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
The trailer for BURN ME DEADLY
The music is “Belthane Fires by Laura Powers. Used by permission.
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
Big announcements
With the release of BURN ME DEADLY just around the corner (mark your calendar: November 10), I can now officially say it won’t be the last Eddie LaCrosse novel. Eddie will return in DARK JENNY in winter 2011, followed by a fourth (currently untitled) adventure in summer 2012. In addition, I’ll be introducing a brand new world in fall 2011 … Read More
And the winner is…
Sorry for the delay in posting this. The winner of the signed copy of BURN ME DEADLY is… Sarah Jean, a.k.a. Kierae. I don’t have an e-mail address for you, so if you read this, contact me! Thanks to everyone who commented, and there will be more giveaways in the near future!
Fiery surprise: the awesome beasts of Dragon Storm
In an earlier post, I promised to reveal the only other cinematic dragon that came close to rivaling the awesome Vermithrax from Dragonslayer. I discovered it quite by accident on a Saturday night, on the SciFi Channel (now known phonetically as “SyFy”). Those of you familiar with these weekend original movies know they’re usually one thing: crap. Bearing titles like … Read More
And the winner is…
The Madison Horror Film Festival is over, and the winner of the DVD of Blacula and the signed copy of Blood Groove is… R.K. Charron! I also consider myself a winner, since in spite of the bludgeoning pain of having my wisdom teeth out, I still managed to get to the festival and meet director Stuart Gordon: Thanks to everyone … Read More
The lair of local dragons
Two weeks ago, I described my quest to discover the origin of the Norwegian dragons lining some of the roofs in my new home town of Mount Horeb, WI. My quest led me to a secluded valley outside town where I found Little Norway. Immediately I knew I’d come to the right place: note the dragons along the top of … Read More