CM: In which the science nerd drops some data...

The question of the week at Criminal Minds is, "Is social media a worthwhile tool for authors, or a huge waste of time?" Today, I throw in my two cents, complete with data. (Why yes, I am a huge nerd. Heck, y'all are lucky I didn't generate a graph. Next time, perhaps...)

THE WRONG GOODBYE Survives Book Snobbery!

SJ over at Book Snobbery got a sneak-peek of THE WRONG GOODBYE (which, for those playing along at home, will be available stateside on September 25 and October 4 worldwide), and... well, I'll just let her tell you:

"I liked Sam even more this time than I did last time (which is saying something, because he was pretty cool to begin with), but what really made this book exceptional were the new characters and situations. Without giving too very much of the plot away, there’s a road trip with the body of Abe Frohman (if you don’t know who the Sausage King of Chicago is, I really don’t want to be your friend anymore), junkie demons, some creepy as hell non-aligned creatures and of course references to both the apocrypha and pop-culture.

I giggled, I was uncomfortable, I gasped (in what I hope were all the appropriate places) and I turned the last page (figuratively, dur – it’s an ebook, don’t you know me by now?) with a slight feeling of sadness. I started 3 other books yesterday after finishing this one, and not one of them was able to hold my attention. It’s kind of win:lose – I loved this, but now nothing else seems to be worth reading."

Oh, and she gave me 4.7 out of 5 stars. Which, you know, doesn't suck. But I confess, the score doesn't matter half as much as the fact that after me, nothing else seems to be worth reading...

Raging Biblioholism on THE WRONG GOODBYE!

So, listen. Raging Biblioholism liked my last book fine. But they had a quibble here and there, so one could hardly claim they were in the tank for me. Which is what makes their five-star rave for THE WRONG GOODBYE feel all the more earned.

Many thanks to said raging biblioholic for the kind review. And fingers crossed I've more to come...

CM: Enough is Enough

Today at Criminal Minds, I'm talking sex, violence, and crossing the line in fiction. Pop by and check it out!

THE WRONG GOODBYE Reviewed!

Paul Simpson over at Sci-Fi Bulletin got a sneak peek at book two of my Collector series, THE WRONG GOODBYE (coming September 25!) and scoops the world by publishing its first-ever review. Click through to see what he thought of it.

My All-Time Favorite Musical Artists OF ALL TIME!

Today, I'm over at super-cool-music-nerd-extraordinaire John Anealio's blog because he was kind/foolhardy/evil enough to ask yours truly the question every music geek wishes/dreads to hear: who're your all-time top-five musical artists? You can read my answer here.

CM: Sympathy for the Devil

This week at Criminal Minds, the topic up for discussion is a UK ebook publishers' defacement of classic literary works by adding in so-called "missing" explicit sex scenes. It's a cheap, tacky, classless cash-in, and I'm all for it. Stop by and yell at me!