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FULL BLEED: MY TONGUES? ASPHALT.
Funny what changes in a week. Firstly there some stuff that I can't talk about because it may sublimate right from dry ice blocks to...
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CINDY SAYS
So this here's a piece of fiction that I wrote for one of those anthology calls. Yeah, it didn't get accepted. You're as shocked as I am....
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HAZELAND
The name has changed a lot, let's just set that record straight. I started this whole thing out a bunch of years ago, with some malformed...
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FULL BLEED: FEAR IS A MAN'S BEST FRIEND (2)
Since I'm at this stage on the second book, here's the intermediate step between the short (2 page) synopsis and the longer "outline"...
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FULL BLEED: FEAR IS A MAN'S BEST FRIEND
I really was better off in this business when I didn't think about things and instead just figured I could write. It's weird to bodily,...
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FULL BLEED: THE QUALITY THAT GOES IN BEFORE THE NAME GOES ON
So, remember last week when I pointed out that my current book needed a new title because THE DROWNING CITY was taken (albeit...
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FULL BLEED: TAKE OUR HANDS OUTTA CONTROL
So I guess that my trip to the World Fantasy Convention this year was kinda my debut at the establishment. I moderated a panel right out...
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FULL BLEED: DON'T PASS OUT NOW, THERE'S NO REFUND, NO FINDING OUT WHAT YOU WERE MISSING
This morning I signed a contract for a new novel. If you've been following closely on Twitter, I've been letting some details slip out in...
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FULL BLEED: LOS ANGELES WAITS
The Eastern Columbia building, Deco tomb obelisk of empires. Got my panel assignments for the upcoming World Fantasy convention coming up...
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FULL BLEED: GOT THEM GOTHIC DARKWAVE BLUES
I know. I'm supposed to do this regularly. Saw a thing on the Social Media Hustle Lifestyle and it said that you gotta keep up the...