Saturday, February 28, 2015

A Nerd Girl's Guide to Cinema hits the shelves!

I am pleased to announce the release of my first nonfiction book, A Nerd Girl's Guide to Cinema.
For those of you who know me for my novels, here's some background: I've been in love with movies nearly as long as I've been in love with fiction. And the movies that I enjoy the most are ones that are … how shall I put it … odd. I chalk it up to seeing movies like The Last Wave and Phantom of the Paradise when I was young and impressionable. Those movies tweaked my psyche in ways that could never be undone.
I started writing movie reviews back in the early 2000s for the Horrorview website. And a few years ago, I got the notion to do a book of movie reviews; my inspiration came from reading review books by Joe Bob Briggs and Pauline Kael, and especially Danny Peary's Cult Movies and Guide for the Film Fanatic books.
A Nerd Girl's Guide to Cinema has reviews of 200 movies in a variety of genres from art house oddities to grind house horrors and everywhere in between. It's available in both ebook and paperback.

Friday, February 27, 2015

Sunday, February 15, 2015

A giveaway at The Reading Cafe!

The most excellent book blog The Reading Cafe is celebrating its third anniversary.

I'm joining in the festivities by hosting a giveaway. Enter to win a print or ebook edition of my new novel Undertow (recently reviewed by The Reading Cafe), or some bookmarks featuring all my lovely novel covers.

Enter today! Giveaway lasts til February 28!

Friday, February 13, 2015

Tuesday, February 10, 2015

A Nerd Girl's Guide to Cinema - The List, Revealed!

Calling all film geeks! My movie review book A Nerd Girl's Guide to Cinema will be out at the end of the month. To whet your appetite, here is the final list of movies that will be covered.

Alice, Sweet Alice
All That Jazz
Altered States
American History X
A*P*E
The Arena
The Bad Seed
Bad Taste
The Beast of Yucca Flats
Beyond the Door
The Big Red One
The Black Dahlia
Black Sheep
The Blob
A Boy and His Dog
Bubba Ho-Tep
Burn After Reading
Caligula
Cannibal Ferox
Carnival of Souls
Carrie
The Changeling
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
A Christmas Carol
The Company of Wolves
Conan the Barbarian
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover
Countess Dracula
Creepshow
The Curse of the Cat People
Damien: Omen 2
Day of the Animals
Day Watch (Dnevnoi Dozor)
Daybreakers
The Dead Zone
Death Bed: The Bed That Eats
Death Race 2000
Deception
Demoniacs
Destroy All Monsters
The Devil's Advocate
The Devils
District B13
Django Unchained
Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
Edison Force
El Diablo
Equinox
Event Horizon
Excalibur
The Exorcist III
Fair Game
Fight Club
The Final Conflict
The Fisher King
Fist of the North Star
Flesh + Blood
Flesh Gordon
Four Flies on Grey Velvet
Freaks
Frogs
Galaxy of Terror
The Gates of Hell
Glengarry Glen Ross
Godzilla vs. Hedorah
Gothic
Grindhouse
Gymkata
Halloween III: Season of the Witch
The Hand
Hell of the Living Dead
Henry and June
Hercules and the Captive Women
High Anxiety
The Hills Have Eyes
I Spit on Your Grave
Ice Castles
In the Mouth of Madness
The Incredible Hulk
Ironclad
The Island of Dr. Moreau
Jacob's Ladder
Jaws
Joe Versus the Volcano
Julie and Julia
Kill the Irishman
King Kong (the Peter Jackson version)
King of New York
Kingdom of the Spiders
KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park
L.A. Confidential
Lair of the White Worm
Laserblast
The Last Wave
The Legacy
Long Weekend
Lord of the Rings (the Ralph Bakshi version)
Lost Highway
Macbeth
Mad Monster Party
Mandingo
Marathon Man
Marnie
Massacre in Dinosaur Valley
Master of the Flying Guillotine
Matango
Meet the Feebles
Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus
Miami Connection
Mortal Kombat
The Naked Kiss
The Naked Prey
National Lampoon's Animal House
The Negotiator
Night of the Lepus
Night Watch (Nochnoi Dozor)
Nightmare Alley
The Ninth Configuration
No Country for Old Men
Nude for Satan
The Omen
The Painted Veil
Pennies From Heaven
Performance
Phantom of the Paradise
Phase IV
Pink Floyd: The Wall
Piranha 3D
Poseidon
Possession
Prophecy
Psychomania
Rain of Fire
Ravenous
The Reaping
Red Sonja
The Ref
The Reflecting Skin
The Replacement Killers
Repulsion
Requiem for a Vampire
Romeo is Bleeding
Ronin
The Room
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
Roxanne
Salo, or The 120 Days of Sodom
Scanners
Seconds
The Sentinel
The Serpent and the Rainbow
Seven
Shark Attack 3: Megalodon
Shoot 'Em Up
Sideways
The Sign of the Cross
The Silent Scream
Silver Bullet
Slither
Slugs
Snakes on a Plane
Something Wicked This Way Comes
Somewhere in Time
Sorcerer
Spirits of the Dead
Stanley
Street Kings
Suddenly, Last Summer
Super
Surviving the Game
Suspiria
Tales From the Crypt
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
The 13th Warrior
Tideland
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
Tron
Tron: Legacy
The Truman Show
Turkey Shoot
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
Under Siege
Under the Skin
The Unseen
Valhalla Rising
The Valley of Gwangi
The Visitor
WALL-E
War of the Gargantuas
Watership Down
What Have You Done to Solange?
Whisper
White Noise 2: The Light
Witchfinder General
Wizards
Wolfen
Xtro
Yellow Submarine
The Yellow Wallpaper
Zabriskie Point


The guide also includes a list of 200 more movies worth watching, from The Abominable Dr. Phibes to Zodiac. Stay tuned for the official release date!

Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Undertow review at The Bibliophilic Book Blog

The latest review for Undertow is in. Visit the Bibliophilic Book Blog to learn their thoughts on the book.