Monthly Archives: September 2015
As September Wanes
September has been a good month, but an insane month. I became obsessed with a personal formatting project and battled it out with Createspace for about two weeks over it. I won. I now have adorable square 6×6 books ready … Continue reading
Impromptu Book Signing of Lizards
Robin Wiesneth and I met to sign a stack of The Literary Lizard books for each other yesterday and wound up having an impromptu book signing! People walking by stopped to admire our stacks of books, and Robin wound up … Continue reading
Ten pounds by Halloween…
Posting a few days late on my weekly weight loss progress due to my five-year- anniversary and some exciting news with the Horror Writers Association. Things had slowed down over the past week and my official weigh-in on Friday was … Continue reading
Death Visits the Twilight Zone
Ever wonder what happens at the Twilight Zone discussions at Cafe Bienville? Here’s some accidental footage taken from Last Sunday. I was trying to portray Death, but the shenanigans were making it very hard to get in character. You never … Continue reading
HWA Signs with Writers House
More fantastic Horror Writers Association news… and another reason all authors in the genre need to belong! The HWA has signed with Writers House, one of the largest literary agencies in the world. This comes within days of the HWA … Continue reading
Self Publishing: The Perils of Indie
I’m sitting up late tonight… again … trying to upload the same fixed format manuscript to Createspace … again. I am on pdf version 8 and after I corrected their issues, now they have flagged every page. I’ve asked to … Continue reading
Monsters Are Everywhere in Paperback
Finally… Monsters Are Everywhere, illustrated by Mary-Anne Leslie, is about to be released in paperback. Originally released nearly a year ago, my computer at the time died, taking the Monsters file with it. I’ve recently rebuilt the book even better … Continue reading
Lizards, Spiders & Pirantulas—oh MY!
Some October plans have changed and there’s a new book signing scheduled for Oct. 17 from 1-4 p.m. at Cafe Bienville… with Robin Wiesneth! If that were not enough awesome for you, there will be some delicious incentives added in … Continue reading
HWA Partners with Authors for Libraries
A message from author JG Faherty on the Horror Writer Association’s Facebook page Sept. 21: The Horror Writers Association is proud to announce we have entered into a partnership with the United for Libraries’ (part of the American Library Association) as … Continue reading
Product Review: Gadget Grab
I have a history of breaking my tech. I’ve dropped the iPad twice and gone through a few phones before my current Galaxy… which I dropped a few weeks ago. It’s bad enough that the guys over at Sarge’s Cellular … Continue reading