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I’ve been feeling my mortality lately. Not that the end is looming, but I’m on the downhill side of my life expectancy, and my health is always lurking in the dark corners of my attention. Every random back twinge, every cough, every leg cramp… all of those things that never happened in my younger days…
You know what really burns my toast? This whole idea of writers telling each other how they’re supposed to perform. How they’re supposed to manage their craft. Oh, and how <<INSERT THIS WAY AND ONLY THIS WAY>> is the road to success. Don’t write a prologue.Don’t write an epilogue.Don’t write in first person.Don’t write in…
I’ve been doing research for the current book I’m writing on different and obscure forms of divination. The type I’m using in the book is Aleuromancy. What that means is it’s a way to tell the future by using flour or flour-based products like cakes and cookies. You can either read the patterns in the…
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I know where your mind is going. Maybe you’ve seen the ‘Hook Man’ episode from Season 1, Episode 7 of Supernatural. Where the boys have to vanquish the ghost of a 19th century pastor because his ghost is now haunting lover’s lane. They try to burn his bones, but…. I don’t want to give it…
Like many creators, I don’t like to share what I’m doing until I think I’ve honed it to perfection (as if there’s such a thing.) Not to my editor, not to my loved ones. I write slowly because I edit as I go, hoping to turn in the cleanest copy I can possibly manage. Nobody…
Did you know that the first known photograph of the Loch Ness Monster was taken on Nov. 12th by Hugh Gray? Photo by Hugh Gray While I’ve never been to Scotland to witness this beast, there have been too many sightings over the years for me to think this cryptid beast isn’t real. What do…
Last weekend, Nicole Givens Kurtz, Crymsyn Hart and I spent two days selling books at a small local convention. We had a lovely time chatting with kids and cosplayers and readers, and we even sold a few books. But every now and then someone would approach the table and say something that made it clear…
Over the weekend I went down a particularly nasty rabbit hole on social media. Being a creative in the digital age is… interesting. And not always in a good way. More and more often, creatives are out here discussing what it’s like being so easily accessible to their followers, and how the interactions range from…
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Wow can you believe that it’s almost Halloween? I can’t. Where has the time gone? The leaves are falling and the veil is this? So my question for you is, have you ever been touched by a ghost or something else? The cold hand sliding along your skin. Claws scraping along your flesh, leaving a…
So it’s the time of year where ghosts are floating around. Witches are tuning up their broomsticks for the big night. Werewolves are hitting manicurist to make sure their claws are nice and sharp. The vampires are preening and chiseling their fangs to get that perfect point. All the other monsters and creatures are out…