For all those who keep insisting that banning a book isn’t really a ban if you can buy it in bookstores, never fear! They’ve gone on to the next step. Texas, which always fights Florida to lead the cause of book-banning, is now considering a bill to hold businesses liable if they sell a book…
Category: books/publishing
BLACKFIRE RISING released on the world
I’m happy to announce that Blackfire Rising has finally been resurrected and is now shambling in bookstores and websites near you. It was an experiment. A way to create a better soldier. Colder, more efficient. But some things shouldn’t be altered, and some creatures are best left to myth. The dead know no peace,…
Cover reveal: Blackfire Rising
Now that the Blackfire event at Midsouthcon is past, you all get to see the cover for Blackfire Rising. The reading went very well, and I got to read some of my favorite scenes in the book. I’m very grateful to Midsouthcon for giving me the time and space to discuss the resurrection of Blackfire,…
AWP, you do it to me every time
In two weeks, I will attend my third AWP conference, this time in Los Angeles. I was spoiled last year by the choice of a very inexpensive Midwestern city within driving distance of home; this year it will set me back more than my rent. Gulp. But this is my first year as a presenter…
BookNotes: No books for you, come back when you’re 26
In what might be the silliest idea yet to protect young people from acknowledging the existence of sex, Corpus Christi, Texas has created two separate sections of its library: One for teens, as in ages 13-18, and another for “young adults,” for books appropriate for ages 18-25. That’s right. They are now restricting certain books…
Reading Journal: Wrap-up
I am participating in the American Cancer Society Read Every Day challenge. This is an easy one for me, as I read every day anyway! So I am blogging my reading this month in the hopes that you might enjoy my literary journeys, and that you might consider supporting my fundraiser to fight cancer and…
Reading Journal: Feb. 17-18
I am participating in the American Cancer Society Read Every Day challenge. This is an easy one for me, as I read every day anyway! So I am blogging my reading this month in the hopes that you might enjoy my literary journeys, and that you might consider supporting my fundraiser to fight cancer and…
Reading Journal: Days 12-16
I am participating in the American Cancer Society Read Every Day challenge. This is an easy one for me, as I read every day anyway! So I am blogging my reading this month in the hopes that you might enjoy my literary journeys, and that you might consider supporting my fundraiser to fight cancer and…
St. Louis is now WEIRD
I’m happy to share that the St. Louis Writers Guild anthology, Weird STL, is now live on Amazon! Available for only 99c, this anthology includes some creepy, unusual, slipstream or downright WEIRD stories by the funky members of the Guild, including yours truly. I want to make it clear: My story is not a COVID story….
Reading Journal: Days 8-11
I am participating in the American Cancer Society Read Every Day challenge. This is an easy one for me, as I read every day anyway! So I am blogging my reading this month in the hopes that you might enjoy my literary journeys, and that you might consider supporting my fundraiser to fight cancer and…