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March 1, 2017
I’m the featured speaker at Arizona’s Mental Health Awareness Week
For the past month, I’ve been weaning off my anxiety meds—little blue pills that have been my crutch for six years. Meanwhile, University of Arizona called and asked me to fly to Tucson to be their featured speaker at Mental Health Awareness Week. One of the reasons I started taking anxiety pills was due to my fear of being in public. The irony is not lost on me.
So why on Earth did I agree to speak in front of God knows how many complete strangers in the Arizona desert? Honestly, I was pleas...
February 20, 2017
The Wrong Christians
I’ve heard the phrase “hanging out with the wrong crowd.” Usually, this is in regards to teenagers hanging out with kids who drink, smoke, and cuss. Usually, this refers to people who are a bad influence. It wasn’t until recently that I realized there’s such a thing as “hanging out with the wrong Christians.”
As a practicing Christian, I realize I’m not the poster child of morality. I drink, smoke, and cuss, for instance. I also write gay and straight erotica. I have a terrible temper, and I...
February 9, 2017
Bite Somebody Else release date PLUS join the BSE Army
This year is the year of Bite Somebody Else, due to be released (drum roll) June 20th. That’s right, folks, we have an official release date.
JUNE 20. JUNE 20. JUNE 20. Mark your calendars!!!!!
If you’d like to read all about the sequel to Bite Somebody, click HERE.
As I prepare for exciting things like the cover reveal and completion of the Bite Somebody screenplay, I ask you to enlist in the Bite Somebody Else Army.
Members of my BSE Army receive news about Celia, Ian, and Imogene as soon...
January 27, 2017
How to be friends with someone with an anxiety disorder
1. Do invite me to parties filled with strangers because I need a reason to shower.
When you do, give me a week’s notice so I can practice smiling without wincing. I will also make up a dozen intelligent phrases to sprinkle into the conversation. For instance, “Funyuns are actually pig intestine.” And, for the love of God, don’t leave me alone.
2. Do invite me to parties filled with people I actually know because friends are good.
In this situation, understand I really have to be on point be...
January 16, 2017
Sherlock and Our Final Problem
SPOILER ALERT. SPOILER ALERT. If you have not watched all of BBC Sherlock’s season 4, stop reading immediately. SPOILER ALERT. SPOILER ALERT.
As of last night, we’ve come to the end of an era. Although some reviewers have been saying things like “this certainly can’t be the last season” of Sherlock, I disagree. Last night’s episode, “The Final Problem,” was indeed the final episode—and the show’s creators, Gatiss and Moffat, had been preparing us all season long.
Well. I say “all season,” bu...
January 13, 2017
LEGENDARY, spooky urban legends with a romantic twist, now available
Urban legends. We’ve all heard them, and we’ve all told them. They fill the role that fairy tales once held—morality lessonsmeant to frighten us into sticking with the herd, obeying society’s rules, and not taking any chances.
In most urban legends, once someone transgresses, we know things won’t end well for them. In other words, drink or have sex and you’re dead. But what if romance gets in the way of total terror? What if romance, in fact, saves the day?
LEGENDARY is the newest anthology...
December 29, 2016
Vampires, movie magic, and best books: 2016 in review
Every December, I do inventory of what the hell happened over the course of the previous twelve months. As you may have noticed, 2016 was (by far) the most chaotic and successful of my life … which might be why I refuse to get dressed today. In fact, you’re lucky I’m even sitting upright. In homage to a year of utter, beautiful insanity, I offer you a look back.
1. BITE SOMEBODY
Dreams do come true. After years of angst, in June, my first published novel was released into the innocent, unsus...
December 15, 2016
Announcing Bite Somebody Else
Oh, joy of joys! Just in time for Christmas, Bite Somebody Else has magically appeared on Goodreads, andI’m … well …
The official release date isn’t set in stone yet, but the back cover copy is. Read all about Imogene’s mad adventures in Bite Somebody, Book #2, and be sure to add this one to your Goodreads “Want To Read” list by clicking HERE. #Imogene4Life
Imogene helped her newbie vampire friend Celia hook up with an adorable human, but now Celia has dropped an atomic bomb of surprise: sh...
December 9, 2016
The 7 Best Horror-Comedy Films
Due to my overwhelming humbug-ness, I’ve eschewed the traditional “Best Christmas Movie” list to post a list much closer to my twisted, little heart. In this time of joy and cheer, I find nothing brightens my day more than screaming and demon decapitations. Therefore, my holiday gift to you: a list of the seven best horror-comedies.
You heard me. Some of you might not be familiar with the idea of a horror-comedy, but they exist and they are glorious. Films of this genre are usually ridiculou...
December 1, 2016
A Bite Somebody Christmas Special
It’s been called the Pretty in Pink of vampire novels. Bridget Jones with fangs. One reader said, “If you like imagining midnight swims with Benedict Cumberbatch while listening to David Bowie, this is the book for you.” Another reader bemoaned, “This needs to be made into a TV show so I can see it and then complain how it’s not enough like the book. Someone make that happen.” There’s even a hashtag: #Imogene4Life.
Of course, I’m talking about Bite Somebody.
Released in June of this year, my...
