HAD A GREAT TIME this weekend at OdysseyCon hanging out with friends like Jonathan Maberry, W.D. Gagliani, David Benton, Chris Welch and Christine Verstraete and meeting very cool folks like Matt Forbeck, Alex Bledsoe, Paul Dale Anderson and James Frenkel. There were panels. There was craft beer. There was a…
A LOT OF PEOPLEĀ have asked me if Iām going to write a sequel to my sixth novel, NightWhere. I do want to eventuallyā¦ Iāve always been interested in exploring the character of Selena more. But, thatās not what Iām currently working on. Never enough time to write all the…
ANYONE WHO FOLLOWS me on Facebook or reads by blog frequently knows that my dayjob sends me on a lot of business trips. Iām working most of the time on these jaunts, but I am privileged to see different locales, even if only for short dinner outings outside the hotels….
VERY SAD NEWS today from the independent bookstore world. Borderlands Books in San Francisco is being forced to close. Independent bookstores are always a slim margin business, and the new minimum wage hike voted in for San Francisco will ultimately up their payroll expenses by nearly 40%. The bookstore is…
IāM PROUD TO BE the February āGuest Writerā in the new issue of THE HORROR ZINE which just went live today! Check out the magazine online ā they are featuring my story āAfter The Fifth Stepā ā one of my favorite stories to read aloud to an audience. It was…
I WAS BUMMED I couldnāt be there for the race (currently on a business trip), but Iām excited that Shaun continued his streak of winning āCreativeā awards for his Pinewood Derby Car. This is the 4th āvideo gameā car Iāve helped him build for the annual Cub Scout Pinewood Derby…
I’M PRETTY EXCITED that the Horror Novel Reviews web site picked my 8th novel, The Family Tree, as one of their Top 10 Horror Novels of 2014! The list includes books by Stephen King, Joe R. Landsdale and Eric Red. You can see the full list and book descriptions here:…
EVERY YEAR ON NEW YEAR’S EVE, I sit down to contemplate the past 12 months. I used to do this in a paper journal, but the past few years Iāve done it here on my blog. Itās a great way to remember and document where Iāve been, take a deep…
āI wish you a Malty Christmas And a Hoppy New Year, A pocket full of money ā¦ And a cellar full of Beer!āĀ ā Anonymous ANYONE WHO HAS BEEN on my mailing list for long knows that I am a total Christmas nut. Our house has the most lights…
IF I CAN DO ITā¦ anyone can. Sure, Iām a guy who works with my handsā¦ on a computer keyboard! I write novels, I donāt build furniture, and never thought I’d attempt a big Chicago rail oak home bar. But sometimes, circumstance, bravery (or foolishness) collide. So I am writing…
