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Reading at Shades & Shadows in Los Angeles 9/16!
This coming Saturday evening, I am thrilled (or is it chilled?) to participate in Shades & Shadows, Los Angeles’s only dark fiction reading series: Details: 8:30 pm, doors open at 8 $10 entry fee....
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The NC Leg of the Wings Unseen Book Tour is Taking Flight!
Today, I’ll be travelling from Los Angeles to the Research Triangle Park area of North Carolina for the final leg of my Wings Unseen book tour. Hooray! Here I am getting a little relaxation and cold...
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Destroy all Cling-Ons with me at Con-Volution 2017!
This coming weekend, I’m attending Con-Volution 2017, a sci-fi and fantasy convention with a strong focus on all things crafty in the genre. While I will not pretend I can crochet a light saber coozy...
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Dark Luminous Wings Pre-sale for $2.99!
My next short story will appear in the forthcoming Dark Luminous Wings anthology – and I mean forthcoming soon! Dark Luminous Wings will be released on 10/21, this next Saturday. Synopsis: From Icarus...
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Join me Friday, 10/20, for the Speculative Fiction Cantina Livestream and an...
I’m going to be busy this Friday promoting my fiction, through two different mediums! You, of course, are invited to join in. First, S. Evan Townsend will interview me at 3 pm PST for the Speculative...
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I’m Literally Reading 10/24 at Flywheel Press’s Literally Series!
Woosh! That was my schedule zooming by too fast for me to keep up with it. Thus, I haven’t had time to give my next reading much promotion, but there’s still time! Barely. Tomorrow night, Tuesday...
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Ad Astra: The 50th Anniversary SFWA Cookbook for Sale!
What’s that? I share a contributor credit with such famous speculative fiction writers as Elizabeth Bear, John Scalzi, Chuck Wendig, Mary Robinette Kowal, Alaya Dawn Johnson, and Jim C. Hines? You bet...
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The General Hospital Fan Club Weekend – 2014, Available now!
Another photography credit for me, another chance for the unabashed soap opera lovers among us to pick up a nifty photobook! Once again, Katrina Rasbold, my fearless leader at All My Writers for the...
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“Thlush-a-lum” to be published in PULP Literature!
I’ve been sitting on this news all summer! But that’s my own fault, because I insist on signing a contract before I announce any of my fiction publications. Which means the contract is signed, and I...
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PULP Literature Issue #5 Preview *and* Kickstarter Campaign
As I announced a few weeks ago, my next short story will be appearing in Issue #5 of PULP Literature Magazine, which is a print and e-book label fully funded through subscriptions and Kickstarter...
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Nonfiction Bragging–Bloomberg Businessweek Quote!
It’s been a while since I’ve shared a bragging post. This one is courtesy of my being quoted in a recent Bloomberg Businessweek article on the origins and staying power of RumChata. You may recall...
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Last Day for the PULP Literature Kickstarter! And an interview with...
The countdown clock is ticking! There are only 22 hours left in PULP Literature’s Year 2 Kickstarter campaign, and the magazine’s at 89% of its goal. That’s so close! Please consider boosting it up...
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“Thlush-A-Lum” is Available Now!
I am happy to announce that PULP Literature Issue #5 has officially launched, which means my horror short story, “Thlush-A-Lum”, is now available for purchase as part of the issue! You can buy Issue #5...
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Site Update and Newsletter Sign-Up!
Treasured Readers, The site has been quieter than normal as I’m in the midst of re-categorizing posts so the food/drink/travel section is easier to navigate. Thus, you can now access any of those...
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My Last Day Without You
Last month, in advance of its December release on DVD and VOD, I screened a little indie flick from 2011 starring Nicole Beharie of Sleepy Hollow fame. Beharie’s smiles are magical on Sleepy Hollow,...
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WisCon 39 Appearances!
Tomorrow, I fly out for my first WisCon experience. I’m super excited because I’ve heard so many great things about this conference from other writers. It has a heavy concentration on the craft of...
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Food, Drink, & Travel Blogging Has Moved!
What happened to the delicious posts on this site? They’ve gone back home to the Gourmez! In August 2013, when we moved to the Bay Area, I combined all my writing pursuits into the site you’re viewing...
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Still Seeking Validity, or, Self-Worth Struggles for Bread-Eaters
“I’m a writer,” I say proudly, adding on the descriptor of fiction, entertainment, or food and drink depending on the company. “But I don’t support myself or anything.” Ah, there it is. My caveat. Why...
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Nonfiction Bragging: Guest Blogging for Localwise!
About two weeks ago, my first guest blog for Localwise went up! Localwise, you say? What’s that? Well, my friends, it’s a Berkeley-based start-up that’s essentially a classifieds board for local jobs....
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Order Your Autographed Gifts of Wings Unseen by 12/16!
We’re only 20 days out from Christmas, and thus the time for gift giving is upon us! For $15, you can send a signed, personalized copy of my epic fantasy, Wings Unseen, to anyone you love – heck, it’s...
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