First Impressions: NOT ME

First Impressions: NOT ME

Our second submission for First Impressions is a YA Thriller, titled NOT ME by Taffy Lovell.I glance out my dirty bedroom window. The sky promises another beautiful day. If my days were normal, I might hang out at the pool, pretending not to watch the lifeguards. If...
First Impressions: PATRIOTS

First Impressions: PATRIOTS

Our first submission for First Impression in March comes from Salvatore Cuciti. PATRIOTS is an Adult Mystery.Chapter 1Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil – Psalm 23The moon over the orchard followed me, lighting my way across the...
Tweeting in the Nineteenth Century

Tweeting in the Nineteenth Century

They say there’s nothing new under the sun.via Wikimedia CommonsI’ve written before that séances were like a nineteenth century version of Twitter. And a recent article in WIRED Magazine reveals that people did tweet before Twitter. It was called sending a...
I Wanna Give Stuff Away

I Wanna Give Stuff Away

Last week, I got a giant box full of CAGED GRAVES t-shirts, featuring the artwork of my daughter’s friend, Emily Hutchison. And I’m anxious to send them out into the world!So, I’m going to give away two t-shirts here on my blog. And I’m also going to give away an ARC...
What I’ve Been Up To

What I’ve Been Up To

This has been me for the past two weeks or so:Not Darth Vader. The poor guy hanging in the Sith Lord’s grip, unable to get away. The role of Darth Vader in my life was filled by my WIP. It had me by the throat and would not let go.Even at work, I walked around...