Author appearance are almost as important as marketing and promoting online. This was a tough one for me to accept. I can do presentation, but I’ve always had trouble with talking one-on-one with people. Because of the conferences I’ve done, I’ve gotten a bit more comfortable with it. Still need some practice. But with appearances,…
I’ve been a bit sick of vampires. They’ve all be turned into Edward Cullen from Twilight. All I wanted was for those watered-down, let’s call them monsters, to go away. What happened to vampires outside of paranormal romance and urban fantasy? The last vampires I liked were the ones in the Underworld series. They managed to…
Sin City is one of my favorite movies. I know it’s violent and bloody but it’s in black and white, sort of. Can you image if that movie was entirely in color?! It’s not just violence. It has a good story…well stories. I love the way everyone talks. Like they’re a private detective from those…
This video makes me nostalgic. I know, we have still have the Harry Potter books, movies and the theme park, but I’mma be greedy. I didn’t want it to end. This song makes me both happy and sad. Still, isn’t it awesome how a series can be so popular even when it’s been over for…
It’s always fun learning about creatures I’ve seen in anime. Here’s a fun mythical creature for you. A Nue is a legendary yokai or mononoke found in Japanese folklore. Sometimes called the Japanese Chimera, it is described as having the head of a monkey, the body of a raccoon dog (tanuki), the legs of a tiger, and…
Darkness isn’t evil, just angry There’s a cage. One made of pure Darkness. It exists inside us all. We control what goes into this Dark Prison, but not what comes out. For years, we’ve stuffed into this steel void parts of ourselves we don’t like, horrible things others have done to us, unacceptable things we…
Edinburgh is like a paradise for writers and horror lovers. It’s like ghosts vacation there. Many famous writers made this city their home. Edinburgh has a hidden underworld where the castle is strongly connected- a series of secret tunnels leading from Edinburgh Castle down the Royal Mile. When the tunnels were first discovered several hundred…
Thank you everyone who entered the Goodreads Giveaway for my novel The Sciell. It went beyond, beyond, beyond expectations. 983 people enter the contest and 483 people added my book to a shelf. That’s 483 in one month because The Sciell was at 2 people until the giveaway started. For all authors contemplating doing a…
Neil Gaiman describes it perfectly. I love how he answers the question where do you get your ideas from. It is a strange question to ask a writer. But, people ask it all the time.
Recently, there’s been an awesome dialogue going on about diversity in sci-fi, fantasy and horror. This discussion has nothing to do with Black History Month, a month I don’t particularity care for. I understand the purpose of Black History Month. But, the history/impact of people of color (POC) in the U.S. should be an everyday…
