Rhonda R. Carpenter, of Podioracket.com, interviewed me for the release of Plague Master: Sanctuary Dome. I am a co-founder of the indie author interview podcast, and co-hosted from 2009-2013. For this interview, I returned to the microphone, but on the receiving side. Now I know how all the authors I interviewed felt. It really is fun to talk […]
I had a great weekend attending panels in sunny California! The blog is in two sections, first is my personal experience. Panel names are in bold for easy skimming. Beneath that, section two contains general tips for conventions. My Experience All my panels went spectacularly. FRIDAY My first panel was the Character Slam Book. Emerian […]
The new HorrorAddicts.net is now available and I’m the featured author. When I listened to the episode it surprised me to hear the host, Emerian Rich, say that I’m the most requested author. I’m so flattered! I feel a blush coming on! Or maybe that heat in my cheeks is from the story Stripping the Zipper. […]
Artwork Apparently I love to post when I have new images, and this month is no exception. Here’s another take on the Fractured Horizon book cover. Keep in mind, it’s a virtual book so the cover can be anything I want. How do you think this one compares? Re-opening the Fractured Horizon Archive- Short stories […]
Episode 44 of Horror Addicts is out and my short story, Great Asp and Little Death, is available as audio. My story begins about 45 minutes into the program. In Great Asp and Little Death, Death stalks a woman-warrior of near mythic proportion fresh from battle and dealing with her husband’s death and her own imminent demise. Will she […]
I’m back from Baycon, my first real sci-fi and fantasy convention. I attended every panel on writing that I could find and joined in a small critique group where we exchanged very specific feedback. The result will be an appreciable improvement in my writing so I can’t be accused of going to the convention just to have fun (and […]
Along with my co-host for Podioracket.com, Rhonda R Carpenter, I will be interviewed on Blog Talk Radio. Our host will be J.D. Sawyer, author of The Antithesis Progression, Sculpting God, Down From Ten, the host of The Polyschizmatic Reprobates Hour and a regular contributor to LinuxJournal Magazine. We’ll be discussing Podioracket.com, BTR, Fractured Horizon and […]
I will not be attending DragonCon, despite my Parsec nomination, but I will get to enjoy the weekend at the local Penny Arcade Expo. The text for Fractured Horizon has been sent off to an editor and I’ll soon discover just how deep the necessary cuts will be. As I’ve said multiple places, if you […]
Guilt and Pruners Don’t Mix: Torsten is a xenobotanist whose specialization in dangerous plants has already meant hideous death for someone he loved. The Lumentera is a beautiful specimen whose hallucinogenic and luminescent qualities make it an invaluable commodity. But when the Lumentera blooms, the bait is set in a mind game whose outcome is as […]
My novel Fractured Horizon is a 2009 Parsec Award Finalist for the Best Speculative Fiction Story (Novel) category. I’m up against the wonderful writers and podcasters Scott Sigler, Nathan Lowell, James Durham, and Chris Lester. If you’d like to hear how pleased I am, I give a small indication in my Podioracket.com ongoing podcast: Download […]