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September 18, 2014
Skin Deep Magic Book Release Party on October 11, 2014
It turns that my book release party will be held on National Coming Out Day. (Coincidence?) Anyway, here are the details: The GallAerie 1644 Newton Street NW Washington DC 20010 8 PM – 12 AM Tentatively scheduled bands: Stranger in the Alps Glitterlust There will be door prizes and a reading by me. Facebook Event […]
September 9, 2014
Liberating the Magical Negro: A Mission Statement
Uncle Remus was my first encounter with a Magical Negro. I saw him in the (now banned) Disney movie, Song of the South when I was a child. I remember seeing an elderly black man walking through the fields, so gloriously happy that animated bluebirds swirled around him as he sang. I remember thinking that […]
September 3, 2014
REVIEW: The Flame Alphabet by Ben Marcus. Language is a literal virus in this hallucinatory horror novel.
The Flame Alphabet by Ben Marcus My rating: 4 of 5 stars “Language is another name for coffin.” People have suddenly developed a debilitating, and ultimately fatal allergy to the speech of children. It seems to start with Jewish families, particularly an esoteric sect that listens to sermons via shortwave radio in private lean-tos. But […]
September 1, 2014
Events, Dates, News
Skin Deep Magic will be released on September 23, 2014. I am currently working on a book release party event; more information when I have it. I will be attending and selling books at the DC Author Festival at the Martin Luther King Library on October 18, 2014. I’ll be reading from the book sometime […]
August 29, 2014
High Priestess of Doom Soul: on ‘Neuroplasticity’ by Cold Specks
Impressions of Cold Specks’ “Neuroplasticity” Filed under: Book Reviews Tagged: cold specks, gayl jones, music reviews, nina simone
August 28, 2014
The Siren: on Lisa Gerrard’s “Twilight Kingdom”
Impressions of Twilight Kingdom by Lisa Gerrard Filed under: Book Reviews Tagged: lisa gerrard, music, wattpad
August 15, 2014
“Skin Deep Magic” gets props from the Erudite Ogre!
John H. Stevens (known on Twitter as the Erudite Ogre) was kind enough to give a brief review of Skin Deep Magic on the Three Hoarsemen podcast hosted by SF SIGNAL. He says some nice about the collection. Check out the podcast, which also discusses Guardians of the Galaxy–both the movie and the comic series. […]
August 12, 2014
Promotional Poster for Skin Deep Magic
Feel free to distribute! Any help promoting this book is greatly appreciated.Filed under: Book Reviews Tagged: promotional, skin deep magic
August 3, 2014
Summoning and interacting with your Muse (writing advice)
Ah, the elusive Muse. Muses are the personification of inspiration and are artistically depicted as beautiful women, garbed in flowing gowns, igniting the Artist’s passion and guiding him/her to capture the images in their heads. The concept of the muse as a person or creature comes from Greek mythology, but the idea is entrenched in […]
July 28, 2014
Confessions of an Interstitial Author
What type of author am I? Sometimes, I’m marketed as a speculative fiction writer. Other times, as a black gay writer. When I self-published two stories, I cross-marketed myself as a M/M author (along with a dark fantasy tag). And there was the year when I marketed myself as a YA author dealing with the […]
