I threw out How to Date a Teenage Vampire. I’ll be keeping a semblance of the plot and the characters will stay the same – but an idea exploded behind my eyes this evening and I must kidnap the lot of them and take them to NaNo with me.
Which means my YA novel is going to be later than expected. I might miss the Delacourte deadline. I might have to shop it out next year. Or – it might go swimmingly and I’ll have it all ready …

You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you. ~ Dale Carnegie
It isn’t kind to cultivate a friendship just so one will have an audience. ~ Lawana Blackwell
…forever got a lot shorter all of a sudden.
Didn’t it though?
Now, you listen to me, Mr. Grand High Poobah of Upper Buttcrack, I’m just about half-past give a shit with your fun and games.
Upper buttcrack… (insert Beavis giggle here)
Well lick it, …

(yes I know I’m not supposed to be here…shhhh…don’t tell!)
AUTHORS
I’m putting together a Halloween Special Edition of my newsletter – and I’ve got spots for some promotional blurbage from my author friends. If you have something you’d like to promote, let me know ASAP. This newsletter is going out by the end of today (6PM Friday, Central Time) unless my brain shorts out and I sleep…. *ahem*
Anyway – banners are welcome only if the are light -under 30k. Text must be under 100 words, excluding your link. Send to jodi …

I absolutely hate that I made the rules for Courting Morpheus the way I did. I’m having difficulty choosing from the lucky inmates…er…writers that made it to the lock up…er…second round. I know Jeff is sitting there, drumming his fingers on his desk and mentally skewering me in his next short…I can tell. Settle down, ya’ll…it’s comin’.
So while I have CM sitting and stewing slowly on the back burner of my mental oven, I’m also laboring gently with the YA novel. I’ve got the main character to the …

Gratia Placenti – For the Sake of Pleasing
Gratia Placenti
Date of Publication: December 1st, 2007
SPECIAL TBP Pre-Order Price: $12.95
This is the much anticipated follow up to the Stoker nominated featured writer anthology Aegri Somnia. Gratia Placenti translated means “for the sake of pleasing.” 13 of the most sinister, darkest writers in the horror business were tasked with conveying their take on the theme of gratia placenti.
Table of Contents
“Only Spirits Cry” – R. Thomas Riley
“Crasher” – Debbie Kuhn
“Follow the Canary” – Athena Workman
“Translatio” – Geoffrey Girard
“Party Makers” – Adrienne Jones
“Some Glue Never …