Time to wake up, Tori.
Photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jainsama/5351160288/ Tori and her fellow characters in the paranormal thriller Tori’s Row have had a long, long nap. That’s because life intervened for MCM...
View ArticleWorth a Thousand Words: Book Cover Design 101
Photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrs2fat/4338843244/ This was originally published on Zoe Winters’ blog as a guest post. Thanks again, Zoe! So you’ve written a book. Your imagination has...
View ArticleValentine’s antidote
Photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rubygirlcreations/5368958106/ If you’re weary of lovey-dovey Valentine’s Day mushiness, you may want to give Addison’s and Shane’s lusty, love/hate...
View ArticleLive for four days only!
From Thursday March 3 through Sunday March 6 I’ll be a guest at SheVaCon 19 in the Sheraton Roanoke Hotel and Conference Center in Roanoke, VA. The guests of honor are Virginia Hey, Peter Beagle, Matt...
View ArticleCrazy random happenstance
Last month a graphic design gig more or less fell into my lap. A Christian minister from Virginia Beach was looking for someone to design the cover of his latest book. He found my site and contacted...
View ArticleHappy RaEW!
Photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/43602175@N06/4070018782/ I was having trouble coming up with a catchy title for this post, so I decided to be cryptic. RaEW stands for “Read an Ebook Week”....
View ArticleBaltimore bound
This Saturday through Monday I’ll be in august company at Balticon 45, a long-running sci-fi/fantasy convention held in Baltimore, Maryland. (The con begins on Friday 5/27/11, but I won’t be there...
View ArticleThe wholly unnecessary Stadium Woods controversy
When in doubt, use a picture of a dog in a football uniform fumbling a football. It’s hard to believe that there’s a kerfuffle over the fate of Virginia Tech’s Stadium Woods. For those of you thinking...
View ArticleGeology for the masses
Valley and Ridge Sunset - photo by Nancy BrauerIf you’re in the New River Valley or Roanoke area and enjoy geology or just being outdoors, I’m leading a FREE geology walk along the Huckleberry Trail...
View ArticleAction, Aliens, Politics, and Romance: The Seeker Star by Susan Jane Bigelow
Full disclosure: I was given a review copy of the Kindle edition of The Seeker Star as part of a review exchange. Author Susan Jane Bigelow did something I thought was impossible: got me to care about...
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