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The open artist contest began a little while ago and had a limited amount of entrants. However, one is all that I needed in the end. The winner, Heather Joy has the great raw talent I have searched for.
Heather will be crafting the three scene comic based on the book Demon Vampire. There is no current publication date except for the concept of it's delivery later this year. What is for certain is that the comic will be free to read and download. You will be able to spread it as you all wish and enjoy the visual world of Demon Vampire with your eyes instead of only my vivid use of words.
The rough sketch defined here is the winning entry that sealed the contest. From here there is a long road ahead. Line art correction, final story boarding, color approval and corrections, and finally tones and shading. Then everything gets to be done two more times to make the three total scenes. This is why the project is set for far later in the year. The time involved is vast and there are many concerns that need to be addressed. For now, the acceptance of staff artist is enough to celebrate in it's own right. It means one step closer to Demon Vampire sweeping the world.
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The Prize for The March Follower Giveaway is a signed CD and Photo from the band Jagged Row!!!
Make sure to follow the blog openly using the follow link below to be eligible to win. The drawing will be held on March 1st. But remember, you have to respond by midnight that night if you are chosen. If you don't, the first person to comment on the post will get your prize instead. So yes, attendance mattered on DemonVampire.com
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A great many things have happened lately. Things that have taxed my resolve momentarily to exciting responses to my inquiries that have revitalized the faith I hold in my will.
I have resisted the urge to pass on this negativity or other wise transfer it in any way to my following public beyond a simple mention. Besides that, my continued efforts have proven quite fruitful. I have written two more short stories that only need to be edited and then released. They will be testaments to the skill I have honed through these past months as a writer.
Neither short story is related to vampires however. They are pure creations delving into an experimental nature that I have spent far too long ignoring - General Fiction. At with one of them. The other is a surreal journey that has to be read to be understood. "Diffinity" is a path that has to be uncovered and deciphered rather than merely viewed. I believe I will spark a vast collection of hate mail through the symbolism intertwined with this installment of the blog. Regardless, it will be enjoyed by some and that I have learned is worth all the chatter in the world.
As to the other story, I haven't named it yet, or rather I haven't decided on a final title. The working name is "Seven Hours." It is about two young people and their insecurities that are shared over the course of one stranded night alone together. Although the main 'seven hour' referred to in the title contain no sex, there are of course sexual themes and romantic tones running through the tale. The content covers the hidden idiosyncrasies of a young high school senior boy (the 16 year old protagonist), and a popular senior girl (The romantic interest at 18 years old) on their final trip before the last week of school.
The two stories should be released on the blog in the next month or so.
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I first mentioned Jagged Row a little while ago as a band I noticed
through a friend. Since then, things have been going well. They agreed
to a full interview, and today I have the results of that effort.
Enjoy Jagged Row:
1. I'd like to start by asking how you came up with Jagged Row? It invokes a certain jaded feeling. Did something happen in your lives that made you come up with the name? We actually came up with Jagged Row from a previous band name! Originally I (Jaci) was a solo artist singing and writing a pop-style of music, and the guys became a back-up band for me. Chad, (the rhythm guitarist at the time...now our bass player) suggested they be called "Those Guys". We thought it sounded kind of catchy, so when people asked, we were "Jaci Butler and Those Guys". Only a few months after we got together though, we decided we'd start to write together. Matt, (the lead guitarist) and I wrote one song and we instantly realized we had good chemistry! We wanted to become a band and write more music together. We shortened the name to Jaci & Those Guys so it sounded more like a band, but people still kept thinking we were a solo artist! We had to come up with another name. It took us nearly a year to come up with a name we actually liked. During that time we started writing heavier music that the guys liked to play and I fell in love with singing rock music! We went through hundreds of names and even gave up for awhile and decided to stick with Jaci & Those Guys to release our first album under. Just a little while after the release, we got to thinking more about names. Chad suggested we just go by JAG, a acronym for "Jaci And Guys". The military already had that though. I suggested Jagged, but too many bands all over the Internet had taken that. We needed something fresh! We kept the Jagged and thought about where we were all from: Rowlett, Royse City, and Rockwall. Those three cities are "the three Rs" of our area. Jagged Row was born! :)
2. It's nice to hear a full four piece band with a talented female singer. Did your band always have five people? Or did it begin with only a few? Thank you! Yes, Jagged Row has always had five people. There's Trevor Quiett, our drummer, Chad Ragsdale, our bassist, Matt Venhaus is our first lead guitarist, and Chris Lee is basically a second lead guitarist. We've always felt that with the music we play, it just wouldn't be as full sounding with out that second guitar part! I sing lead and Matt and Chad sing back-up.
3. Jaci, this question is for you. On stage you seem pretty comfortable. When did you first sing in front of a group? Ah, I love this question! When people ask me this, I always tell them, "Since I could talk!" and that answer is the full truth! I used to stand up on the kitchen table at family gatherings and sing my heart out! The first time I actually performed in front of a crowd besides my family, was my elementary school talent show in first grade. I sang "Sweet Nothin's". I have always loved the spotlight and singing is my passion. Always has been, always will be. Being onstage is the most incredible feeling in the world! I've never wanted to do anything else in life but perform and I plan to do that the rest of my life as the lead singer of Jagged Row! :)
4. You've done over 200 shows, that's impressive. What was your best night? Wow! That's a hard question to answer. We'd have to say the State Fair of Texas this past year. On October 14th, 2011 we got to open for Finger Eleven on the Chevrolet Main Stage. It's probably our best show to date. There were around a thousand people just at the stage and even more walking around the whole fair. We got to play a set earlier in the evening then another one after dark. We remember so vividly right before we walked up the stairs and onto that stage hearing the whole crowd chant our name before that second set! The rush and feeling of that was mind-blowing! We got up on that stage and played and sang and performed our hearts out! By the end of the show people had thrown up notes and lucky bracelets, etc. that they wanted us to have! One of the notes read, "To Jagged Row, I love you! <3 Alvie!" (I have it stuck to my bedroom mirror still! -Jaci) After our set was over, and we played the last note, the crowd immediately started chanting to have us back. We threw picks and sticks and towels out to the crowd and had to apologize for not being able to play another song. (It was in our contract to stop at a certain time.) The best part about it was that the security guards backstage told us, "We've been working this fair for 25 years, and have never heard an encore for a band!" That night was the most adrenaline rushed, exhilarating show we've ever gotten to play! We just hope for many more in the near future!
5. Did you ever think you'd have such a track record after only a couple of years as a band? We knew when we started this band that we wanted to take it all the way to the top. Did we think after only a few years, we'd be this far along? No. Are we happy we are? Yes! It's been a lot of hard work and there is just more to come but we're ready for it! :)
6. "Meant To Be" has such beautiful vocals and longing lyrics. Tell me, what heartache provoked these words? I'm going to take this question! (Jaci) Matt wrote the music for this song and when I heard it for the first time, I fell in love. I knew this song needed passionate, strong lyrics. Trevor had just brought a poem to me that he had written. A line in it was "The distant thunder sings a quiet song to me...as my eyes close, I'm engulfed in a storm of dreams". Matt had originally envisioned there being rain at the beginning of this song since. I knew from the moment I read that poem, these words had to go in it. I took these lines of the poem and wrapped lyrics around it I had written. I based my lyrics off the words I was so mesmerized by in Trevor's poem. This was at a time early on when we first really grasped the fact that we all wanted the same goals, the same dreams, and we all wanted to accomplish them together. This song made me think of that. I knew that all of this was meant to be! Words just started flowing and the song became what it is today. I changed the words to "The distant thunder sings a quiet song to me and as my eyes close I'm engulfed with the fact, that this is meant to be". The bridge sings, "Lost in a storm of dreams, searching for anything". Storm of Dreams became the name of our debut album.
7. Your band reminds me of Flyleaf in their more lighter waves. Were they an inspiration for you? We love Flyleaf! We've always liked that they were a hard rockin' band with female vocals fronting them. They were an inspiration to us in a way. Like you mentioned, in their more lighter waves. Jaci doesn't scream, but we do have a few songs where one of us screams along with Jaci's vocals. Bands like Flyleaf, Evanescence, and Paramore are wonderful and we'd love to be where they are at one day!
8. The band has so much presence behind it, a full sound that dominates the ear. Have you ever been told to tune it down during practice? Haha, thank you Virgil! We actually practice at Jaci's house. The living room over there is our "rehearsal hall". Luckily, her house is in a neighborhood where the houses are pretty far spread, so that the neighbors don't complain. Although, the neighbors next door to her had a son that played the trumpet and the neighbors across from her had a drummer for a son, so no one really says anything about it! Jaci does have to sometimes ask us to turn down our amps though! We get a little loud every now in then! Hahaha
9. That's Great! (Laughs) I'm noticed you take great pride in writing the lyrics for your songs. Is it a collaborative effort, letting the whole band in on the feel of each song? We do. What usually happens with the way we write, is Matt will bring us a song he's been working on and has recorded the music for in his home studio. Jaci starts working on the lyrics. When we start working on it, Trevor might put his touch on the drums, Chad will do the same for the bass and so on. Like we said though, Matt usually starts the ball rolling by bringing a song that he's already started arranging. When working on new music, we all throw out ideas and see which works best. We all have a really good chemistry together and usually can bounce our ideas off of one another. It's definitely a full collaborative effort.
10. Five years from now, who do you see yourselves touring with? Or should I say, touring with you. We love this question! Well, five years from now we definitely hope to see ourselves at the Grammy Awards! ;) We'd love to be touring with bands such as Bon Jovi, No Doubt, Maroon 5, Foo Fighters and so on! We'd definitely like to be as successful as those bands for sure! We have fellow bands around the same level as we are from around the same area as we are as well! We'd love for them to go to the top with us and get to tour with them. Bands including The Lasting Effect, Crel, and This City Awaits!
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I have spent the last week searching for bands to interview in the up coming months. Things are going well as of date. I have five band interviews lined up, starting with Jagged Row.
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By now you all should have realized the Goodreads Giveaway button on the right hand side of the site. If not, you're viewing this from feedburner or another RSS feed (, or possibly email), if so, you need to click on the site directly and sign up. There are over 250 people on the sign up so far and it's only been a week since it's been completely up. This is a giveaway that is separate from the main site in that only good reads members can sign up and it's independent of the Monthly Follower Giveaway held on the site.
The deadline is March 4th, the same day as the mass book buy scheduled to raise the Amazon.com ranking of Demon Vampire. Make sure to buy the ebook or physical copy on that day at 12pm EST. Every book sale counts if it's all concentrated on one day. You have got to love a little calculation;)
You might have noticed a few changes to the blog recently. The ads have been removed to free up loading times and annoyances. The clutter in the posts has been reduced. Finally, the RSS feed is cleaner as well.
Enjoy. There is more to come, including special giveaways and exclusive content.
To those that have enjoyed my style, but not my content, This is for you.
I have recently been going through my old story ideas. A large folder with over 16 different novel concepts that I came up with over the course of around 17 years of writing. Things that at the time I didn't value with much credit as they were half thought out plans for books that didn't have any real impact on the reader. Years later however, I now see the holes in those ramblings and an aiming to fill them. Although I will still be continuing work on Demon Vampire: Redgold, I am announcing that as of this week I will be pumping out short stories based on those initial concepts. Some of them will be posted on Kindle to download for $0.99 and the rest will be up here on the blog, completely free to read and share. I should be able to put out out a month and keep this pace through the year.
In the mean time, as I am finishing the second half of my first short story outside the vampire world. Yes, all of the mentioned stories to be released each month will be non-vampire related to build and display my words in another setting to which I and you have not seen before.
It is called Diffinity. It is the story of the a man and his search to understand what has happened to him. It promises to be a truly gripping story and well worth the $0.99 download via Kindle.
Make sure to note this story will be out by late March, just a few weeks after my Birthday.
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Jagged Row, the rock band will be interviewed here, on Demon Vampire The Blog.
I first found this band from a suggestion from a friend. I began listening to their sound. Several hours later I decided to contact them. I was not disappointed, being able to snag an interview and the chance for a future CD giveaway on the site.
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The site is doing well. It seems like just last week I was happy the site was over 42,000 hits. It's great news to celebrate. Make sure to Follow, the prizes come each month and you have to be an open follow and appear on the side bar's following list to be eligible.
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I'm about 24,000+ words into writing Demon Vampire: Redgold, which is book two in the main series. It is a direct sequel to the first novel and picks up seconds after the life changing cliff hanger at the end of book one. This book covers the same time line as the side novella Special Science Report 1192.
This book will be near the same length as book one and should be out late 2014. Make sure to sign up and follow the blog to win a copy of the first book. So far there are only 62 direct followers of the blog. Make sure to openly follow the blog to be eligible for the Monthly Follower Giveaway.
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She has won the book Yesterday's Daughter by Sallie Lundy-Frommer.
Kayla has until midnight tonight, as per the normal rules of this Monthly Follower Giveaway, to respond to this post. All she has to do is comment on this post and she wins.
If not... The first person to respond to this post that isn't Kayla, will get it instead. So make sure you are the first to comment. Just because you think it's early, doesn't mean you have too much time to comment. Be quick and respond to this post. It's good to be the first, of course it's better to be Kayle right now, but we will see just how quick she is.
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