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Multiplex Fandango Up for Pre-order
Tomorrow is the BIG Day. Multiplex Fandango is up for pre-order at Dark Regions Press. Some of you may have heard about it, but this is my master work of short fiction. Please if you have a moment and an inclination, jump over to Dark Regions at this link and pre-order the book.
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Book Signing Story!
The Great Dane Railway to Yuma
The Yuma Book Tour went awesomely. We survived the dust storms and the driving rain. We outlasted my GPSs decision not to work. And we met --again-- a slew of extraordinary people, not to mention the Nazi Gold Hunter.
Let me tell you about it.
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Weston's andTucson's Festival of Books
Here's a great website put together by Lee Whiteside that has all the Arizona authors SF authors and our locations during the festival. I think it's awesome that all of them are coming to my festival. And I'm glad to have them showing off their wonderful books.
In addition to me, you can find internationally know authors such as Alice Hoffman ( Read more... ) -
Major Announcement - New Book Deal
Major Announcement - New Book Deal
MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT: Abaddon Books has hired Weston Ochse to write another shared-universe novel, this one for their Afterblight Chronicles novel series. Weston’s novel, title to be determined, takes place on a floating city off the coast of California. Other authors who’ve written Afterblight Chronicles ( Read more... ) -
International Thriller Writers Roundtable - Do You Plot?
Today I begin an International Thriller Writer sponsored roundtable discussion “Do you plot, plan, or outline? Or, do you just go where your characters lead you? Why?
The Roundtable is comprise of Matt Lynn, Weston Ochse (that's me), LJ Sellers, Allan Leverone, Pam Callow, Chris Beakey, Michael Haskins, Larry D. Thompson, Blaize Clement, ( Read more... ) -
2010 Top Five Books
2010 Top Five Books
Everyone's doing a list of best books of the year. Why should I be any different. I read as much as the next guy, albiet, my reading habits aren't the same as many of you. If you were to break down my reading for pleasure, it would go something like this:
Literary Fiction 40%
Mystery/Thriller 20%
Fantasy 15%
Horror 15%
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Glittering Darkly About Zombies
Are Zombies the New Vampires?
I'm kind of getting tired of this comparison. I think it's derived from those who worship at the feet of vampires, glittering darkly into the night. The question comes from those people who were laughed at in high school and wanted desperately to be a cool kid. A recent NY Times article used some slap-dashed geek logic ( Read more... ) -
CopperCon 30 Report - No Porn Stars Injured
CopperCon 30 Report - No Porn Stars Injured
Double-breasted potato boobs, hot pad warmers for my jimmies, and master of ceremonies at the masquerade ball could confuse my dear reader into believing I attended a porn industry convention, or even the soon to be mentioned FroliCon. Although there were some moments of delightful sexual innuendo ( Read more... ) -
NECON 30 Redux
NECON has come and gone. I feel at once energized and exhausted. But like always, I’m glad that I went ( Read more... ) -
Living Dangerously: May - Motorcycles - Zombie Mayhem
Living Dangerously: May - Motorcycles - Zombie Mayhem
Information about what I've been doing, who I've been doing it with, and why all the fuss.
