Once November
Tales of Jack the Ripper (Word Horde) is available now, from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and soon from your own independent bookseller (sometimes as tricksey to catch as Jack himself!). you can also get the Saucy Jack Deluxe Pack. Who doesn't want that? I want one of those! Scroll down for an excerpt from my […]
The Story Brain
I have never been a writer who must write every day — however, it’s very unusual for me to not write a little something; my brain enjoys days “off” where I “only” research or plot or ponder. Still, not writing fiction for a solid two weeks is highly unusual for me – though I recently […]
Book Day!
As writers, we aren’t supposed to be at a loss for words. It’s not writer’s block, it’s just a void, where there’s a low humming and a smile and a softly glowing book cover. Rings of Anubis: Gold & Glass is officially out today! You can find it on Amazon, and B&N, and it will […]
The Dust of Egypt
“It's important to read a book, but also to hold the book, to smell the book... its perfume, its incense, it's the dust of Egypt...” -- Ray Bradbury July brings the publication of my first novel, Rings of Anubis: Gold & Glass. As we approach that magical day, come with me on a tour […]
"...delicious, poetic weirdness."
Michael Griffin New Feet Within My Garden Go (Fungi, Hardcover) It’s worth noting that E. Catherine Tobler’s “New Feet Within My Garden Go,” which may well be my favorite piece in the book, is a bonus story present in the hardcover but not the paperback version of Fungi. It’s a shame many readers will miss […]
Being Barbie
Growing up, I spent every summer away from home, in the sweltering land of Louisiana. There was little joy in the trip, but for one thing I had to look forward to: my mother always sent me with money to buy a new Barbie doll. I looked forward to the shopping trip more than I […]
"...a contemplation on solitude and distance."
Lois Tilton “(To See the Other) Whole Across the Sky” by E Catherine Tobler The problem being the crewing of cargo ships across interstellar distances, deemed necessary in case the automatic systems happen to fail. Because more than one human confined in such conditions has a strong tendency to result in some sort of disaster, […]