For the next several weeks, at participating Barnes & Noble bookstores (and some Borders?) across the nation, you can find a promotional booklet with the first three chapters of THE LAST TWILIGHT, as well as a preview of LADY OF LIGHT AND SHADOWS by C.L. Wilson!  Just … [Read more...]

I received my galley for The Last Twilight last week, and it’s due back on Monday.  Good times.  I’m trying to find an excerpt to post, but everything after the third chapter spoils the beginning (which is going to be featured, pre-revision, in a promo … [Read more...]

Walter Mosley on writing: “The truth is, I never conceptualize a book before I start writing it. I always start with a first sentence like, “I was surprised to see a white man walk into Joppy’s Bar,” which is the beginning of DEVIL AND A BLUE DRESS. I … [Read more...]

Congrats to for winning something from Beauty and the Beast!  Email me at: marjoriemliu@gowebway.com with your contact information. *** So, please forgive the following post—not the content, but rather, its immense length. It so happens that I was reading some … [Read more...]

Lazy Autumn day.  Well, not too lazy.  I just bought a new desktop—the laptop was falling apart beneath my fingers—but that means I’m now working at a desk.  All the time.  I hate to admit this, but I had gotten used to working in bed.  … [Read more...]

”I will not die an unlived life.  I will not live in fear of falling or catching fire.  I choose to inhabit my days, to allow my living to open me, to make me less afraid, more accessible, to loosen my heart until it becomes a wing, a torch, a promise...” ~ … [Read more...]

Well, it’s nearing the end of September, and starting in November I’ve got three consecutive releases coming into the world.  Good times, good times!  We kick things off with the anthology, HOLIDAYS ARE HELL, ring in December with MY BIG FAT SUPERNATURAL … [Read more...]

Now it’s time to wash the dishes.  Here’s some random links: Interview with author extraordinaire, Naomi Novik:  I generally like to be thinking a few books ahead as I write, so I can plan and do foreshadowing and give myself threads I can connect. It … [Read more...]

You know, I met Robert Jordan once.  It was in high school and my friend, Paul, had a car.  Robert Jordan was in town doing a signing, and we were both huge fans.  So we ditched campus and headed over to the mall, where we found him seated at a table outside … [Read more...]

I’m not much of a coffee drinker, but I had a hankering for some good old dark brew this morning—plus, it was cold, sunny, and lovely out—so I hopped into the car with Daisy and trucked on down to Dairy Queen for the drive-through (me, hardly being decent in a … [Read more...]