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Blog postYesterday, I was waiting for the bus to take me home. It had been a long, boring day in the Cube. I had scribbled a few words about a story idea but nothing more. The sky was cloudy and my mood wasn’t much brighter.
Just then, a tall man, wide as a refrigerator, passed by me, stopped, turned to face me and pointed a
finger at me. He said, “You! I like your books.”
I mumbled a shocked thanks as he walked away.
My mood lifted. Sometimes, it just takes a brief wor -
Blog postSo, let’s get down to the heart of the matter.
I’ve been blocked lately. I need to get back to work. I want to get back to work.
When I crack open a new journal, click my pen and declare, “Okay! Let’s write a story!”, I feel deep inside me a great exhalation, as if this inner, bored muse is saying, “Yes! Finally!”and is so grateful that I’m finally getting back on track.
And that’s good, right?
But then there is another, thicker voice that lazily counters -
Blog postThere’s been a lot of changes in my life recently.
Not so much changes in my life but in the lives around me. Coworkers I’ve been sharing the misery at the day job for the past 15 years retiring, friends moving away, and all the usual stuff that makes one start thinking about where they are and if they want to still be in that place during the next solar cycle.
So I decided to do something and look around for a new gig. I wanted something more in tune with me and -
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Blog postDamien Echols came to town to push his new book, High Magick.
For anyone not familiar with Damien Echols, here is the backstory in a quick pinch: in 1994, he was sentenced to death for the satanic ritual murder of three 8 year old boys. The evidence used to convict him was his reading habits (Stephen King), the weird obsession of Jerry Driver, the local juvenile officer who was convinced that Echols was the kingpin of a Satanic cult, and the confession (multiple ones since he kept cha -
Blog postToday, I was asked a very odd question.
“Are you ever afraid about writing horror stories since you live in the Bible Belt? Are you afraid of what people might think about you?”
I answered, “Hmmm, no. Although I have been called out as a witch many, many times, I’m not afraid. What I am amazed by is how many of these very same people will come to me privately and ask me to hex people. They never want me to heal or bless. I think that says more about them than me.”
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Blog postAt my last physical, my doctor called me his most boring patient because, other than hypertension and cholesterol, I was healthy for a 53 year old.
A week later, I get a chirpy little message from someone in the doctor’s office, “Hey, your blood tests say you have hypothyroidism. You need to come in and see about treatment. Okay, bye!”
Well, hell.
So, a little backstory: 8 years ago, I was really, really sick. My heart was beating like a hummingbird. I couldn’t sleep. -
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Blog postThe last few days have been exhausting. Traveling, shooting a film, heat, bug bites, fear, stress….all the fun stuff.
I’ll write it all up soon. Trust me.
Until then, here’s how today went:
Got roughly 4 hours of sleep Woke up coughing and not feeling so good Go to dayjob. Come home from dayjob because I think I’m coming down with the Mongolian Death Flu. Take a shit, stand up, wipe, toss paper in toilet and see a small frog with huge battle weary eyes looking up at me. “W -
Blog postThis is the weekend of the 48 Hour Film Challenge. It’s a glorious task where a group writes, films, edits and turns in a movie in 48 hours. I’m working with Forcone Films. This year we have an embarrassment of riches when it comes to sets and actors. Now it’s on my shoulders to write a script. About what? WHO KNOWS?!!?! We won’t know the genre until we pull it at 7:00 pm.
Y’all, pray for me. Burn some sage. Shake some bones. Conjure up some good Muse Mojo for your girl here. Get my b -
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Blog postI couldn’t sleep. My head wouldn’t shut up so I didn’t get a very good night’s sleep.
I have three alarms to insure that I wake up in time to catch the bus. I have Alexa programmed to go off at 4:45 a.m. and then again at 4:50 a.m.
My husband’s alarm goes off with a annoyingly cheerful chirp at 5:00 a.m.
Except it didn’t.
I woke up at 5:26. SHIT. That means I can’t make the bus. Okay. No biggie; I’ll drive in.
I take a shower. No time to wash my hair. T -
Blog postOther couples wear matching shirts.
Ugh. Those guys. Don’t be those guys. My husband and I got matching tattoos.
I guess we’re stuck with each other now Cuz we’re badasses like that.
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Blog postIt snuck up on me.
At first, I brushed it off as fatigue caused by the time change. My body reacting to the weather being so wonky. 70 degrees on day and 19 degrees the next. I even checked the calendar, hoping maybe it was hormones, even though that isn’t a reliable scapegoat since I started menopause.
Yesterday, I had to finally admit it. The all over muscle aches, the inability to concentrate, not appreciating the blue skies and sunshine that heralded that Spring was definitely -
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Blog postThis story has a history. It was selected for an anthology that was shelved so I took it back after a year. Shortly afterward, the anthology was published.
In my own bleak view of myself, I figured the story wasn't good enough.
So I sat on it.
And then, one day, with nothing else on my plate, I decided to give it a read.
And, ya know what? The story was good. I liked it.
I made a promise to myself to put out more things -
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Blog postTrying out the preorder option over at Amazon.
Check this out...
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0792LGN9C/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1516150222&sr=8-1&keywords=the+Perverse+Muse
Let's see how this flies!< -
Blog postHere are covers for two stories I'll be releasing very soon.
I seem to have a kneeling theme going on
Artwork done by Mat Yan (matyan90@gmail.com)
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Blog postHave you ever wondered what life was like for Bear Gunn before Jake Istenhegyi crossed his path?
Now you can know!
It is now available for Kindle at Amazon.com!
"1920's, New Orleans. Barrington "Bear " Gunn is a WWI veteran who decides to live the life of his pulp heroes and open up a detective agency. Unfortunately, the gumshoe business is more about avoiding bill collectors than punching bad guys. Then one day, a terrified musician on the r -
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Blog postOkay, just a quick little update.
The latest rounds of edits for Jake Istenhegyi: The Accidental Detective, book 6: Corpses, Coins, Ghosts and Goodbyes has been done.
Soon this will be off to the great Publisher in the Sky.
And then I'll be off to my next project. Whatever that it is.
Oh gawd......
What have I done????
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Blog postWith deadlines looming, I decided to start painting.
Because, of course.
Light Others
This was my first. It's a theme I want to explore called So Many Unlit Candles. Yeah. It ended up looking like a waterlogged tampon but I think I got the idea across. Right?
Oh, Fuck
This one started out being a landscape at twilight and ended up being a little stick guy about to be slammed by weird slices of watermelon? Pizza bombs? You dec -
Blog postA long time ago, waaay waaaaay WAY back when I was young, beautiful and immortal, I pondered what I would do if I knew I only had twenty four hours left to live.
Because that's the sort of things I did back then.
I wrote in my journal (it had a midnight blue velvet cover with a silver unicorn on it because of course it did.) that I would "spend my remaining hours writing furiously, all the stories I had locked in my brain and all the truths I had learned so that fu -
Blog postI just got back from my 6 month dental cleaning and I learned 3 new things:
1) Don't get a late afternoon appointment. The chipper, kind hygienist that I usually get when I have an 8 a.m. appointment has been scraping teeth for seven hours by now and she isn't going to be quite so gentle with your mouth hole. She's gonna scrape, cut, jab and do whatever she has to do to finish swabbing out your disgusting mawl and get out to a pitcher of margaritas.
2) You will dr -
Blog postOH man, it's finally here!
A year ago, I was approached with a challenge to write a story for a series called Cryptid Clash about two cryptids that fight to the death.
I sat back in my chair, templed my fingers under my chin in the most Holmesian fashion and asked myself: What monsters would be the most fun to put into a gladiatorial ring? And, more importantly, what two monsters that have not be done to death?
I chose Mongolian Death Worms versus Mole -
Blog postOkay, I just finished the true crime podcast, Dirty John. And I have so many words that must come out.
First of all, those not in the loop, Dirty John is a podcast about this con man, lothario, drug addict, all around waste of carbon, John Meehan, and how he seduces, marries and tortures of the family of Debra Newell.
Caught up? Good.
One more caveat: this post is going to do a SHIT TON of victim blaming so, if you can't handle that, just leave right now be -
Blog postThe elevators in the building where I work are wonky today. They will go up or maybe they will go down but whichever way you need to go, the elevator will choose only to go the opposite.
Which is why I had to walk up 7 flights of stairs.
Well, technically , I walked 10 flights since there are three floors that are marked XXX. The local belief is that is where the gremlins that plague the building hide.
As you can imagine, I was not a h -
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Last weekend, Brian and I went to see the recently resurrected Edgar A. Poe do a reading of his works.
It was a brilliant performance. He was funny, tragic and very entertaining. Later, he answered questions from the gallery. The usual sort of questions: why do you write all that macabre stuff? What ha -
Blog postYesterday, I attended a class about the ins and outs of self-publishing. I didn't learn anything new but it was nice to affirm what I thought I knew.
But I did make a few observations.
First, the building the class was held in was warehouse that had been refurbished to hold Creative Spaces. You know. Big, bright lofty areas that creatives can rent out a space to have an office or place to hold brainstorming meetings. Huge areas with tall windows that let in the s -
Blog postToday I went to the flea market at the Nashville Fairgrounds. I love going to the flea market. Usually, my husband and I will go and play a game to see who can find the weirdest thing for the least amount of money. The last time we played, he bought a weird fetish mask for $15. I bought a claw on a stick for $1.
Wishes not included
I won that game. Obviously.
Today I went alone because, frankly, I really needed some Alone Time. I've been around a lot of people lat -
Blog postThis is the film I worked on for Forcone Films. It won for Special Effects and Makeup.
Click the link and see why!
https://www.facebook.com/Nashville48HFP/videos/1473695526010737/< -
Blog postI'm a fan and humble Patreon of Ask Lovecraft on Youtube. If you enjoy some weird yet lovable advice from a recently resurrected pulp author from the '20s, this is the show for you!
It's funny, touching and it has been running for 5 years. It's been fascinating to watch it grow from a black backdrop to an actual set (of sorts). To celebrate that achievement, the show held a writing contest which a story penned by Yours Truly was performed.
Go check it out!
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Blog postI'm a fan of a Youtube series called Ask Lovecraft. It's a whimsical little show where the regenerated corpse of H.P. Lovecraft, the noted pulp maestro of the Cthulhu Mythos, answers queries that are posted to him by people who are seeking answers to the various mysteries of life.
It's a family show.
It recently celebrated its Fifth Anniversary and decided to mark the event with a literary contest. The rules were simple: a dark, weird story of one thousand words or less -
Blog postSo, to sum up last night's Zombie Apocalypse Live experience....WOW. Here in Nashville, it was set up in the Nashville Nightmare site (and if anyone knows the care and incredible attention to detail that Brad puts into his haunts, damn...movie quality sets). The guns you have are heavy and feel real. It's dark, loud (so loud...sensory hell) and hot AF. We were drenched in sweat.
We started out with another couple who WUSSED OUT before we even got through the front door! You get attacked b -
Blog postGoing through my journal today, I found a doodle that screams as loud today as it did the day I scribbled it on the page.
*Warning* I have no artistic talent. The Girl got all of that.
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Blog postI work with a little bitty thing called Bethany. She has a round cherubic face, a desk sign that says “There is always something to be grateful for!” and she is the sweetest thing on the planet.
Photographic representation
Of course, I must break her.
She and her husband recently bought a house and she was telling me about the rose bushes the previous owners left behind.
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Blog postToday was garden day. Brian and I spent all day in the backyard watering, planting and doing all sorts of outdoor stuff.
One of the things he did was finally put up the carpenter bee traps.
This is a carpenter bee.
Carpenter bees, for those who don't know, are like bumblebees on steroids except they don't sting. They bore into wood and buzz around. Harmless. Unless you're made of wood which most people are not.
This is the trap Brian put out. < -
Blog postI had a good weekend. I dug up some dead shrubs and replaced them with new ones (they are sticks right now BUT in a year, they will be glorious shrubbery!), planted a vegetable garden, cleaned the house, hosted a family get-together that went fabulously, learned a new game (Bocce is amazingly addictive), watched an episode of Doctor Who that did not suck, tried to write but ended up staring into the sky, watched some MST3K: The Revival (that kinda sucked but I'm giving it time to settle in befor
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Jake Istenhegyi: The Accidental Detective, Vol. 1
Sep 10, 2015
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Legends of New Pulp Fiction
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The Adventures of Moose and Skwirl
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Gunn Takes a Gander: A Barrington Gunn Caper
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Nashville Noir
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