A while back I asked around for suggestions for a Jane Carver playlist – a Waar mix-tape if you will – and I got some great responses, and they in turn sparked some ideas of my own. So here it is, to celebrate the official release of Swords of Waar (okay, so it was yesterday; there was some kind of election going on yesterday, so I thought I’d wait ’til it was over) these are the songs Jane would be blasting as she headed out on the open road on her big ‘ol Harley.

Born to be Wild – Steppenwolf

Devil Gate Drive – Suzi Quatro

Call me the Breeze – Lynyrd Skynyrd

Move Over – Janis Joplin

Ramblin’ Gamblin’ Man – Bob Seger

Real Wild Child – Joan Jett

Flirtin’ with Disaster – Molly Hatchet

Nutbush City Limit

Highwayman – The Highwaymen

So whaddaya think? A true representation of Jane? Any that I missed? Let me know in the comments, and don’t forget to pick up Swords of Waar!

Damn. That last one always makes me cry. Sorry.

Not sure what happened, but who am I to complain? Even though it says right on the page that Swords of Waar is coming out Oct 23rd, apparently it’s available on Amazon right now! That’s right, you can buy the sequel to Jane Carver of Waar today! Be the first one on your block!

Jane Carver of Waar has become an audio book from Audible.com, and it’s great! I’m listening to it right now and really enjoying it! Dina Pearlman doesn’t have a southern accent, but she does have all of Jane’s bad-ass attitude and charm, and really brings the book alive. I stayed up until 3am listening last night. Go buy it now!

Finally met the mighty Dave Dorman face to face at Comic Con, and got to thank him for his great work. Here we are holding the amazing covers he painted for Jane Carver of Waar and the upcoming Swords of Waar. So cool to see them in the flesh… so to speak. Thanks, Dave!

My band, The Magnificent, the Hardest Working Band in Show Business, are playing their first show at the Echo in Echo Park in less than two weeks! Visit the Facebook Event Page for all the details. The most important thing is, come early! Doors open at 8pm and we have to be done and gone by 10 before Funky Sole gets started, so get in and get on the dance floor. We’ll take care of the rest!

Well, I woulda put these up on our band website, but the free version of WordPress is being weird and won’t let me post, so the debut will have to happen here. Here are a couple of songs from my stormin’ soul band, The Magnificent. That’s me and the Professor belting it out. He’s the one with the growlier voice. I’m the one with the higher voice.

Are you ready? Let’s rock!

I’m a Man

What’ll I Do For Satisfaction

Don’t You Make Me Cry

I Gotta Find Me Somebody

Down in the Basement

Amazon UK is showing that Bloodsworn, my third Ulrika the Vampire novel, is now available for sale. And doing quite well, actually. As I write this its Amazon ranking is 1971! Woo hoo!

The day has finally arrived! Bloodsworn, the third Ulrika the Vampire novel has been published in the US! So excited to finally be able to share the bloodsoaked culmination of the trilogy. Yay!

Watched a stupid movie called Stage Door Canteen with Lili last night, as corny and jingoistic as anything you’ll ever see, but here’s the thing. When was the last time you saw a whole movie, or even a whole TV show, the entire purpose of which was to make soldiers feel loved, honored, and good about themselves and the war they were fighting? Maybe it’s because WWII was the last good war, but those were not the last good soldiers. I wish there were something more recent to make today’s soldiers feel loved, honored and good about themselves, but for now, Gypsy Rose Lee taking off not very much at all will have to do.

Many years ago, I found an online community of folks who loved Terry Windling’s Bordertown series, and we all had a great time discussing the books and creating Bordertown alter-egos for ourselves, but then one night there was a Bordertown party here in LA and a lot of my online friends came from all over the country to attend. Also in attendance were Emma Bull and Will Shetterly, contributors to the series, and later my writing mentors. That’s Emma in the center with the 100,000 kilowatt smile, while to her right are Angel (in the leather jacket), Annachee (silver hair), and Ellie, (blonde hair). And I hope I got all the spellings right.

Not sure whose pic this was originally, but Sabrina McCoy put them up on Facebook, and Jen Walker (on the right) tagged me in them. Thanks to both of them for reminding me of that great night. My only regret is the awful chin beard I was sporting at the time. Oh well, as they say, there is no joy that is unalloyed.