Hi,
everyone! OK, I’m way behind (as usual) getting this out, and the first is
pretty timely (aka running out of time) so without further ado:
What’s
inside:
Wheels & Heels Against MS this
weekend!
New Story Published –to
Benefit the Jimmy Fund
Movie Reviews
Novel status
Wicked Haunted Coming Soon
Wheels & Heels Against MS this
weekend!
The MS
Challenge Walk is fast approaching: My sister Anne and brother Paul are
officially signed up (their 12th year together as team Wheels
and Heels Against MS – Paul’s 15th overall) and ready
to take on another 50 miles in their continuing fight to stamp out Multiple
Sclerosis. The walk begins this weekend, beginning Friday September 8th.
Multiple
Sclerosis is a frightening disease that affects the central nervous
system. The symptoms may be mild (such as numbness in the limbs) or
severe enough to cause blindness or paralysis. The severity and specifics of
the symptoms of MS can’t yet be predicted, but advances in research and
treatment are giving hope to all affected by the disease.
Your
donations to the National MS Society are the key to new treatments. They
hope that you can continue to be a beacon of hope for all who battle this
disease. No donation is too small!
As in the
past, there are two ways you can donate.
· The
fastest and most convenient way would be to click on Paul’s name or Anne’s at:
· You
can also mail a check, making it out to The National MS Society.
Their addresses
are:
Paul
Keohane
Anne Murphy
2 Jillian Rose
Dr
13 Apache Way
Oxford, MA
01540
Tewksbury, MA 01876
Paul
& Anne offer you their heartfelt thanks!
New Story Published in NOW I LAY ME DOWN
TO SLEEP –to Benefit the Jimmy Fund
So I am way behind posting this (was stalling,
waiting for the kindle version, but it looks like there’s not going to be one
for a while – print-only for the time being)
“There is no greater
horror in the world than watching a loved one battle cancer ... especially if
that loved one is a child. But we are not powerless against this disease, and
some of the world’s finest purveyors of nightmares have come together to fight
a monster far scarier than anything they could ever dream up. Necon E-Books is
honored to present NOW
I LAY ME DOWN TO SLEEP, an anthology of
horror bedtime stories from which 100% of all proceeds will be donated
to The Jimmy Fund.”
Edited by P.D. Cacek and Laura J. Hickman, the
lineup is amazing. My newest G Daniel Gunn short story “A Life Unremembered” is
included here. Check out the anthology and give to a good cause here: https://goo.gl/6zZjWG
Movie Reviews
So I’ve
done a few movie reviews / commentaries since we last talked.
IT! THE TERROR FROM BEYOND SPACE (1958)
TRANSFORMERS: THE LAST KNIGHT (2017)
ALIEN: COVENANT (2017) – actually this is a commentary on
where this overall origin story of ALIEN (1979) is heading, and to be un-modest,
it’s one of my better articles (completely ridden with spoilers, though, be
warned)
Coming
soon, reviews for the new KINGSMAN film, and GEOSTORM, which looks like a hoot
(end of the world style)
To keep
tabs on all my reviews and where to find them, you can visit www.dankeohane.com
and click “Movie Reviews” or go directly to dankeohane-reviews.blogspot.com
Novel Status
What’s up
with the fiction writing? Well, briefly, I have two completed novels in the
can, PLAGUE OF LOCUSTS by Daniel G. Keohane and LOST IN THE WOODS by G Daniel
Gunn. I’m currently out there marketing to agents, etc. Getting some promising
nibbles, but just that – it’s a long process. But pressing forward. They’re
really good – I like them at least, lol – so they’ll find a home.
I haven’t
started a new project yet, simply because co-editing a new anthology is sucking
up my time (see below). But that’s getting close to being done, and am going to
be jumping into a project soon. Need to write every day, and I’m starting to getting
very angst-ridden lately about not. Editing is fun, but it’s not writing! Not
really... No, it’s not. It’s editing!
Wicked Haunted Coming Soon
I’m co-editing the new New England
Horror Writers anthology with Scott T Goudsward and David Price, my third with
these guys after WICKED TALES and WICKED WITCHES. The new one, coming this
Fall, is WICKED HAUNTED. Ghost stories of all types. More as it develops, but
it’s coming along very nicely.
OK, there’s probably more, but if so,
keep an eye on my website or Facebook, for up-to-the-minute news. And, as I
always say but never follow-through, I’ll try to get these out a little more
often.
Thanks for your interest!
Dan
