While I was in California I met with Jan De Bont (MEG director) and I came
out from his office totally psyched about MEG. Jan is so prepared to get going,
he is the perfect director for MEG. He showed me storyboards he filmed and
set to music, and all I can say is INCREDIBLE – I HAVE TO SEE THIS MOVIE!
SHELL GAME – Character Contest NEW Update
I have now completed roughly 75% of the novel, and this one is something very
special. The SHELL GAME is about the end of oil, and the next 9-11 that is
being manipulated to bring us into a war that will lead to the end of civilization
as we know it. I’ve been working on the book for 2 years now and everything
I am writing is happening. I am pushing to release The SHELL GAME in Spring
2007.
The following readers have been selected (so far) to be actual characters,
based on your entries. In no particular order:
Kris Hamilton, Brian Dean Westly, Patrick Blanchard, Dick Lawrence, Frank Nasuti, Silas Whitener, Cesar Diaz, Susie Perlman, Aaron Combs, Vanessa Shannen- Anderson, Denice (Daisy) Webb, Ken Keene, Keith Allan, Mitchell Wagner, Mike (the TURK) Turzman, Suzie Perlman, Cesar Diaz, Silas T. Whitener, Aaron Coombs, Roxanne Dunlap, Christina Jordan, Mario Childress, Jerry Bobo, Beth Newman, Gary Groves, Shane Torrance, Marco Fatiga, Shawn Eastburn, Jeff Anders, Ramzi Karim, Howard Steven Lowe, D.L. Garst, Jim Leary, Scott Santa, Susan Campbell, Jessica Turner, Garret Matsuura, Kira Nicole Gillean, Gary Lee Schafer, Eric Bi, Mark Tetreault, Elliot Green, Howard S. Lowe, Joseph Kendle, Patricia Moreau, Richard Cacciato, Benjamin Simon, Dave Schall, Richard Weldon Small, Michael Bach-Marklund, Adrian Paul Neary, Steven Alan Klemz, Dawn Darconte, Ray Henry, Doug Dvorak, Geordie McGillivray, Brian Doyle, Kelli Doyle (and Grandpa, too), Joseph Poschner, David Ashton, Jennifer Wienner, Christian Felter, Laura Whisenant, Stephen Patrick Murphy, Danelle Henk, Christopher Santoro, Bob Prichard, Robert Thornton, Rodney Lemeni, Ellen Wulf, David Keller, Ace Futrell, Garry Archer.
When possible I have included something personal in your description. If you see your name on the list, I need you to please FULFILL YOUR OFFER and help spread the word about purchasing The LOCH paperback.
As for the rest of you who have entered (and can still enter) The SHELL GAME will have a lot of characters, and there are many more readers that will be selected. If you are interested and HAVEN’T DONE SO YET (don’t duplicate your entry please, it does not influence me) e-mail me your full name, physical description, any interesting bio info, and HOW YOU WILL HELP SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT THE LOCH!
Many of the characters selected from this point on may die in the book. Be aware of that. It won’t be pretty.
Coming in May-June: RESURRECTION in paperback!
Resurrection is part 2 of the DOMAIN trilogy. The book received almost no
publicity when it debuted in hardback in February 2004, despite receiving
5 star reviews. The novel picks up where DOMAIN left off, with the birth of
Dominique’s twin sons – the fabled Hero Twins of the Mayan Popol
Vuh. If you want to know what happened to Mick Gabriel at the end of DOMAIN,
grab a copy of RESURRECTION!
SORCERESS? PHOBOS? MEG-4? Which book is next?
The SHELL GAME should be finished in a few months, and guys, it is something special, a must-read, scary as hell. My plans were to have written MEG 4: Hell’s Aquarium, but if the MEG MOVIE is pushed back until 2008, then it opens a window to write a different novel first. I may conduct another reader poll soon to see what you would prefer, stay tuned.
HEALTH TIPS: Heart Attack
This was sent to me by a female reader, the information could save a life:
You should know that not every heart attack symptom is going to be the left arm hurting. Be aware of intense pain in the jaw line. You may never have the first chest pain during the course of a heart attack. Nausea and intense sweating are also common symptoms. 60% of people who have a heart attack while they are asleep do not wake up. The pain in the jaw happened to me and woke me from a sound sleep. I was one of the fortunate ones. Trust me when I tell you it's pain unlike anything you've ever experienced before. Given a choice between natural child birth and a heart attack, pain-wise; it's much easier to have a baby. Let's be careful and be aware. The more we know, the better chance we can survived. A cardiologist says if everyone who gets this mail sends it to 10 people, you can be sure that we'll save at least one life. Read this. It could save your life!! Let's say it's 6.15pm and you're driving home (alone of course), after an unusually hard day on the job. You're tired, upset and frustrated. Suddenly you start experiencing severe pain in your chest that starts to radiate out into your arm and up into your jaw. You are only about five miles from the hospital nearest your home. Unfortunately you don't know if you'll be able to make it that far. You have been trained in CPR, but the guy that taught the course did not tell you how to perform it on yourself.
"HOW TO SURVIVE A HEART ATTACK WHEN ALONE": Since many people are alone when they suffer a heart attack, without help, the person whose heart is beating improperly and who begins to feel faint, has only about 10 seconds left before losing consciousness. However, these victims can help themselves by coughing repeatedly and very vigorously. A deep breath should be taken before each cough, and the cough must be deep and prolonged, as when producing sputum from deep inside the chest. A breath and a cough must be repeated about every two seconds without let-up until help arrives, or until the heart is felt to be beating normally again. Deep breaths get oxygen into the lungs and coughing movements squeeze the heart and keep the blood circulating. The squeezing pressure on the heart also helps it regain normal rhythm. In this way, heart attack victims can get to a hospital.
Tell as many other people as possible about this It could save their lives!!
Stay safe, stay in touch, please spread the word about THE LOCH & RESURRECTION, and most of all, know that I appreciate you.
Sincerely,
Steve Alten, Ed.D.
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email: meg82159@aol.com
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