I would first like to thank Mr. Barnett for taking the time to answer these interview questions. 
  
      1.       Could you give a brief summary about When Earthlings Weep is about?

The protagonist is Mickey, who is average in many ways, but suffers from horrible nightmares, where he visits strange worlds with hideous creatures. Mickey has no knowledge of an experiment he volunteered for, years before, while he was in the military. This lost time is the key to discovering some horrible dark secret, which will soon affect Mickey in a profound way. Secret military Black-Ops teams and aliens from other worlds are also in on Mickey’s secrets, and wish to take them at any cost; even if it leads to the destruction of worlds.

 2.       How did you get the idea of When Earthlings Weep?

I have always loved the underdog, and loved the idea of making such a person into a super-human, against his will. What if a person gained such power, but at a terrible cost?

3.       What is your favorite book and author?
This is a toss-up between, “The Stand” by Stephen King, and “Servant of the Bones” by Anne Rice, for different reasons.

4.       What was the first book you ever completed?

The first book I ever read was “Tom Sawyer”, by Mark Twain.

5.       How did you come up with the title When Earthlings Weep?

In the story, there are the major themes of good versus evil, and innocence versus aggression. There is also a hidden theme about greed and obsession, which destroys people and everything, which gets in the way. I based the title on a poem I wrote, which is in the book. The poem describes the aftermath of an apocalypse.

6.       What book are you reading now?

I am re-reading “Black House” by Stephen King and Peter Straub

7.       What is your favorite book adaptation film? And why?

“The Shawshank Redemption”  by Stephen King

8.       On When Earthlings Weep, did you know how it would end, before you started writing the novel or did you go along and eventually figure it out?

When I write, I have real good idea how I will start the book, and a pretty good idea about story and characters for the middle. I usually have no idea at all how my stories will end, until the story whispers it to me.

9.       Do you have any upcoming novel you'd like to talk about and in what genre?

I have another Sci-Fi I am currently writing, which I am about half-finished. Unlike ‘When Earthlings Weep’, full of action and craziness from the start, my next will have just a handful of characters, slower paced…but very intense.

10.   Where can those interested in When Earthlings Weep get it at?

Amazon: http://amzn.to/11G6RN7

Smashwords: http://bit.ly/Tx1ocu

Barnes&Noble: http://bit.ly/WKXt8B

KoboBooks: http://bit.ly/Xi4gpC

Sony: http://bit.ly/VDZGrH

 Thanks again to Mr. Barnett for taking the time to do this and I hope everyone of you would check out his novel soon because it sounds really interesting. Take care and I hope you have a great day and a happy read of course.

A blog called "A Journey with Books" recently post a review of House Trap.  Besides reading the actual review at that site you should also check it out in general: http://debasishray19.blogspot.in/ .  Thanks again Debasish Ray Mohapatra for the post. 

WARNING:- This review has a major spoiler and reveal the twist of House Trap.



About story:                       
      The story started with a cool and chill night. Everyone was preparing themselves for the upcoming Christmas. A little boy, just 10 years old, named Nicolas was staring at the sky and imagining about those gifts he’d be going to get for this Christmas. But all of a sudden mishap happened in his house that night. Nicolas found both of his parents murdered inside the house.                       
        After 30 years, the same scenario happened again. But this time it was about Rachel who went to Alicia’s house as a tutor and had to spend a night there which was against her decision. Alicia’s father was the inventor of house trap and a well renowned person for his invention. But that night unfortunately, Alicia’s parents were absent inside the house. Two intruders, one of them was Jay Alicia’s friend and another one was Scott entered to house for some money. They both killed Alicia and tried to kill Rachel and Alicia’s brother Nathan and little sister Amy.                      

 But the story looked most interesting, when you will get to know that Alicia’s father was no other than Nicolas, a person who went through these incidents at his tender age and invented house trap for the safety purpose. Now his invention worked as curse for his family. As the house trap was activated no one was able to come outside of that house including murderers and innocent kids. And after finishing the story I am sure that the whole drama was with full of suspense and actions and also thrilled you.
For me:     What I liked about this story was finally Rachel learnt a lesson about life, freedom and realized that family & friends are much more important than just a good college and a degree.
                The story was well plotted just like sequences of picture frames and it was smooth and a well thrilled story.   I enjoyed it. 
 

Don't forget to keep checking this blog for any further news on the sequel to House Trap titled Fiery Trap. Take care and I hope you come here again soon:)

    I just wanted to say that I really love his book: Bud, not Buddy. Why isn't it been made into a movie???????????  it's in the league with Holes by Louis Sachar (if not better)  and I know it would do much better in the theater than Hoot by Carl Hiassen.  If by some chance someone in Hollywood ( a producer or someone connected to hollywood) is reading my blog ( finger cross, pleading to the man upstairs), i just want to say that you should definitely check out this book, read it and see why I think it would be an excellent movie.  I really hope this would happen, i hope to hear the news that the movie has been optioned. But in the meanwhile I guess we can only visualize it in our head with the book. Great advice by Mr. Christopher Curis and as always thanks for reading my blog. 

P.S.  I hope you all are having a great time watching the olympic. There have been some drama and upsets( as always) but surprises as well when it comes to  this year's Olympic. so watch on, and take care:)

  Just saw the trailer and i thought it was a very interesting movie to share on my blog. The main character is an author and it seems, by the trailer, he's dealing with the struggles that comes with being a writer ( which I could relate  as well as other writers out there). I don't know what the full plot of the movie is about but it got my attention when Bradley Cooper's character (from the trailer) seemed to be struggling to make it as a popular author. It just seems like a movie i would like to see and i hope it will be as good as Limitless( which also starred Bradley Cooper, i guess this guy likes acting as a writer). By the way Limitless is based on a book "The Dark fields" by Alan Glynn.  So here is the Youtube Trailer.

Before i discuss about the new J.K. Rowling book,  I just wanted to say that i saw The Hunger Game last week and thought it was great (although the ending wasn't as powerful as the book). I know i was late in watching it but i'm glad i caught it in theater.  The movie is doing great at the box office and i'm so glad for this because i love to see movies based on books succeed. It makes the audience to read the books while the readers experience another medium of what they read. So i'm all for The Hunger Games beating the newcomers:) Okay enough about that l'm here to speak--or rather type what i thought about the new title of J.K. Rowling's first adult book but first here is the synosis:

When Barry Fairweather dies unexpectedly in his early forties, the little town of Pagford is left in shock.

Pagford is, seemingly, an English idyll, with a cobbled market square and an ancient abbey, but what lies behind the pretty façade is a town at war.

Rich at war with poor, teenagers at war with their parents, wives at war with their husbands, teachers at war with their pupils…Pagford is not what it first seems.

And the empty seat left by Barry on the parish council soon becomes the catalyst for the biggest war the town has yet seen. Who will triumph in an election fraught with passion, duplicity and unexpected revelations?

Blackly comic, thought-provoking and constantly surprising, The Casual Vacancy is J.K. Rowling’s first novel for adults.

Okay the first time i saw this online i was like YES we finally have a title and then i read the title  and thought.......okay? that is a very unusual title for a book. I guess it reminded me of when she titled the seventh book: Deathly Hallow. No one had a clue about how this title linked up with the story. It was a strange title to end the series until i read it. The casual vacancy, i guess, is the same here. I think I have to read the book first before i would warm up to it. I'm not saying the title is terrible, rather it's okay but honestly it isn't something that would get my attention if i saw it in a library but with a name like J.K. Rowling even if she titled the book  The Right Right Mr. Right, people will be still interested and be excited about it.  So all in all the title wasn't an attention grabber but it wasn't out of left field like the deathly hallow was(well to me in my opinion).

I couldn't believe (again when i read the news online) that the title announcement came with a synosis so i quickly read it. And i read it again making sure i read it right the first time. My thought on this was...... it sounds good and  not a potterish  in any sense. I like that she isn't really giving much on the synosis and that there is drama in this little town. I have all the confident that this would be an entertaining story however i have a good feeling that it wouldn't be as captivating as book one of harry potter. And the other feeling is that the book might have a hint of personality from the Harry Potter Series seep into it. It wouldn't be a surprise if i read the book and a certain character almost sounded or behaved like Luna Lovegood or another character sounded or behaved like Bellatrix or this character is the dumbledore of the town.  This wouldn't shock me in the least bit but overall i think the  plot would be fresh and entertaining. I trust J.K. Rowling wouldn't disappoint( and she probably have great editiors to aid her.)

To my surprise, yet again, the release date was announced too. I was stunned they did this all in one news. When i read that it would come  out this year i was more than happy about this. It has been too long since J.K. Rowling wrote another book. I think waiting a year or so wouldn't be that surprising of a news but at the same time i wouldn't be that excited about her new venture into Adult Literature. It was an excellent decision to release it this year.  Now everyone is hyped about it because they don't have to wait too long to read it. So great decision to release it this year:)

Now the world is waiting for the book cover and i hope that comes out real soon too. I hope it wouldn't be lame(e.g. like showing a picture of a town with dots as people within it  or something along those line). It should really grab the reader attention.  So, like any other reader out there, is  curious to how the book would turn out. I wonder if this book would require her to write a sequel or it's a stand alone. It just another excitment that has come across the literature world in a while (well except  The Hunger Games doing well in the box office and book sells).

As alway thanks for reading my thoughts/opinions. I know you all are curious about the book (even if you might not be a book reader). I wonder if a movie version is already been planned at this moment. I bet a movie would be made( i mean The Host by Stephenie Meyer is being made despite the fact she is a popular YA author more so than an adult writer). So I wouldn't be surprise if they announced that Warner Brother has optioned or greenlight it. Okay take care and keep dropping by here when you can. Peace.

Just discovered these clips from youtube and i just wanted to share it with you guys. These are authors that their works were turned into films. Like i stated in my early postings i love to watch films based on books. I like to either read the book first and then watch the movie or watch the movie then check out the book. So i hope you enjoy it and perhaps check out the movie to these books by authors you might already known of.  Have a great weekend and give love to the love ones in your life because you never know what tomorrow brings(  Today was Whitney Houston's funeral at the church she attended as a child. It was such a beautiful ceremony and a remembrance that we should all love one another and don't take things for granted especially your life. She will be missed.)  i just thought i needed to add that message to this post. Take care and i hope you come again to read more of my posting:)