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The sweetest soul...

It's been five years since my mom passed away. The last few years of her life, she was pretty much housebound. She worked puzzles and did crosswords and crocheted. But every afternoon, the television went on. The Guiding Light was her favorite soap and I do believe she came to think of the characters as extended family.


Photo Credit: Perez Hilton.com

When I saw this week that the actress who played Nancy Hughes, Helen Wagner, died, I was instantly transported back to the afternoons when I sat w...

Delta gets you there... eventually!

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Jeanne and I are back from RT 2010.  What a time!
But first, late post because my flight from Columbus missed the connection at Cincinnati and I had to spend the night in beautiful Erlander KY.  Fortunately I found a bar across the street and diluted my consternation with scotch (served in cheapy plastic cups).
Now on to RT.
WOW!  Most of the Leaguers with there, along with honorary members who joined us to help rid Columbus of excess vodka, wine, and scotch.  Which we replaced with c...

Romantic Times Schedule

I know this is not my day-- but for any of you going to RT, thought I should post my schedule.

Vampire: Count Who?

Wednesday April 28 3:45- 4:45
A discussion of current trends in the vampire genre as well as the tried-and-true vampire mythologies, from Bram Stoker to Twilight.

Captain: Caridad Piñeiro Panelists: Michele Bardsley, Carole Nelson Douglas, Jeanne C. Stein, Jaye Wells Moderator: Charlaine Harris

Urban fantasy: The Big Picture

Thursday April 29 10-11 AM
Vampires, witches, shapeshifter...

Funky Writer Radio and awesome artwork from Killing the Cobra

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As a preview to Romantic Times, I was on a radio interview on The Funky Writer Radio Show with Brad Park, Eden Bradley, Joseph Finder, and Kayla Perrin.   Witty guys these writers.
I'm leaving Wednesday for RT 2010, joining the posse from the League of Reluctant Adults.  Much high jinx expected.
May 12, the release date for issue #1 of my comic book, Killing the Cobra: Chinatown Trollop.  Thought I'd give you an inside look at the creative process since producing a comic is a lot...

Broken Links, Mended Lives

This will be short. I am under the weather--now that's a stupid expression--I'm sick. Since next week is Romantic Times, I just hope to be back in fighting shape by Tuesday. But here are a couple of things of interest.






Broken Links Mended Lives—Finalist in the 2010 CO Book Awards

Colorado Center for the Book at Colorado Humanities is pleased to announce that finalists have been selected for the 2010 Colorado Book Awards.

"This year's selectors read and discussed 145 entries to select these auth...

Zombies Defense Tactics plus smoke about ePublishing

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Barely survived a thoroughly kick-ass weekend at StarFest.  The costumes were amazing, from the cartoonish to the scandalous.  As if hand-crafting costumes wasn't enough, for many attendees a ride to fantasyland needs the necessary wheels.  Is this a blind date ride or what!











I reconnected with many friends in the horror biz, to include actor/director/writer/producer Ford Austin.  His latest offering is the comedic and over-the-top splatterfest, Dahmer vs Gacy.  The movie includes a ...

What a week...

Today I send off book seven, Crossroads, to the editor. No matter how well you plan it, how detailed the synopsis, how well you think you know the characters, something always happens to derail your plans. I've rewritten the ending three times and I'm still not sure if I've got it right. I guess it will take you readers to tell me how I did.

Crossroads comes out August 2011.

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So, it's been a week of writing and very little else. But there were a couple of things that caught my eye. Thi...

Women and the word (clothed and naked)

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Since getting published, I've attended a lot of cons: BoucherCon, NorwesCon, Bubonicon, RT, ThrillerFest.  But this last weekend was my first AWP Annual Conference--a really big event as you can see by the crowd packing the Colorado Convention Center.  




The difference between AWP and the rest (besides the lack of costumes) is that AWP is a literary con: lots of poets, literary magazines, small press, writing programs.  I was there because my short story had been published in Hit...

Seattle is wet and cold...

And that's all I've got to say about that.

A few pics from Norwescon but first a little book to screen news from Variety .

HBO approves series based on George RR Martin's books

HBO has greenlighted the new series "Game of Thrones," and it's not just TV execs who are hoping for the next "True Blood."

Also keeping their fingers crossed are the folks at Bantam Spectra Books, the Random House imprint that publishes "A Song of Ice and Fire," the George R.R. Martin book series that inspired the skein.



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The Son of God, vampires, and George RR Martin

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Happy Easter all.  

We celebrate Our Savior doing more than breaking bread at the Last Supper.







For you George R.R. Martin fans--and if you're not, you should be--his epic saga, Game of Thrones, is in development for HBO.  Check out The Hollywood Reporter for photos of the cast.  For an idea of the series, think, "the Sopranos with swords."







My favorite character, Drogo, the  über macho khan of the prairie horsemen, will be played by Jason Momoa.  Major eye candy for you ladies.










Another ...