Scarlet Letters

Day Three of the Virtual Tour In Which Elizabeth Never Gets Stranded in Chicago. Courtesy of the fine folks at  Seventh Star Press  and Tomorrow Comes Media, I'm doing a blog tour and interview blitz this week. Thanks to everyone who came to the live chat tonight! Much fun was had, plus the trivia contest and there may have been some Glenfiddich involved. Maybe. Posts to date: • It's No Good to Anybody In Your Head , hosted by Shells Interviews •  Writer Wednesday Interview , hosted by Book in the Bag •  In Defense of Horror , hosted by  The Den of Debauchery •  The Eroticism of the Vampire , hosted by  Beauty in Ruins The blog tour is linked and coordinated at  Tomorrow Comes Media . Naturally, this whole thing is intended to promote  Nocturne Infernum.  What's that? Good lord, you really haven't been reading this blog, or my endless blatherings in social media.  Nocturne Infernum  is the compilation of all th...

Day Two of the Virtual Tour In Which Elizabeth Doesn't Have to Bag Her Shampoo. I could get used to this. Courtesy of the fine folks at  Seventh Star Press  and Tomorrow Comes Media, I'm doing a blog tour and interview blitz this week. Today's post is below: •  In Defense of Horror , hosted by  The Den of Debauchery •  The Eroticism of the Vampire , hosted by  Beauty in Ruins The entire blog tour plan is linked and coordinated at  Tomorrow Comes Media . Coming tomorrow: an interview and another blog post! And at 8 p.m. CDT, I will be in  the Literary Underworld Tavern chatroom  to talk about the book, take your questions and maybe give away some prizes! Naturally, this whole thing is intended to promote  Nocturne Infernum.  What's that? Good lord, you really haven't been reading this blog, or my endless blatherings in social media.  Nocturne Infernum  is the compilation of all three  Nocturne  books,...

This is my favorite kind of book tour: the kind where I don't have to pack anything. Courtesy of the fine folks at Seventh Star Press and Tomorrow Comes Media, I'm doing a blog tour and interview blitz this week. Today's post is below: • The Eroticism of the Vampire , hosted by Beauty in Ruins So be prepared to see much of this information posted and re-posted all week, with my apologies, except not really. It's all part of my evil plan for world domination. Muahahahaha. The entire blog tour plan is linked and coordinated at Tomorrow Comes Media . I will repost this list each evening with the links to the various content, and additional content on this blog as well. At 8 p.m. CST Wednesday, I will be in the Literary Underworld Tavern chatroom to talk about the book, take your questions and maybe give away some prizes! Links will be posted here Wednesday morning. Naturally, the whole thing is intended to promote Nocturne Infernum.  What's that? Good...

Two time zones, three airports, four hours' sleep and five cabs in a 27-hour marathon brought me home today. Yesterday. I think. I no longer remember what time zone I'm in or where I'm supposed to be, and this is posting tomorrow morning anyway. I stepped off the plane and went right back to work, and I am so tired I'm surprised this afternoon's story is in English. For those who followed my misadventures on Twitter, I am going to hold off on narrating the insanity that was my return from Florida until I know how the story ends. Suffice to say it was the worst transportation mess I've ever been in, and hopefully ever will be. My brain is still trapped at baggage claim in Chicago and my energy is stuck in a kiosk in Orlando, so I will hold off on anything more substantive until they catch up. I will report on the amazing Excellence in Journalism conference, which I cannot recommend more highly to any journalist in our field; on the delights of seeing Florid...

Home again, for slightly more than 48 hours this time. Dragoncon was a pile of fun with very few sour notes, and despite the utter insanity of trying to get in and out of Hotlanta with 85,000 of my closest friends, I had a wonderful time. I am not going to try to list all the people who were awesome this weekend, because I will inevitably leave someone out. I will note that Keith, Wrenn, Meredith and Heather were the best of roomies; it was always a party in our room. It was delightful to see old friends, meet new ones, and share the good words with all the terrific people in the panels. I am always grateful and honored to be among Dragoncon's guests, and the show never disappoints. (Boy enjoyed all the cosplay pictures, by the way. And he is squeeing all over his vintage-style Captain America poster. It's possible I raised a geek.) In case you missed it: The Daily Dragon  did an interview with me , and I also participated in an author roundtable discussion on tradit...

Suppose George Washington was a werewolf? Even better: suppose his affliction caused him to delay crossing the Delaware River, and thus the patriots lost the Revolutionary War? That moment spurs Silver Tongue , a wildly creative and enjoyable young-adult adventure following three young people in an alternate universe where three nations exist in what we would call America: New Britannia, Nouvelle France and Nueva Espana.  Claire is a half-Native woman living in Nouvelle France, a bright and adventurous young woman with special powers and two best friends: Sam, the brooding werewolf who hid his secret curse inherited from his disgraced great-grandfather, General Washington; and Phileas, a young gay man fascinated by science.  After mysterious men in red coats murder Sam’s family, the three set off on a journey across the three nations to find the killers. We come along for the ride, exploring a quasi-steampunk 1839 world with one foot in our history and one ...

Actually, you stand a pretty good chance of finding me this year. Due to postal shenanigans, my name didn't go out in time for me to snag panels, so I'm a late addition. My panel schedule is pretty light. Does that mean I might actually get to attend a panel I'm not on? Shush with the crazytalk. Thursday: Traveling to Nashville. Hi, y'all. Friday: Traveling to Atlanta. - Panel: "And That's the Truth!" on building a career with nonfiction. 2:30 p.m. Hyatt Embassy. Saturday: Atlanta. - Panel: "For Survival: Four Days Later" on basic survival techniques once you've lived past the initial Big Whatever. 4 p.m. Westin Chastain. Sunday: Atlanta. - Panel: "Developing Characters Who Come Alive," and I'm the moderator. Eeeek. Someone gimme questions! 2:30 p.m. Hyatt Embassy. - Reading: Whatever I decide. Any suggestions? Offering a free limited-edition chapbook of Gethsemane  while supplies last. 5:30 p.m. Hyatt Vinings, to be...