One Last Song

Horn Tooting, Dark Recesses PRINT, More One Last Song

















Shameless Tootage
Before you completely forget about me, I thought I'd stop by with a little bloggin' to wet your whistle, or should I say, horn? Well, I'm tooting mine shamelessly, as I'm apt to do, so I beg your forgiveness.

Now with that sorry excuse for a disclaimer out of the way, my tootable items to share with you for the moment are a couple of lovely interviews. Firstly, I've become part of Heidi Ruby Miller's, Pick Six alumni, an honor for which I am most grateful.

You can find my Heidi's Pick Six interview HERE!






Secondly, the wonderful and talented author/publisher, Vince Liaguno, interviewed me for the Drawing First Blood: Interviews with Dark Genre Literature's Newest Talents section of Dark Scribe Magazine. If you haven't visited this excellent magazine, do yourself a favor and dig in. It's filled to the brim with great articles and interviews. Be sure to register, as well. It's FREE and registered readers will be privy to Members Only access pages.
Read My Drawing First Blood: Interview HERE!


Remember the One Last Song Blog?
CJ Hurtt and his accomplice, Shawn Richter have done it again. Many of you enjoyed the FREE read of the first issue of CJ's One Last Song from Brain Scan Comics, well, "One Last Song 2" has hit the cyberwaves and the shelves. If you'd like a FREE read of both One Last Song" Issue 1 AND Issue 2, get yourself on over to WOWIO and register (also FREE) and download CJ's latest. Your registration will also give you free access to the work of several other writer/artist teams, so go get 'em!

To The PRESS with Dark Recesses

That's right! Dark Recesses Press will find itself at the printers. The formerly online zine will be moving into the big leagues (where it belongs!) and becoming a print magazine.

From DRP publisher, Bailey Hunter:
"Dark Recesses Press has just finished up it's 2nd year as a PDF zine of Horror and Dark fiction, art, non-fiction and reviews. If you haven't had a chance to see what we are all about, the latest issue #8 is still available for free download from our site at darkrecesses.com "Come January, 2008 we will kick off our third year in print. We are now set up to take Pre-Orders and Subscriptions on the site at close to 15% off the regular cover price. We will be producing 2 printed issues / year along with a tri-annual scaled down version of the free PDF (this will not have the same content as the print issue). "The printed product will have a glossy full colour cover, be perfect bound with crisp, bright white smooth interior paper. There will be b/w and greyscale illustrations accompanying the stories."

To be eligible for the very reasonable reduced rate DRP subscription and to be a wonderfully awesome bonafide supporter of the small press, stop over at DRP soon and SUBSCRIBE or try before you buy and download a FREE PDF of Issue 6 HERE!

Well, I suppose that's enough lollygagging for me today. I hope you enjoy all the juicy reading! And in case I don't see you before next week, Happy Thanksgiving to all the folks in the US, and Happy November to the rest of your sweeties around the globe. Wherever you are, I give thanks for you!

Wickedly Yours,
Fran Friel

PS - Remember that little contest over at the HL Blog-O-Rama? Today's the last day for your chance to win some fine books - all you need to do is Subscribe to the HL Blog at MySpace. You'll find the detail HERE!

A World of Hurtt - One Last Song





















One Last Song Continues!

"Fame only costs your freedom. In 2046, American media personalities must obtain an officially sanctioned "performance card" or face internment in "terror aversion camps". Musician Amanda Casey is a rebel spreading the truth about her government's corruption via seemingly innocent love songs. What happens when she is found out? Written by C.J. Hurtt with art by Shawn Richter." --Book Description, One Last Song

In today's competitive publishing world, I think the comic book/graphic novel business is one of the toughest. To even get a chance at distribution is like beating a gauntlet of razors, lasers and machine guns. Then once you're standing at the finish line and you've got that first issue published, the real challenge begins - to get enough buzz and sales to warrant a second issue. Dang, comic book writers and illustrators must be crazy masochists, but I'm so glad they are, because they keep an important art form alive and growing.

A World of Hurtt
That brings us to a friend of mine, author, CJ Hurtt. He's been down this road many times now and he's on the cusp of finally passing through those golden gates into issue 2 and beyond. What that means for us is a free copy. Yup, I love free...and I know you do, too. To bring some more eyes to the series and give a boost to upcoming issue #2, the publisher, Brain Scan Comics, is offering a FREE e-copy of Issue 1 at WOWIO:

Get your FREE DOWNLOAD HERE!

And, of course, if you like Issue 1, OR if you just love supporting hard working artists and writers, pre-order ONE LAST SONG, Issue 2. You can pre-order at your local comic book store by usng the code APR073521. CLICK HERE for the Comic Shop Locator.

A Little Help for the Comically Impaired
I tried to find a way to pre-order the comic at an online store so you could just click and go, but I couldn't figure it out. If any of you know how to order comics online using a code, please post instructions in the comments and I'll transfer it here into the text. Thanks!

Happy Free-Reading! See you soon.

Wickedly Yours,
Fran Friel

PS - My Gratitude
Btw, thanks to everyone who sent you warm thoughts and wisdom for my daughter after the passing of her dear friend, Kennedy. The memorial service was Thursday and over 500 people attended. My daughter said that the parents greeted every person that came through the door. I don't know how they did it. The funeral was Friday. Classes at the University of Maryland start on Wednesday. It'll be a tough start of the year for a lot of kids, but like so many of you have said, the passing of time will help the healing process. Thanks again for all the love.