When I’m not working, spending time with my family, or gaming, I’m obsessing over the stories in my head. Writing is one of the few things that I can talk about/think about daily, without end. And those times that I’m not thinking of my stories I’m rooting someone else on to get theirs done. I was born and raised in … Read More
Yay for Amie!
You know who makes me happy? Amie Boudreau. She’s intelligent, sweet, and all kinds of quirky. Anyway! She won the “Yay-I-Have-An-Agent!” giveaway, and was cool enough to blog about it! Hooray! Also, I’m a lousy packer and the horns broke in the mail (oh no!) but she was even great about that, saying that someone dear could fix it. Thanks for … Read More
WIP Wednesday: I Kick Fear In The Face
I started a new novel yesterday. I was going to save it for NaNoWriMo, but my writer’s group cuffed me across the shoulders and told me to drop that nonsense. They are firmly of the mind that waiting two months would let the creative spark die, and they’re right. They’re wise guys…er, smart people. It’s actually the novel that I wrote this … Read More
Hiya, I’m on the Radio!
I had an impromptu radio interview at KillerCon. It’s on Date Night in Vegas KLAV 1230 AM. I was just getting over a migraine and had 30 seconds to prepare for the interview. Scary? SCARY. But I did it, and it was a lot of fun. If you’d like to hear it, you can find it here. The volume is … Read More
“Be Mysterious: Writers in Masks” Features Jay Faulkner
Jay Faulkner would like to tell you a couple things about himself. The first is that the mask in the picture was made by his awesome, 3 year old son, Mackenzie and it is definitely, most assuredly, the best mask in the whole wide world. If anyone wants to argue that fact please refer to the seventh paragraph and the … Read More
Best. Words. Ever.
These are some of the search engine terms that brought people to my blog. Some of them make me scratch my head. Some of them make me laugh out loud. Some of them break my heart. red lipstick kiss baby girl homicide scenes can i kiss you bobs with bangs gargoyles murder manson family surprise lilies LAPD homicide pictures things … Read More
For Hal Bodner. What Happens In Vegas…
The Quickening: A Tale of Lust and Mayhem Hal eyed the young man from across the room. “What’s your name?” he asked. “Jesse Young,” the man answered. They shook hands. Hal’s lingered. “So…you’re an artist?” Hal asked. “That’s fabulous!” “I’ll…draw you a sketch,” said Jesse. “Take off your shirt. Give me a kiss. Mercedes has a camera. Let’s take pictures!” … Read More
I’m At KillerCon
So! KillerCon! It’s been going on since Thursday and it wraps up tomorrow. I have a lot to report, including my flash fiction contest win (woo hoo!) and a rather uncomfortable impromptu radio interview. But I am having SO MUCH FUN, and I’m learning a lot. More later!
“Be Mysterious: Writers in Masks” Features Barbara G. Tarn
Grand Rapids, MI, Halloween 1998. My first Halloween ever (and the last as well, because I’m Italian! ;-)). The dress I bought in Amsterdam – a little too gothic for my tastes, but that was the closest to a medieval dress I could find at the time. The hair is a 6$ witch wig – I had just cut my … Read More
Hey, I’m A QueryTracker Success Story!
Look, Mom! 😀 Most of you know that I signed with Jason Yarn from Paradigm. Did you know that I found him through a QueryTracker contest? I did. I’ll twirl and give you the starry eyed “How we met” story later. But guess what? QueryTracker interviewed me and filed me away under their “Success Story” section. How does that make … Read More