First up!
Tonight I’ll be taking part in the Kiss Me Deadly chat for the release of that YA paranormal romance anthology. If you look for me there, I’ll be Danny Marks, so don’t go calling me Mark or nothin’ cuz I’ll be like “Who?” I guess what I’m saying is don’t bring all the young [...]
Well, it looks like my conference attendance for the year has come to a close. While everyone I know (who write and are big geeks) hams it up in Atlanta and/or San Diego. I’ll be cursing them from my spot at the kitchen table, or Starbucks or the odd library carrel.
It seems conference attendance requires [...]
So I just finished listening to Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut. I’d been at it all week. If you’ve never read/heard Vonnegut, get thee to a bookstore/library/nunnery. There’s something about the way he constructs story that really gets me going, activates those gray cells in the weirdest ways. But beyond that, the reading job Ethan [...]
Had a great time at Crypticon Seattle this past Saturday, despite only being able to go for a short time (sorry if I missed anyone). To explain, we have a yearly garage sale, that’s become a big family thing and I accepted the invitation at Crypticon prior to our city declaring a date for the [...]
Haven’t done this for awhile so here’s some videos to accompany your dwindling Friday work drudge!
I’m loving White Lies. Thoughts?
And for all your running with wolves needs…
And who could live without the new Interpol?
Or The Smiths?
That’s enough. Lord knows there’re more. God help me.
What are y’all listening to?
It’s been a while since I’ve pimped out a book anywhere other than Twitter/Facebook. What can I say? Busy trying to salvage a career here. I really don’t want to sling fries with the pimple set. Ever. So I come out of my manuscript cloud (picture letters and crumpled paper flying around the room [...]
For those of you not in the know, the Romantic Times Booklover’s Convention is a near week-long immersion course in the language of erotica, drunken debauchery and high camp. Well, maybe that’s just what I go for and seek to create. Others, more sedate others, might just see it as an opportunity to chat with [...]
And you know what that means…travelogue!
But first, an apology. I must say I’ve been depressed on the writing front for quite a while and it’s sapped my creativity in terms of blogging for y’all. I’m nearing the end of a really decent revision on my first novel as Daniel Marks and have my agent and [...]
I’m going to be at University Books in Seattle tonight for the Close Encounters of the Urban Kind thing along with editor Jennifer Brozek, Nate Crowder, Rosemary Jones & Erik Scott de Bie. I should be reading from my short story, SEAFOAM, that appears in this month’s Apex (if you haven’t read it, click here).
The [...]
Well then get your ass over to the Barnes & Noble in Tukwila, WA tomorrow afternoon between 1 and 4 PM. I’ll be playing games, doing scavenger hunts and signing books (maybe even some of my own) with Jessa Slade (Seduced by Shadows), Gayle Ann Williams (Tsunami Blue) and the elusive Harry Connolly (Child of [...]
