A Little Blurb on Vermillion

When a haunting triggers a series of shadowquakes in Purgatory, spirits Velvet and Nick must cross over into the world of the living to sort out the case of a missing undertaker. But will a seductive body thief come between them and cast the distant district of Vermillion and its inhabitants into forever night?

Vermillion will appear in the upcoming Kiss Me Deadly anthology from Running Press Kids (August 2010).

The Excitement is Building!

I went over the proof pages for Vermillion this week and got to see all the other contributor's stories (which I'll be reading soon-2 months early--take that!!!). Looks like I win at being a windbag. Vermillion is the longest story of the bunch (by about a half a page). A little about the story: It's set almost entirely in Purgatory, so all the characters (mostly) are dead, there's romance, sexual subterfuge, human body possessions and stuff. I hope people like it.

And because people are going to ask, Vermillion is actually the sequel to a trilogy of Velvet and Nyx books (which I haven't finished working on yet--though I'm close, so damn close). Hope to be going on submission (that means my agent will be pimping the first book to publishers) by the end of this month!

Wish me luck!!!

Oh Hellz Yeah...Cover Time!

Looks like the anthology for my first YA short story has a cover and it's pretty hot...

...and I'm totally excited to be in the midst of such great YA authors. Here's the list...

Maggie Stiefvater

Becca Fitzpatrick

Rachel Vincent

Carrie Ryan

Sarah Rees Brennan

Caitlin Kittredge

Karen Mahoney

Daniel Marks <--Aw yeah!

Justine Musk

Diana Peterfreund

Michelle Rowen

Daniel Waters

Michelle Zink

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Velveteen Soundtrack

For each book I write (this is my fourth), I create a soundtrack. Sometimes I play it as I'm writing, sometimes I don't, but each of the songs represents the tone of a specific scene, or the words strike me as being significant to the characters emotional state. But mostly they just get my head bobbing and distract me from overthinking and stuff...

Who the heck is this guy?

Daniel Marks is the super secret pseudonym of a popular adult urban fantasy author. He lives in a highly classified and secluded location (a "house" in a "neighborhood") with his trusty bodyguard ("wife"), and a cabal of evil minions (some "dogs"). He's currently hiring for a loyal henchman ("gardener") apply at velvetandnyx.com.