My Very First Fiction Podcast!

There’s a new Apex Magazine out, featuring a new Beauty & Dynamite essay ("Here Lies an Era"), and me reading my flash fiction horror short "Foiled." (run time: 3:08) It’s my first time, but I hope to do a lot more readings in the future. Let me know what you think!

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From Pages to Pavement

For those of you keeping up with my new running hobby (heck, *I* can barely keep up with my new running hobby), my essay "From Pages to Pavement" is now live over at Fantasy Magazine. Trace the insanity of how an author’s mind goes from "I can finish a novel!" to "I can run a 5K!" Leave me some…

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Place your Bets!

Apex Book Company has a really cool lottery going on right now — including this one for a bunch of my books and some bonus swag. One ticket for $1.00 — ten tickets for $8.00. Go on. You have a dollar. I know you do. (Did I mention all the books are signed?) Jason is also adamant about leaving…

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The Still, the Storm, and the Geek

Due to some technical difficulties, the Fantasy magazine con reports didn’t go up as immediately as we sent them. Day Two is live now. I’ll let you know when Day Three hits newsstands. If you’re jonesing for more, "The Still & the Storm" — my new Beauty & Dynamite essay —  is now up, along with the latest issue…

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Signed Stock

For those of you who missed Millennicon last weekend (I know who you are), there’s a treat waiting for you over at Apex Books. I signed all Jason’s Beauty & Dynamite stock…and I had lots of time at the table while he was gone, so they’ve all got my famous, multicolored, one-of-a-kind, decorated & doodled signatures. Click the banner!…

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Beauty & Dynamite Available on Fictionwise

If you’re into that sort of thing, click here and check it out. Meet Alethea Kontis, a self-proclaimed Genre Chick whose life is an adventure that tears through these pages like a hurricane. Carrot-a-day cancer cures and Murphy as a guardian angel (yes, that Murphy, the guy with all those irritating laws) are just a part of the daily…

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Appearance: Bleeding Hearts Club 2/14/09

Linebaugh Library will host the Bleeding Hearts Club at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 14. Whether you’re a fan of Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight series, Charlaine Harris’s Sookie Stackhouse series, Laurell Hamilton’s Anita Blake series, or the classic Dracula, join us to talk about all things vampire. Stoker-nominated Alethea Kontis will lead the discussion about our favorite vampires, vampires in…

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The Monster in the Closet

The new issue of Apex is live, complete with the essay where I admit to shoving my little sister in a closet when we were kids. Come on…doesn’t she look like a brat to you? And what are you shoving in your closets? And hey — if you love Apex like I do, you can have a PDF subscription…

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Apex + Cemetery Dance = One Scary Duo

From Jason:Apex Publications is pleased to announce that Cemetery Dance will be offering select Apex titles via their webstore for a trial period. The following four titles are available only through next Monday (through Cemetery Dance), so if you’re a CD fan, get your order in quick! The four Apex titles listed are (the links lead to the Cemetery…

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