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Round-up

Things are a bit crazy this week, since I’m only in the office for two days before running off to chaperone my son’s class trip to St. Augustine. Many sixth graders, one bus. Wish me luck! Before I run off, some congratulations are in order: To Rob Thurman for hitting #21 on the New YorkContinue reading “Round-up”

Lotsa Sandboxes by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Today on my blog, the superlative…wait, no…the stupendous…no, no, that’s not quite it either…the, well THE Keith R.A. DeCandido, author of everything from the Serenity novelization to tie-ins for Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Supernatural, Resident Evil, Spider-Man, etc. to original fiction, like his newly released SCPD: The Case of the Claw. He’s talking today aboutContinue reading “Lotsa Sandboxes by Keith R.A. DeCandido”

Fun Fridays

It’s been awhile, I think, since I’ve done a Fun Friday post, but it doesn’t get much more fun than this: Sh*t Writers Say. Also (fun for me, anyway), I have to post this wonderful review from Booklist for my latest Vamped novel FANGTASTIC. My hero is strutting around in my head at hisContinue reading “Fun Fridays”

Strange Days Indeed

First, I want to wish you all a happy International Women’s Day. I’m tempted to ask, “Wait, does our Congress know about this?” But no, no, I’m beyond such things. Anyway, it’s been the day for news of all sorts. The Wall Street Journal reports more on the Justice Department’s investigation into potential collusion onContinue reading “Strange Days Indeed”

Crazy week and congrats

It’s been a crazy week, which is why it’s been so quiet here on the blog. All good, just busy, busy, busy. However, I had to take some time out to blog because some congratulations are very definitely in order. First, huge congrats to Tammy Kaehler, whose debut mystery DEAD MAN’S SWITCH is up forContinue reading “Crazy week and congrats”

Action Distraction

I wrote this guest blog last year for Babes in Bookland (hey, all!). Since it’s something I’ve been thinking about a lot lately, having just turned in the second book in my Latter-Day Olympians series, I thought I’d reprise it here. Hope you enjoy! Action Distraction I don’t know about you all, but I dreadContinue reading “Action Distraction”

Ditto

Author Cat Valente has a post over on Charles Stross’s blog about “Work Is Never Over: On Publishing and Its Many Faces.” Since it is both a) wonderful and b) says everything I feel about the biz, I’m sending you over there today with a great big, “Ditto!” from me.

How to Talk to Agents

I’m going to let a couple of my clients talk today instead of me: Vicky Dreiling and Amy Christine Parker. As Vicky will tell you in her “How I Got My Agent” post, she and I met several years ago at a conference – not at a pitch session, but at a meal after theContinue reading “How to Talk to Agents”

Interview

Today I’m interviewed over on Martha J. Ramirez’s blog as both author and agent.

More congrats and happy book birthdays

A HUGE congratulations to Chloe Neill, whose novel DRINK DEEP won the Young Adult category of the CAPA Awards! (While the Chicagoland Vampires series is not truly young adult, it has a graduate student turned vampire heroine and is very young at heart…not to mention wonderful.) Also, post-Valentine’s day, love is still most definitely inContinue reading “More congrats and happy book birthdays”