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On Discouragement and One Last ARC Contest

I've been moping around this box of ARCs for over a month now, some have gone out for contest prizes and stuff, but the bulk of them are intended for book bloggers, reviewers and booksellers. So, why haven't I sent them? One, it costs a lot. Two, I'm not sure how effective it is to send the book out to booksellers I don't know personally. Kind of feels like I'm spamming them, and even when I do make a connection, there's no assurance that attempt leads to orders.

Here's an example. I was...

Black Friday Shopping Lists for People Who Don't Suck!

For many, Black Friday is a day to be dreaded. A day when average fun of the mill Americans turn into demonic consumerists. After all, wasn't it just last year that some poor soul was trampled outside a Walmart on their righteous quest for cheap electronics? A martyr, I say.

I, myself, am a diehard Black Friday shopper. I have my flak jacket ready, my butterfly knife ready to whip out and my credit card warming by the stove. We'll be heading out at 2:00 A.M (no shit), not-so-fresh from our t...

Interested in Shaking Bones or Steaming Your Punk?

Then there's only one place you should be tonight…

I'll be emceeing the event and mingling and sucking up 15th Ave. Coffee and Tea's FREE wifi like a hooker on a dick.

If you don't come, how can we make love?

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Also. It's been a good 30 days for gifts.  Let's peruse the shelf shall we?

Rachel from Bitten By Books sent this sweet ass stein as an award for winning World's Funniest Paranormal Author in their yearly poll.  It was really excited to just be n...

More Shopping Lists for People Who Don't Suck

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Am I forgetting anybody? Cuz that would likewise suck!

Snippet Saturday – Scary Shiz

While I'm not certain what I have to share is actually scary, I know that it does squick some people out. So a warning, this snippet involves dental chairs and tools, eyes being pried open and language.

From Happy Hour of the Damned (coming January 31st in mass market paperback–yay!!!)…

On the screen, Wendy had stopped struggling with her ropes. Her head hung down, the back of her skull even with her arched shoulders. She heaved occasionally, sobbing, I suspected. It was torturous to watch. ...

Music Over the Opening Titles

You ever notice how writers talk about the soundtracks to their books? Yeah? Me neither. Actually, I was lucky enough to include playlists inside my Amanda Feral books. Those songs that seemed to hit the right tone for the scene and so on.

Well, I'm not writing Amanda right now, but I am writing something (sh! It's supa dupa sekrits). And it's a bit softer, darker, and ethereal–that's all you're getting. I was lucky enough to recently sell a story set in the world of this new project into a...

Interiors by Satan!

I've posted about our Halloween decorations over at The League of Reluctant Adults My first post in a long time, so go on over there and be anything but gentle.

Now I'm so exhausted, I think I need a nap, or a long bath with a good book.  In this case, Ann Aguirre's BLUE DIABLO. I really want to kick my reading up a notch, I'm so slow lately, it's bugging me. Of course, I've been sick too and that doesn't help. Oh well, that book isn't going to read itself.

Speaking of good books, did you all g...

Long Time Comin'

Holy crap, has it been three weeks since I've blogged? Twitter really is killing blogging, as a friend of mine (Leah Hodge) was so correct in pointing out.  So I feel like I need to catch up with y'all. What I've been doing, what you've been doing. All that shit. So I've come up with this handy little list (feel free to leave lists of your very own in the comments).

1. Writerin': The hyperviolent/uncomfortably sexy screenplay Mario Acevedo and I have been toiling over is finally in the hands o...

Gettin' Musical Up in this Botch!

I know. I know. It's so rare that I'm actually blogging. It seems the more I twitter the less, I do anything else. Also, comments at LJ have dwindled to nothing and it doesn't seem like anyone else is blogging there either. Is livejournal dying?

I'll give you a moment to discuss and listen to my newest obsession/favorite song: Games for Days by Julian Plenti…

You probably recognize the sound and the front man as Paul Banks from Interpol. Julian Plenti is his side project and the album is...

Zombie Wet Dream

I don't know what y'all are doing this weekend, but I'm going to be up at the Museum of History and Industry for the 2009 Revenant Film Festival! Got myself a special guest invite, and by "special" I'm pretty sure Jenna and Geoff are planning some short bus shiz.

So I'll be chatting about my unnatural love affair with the undead and hawking books and definitely checking out the zombie flicks from 4 – 11 PM this coming Saturday (click on the poster for the big rundown).

Speaking of zombies...