Do You Suffer From Sparkle Separation Syndrome?

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Posts are coming about Baycon 2012, but I have to share my thoughts on this first.

I was sad to see the number of vampire sightings at Baycon go WAY down this year.

I think it might be Sparkle Separation Syndrome® or… SSS
This is what I’m calling the tendency for hard-core, old-time (traditional) vampire fans  distancing themselves from Twilight fans. Have you noticed this in your part of the world?

How I long for a good-ole powdered and fanged vampire Lestat sighting. Even a corny, caped Bela would be a refreshing change. There was only one fanged being at Baycon that I saw (without the wiskers and tails I mean) and he was steampunked. A good substitute, but still… I ache for my old buddies in ruffles and breeches.

I know some of you enjoy both the new sparkly vampires and the old, but for you who are doubting your place in vampire fandom because the glitter palefaces have taken over, please don’t despair.

There are still those of us who remember the good old days when buying a pair of fangs at a con was a cool thing. When vampires lurked in the dark and rose from motherland soil or red velvet coffins.

Please embrace your love of vampires, don’t turn away from it. We shall not allow one book/movie series to define us! We shall not back away from our most beloved undead and let the zombie infection take over. We shall grasp tightly to the blood dolls of the past and suck… suck like we’ve never sucked before.

April Updates

{ 04/17/2012 @ 6:28 pm } · { emz says }
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WTF happened? One moment it was the New Year and now suddenly it’s April!

For those of you who don’t know, I moved houses and now am in somewhat of a “dream” house. Of course, for my sky-is-the-limit dream house, we would now be living in a 10+ story high rise that we owned outright complete with a journal museum, writer’s store, and cafe’ down near Kearny and California Streets (remind me to tell you about that dream one day). However, this new house that we are living in is pretty damned cool for a single family. It’s also a house that me and my hubby used to walk by as penniless twenty-somethings and dream about living in. It’s not that we’re so much more refined or wealthy now, but we have amassed the socially acceptable amount of debt to make us a good credit risk. Try to wrap your head around THAT one!

Anyway, since I’ve been moving, I have had hardly any time to write… which, frankly, pisses me the hell off! If I can’t write a few pages… or even a chapter or two a night, I get rather grumpy. And I know you all are waiting on the next installment of…. whatever series you follow, so in effect, it pisses you the hell off too!

Well, I’m here to tell you that your grumpiness (and mine) should be short lived. My office is back in some-what working order and I have uncovered the magical box that contains all my current projects. So, soon, everything you love about me and my characters will be back.

Let me give you some status updates and then I can get on with writing! :)

  • Undecided, the 4th book in the Sweet Dreams Series is completed!  I have a few first readers working on it and I hope to start recording the podcast by the end of the summer.
  • Finally finished and submitted the vampire short story √ (no word on this yet)
  • In the middle of a “Haunted Item” short story. The book submission period is over, but I love the idea so much… I’m just hoping here. It’s set in flapper days.
  • Dusk Warriors, the vampire sequel to Night’s Knights is still going on podcast. I have no idea where I am with this… but I think I have about 3 chapters left to podcast.
  • We launched GothHaus 3, The Gothmazing Race on HorrorAddicts.net #72 (yes, we’re back!)
  • Artistic License, I am happy to say I have received the first edit from the editor and am excited to dig into it. It will be the next thing I accomplish, after The Wickeds anthology.
  • Almost done with The Wickeds anthology. I have edits to put in, the cover to fix and we’ll be in business. Supposed to release this month!
  • Horror Disaster Anthology, this puppy has been quite a trek. We’ve gone through 2 artists, 2 charities, and 2 editors… now, we should see something moving ahead. I am thinking Fall or Winter 2012. These authors have been waiting a long time and they deserve the book in print.

This is all. This is allllllll I have to do. So, I’m gonna get to it! :)
Love you all and thank you for the emails about new books and where my projects are. It really helps me get on task and reminds me that someone out there cares if I actually finish these things!

Happy reading!
~Emz

Updates for the new year

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Just in case you thought I fell off the face of the earth, I have some updates in my little busy writing life going on like a runaway train.

First, if you missed it, please find my 2011 Holiday Window Review. I’ve done this every year since 2008 for my peeps over at dashPunk and it just keeps getting more interesting. A little known fact about me is that I went to school for window design, so it’s kinda up my alley. It’s fun to use my window decorating taste at least once a year! Follow the links below if you’ve missed them:

Now on to writing news:

  • Undecided, the 4th book in the Sweet Dreams Series is completed!  As some of you know, I still insist on writing long hand, so the book is written, but I am just giving you my computer word count when I update you. So far, 36, 105 words have made themselves onto the the computer page! I have a few first readers started on this sequel and I hope to podcast it in a few months. For those of you who have not heard– or need a reminder– the Sweet Dreams Game is going on right now and one of you players is going to win an awesome one-of-a-kind book prop!  Victoria’s lyric songbook!  Don’t miss out on your chance to win. Play free now!
  • Finally finished and submitted the vampire short story √
  • Started (please don’t ask my why when I have 100 projects out there unfinished) a “Haunted Item” short story. I just really love the cover art (again) and can’t pass up the chance to be between the pages. It’s set in flapper days. And I don’t know too much about it yet because I just started it!
  • Dusk Warriors, the vampire sequel to Night’s Knights is still going on podcast. Ugga… I feel like I will never finish podcasting it. I will though. Worked on it some last night and plan to again tomorrow. Some of you have asked when it will be in print. I have no clue. It’s now in a big mess of a box with notes scrawled all over it. It might not be this year. The next book out will be Artistic License! :)
  • Still working on the scripts for GothHaus 3, The Gothmazing Race. This and the Season 7 HorrorAddicts.net lineup are moving along… whether I’m ready for them to or not!
ANTHOLOGIES:
  • Waiting on a few more pieces so I can send out the Wicked’s anthology PDF for the gals to do a once over before I print the proof. Hoping this is soon (Come on laggy ladies! You know who you are!)
  • Horror Disaster Anthology… the cast is set. (Waiting on a couple contracts, but late additions is all.) And it’s on the editor’s desk.

New Stuff to Read & Listen to!

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Finished projects to buy / read / listen to:

Now for what I’m working on:

  •  Sweet Dreams #4 (Undecided) update:
  • Finished the Sweet Dreams game for fans this winter. It’s sort of an interactive, play along at home kinda thing and I’m super thrilled to roll it out to you all. Keep your eyes open for it soon!  It begins on December 25th, so I will probably roll it out this coming week.
  • Working on a short vampire story about someone in history – not going well. Excellent opening, ending is blah… might not make the deadline!
  • Have a collaboration going on with a friend of mine – short story – I’m excited to see where it goes.
  • Working on the scripts for GothHaus 3, The Gothmazing Race. We have new charries and old. I’m on about the 4th ep of 13, so long way to go.
  • Dusk Warriors Chapter 17 podcast will hopefully be done soon, and this is only one of a few more that will finish this book up.
  • The two Horror Addicts Anthologies are trucking along at their own pace. They will both be pub in 2012. One is being a breeze… the other is having issues at every turn, but… I am sure they will both be fab when complete. We have a whole bunch of talented authors involved.

And… time for a break! Back to work soon!

Undecided Update 12.7.11

{ 12/07/2011 @ 9:41 pm } · { Uncategorized }
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I worked a lot on Sweet Dreams #4 (Undecided) tonight.
Up to:

I actually couldn’t wait to be done with the book before I gave it to one of my first readers. Hoping to be done with with it by the end of January… then it will really go out to the first readers. Hope to podcast soon after.

Finished the “something really exciting” for the Sweet Dreams fans for this winter. It’s sort of an interactive, play along at home kinda thing and I’m super thrilled to roll it out.  I might put out a teaser soon, but the game doesn’t officially start till Christmas Day.

Busy, busy, busy! Just wanted to update the Sweet Dreamers.
Keep reading! :)

Something That Makes Me Smile

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All writers have those down weeks…

  • You haven’t received any fan mail in awhile.
  • Your current project isn’t going as you wished.
  • A couple of rejection letters popped into your email box.
  • You get a hater review on Amazon or iTunes.

This is not one of those weeks because I’ve had some really good things happen recently…

  • Two short stories have been published.
    *Holy Rites, is now available in thePodioracket publication, Glimpses
    *Wide Awake, is now available in the Flying Island Press publication, Pieces of Eight, Autism Acceptance.
  • I’ve made some real progress on four major projects I’m working on right now.
  • I’ve received a lot of recent listener/reader mail lately – which I absolutely love. How cool to have people talk about my characters and obsess about them the way I do! It’s absolutely the radest thing ever.
  • I’m on the home stretch of my 4th musical romance book, Undecided.
  • Night’s Knights has stayed up at #1 in the SciFi FREE Kindle list for a week, #2 in Horror/Ghosts, and hit #46 in the overall Kindle list. (I was happy to just hit under the 100 mark.)

And speaking of Night’s Knights, here is something that makes me smile. Never in a million years did I think people would be reading my books across the world, let alone be able to buy them in many different countries. Check out this graphic with my book displayed in several different countries on the various Amazon sites.

Now…. THAT MAKES ME SMILE.

Thank you all for your continued support!
Now, back to writing.

~Emz

Updates 11/25/11

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Finished projects to buy / read / listen to:

Now for what I’m working on:

  •  Sweet Dreams #4 (Undecided) is coming a long nicely…
  • Still working on something really exciting for the Sweet Dreams fans this winter. It’s sort of an interactive, play along at home kinda thing and I’m super thrilled to roll it out to you all. Keep your eyes open for it in December.
  • Finished the fear of monkeys essay and so glad of that!  I was having nightmares! :) – Submitted.
  • Working on a short vampire story about someone in history.
  • Have a collaboration going on with a friend of mine – short story – I’m excited to see where it goes.
  • Working on the scripts for GothHaus 3, The Gothmazing Race. We have new charries and old. I’m on about the 3rd ep of 13, so long way to go.
  • Dusk Warriors Chapter 16 podcast will hopefully be done soon, and this is only one of a few more that will finish this book up.
  • The two Horror Addicts Anthologies are trucking along at their own pace. They will both be pub in 2012. One is being a breeze… the other is having issues at every turn, but… I am sure they will both be fab when complete. We have a whole bunch of talented authors involved.

Have a great Thanksgiving Weekend!  And… now I am back to work. :)

Some Updates

{ 10/05/2011 @ 9:56 pm } · { emz newz }
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Just some updates for you all.

  • Sweet Dreams #4 is coming a long nicely…
  • My newest short story, Wide Awake, is now available in the Flying Island Press publication, Pieces of Eight, Autism Acceptance. Get your copy today at Flying Island Press!
  • I went to the Sonoma Book Festival recently and boy was that an interesting time!  You can read all about it here: Sonoma Book Festival Recap 2011
  • I have something really exciting in the works for the Sweet Dreams fans this winter. It’s sort of an interactive, play along at home kinda thing and I’m super thrilled to roll it out to you all. Keep your eyes open for it in December.
  • I have two new shorts I’m writing. One is an essay about my fear of monkeys and the other is a vampire story about someone in history. They will both be submitted to press… we’ll see if anything comes of it!
Now, I must go write! :)

SD#4: Undecided

{ 09/10/2011 @ 9:15 pm } · { emz newz }
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Loving how Undecided is coming out. Two new heart-throbs for the gals to swoon over.

Ian, the bad boy drummer and James, the high school quarterback.

We get to see more of day to day school life of Victoria and Cynthia. I’m using a lot of digital tech in this book. Emails, txts, IM’s. I really love that when I watch a movie or read a book with that sort of thing… it’s a part of our daily lives, so why not utilize it, right?

For you Raul lovers, you get more of him too. I have someone coming up in One More Try that will bleed into Undecided to give her a little background. She’s not a good girl.

Still pecking away at it!

Back to Sweet Dreams with Undecided

{ 09/05/2011 @ 2:00 pm } · { emz newz }
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I plunged back into the world of Sweet Dreams again after a few months concentrating on AL.

The 4th book that cropped up between True Love and One More Try is titled Undecided.

It follows Victoria and Cynthia, back at school after Steve’s attack.

Victoria must heal, deal with school gossip about how she got the wound, and suffer the time away from Rob as best she can.

Cynthia must battle her emotions about Derek and what she told him to do – get over Laura – while also dealing with her mother’s voltaic personality.

Will our two gals make it to graduation without getting in any more scrapes? No one knows.

Cynthia does a lot of soul searching in this book. We also get to see a bigger part of Raul’s life.

30% of the way doesn’t sound like much, but… it’s coming! I’ve written over 8,000 words this weekend! If only there were a few more holidays to get this puppy finished. :)

Stay tuned here for more word counts and all the news on what I’m working on.

SD4- Undecided


				


				

								


			


		
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