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If you publish independently, your e-mail account probably looks about like mine: an enormous series of solicitations and come-ons for getting your book in front of readers, all of which cost you some money, and none of which come with … Continue reading →

  It’s a truism among writers: when you try to sell something that features black, Hispanic, or Asian characters, editors and publishers will push back, asking you to make the characters a bit paler, a bit pinker, a bit more … Continue reading →

I wind up in occasional discussions on Twitter that are slightly awkward. My Twitter presence grew around my efforts to market my book, and, since that book features black and Hispanic characters, my environment on Twitter is dominated by black … Continue reading →

One of the things that happened to me while writing this book is that I came to have a strange fondness for the South Bronx. I lived so intently in my fictional version of Mott Haven that I know the … Continue reading →

Given that a Tennessee woman has confused discussion of such things as cell lines and ovaries with pornography, may I suggest that everyone go buy the book? The only way to fight idiocy is to make it backfire.

Here’s my take on what you should watch for Halloween. Click the titles to go to the Amazon page. 1) Bubba Ho-Tep JFK and Elvis have retired to a West Texas nursing home that is beset by a soul-sucking mummy. … Continue reading →

For those that missed it live, the archive copy of the interview is here. Matt Haas is going to interview me on Paranormal Talk Radio Friday night, 10/30/2015, at 8PM EDT (that’s 7PM CDT, 6PM Denver, 5PM Phoenix, 5PM PDT). … Continue reading →

I use this blog primarily to flog my book. Every once in a while, I use it to report on personal stuff. This is one of those cases: I saw today that Maureen O’Hara has died, and that reminded me … Continue reading →

Rosarita’s Redemption is well underway, with the surviving children fleeing the Bronx and attempting to make it to Florida, where Letitia believes that warmth and food will enable everyone to just get along. It’s not much of a spoiler to … Continue reading →