Monthly Archives: January 2012

The Easter Bunny Must Die, Part 6

(Chapter One can be found here, here, and here. Chapter Two is contained here and here.) “You can stay with me tonight,” Harriet said at the end. “There’s a box of stuff for Goodwill in the spare room, so you … Continue reading

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Social Networking: How Much Is Not Enough?

So one of my resolutions, post-Confusion, was to be better about social networking and spreading word of my projects. Towards that end I’ve been posting scraps of the WIP on a daily basis (and plan to do so until it’s … Continue reading

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The Easter Bunny Must Die, Part 5

(Chapter One can be found here, here, and here. The beginning of Chapter Two is here.) She picked up after the third ring. “Arachne’s Web Wooing, can I help you?” “Harriet?” I said. There was a long pause, during which … Continue reading

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Review: The Late American Novel

(Todd Vandemark passed this along in the hopes I’d have something to say about the book. I did.) In The Late American Novel: Writers on the Future of Books, editors Jeff Martin and C. Max Magee have collected a number … Continue reading

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The Easter Bunny Must Die, Part 4

Chapter One: Part One, Part Two, and Part Three THE EASTER BUNNY MUST DIE Chapter Two “You have got to be kidding me.” I stared up at my apartment building. Fire fighters and firetrucks surrounded it, and hoses were sending … Continue reading

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The Easter Bunny Must Die, Part 3

Part 1 and Part 2 I could feel Manley watching me as I trudged out the door. I paused outside the offices even though I knew he could see me through the glass. The protesters were still clustered around the … Continue reading

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Upcoming Appearances

In running through my notes about conventions for the teaching session tonight, I was revising my list of upcoming appearances. Here are my (semi-final-ish) plans for 2011. MidSouthCon (Editor GoH, baby! I’m very excited about this.) (March) Norwescon (April) Teaching … Continue reading

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The Easter Bunny Must Die, Part 2

(continued from here. We remain in Chapter One, I’ll post its conclusion tomorrow.) She went sprawling back amid the icy-rimmed puddles and concrete covered with slush and the marks of the garbage truck that had come through this morning. Her … Continue reading

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The Easter Bunny Must Die! (snippet from a work in progress)

I just started an urban fantasy novel, tentatively titled THE EASTER BUNNY MUST DIE!, which I’m in the very early stages of and am thinking would be part of a series called The Holiday Consortium. What do you think, would you keep reading? (Bear in mind, it’s still first draft rough!) Continue reading

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Tracking 2011

I posted earlier that I’d had nineteen stories published in 2011, and John asked for some particulars. Here they are, in a post that tries to sum up what I -did- in 2011. 🙂 I finished two large fiction projects. … Continue reading

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