The World Fantasy Convention (WFC) is the annual gathering for professionals in the field of writing and publishing fantasy fiction.  It has the highest percentage of editors, authors and other pro’s of any con I know (although Readercon, in Burlington, MA,  comes close).  This con doesn’t have pointy ears (either elf or Spock), although it does have [...]

When you write about vampires, sometimes there’s a feeling that it’s all been done before-and done very well by masters of horror and romance alike. So when it came time for me to plot a story arc for the second trilogy in my Vampire Babylon series, it was a challenge. How would I try to [...]

Hi, all! Later tomorrow, I’ll be giving away a copy of the vampire anthology FIRST BLOOD to someone who comments on this entry. But on to the topic…. The other weekend, someone asked me what I like to read and how that fits in to how I write. What a great question, because I used [...]

I love summer. I don’t mind snow (although I’d like it better if it fell everywhere except on the roads and my driveway), and the rebirth of springtime is inspiring, and autumn in New England blends crisp air and tart apples and leaves screaming with psychedelic color. In summertime the air turns sticky and sludgy, [...]