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One morning, I awoke with a message from my Muse:

You need to write a Celtic series. Go!

• I'm holding a Giveaway at Goodreads for ten copies of Memory's Curse. Enter now before you can't (last day is Dec. 15).



• The film treatment for Finding Balance is in the works, and I have a screenwriter looking it over for me as we speak. I want it the best it can be before giving it to 490 Entertainment.



• Book two of the Task Force: Gaea series,…

If you're in the Tampa Bay area, please stop by Necronomicon on October 26 - 28, 2012at the Hilton Bayfront in St. Petersburg, FL. I'll have an author's table that weekend to sell and sign books, as well as participating in the following panel discussions (subject to change, but for now, here they are)

• 1:00 PM—ST PETE 3—The Resurgence of Fairy Tales
• 3:00 PM—ST PETE 3—The Best Movie Superhero Team…

Come listen to my interview with Jesse Coffey of Edin Road Radio at 6:30 p.m. EST at Edin Road's website: Interview by Jesse Coffey. I'll be reading an excerpt from Task Force: Gaea as well as speaking about writing, other projects, and whatever else we decide to chat about.



If you can't listen live,…

So, I'm reading The Pocket Muse by Monica Wood as (you guessed it) inspiration for a writing course I am developing. As a writer myself, I found this list interesting, but rather than just post it, I wanted to add my 2 cents, just because. I hope you find both the list and my comments useful!…

When I teach the novel, Ceremony, by Leslie Marmon Silko, I usually teach about the Mother Goddess and the Hero’s Journey. Actually, it just gives me an excuse to talk about mythology, something I could do all day. Going over this, though, shows my students that every single heroic story follows the same skeletal structure (I could go on about the Hero’s Journey in more detail, but that would take up way too much room). The basics, though, involve the journey of the hero on his or her road…

To be inspired? I'll do almost anything (keep reading to find out about the rock).

So, picture nine beautiful ladies, dressed to inspire—bumping, grinding, singing, spitting poetry, being all tragic or comedic, going on about the stars and history and stuff around one man with his hands all over his instrument.



Not sure where your mind was, but I'm talking about the…

WARNING: Spoilers ahead for those who haven't seen the movie.



I'm certainly not one to criticize the rewriting of mythology since my novel, Task Force: Gaea, does that by tweaking Greek mythology. After all, people spread myths by word of mouth before they did so in writing, so changes invariably happened. In fact, depending on whether you ascribe to Hesiod or Orphism, you get a variety of myths on the same subject. Keeping this in mind, I watched Wrath of the Titans, the…

Considering what many people know (or don’t know) about the gods of Greek myth, it’s not surprising to learn that the idea of horror doesn’t really factor into the mythology. Some of the myths and legends may indeed frighten, but very few actually are intended to invoke that nausea that emanates from a story where blood, bile, and other bodily fluids are ripped or drained from a human. Certain myths tell of horrific events, things that mere mortals wouldn’t be able to stomach for long, but…

Tonight, indie author Lakisha Spletzer interviewed me tonight on her show, "Indie Author How-To". We spoke for two hours about me, the novel, writing, and so much more. If you'd like to listen to the podcast, click here: Podcast