Links

The world is yours for the clicking...

I've tried to place the links in some type of logical order. As anyone who truly knows me will attest, logic isn't always my strongest suit, but it's the effort that counts. Right?

Have fun, play nice with the other kids, and remember -- I'm not responsible for the content found on any site you visit by clicking on the following links.

PS... Be sure to check out my blogs, Facebook fan page, and you can even follow me on Twitter:

  • LiveJournal
  • MySpace
  • Facebook Fan Page
  • Twitter
  • BlogSpot
  • Goodreads
  • ThrillerFest 2009 Blog (Contributing poster) 

 Extra Special Links

My publisher and Bantam's parent company:

  • Bantam Dell Publishing Group
  • Random House

Looking for a good book?

  • IndieBound
  • Amazon.com
  • Barnes and Noble
  • Borders Books

A Special Note:

Television shows and books about crime labs are wonderful and have raised public awareness of crime labs' roles in the criminal justice system. However, there is a major difference between fiction and reality.

In fact, most American crime labs are not fully funded or staffed, are located in aging facilites, and many don't even have basic computers and equipment necessary to process evidence.

Please check out the link below to the Crime Lab Project and see what you can do to help change this harsh reality.

  • The Crime Lab Project

Organizations

A brief list of organizations to which I belong

  • International Thriller Writers
  • Mystery Writers of America 
  • Sisters in Crime
  • Romance Writers of America
  • Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America 
  • Horror Writers Association
  • Fangs, Fur & Fey LiveJournal Community
  • Association for Gravestone Studies
  • The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi
  • The Golden Key International Honour Society
  • Sigma Tau Delta - English Honor Society

Artists

These are a few of the artists I admire and from whom I find some of my greatest inspiration

  • Georgia O'Keefe
  • Jackson Pollock
  • Ansel Adams
  • M. C. Escher
  • Salvador Dali
  • Larry Elmore
  • Clyde Caldwell
  • Jeff Easley
  • Boris Vallejo and Julie Bell
  • Matthew Stawicki
  • BROM
  • H.R. Giger
  • Todd Lockwood
  • Luis Royo
  • Fred Fields

Writers

Some of my favorite authors - listed alphabetically

  • Jennifer Armintrout
  • Kelley Armstrong
  • L. A. Banks
  • Laura Benedict
  • Terry Brooks
  • Jim Butcher
  • Rebecca Cantrell
  • Karen Dionne
  • Christine Feehan
  • Jeaniene Frost
  • Yasmine Galenorn
  • Lisa Gardner
  • Carolyn Haines
  • Laurell K. Hamilton
  • Charlaine Harris
  • Kim Harrison
  • Faith Hunter
  • Stacia Kane
  • Stephen King
  • Dean Koontz
  • Richelle Mead
  • Stephenie Meyer
  • Andrew Peterson
  • Vicki Petterson
  • Edgar Allan Poe
  • Anne Rice
  • Diana Rowland
  • William Shakespeare
  • Mary Shelley
  • Kelli Stanley
  • Bram Stoker
  • Rachel Vincent
  • Margaret Weis

Conferences

  • ThrillerFest
  • Romantic Times BookLovers Convention
  • BoucherCon 2009
  • Left Coast Crime
  • Romance Writers of America
  • DragonCon
  • GenCon
  • CoastCon
  • MobiCon
  • Comic Con
  • ImagiCon
  • CONvergence

Other links of interest

  • Alabama Fandom Alliance (Sci/Fi, Fantasy, & Horror Fan Forum -- I'm usually lurking in the shadows, so drop in and say "Hi!")
  • The Journal of Horror Studies
  • The Association of Science Fiction & Fantasy Artists
  • Silver Gryphon Consulting (Solutions for small businesses)
  • Think Geek
  • Realms of Fantasy Magazine
  • Consortium of Forensic Science Organizations
  • American Academy of Forensic Sciences
  • International Association for Identification
  • National Association of Medical Examiners
  • National Clearinghouse for Science, Technology, and the Law
  • American Board of Forensic Psychology
  • Forensic Anthropology Center at University of Tennessee, aka "The Body Farm"
  • American Board of Forensic Anthropology

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