Rat Kings and Hamburger Mountains

It’s 2013, and I haven’t posted here since October. I’ll admit, it was partly due to negligence, but mostly, I was burned out.  It was the end of a two-month long blog tour (one that became increasingly disappointing in turnout and response), and I was more than ready to quit marketing my novel.  I had given it my

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Coffin Hop 2012: Halloween Costume Contest

Greetings, you slimy monsters of the deep, and welcome to this year’s Coffin Hop!  We have such sights to show you!  (First person to comment with the movie that this quote is from gets a free ebook copy of my short story collection, Welcome to Moon Hill (perfect for Halloween). And we’re off! But wait,

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Jorge Garcia is Awesome

Continuing with my random editions of “So-And-So is Awesome,” today I tell you that Jorge Garcia is awesome.  But you probably knew that already. A few months ago, while browsing Mr. Garcia’s blog, I noticed he accepts fan mail, and–quite graciously I might add–sends out autographed photos to those who request it.  Being the peculiar

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Here I Come: The Evolution of a Blog

It’s late, and I need to sleep, but something is nagging at me. This blog has changed, and I’m not sure it’s for the better. Every now and then I check statcounter, a website that tracks page views on your website.  Just now, I clicked a link to a page someone had discovered through Google, and found

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Halloween Radio 2012

Am I doing some kind of Halloween countdown this year?  Will I post every day of October with new and wonderful Halloween goodness?  Will I strip naked and dance beneath the light of a full moon while singing the monster mash? There’s just no telling. But what I can stay is like every other year,

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Halloween Movie Marathon

As October approaches every year, I begin to stack DVDs  add movies to my Netflix Queue, and fill in days on the calendar to be sure I get to watch every horror movie possible.  It’s a yearly tradition, and even though I realize it makes me possibly even weirder than previously imagined, I do it anyway. What follows is

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October Contest Reveal

I have a pumpkin filled with awesome today, so pop the top and dig in: The October contest is a Halloween costume contest!  It will run all month, you can submit up to two different photos, you can vote for the best costume, and it’s free to enter.  The first prize is a $25 Amazon gift card, and

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Guest Post: And the Winner Is…

Today, not only do I have the honor of hosting a guest post by Joanna Parypinski, but we also get to announce the winner of The Pandora’s Box contest!  Now, I have to admit–shamefully I might add–that I haven’t yet had the time to read Pandora’s Box.  But I can say this with no hesitation whatsoever:

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Blog Tour: September Wrap Up

Holy cow pies!  Can you believe an entire month has gone by already?  Crazy, insane, bonkers! So much has taken place on this blog tour, but there’s still a full month to go, consisting of another contest (revealed on October 2nd), more guest posts, a live book signing, videos, and more! Incredibly enough, we already

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Blog Tour Day 8: What a Life!

Today you will find my guest post, “A Day in the Life,” on not one, but two of Stephanie Green’s websites!  Give a little clicky click here or here.  Or how about both!  Here’s a taste: I start each day by falling asleep. I used to start each day by waking up, but I grew tired of

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