AS I SIT DOWN to write this, in just a few minutes, the ball will drop in New York, signalling the end of 2013. How did 12 months slip by so fast? 2013 was the year that we lost one of my personal heroes, Roger Ebert. He was a Chicago critic who I really admired, and he was also a fellow alum of the University of Illinois. I read his reviews and columns my entire…
CHRISTMAS IS THE TIME to celebrate your family and friends. It’s a time to remember and rekindle. It’s my favorite time of the year, not because of gifts, but because it’s when you get together with friends and relatives who you might not see often, if at all, during the rest of the year. My Christmas week has started out great — I am on vacation for the next couple weeks, and so last night,…
EVERY YEAR, I POST a little Christmas cheer on my website – visit my Christmas page for some holiday wallpaper, a special book deal and to hear a holiday song I wrote and recorded with a band several years ago. You can also listen to a demo song that inspired “Will You Spend This Christmas Night With Me?” one of the short stories that appear in my holiday fantasy short story collection Christmas Tales. To…
YOU KNOW WHEN you read a review that begins with the line “Welcome back to our ongoing dissection of the putrescent pile of bat guano…” that it’s going to be a must-read review. I mean… there’s no question WHERE the review is headed, but it’s obviously going to be a fun, albeit damning ride. So when I was on Google today trying to find something I had posted and ran across a review of Covenant…
I’VE HAD A BLAST this week participating in my 3rd Coffin Hop! Over the course of this week, we’ve talked about nothing, spiders, horror movies, horror books, jack-o-lanterns, costumes, and visited the PumpkinMan Ouija board… and everyone who posted to one of those blogs was entered into a daily contest, as well as tonight’s grand prize drawing. Every day you entered got you another entry in the Great Pumpkin. Some people entered once… but only…
TODAY IS HALLOWEEN! The big day! And the final day of the Coffin Hop! I hope you’ve scored some goodies on the various blogs participating on the Hop so far! So far, Sandy Czernik, Lori Parker, Kate, Sheila Halterman, Lionel Green and Meli K. have won e-book copies of Violet Lagoon on drawings here the past few nights. So far this week, we’ve talked about horror movies, horror books, jack-o-lanterns… today it’s time for costumes!…
TODAY IS WEDNESDAY… It’s Halloween Eve and the the seventh day of the Coffin Hop! I hope you’ve scored some goodies on the various blogs participating in the sites on the Hop so far! I entered a couple contests myself last night. So far, Sandy Czernik, Lori Parker, Kate, Sheila Halterman and Lionel Green have won e-book copies of Violet Lagoon on drawings here the past few nights. So far this week, we’ve talked about…
TUESDAY… THE SIXTH DAY of the Coffin Hop! I hope you’ve scored some goodies on the various blogs participating in the Hop so far! So far, Sandy Czernik, Lori Parker, Kate and Sheila Halterman have won e-book copies of Violet Lagoon on drawings here the past few nights. Yesterday, we talked about favorite horror movies… today, I want to hear from you about your favorite horror books. Post in the comments section below about your favorite…
MONDAY… THE FIFTH DAY of the Coffin Hop! I hope you’ve scored some goodies on the various blogs participating in the Hop so far! So far, Sandy Czernik, Lori Parker and Kate have won e-book copies of Violet Lagoon on drawings here the past few nights. Over the weekend, I watched a couple horror movies with my wife to get ready for Halloween this week… we caught the old Hammer film Kiss of the Vampire on…
IT’S THE SUNDAY BEFORE Halloween and the fourth day of the Coffin Hop! Halfway there! Hopefully if you’re reading this right now, you’re already hip to the Hop… but if not, please read my post explaining what’s going on from Friday. I am participating in the Coffin Hop for the third year in a row, and this year I’m giving away a free e-book of my novelette Violet Lagoon every day until Halloween… when the…
