Goodbye, Jack Ketchum <3

His name was Dallas Mayr, but most of you know him as Jack Ketchum. He was a brilliant writer and dear man. If you haven’t read The Girl Next Door, you should. It’s a wonderfully written, horribly disturbing book. I have a few memories of Dallas, but my favorite was at Killercon in 2011. I had just had my triplets, and … Read More

Live Radio Interview Tonight!

  Do you want to join the hordes making fun of my voice, saying that I “sound like any other happy-nine-year-old girl”? Tonight is your chance. My dear friend Gardner Goldsmith invited me onto his radio show. Gard did my second interview ever, once upon a time, and he was so gracious to a nervous girl from the sticks. (Or … Read More

50 Shades of Decay: An Interview with Laura J. Hickman

What’s sexy about zombies? 51 authors answered that question with wild, weird, and titillating tales – because true love never dies, it just decays… Laura was literally the first friend that I made when I moved to Las Vegas seven years ago. So when I was asked to interview a 50 Shades of Decay author, I was delighted to pick her! … Read More

Come Back From San Francisco

This song by the Magnetic Fields is one of my favorite songs of all time. Thoughtful, profound, and heartwrenchingly melancholy. I’m so very glad that I was introduced to it several years ago. If you haven’t heard “Come Back From San Francisco”, then you should go and listen right now. It’s beautiful. So! I’m (obviously) in San Francisco with my … Read More