12.16.22 The No Judgment 2022 List of Books
All sorts of outlets publish “best of” or “favorite” lists of books this year, and as someone who had a book come out this year it’s not awesome to find your book hasn’t made those lists. But also, it’s not really a competition: I published Tune in Tomorrow this year in August, and it takes…
Read More12.01.22 How to be your very best mango? Tune in … to this video!
Are you your best mango? Well, Tune in Tomorrow, which has now been out since August, will explain everything about how you (or at least its lead character Starr) can embrace your inner mango! Mangoes are the best of all the fruits, and years ago I came up with a little song to sing as…
Read More08.16.22 Meet the Pro: Rebecca LaChance, the audiobook narrator giving ‘Tune in Tomorrow’ a brand new dimension
Tune in Tomorrow is my debut novel, but I’m not the only person associated with it making a debut: The delightful woman narrating the audiobook is also narrating her first novel by taking it on! Rebecca LaChance was presented to me by my publisher as one of three potential narrators for the audiobook. I immediately…
Read More03.9.22 ‘Tune in Tomorrow’: Book cover evolution — and reveal!
Writing a book is hard. Getting a book published is harder. But every step along the way – which seem to come after long-anticipated silences, punctuated by lurching bursts of activities – is pretty exciting, because each step allows you to remember all over again: I have a book being published. By people who don’t…
Read More1.21.22 Farewell by the dashboard light
Aww, Meat Loaf! Marvin Aday, aka Meat Loaf, the actor and singer who paired for years with Jim Steinman to create operatic pop hits like “Paradise by the Dashboard Light” and “I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That),” has died at 74. I can’t say I was his biggest fan either way…
Read More1.7.22 My 2009 chat with Betty White on “Golden Girls,” the Queen Mum and skeletons in the closet
Back in 2009, I was just getting into full-time freelancing when I learned that “The Golden Girls” was coming to the Hallmark Channel in reruns. I’d done some work for them already, and asked the delightful press rep Pam if I could do some kind of “Golden Girls” package. I got the green light and…
Read More11.29.21 DisConIII (aka WorldCon) schedule – December 15-19
Come find me at DisConIII (aka WorldCon) in Washington, D.C. from Dec. 15-19! I’ll be paneling, partying, reading and selling. Here’s my schedule (subject to change)! Fannish Pictionary Palladian Ballroom Wednesday, Dec. 15, 4:00 PM Bring your artistic talent (or lack thereof!) and join the fun guessing fannish phrases, titles, or characters, based on drawings…
Read More11.13.21 PhilCon 2021 Schedule
Come find me at PhilCon in Cherry Hill, New Jersey from Nov. 19-21! I’ll be paneling, partying, reading and selling. Here’s my schedule (subject to change) Friday, Nov. 19, 6:00pm – 6:25pm (Readings) Randee Dawn Reads Yikes, they gave me a reading slot! Tell me in the comments what you want to hear (see my…
Read More10.5.21 13 Questions for Author Nicholas Kaufmann, Author of “The Hungry Earth”
Ever since I started reading Nicholas Kaufmann’s stories — and later, his books — I’ve been a fan: He weaves together a clever blend of horror, fantasy and suspense in which things often go very badly for his characters, but that’s an excellent thing for us readers. As the author of seven novels and two…
Read More7.16.21 It was 57 years ago today … The Beatles stayed in our hotel room
Did you know you can stay in the same hotel room The Beatles lodged in for a single night, on August 21, 1964? In Seattle, Washington? Now you do. And that’s what we did! The Edgewater Hotel, where this momentous event took place, has made a certain amount of hay out it all. (Not our…
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