So Far My Favorite Thing Of 2012

New Year, New Promotion

So 2012 has begun, and to celebrate, I’m giving away two e-books on Kindle. For the next several days, you can download The Dishonored Dead and No Shelter for free. That’s right — FREE. US Kindle / UK Kindle US Kindle / UK Kindle So if you haven’t checked these out (and even if you [...]

A Look Back At 2011, The Numbers Edition

It’s almost the end of 2011, which means that 2012 is right around the corner, which means the ancient Mayans are going to come back from the dead and eat us all. That’s how the prophecy goes, right? Anyway, instead of doing a rambling post about this past year, I thought I would just share my e-book [...]

Some Books I Really Enjoyed In 2011

I read sixty books in 2011, counting novels and short story collections and graphic novels and audiobooks (yes, I do count listening to a book the same as reading a book). I enjoyed many of those books. Below are the books that I really enjoyed, in no particular order except in which I read/listened to [...]

What’s Coming Soon In 2012

What’s Coming Soon In 2012

Micro Help Wanted

The deadline to submit a story for the 5th Annual Micro Award is fast approaching. In fact, despite posting the guidelines here back in October, I almost forgot about it completely. I’ve been fortunate with the Micro Award in the past — two years a finalist, one year a runner-up — and while I don’t really see [...]

Ho Ho Ho!

The New York Times on the Libraries vs. Publishers E-Book Tug of War: To keep their overall revenue from taking a hit from lost sales to individuals, publishers need to reintroduce more inconvenience for the borrower or raise the price for the library purchaser. If making the books more costly to libraries seems a perverse [...]

The Best Movie Trailer Ever

So everyone is talking about the trailers for The Dark Knight Rises and Prometheus and The Hobbit and Man of Wax (what — they’re not? oh), but the one movie trailer that everyone should be talking about is this one:

Confession Time

Confession Time

It’s about time I came clean about something rather important. Don’t worry — I’m not admitting to any major crimes … yet. But I want to tell you about the first novel I self-published nearly a year ago. Wait, some of you might be thinking. A year ago? But you published The Calling in April. And [...]

Doubleheader Live Reading

The first live reading will start at 7 pm EST; the second live reading will start at 7 pm EST. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to leave them in the comments section at any time and I’ll answer them at the end. Thanks for stopping by! Both readings are over. Thanks [...]