Yeah, I’m gettin’ over a bad summer cold or flu or whatever. Yeah, I look kind of on the iffy side here… but I have news! I can’t share it yet and will come back here to update as soon as my friend posts it first. It’s her news…. But here’s sick me, saying “I…
Category: Writers I Like
Oh, Look At This!!
Look at my beautiful friend, Sara, at her first booksigning!!!!! You can read about her book, Blood Atonement, here. (That site has the blurb and the ebook version–there are also print copies here. )You can check out more about Sara here. And… if you’re in the mood for some short horror fiction–yeah, SHE writes horror—…
Stray Sighting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My CP’s book, Stray, has been sighted at the local Barnes and Noble!!!! It’s early! Okay, I had a couple of emails asking about this book and I thought I’d chime in with the fact that Rachel and I didn’t work together on this one. I came in on book three in the Werecat series and in the…
Confession
Ever sit up half the night because you can’t put a book down? Ever find yourself sobbing uncontrollably in the early morning hours experiencing a tangled mass of confusing emotions? Isn’t it something when we invest so much emotionally into a character that when he or she is ecstatic or hurting and devastated, we feel it as…
Blood Atonement
My very good friend Sara Saint John’s book, Blood Atonement, is out in print! And look, it’s at Amazon. Here’s a taste… swiped this excerpt off her website. Vlad nodded slowly as he held Matthias’ unblinking gaze. “Then let us drink on it, Brother.” “Very well, but only one. I have a matter of great importance…
Bad Stuff First, Then Good! Promise!
Thought I’d update my friends and readers on the slow posts. I’ve blogged about a thyroid issue I have called Graves Disease–which can be pretty rough when it really gets going. I’ve been in remission for a while now. But, when I was sick, I had reached this state by the time they found it….
Busy Days, Typos and OKRWA Authors!
I’m still trying to reach this personal deadline. I realized quite far into the book that one of my main characters is just not right. I’m not talking brain damaged—no, but that might make this book more freaking interesting. No, I’m talking badly written. Plus, he has this scary aspect to him that needs to…
Final Stoker Ballot
I snatched this off the Apex Digest Blog because it’s just too cool not to share! This is the final ballot for the Stoker Awards and Aegri Somnia has been nominated! Congratulations Jason! You guys can find this anthology here if you’d like to learn more about it. 🙂 And look at all the other goodies…
First Unprofessional Snarky Interview! The Grim Trixter
Not so long ago, I wrote a glowing review of a book called The Grim Trixter by Brandy Schwan. This beautiful and darkly evocative publication has been recommended for a Stoker and if it receives enough recommendations, it will make the preliminary ballot and go on to the voting. When Jason Sizemore, editor of Apex…
Unprofessional Snarky Book Review!
Storm Force by Meredith Fletcher What It’s About: Wilderness guide Kate Garrett is having the bad day of the century. The worst storm in Florida’s history is about to hit land, and she’s been taken hostage by a gang of escaped convicts. Worse, her children are stranded on low ground and her ex-husband can’t be…