STEVE BENTON

We finally received our copyright from Library of Congress, which is pretty cool. Then, just a few days later we received a letter from some vanity publishing company. No thanks. I would rather give my books away and have people enjoy them than pay a shitload of money for a company to print and distribute them. Aaaaaand, being as literary agents won't give me the time of day I am trying something new - took 5,000 words out of the beginning (I'll admit that Lives of Future-Past is a slow starter) and we get right into the thick of things. I think it will be a much better read for people with ADD (like me). This is the great thing about self-publishing electronically - If someone has purchased your book they won't buy it again, and if you change it and then re-upload to your online outlet (i.e. Amazon) the next purchaser will get the new version. Simple! So I am just writing a bunch of crap here while I wait for OSX Yosemite to completely install in my two Macs. Ch...

FYI - Today is my half-birthday. Exactly six months from my birthday. How do I remember this? Today is also my younger daughter's birthday. Happy birthday, Dani! Love you Daaaaaaad

The mazes were aMAZing (heh heh), but i had to give them an "F" on park access. When you pay 4-5 times a normal ticket for a supposed "VIP" experience you should not have to push through a crowd of gen admin people waiting just to get to your tiny little line in the MIDDLE of everything. It should be off to the side and easily accessible. For the last 3 years we also got private backlot tours. Last year's was especially fun, as they had people and props scaring us. This year we were driven around a bit, but no stops. That was disappointing. The mazes were top-notch, as usual. An American Werewolf in London was a great retro maze, featuring scenes from the iconic movie. Alien vs Predator was cool - a crashed spaceship is your entrance into a terrifying experience where you could be killed by either species (well, not really, but it was fun). On a comical note, the bar  entrance in the From Dusk til Dawn maze was called The Twister, not The Titty Twister, li...