I’M A CHRISTMAS JUNKIE. Always have been. I’m that guy who watches It’s A Wonderful Life every year on Christmas Eve, and still tears up every time! Over the years, I’ve built up a number of personal traditions around the holiday. As many people on my mailing list know, part…
THERE’S A BLOG CHAIN going around called “The Next Big Thing.” The idea is, each writer answers some questions about their next big project… and lines up more authors to do the same, encouraging people to discover other authors’ books and blogs. My friend – and amazing werewolf-oriented thriller author…
NIGHTWHERE IS THE NOVEMBER selection of the Samhain Horror Book Club! This means until this Friday, November 16th, you can get the trade paper edition or e-book copies for 40% off. Just visit www.samhainpublishing.com/bookclubs/ I’ve been really excited about this novel over the past few weeks, because NightWhere has gotten…
… Jason Darrick! On Halloween night, I pulled Jason’s “Show Us Your Night Wear” contest entry out of the Great Pumpkin, and so tonight I’ve boxed up an autographed trio of NightWhere, Siren and The 13th for him. Congratulations, Jason, and thanks to everyone who entered! Happy Halloween!
WHEN I FIRST turned in the manuscript for my sixth novel NightWhere last fall to Don D’Auria, my editor at Samhain Publishing, he suggested that I consider changing the title. “NightWhere,” he said, “kind of sounds like it might be the lingerie floor at a department store!” Or something to…
Today, fellow horror author M.R. Gott and I have “traded blogs.” You can see my post for the day about Eurotrash Horror Movies at M.R.Gott’s blog, but before you do that… read on: Why do you write Horror? This is a typical question that most horror authors are asked.  What…
IT WAS QUITE the “flashback” weekend at the Everson abode! On Friday, my friend Brad came over and I introduced him to the ’70s visual genius of French director Jean Rollin with one of my favorite films of his, Living Dead Girl, which has just come out on Blu-Ray thanks…
TONIGHT IS THE OFFICIAL RELEASE PARTY for my sixth novel, NightWhere. Huge thanks to everyone who has helped spread the word about the book’s release this week on Facebook and Twitter. And I hope some of you will be able to come down to Horrorbles horror and sci fi memorabilia…
LAST WEEKEND WAS BOTH a Return and a New Beginning. I returned to the Horrorfind Weekend Convention in Gettysburg, PA after eight years. A lot of water has rushed under the horror bridge since the last time I was there. But it was also a new beginning… most of the…
MY BACKLIST, THAT IS. And I can’t tell you how happy I am about that. Today I can proudly say, “My ass is Amazon’s!” When I signed my first paperback book deal with Leisure Books, the premier imprint for horror novels five years ago, I never imagined that the company…
