Review: Red Dragon

August 4, 2014Eric Michel OWOB Tags: Author, Book, College, Eric, Good Literature, Hannibal, Hannibal Lecter, Horror, Novel, Red Dragon, Review, Silence of the Lambs, Thomas Harris, Writers, Writing Leave a comment

If I’ve learned one thing from doing this whole blogging thing, it’s that I really suck at hitting deadlines. Maybe it’s because they are self-imposed and I have no reason to hit them other than to achieve a goal, or maybe it’s because I’m a lazy little shit. I’m going to guess it’s the latter. I could waste more of our time by writing the same intro I always do, giving lame-o excuses and promising to due better, but at this point I don’t see a point. I’m just gonna post what I came to post.

So anyway, if you’ll remember back to here, I was reading Red Dragon by Thomas Harris. Well, I finished it…like a month ago. It took me three days after I got done with Angels and Demons to get through. I knew exactly what I was gonna say in this review post, too, but my laziness took over so I’m just now getting around to it. Continue reading →

Review: Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King

June 19, 2014June 16, 2015Eric Michel OWOB Tags: Author, Awesome, Book, Eric, Good Literature, Horror, Mr. Mercedes, New book, Novel, OWOB, Review, SK, Stephen King, Writers, Writing Leave a comment

Wow, it’s been a while. A lot longer than I anticipated, actually. In short, a few things have happened since we last talked—rather, I talked at you guys, and you guys skimmed through to the important stuff. For one, my laptop is fixed and ready to go so I no longer have to rely on my family members for some computer time. The other thing is, it’s summer… and I have slept too much of it away. I know I NEED to be productive, so each night I set my alarm for 7:30. That should give me plenty of time to eat breakfast, work out, read my Bible and what not, and be ready to sit down and write by 9:00. The problem is that I’m a teenager, and I have the sleep habits of one. It’s rather difficult for me to say no to an extra 2-3 hours of sleep when I technically don’t have to be doing anything. I haven’t gotten up earlier than 9:30 at all this summer, and I usually sleep till 11. But THAT’S why I haven’t posted as much as I said I would. I know, my priorities are mixed up.

Anyhow, a while back I picked up Stephen King’s newest book, Mr. Mercedes. Those of you that have been with me from the beginning know that I had the ludicrous goal of trying to review 52 books in 52 weeks—that idea has since gone by the wayside. I’m gonna post whatever I want, although I will review anything I read. This book is still new& relevant, so I figured I’d read it and tell you guys if it’s worth your dough. Continue reading →

Story Sunday…Tuesday Pt 5

May 27, 2014Eric Michel Fiction Tags: Author, Awesome, Book, Eric, Horror, Scary, Writers, Writing 1 Comment

I figured I’d post this now because I honestly have not clue when I’d get around to doing it otherwise. I forgot to post on Sunday because I was at a friend’s place and didn’t think about it. For that, I apologize, but you’ll get over it.

I just finished my last day of high school… Still feels funny to say that. For this website, that means two things: more activity (If I can beat the laziness bug) and more sporadic posting. This summer is going to be very eventful for me, so I might have to do away with the scheduled updates and go with the whenever-I-get-to-it kinda thing. We’ll see. Anyway, here is part 5.

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Story Sunday: Pt 4

May 18, 2014May 18, 2014Eric Michel Fiction Tags: Author, Eric, Good Literature, Horror, Macabre, Scary, Writers, Writing Leave a comment

I almost forgot to post this tonight. I had a pretty awesome weekend, and sometimes I get a little forgetful when my mind goes other places. Anyway, I have a few things to say first. This is big for me, but you guys may not care. In the past week, I have gotten over 500 views on my website. This was due to an article that I wrote about our school’s senior cookout/not really a prank thing getting us all suspended. It was complete horse crap, but I felt like writing it because I like to stir stuff up… and I thought I made it clear that it was a joke. I was later informed that parents had actually asked the school if it were true. Whoops. Anyway, 500 views in a week is more than I’ve ever had; it was more than I’d had in like 4 months. So that’s pretty cool.

Honestly, I don’t have much else as of now. I’ll make a big update post with some thoughts on it later, but it is getting late and I’d like to get this posted tonight so my alliteration thing will still work. Here ya go, readers. Here’s Parts 1, 2, and 3 if ya missed em. Continue reading →

Story Sunday: (Pt 3)

May 11, 2014May 11, 2014Eric Michel Fiction Tags: Author, Awesome, Book, Eric, Horror, Writers, Writing 1 Comment

It’s that time of week again. It’s time for me to fill your social media feeds with links to this website, and you either click and read or get really irritated and keep scrolling. For me, it’s a time of nervousness.

I’m not sure how well this is received. When I had it on my old blog, I had people constantly coming up to me and asking what was going to happen… they actually cared. Now, my view count is down and numbers are diminished. I’m getting slightly discouraged, but that’s what I get for not heeding the “if it ain’t broke don’t fix it” adage. Continue reading →

Story Sunday! (Pt. 2 from last week)

May 4, 2014Eric Michel Fiction Tags: Author, Awesome, Book, Dead Guy, Eric, Horror, Scary, Writers, Writing 2 Comments

I picked a pretty random day to post the first part of my blog-story… let’s just say it didn’t translate into as many views as I was expecting. I wish I could tell you that views didn’t matter to me, but they do, otherwise I wouldn’t post content on the internet at all; I’m trying to gather a readership here! I do realize that by this time you have probably already made up your mind on whether or not you’re going to continually click these links, and that’s cool. I can’t force you to read anything… it would just improve your life a little if I could. I digress. Continue reading →

Story Time! (Redux)

May 1, 2014May 4, 2014Eric Michel Fiction Tags: Author, Authors, Book, Eric, Horror, Stories, Writers, Writing 3 Comments

As I stated in my last post, I’m going to bring back the thing that got me my following on my other (and since deceased) blog. It was a story that I began writing as a junior in high school. It went over extremely well with those who read it, and I am aware of the need to put something creative on here, so I’m gonna test the waters for a bit.

Here’s the deal: I’m going to do exactly as I used to. I’ll post in 4 page increments, one time a week. I’ve got most of the story written and grouped already, so the suspense should hopefully keep ya coming back for more. Please keep in mind that this was done when I was a much more inexperienced writer, so there are probably some kinks and things I could’ve done better. But, as I said before, everyone who read it the first go ’round had nothing but good things to say, so hopefully that’ll hold true this time. I’m not even sure I like this thing anymore. Let me know what you guys think!

IF this gets the same positive response, I’ll continue to post the story until it is completed (which will require some new writing on my part). If not enough people are diggin’ it, I’ll take it down and start fresh with a new one. Continue reading →

The Top 5: Authors Who Have Influenced My Writing

April 19, 2014Eric Michel The Top 5 Tags: Alex Rider, Artemis Fowl, Author, Awesome, Book, Charlotte's Web, DJ MacHale, E.B. White, Eric, Everything's Eventual, George R.R. Martin, Good Literature, Horror, It, Joe Hill, Novel, Pendragon, Scary, SK, Stephen King, The Top 5, TTF, Writers 2 Comments

Hey, everyone. You may be shocked to see a post from me in the middle of the week*, but as I said before, I am going to try to be a bit more active on my website. So I did a lot of thinking, and basically I came up with one idea: The Top 5 ____ Continue reading →

Review: Edgar Allen Poe

February 1, 2014Eric Michel OWOB Tags: Author, Awesome, Book, EAP, Edgar Allen Poe, Eric, Horror, OWOB, Review, Scary, The Fall of the House of Usher, The Masque of the Red Death, The Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Pit and the Pendulum, The Tell-Tale Heart, Writers Leave a comment

As I said in my Fahrenheit 451 review, when I tackled the works of Edgar Allen Poe I would choose five stories, a mix of the well known and not-so-well known. I only kept half of that promise. Continue reading →

Review: The Shining

January 21, 2014January 21, 2014Eric Michel OWOB Tags: Awesome, Book, Horror, Novel, OWOB, Review, Scary, SK, Stephen King, The Shining, Writers Leave a comment

As I wrote the other day, I wasn’t quite done with The Shining. I was a little over halfway, but you can read about all that garbage here. Anyway, thanks to a little help from the weather and my school superintendent, I was able to finish the book early this morning. (Just a warning: If you were too lazy to click the link earlier, you may want to do it now. I’m not going to go over anything I touched upon in that post. Continue reading →

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