LAURENCE MACNAUGHTON

Tag: It Happened One Doomsday

  • “A really great story!” –GeekyGodmother

    Holy cow! I couldn’t be happier with this fabulous review from Canadian book site www.geekygodmother.ca: “The characters are fantastic in what I’m hoping is only the first of a series. Dru doesn’t feel she has the great power of her heroes, but she uses all she has to help out those who do. She becomes the best…

  • I Should Be Writing podcast with Yours Truly

    I Should Be Writing podcast with Yours Truly

    Attention writers: You’re missing out. If you aren’t already listening to Mur Lafferty’s, “I Should Be Writing: The Podcast for Wannabe Fiction Writers,” you need to drop what you’re doing and go listen. In every episode, Mur talks about the writing process, problems every writer faces, and how to solve them. The unstoppable Mur was gracious enough…

  • “One hell of a ride!” –Foreword Reviews

    Seems like every reviewer has a different currency: five stars, five moons, five thumbs up (which for some reason makes me think of Sha Na Na). Whatever they are, whenever there are FIVE of them, I sit up and take notice. Which brings us to this exquisite “five heart” write-up from Foreword Reviews: “The story…

  • “Quite clever.” –Bookpushers

    Here’s another fantastic review, in case you’re wondering what all the buzz is about. This particular review comes from the mysterious yet discerning E over at The Bookpushers: “MacNaughton provided a very interesting twist on some myths about the world ending and the signs of the apocalypse. I really thought how he modernized some of…

  • The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse in Muscle Cars

    True story: before I wrote this book, I was a professional prototype vehicle test driver. So when I set out to write about the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse tearing up the highways in Christine-ish muscle cars, you can bet I had fun with it. Check out this interview on MyLifeMyBooksMyEscape where I not only talk…

  • Until we get lightsabers, here’s the next best thing.

    In my book, Dru fights demons and creatures using magical crystals. Here’s what’s cool: all of the crystals she uses are magically charged versions of actual, real-life crystals: quartz, amethyst, galena, pyrite, etc. Being a writer who writes about crystals, I’ve naturally built up a modest collection of crystals over the years. The towns in the Rocky…

  • The #1 Weirdest Thing about Writing a Book Series (and It’s Not What You Think)

    In my Dru Jasper urban fantasy series, one of my lead characters is Greyson, a half-demon mechanic with a possessed muscle car. He’s your archetypal tough guy. He always wears a black leather jacket and aviator sunglasses. Which is cool. Right up until the moment the leather jacket gets destroyed. Torched by magic. Slashed by…

  • New audiobooks: get your fiction fix on the radio

    New audiobooks: get your fiction fix on the radio

    Cool news! A brand-new Colorado radio station (JBCM Radio) is now featuring audiobook clips of It Happened One Doomsday, read by Yours Truly. Recording your own audiobook clips, I discovered, is a wee bit more challenging than it initially appears. But it is fun. All you need is a good microphone, recording software (and a…

  • 3 weird (but true!) facts about It Happened One Doomsday

    While this book is fiction, it was inspired by some very strange facts. It all started with crystals. Here in the Rocky Mountains, you’re never far from abandoned gold mines, ghost towns, or rock shops. In It Happened One Doomsday, the main character gets her magical powers from real-life crystals such as galena, amethyst, pyrite, ulexite,…

  • “Really enjoyed this easy read.” –Speculative Herald

    I love it when a book review gets into the specifics of what makes a book different. Because let’s be honest. It doesn’t help anyone when a review just says “This book is awesome!” or “This book is stupid!” We need to know why. What makes it awesome? What makes it stupid? (And just for…