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Apr.04.2011
Recently I've been obsessed with uploading all the book reviews I wrote for Morbid Curiosity over the years.  Working for the magazine exposed me to some amazing books on a variety of dark subjects.  I miss getting books in the mail, but I don't really miss the pressure to read them on a deadline...
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Feb.18.2011
I haven't been blogging much here lately, which is good and bad.  I've just turned in the first five chapters of The Dangerous Type to my agent.  Now I've started revising the rest of the novel, in case she's interested in representing it.  It's exciting work, since I think the novel is really fun...
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Sep.08.2010
Arlington National Cemetery Arlington, Virginia Opened June 15, 1864   Founded by Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton on the commandeered grounds of Robert E. Lee’s family home, Arlington National Cemetery currently spans 624 acres and encompasses more than 300,000 graves.  It is the...
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Sep.01.2010
You may know that I started visiting graveyards by accident.  A series of missed connections during the first Gulf War resulted in an unanticipated layover in London, where I just happened to pick up a guidebook to Highgate Cemetery.  My husband Mason wanted to visit the graveyard because it looked...