It's that most wonderful day of the year (second only to tomorrow, when Target has its post-Halloween clearance sale!). To celebrate, and to thank everyone who supported Plaguewalker, especially through the media blitz and area readings of the last week, here's a ghost story I penned. Enjoy. Everyone Knows This really happened. Ghost tale …
Month: October 2012
The Next Big Thing, Week 17
Usually, when someone invites me to get "tagged" and forwards something akin to a chain letter, I get disturbing images of being covered in graffiti and told something Very Bad Indeed will happen unless I send money. So it was a nice surprise when fellow author Paul McComas invited me to take part in a …
The Most Important Thing I Did Today…
...was vote. Yes, today marked my television debut on TMJ4's The Morning Blend (live tv, no less...live morning tv, in fact), as well as the arrival of not one but two glowing reviews of Plaguewalker that made me turn Sin (the color of the blush they talked me into buying at Sephora. I now realize …
The Plague Continues To Spread…
...I love saying that, for all sorts of reasons. As I mentioned (promised? threatened?) yesterday, this is National International Intergalactic Plaguewalker week. Yesterday I had the honor of rambling about Marcus on Milwaukee Public Radio and today, online culturezine Third Coast Digest posted a Q&A with me. Thanks to Tom, Dan and Jennifer over at …
Can You Hear Me Now?
Today marks the start of the official Plaguewalker week (I know it's official because I wrote it down in my planner, right below "laundry.") Things kicked off with my very first radio interview ever* this morning on WUWM's (89.7 FM) Lake Effect. [Technically, I've been on radio twice before, during my years as pop music …
Catch up on the latest Plaguewalker updates and stay tuned for an exciting (well, I think so) Halloween treat!
If you think I have a whole heap of groan-worthy plague puns just waiting for the right moment, you’re correct.
Since leaving Norway and returning to Milwaukee earlier this month, I’ve been busy on a number of fronts, including getting ready for the official intergalactic launch of Plaguewalker on Friday, 26 October, at Boswell Book Company (the link will take you to Boswell’s general upcoming events page. Check it out. They bring in a wealth of great authors from near and far). Part of that includes doing press, something I have discovered I don’t particularly enjoy.
Like Marcus, I’m an introvert who prefers to do my work quietly, without fanfare. Also, like Marcus, I prefer to be the one asking the questions.
That said, much thanks are in order to a number of media outlets that are covering Plaguewalker‘s launch. I’ll post links as they become available but, if…
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Of Ships and Journeys
Give me an all-access tourist pass and by the gods, I will use it. After several minutes of Travel Math (that specialty involving the calculation of public transportation costs and museum admission fees versus opening hours and time required for movement between two points), I concluded that it would be cost-effective for me to purchase …
The Most Northernmost Post in the UNIVERSE…Ever!
Okay, that's a lie. Or at least a besmirched truth. Or, as the fine people of northern Norway might appreciate, an optimistic reality. But first, to recap: I'm into my fourth week above the Arctic Circle in Norway. I came because, after wintering in Antarctica, Milwaukee in August was too freakin' hot, and because I'd …
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Coming Soon: Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes!
I have some exciting news. But first, a confession. Upon returning to the States early last month after wintering in Antarctica, I discovered I have developed a severe allergy to heat and humidity. It's tragic, really, but I'll spare you the details of how I stretched out wan and lethargic on my friends' couch for …
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