by Nicole | Dec 6, 2017 | Book News, New Release, Teasers
Introducing: Leo Brandon Keeping with the release day madness, here’s a teaser featuring a new character. Click the image to zoom in. Feed 3 comes out on Amazon (Kindle and paperback) on December 15th–the ebook will be 99 cents for the first week, then...
by Nicole | Dec 6, 2017 | Book News, Cover Reveals, Uncategorized
Feed 3 comes out on December 15th and this post should have gone up yesterday. But let’s pretend that today is the 5th and not my mom’s birthday (Happy birthday, Mom! She doesn’t read my blog, haha, but if she happened to glance at it, I would...
by Nicole | Nov 1, 2017 | Uncategorized
Can there ever be TOO many unicorns? They're a staple. So no. I don't think so. Are you a compulsive reader of fantasy and sci-fi? Do your thoughts drift to the book you’d rather be reading over being forced to engage in conversation with store clerks,...
by Nicole | Oct 22, 2017 | Games
If there are three things in the world that I love besides my family (kids, husband, parents, et al, right?), they are video games and Nathan Fillion. If you’re even mildly into geek/nerd culture, then you’ll recall your first moment crushing on him. Was...
by Nicole | Jul 17, 2017 | Book News, Excerpts, Life Story, Short stories, Writing Advice
Haven’t posted here in a while, have I? And my last post was (let’s face it), kinda lame. Right? I mean, does ANYONE even use pumice stones anymore? Ha ha ha. Hardly. There’s sandpaper and such, for that. What have I been doing lately? Well,...
by Nicole | Feb 16, 2017 | Life Story, Uncategorized
Back in 2005 when I started my first blog and began dating Stoker, he had a run-in with a pumice stone. And I wrote a mildly decent post about it (linked, if you’re interested in reading the original), because why not? It still cracks me up, that pumice stone...
by Nicole | Feb 14, 2017 | Life Story, Uncategorized
So, my cat died four weeks ago. Still hard. I still keep thinking I hear the cat door open and close while the other cats are clustered around me. There are just two, now. The house seems empty without Bastet around. One night I’d been playing Destiny PVP...
by Nicole | Feb 8, 2017 | Music, Uncategorized
Sometime in the late 70s/early 80s (exact date of song genesis unknown), Paul Anka wrote a song called “Hold Me Till the Morning Comes.” And then he proceeded to record about fifty thousand different versions. Since 1997, I have been looking for the...
by Nicole | Jan 18, 2017 | Life Story
My cat, one of my oldest friends, died Monday. She had a fast-growing cancerous tumor in her mouth, which I basically discovered in December. It was kind of sudden. Yesterday I wrote her a letter. I want it out there, in the universe, circulating. I don’t know...
by Nicole | Oct 15, 2016 | Book News
Blue Hearts of Mars is free on Amazon until Wednesday, the 19th. Click here to get a copy! Additionally, my short story that was Patron-supported (via Patreon) “The First Post-Android Buy-Back Program” is also free until Wednesday. Click here to download...