If you are trying to beat the heat or are stuck inside for some reason this weekend, we have an entertainment option for you! The authors of A Sinister Quartet are doing a free Zoom reading in conjunction with Book No Further on Saturday at 3pm. Hope to see you there!
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Happy 4th of July, belatedly. I hope you all indulged in some civic pride and educated yourself, attended a protest, or otherwise got your democracy on. 4th of July weekend is a great weekend for me generally and I spent this one paddling around, hanging out with family, and having a good time. If this... Continue Reading →
Fruits Basket: trauma and healing
Way back during MystiCon this year, I got to take part in a very lovely conversation with Sarah Oliver, Black Dahlia, and Wickedly Stitched Cosplay about Fruits Basket, one of the most beautiful, tender, and strange stories on hereditary chains of abuse that I have read. And it got me thinking about why I love... Continue Reading →
Reading Round-up: June 2020
An Easy Death by Charlaine Harris The Gunnie Rose books were an unexpected find. My mother and I have been trading books during the pandemic, since all the libraries are closed and I'm trying to buy a lot less from Amazon. Strangely enough, these books feature a pandemic too -- an alternate timeline caused by... Continue Reading →
My co-author, C.S.E. Cooney, has put together a great blogpost on A Sinister Quartet, including a recap of all the places we've been promoting with tons of goodies, including excerpts from her "The Twice-Drowned Saint". We've got a reading at Book No Further, my local indie bookstore, coming up next month, which I will post... Continue Reading →
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Promoting oneself in times of upheaval
Hello friends. Unless you've had your head in the sand somehow for at least the last three months, you might know that we live in interesting times. And I do mean the "old Chinese curse" interesting, scare quotes because I honestly don't know if that really was an old Chinese curse or just a bit... Continue Reading →
“Viridian” is officially published!
It's publication day! Let's talk about my story!
“Viridian” excerpt!
It is one week until A Sinister Quartet is officially published! In honor of that, I wanted to take a chance to share an excerpt of "Viridian" to get you excited for all the horrors that are coming. So enjoy the majority of Chapter 4! You can also catch an excerpt from C.S.E. Cooney's "The... Continue Reading →
We've got playlists, folks, for each of the stories in A Sinister Quartet! If you're the type of person who likes to listen to music while you read (and I know some of you are) these playlists provide atmospheric tension for each of the stories in the collection. And as the graphics show, they're all... Continue Reading →
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