Urban Fantasy

Cal and the gang have been contracted for two more books, Cal 8 and 9 (I’m currently writing Cal 7). That means Cal 7 March 2012, Cal 8 March 2013, Cal 9 March 2014 (damn, that seems like a long ass time. Of course, this is assuming the Mayans weren’t right…sooner or later *some* conspiracy has to be right. Come on! Y2K was so disappointing.)   And, to continue, *one* more Trickster Novel has been contracted (which means if you haven’t been buying them…better bust your butt and scoop them up. Don’t blow their last chance), but before the Trixa and Leo lovers, the Zeke fan club–he has one all to himself as he’s such an entertaining sociopath, and the Zeke/ Griffin fans get...

Please join me (well, not me personally as I can’t chat on dial up and the Christian coffee house closes on the Sabbath, depriving me of WiFi…how Christian is that?) and dozens of your favorite authors at the 2011 Spring Fling at Writerspace on Sunday, March 27th from 8pm ET to 11pm ET. Authors will be dropping in to chat all during the evening and we will be giving away 100s of new books (and some are mine! You know you want them…neeeeeed them) and other fantastic prizes — 2 Kindles, autographed, hard-to-find, advance copies plus special treats like gift cards and more. We hope to see you Sunday night! You don’t have to be present to win, but you...

Two years ago, an author popped up out of the blue. She showed me where to get cheap bookmarks and promo items. She offered to throw my new release a contest on her website and she’s been nothing but the most kind and gracious and kick-ass friend since. Now her new book Con and Conjure is being released Tuesday the 29th and we want to get those engines revving! Con & Conjure is the latest in the Raine Benares series and I’m sure carries on the tradition of hilarity and action and sensitive goblin ears. I’m including some snippets of Con & Conjure here and if you wish to see sample chapters of the previous four books go here:...

Hey Everyone, it’s Time for BLACKOUT! To celebrate release week, I’ve extended the contest through March 6th! So get your “comment-on” and increase your chances to win right here… As my blog fiends and reavers, you will always get the early scoop on contests, announcements and news, so here’s one for you – I’ve changed my contest just a bit to make it more intriguing. For those who have already entered – no problem, you are still officially included and can even enter again with a MANTRA if you like – up your chances. Either way, you are entered – so here’s the new twist: I will be throwing a BLACKOUT contest starting FEBRUARY 16th (you might have already...

Cal, ass-kicking, creepy frigging monsters, and Niko’s abs–what’s not to like?

I will be attending September 2 – 5, 2011 at Dragon*Con in Atlanta, GA as a guest author. As it’s their 25th anniversary they’re bringing all the big guns in, star-wise. Every SF/F actor to ever perform will probably be there (and I sat at a restaurant table next to James Edward Olmos last year…SO SAY WE ALL!) For the fans attending I’ll be available for book autographs, daily panels, etc. I’ll be all over the place. I will also be renting a booth with several other authors (last year it was in the Marquis Ballroom in the Marriott Booth 707. I doubt that will change, but I’ll keep you updated.) There will be a list in the booth that will let you...

I get this question frequently. How do you pronounce Auphe? Well, it is difficult. I don’t even know how it’s pronounced in the audio books (nope, I don’t have time to even listen to my own audio books.) So here we go: in the original dictionary from the 1800s, I found it in it is a synonym for elf (I never once thought of using elf to label the Auphe as they are worlds away from elves–even demonic elves). The dictionary read that it was pronounced ‘Off’ or ‘Ouphe’. However, the Auphe language cannot be spoken by the human tongue (or many supernatural ones for that matter, even Goodfellow doesn’t know the language–only Cal from his two amnesiac years in Tumulus knows it/can speak it,...

Do you speak German? Scratch that…can you read German? If you can and have some inexplicable desire to have a signed German Moonshine (Moon Spirit…Germans don’t know what they’re missing with good old country moonshine) then comment and say why you want a German translation or give me some lovin’–I’m easy! I’ll give two away at random (same Chris McGrath cover–with a dark green tinge, but much thicker a book. I think Germans take about three lines in a manuscript to say ‘tree’.)  To enter, leave a comment below.  And don’t forget…BLACKOUT March 1st (and if you could purchase it from a real brick and mortar store between March 1st and March 6th, you would be doing me an unbelievable...

TRICK OF THE LIGHT was released in audio August 2010. Now it’s the turn of TRICKSTER Novel 2: THE GRIMROSE PATH, and CAL LEANDROS Novel 1: NIGHTLIFE. Go reave them! They are available from Penguin, emusic, Audible, iTunes, etc. This is an experiment by Penguin, testing the waters for the rest of the series. If they don’t sell well, there may not be anymore of Cal’s voice live. And you know you want to hear that snark with your own ears… if only to see if they explode. And of course you will think that’s not the Cal I hear in my head. Everyone will think that because what crawls around in your brain only you know (well, and...

I saw this and I had to literally watch it twenty-five times in a row to catch every bit of scrollery, every line of verse, every flash of a scene. It is a graphic novel-style book trailer and it blew me the hell away. I’d never seen anything like it. It’s edgy, it’s beyond entertaining, and it’s so fast it could inflict seizures in Japanese children (you know the urban legend.) Bottom line: it FRIGGING ROCKS and it sums up TRICK OF THE LIGHT and THE GRIMROSE PATH–the entire TRICKSTER Series in a string of scenes and flashes of light that are pure beauty and a level of kick-ass that might exceed the books themselves. People: Heaven, Hell, or...