Me and Santa, Woodyatt Cherry Jam, Despicable Me, Shameless Commerce

Why I got me a beef with Santa Okay, men. I’m going to share a secret. Maybe help you avoid my situation. Women love flowers. They love diamonds and other expensive bits of gravel you can’t find out at the road pit. Some relish a backrub. Those are all good. But if your girlfriend, wife,

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Your local zombie author appears on Writing Excuses, Plus the Writing Debrief explained

After a cancerous death, I appeared on Writing Excuses this week to groan and hold forth with the guys on writing second novels and second books in a series. During the podcast I talked about my practice of debriefing after every writing project. A reader just asked what that was, and so I thought I’d explain it

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SERVANT in Raley’s grocery in California

It’s official. SERVANT is in grocery stores outside of Utah. Saber2gecko saw and purchased a copy in a Raley’s grocery in the San Francisco Bay area then very thoughtfully posted that fact here. That chain has 144 stores. So not only is that great news for the book, but it also just plain rocks. I lived in

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SERVANT & Smith’s grocery, CURSE, Suspense series, My blog readers

Smith’s Grocery Goodness Just saw the paperback of SERVANT OF A DARK GOD in a Smith’s grocery in Kaysville, Utah. What this tells me is that SERVANT sold well enough when it was in the Smith’s stores in hardback for them to bring it back a second time. I’m guessing it’s in all the stores in the state. I want

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