I just arrived in Chicago and it’s been a trip back in time. I was born in the suburbs here but moved when I was 8. I’ve been back only a couple of times, most recently 18 years ago. So I get in the cab and they’re talking about traffic on the Stevenson Expressway. I remember …
I am still madly working away at my Love Has No Boundaries story. I’m at close to 25k words now. And here’s a little (unedited) teaser for you: The storm had wetted the sand much farther inland than usual, and it had tossed piles of debris. He poked his toes at the huge snarls of …
Finding Inspiration in History For the professional historian, history (however one chooses to define the term) is a living, breathing entity. It thrives whether human beings are at their worst or at their best. It is both a lived experience and an intangible figment. Many people treat history as though it is an absolute, but …
I’m visiting L.J. LaBarthe today to talk about magic. There’s an excerpt from Night Shift too. What else have I been up to–aside from miserable spring allergies? I just finished the second round of edits on Buried Bones, the sequel to Good Bones. And yesterday I saw the draft of the cover, which I love! …
Night Shift is available for sale today! You can comment here (yesterday’s blog post) for a chance to win a copy. Also, to celebrate I’m offering my second book, Flux, for free on Kindle! It will remain free through April 6. It’s the second book in my Ennek series. The first book, Stasis, is only 99cents, and the …
It’s spring break and I’ve been grading midterms. As I sometimes do, I thought I’d share some of my students’ gems of wisdom and creative writing. I’ve reproduced all of the student work verbatim. But tomorrow is my release day! My novella Night Shift will be available tomorrow from Dreamspinner, Amazon, and other online sources. …
In honor of April Fool’s Day, I’m going to let you in on a little joke I’ve played on the poor protagonist of my new novella, Night Shift. Here’s the thing. I have always loved the paranormal. Some of the first movies I remember watching as a young kid were the old black-and-white Dracula and …
My guest today is Grace R. Duncan! I’d like to introduce those of you who haven’t yet read Choices to Hamid and Isam, two of Teman’s gypsy clansmen. They are two of the men who guard the gypsy camp and friends of Teman and Jasim. This is the beginning of a story with them below. …
Today, L.J. LaBarthe talks about big things. Australia is a land of Big Things. Oh, I don’t mean things like Uluru or the Olgas, natural formations that are as much a part of our landscape as salt bushes, killer spiders, nine out of ten of the top ten deadliest snakes in the world and the …
You want to know why I support marriage equality? Mustard. My husband and I met in high school and married right after I graduated from college. We’ll celebrate our 25th anniversary this summer. He supported me through grad school, then I supported him while he got his accounting degree. We’ve moved five times—two of those …