a long, long kiss

May 24, 2010
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– a kiss of youth and love. (Oh, Byron, you are so dreamy.)
I often think that the kiss, rather than the sex scene, is the primary romantic force of the romance novel. For me, a sex scene is emotional, sure, but for the most part shows up as titillation for the reader. The kiss, though, [...]

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things people do not know about vampires

May 14, 2009

Well, I imagine some people know these things. In fact, I bet a bunch of people know them, and are now wondering why I am even bringing this up.
The next book from the Anna Katherine Co-op of Evil will be set in our Door-filled New York, and it will star vampires. I’ve gotten into a [...]

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rules? in a knife fight?

May 7, 2009
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There is a very popular idea in fantasy writing that magic should have rules. What I mean is, there should be a system, a consistency to the magic being used by the characters.
I am totally fine with this idea. Since magic often takes the place of (or artificially creates) real-world systems, it makes sense that [...]

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