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Musings of the Sweetpea of Darkness
This grieving shit is an unreal process. I get the whole circle of life-kumbaya-balance thing, but for crying out loud, do we really have to do this part? Really?Foshizz, though, I'm feeling a lot of love.Whenever you say anything, just acknowledging what happened, it helps. Tremendously.And those of you who...
The Handless Maiden Finds Silver Hands
Please vote for my story in the Dragon NaturallySpeaking competition? It's the 100% true tale of how Dragon NaturallySpeaking 1.0 saved my life, told in 500 words. A Grimm's fairytale come true.Thank you so much!...
I lost my mother yesterday. She'd recently been discharged from the hospital, where she'd stayed for about 10 days. Presumably she was medically stable, although we knew she was in general decline. Then suddenly sometime early Saturday, she died.This was my mother in ancient days, holding my butterball sister as...
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Pete Von Sholly brought to my desk yesterday a copy of his brilliant political satire, REPUGLICANS, which includes very funny commentary by Steve Tatham of The Ointment (he is also my colleague here at The Mouse). It's soon to be released by BOOM! Studios.Pete is a brilliant artist who really...
Day #2 of seclusion and writing, although I had to hit the gym this morning. I'm at 70K, which is just around the corner from The End. I will be so freakin' relieved when I type those words. Then I can put this aside for a bit and write something...
byronstarr
Wow. I haven't posted here in forever. I've pretty much moved to facebook. Anyway, I was going through my old files and found this tongue-in-cheek "Chapel Service Scheduler" I had cooked up for the funeral industry.Chapel Service SchedulerThe length of a chapel service from the time the...
Okay, for years we've had this local advertisement out of Longview for this lawyer whose trademark is this ridiculous hat - it's some sort of leather fedora that is too small for his head. In every commercial he tops off a rather nice suit with this odd, poorly-fitted, headgear...
I need this kind of Holiday Spirit - As a christmas decoration, I changed the regular lightbulb in Abby's room for a green one. When she came home from school and saw this she clasped her hands together and said, "This is going to be the best Christmas ever!"...
Tiger Woods press conference, LOL
Okay, that was hilarious. I hope I'm not the only person who got to see the Florida Highway Department's press conference on the Tiger Woods car crash. In a nut shell, they held a press conference to announce that they will not be holding press conferences. Oh...
The secret to landing a major publisher - get a job at CNN
Has anyone else noticed that every-freaking-body who works in television news has a book out? Now Al Roker has a book on the shelves. That's right, the weatherman. Granted he's a pleasant face with a knack for pointing out those pesky low pressure fronts, but does that really make him...
Went to Shreveport with Shelly (and no kids!) for two nights. I lost my ass at blackjack, but had a ball. I also realized why they gave us free rooms; we more than paid for them out of our losses. Funny thing is I got drunk in...
Nicholas Kaufmann's Journal
Spotted at the new Battery Park City public library.There's something I never thought I'd be--shelved right between Grisham and Kesey!...
Warren Lapine vs. the American Right
Some of you may know Warren Lapine as the publisher of the now defunct DNA Publications, which at one time was the parent company of Fantastic Stories, Science Fiction Chronicle, Aboriginal SF and a variety of other magazines, until it folded in 2007 after a spate of unfulfilled subscriptions, business...
Doctor Who: "The Hungry Earth"/"Cold Blood"
Now these episodes I liked! In fact, there was quite a lot to love about this two-parter: Matt Smith's Doctor channeling Troughton and Pertwee without mugging too much (though I still sometimes feel like he's talking with his mouth full--thank goodness for closed captioning!), Amy actually getting to do...
Taken at the Lincoln Center Barnes & Noble in Manhattan.I signed their stock too, and this time I was able to take a picture of the books with the AUTOGRAPHED COPY stickers on them. So, if you happen to be in the Lincoln Center area, maybe taking in an...
Scott Edelman and Jack Ketchum At the KGB Bar
A lovely evening yesterday at the Fantastic Fiction Reading Series at the KGB Bar. It's always a pleasure seeing Jack Ketchum, and doubly so hearing him read, but it was also quite grand to see scottedelman again. I hadn't seen him since the World Horror Convention in Utah...
Meet the New Boss, Same As the Old Boss
President Obama did not attend the May 25 memorial service in Jackson, Mississippi for the workers who died in the Deepwater Horizon explosion because he was en route to a fundraiser for Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-California, in San Francisco.Meet the new boss, same as the old boss. Fuck all...
Wordgrinder
New novel sale to Elder Signs Press
This is old news to some, but I wanted to post it here -- a new horror novel by myself and Angeline Hawkes titled SCAVENGER will be published by Elder Signs Press in 2011. We're very pleased to be working with ESP on this project. They've published a lot...
Texas Frightmare Weekend coming up April 30-May 2
I'm pleased to announce that myself and a handful of fellow local writers will appear as guests at this year's Texas Frightmare Weekend in Irving, Texas on April 30 through May 2.My partner in crime, the lovely Angeline Hawkes, will be presenting a class in TFW's Frightmare 101 series along...
Fangoria reviews OF WOLF AND MAN
My favorite horror movie mag Fangoria posted a good review of my novel OF WOLF AND MAN. A heckuva nice way to start the new year, I'd say.To read the review, click here.Anyone interested in buying the book can order direct from the publisher by clicking here. Amazon shoppers should...
Goodbye 00's, and thanks for all the laughs
I will attempt to write a final blog entry of the decade without getting too sappy. That will be hard, because I've been alternately misty-eyed and joyful for the past week and a half. You see, December 21, I picked up my son from the airport -- my...
New novella THE BONE TREE accepted by Bad Moon Books
My new novella, THE BONE TREE, has been accepted for publication by Bad Moon Books for release in lettered hardcover and signed/numbered trade paperback editions. Bad Moon Books has been publishing high quality books over the past few years, including work by Ramsey Campbell, Simon Clark, Gord Rollo, Gene...
The future is POD, but I still like the smell of rotting pulp
From the moment I learned of Print on Demand (POD) technology in 2001, I figured it meant a massive change for traditional bookstores. Not immediately, but surely down the road. When I realized that you could send a digital file to a machine (an all-in-one duplicator/binder/trimmer) that would cough out...
The Goreletter
I apologize for not posting here a lot lately — I’ve been very busy teaching this past year, and I’ll be busy teaching all over again in the month to come, for a number of genre fiction-focused writing workshops. I’ll be running my “Atmosphere in Horror and Fantasy” course...
He’s the geek screaming lonely in the night ‘Cuz he can’t reload the pa-ay-age He’s the tear in your eye When you drop your Wi-Fi He’s the hash in your tag He’s faved And he’s the fantasy wife That’s wasting your life And spamming you to the ground But on the pages of Twitter We’ll type and deliver Be short. And...
Check out editor Stephen M. Wilson’s new twitterzine for poetry, called microcosms. I have a poem in the latest “issue” (“twissue”?) released today and more to come soon. If you don’t know what a “twitterzine” is, then read this article....
I’ve added a new area to the gorelets.com gallery, called “scrawl”, to share visual texts and art work that doesn’t quite fit anywhere. Drop on by. ...
2009 Stoker Award Winning Books
The 2009 Bram Stoker Award winners were announced by the Horror Writer’s Association at World Horror Convention in Brighton, England, last weekend. I read almost all of these titles and I can vouch that they are superlative reads. (In fact, I lauded Lucy Snyder’s poetry-winning book here in...
Dark Regions Press pulled a cool April Fool prank yesterday when their newsletter announced the Crypt Keeper would now be their spokesman, after reading my book, Proverbs for Monsters… My own April Fool’s scare was pretty lame. But you can still see it on my twitter profile. Visit Dark Regions Press...
Something Fishy
Other than taking care of the usual baby stuff, this is how I spent my day yesterday:*went to see Iron Man 2*watched the 4 1/2 hour Lost series recap and finale*completed both of the above activities while wearing the t-shirt below:Today is Victoria Day, a statutory holiday here in Canada, and the...
Colleen and I have been asked a lot (and by "a lot", I mean "A LOT") if we've had the baby yet. Well, now you can check the following website for the answer!!! http://haveyouhadthatbabyyet.com...
FROZEN BLOOD sells to Leisure Books
I was holding off officially announcing this until the ink on the contracts had dried completely, but since I just received a congratulatory email from someone who read the news on Shocklines, I guess it's safe to spread the word. Leisure Books (Dorchester Publishing) have purchased the mass market paperback rights...
I just noticed that editor Kevin J. Anderson has posted the final TOC for BLOOD LITE 2, which is due this Halloween, 2010. I find myself sandwiched in the middle of a great lineup of authors with some intriguing titles. As Anderson says, there are "31 stories…a real feast with a wide range of subjects, a...
The winners of the Black Quill Award have been announced, and while Frozen Blood didn't win, I can definitely say it was an honour to be nominated. Dark Scribe Magazine is a great source for horror fiction news, so the nomination for my book in the Best Small Press Chill category was...
Now I've gone and done it.I've started a Twitter account. Something I didn't think I'd ever do.Crazy thing is, I kinda like it. The brevity of characters allowed in each post suits my busy schedule, and keeps me from feeling guilty about not writing more.So hey, if you've got an account too...
Slasher Speak
Books, Barbra, and Bad First Dates
For the second year, I volunteered to take the helm of the Horror Writers Association’s presence at BookExpo America (BEA). For those not in the publishing world, BEA is the country’s largest gathering of publishing professionals during which new titles are unveiled, authors meet their book-buying public (namely, librarians, educators,...
Back to the Boiler Room in ‘Nightmare’
Remakes: The much-abhorred pariahs of the current cinematic landscape, a trend that won’t seem to die despite scathing critical and fan reception. But, if opening weekend box office receipts for the reboot of the NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET franchise are any indication, it’s a trend that’s here to stay –...
Plunging the Depths of Mediocrity in ‘Descent 2’
When Neil Marshall’s THE DESCENT was released to widespread acclaim in 2005, it was clear that the film was something special and one of those singular successes that seemed to scream: “Please don’t sully me with a sequel!”. But such wishful thinking is pure naïveté in these days of super-sized...
"My mother was the most beautiful woman I have ever seen. There are moments when I remember her beauty, unadorned, unposed, not in some artificial place like a set or a photo call but rather captured outdoors in nature, where she took my breath away. When those moments surface, I...
One of my favorite pastimes is following pilot season and the network upfronts - the time (usually in May) when the networks hold meetings with the press and advertisers to announce their new shows for the fall, spring, and summer TV seasons and allow the advertisers to buy time "up...
‘Shutter Island’: Stylistic Hot Air
Watching the bewildering box office hit SHUTTER ISLAND this weekend, I was reminded of the lyrics from British group Talk Talk’s 1982 eponymous song:I'm tired of listening to youTalking in rhymesTwisting round to make me thinkYou're straight down the lineAll you do to me is talk talktalk talk, talk talkAll...
Crimson Screams
11:17 Praise for BLANKET OF WHITE: tinyurl.com/ykbsufr Would love a RT! # 11:57 Steak and salad for lunch, since I have plans in Manhattan tonight. Could lead to something big!! # 15:16 Off to Manhattan shortly, after I run some errands. # 04:05 You have a lot of opinions...
10:53 Finished with Linchpin by Seth Godin bit.ly/9CXque # 11:04 BLANKET OF WHITE is on eBay: tinyurl.com/276zs2l Not sure how to feel about that... # 11:33 12 Things We'd Tell Our Bosses if We Could: tinyurl.com/2dce73y # 11:36 Summer is upon us... # 12:29 Am on terminal hold with my...
Summer is upon us. Enjoy!...
04:02 You may have thought that you knew where your heart was leadin... More for Leo twittascope.com/?sign=5 # 09:31 FALLEN ANGEL, co-authored with Michael McCarty is available at Horror Mall: tinyurl.com/y9yqedb Would love a RT! # 09:38 Ug! They're doing construction in the building next door: Drilling and hammering....
04:00 Your load is lightened when circumstances go your way today, b... More for Leo twittascope.com/?sign=5 # 09:45 THE WHITE RIBBON was very creepy in B & W. # 09:50 The Rachel Ray event was awesome. Her husband's band rocked! The free food and beer were both awesome! Asia...
11:02 On page 140 of 256 of Linchpin by Seth Godin bit.ly/adTwfM # 11:06 Got an SEO referral via Google for the keyphrase SEO Specialist; I'm on page one organically, of course! # 13:43 Dad's surgery went well! Will visit them in the hospital on Sunday. # 14:53 RT...
The Pontifications of Maurice Broaddus
Dark Faith: Devotions and ALL THINGS ME!!!
As the promotional efforts for Dark Faith begin in earnest, Apex Book Company has been running a series of mini-interviews with some of the contributors called Dark Faith: DEVOTIONS. I’ve been loving the responses and want to collect the links to them here. And take a moment...
For this year's art gallery at Mo*Con, we have a few artists making their debut showings. One of them is photography Kristin Fuller. Here's a brief description of her powerful project, Ascension. It's a moving piece that spoke to me.AscensionA photo essay by Kristin Elizabeth FullerIn...
Alias, Rimbaldi, and Redemption
“That’s the word he used. Prophecy. Does that sound good or bad?” –SydneySo many great science fiction shows have an underlying mythology behind them. X-Files and their alien mythos. Fringe and “The Pattern”. Lost and their “what the hell is going on?” mythos. Alias had...
Alias and Compartmentalized Spirituality
Before J.J. Abrams become a pop culture phenomenon (Lost, Cloverfield, Star Trek) he helmed the series Alias. The premise was simple: newly engaged, brilliant, beautiful college student, Sydney Bristow (Jennifer Garner), believes she works for a division of the CIA known as SD-6. Working alongside her...
So we’ve been consigned to the basement. It’s not as bad as it sounds. The Crossing meets in the basement of Redeemer Presbyterian (a church we were familiar with since it hosts many First Friday events as it shares space with the Harrison Center for the Arts)...
Between Brett and Brooks... (King Maker Reviews)
Right now, King Maker is only available over in the U.K. and in Australia, but thanks to Jim Mcleod, I know what it looks like on the book shelves. And in the hands of rabid fans.For those especially anxious to get their hands on a copy of King Maker,...
Lucy's Livejournal
Book events this week in Columbus, Ohio
This is short notice, but I and YA author Lisa Klein will be signing and reading at the Lennox Barnes & Noble at 7pm tomorrow night, and I'll be appearing at the Worthington McConnell Art Center at 5:30pm Thursday night. All this is a lead-up to the Ohioana Book Festival on...
I found about half an hour ago that my poetry collection, Chimeric Machines, won the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Poetry!The award ceremony was held this evening in Brighton, UK ... I wanted very much to go, but the finances necessary for an overseas trip just weren't there...
Madison, IN signing and a Dayton, OH workshop
The unofficial Snyder/Braunbeck 2010 Book Tour continues! We had a great time at our reading/signing Backlist Books in Massillon, OH this past Saturday. It's a wonderful store, and well worth a short road trip if you seek an excellent selection of science fiction, fantasy, and horror books.Gary and...
Signing in Massillon, OH this weekend, and Spellbent giveaway
Hey northern Ohioans ... Gary A. Braunbeck, D. Harlan Wilson, Andersen Prunty, John Edward Lawson, Michael A. Arnzen and I will be appearing at Backlist Books in Massillon tomorrow (Saturday) afternoon. Gary and I will be reading and signing starting at 1pm, and Arnzen and company will be on at...
My poetry collection Chimeric Machines has been nominated for a Bram Stoker Award. My congratulations to all the other nominees! I'm absolutely thrilled that my collection is on the final ballot -- my heartfelt thanks go out to everyone who has supported it. In other news, my first...
Chat/Giveaway at Suvudu and Locus Awards
Tomorrow at 4pm EST, I'm doing a live chat over at Suvudu with Kelley Armstrong, Diana Rowland, Jenna Black, and Carolyn Crane.http://www.suvudu.com/You can also win a copy of my novel Spellbent over at Suvudu. Other titles in the package include Blood of the Demon by Diana Rowland, The Devil's Playground...
A Writer's Mind and Memories
I’ll be roaming around at Crypticon. Here’s my official schedule: Friday, 6PM, Everett Ballroom 3Horror Magazines Worth a Read or SubmissionIndustry veterans offer advice for the places to find or submit short horror stories. On the panel: Nick Mamatas, Cody Goodfellow, F. Paul Wilson, Angel Leigh McCoy, and Jenna M. Pitman. Saturday 11AM,...
Book Review: HORNS by Joe Hill ...
Angel’s Adjectives: Bold and BrilliantHave you ever read a book that gave you the feeling you were in the company of greatness? Joe Hill’s Horns did that for me. It’s the story of a man who discovers a growing affinity with the devil as he unravels the circumstances surrounding...
Book Review: INVISIBLE INK ...
Angel's adjectives: helpful and succinctI feel compelled to tell you about this book. It was recommended to me by a friend of mine (Matthew Haley) who is a film director, and it's wonderful.Maybe it hit me at just the right point in my "writerly" development, or maybe it's just an...
Reading in Seattle this Weekend ...
I'll be doing a reading this Saturday (May 15) at the Wayward Cafe in Seattle. This is in conjunction with the Seattle Published Writers Group. I'm one of six writers who will be reading an eclectic array of material.I am first, so I'll be reading promptly at 7pm! I hope...
Richard Dansky -- Guest Editor at Wily Writers
This month, the Wily Writers' guest editor is Richard Dansky, author of Firefly Rain and renowned game writer for the Splinter Cell series. Richard has chosen two wonderful stories for his theme of "Alienation." Here's his personal introduction to them:The main character of my novel, Firefly Rain, constantly defines himself...
A man moves into a nudist colony. He receives a letter from his grandmother asking him to send her a current photo of himself in his new location.Too embarrassed to let her know that he lives in a nudist colony, he cuts a photo in half and mails ...
NEWS FROM THE APOCALYPSE
Add a little bite to your Summer - Win free books at at WWW.DEREKGUNN.COM
Add a little bite to your summer reading and you could win free books!Buy a copy of any of Derek Gunn's books in either paperback edition or electronic edition, send proof of purchase and your contact details to summergiveawayatderekgunn@gmail.com and enter a draw to win signed paperback copies of...
What's New for June at derekgunn.com
I've posted a new WHAT'S NEW FOR JUNE page at my website- you can view it HEREI've added a new FEATURES page to the site which gives links to my non-fiction writing - a series of features on and interviews with international thriller writers which I do on a monthly...
International Thriller Writers Association article - THE ARK by Boyd Morrison
The greatest archaeological discovery in history could mean the end of mankind.A relic from Noah's Ark gives a religious fanatic and his followers a weapon that will let them recreate the effects of the biblical flood, and former combat engineer Tyler Locke has seven days to find the Ark and...
New Artist on Vampire Apocalypse
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Kindle edition of FALLOUT now available
FALLOUT is the third book in Derek Gunn's post-apocalyptic military series, Vampire Apocalypse and it's now available on Kindle from Amazon in addition to the paperback edition.A New War begins. The Vampires rule. Humanity is enslaved in a nightmare world wherein those who have survived are bred as food for...
My wife saw that the Irish Writers Centre here in Dublin was running a course on writing historical fiction for one term and persuaded me to sign up. She knew that I had been struggling a little with a new novel (historical horror) and thought it could only help....
A pair of tire tracks wound around the edge of the forest, leading in one direction towards the highway, and in the other towards the farm. Wiry grass grew tall and wild between the ruts, and a half-dozen grasshoppers sprang through the brush, leaping ahead of Madi as she made...
Robot Sixth Gun | Six Nostalgic Dream Projects
Want to get a peek at some of the projects I wish I could write? As part of the Robot Sixth Gun event, I’ve listed a few of the comic books I’d be writing in a perfect world. Can you say Dr. Druid/Man-Thing Team-up? Related posts “I’ve Got A Special Mission For...
Everywhere. Spattered across the thick carpet of pine straw and dead leaves. Glistening upon a gray-barked tree trunk. Dripping from a dozen or more thorns. The boy left a spattered trail of his own blood through the briars. “You all right?” Madi cried. She followed, her eyes tracing the bloody track. She moved...
I’m letting my geek flag fly in this week’s edition of Robot 6’s Show Us Your Shelf Porn! Check it out for glimpse of the place where I do my damage and plot the slow corruption of mankind … and play with Micronauts! Where else would Shogun Warriors and the...
The woods stretched away from the farm and into forever. Madi grabbed a crooked switch from the ground and swatted at weeds and spider webs as she followed the pine straw-carpeted trail. Trees—mostly pines, but oaks and black walnut and white ash, too—loomed on either side of the path, taller even...
The third issue of The Sixth Gun appeared in the newest issue of Previews today. I absolutely LOVE the cover for this one. Six evil guns. Four killers. One madwoman. And an undead Confederate General. How did General Hume and his cutthroats come into possession of the guns? Their story—as well as a dark secret...
Darksome Thirst
Book Review: Dead to the World, by Charlaine Harris
Dead to the World by Charlaine HarrisMy rating: 5 of 5 starsAnother good, rollicking Stackhouse mystery. This book in the series features Eric more than Bill, so if you're an Eric fan, you'll love it. (Count me in that category.)As a writer who has witch and Wiccan characters in...
Book Review: Dracula the Undead, by Dacre Stoker
Dracula the Un-Dead by Dacre StokerMy rating: 3 of 5 starsI've been a Dracula fan since the early Hammer films. I've also read Bram Stoker's book, so it's not just that I'm in love with the film presentations.I actually listened to the audio version, but I'm putting my review...
I just posted a short episode of Vampires, Witches, and Geeks on www.vampireswitchesandgeeks.comThis episode contains news and announcements....
Now this should be fun -- CoyoteCon is a completely online conference for authors! Not only are there no travel costs associated with this conference, there are no costs, either! That's right, free. (You do have to register, though, because space is limited.)The conference runs May 1-31, 2010, though...
Gotta love this error message :-)
Got this error message on my iPod Touch when I tried to look at I Can Has Cheeseburger while not connected to the net:No Can Has Cheezburger.No can find cheezburger. Did kitteh unplug network?Found a picture of it on Flickr:http://www.flickr.com/photos/ahkitj/3847189427/I just love it when programmers are allowed to use humor...
Broad Universe at Borders, Shrewsbury, MA 3/6/2010
Join local members of Broad Universe today to celebrate National Women's History Month with an introduction to some of the greatest women writers of science fiction, fantasy and horror. Broad Universe is a non-profit international organization with the primary goal of promoting science...
Von's Dark Desert Daze...
... of my mother, who died 5 years ago today. We didn't get along very well for the last too-many years before her death, but I still miss her just the same.This is a pretty old picture -- I think I might have been about 19 at the time. It's...
Lily January 14, 2003 - May 1, 2006"The Fifth Season"Walk with me a little while.We will walk together in Spring, with new life bursting around us.Summertime, side by side we will lie in the sun together,our hearts warm with the good company of best friends.We will traverse fields in Autumn,...
Finally back from the Word Horror Convention in Brighton, England. It's sure good to be home and returned to the desert climate! I guess I've really turned into a Petite Desert Flower. :)...
Tucson Festival of Books Schedule - This Weekend!
Wes and I will be at the Tucson Festival of Books this weekend. Here's our schedule: Sat. March 132:30 pm Vampires That Don't Sparkle (a horror panel) with Jeff Mariotte and Weston OchseSun. March 1410:00 am Signing -- Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore tent.2:30 pm Married to an Author with Will Shetterly,...
THE DARK REDEMPTION WEBSITE IS UP: http://www.darkredemption.net/Please come visit. Comments welcome! ...
REMINDER TO ALL MY ACTIVE HWA CO-MEMBERS!
Final voting ends tomorrow for the Bram Stoker Awards. I didn't see an email reminder about this so this is a virtual LJ ping. And because, well, he's my husband and so I can, please consider a vote for THE CROSSING OF ALDO RAY by none other than Weston Ochse. To...
Something to Talk About
Fantasist Enterprises Fundraising Project for Anthology Fantastical Visions V
Throughout the years, I've had the pleasure of working with publisher/editor William Horner and publishing company, Fantasist Enterprises. One of my stories appeared in Fantastical Visions II (Isgor Chronicle series). That seems like such a long time ago now! I also have stories in Cloaked in Shadow:Dark Tales of Elves...
Texas Frightmare Weekend and Etc Etc Etc
Texas Frightmare Weekend was great. I've got a ton of photos, but haven't had a chance to get them off the camera yet. Will do that soon and get them uploaded to my facebook and post a few here as well. There were some awesome costumes this year and we...
Texas Frightmare Weekend Update
Article about my (Angeline Hawkes) appearance at Texas Frightmare Weekend in today's Greenville Herald BannerChristopher Fulbright, C. Dean Andersson and Charlee Jacob, along with myself, are guests at this year's Texas Frightmare Weekend...
New Slipcases from Dark Regions Press
The pallete of history and horror mingle in the hues of crimson blood and blackest death. The ghosts of the past mourn for lives unfinished, vengeance unfulfilled, and loves lost. The heart beats in a cacophony of anticipation and fear, echoing with the memory of those that...
Texas Frightmare Weekend - Guest & Class with C. Dean Andersson
Howdy folks!Time to start promotion for this year's Texas Frightmare Weekend! Christopher Fulbright and I (Angeline Hawkes) will be guests, along with C. Dean Andersson, and Charlee Jacob (with husband Jim Jacob). Look for our table. Along with the regular red carpet the con rolls out for us annually (and...
New novel from Fulbright & Hawkes
I'm proud to announce that Elder Signs Press has accepted, Scavenger, a horror novel, scheduled for a 2011 release, from Christopher Fulbright and myself (Angeline Hawkes). More details to come at a later date.Upcoming Publications:From Angeline Hawkes:Inferno:Tales of Hell and Horror, horror collection, Dark Regions Press, 2010Out of the Garden...
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Another horror story--thanks BP for killing our planet
This is painful to read, as is so much from the BP disaster: Burning Sea Turtles Alivevia greygirlbeast...
The cover of Haunted Legends edited by me and Nick Mamatas
Here's the cover for Nick and my anthology, which is coming out from Tor in early September. I think it's kind of neat....
Simpson thinks some Americans are "lesser people"-Social Security in the bulls-eye
Well, not exactly. I think he chose his words poorly but I don't think he means "lesser" I think he means "less advantaged monetarily. However, I think this whole video is very interesting. Not sure I understand it all but I think think interviewer is more correct than Simpson....http://tinyurl.com/2ensc8t...
In addition to all the movies I watched, I socialized quite a bit on Sunday. Saturday I was supposed to be moving books from my apt to storage and from storage to the apt but the car to be used for the moves broke down. So I went to the...
This weekend I watched three movies I never saw when they came out:Harper with Paul Newman, Lauren Bacall, Janet Leigh, Julie Harris, Shelly Winters, Robert Webber, Arthur Hill, Pamela Tiffin(!), Robert Wagner, and others. Made in 1966 and it feels it, with Pamela Tiffin doing the frug or maybe the...
Ellen Asher is a member of the Bronx Zoo, and as such receives guest passes. She invited Moshe Feder, Lise Eisenberg, and me to see the lion cubs. Unfortunately, as you can see, they were sleeping. But there were other more awake animals such as one peacock who was making...
Darkling Muse
Okay, so the synopsis is now complete! Thank God.It took 4 attempts, 3 severe edits by Paula, before I got the damn thing right. And now it bloody well shines :)I re-read my first attempt and it made me cringe. Even I wouldn't have asked to read the manuscript had someone sent...
Good ol' Chuck McKenzie has been at it again, stirring that brain of his and finding within it this bloody brilliant idea. And thanks to his cohorts (Gillian and Nyssa), the idea has become a reality:So you're after a book that's published in the US or UK, but which is...
Novel Progress: 809 Jacob Street
I thought it might be worthwhile keeping a regularly updated record of this journey from finished novel to published novel, for my own sanity, and in case it helps others on this mad and hectic road to publication (I doubt that it will, so let's just go with saving my...
Masters of Horror, here I come!
Awesome, the cover art for the MoH anthology has been revealed and I gotta say, it looks damn cool!You'll find my story 'Fireflies of the Bushfire' nestled neatly inside. Publication date is scheduled for about April... more details soon.In other news, I'm about 1/3 of the way through the copy...
So have you been scared lately..?I don't mean scared for your life in the real world, cos that just sucks, really. I lived in Canberra (in one of the worst hit suburbs) when those bushfires ripped through the place and I was pretty damn scared then. The fire front reached...
Welcome (belatedly) to the future!
So it's 2010.I thought we'd all have those hover skateboards by now. You know the ones from Back to the Future? I've been looking forward to them for a while--well ever since I saw that flick.But no. Not even a jetpack. I've got an iPhone but that hardly helps me...
Living Dangerously
Living Dangerously: May – Motorcycles – Zombie Mayhem
Living Dangerously: May – Motorcycles – Zombie MayhemInformation about what I've been doing, who I've been doing it with, and why all the fuss....
Video of Me Reading The Crossing of Aldo Ray
While I was in England at the World Horror Convention, Martin Roberts was kind enough to video record my reading of The Crossing of Aldo Ray. The quality is damn good, only I wish I had a stunt double who could really do the story justice. I...
Living Dangerously: Facebook | Empire of Salt Victim's League
Living Dangerously: Facebook | Empire of Salt Victim's LeagueIt's THERE....Not here, but there, unless you are in England, then it's here. Are we clear? Lol.Looks like EMPIRE OF SALT has been released in England twelve days before the release in the U.S. Those...
My novel Blaze of Glory sold out in Limited Edition. Published by Bloodletting Press, it has supersoaker green end papers. Wish there were more to sell. Let me know if someone gets their hands on one. Here's the cover - Also, it's good to know that all is well in...
Tucson Festival of Books I'm going to be at the Tucson Festival of Books this year. I was supposed to be there last year, but had to travel to Europe. I almost missed it this year too. I'll be there Saturday, but on Sunday I'll be scrunched into...
The 99 Stages of Writers Anticipation
I just posted a blog about what it feels like to wait for your agent to get back to you after He or she has submitted your manuscript to publishers. It's called the 99 Stages of Writer's Anticipation. Hopefully you all handle this better than I do. You can find...
Marcy Italiano's Journal
We had tremors!!That was cool. It shook the house! Kids slept through it of course but I thought a construction truck drove by. Y'know, those big excavators that rock the neighbourhood? I saw no truck. Wind? It's a little windy out but not house shaking...Then I got the news bulletin,...
Got this in an email and thought it was interesting, especially since I just recently started eating it! LOL! If anyoen out there knows if this is bunk, let me know...ASPARAGUS -- WHO KNEW?This is from a friendMy Mom had been taking the full-stalk canned style asparagus that she pureedand...
Just a reminder... let me know if you’re coming so we can count heads, and let us know what you need (vegetarians and sleep-overs!) See previous email for details. This is to all the people working in the Horror World... here is the official invite, let me know if you...
Twin update! New pics: their first Craft Day, and 2010 family portraits: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tkitaliano/sets/72157624298849156/Also, we figured out how to make gluten free chicken noodle soup. :) Yay comfort food!Step one: Oil and chicken chunks in a pan, cook 'em up and set aside.Step two: Boil and cook rice pasta first. Rinse...
If you've known me for any length of time, you'd know I have always been a picky eater. I am making a garganutan effort to try things that were on my NO list, or that I just haven't had the courage to try in my 36 years.Last week brought apricots...
Hey all,Someone on my message board at Horror World wanted to know what my new book, THE QUEEN, was all about. Instead of a short summary (which is hard to write it you're not even done the book yet) I decided to post a short teaser.Wanna read it?Go here: http://horrorworld.org/phpBB3/viewforum.php?f=91...