Can rejection be a good thing?

Happy New Year! Sorry I haven’t been making the rounds lately. I didn’t plan on taking time off over the holidays, but as it turned out, I needed to. I completely crashed, but I’m slowly coming back to life. I hope everyone enjoyed the holiday...

Stuff I loved in 2015

It’s that time of year – time to share the very best products, hacks, and other cool things I’ve discovered in 2015. (I’m not sponsored by any of these companies – I’m only sharing them with you because I truly love them.) Best...
IWSG: When your friends don’t buy your book

IWSG: When your friends don’t buy your book

Before I was a published author, I came across many posts from writers revealing how much it hurt that their family and friends didn’t support them. These posts invariably received responses like, “Well, just because they’re our friends doesn’t...
IWSG: Don D’Auria and Samhain Publishing

IWSG: Don D’Auria and Samhain Publishing

Yesterday I received a most upsetting email. It was from my editor Don D’Auria, explaining that he had been let go from Samhain Publishing. Samhain’s community of horror authors were in shock for the rest of the day, reeling from a complex mix of emotions...
IWSG: If I could turn back time…

IWSG: If I could turn back time…

When I saw my friend Niki’s new necklace, my first thought was, “That’s exactly what I need.” My second was, “But only if it’s real.” I think J.K. Rowling tapped into every writer’s–and or at least every...