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August 24, 2016
Breath of Earth author Beth Cato talks historic San Fran earthquakes and … foxes?
Author Beth Cato creates steampunk worlds of mystery and excitement, starting with her Clockwork Dagger series and now with her new book, Breath of Earth, released yesterday.
Beth has created SUCH an amazingly beautiful (and terrifying) world of earthquakes and magic in Breath of Earth. Her heroine, Ingrid, is strong and vivacious with the occasional weaknesses and romantic reveries of all young women. Cy is a delicious, Southern dreamboat as her brave sidekick. The action never stops, nor d...
August 20, 2016
Randi Perrin’s Virtue of Death will make you fall in love with angels … and a man named Destin
Out today is author Randi Perrin’s debut, Virtue of Death. Sera is an angel of death and owner/operator of a pastry shop. Destin is a bad boy food critic who just happens to trash Sera’s shop in his review … and then, make her fall desperately in love with him. Virtue of Death is filled with tension, laughter, and sex. Sera’s struggle to live her life as an angel while trying to accept her humanity and affection for Destin is a difficult battle, considering Destin is a freaking dreamboat.
I w...
August 15, 2016
Rust City 2016: Why do we go to book conferences?
Last Thursday, I told my husband I was terrified. I had to drive up to Detroit for the very first Rust City Book Con, and I did not want to go. I wanted, in fact, to curl into a tiny ball and cry all weekend. Instead, I had a four hour drive, followed by three days of panels, workshops, and socializing.
Jake, ever patient, said, “You’re going to have fun.”
Of course, he was right. I arrived at Rust City Friday morning, one workshop already under way. The organizer met me barefoot and with a...
August 1, 2016
Marked by Scorn anthology: For the love of non-traditional relationships
So what’s a non-traditional relationship anyway? Let me give you some examples:
Lesbians, both open and hidden.
Gay couples in Southeast Asia.
Transgender and intersex people in the West.
Interracial relationships throughout the world.
Non-monogamyin its varying forms.
Or, in the case of my short story, a college professor and his soon-to-graduate male student.
Edited by Dominica Malcolm, I’m honored to be part of this ground-breaking, international anthology because it opens doors that are o...
July 28, 2016
The Tiffany McDaniel Interview: “I’m drawn to the crash, not the landing”
As you may have noticed in my book review Tuesday (read it HERE), I’m kind of obsessed with new book release, The Summer That Melted Everything. As soon as I finished the book, I online stalked the author, Tiffany McDaniel, because I HAD to speak with her. I would have searched the whole world to talk to Tiffany. Luckily, all it took was an email (although, since we both live in Ohio, we have agreed that one day we will meet up for whiskey). So. Meet Tiffany.
What inspired you to write this b...
July 26, 2016
The Summer That Melted Everything: A must-read gothic tragedy
During the summer of 1984 in Breathed, Ohio, Autopsy Bliss invites the devil to town—and the devil actually shows up in the guise of an African American boy named Sal. Sal is befriended by Fielding Bliss, Autopsy’s youngest son and narrator of Tiffany McDaniel’s debut novel, The Summer That Melted Everything.
When I picked up this innocent-looking book, I had no idea I was about to be emotionally destroyed and equally gobsmacked by the quality of writing. McDaniel’s prose is like warm maple s...
July 22, 2016
Magic realism and coffee house sexploits in “You’re Glowing”
Omnia Vanitas Review is a small, literary erotica press. They are “a delicate mixture of féminine écriture, new narrative, and clit lit.” They are, self-admittedly, publishers of “pretentious porn.”
My short story, “You’re Glowing,” might not be pretentious per se, but it is pretty, considering the men in the story literally glow. Catherine, the editor, said, “It was the colors. Nothing captures me like color.” She called my piece “joyful, irreverent, flushed.” She saidElla Fitzgerald played...
July 14, 2016
On Aging
I recently had the pleasure of doing a photo shoot with old Phoenix friend, Devon, and new Ohio friends Dennis and Cheryl, who did my hair and makeup. It was an impromptu sort of thing. I showed up with no costuming, only shoes, and Cheryl let me play with her clothes.
At the end of the day, we agreed we’d gotten some good shots, and I was exhausted. Following a hurried meal of beer and pizza, I rushed home to my dogs. Then, this week, I got a look at the captures.I called one of my girlfrie...
July 5, 2016
How to successfully bite somebody
My novel, Bite Somebody, came out two weeks ago today, and let’s face it: I am physically and emotionally exhausted and maybe a little melancholy. The same thing happened after my wedding. No, I wasn’t sad I got married, duh. It’s more like a euphoria crash. You’re high, you’re high, and then, you sleep for ten years.
The Bite Somebody feedback has been incredible. Here’s a snippet of some five-star reviews:
“Unabashedly witty and charming, Bite Somebody is what you’d get if John Hughes and A...
June 21, 2016
Happy Book Birthday, BITE SOMEBODY!
Today is the day. My first novel, Bite Somebody, is now available for purchase on Amazon, atWorld Weaver Press, and all over really in paperback and eBook formats.
I currently float in a strange state of half-reality. No, I’m not on my third rum punch. It just feels so surreal. All my life, I’ve dreamt of having a book published, and today, it has happened. I know I’m supposed to be doing social media blasts and promotion, but I feel quite content just sitting here, smiling, and staring out...
