Everything in life has rules. Never stand while the vehicle is in motion. Do not tear the tags off a mattress. In San Francisco you’re not allowed to pile horse manure more than six feet high on a street corner. (I guess five feet is okay, though?) Rules, rules, and…
Year: 2012
Today’s my birthday—pretty special, even though I’m a few years past 30 (“few” is subjective, mind). So since it’s my birthday, and at the risk of sounding like Christoper Walken as The Continental (come on in), I’m going to sit back, have a sip of champagne, and indulge in thoughts…
I’m going to shock everyone, and admit something. Okay, deep breath. My name is Cindi Madsen and I’m a shoe addict. All right, that probably didn’t shock anyone who reads my blog, author bio, or follows me on twitter. But seriously, I can’t help it. I see a pair of…
The reason I acquired Cindi Madsen’s All the Broken Pieces is a secret. I often say I am looking for books that are “high concept,” and a lot of authors tend to pull their hair out trying to determine what that means. The pitch for Cindi’s book caught my eye…
A few years ago when I saw the first hint of the zombie craze coming to books and movies, I knew I would never understand the draw of it. I’m all for a good scare, but to me zombies were just gross. I went happily on my way ignoring it…
Today I’m talking about something that I’ve been asked about often, and that almost every writer at some time has deliberated on, particularly now when so much in publishing is changing. Having an agent. Assuming you’ve decided that you’d like to have an agent, undertaking the search for one can…
I had the good fortune to be one of the early readers for Lea Nolan’s Conjure. Before I was even halfway through I knew that Liz had found something special in Lea’s writing—an ancient curse, hoodoo (not voodoo!!), sibling rivalry, and best of all, summer love. Lea’s three main characters…
My father was a voracious reader. He always carried a paperback of the latest horror story from Lumley or King. So that was what I read. For years I read nothing but the creepy stuff. I mean, I read Interview with the Vampire when I was twelve. I remember being…
Luminosity (book one of The Raven Chronicles) captivated me from its first lines. These words in particular haunted me: “His eyes turned white, mouth open…gone. Like an oyster shell without any meat inside.” Wow. Talk about impact. Stephanie Thomas’s Dreamcatchers reeled me in—and her Seers and stark world kept me…
It’s true I love a younger man, Mostly just because I can. He was Awkward on my TV screen, But soon took possession of my dreams. Dang, he’d look so fine in leather, I think he might be mine forever! But wait, here comes another guy! He makes me tingle,…