For Ian, and everyone else who requested another little excerpt from my Supernatural tie-in novel in progress.

Dean, on why he won't dress like a masked wrestler:

“When I’m facing off against an unholy soul-sucking abomination from beyond the grave, I want something a little more substantial than spandex to protect my future children.”

Rough writing day today. I just can't figure why some days are like this and some days aren't. Especially when it's a straightforward tie-in project and I've pretty much got everything laid out in advance ( Read more... )

An excerpt from my Supernatural novel in progress that probably won't make it into the final draft:

"Dean never imagined his life might end like this. Naked in a Tijuana brothel with an eighty year old woman dressed like Janine from Spinal Tap sizing up his junk and looking distinctly unimpressed. He really wished the room wasn’t so heavily air-

Sometimes, towards the end of a project, I get into this weird headspace where I can't do anything but write. I'm done for the day, I've made my word count and I just can't stand to sit at my desk for one more minute, but I have no idea what else to do with myself. I walk around, picking up books and putting them down. Staring at DVD cases but ( Read more... )

You're probably not gonna be seeing much of me on the ol' interwebs over the next two months. Here's why:


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Join me, Naomi Hirahara, Sue Ann Jaffarian and Dorothy Howell for a discussion of writing in multiple genres, hosted by the Los Angeles chapter of Sisters in Crime.

Sunday Oct. 3, 2010
South Pasadena Library Community Room
1115 El Centro St.
2-4 p.m.

Non-members welcome with a $5 donation

News travels fast on the interwebs, but if you haven't read about Dorchester's decision to stop producing mass market paperbacks, you can do so here or here.

Hard Case Honcho Charles Ardai had this to say about it on Bill Crider's blog:"This does affect all of Dorchester's lines; fortunately, I own Hard Case Crime and can take it elsewhere. It ( Read more... )

In the years since Money Shot was released, there have been a lot of really passionate reactions about the character of Lalo Malloy. I’ve got a few things I’d like to say about him, but I’ll be addressing an issue in the plot that you may not want to know if you still haven’t read the book ( Read more... )

I suck at blurbs. If I really love something, I feel woefully inadequate to say anything meaningful and if I don’t love it, well that’s a whole other world of suck. Unfortunately, blurbing is not optional in this business. We all need blurbs, and you can’t turn down other writers and expect to get any yourself. That being said, there have been ( Read more... )

I live alone. In fact, I’ve lived alone for so long now, that I’m beginning to seriously doubt I'd ever be able to cohabitate with a fellow human being, no matter how sexy and/or unobtrusive ( Read more... )