RELEASE DAY! (whew…)

Today is the official release day for BURN ME DEADLY. If you’ve pre-ordered it, you’re awesome. If you buy it today, you’re only slightly less awesome. If you buy it eventually, you’re still on the awesome scale. And the winner of the “Name a drink at Angelina’s Tavern” contest is…PARANOYD, for suggesting The Rogue’s Stiletto, also known as the Back-Stabber … Read More

Release day TOMORROW

Tomorrow, November 10, BURN ME DEADLY is released in hardcover from Tor Books. Thanks to my awesome fan Dori, I now have a Facebook fan page. Join up, invite your friends. There will be gradual updates on my oft-neglected website, since I now have new HTML software for the iMac. And I’m deep into work on the third Eddie LaCrosse … Read More

Coffee, tea or a signed copy?

If you’ve read The Sword-Edged Blonde, you know about Angelina’s Tavern. Eddie LaCrosse has his office above the kitchen, and spends a lot of his off-time sitting at the bar. It plays an even bigger role in BURN ME DEADLY. Now we all know about mead, and ale, and rum, and all the standard tavern drinks. But what would be … Read More

One more week until BURN ME DEADLY!

One more week until the November 10 release of the second Eddie LaCrosse novel, BURN ME DEADLY! Learn what happens to Eddie and Liz after the end of The Sword-Edged Blonde! Who are Lumina and Solarian? Find out more about the mysterious moon priestesses! What secrets are found in Angelina’s attic? Discover what the deadly dragon people are after! And … Read More

By request: from Halloween to Thanksgiving

Yesterday on Facebook and Twitter I requested topic suggestions for today’s blog, and obstinately chose the one from a Buddhist lama that required real effort. So as Domo Geshe Rinpoche so intriguingly puts it, “The weeks between thanksgiving and halloween transform us from ghouls and silly folk to virtuous and grateful people. How magical!” Discuss. There is an interesting progression … Read More

The Madison Vampire Coven strikes!

Last night, the Madison Vampire Coven had its second official Halloween reading, this year at Borders West. From left: me, Fred Schepartz (author of Vampire Cabbie and Jordan Castillo Price (author of the Psycop series). (BTW, those aren’t stains on my shirt, they’re spots on the camera lens. I swear.)

Of Kings and Nobel Laureates

King Arthur is the vampire of fantasy. By that I mean that everyone has written about him, and he’s come full circle from vicious Dark Ages battle leader to tragic romance hero to YA fantasy fixture. To write about King Arthur is to stand in a line that starts in 1136 with Geoffrey of Monmouth and shows no signs of … Read More

Hammering the Count

Thanks to the patience of my wife, aka the mater familias, we’ve celebrated the Halloween season by marathoning Hammer’s Dracula series. Starting with Horror of Dracula, we’ve watched Brides of Dracula, Dracula: Prince of Darkness, Dracula has Risen from the Grave and most recently Taste the Blood of Dracula. I’ve seen all these films before, but this is the first … Read More