The Thinking Reader’s Guide to Fear or, as I like to call it, The Portrait of an Intellectual Defending His Embarrassing Reading Choices: As with all genre fiction, horror writers work too much and too fast, too often rely on serviceable but weary conventions to get … [Read more...]

This just made me laugh, because I’m about to go walk Lucky (spotted dog, not poodle, because the poodle can be trusted to roam free without a leash as she has never ever flung herself in front of a moving car or tried to chase anything that has wheels) and Ahenodia … [Read more...]

No, I’m still working hard, but I’ve been collecting links over the past couple days and decided to post them. Also, congrats to Joy and Rainefenix for winning signed copies of my books!  I’ll be giving away cover flats on Friday, so if you’d like … [Read more...]

The Red Heart of Jade, as I’ve said, was a difficult book to write.  I think, ultimately, that I made the right creative choices, but the book went through many different versions before I settled on the story you’ll see in July.  You hear people say that … [Read more...]

One of the best things about being a writer is that moment when I get to see the new cover of my book.  I have never been disappointed; receiving that file in my inbox is always a huge joy and thrill.  I’m lucky, too—Dorchester has a fantastic art … [Read more...]

“Do not touch anything unnecessarily. Beware of pretty girls in dance halls and parks who may be spies, as well as bicycles, revolvers, uniforms, arms, dead horses, and men lying on roads—they are not there accidentally.” - Soviet infantry manual, issued in the … [Read more...]

My inner X-Men fan is screaming.  Or maybe just whimpering.  Don’t get me wrong, I enjoyed myself.  But I got spoiled on Bryan Singer’s thoughtfulness, on his quiet moments, on his intelligent movie making.  And this...was slightly less than all … [Read more...]

I’m alive, which really isn’t saying much.  Deadline hell has turned into deadline disaster, but I’m still rolling, playing my rock & roll, and typing like a crazy person.  RT was fun.  I saw good friends, potentially made new friends, and the … [Read more...]

In what may seem like a shameless burst of self-promotion, I’d like to mention that in the June/July issue of Mary Englebreit’s Home Companion, there is a very, very, brief article about the Romantic Times Convention, in which voila!  There is a bad picture of me … [Read more...]

I was introduced to Last Kiss Comics when I went to the NY Comic Con (their booth was a hop, skip, and a jump from Pocket).  Oh, and here’s an excerpt from THE RED HEART OF JADE (with a strong language warning, because hey, this is Dean we’re talking … [Read more...]