A Snazzy New Cover for The Hammer Falls! The ebook is still on sale for only 99 cents! And just $9.99 for the trade paperback! Get it now!

When StoryBundle owner Jason approached me a couple weeks ago about putting together a YA MegaBundle for a super-low price, I jumped at the opportunity. I love connecting authors with one another, and with readers. This huge multi-genre project is a perfect chance to benefit a good cause (children’s literacy) and bring a little brightness into the world—for parents and teens alike—during this difficult time. Get it now! We’ve gathered a truly exceptional collection of YA books for you in a range of SF/F genres. Whether you’re looking for a pulse-pounding action in space, a witchy urban fantasy mystery, orContinue readingAnnouncing the YA Charity Megabundle!

A few years ago when I was writing The Hammer Falls, I put together a playlist that could get me in the head space of the world and the characters, particularly Horace “The Hammer” Harkness’s life and emotional landscape. I pulled that out of my hard drive and dusted off the byte-bunnies and now present it to you in the form of a Spotify playlist. This is completely unofficial and unlicensed, just a list of amazing music. Check it out. Listen before, during, or after reading. 🙂

A friend of mine gave me a cool idea, and that was to put together a (strictly unofficial and unlicensed) soundtrack for Junk Magic and Guitar Dreams on Spotify. As I was writing the book, I referred to music often to help me capture the mood of a given scene, and also to try to put music into words. This list of songs tracks the mood and emotional landscape of the book all the way to the triumphant climax. You can listen before, during and after reading. 🙂 Click here to listen the Junk Magic and Guitar Dreams Soundtrack onContinue readingJunk Magic and Guitar Dreams – The Soundtrack

After my post last week about The Ventures and their music, etc., I received a really cool email from a fan who wanted to tell me a story. I thought it was so great I asked Gareth’s permission to share it with you, and he kindly agreed. “I used to work on a grounds crew at the University I live by and during the winter, the only thing we could do was shovel snow. The area I had at the time had no gardener’s box, so I shared the box of the area next to mine. The regular gardener of thatContinue readingThe Ebb and Flow of a Creative Career

It’s been a minor key kinda week around here.First a little bit of music history. I used to love listening to my dad’s Ventures LPs when I was kid. Here’s a bit about The Ventures for you from Wikipedia: “The band, a quartet for most of its existence, helped to popularize the electric guitar in the United States and across the world during the 1960s. While their popularity in the United States waned in the 1970s, the group remains especially revered in Japan, where they tour regularly to this day…. [Unfortunately, one of the original members, Nokie Edwards, passed away inContinue readingThe Power of Music