Our good friend Kara, from Random Thoughts of a Writery Girl, has gone and tagged me for a Meme. Well, I can’t disappoint now, can I. 1. If you could have any superpower, what would you have? Why? I think I’d rather enjoy being able to transform into a 1,000 pound Jack O’ Lantern with [...]

I usually like to post links to some different online Halloween radio stations once October hits. This year is no different: Halloween Radio Spooky October Radio Shoutcast Top Halloween Radio NeverEndingWonder Corresponding to the NeverEndingWonder Halloween Empire page, check out this announcement: “Every year for the month of October NeverEndingWonder.com broadcasts three Halloween radio stations. [...]

When I tell people that I love autumn, October, and Halloween, they usually nod and smile. It makes sense to them, I guess. You know. The guy who writes horror and watches scary movies all the time. Of course he loves October and Halloween. And I’m content letting them think there’s nothing more to it. [...]

First, the good news. Thanks to the twitter competition called #10bythen, (in which the participants try to submit at least 10 stories in a given month) I have received an acceptance. My story, “When Ayanna Kapoor Waits,” has been accepted to On Spec. I’m really excited to be a part of this very cool magazine, [...]

A large portion of Netflix reviewers are bipolar. They have to be. Why else rate every single movie you see either 1 star or 5 stars and nothing in between? Are anyone’s preferences actually that black and white? I find it exceptional, especially considering nearly 90% of the movies I watch fall between the 2-4 [...]

The title says it all. Cate Gardner’s newest short story collection, Strange Men in Pinstripe Suits is now available for pre-order! And if you do it now, you get $1.99 off the cover price. Not a bad deal. On top of this already exciting news, Cate is holding a contest (with some spectacular prizes) on [...]

I’ve been writing a new novel for the past few weeks. It’s been slow going, but I manage to put some words down almost every day, which is pretty important. I always feel disconnected from the writing community when I start a novel. I read less blogs and write less posts. Even worse is while [...]

Kate Jonez! I hope everyone will join me in congratulating Kate, the winner of the signed and numbered chapbook, “Tanglewood.” I used http://www.random.org/ in order to determine the winner. Thanks to everyone who participated and helped spread the word. The next raffle will most likely be for my own chapbook when it is released later [...]

We’re five days into the chapbook raffle and I wanted to give you all a quick update. There are currently 15 subscribers. I was hoping to reach a total of 50 before doing the raffle, but I may end the contest after another week no matter how many subscribers there are. If you’d like a [...]