After I’ve published a piece, I can’t read it again. I’m not sure why that is. I’ll say, “Oh, hey, my story is in Such and Such,” and I’ll be all excited and link people to it or carry the book around for a bit. And that’s the end of it. Perhaps I’m afraid that I’ll find something wrong that … Read More
WIP Wednesday
The Illiterati isn’t big on rules, but we do have one: if you don’t have a piece to bring to the meeting, you can’t attend. Harsh? Maybe, but it’s effective. There’s always that extra incentive to pull something out and just get ‘er done. I have never missed a meeting because I didn’t have anything to contribute. Until last night. … Read More
Las Vegas 2009 Zombie Walk Pictures
This is what a zombie invasion looks like. Zombies like neon light. This little Wombat is bait. I’m the stripey girl on the left. Braaaaains! The very funny and very scary John Skipp. His ZOMBIES book is fantastic!
NaNoWriMo: Organizing Your Time
This is the hardest part of NaNo. Once upon a time, when I was a little girl, I had a pretty open schedule. I played in the backyard and hunted for butterflies and made crowns out of thistles. OUCH, but sometimes one must suffer for their art. Then I grew up, and time became currency. We joke about the social … Read More
The Zombie Walk
The Zombie Walk was AWESOME. I was a little girl zombie with a possessed teddy bear…that was actually so convincing that I threw it away at The Plaza. Scary, scary thing. I wasn’t there by myself, either. Jeremy D. Brooks, master of all things gory and prop-like, couldn’t make it because he was doing something just as awesome. But I … Read More
My Heart Goes Out To You, Stranger
And who is this elusive stranger, you ask, and what have they done that makes my heart go out to them? They Google a sensitive subject, and then they follow that link to my site. This particular stranger Googles “you are adopted” and ends up here: And then a good time is had by all. After the trauma goes … Read More
Music To Write By
Holy SNAP, it’s almost time for NaNoWriMo! While technically I know this (because it’s October 22, for crying out loud!) things have been so crazy lately that it hasn’t had time to sink in. Well, you know what? I just passed by a calendar. And there are, count them, nine days until NaNo! *cue incessant screaming* No concrete idea yet, … Read More
What A Prize!
So, this rocks. Enter Tweet the Meat’s Halloween contest, and what can you win? A copy of Shock Totem’s debut issue, signed by the very scary Kurt Newton and the not-so-scary Yours Truly! Or I can be scary. Whatever you wish.
For Those I Love Back Home
I come from a small town. We spent our time walking down to the corner store to get candy, riding four wheelers in the backyard, and snooping in everybody’s business. My neighbor would wait on her porch for me to return home from dates, effectively quashing any front-door kissing shenanigans. If I drove too recklessly, my mother always received an admonishing phone … Read More
Dog Oil Press
Thanks for all of your support, everybody! We started Baby Girl on seizure meds tonight, and we’re also doing an EKG and an MRI soon. My son is also lined up to do a EKG and MRI, for a completely unrelated reason. I made some little quip about just throwing them both in the machines together to save time and … Read More