Comment on my novel: "I’m reading The Cadaver Princess and enjoying it very much. It’s a historical fantasy where 12-year-old Princess Victoria unexpectedly shows up in a surgeon’s anatomy lab. I’ve always been fascinated by this era of history, perhaps because of the stark class divide." #booksky

Books published by Amazing Selects. Mine is in the second row, far right (click to enlarge). chuckrothman.com/the-cadaver-... #booksky #writingCommunity #writersLife #writer #amwriting #wip

My latest blog post: Midnight (1939) greatbutforgotten.blogspot.com/2025/09/midn... #Booksky #movies #hollywood #blog

My latest blog post: Midnight (1939) greatbutforgotten.blogspot.com/2025/09/midn... #Booksky #movies #hollywood #blog

My #review of Eric Flint's 1632 and Beyond for Tangent Online. A bit of a challenge, since I hadn't read the series and the stories were filled with references to other ones. #amwriting #tangentOnline #fiction #booksky tangentonline.com/print-bi-mon...

Got my flu and COVID shots today.

Two adjectives that need to be retired because they have lost all meaning: "Perfect" "Beloved"

Had a great time at Albacon and even sold some books. #booksky #writingCommunity #writersLife #novel #amWriting

I will be at Albacon this weekend. You can see me at the con or watch my panels with an online membership. Hope to see you there! My schedule: Saturday 10:00 am ...But I've never ridden a horse! Saturday 1:00 pm Surprisingly Forgotten Authors Sunday 12:15 Reading albacon.org

From "The Cadaver Princess": Lehzen took the hint. "What's your favorite part of the play?" she asked. "The last. When everyone dies!" Lehzen did not like the enthusiasm with which she said that. #booksky #writingCommunity #amwriting #writerslife #novel #amwritingfantasy youtu.be/7Hjy2AswJUQ

Don't buy my book! Borrow it from your local library with the Hoopla app. "Like Dickens crossed with Poe." - Alan Steele chuckrothman.com youtu.be/7Hjy2AswJUQ #booksky #writing #amwriting #novel #writingcommunity #hoopla #amwritingfantasy

Albacon Costume Contest, Sept. 13, 8:00 pm EDT. Come to the convention (Clifton Park, NY) to show your costumes and win cash prizes! albacon.org/2025/costume... #costuming #conventions #costumes

What's with all the rats? And how do they threaten the empire? Read "The Cadaver Princess" and find out. Available at chuckrothman.com youtu.be/7Hjy2AswJUQ #booksky #amwriting #writingcommunity #amwritingfantasy #horror #books

Greatbutforgotten looks at "My Favorite Wife." greatbutforgotten.blogspot.com/2025/08/my-f... #movies #hollywood

The #Albacon SF convention is September 12-14. You can attend remotely and take part in events. See authors talking science fiction and fantasy, a masquerade, and a fundraising auction. Preliminary schedule now available. albacon.org #writing #writingcommunity #amwriting #fantasy #sciencefiction

Just came up with a twist that will tie everything in the novel together and makes it all work. #amwriting #writingCommunity #WIP #amwriting #writersliife

My latest blog entry, about Audrey Munson, who was America's first supermodel and whose life ended sadly. greatbutforgotten.blogspot.com/2025/08/audr... #model #history

Why is the dead girl sitting up? And what's the story about all these rats? Read "The Cadaver Princess" and find out. youtu.be/7Hjy2AswJUQ books2read.com/u/mYE6jd #booksky #amwriting #writingcommunity #writing #amwritingfantasy #novel #victorian

This They Might Be Giants TONIGHT SHOW performance of "Birdhouse In Your Soul" from 1990 remains firmly lodged in my noggin thanks to the Tonight Show Band's full commitment and Doc Severinsen's incredible trumpeting... It took an already great song and made it transcendent.

Spent the day at the track.

My publisher made a book trailer. I love it! #booksky #writingcommunity #writerslife #novel #fantasy #books #reading chuckrothman.com/the-cadaver-princess youtu.be/7Hjy2AswJUQ

No dragons. No castles. No quests. No chosen ones. No hero's journey. Break away from the cliches. Read "The Cadaver Princess." chuckrothman.com/the-cadaver-princess #booksky #amwriting #writerslife #amwriting #writing #novel

Hmmn. There's a chance I'll get some money from an AI copyright violation lawsuit. Check to see if your copyrighted book is here. www.theatlantic.com/technology/a... If so, you may be eligible, too. #booksky #writing #writerslife #writingcommunity #amwriting

She claims to be the queen. The only problem is she's already dead. Read "The Cadaver Princess." chuckrothman.com/the-cadaver-princess books2read.com/u/mYE6jd #booksky #amwriting #book #writingcommunity #writerslife "Like Dickens crossed with Poe, there isn’t anything else quite like it.”

Rules for mysteries: If you're an invalid, don't be nasty to your caregiver. #ItWontEndWell #booksky #mystery

Rules for mysteries: Never tell your heirs you're writing them out of their will before making it official. It will not end well. #booksky #mystery

The corpse insisted she was Queen Victoria -- who wasn't queen yet. Beware of the rats! chuckrothman.com/the-cadaver-princess #amwriting #writingcommunty #booksky #writerslife #book #amwritingfantasy

From The Cadaver Princess Sheppard shook his head. "I don't know what to think. The tale was fantastic, impossible." "Just like the girl," said Pablo. #amwriting #novel #WritingCommunity #writerslife #booksky books2read.com/u/mYE6jd:

London, 1831. A corpse just opened her eyes on an anatomist’s slab. She says her name is Victoria. She insists she’s a princess. But she’s missing her teeth, wrapped in a burial shroud, and undeniably… dead. Or was. #booksky #amwriting #novel #writerslife #writingcommunity books2read.com/u/mYE6jd

In case you missed it -- me being interviewed on Write Talk Wednesday a few months ago. #amwriting #writerslife #booksky #writingcommunity #novel #wip www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfZ2...

Mud, mud, glorious mud Nothing quite like it for cooling the blood. So follow me follow Down to the hollow And there we can wallow In glorious mud! (Guess who I've been listening to)

From The Cadaver Princess "Didn't you tell me you were certain I was dead when I was brought here?" "I might have been mistaken." "Yet you were willing to believe that. Why not believe I am who I say I am?" #amwriting #novel #WritingCommunity #writerslife #booksky books2read.com/u/mYE6jd:

Wrote the book. Got the T-shirt. #writingcommunity #amwriting #booksky #writing #book #writerslife

From The Cadaver Princess "What's your name?" "It's officially Alexandrina Bictoria. I don't like the 'Alexandrina.'" "I meant your last name." "I have none. Just the two. I do have a title. Her Royal Highness" #amwriting #novel #WritingCommunity #writerslife #booksky books2read.com/u/mYE6jd:

Got my first royalty check for "The Cadaver Princess." Not a lot, but it's only been available for a month. books2read.com/u/mYE6jd #booksky #amwriting #writerslife #writingcommunity #novel

Random lines from "The Cadaver Princess." "Everyone knows their own face." "Exactly. Dat is why I can state that dis is not mine." "Whose is it, then?" "If I knew, wouldn't I have said so?" #amwriting #novel #WritingCommunity #writerslife #booksky books2read.com/u/mYE6jd

Don't buy my book! Borrow it! The Cadaver Princess is available from your local library through Hoopla. You can check it out just like any library book. See if your library participates. www.zeemaps.com/map?group=66... #writingcommunity #novel #amwriting #amwritingfantasy #writerslife #booksky

Was stuck on how to proceed with my novel. Then I realized the problem: I was trying to plan what would happen. Once I started writing without a plan, the words flowed. #amwriting #wip #writingCommunity #writerslife

Random lines from "The Cadaver Princess." "What do you mean you're not you?" The girl pointed at the mirror. "Dat girl! It's not me. The hair's de wrong color. Da nose is too big. The pace is too . . . oblong." #amwriting #novel #WritingCommunity #writerslife #booksky books2read.com/u/mYE6jd

Random lines from #TheCadaverPrincess: "Do you . . . remember your death?" Victoria nodded. "Dat awful man gabe me someding to drink. It made me sleepy. And when I woke up, I was on dat slab." #amwriting #novel #amwritingfantasy #WritingCommunity #writerslife #booksky books2read.com/u/mYE6jd

"The Cadaver Princess" is featured on John Scalzi's "The Big Idea." whatever.scalzi.com/2025/06/25/t... #amwriting #novel #amwritingfantasy #WritingCommunity #writerslife #booksky #novel

‪‪Random lines from #TheCadaverPrincess: The girl sat impatiently in Sheppard's office...She did not breathe....She had no pulse, no heartbeat. "What are you?" "A girl. A dead one, evidently," #amwriting #novel #amwritingfantasy #WritingCommunity #writerslife #booksky books2read.com/u/mYE6jd

"Beloved restaurant closes after 10 months." How beloved could it be if it doesn't last a year?

Princess Victoria is dead -- and she wants to know why. "Like Dickens crossed with Poe, there isn’t anything else quite like it.” -- Alan Steele. books2read.com/u/mYE6jd #booksky #amwriting #WritingCommunity #writerslife Borrow for free from Hoopla!

‪Random lines from #TheCadaverPrincess: "Where did you get this?" he said. ... "’Tis none of your business, is it?" said Bishop. "If ya don't want to buy it, there are others." #amwriting #novel #amwritingfantasy #WritingCommunity #writerslife #wip #booksky books2read.com/u/mYE6jd

T-Shirts with the cover of "The Cadaver Princess" are now available from Amazing Stories! The third time there was one made with my name on it! #amwriting #novel #amwritingfantasy #WritingCommunity #writerslife #wip #booksky amazingstories.printful.me/product/amaz...

There was a deer and her fawn at the end of my driveway. Never seen one so close outside of petting zoos.

Random lines from #TheCadaverPrincess: But this was more than death. This was magic. #amwriting #novel #amwritingfantasy #WritingCommunity #writerslife #wip #booksky books2read.com/u/mYE6jd

Random lines from #TheCadaverPrincess: He tore a small corner from the dress. The taste told him all he needed to know. Trouble. Of the sort he had thought he'd never face again. #amwriting #novel #amwritingfantasy #WritingCommunity #writerslife #wip #booksky books2read.com/u/mYE6jd

Random lines from #TheCadaverPrincess: Bishop's eyes narrowed. He was trying to be cagy. "I can go somewhere else," he said. "And I can go to the beadles and have them ask where you got it." #amwriting #novel #amwritingfantasy #WritingCommunity #writerslife #wip #booksky books2read.com/u/mYE6jd