School Shooter: In His Own Words

About Me

Born and raised in West Virginia, I ran from there to enlist in the Marine Corps, where after four years of dissipation, I got married, earned a teaching degree, and moved to the beach. I've been a school librarian/media specialist for twelve years. I really enjoy reading, writing, lifting, hunting, laughing, watching movies and television, and my family. I have 2.5 children, a wife, and one dog. No, I'm actually not boring, but eccentric, manic, vibrant, jubilant, and lots of other spastic adverbs. I want to take over the world when I grow up with my favorite rock music and my writing.
My biggest writing influences are Faulkner, Larry McMurtry, Peter Gent, Joyce Carol Oates, and Robert Cormier.
Music has been a tremendous influence on my life and writing, most particularly Guns n' Roses, Metallica, Slayer, Alice in Chains, and Danzig.
Contact Mark Frye at [email protected].

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Member Since: 7/21/2005
Band Members: Book Summary:James Toomey is a murderer. While recovering from a nervous breakdown after attacking his school, he writes his memoirs.His home life has primed him for acts of self-destruction. Filled with self-doubt and loathing, James is driven to violence when he and his friends, Isabella and Jeremy, are harassed at school.Did James have any other choice besides violence? Does he regret the path he chose?School Shooter is the story of a world without structure or safety, ripped even further apart for the troubled teenager.

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Influences: Unwritten Law, Guns n Roses, Alice in Chains, The Cult, Godsmack, John Prine, Slayer, The Misfits, Danzig, The Dogs Damour, and The Doors were all influential in my writing of this novel.
It was written for the invisible students: the geeks, Goths, bookworms, spazzes, nerds, dweebs, and the rest of the uncategorized who are sexually harassed or bullied each and every day of their school existence.
Dont resort to violence; read this book, listen to this music, and know that someone gives a damn out there. Look for a friend. And if you have one or two, you're doing better than most of us!
Sounds Like: The scream you emit when an old sore is picked of its infection and medicine is applied.
The groan elicited by a bright light shone upon you when in a dark place.
Your worst nightmare set to awesome music.
The halls of your high school.
Record Label: iUniverse
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

What it is and other things

First of all, I love getting friend requests but bands....guys and girls...School Shooter: In His Own Words is not a rock band. The only reason I registered my novel as music is because it...
Posted by School Shooter: In His Own Words on Tue, 15 Jan 2008 02:03:00 PST

Innuendo, Planet Terror, and Fatigue

I was thinking of the most clever sexual innuendos or blatant messages in rock music. You gotta love the title of some of the songs that are blatantly sexual in nature. Meatplow by Stone...
Posted by School Shooter: In His Own Words on Wed, 12 Dec 2007 03:18:00 PST

For Darrian at EFHS [WV]

Thanks for your wonderful, warm comments about James Toomey and School Shooter. You made my day, most definitely. I'm glad you were moved. Your compliments moved me. Thank you!...
Posted by School Shooter: In His Own Words on Wed, 07 Nov 2007 12:05:00 PST

School Shooter (2 years Later)

About my book. I've had parents come up and hug me for writing a book their teen will read. I've had a parent ask her son to ask me if I'm gay. I've had an English teacher tell me...
Posted by School Shooter: In His Own Words on Mon, 05 Nov 2007 02:58:00 PST

News Flash to Barry's Defenders

Barry Bonds is approaching the most sacred record in all of sports, the all-time home run mark currently held by Hank Aaron. I defended allegations against Bonds until I read Game of Shadows. ...
Posted by School Shooter: In His Own Words on Tue, 10 Jul 2007 04:20:00 PST

Amazing

It's amazing: -- how one little pill can alter the world for the eye of the beholder. -- how one person can make things perfect for another. For awhile. -- how one insult can overshadow a full ...
Posted by School Shooter: In His Own Words on Thu, 03 May 2007 02:14:00 PST

Out of control

Sometimes I wanna kill / Sometimes I wanna cry / Sometimes I wanna destroy / Sometimes I wanna die.... ---Guns n' Roses, "Don't Damn Me" Have you ever felt yourself in a downward spiral only to...
Posted by School Shooter: In His Own Words on Wed, 02 May 2007 03:51:00 PST

Monday in Blacksburg

I'm not going to exploit this horrible tragedy to sell books. I'm not going to comment on people who will exploit this tragedy to try and grab my guns. I'm not going to call Rosie O'Donnell names aft...
Posted by School Shooter: In His Own Words on Mon, 16 Apr 2007 03:41:00 PST

Thursdays Game of Threes

Here's how it works. I'm going to name the first three words that come to my mind on three different topics in the world. They may be irrelevant but it's my blog, right? I encourage you ...
Posted by School Shooter: In His Own Words on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 03:18:00 PST

Monday's Mono-rant [meaning, one topic]

I'm going to be brief. Brief as the attention span of a fruit fly. Brief as the average parent-to-teenager dinner conversation. I'm sick of "fake" myspace profiles hitting me up to ...
Posted by School Shooter: In His Own Words on Mon, 09 Apr 2007 03:43:00 PST