“There is a crack in everything; That’s how the light gets in.” Leonard Cohen, Anthem I was pleased to announce my latest publication yesterday, The Big Splash, a novella by my alter ego Kit Marlowe. It’s a bit ironic that this breezy, madcap adventure has run into a bit of a limbo problem. While you…
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Out Now: The Big Splash!
Out now! The Big Splash Introducing the world of Constance & Collier by Kit Marlowe It’s London in the Jazz Age: the times are fast and the women faster. Constance Wynne Hare has men eager to throw themselves at her feet—so why does she pine for the one man who takes her for granted? A…
Writer Wednesday: Evolution of a Spy
I got an update from the editor of SpyFi and Superspies, the collection of essays on the influence of James Bond in all his permutations upon popular culture. It’s on track so edits should be here soon on my piece about creating the Chastity Flame franchise. Franchise? Did I just write that? I guess after…
2013 Round Up
I think of this as the “sabbatical year” but the truth is it’s only the second half that’s been that delirious wild ride of freedom time for reflection, research and writing. I don’t tend to be the kind of person who spends much time looking back, but it’s helpful at times to assess where you’ve…
What’s New, Pussycat?
A few new things to let you know about: HÁVAMÁL After an inadvertent break, my translations and commentary of verses from Hávamál have returned over at Pagan Square. September ended up being even more of a juggling act than I had anticipated, so I am glad to finally get back to the project. Bit by…
Out Now: A Cut-Throat Business!
The third Chastity Flame novel is out now and ready for your eyeballs! Speaking of eyeballs, take a look at that faboo cover by the one and only S. L. Johnson. A Cut-Throat Business sees our favourite secret agent take on a set of all new challenges: There’s a killer loose in London, protected in…
Writer Wednesday: Creating a Killer
I’m over at A Knife and A Quill today talking about how I gave my serial killer in A CUT-THROAT BUSINESS a distinctive identity. Drop by to see what Chas is up against this time and how this book is about the thrill and the chase (and not so much the sex, so you can…
Finland: Cousins Gathering
Now that I’ve finally finished that one novel and sent it off — how lovely to type those two words, “The End”– I can get back to showing more pictures from my trip to Finland (and a million billion other things). Today it’s the day of the cousins gathering, which was great fun. I have…
Writer Wednesday: News Updates
This week has been particularly hectic work-wise, although as usual I find plenty of time to idle as well, remembering Jerome K. Jerome’s wise words, “It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do.” I have a conference paper to finish on Lynda Barry as well as line edits…
Art, Social Media & Horror
You’ve got three chances to catch me this week (assuming you’re not one of my students, then you’ve got a few more). Monday night I’ll be at the opening reception for the “Text as Art” exhibit at the Arts Center of the Capital Region. I’ll have a chance to talk about my mixed media piece…