Yes, my Minions, the time for unleashing BLOOD LAW on the world is drawing closer.


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After a whirlwind two weeks, I'm finally back in Mobile.

From July 1 through July 7, I was in Bloomington, Minnesota at CONvergence. It totally ROCKED! I had the best time and am seriously considering going back next year. Thanks to all the CONvergence Staff for making me feel welcome and for putting on one of the most amazingly fantastic cons I've ( Read more... )

Yay! I'm so excited! I'll be participating in my first ThrillerFest panel this year! While there are tons of great panels, interviews, discussions, and events happening at ThrillerFest, I'm (naturally) most excited about this one:

Saturday, July 11

9:30-10:20 AM: Is The Para Normal? -- Discussion of the paranormal in fiction. Panelists: Wendy Corsi ( Read more... )

J.K.: July is fast approaching, which means I'll be returning to the road for the second leg of the "Lifeless Eyes Tour" to promote CRIMSON SWAN. First stop will be in Bloomington (Minneapolis/St. Paul), Minnesota and CONvergence. Here's Melpomene the Muse of Tragedy with an update. Take it away, Mel!

Mel: Thank you, J. K., for that marvelous ( Read more... )

I just post a new entry to ThrillerFest 2009 --http://thrillerfest2009.blogspot.com/

Posted via LiveJournal.app.

I have a new blog!

Well, okay, it's not really mine, but I'm a contributor. In fact, I was asked to kick off the project with an inaugural post. Interested? Check it out at --

ThrillerFest 2009 Blog

Be sure to scroll down, past the welcome message, to see my special Valentine's Day posting regarding ThrillerFest.

(Psst...just between us, it involves a ( Read more... )

Contrary to popular belief, I'm not dead yet. Not even undead...darn it.

I'm still editing CRIMSON SWAN and will be for a while but at least I no longer feel as though I have to kill myself in order to get it done. I can just mortally wound myself and still achieve the same results.

Got some not-so-happy-and-yet-not-so-unexpected-nor-unwelcomed news ( Read more... )

As promised, I have confirmed a few conference appearances for next year. So far, I'll be appearing at these events:

Romantic Times Booklovers Convention
April 22-26
Orlando, FL

ThrillerFest
July 8-11
New York, NY

Bouchercon
October 15-18
Indianapolis, IN

More will be confirmed later, but this is a good start. If you're planning to attend any of these events ( Read more... )

Ms. Editor sent me something cool and I thought I'd pass it along to my loyal minions...

Follow these easy steps:

1. Click on this link

2. Look at the "Picture of the Day"

3. Bow before the awesomeness

4. Remember, there is no charge for awesomeness

5. Repeat and send to friends 

 Despite my earlier ranting about airplanes and airports, I had a wonderful time in New York last week at ThrillerFest, the annual International Thriller Writers conference. (Note: This post contains shameless name dropping. I tried to juggle them all but let's face it, I'm just not that coordinated.)

Mark and I arrive in NYC on Monday and spent ( Read more... )