Christmas spirit is lacking this year. So I’ve been trying to do simple, stress-free things with the children to add joy and spice. Yesterday we made cinnamon salt dough ornaments, and it was just what the doctor prescribed! I found the original recipe here. This recipe has four ingredients and doesn’t require cooking. Easy, charming, and the cinnamon smelled so … Read More
Mind Meld: What I’m Thankful For. And GamerGate.
Things have been wonderful and crazy and delightful and nuts. I finished my novella, my computer crashed, I managed to SAVE the novella, but lost the beginning of my novel. And life goes on. But I was invited, along with several other very cool people in the industry, to discuss what I was thankful for on the SF Signal’s MIND … Read More
Last Week of the MADHOUSE Campaign!
It’s awesome, you guys. The artist Aeron Alfrey is putting out more and more stunning illustrations, including one for my story “Howl For What Was Yours.” Do you recognize that girl? She’s Black Mary. I love this story, a sequel to my 2012 story “Black Mary,” and this illustration is gorgeous and creepy. If you’d like to read up on … Read More
Monday, You Son of a Gun.
We were out of town for the weekend, so naturally things piled up and I’m trying to catch up, yes? You know what makes that even better? Coke’splosion! But wait! There’s more! This was a two liter. Thirsty plants! Things I was packing up for the post office! Oh, and ME. But a change of clothes, a little mopping up, … Read More
Such A Dreamy Day
My friends. I had so much to tell you today. About interviews and books and new authors I met and how hard I’ve been working. How splendidly everything is coming along. But today is such a dreamy day. I can’t seem to do anything physical and logical. I can’t talk to people right in front of me. But today Melanie … Read More
BJ Novak and Us: A Story of Sharks
So my writing group The Illiterati were invited to a VIP Reception for writer/actor/producer BJ Novak. He’s a headliner at the Vegas Valley Book Festival, and since Mason and I are in the Lost and Found in Las Vegas anthology that just came out, we scored tickets. Yay! It’s awesome. BJ was friendly and funny and everything you’d expect. We … Read More
The Las Vegas Book Valley Festival Is This Weekend!
Please come, if you can. I’ll be on a panel with my partner-in-crime Mason Bundschuh. There will be books to buy, panels to participate in, and each year they have free hotdogs. I am ALL ABOUT the free hotdogs! BJ Novak will be there, along with one of my very favorite writers, Aimee Bender. I have this fantasy where I … Read More
So I Was Hit By A Bus The Other Day.
I know. It sounds like the start of a bad joke. And it was more like I was nudged by a school bus the other day, or I was pushed over more than hit. I can’t even tell you exactly what happened! I was standing on the sidewalk at my daughter’s school, waiting to pick her up. I had my … Read More
Saving Time With Freezer Dinners
So this was a project I did the other day. With Pretty Little Dead Girls coming out and the other stories in the works, I knew it would be crunch time. Not cooking dinner every night would give me an extra hour of writing time. I spent five dollars and bought this menu plan. You can put it together yourself, … Read More
Pretty Little Dead Girls Online Release Party! Tonight!
Tonight’s the night, my friends! My favorite thing ever, Pretty Little Dead Girls: A Novel of Murder and Whimsy, is finally live and available! For less than five bucks you can have the story of Bryony and her dark destiny zapped to your Kindle in under a minute. I can’t tell you how happy this makes me! Tonight we have … Read More