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The playlist is getting steadily more solid, if not in order yet. For some reason, I’m not listening to it when I work, but at random other times, at which point I have to fight the urge to go write (because I have to do other things, too). I think I’ll have to weed it […]

Now available at Amazon.com, Smashwords, B&N, and OmniLit. Threads of Life, Threads of Guilt DeAnna Knippling Mattie’s ready to give up when her twin, Matt, drags her to Casa Eva, reputed to be St. Augustine’s “fountain of youth” for cancer patients.  But can she be cured of losing her will to live? If I were a better person, I

I think I need to start a list of T-shirts to make: DON’T EDIT YOUR FACE!  IF YOU EDIT YOUR FACE, YOU’LL F@#$ IT UP! Warning:  TMI …and now, WTF, St. Augustine?  WTF? Which, you know, there are stories behind all those shirts that I won’t get into now, but they would make me happy.

You know, my week starts on Mondays.  So this week is a day short. I have the Coldplay song in my head that goes, “Nobody said it was easy…but nobody said it would be this hard.” For me, this is about the place where the doubts start to creep in.  I’m not at the point

Now available at Smashwords, Amazon.com, OmniLit, and Barnes and Noble.  More sites to come… Creators of Small Worlds by DeAnna Knippling Horror/Cthulu.  Yes, this is my “I met a worshipper of Cthulu on Facebook” story. Andrea had one chance to talk to Chris Demoulin before he unleashed horror on Las Vegas—and failed.  Now the question isn’t, “could she

Emma Honeyball reviewed Tales Told Under the Covers: Zombie Girl Invasion & Other Stories for me and had such nice things to say… These are stories where the kids are in charge. The cohesive family unit is important, but the kids are the ones who are empowered to save the world. The adults are largely helpless. Astra’s

Now available at Smashwords, OmniLit, Barnes & Noble, and Amazon.com. The Woods Behind Grandmother’s House by DeAnna Knippling Warning: Strong language and adult situations. I set this behind my grandparents’ house–actually, it’s behind my great-grandmother’s little house, across the road from my grandparents.  The roses come from the other side of the family, though.  The places I played

What with one thing and another, I hadn’t run into DRM problems until a couple of weeks ago. I bought a book I wanted to read that was only on Amazon at that point, downloaded it, and went to convert it to .epub so I could read it on my Nook. No.  Calibre would NOT

I am GOING to lose this otherwise…saved by the Internet! A timeline of events I consider relevant to the Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There books (and to the book I’m writing, Alice’s Adventures in Underland).  Ages approximate. 1832 – Charles born. 1846 – Charles goes to Rugby (age

The question came up yesterday–how do I know when I’m ready to submit a story? Okay.  The answer is very scary, difficult to accept, and goes against what lots of people will tell you. Write the story as close to straight through as possible. Put the story in standard manuscript format (I used to do