My latest publication is another humorous piece, this time in Defenestration Magazine. It may look a trifle familiar to folks on the Horror in Film and Literature list: “Review: Dracula X” By Defenestration ⋅ July 13, 2011 ⋅ I was a little worried about seeing this as I had not see the first nine installments,…
Category: vampires
Publications: Encyclopedia of the Vampire
Where are my minions? Surely they would have reminded me that I had forgotten about the two essays I have written for the Encyclopedia of the Vampire, which apparently comes out this November (which I hope means I will finally get paid for writing them 🙂 http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=000000&IS2=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=magicwombat-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&m=amazon&f=ifr&md=10FE9736YVPPT7A0FBG2&asins=0313378339 Doubtless this is going to be one of…
My Students: Full of Awesome
Two grad students who are doing independent studies with me also made music videos to go with their projects. I don’t think I can link to Kira’s video on Facebook (a mash-up of Tipping the Velvet and the Brandi Carlile song “I Was Made for You”), but I can link to Caitlin’s video for Lady…
Susan Hanniford Crowley: Great Heroines
I met Susan at Albacon last year, where we had a lot of laughs. She has a wide variety of skills and an enviable head of hair, too! Why I Must Have Great Heroines in My Romances!Susan Hanniford Crowley I remember when I was a child, my teacher asking the class to write about a…
BitchBuzz: Vampire Cheese
My latest column for BitchBuzz on vampire shows to watch while waiting for the next installment of Twilight or True Blood, shows a little chutzpah considering my editor had tweeted earlier that same day that one of “the things we’re all sick of” included vampires. Have I got timing or what? She still published it….
BitchBuzz: Subverting the Bite
My latest column for BitchBuzz explores the way young fans have hijacked the overt message of abstinence in Stephanie Meyer’s vampire series Twilight. Just goes to show you can’t control the passion of young girls (not completely anyway…). Oh and how much the boys resent Comic-Con being taken over by girls. Hee hee hee!