User talk:BENJAMHOUSE

November 2020
Hello, I'm Danbloch. I wanted to let you know that one or more of your recent contributions to Weird West and other articles have been undone because they appeared to be promotional. Advertising and using Wikipedia as a "soapbox" are against Wikipedia policy and not permitted. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you. Dan Bloch (talk) 07:38, 12 November 2020 (UTC)

Hello, Danbloch. I'm not really certain how to reply to you, so I'm writing here hoping that you see this. I personally feel like you're assessment of "GOD WALKS THE DARK HILLS: BOOK I&II" wasn't using the best of judgment in that you "removed" what I'd put up there as you didn't feel it fell into the extremely-board-category of weird-west (i.e. under presumption that the dual novel taking place between 1830s-1864 was too "paranormal" for it to be weird-west). I don't believe it's so paranormal that it should discount it. BOOK II has several cryptids in it (both fabricated for the series & part of lore). Those include: Spring-Heeled Jack, Faceless Japanese Ghouls, things like the monsters in Dead Birds & The Descent films, something like Slenderman, etc. Keep in mind this is a dual novel, so it's 2 books in 1.

Further, any presumption that anything that has to do with the writer who is posting it is a bad thing is bad is a messed up way of seeing things. It doesn't matter if Stephen King or someone who reads Stephen King lists things about him or his works that are accurate. As long as it's not an opinion piece/critique, but my listing something that fits the thing I'm saying that it is, it should not matter if I or a fellow writer wrote it. I've used Wikipedia A LOT. In fact, I read quite a lot on it to write "God Walks The Dark Hills: Book I&II." Additionally, I utilized the Library of Congress and all sorts of other books, documentaries, and so forth in painting a realistic backdrop to entwine the fictional story. I genuinely like Wikipedia, however it's censoring truth (based on self-promotions or not) that rings in my ears when messages come up asking me for money. It makes me think to myself how that I feel like I've been wrongfully shut out, when I merely contributed something that I felt fit & should have been approved. If it doesn't fit the genre, that's fine. If it's because I posted something that I know about because it has to do with me, then that's sad. ...Please look at that again and consider changing it back.

Incidentally, I will have another Civil War era Western-Horror book (an anthology) entitled: "Look Away Dixie Land: a collection of western horror stories" coming out in the next few months under the pen-name "B. L. Blankenship" as well. It has 13 stories in it. They're all indirectly tied to the world of "God Walks The Dark Hills." Some are home-invasion horror, they range from being before, during, and after the American Civil War. They're in various places. Generally, I try to make the villains people with an occasional monster. This book adds the Wendigo (demonized inebriated people who cannibalize their fellow man) to my list of cryptids that exist in my fiction. Please consider this and make any appropriate changes based upon it. "Behind The Veil" is about serial killer family: The Bloody Benders. A bullet for Johnny Dove only has people in it. Amaranthine Rhapsody is an existential horror story of a girl who is caught in this endless loop of death and like a scar on the land. It's like a nightmare that keeps being relived where the scenes change. There is an odd chartreuse and violet mist in it floating in the air, like a haze. I don't fully express what it is, but just make it a thing. I feel that is scarier. Stylistically, that specific story has some inspiration drawn from The Musik of Eric Zann & The Color Out Of Space, though it may not be clear to readers.

Thank you.


 * Hello, BENJAMHOUSE. I wasn't making any assessment of "God Walks the Dark Hills". I was just drawing your attention to Wikipedia's policy, that links for readers to purchase books aren't appropriate content in Wikipedia, as explained in more detail in the links in the message. WP:COI also applies.  I wish you good luck in your writing, but this isn't a suitable use of Wikipedia.  Regards, Dan Bloch (talk) 19:11, 19 March 2021 (UTC)