I’m delighted to be a participant in R.B. Wood’s The Magical Mystery Blog Tour. His debut novel, The Prodigal’s Foole, is really a delightful read. Why, you ask? It’s full of all of the shiny goodies that I love in a book. A likeable hero. Twists and turns. Romance gone awry. Throw in a battle between the demonic and priests in Kevlar, … Read More
World Fantasy Con 2011 Podcast: The Not-So-Fair Folk
I was over the moon to be on the Not-So-Fair Folk panel at World Fantasy Con 2011. (Look, Ma!) The panel couldn’t have been any better. It was lively, funny, and Holly Black (M), Jenny Blackford, Patrick Rothfuss, and Delia Sherman were knowledgeable, delightful people! I want to stalk all of them forever. Thanks to the wonderful Charles Tan for recording the … Read More
And The Winner Is…
Bec Zugor. Who is absolutely brilliant, because I totally couldn’t figure it out. The answer was THE WICKED.
A Wicked Awesome Shock Totem Contest
Hey, everybody! Shock Totem is up to some incredible things. I mean, some really, really cool stuff. I was so excited about Ken’s awesome cypher that I’m just going to post this in its entirety. Give your brain a little exercise and join the contest! It’s all going on at www.shocktotem.com. Ken will take it from here. As some of … Read More
When Your Child Picks the Most Obscene Pumpkin in the Patch
Seriously. I didn’t know what to say. I still don’t. Still, we saved this pumpkin from the unruly frat boy who would have done horrible, horrible things to it. I feel good about this. And since it was my darling four-year-old who chose this particular obscenity, I merely flipped it around and called it a heart. This, dear ones, is … Read More
Shark Art!
The coolest thing happened. Remember my short piece “Public Mourning” that was published in Robert Swartwood’s Hint Fiction anthology? I was all atwitter about it. I was in an anthology with Joyce Carol Oates, for crying out loud! How could things get any better? Well, they managed to, and this is SWEET. The Columbia Art League ( http://www.columbiaartleague.org/ ) in Missouri … Read More
Hey Baby, Going My Way?
To World Fantasy Con, that is. This will be my first time at WFC and I couldn’t be more excited! Wait, scratch that. Suddenly I am much more excited because I found out that not only am I on a panel (ohmygosh! I’m on a panel at World Fantasy!) and not only is the panel about the dark nature of faeries … Read More
Dan Graffeo’s Halloween Night Fever in Ten Words
Good, clean, fun Halloween read. Boys need to read this. For a more in-depth review, check out my review at Shock Totem. http://www.shocktotem.com/10/07/2011/halloween-night-fever-end-of-the-long-walk/
Think Pink
Breast Cancer Awareness is a cause that is deeply personal to me. October is, of course, Breast Cancer Awareness month, and we’re presented with so many ways to support the cause. Wearing pink, buying special items, getting the medical checkups that we need…it’s a great time to reflect on something that is very real. I was lucky enough to enter … Read More
Things That Make Me Go “Hmmm”
Once upon a time, in a Twitterverse far, far away, somebody asked me to write a post about slushing for Shock Totem. More exactly, about the things that would make me stop reading a submission before I reach the ending. Jamey Stegmaier, this is for you. First off, I offer the disclaimer that this is my personal opinion, and it … Read More