Fast Forward!

I have been informed by my editor that now that she's read the manuscript, the official release date for CONCRETE SAVIOR, which I submitted the last week of September, has been moved up. Instead of October 2011, it's now JUNE 2011.

Hey, who hit the fast forward button?! :)

RinCon 10 Schedule this Saturday!

RinCon 10
Tucson, Arizona
October 9, 2010 (Saturday)
* 1:00 p.m. - Signing (with Weston Ochse)
* 2:00 p.m. - Vampires, Werewolves and Zombies, Oh My! (Panel with Weston Ochse, Jeff Mariotte, Marsheila Rockwell)
* 4:00 p.m. - Writing Fantasy and Science Fiction (Panel with Sam Sykes, Emma Bull, Will Shetterly, Weston Ochse)

Come visit us!

HIGHBORN on Good Reads!

HIGHBORN has received a 5-star rating on Good Reads! Check it out here.

FINISHED!!!

CONCRETE SAVIOR is officially finished and has been emailed to both my editor and my agent!

Now to catch up on all this other stuff.

Er... where to begin? ::ulp!::

Wait for it...

Thought I would have a cool announcement to make by now, but alas having my nose try to run off my face while it simultaneously blocks oxygen to my brain and make my eyes leak is putting a bit of a delay on things.

Yes, that's a wordy description of a miserable head cold.

From Haunted Mansion Retreat -- It's Saturday Morning Live!

So far, so good. All of us seem to have had some sort of experience, some mild, some pretty danged scary (me included). Follow our adventures and rule-breaking at the Haunted Mansion Writers Retreat Blog.

Ghost Hunting Awaits!

Tomorrow The Husband (Weston Ochse) and I go slinking off to a bit north of San Francisco to The Haunted Mansion Writers' Retreat. Honestly, I can't wait! Ghosts, friends and writing-- what could be more fun? It's been way too long-- around 1989 to be exact-- since I went on a strictly speaking writer's retreat. Although technology has stuck its electronic fingers into everything since then (email, Internet, cell phones) to the point where I can't quite get away from it, I'm still looking forward to it. I plan to finish the final read-through of CONCRETE SAVIOR, work on two guest blogs I have upcoming, and bang around some ideas for the next novel or ten in the DARK REDEMPTION series. After all, the place is haunted, right? What better inspiration than that?!

CopperCon this weekend up by Phoenix!

Here's my schedule. Y'all come on out and say hi. Plus that Husband-Guy, Weston Ochse, will be there with me. :)

CopperCon 30
Mesa, Arizona
September 3-6, 2010
* Friday - 9/3
7:30 p.m. - Opening Ceremonies
8:00 p.m. - Meet the Pros
9:00 p.m. - Buffy and Crew as Anti-Heroes (panel)
* Saturday - 9/4
1:00 p.m. - Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse (panel)
2:30 p.m. Koffee Klatshe
4:30 p.m. Autograph Session in the Dealers' Room
* Sunday - 9/5
9:00 a.m. - D.I.Y. Media Promotion for Authors
10:00 a.m. - Meet the Guests
1:30 p.m. - Reading from HIGHBORN
* Monday - 9/6
10:00 a.m. - Bite Me, Chew off My Face, But Love Me (panel)

Here It Is!

Yep, a brand new website design, which is hugely easier to keep updated, compact and full of writerly-info-type goodness, all at the same time. A big thanks goes to The Husband (Weston Ochse) for helping me with this and yanking me kicking and screaming into the age of easy to use design templates. I have to admit, this looks to be a lot easier to update, it's got photos, books and puppies.

And I really like the red.

HIGHBORN EXCERPT!

Grab a glass of wine (or an ice cream cone, if it's hot by you) and take a few minutes to settle down for a fun read. Paul Kane, a/k/a Shadow Writer, has generously put up a good-sized excerpt of HIGHBORN on the Guest Writers page of his website. Check it out here: http://www.shadow-writer.co.uk/highborn.htm.