You are what you eat, right? But you’re also what you do.  The things you do over and over and over write themselves into your brain:  your habits reach quite deep.  And which comes first–the habit or the state of mind that goes with the habit?  It’s hard to say.  For example, I’m always fighting […]

Book Review: Spies and adventure for 8-12: Jack Dervish, Super Spy http://t.co/dLz6rv6s Very nice 🙂 # Last call for free stories! Switching to new stories this month and going to put these back to pay: http://t.co/Qv22gpmc # Cover updates on the middle-grade magic/spy novel…comments appreciated: http://t.co/f2fp2CuM # Massive ebook/book giveaway, including my Tales Told Under

All, I’m giving away three signed copies of Tales Told Under the Covers: Zombie Girl Invasion & Other Stories. Three paper copies, via Goodreads–sign up from now to December 31st.  I may toss in an ebook copy of Exotics 1, if it’s ready. If you would like to buy a signed copy for delivery before Christmas, contact me at dknippling {at}

Over the last couple of years, I’ve been trying to lessen the presence of anger in my life.  Yes, it sounds hokey when I say it like that, but I really don’t have any other language other than that to describe what I’m trying to do.  I think it has more to do with our

All, I’m giving away three signed copies of Tales Told Under the Covers: Zombie Girl Invasion & Other Stories. Three paper copies, via Goodreads–sign up from now to December 31st.  I may toss in an ebook copy of Exotics 1, if it’s ready. If you would like to buy a signed copy for delivery before Christmas, contact me

All, I’m giving away three signed copies of Tales Told Under the Covers: Zombie Girl Invasion & Other Stories. Three paper copies, via Goodreads–sign up from now to December 31st.  I may toss in an ebook copy of Exotics 1, if it’s ready. If you would like to buy a signed copy for delivery before

I’m not the world’s most prolific guest poster, but someone asked me about it, so I’ll ramble about what I know… As an author, if you’re writing a guest post, there are some unspoken rules of etiquette that I will speak of, because I’m all about speaking about the generally unspeakable:  TMI! In brief: Write

Starting the 9th, leave a comment over at Avery Olive’s website to be entered into a drawing for many, many different books, ebooks, journals, gift cards–lots of STUFF.  My book, Tales Told Under the Covers, is part of the drawing for December 14, so leave a comment then 🙂

Thank you for the excellent comments.  Updates…still need to get the non-swirly version; I may be getting a new wolf silhouette from my friend Asia’s Dark Moon Farm & Kennels…she has a husky who likes to sing, she says 🙂  

I’ve been thinking about fantasy novels, having written a lot about mirrors lately during NaNoWriMo (via Through the Looking-Glass).  What is fantasy?  A reflection, either internal or external, of something real.  But I was noticing that different types of fantasy have different, I don’t know, lengths (and complexity) of reflection. How far away is Urban Fantasy