megan sang lead, played fiddle, accordion, clarinet, and piano. Marcus played viola, guitar, mandolin and sang harmony. John played guitar, bass, pedal steel, banjo, Dobro, mandolin, programmed drums and sang harmony. 'The Little Fiddlers" were back together and they had an extra member that rounded them off and gave them the sound and look to become the "Tennessee Hot Damns"
Their music is a melodic marriage of their country roots and classical training, producing a sound that is unlike anything out there. Rich string beds under catchy, grassy country that everyone knows and loves. Someone who was raised on Bach and Beethoven would greatly appreciate this combination. Those who have been immersed in the world of country music would agree that there is no other artist to compare them to because they are so unique. Unlike the cookie-cutter music that permeates the radio everyday, the Tennessee Hot Damns put themselves into the music and do not attempt to be a copy of their influences. The songs are a journey; they are the joys of sins, the grace of God, the pain of loss and love of life. They are The Tennessee Hot Damns.
Their album "Ready, Fire, Aim" can now be downloaded on itunes.com and purchased cdbaby.com.
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