I haven’t been meaning to do so much of it, but I’ve reconnected with an old friend that I lost touch with (and we’re turning out to be better friends than we were before), I found some old 3.5 in diskettes that I’ve been going through (in an ongoing attempt to declutter my life) and … Continue reading
One of my pet peeves when it comes to paranormal beasties in fiction is the trope of making them just like us. Vampires are just people with special dietary requirements. Werewolves are just people with extra body hair. Where’s the fun in that? I want my monsters to be monstrous – or at least, not … Continue reading
Running Free is live on Kindle. You’ve probably heard by now about Hamlet’s Father by Orson Scott Card. If not the short story is Subterrean published a collectors edition of the multipublished Card novella which rewrites Hamlet to state that people are evil and murder because gay people are pedophiles. This is not new to … Continue reading
My personally policy is not to review (professionally, blurbs on Amazon & GoodReads are a little different) books I pre-read or helped edit (or am in). While these books are rare I do like pointing them out when they hit shelves. Well, I’m a little behind on this one. Welcome to River Street was written … Continue reading
If you haven’t already heard it there’s a certain NYT Bestselling author who has claimed a number of times that she “invented” the vampire genre. What’s that you say? What about Bram Stoker (Dracula, 1897) or Anne Rice (Interview with the Vampire, 1976), or Polidori (The Vampyre, 1819), Varney the Vampire (1847) and Sheridan Le … Continue reading
Today, I’d like to talk about something which I’m sure could become a controversial topic, a phenomena I’ll call hate hype. You might not be clear on what I mean, so let me explain. I did not find out about Twilight via a fan referral or by browsing books, but rather through all the people … Continue reading
