Monday, September 10, 2007

SAME BUT DIFFERENT: Building Memorable Characters while Breaking Boundaries

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I’m going to be in Tampa, FL next week, teaching a characterization workshop at the Wizards of Words conference, so I thought I’d toss out a...
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Saturday, September 08, 2007

Don't judge a book by its cover!

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Linnea sent me an email with a copy of her cover for Down Home Zombie Blues (see below) Yes there is a resemblence between her cover and my...
Thursday, September 06, 2007

The Dilemma of Free Will

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The October-November issue of the MAGAZINE OF FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION includes a story called "The Star to Every Wandering Barque,...
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Tuesday, September 04, 2007

The 4 of Swords - Gestation

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Folks: This is the 4th blog installment (see previous Tuesdays) on the Tarot. Updated and expanded compilation of all these Tarot Just Fo...
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Monday, September 03, 2007

The Down Home Zombie Blues gets a Facelift

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Inevitably, just when I finish a bunch of promo shhhhtuff for my upcoming release, The Down Home Zombie Blues , I'm informed by my publi...
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Sunday, September 02, 2007

Want sex... with Wolverine?

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Of course, I am not in a position to offer you the Hugh Jackman mutant character, but he's a better example of a man with an abnormal ha...
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Saturday, September 01, 2007

Back to the Future

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I'm back. The past month has been hard. I've been out promoting my historical release, Rising Wind, trying to finish up Twist and ...
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Thursday, August 30, 2007

Changing into Aliens

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The latest vampire novel I've read is a YA book, MARKED, by the mother-daughter team of P. C. Cast and Kristin Cast. In this universe, v...
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Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Dragoncon

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I am off to Dragoncon in Atlanta. Please stop by our booth, Bump In The Night Central to say hello, win prizes and talk about books. Hope to...
Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Three of Swords - Commitment

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Updated and expanded compilation of all these Tarot Just For Writers entries is now available on Kindle: The Wands and Cups Volumes and  th...
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Monday, August 27, 2007

The Down Home Zombie Blues Book Video

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Since a picture is worth a thousand words, I'll let you all have fun with the new THE DOWN HOME ZOMBIE BLUES book video. It resides on M...
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Sunday, August 26, 2007

Pets and small children in SF

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Many new writers are taught not to include pets and small children into their Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy stories. Supposedly, the inc...
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Saturday, August 25, 2007

The "gods of Tigron" trilogy (aka The Mating Books)

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Cathy Clamp was one of the speakers on my Research workshop panel at the last RT. Her handout, and those of Jade Lee, Sandy Blair, Jud...
Thursday, August 23, 2007

Aliens in Disguise Among Us

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Coincidentally with the release of the latest remake of INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS, about aliens who assume the identities of human vict...
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Wednesday, August 22, 2007

New Cover

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Hi Everyone, I just got back from a vacation in Chicago and found out the Solar Heat cover has been changed. I will upload more photos soon...
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Tuesday, August 21, 2007

The Two of Swords

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Last week we looked closely at the Tarot Card the Ace of Swords, both as an ACE (a "one") and as a Sword, or a manifestation of th...
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Monday, August 20, 2007

Close Encounters of the Zombie Kind: Teaser from The Down Home Zombie Blues

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Since in my last blog we played with Jorie's reaction to Earth, I thought I'd share Theo's--our intrepid Florida homicide detec...
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