Here’s the cover! Guess what that means?
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Friday, May 2nd, 2014
This is the first book in a series called “Charm City Darkness,” and will be available just in time for Memorial Day. (Anyone going to the beach?) The story is urban fantasy, and takes place in Baltimore City, hence the name of the series: Charm City Darkness. If you take a close look at the cover, you just might recognize the Inner Harbor in the background. I think the cover artist did a fabulous job. I got a proof from the printer on Thursday and I think it looks just fabulous. Please let me know what you think! (This means I’ll have paperback copies for Balticon, too. Who’s going to be there this year?) Here’s the blurb from the back of the book: Forty dollars. Two crisp twenties. All that stands between Assumpta Mary Margaret O’Connor and homelessness.
For the price of forty dollars, she helps archeologist Greg LaSpina find something he’s lost–and causes all Hell to break loose. Literally. With demons tormenting their every step, Assumpta and Greg become both hunted and hunter in their search for a way to send the demons back to Hell. One careless mistake could cost them their lives. Wrestling with her faith, Assumpta considers an offer made by one very sexy demon: sleep with him, and learn how to rid the world of the escaped evil. But the offer comes with a steep price: her immortal soul. I hope the blurb sounds exciting! Any reviewers out there? I should have the digital copies in a week or so and will be happy to send you a digital copy for review. Friday, April 22nd, 2011 It’s not a romance, but…my publisher thinks enough of Blood Soup to take it to the Romantic Times Booklover’s Convention (held in LA, this year). Here it is, front and center, on the table at the con. I wonder how many romance readers I can pull over to fantasy? 
Monday, September 13th, 2010
The anthology is due out in mid-October…and I’ve got a story in it! (And, look! My name’s on the cover!) My story, Sky Lit Bargains, is about a woman who is forced to leave her home or face the repeated, escalating sexual advances of her new brother-in-law. Trained for warfare, rather than domesticity, Sigrid crosses the channel to her Uncle Gervais’ keep and makes a bargain with him to kill the wyvern plaguing his lands. Her plans go awry when she’s followed by her best friend (and sorceress) and her brother-in-law’s guards… I’ll post an excerpt once I get a go-ahead from Drollerie. Here’s the Table of Contents (TOC): “Counterbalance” by Ruth Sorrell Read more about Hellebore and Rue. Thursday, May 13th, 2010
Early on in his career, he was a comic artist…helping out Al Capp with the L’il Abner comic strip, and eventually going on to draw the strip himself for many years. My first introduction to Frazetta was the cover of a book. In fact, he was probably responsible for 90% of the book covers of books I read as a teen…and some I’ve picked up recently. I’d venture to say that his artwork influenced me in choosing many of those books over others on the bookstores’ shelves. He created covers for Conan, Tarzan and other heroes. His artwork has been called, “visceral, violent, and erotic” with his scantily clad subjects (both male and female). I find his artwork dark and attractive. It’s definitely the end of an era. RIP, Frank Frazetta. Thursday, August 6th, 2009
I received my contributor copy of Triangulation: Dark Glass in the mail yesterday. The cover is even more powerful up close and in person. It’s smooth and slick and the colors are a rich, deep, gorgeous darkness…I feel like I could step right into it and ask the guy if I can have a look-see through his spyglass. Just so you know, Triangulation: Dark Glass is the 2009 edition of PARSEC Ink’s internationally acclaimed anthology series… I’m thrilled to have snagged a place in the line-up: only sixteen tales were chosen out of more than 500. I’ve been reading the stories, right from the beginning…and I have to say…they’re really good. (I haven’t gotten to my own yet…so I’m not bragging. Mom taught me not to brag.) But the rest of these tales? Really good so far. Had you been at Confluence last weekend, you could have picked up a copy (they were printed especially for the Conference). But you can order yourself a copy on line if you’re still interested.
Sunday, June 28th, 2009 I would have posted this last night when I received it, but it just got to be too late. Check out this awesome cover for the Triangulation: Dark Glass anthology, coming out July 26, in which my story On the Path, appears.  |
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I can finally reveal the cover of my new book, “Stoned in Charm City!”
Artist Frank Frazetta died Monday, May 10th.