Author of spooky, fantastical and swoony fiction and blogger of high strangeness.
I’ve been poking around the corners of the web lately, trying to become more familiar with the steampunk genre in preparation for writing my next novel, Radium Town. Of course, being a nerd who lives on the Internet, I’m fairly well acquainted with steampunk already–and you probably are, too, you just don’t realize that the […]
Read More »It’s Other Writer Wednesday! This week, urban fantasy author Red Tash steps into the Indie Spotlight with her roller derby fairy tale (…awesome) Troll Or Derby. The official description: In Troll Or Derby, fifteen-year-old Roller Deb is singled out by town bullies for both her skates, and for being different. When her popular homecoming queen […]
Read More »I wrapped up the final round of revisions on Dominion of the Damned this morning. Of course, there’s still a lot to do before its official release. So what happens next? First, I need to make an electronic Advanced Review Copy to offer free to reviewers (and if you’d like a free ARC to read […]
Read More »I’ve always had something of a love/hate relationship with my home state. I think this is due largely to the fact that I’ve always had a healthy case of wander lust, but too few opportunities to satisfy it. I have as a consequence lived my entire life in Oklahoma, a state which tends to be […]
Read More »Between yesterday being Bram Stoker’s birthday, and me being thisclose to finishing revisions on my vampire/zombie novel, it seems appropriate for this week’s Friday Five to count down my Top Five Vampires of the small screen (but sorry, Mr. Stoker, Dracula didn’t make the cut). I have a confession – I haven’t seen True Blood […]
Read More »The election has thrown off my whole week, so Other Writer Wednesday has become Other Writer Thursday this week. This week, the indie spotlight is on my good friend Jill Robi and her debut novel, Fangirl. The official description: A groundbreaking novel of pop fic/chick lit, Jill Robi’s Fangirl is a fictionalized non-fiction, and a […]
Read More »Happy election day (or at least, it’s bound to be for the majority of Americans; I sure hope I’m part of that majority)! My writing time this morning was taken up by doing this: And so Story Time Tuesday and the next installment of Eucha Falls will return next week. In the mean time, if […]
Read More »I have lots to get done today, so in lieu of a post, here’s my dog Pete, looking adorable as always. I figure this week, the more we’re all exposed to cuteness, the more calm and sane we’ll all be.
Read More »I’m dedicating this week’s Friday Five to the NaNoWriMo crowd. These are the top 5 tools and apps that help me stay focused, organized, and able to meet deadlines. Note – I’m not getting any kind of compensation for endorsing any of these products. I simply find them highly useful: Scrivener – I’m going to […]
Read More »It’s the first day of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo, for short)! For the first time in seven years, I’m not starting out November 1st in a mad rush to get words on the screen, which is simultaneously a relief and a little sad-making. I’m kind of envious of those who are taking part in […]
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