books – Allen G. Bagby

Fear Farm 4/17/20

By Allen G. Bagby Posted on April 16, 2020 Posted in Uncategorized No Comments Tagged with books, Farm, Fear, read

Over the last 3-plus years, I’ve read around 175 books too fast because I was fascinated with the topics. The same goes for YouTube channels on those subjects. Also many in-depth documentaries amateur and pro.

I have come to believe that Satanic forces are at the heart of all this evil tyrannical bull shit we’re seeing worldwide. We’re being punked on an incalculable level to the point of our finite minds being overwhelmed. I believe/hope the veil will be torn away sooner than later, a defining/redefining moment when we see how punked we’ve been.… Read more

Old Movie Remakes: Is Hollywood Running out of Ideas?

By Allen G. Bagby Posted on January 30, 2017 Posted in Books, Culture (movies, music, art, and books), Movies, On Writing, Politics and Philosophy, Society, Video No Comments Tagged with Blake Snyder, blood and soul, book, books, Charelton Heston, creavite writing, George Lucas, Heroic fantasy, Hollywood, James Scott Bell, Jurassic Park, Larry Brooks, Movies, novel, novelist, planet of the apes, Remakes, Save the Cat, Singing in the Rain, Star Wars, Stephen King, Steven Spielberg, Story, Story Engineering, The Time Machine, write, writer, writing

I ask for tough questions on my Facebook. I said I would answer them by doing Facebook LIVE from my Author’s Page. The first question was:

“What is your take on so many old movies being remade? Is it because Hollywood can’t come up with anything new on their own?”

My YouTube answer is here:

Otherwise, keep reading.

I don’t mind remakes of old Si-Fi or Fantasy movies. Because back in the day their reach exceeded their grasp.… Read more

Blood & Soul on Audio

By Allen G. Bagby Posted on May 24, 2014 Posted in Books, Creative Writing, My Book, On Writing No Comments Tagged with author, book, books, creavite writing, David Gemmell, fantasy fiction, Heroic fantasy, High fantasy, Lord of the Rings, novel, novelist, reader, reading, write, writer, writing

Blood & Soul – Will it be on audio? A couple of people have asked about this. The short answer is YES! I will make it available on audio…eventually. I’m not sure of the cost yet. Since my book is 430 pages it might be cost prohibitive for a while due to the hourly rate for voice talent. The “VOICE” is extremely important. When I listen to audio books I prefer a male voice with a British accent.… Read more

Blood & Soul Back of the Book Story Description

By Allen G. Bagby Posted on April 20, 2014 Posted in Books, Creative Writing, Culture (movies, music, art, and books), My Book, On Writing No Comments Tagged with author, book, books, creavite writing, David Gemmell, fantasy fiction, Heroic fantasy, High fantasy, Lord of the Rings, novel, novelist, reader, reading, writer, writing

So you’re clicking through the books on Amazon or reading the back of a book in a bookstore and you read this story description:

A powerful spell banished demons to the Underworld ages ago. Now they gather seething beneath an ancient portal. It’s foretold the king of the Midvast will be sacrificed and Quuma’s demonic horde will erupt from the portal, their shades becoming flesh, unrestrained to quench their lust for killing. The reek of ruin will cover the lands as it did in the ages before the spell.… Read more

Chart the Course to the End

By Allen Bagby Posted on August 15, 2013 Posted in Creative Writing, My Book, On Writing No Comments Tagged with books, Business, creavite writing, fantasy fiction, heroic mission, High fantasy, Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen Covey, writer

I will never write another book…that I don’t thoroughly outline first! The yet-to-be-fully-edited book I “finished” two years ago was my first venture into epic fantasy. I did everything wrong. I started out trying to write pretty sentences on the first page and had no idea where I was going.

With Blood & Soul (the first in what will be a series of standalone books called The Creed of Kings Saga) I settled down a lot and worked on the story first by outlining, but things still got way way too complicated as my imagination chased rabbits way off the trail.

The Big Picture

By Allen Bagby Posted on April 13, 2013 Posted in Books, Creative Writing, My Book, On Writing No Comments Tagged with author, book, books, creative, creavite writing, fantasy fiction, First Things, heroic mission, novel, novelist, Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, Shopping, Stephen Covey, Stephen R. Covey, Time management, Understanding, writer, writing

It’s cliché but it fits. It’s a forest shrouded in mist when you set out to discover the story hidden in the fog. A year later you find your forehead buried in your palms as you hack at vines of story line tangled up in your imagination. “How’s the book going?” they ask. You dread telling them the truth, that you can’t see the forest for the trees and then you cringe at the overused phrase the masters warn you about.… Read more

Towering Genius

By Allen Bagby Posted on June 23, 2012 Posted in Books, Culture (movies, music, art, and books), Life Experiences 2 Comments Tagged with Aristotle, author, books, C. S. Lewis, creative, de Vinci, Dostoevsky, Itzhak Perlman, John Adams, King Solomon, reader, reading, Skakespeare, write, writer, writing

I was listening to the Bill Bennett show driving into work one day a while back. As usual, I was enlightened in that brief 45 minute traffic jam.

A woman called in and offered a wonderful insight. When she was in college a teacher she admired told her this:
(I’m paraphrasing)

Quote:

What are the odds you’ll ever meet someone with a truly great mind, a genius of geniuses of humanity, a supernova in the sky of humanity, a bright shinning sun?

Are You Published?

By Allen Bagby Posted on April 25, 2012 Posted in Books, Creative Writing, Culture (movies, music, art, and books), Music, My Book, On Writing, Short Stories 5 Comments Tagged with author, book, books, creative, fantasy fiction, heroic mission, novel, novelist, reader, reading, rock, write, writer, writing

The simple answer is no. When I’m asked this question I wonder what the person knows about the art and process of storytelling. As with any type of excellence in art, overnight success is not the norm. Could I be published? I’m 100% certain. It’s easy nowadays via Vanity press or ePublishing. Nothing stands in the way. So being published is not necessarily a sign of success or quality. It’s basically like a General Admission ticket.… Read more

WHAMMO Moments

By Allen Bagby Posted on September 18, 2011 Posted in Books, Creative Writing, Culture (movies, music, art, and books), Movies, My Book, On Writing 4 Comments Tagged with author, book, books, creative, culture, David Gemmell, free, heroic mission, novel, novelist, reader, reading, write, writer, writing, Xbox

I suspect no one who is reading my blog thinks writing a book is easy, much less an epic heroic fantasy. I remember thinking I would write Creed of Kings in 6 months while having a full-time job! Can you believe that? I assumed it would be difficult, like running a marathon. Confident in my creativity and inspiration I fiddled around with an idea and started. Some 300,000 words later…well, you get the idea.

If I wasn’t such a perfectionist, I’d have a pile of rejection letters.… Read more

So you wanna write a novel?

By Allen Bagby Posted on August 3, 2011 Posted in Books, Culture (movies, music, art, and books), On Writing 2 Comments Tagged with author, book, books, creative, fantasy fiction, free, novel, novelist, reader, reading, write, writer, writing

A co-worker wants to write a book. This is the advice I gave her.

Remember the feelings and thoughts that you had when you read a good book or saw a good movie? Those are the feelings and thoughts you want to give your readers. Learning the skills to give that to readers is not a small matter. It is the most important thing you must do in the beginning that eventually achieves excellence in your presentation of the story.… Read more

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