“For years, I was a single parent and work-at-home mom, writing novels and raising three kids. Each attended the Pinellas County Center for the Arts at Gibbs High School, and all stuck with the arts.
Jaisen is a senior at University of South Florida in printmaking and photography, Jaimee a senior at University of North Carolina in Asheville in sculpture. Juli graduated from New York University in theater and is in the a graduate program at CalArts, with a triple focus — writing, directing and acting.
Given all that gentility, it came as quite the shock when one of my kids announced the intent to be a boxer. It was especially startling coming from my daughter, my baby.”
Can you make it through the first Chapter?
The first chapter of Siren is quite difficult for many people to make it through (it features a very disturbing scene). This reader couldn't make it:
http://toomuchhorrorfiction.blogspot.com/2014/09/the-unfinishing.html
“This gorgeous cover for Siren (May 1982) - the only good image I could find of the book on all the internets - is captivating (natch). Love the turquoise eyes! Compare this cover to the shit Tor reprint one. Ouch. ”
