Middle Grade Horror
I'm currently finishing the final edits on my monster (as in creatures and things that lurking the dark) middle grade novel. I have a lot of excitement around this. I'll send it out to agents I suspect by mid August. Finger's crossed. |
FIledby Site
I just created my page on filedby.com. I was surprised that Ledendary Horrors popped up as one of my books. I have story printed in the anthology. Anyway, click over and check it out. You can also click the permanent filedby button on the left. |
Fortean Times Review
 The Changing Vampire of Film and Television has finally been reviewed in the latest issue of Fortean Times (243). It earned 7 out of 10. Not bad. Overall I agree with the review. The book is more of a scholarly defense than an entertaining page turner. The review is not yet up on the Fortean website, so the only place you can read it so far is by purchasing a copy. I'll work on OCRing the text to have it available online. |
Twilight Interview
 My vampire expert status, from The Changing Vampire of Film and Television, has garnered me my first interview. Casey Gillis, from The News & Advance, conducted a phone interview Saturday, November 15th, to learn about the history of vampire films. I am only recently reading Twilight, so I had to bone up by trolling the websites. I was able to trace Edward's lineage from Barnabas to Angel (check out my blog post on this subject).
I later viewed the movie. Not bad, though light on plot. The article Working on the Night Moves appeared on newsadvance.com. She did an admirable job inserting my comments, along with another vampire writer, Stacey Abbott. |
Children's Fiction Writing Workshop
 For those of you who don't know, I am also working on a middle grade children's novel. The theme is, of course, horror. It involves classic monster movie icons like vampires, mummies, and of course the wolfman (this however is trademark of Universal, so mine is just called a werewolf).
I will attend the Big Sur workshop during Friday, December 5th, and Sunday, December 7th. This year, the workshop isn't actually in Big Sur. The recent fires, although sparing the Henry Miller Library, have led to the potential of mud slides. The workshop has been moved to Monterey.
My novel is complete. However, after the SDSU conference in the spring, I have made some heavy revisions. To that end, I have half fully revised and am satisfied with the results. I am looking forward to the critiques of some potential agents at the workshop. Fingers crossed. |
Legendary Horrors Anthology
 My story, "The Zombie Master" is out in print now in the anthology Legendary Horrors: A Collection of Modern and Classic Horror. This is produced by Bards and Sages.
This anthology is available through En World and the Bards and Sages Store. |
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Weird News: Chainsaw Wielding Police Force
Police lieutenant Bruce Ferguson of Lansing Michigan has stockpiled chainsaws so his men can decapitate the undead if they invade the town. "If zombies start invading," he said, "we'll know how to close the streets."
Sun Oct 26; Sunday Mail, Oct 28, 2007.
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