For one event at AnomalyCon, the Plot in an Hour panel, the audience came up with Gingers in the Mist. Here’s what was worked out. Anyone who was in the audience can use this to write anything they desire: Genre: Dystopian steampunk mystery (with a little erotica on the side) Characters: Protagonists: Female: Redhead (tank […] Yes, I’ve been swamped for time, and have let the updates slip. Time to make up for it… I’m attending AnomalyCon in Denver this weekend. Having a blast, participating in 17 panels and events. Good to see all my authorly and artistly friends. Tonight I have a reading, plus am on two panels: Character Building […] The panels are done for the first day of COSine, a science fiction convention in Colorado Springs, CO. Before my panel, I stopped in on several panel discussions and a reading by David Boop. Today’s panel was “What Works and What Sells”, moderated by Sarah Hoyt. David Boop and Sam Knight joined me in a […] 
Nothing says true love like hot zombie sex. Yes, you read that right. Scheduled for release on February 14th — Valentine’s Day — from Angelic Knight Press, Fifty Shades of Decay will deliver true love and lust to your Kindle, ePub, or dead-tree format collection. The author list is impressive (if you ignore my name): […] I’ve seen this type of question pop up several times in the last few weeks: Is the vampire genre dead? Are zombie markets dying? Is the horror market in decline? The answer is actually simple: it doesn’t particularly matter in 2013. Yes, there are thousands of vampire/Twilight books available in the marketplace, particularly ebooks. With […] Welcome to the first entry in a new, ongoing series. I will be posting about authors I personally admire. Authors with wit, skill, a dazzling way with words, and who are just wonderful people in Real Life®. Some will be from the Golden Ages of Science Fiction, some will be from my formative years of […] One of the Facebook Groups I hang out on posts writing exercises. Sometimes they’re geared towards Bizarro, but most of the time they’re just fun practice to improve your craft. One was to generate a scene that had the characters conveying their thoughts and emotions without any dialogue. In ten minutes, I popped something out […] 
Looking to win a brand-new Kindle Fire HD? How about a free book … or even 15? From January 11th through the 14th, you can enter two separate contests (one right here, one over at the main contest website: http://nyhop.blogspot.com/) For my website, there are two sets of prizes. The first one is signed copies of […] 