Page 2 of 365. What’s going on this year? -I’ll be on my first panel on January 31th at ALA MidWinter Meeting in Chicago! Will talk dark fantasy. Looking forward to it. I used to be terrible and terrified of public speaking. Until school. I spent years doing presentations in front of my classes. Now,…
The video of of me talking about my writing life and reading a passage from The Sciell is ready. Well… it’s shareable. Sort of. I mentioned I was editing the video from my author talk. My camera recorded a lot of crowd noise, which drowned out my voice. I had to find some way to…
Ever reach a point as a writer where you don’t create any new stories, you’re just editing ones you’ve already written. I used to write short stories all the time, just for fun. Now, I don’t-which is why I’m excited about my new project! My favorite horror trope is the haunted house tale. For some…
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…
