It’s true. With these simple words, you can sneak backstage and find the real goodies. For example, when I was writing 809 Jacob Street, I needed to find out how someone could get hold of a gun–illegally. So I got more »

Phew. Urgh. That’s what I felt after finishing the rewrites of my novel, 809 Jacob Street. It was exhausting–but don’t get me wrong, it was also a thrilling ride. It’s just that, once you close off on that, you have more »

Fresh from researching necrotizing fasciitis, a damn horrible disease if ever there was one, I needed some lighter entertainment—okay, some entertainment—and turned to my collection of mid-20th century Amazing Stories issues. They always take me to a place of pure more »

The HWA, in conjunction with the Bram Stoker Family Estate and the Rosenbach Museum & Library, recently put out the nominees for the Vampire Novel of the Century Award (which really would be something cool to have on your mantle…). more »

…I mean it this time. But then I probably always mean it when I first say it… 2012 has already started with a bang though, with a new website and this joint blog, which has been an idea we’ve cultivated more »