May
15
Are you an author, a producer, a maker, an artist, a creator? Are you a jewelry maker, a gadgeteer, a wordsmith, a book pusher, a tinkerer, a crafter, a pen artist of haikus and sundry?
Are you willing to help out with a cause near and dear to my heart? (more…)
May
06
I’m finally back from this year’s RT Booklovers Convention, and miracle of miracles, I’m up before 7am. I don’t know who I am, either.
I’ve got a crazy amount of work to do—and a metric ass-ton of books to give away—so this one’s short(ish) and fairly sweet.
RT Reviewer’s Choice Award: Best Steampunk 2012, Tarnished
I have placed it next to Neil Gaiman’s Illuminate Parkinson’s framed photo and a fan-made wire that says Cherry’s catchphrase, “Allez, hop!” And a pocket watch. It makes me feel all kinds of official and real and author-like, and I like to pretend that somewhere, Neil is shining that light down on me in approval. (more…)
Apr
27
It’s the quick OMG I still have to pack I’m gone all day Sunday my plane leaves ass-early o’clock Tuesday event blast! Here’s what I’m up to.
We’ll be having a twitter chat on Monday, 4/29, from 3-4PM EST, with Karina Cooper, and we’d love for you to participate! It will be using hashtag #WickedOne, and we’ll be chatting about all kinds of things—namely, witches! We’d love it if you shared your favorite witches (from books, movies, TV and beyond), but we’re also keen to hear about your favorite epic endings, favorite moments in the Dark Mission series—and don’t forget, Karina will be answering questions, so please do join us! Here’s the cherry on top of our paranormal Sundae (err…Monday): anyone who tweets using #WickedOne will be entered to win the complete Dark Mission series!
I have panels! Parties! Signings! Also, I tend to wander around tweeting at random until somebody finds me and I give them a book. I’m super narcissistic like that.
12:00 p.m.: Beyond Giggles and Screams
2:30 p.m.: Steampunk Sojourn: Grab Your Goggles!
1:30 p.m.: The Steampunk Clockwork Tea — I’m not listed, but I’ll be there in fashionable minion capacity!
4:00 p.m.: The EXPO Signing — Looking for my digital books? Want to support It Gets Better with Wicked Lies? Come see me at the digital expo!
1:15 p.m.: RT Book Reviews Awards Ceremony — Come cheer wildly as I receive the Best Steampunk Novel of 2012 award! I’ll try not to swear when I say thank you.
4:15 p.m.: The Red Slipper Lounge — Come get free books! I will sign them. I will flutter my lashes at you. I will steal your shoes. At the insistence of others who don’t want people to avoid coming in fear of shoe-thievery, I’ve been advised to strike all references to shoe-mugging.
11:00 a.m.: Giant Book Fair — Wherein I shall sign anything you’d like me to sign!
8:00 p.m.: Carina Press Cocktail Party — I won’t be signing, because I don’t have anything out with Carina yet, so it’s all about having a great time!
Available April 30th!
Have you ordered your copy yet?
Feb
19
I have told you time and time again that I had no news for you regarding the next Cherry St. Croix book, save for it’s title and the promise of a deeper look at life below the drift. I’ve teased a little—more Hawke? more answers? more acrobatics?—and I’ve finally gotten the okay to let go of all my secrets.
Release the secretive, slobbery hounds! (more…)
Feb
05
Once in a while, I actually get out into the great, bright yonder. And/or do things that don’t actually require me to put pants on.
Are you going? Fabulous! Me and a whole bunch of other really cool paranormal romance authors will hang out with you in beautiful St. Augustine, FL! We’ll be all yours for the duration, although I can make no guarantees about pants. It’s the beach, after all.
We are a multigenre fiction magazine. We published three issues last year, each funded by its own Kickstarter. That wasn’t really a sustainable way to make a magazine, and we want to create more certainty for our readers and for the magazine.
So we came up with a new plan for Year Two: a monthly subscription website and ebook (epub and mobi). Each issue in Year Two will have two pieces of flash fiction (1,000 words or less), one short story, and one of 12 episodes of a serial fiction experiment by Chuck Wendig. Each issue will also have artwork by Galen Dara. We plan to begin the publishing the monthly magazine on July 1.
The website is being rethought by Pablo Defendini and will be brand new. It is being designed responsively, which means it will adjust to display an optimum reading experience on screens of any size, from smartphones up through giant monitors. We are aiming to provide a clean, simple way to read our stories without any clutter or distractions, just the words and the artwork.
Fireside will also open to submissions for flash fiction on March 15 if this Kickstarter is successful.
I love this magazine. I love the concept, the purpose, the stories I’ve read and the authors featured. I love the fact that I was invited to be part of it, and I’m so utterly over the moon, I don’t even know where my feet are.
That’s how much I love this.
And did you see the best part? Did you? Let me repeat it here for you, in bold:
Fireside will also open to submissions for flash fiction on March 15 if this Kickstarter is successful.
Which means you, support this. Then prepare to get writing, because I expect to see you submitting your flash fiction when the call goes out.
Dec
26
Because spamming you all with review links would be totally awesome and also not so helpful to your state of mind, I’ve decided to collect them all here in this posting. I know, I know, I am nothing if not extremely thoughtful and kind.
You just roll with it. (more…)
Nov
27
This week is going to be a ridiculously awesome week. Not only am I looking at the onset of a really great mood (screw you, depression! right in the earhole!), but also because I’m headed to the great wintry Wisconsin for an amazing weekend.
TeslaCon is a weekend-long, interactive steampunk event that is totally out of this world. No, really! We’re headed to the moon on the HMS Silverstar, where we’ll be treated to the very best of service the Crown can give us. (more…)
Oct
31
One of the most awesome parts about going to a convention full of One’s People is the creative inspiration that stems from all that crazy energy circling around.
This year’s Steamcon IV did not disappoint in the creative department. From steampunk vampires to dancers to even this amazing steampunk Supergirl, the event was a wild and spectacular affair of laughter, color, workshops and, yes, gears.
But the part I love most in any steampunk convention? The merchants.
I absolutely love steampunk merchandise. While it’s true that the steampunk community favors producers as a rule, I like to call myself a consumer who keeps those producers in business. I think it’s so much fun to browse merchant wares; I spent many hours going up and down and up and down the aisles, and if the event lasted for longer, I would have been back every single day. There are so many great ideas to be had from browsing wares, and I walked away with more than my fair share of new purchases… (more…)
Jun
29
It’s almost time, folks. July 7th is right around the corner! Have you gotten your tickets yet?
When: July 7th, 8pm
Where: The SPARK Museum of Electrical Invention, in Bellingham, WA
What: $20 tickets (children under 10 get in free!)
This much awesome: not only will Abney Park be playing for us, but our opening band will be Adrian H and the Wounds. Just getting off tour with David J of Bauhaus and Love & Rockets fame, Adrian’s crew is an amazing group eager to share their dark cabaret style and gothic rock roots, all capped with Steampunk flair.
First? It’s Abney Park, and you totally want to be part of the Steampunk revolution! If that isn’t enough, there’s Adrian H and the Wounds, who are eager to enter the Steampunk community and rock our faces off.
Intermission will showcase a lights and tesla display by the technologically gifted folks at the SPARK Museum!
And when it’s all said and done? Captain Robert and I will be signing our respective books—The Wrath of Fate by Robert Brown, and Tarnished, the first in The St. Croix Chronicles by yours truly—after the show!
Bellingham—situated ideally between Seattle and Vancouver, BC—loves the Steampunk community. We’re home to the Bellingham Steampunk Society and some pretty fabulous Steampunk authors who will be reading earlier in the day at Village Books (including me!).
So what do you say? Will I see you there?
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Author of paranormal romance, steampunk urban fantasy, and all kinds of other works. I'm known for an "intensely sexy" vibe, dark and gritty detail, and for my Twitter, which is kind of spamaliciously delightful. I love to write. You love to read. It's a match made in heaven, don't you think?