Story up at Title Goes Here

Wow, it's been a few days weeks since I blogged, huh? The Press is just so busy right now, I meet myself coming and going. The last couple of weeks have been a vicious cycle of not being able to get things done. I had the perfect work day planned a couple of Sundays ago--my daughter and grandson were visiting her in-laws, Mike & Sean were at camp--so the house was empty. Time to edit! But then a storm knocked out our power, leaving me, quite literally, in the dark and unable to work. So I got a little stressed. Sure, I set my own deadlines and I can always move them, but I don't like to. So the day after I was still stressed and ended up getting an ocular migraine. If you've never had one, let me explain--they start with blurry vision that makes me queasy if I try to focus my eyes, then I lose the vision in one eye. Then the pounding headache starts. Obviously, it rendered me unable to work, or read, or even watch TV. So I took some meds and huddled in a dark bedroom, stressing over not working, until it let up.

Funny thing--guess what causes ocular migraines? Stress. Lol. Well, according to WebMD, it's stress, fatigue, and caffeine. But I wouldn't need the caffeine if I wasn't so fatigued. And I wouldn't be so fatigued if I slept better. And I'd be more rested if I didn't have trouble sleeping because I'm stressed. Sounds like one huge circle of non-awesomeness, doesn't it? I need to find more Zen.


Then, of course, there was home improvement hell and 4th of July.


Don't get me wrong--I love, absolutely love my work. Love almost everything about it. But I've set some pretty high standards for us and that adds pressure. And, of course, I'm my own biggest critic. But I also believe that nothing worthwhile comes easy. It takes hard work and perseverance, and perseverance is my middle name. (Sorry, Mom. I know you picked 'Michelle,' but I've never liked that name and "Perseverance" really has a ring to it.)

So we have some really great things coming from Angelic Knight Press this year, possibly including a Gothic novella I authored. Two fantastic Anthologies in the line-up and more of both Bryan Hall's Southern Hauntings Saga and Cindy Keen Reynder's Wysteria Hedge Haven Clan Series. Plus much more. I'll be going to KillerCon in Vegas in September.

And, I've banded together with a few other rogues in a quest to reach "Pro" status with the HWA. We're all writing and submitting to pro markets, sharing our rejections and acceptances. It's nice to have a support group, and one filled with people I'd really like to see succeed. I'll let you know the status of the quest throughout the year.

And, it's not a "pro" market, meaning it didn't pay me 5 cents a word or more, actually they didn't pay me anything, but I had a story accepted earlier this year to Title Goes Here, an online magazine. You can click here to read my story, "The Wind". Warning: it is a tad gruesome. Let me know what you think.

♥Stacey

Meet Billie Sue Mosiman

Today I'm talking with Billie Sue Mosiman. If you haven't met her or friended her on Facebook, you should go do so right now. She's down to earth, friendly, and always willing to help another author out. What more could you ask for in an award winning author?

Billie Sue happens to be giving away a shit pot load of FREE books in celebration of her birthday tomorrow. That's right, it's her birthday, but you're getting gifts. I told you she was sweet. You can see just which ones she's giving away here.

Also, I read one of the FREE stories- Dark Reality. You can read my review over at See Spot Read. Go on, I'll wait. Back? Sweet! Here's Billie Sue~

How long have you been writing? Since I was a kid. I began crafting short stories around eighteen years old. I wasn't a very good writer until my thirties.

What's the first thing you had published? It was a non-fiction piece for a book called Successful Housewife Writers. The first piece of fiction I had published was a short story in HORROR SHOW, I believe it was, and a novel, both sold in the same month.

Do you write full time or do you have a day job? I write full time. I’ve never been good at jobs. I tend to have a wandering mind, not paying attention to the work for other people. I make a very bad employee.

What is your writing routine? I used to get up and begin writing right away. Nowadays I write when I feel like it, maybe 3-4 days a week although every day is spent thinking about stories, researching stories, reading them, or promoting them.

Have you always been a fan of the Horror genre? I came to it after I was older. In the beginning I was into literary novels and classics.

What scares you? Any silly phobias? The idea of drowning scares me or of falling from a great height. I have a small phobia about riding in cars in traffic. If it is a small car I panic. The bigger the vehicle, the safer I feel.

What other writers do you admire? I admire Ed Gorman, Scott Smith, Stephen King, and in the classic writers, I admire F. Scott Fitzgerald, Steinbeck, and Flannery O’Connor. I like a lot of the new writers on the scene, particularly Bryan Hall and Franklin E. Wales.

What is your favorite thing about the Indie Movement? The control and the community. It’s about time authors had more control over their works. Traditional publishing did well by me and I have few complaints, but now that I am doing my own thing, I can see how much more leeway I’m afforded, how much creativity I can indulge. One never realizes the constraints until they are taken off. I also like the non-competitive (mostly) atmosphere surrounding the Indie movement. It’s a whole new world in publishing and I embrace it totally.

Best writing advice you've ever been given? “Don't fall for the romantic notion of the 'writer' who boozes, does drugs, and acts outrageous. Live a quiet life and concentrate on the work.”

What advice would you give any newbies out there? If they would like to follow my path they would read tons of books, especially in their genre, but also all the great writers of the past. Without a background in literature, a writer’s style might not mature into a distinctive style. They would write a million words before worrying about publishing. They would love writing with all their heart and care more about storytelling than anything else—more than about selling or making money or getting fame and attention. They would help their colleagues when they could and do no harm to them if they could help it. They would stand up for their rights, always, and never back down from bullies or from people who tell them they can’t do it. They would listen to their inner muse and the rest of the world be damned. They would expect perfection from themselves, or as near to it as they can come. They would not give up, if storytelling means anything to them, not until their dying day. They would enjoy the creative life, knowing they are blessed, and stay grateful and not big-headed. They would understand it's important to write fiction that entertains over trying to teach or edify their readers. They would write, write, write.

Bio:

Author of 14 novels, 160+ short stories, Edgar and Stoker Nominee, writer of suspense and horror fiction. Traditionally published 13 of her novels and all her stories, which were in various magazines and anthologies. In 2011 decided to go Indie and published BANISHED and many short stories and novelettes.
blog: http://www.peculiarwriter.blogspot.com
FB: http://www.facebook.com/billiesuemosiman
Twitter: @EdgarNominee

Thank you, Billie, for stopping by. And thank you, readers, for coming over as well.

♥Stacey

The Vagrant by Bryan Hall

Hello!! *waving wildly* I'm so excited. First, we are releasing a brand new novelette today by Bryan Hall. It's called The Vagrant and it's the first in a series of novellas/novelettes called the Southern Hauntings Saga. And let me just tell you-- they are GOOD. If you don't love them, there might be something wrong with you. Okay, so I might have become something of a "fan girl." So sue me. Anyway- you can purchase The Vagrant (and see that I'm right) here.

Second, and just as exciting, Bryan set up a website for his main character Crate Northgate. You can access that here. And I have been privy to an awesome, if somewhat awkward, attempt to interview Crate. And you, lucky folks, get to read it here first. Without further ado~

To whom it may concern,

My name's Joshua Roy.  I'm writing in regards to the man known as Creighton Northgate, or "Crate" for short.  I had heard of him months ago through a few local rumors, but finally learned a bit more about him through the http://www.whoiscratenorthgate.weebly.com site (which I'll also send a copy of this letter to).  A few days after visiting that site, I was in the right place at the right time.  It was a seedy little bar just outside town (I live in the middle of nowhere in Arkansas) and I heard a couple of fellas talking about the man that George and Ella Jenkins had hired to root out something going on at their farm.  They pointed him out to me, sitting at the bar.  Said his name was "Crate Something or Other".  I switched on my cell phone's audio record feature and tried to strike up a conversation with him.  I could tell within the first three words he said that he was getting close to being shit-hammer drunk.  It wasn't a long conversation, but I figured it would interest somebody.

 What follows is a transcript of the conversation:

Joshua - You look like a feller who could use another drink! Name's Joshua! Never seen you before...whereabouts you from ?

 Crate – Around.

Joshua - Never knew anyone from "Around"...that over by Bluff City? Hey next rounds on me! 

Crate - I appreciate it, but I think I've about had enough, friend.  Last thing I need's a hangover in the morning. Just needed a couple to...to help me sleep.

 Joshua - Oh yeah? I have problems too. Odd jobs have me going in every direction and I never know if I'm waking up or going to bed at 6am! What causes your troubles? 

 Crate - Heh.  Nothing you'd understand.  (a long pause)  Hell.  You heard of the Jenkins Farm?  Problems they've been having?

Joshua - They had to call in some sort of voodoo snake handler or something. How'd you hear about it?

Crate - They called me.  I ain't got much use for snakes, though.  Or voodoo.  Had a bad time with that shit a few years back.

 Joshua - Oh wow! So that's you. So this is how you make a living? Strange things happen and people call you to fix it?

 Crate - More or less. They don't always get fixed, though.

 Joshua - So what is it you try to fix? Ghosts? Spirits? Zombies? 

 Crate - Yep. Well...aside from the zombies.  Ain't seen a dead body yet that can stand back up.  Rigormortis is hell on the muscles.  You ought to try and drag a body that's been dead for a little while.  It don't bend and go all limp like in the movies.  Few hours and it's as stiff as a log.  Heavy as one too.  So nah.  No zombies.  (another long pause).  I'll have that beer now, I guess.  One more won't hurt.  Anyways...there's plenty out there you've heard of, friend.  Plenty you probably ain't believed in.  I'm here to tell you....believe it.  Believe it all.

Joshua – How the hell did you end up doing this?

Crate - Some folks are good at football.  So they play football.  Some of 'em are good at numbers.  So they become accountants or something.  I've got...talents that let me do what I do.  Beats being a carpenter all to hell.  Ain't like I've got a lot of competition. 

 (Note - at this point I noticed him eying me oddly and could fill his suspicion growing.  I filled the next few moments with idle chatter about the football game on the television until I was confident I could work in another serious question without drawing suspicion.  That portion of the conversation has been edited from this transcription for the sake of brevity)

 Joshua – You ought to film it.  When you're helping folks, I mean.  Fella could get rich off stuff like that, way all those Bigfoot and ghost hunting shows are all over the TV.

 Crate – I ain't trying to get rich.  And the last thing I need's to get famous.

Joshua – Hell…you are kinda famous.  Everybody's heard a little about you.  Didn't you have a brother or something that went missing?

(A long pause – I could tell I'd stepped over the line)

 Crate – Time for you to get the hell on from here, you lying son of a bitch.  You knew who I was.

Joshua – Hey man!  I'm just –

Crate – I said go to hell.

And that was it.  He finished his beer and left the bar a minute later.  I never saw him again, but I heard that that same night he managed to take care of whatever problem it was that had really been going on out at that farm. 

 I don't know if this helps shed any light on Creighton Northgate…but I can say he's not like anyone else I've ever met.

Thanks for listening,

Joshua Roy 

Go on, you know you want to see what all the fuss is about.

♥Stacey

A publisher's dilemma

So I’ve had an internal debate for some time now about publishing my own work with AKP or going with another small press. Honestly, the thought of trying to get an agent and subbing to bigger presses hasn’t crossed my mind in some time. At least, not since a year ago when I began working with Angelic Knight Press and getting to know more small press owners and staff. I love the feel of small presses. Sure we don’t always have the biggest marketing budgets, we can’t offer advance royalties, and we don’t meet the criteria for some of the awards. But I love the feel of small presses. I love that the owners know each of the writers personally. I love that, as an editor, I get to know more about my author than whether they have a good grasp of grammar. I know where they want their book to go. I know their hopes and dreams. I love working with the art director to ensure that we make the book come to life the way the author imagined it. I love the hometown feel of a small press and I love the fact that we’ve started banding together to help each other out. Basically- I love my job and my company and nearly everyone I work with.

What I don’t love is finger pointers or name callers or drama. And sure, you’re going to have that with every job, but more so with creative jobs where it’s your baby those folks are talking about. And I don’t understand all the in-fighting. Why do we need to point fingers and call each other out and get into pissing contests? Can’t we all succeed? But I digress. Recently, I saw a conversation where a newly minted small press owner disparaged other small presses who publish the work of their owner or staff. He called them Vanity Presses and said that he would never do that, his authors deserved better.

 My first instinct was not a nice one and thankfully cooler heads prevailed and talked me into putting that shank down. (JK. Kind of.) Well, I took it to my small press society and of course I knew what their opinions would be. Nearly all of them publish works by the owner/s and/or staff. (Do villagers and pitchforks give you enough of a picture?) This person had just alienated a large portion of the people who could have been most beneficial to him. Then I thought about his words and decided to take it to the people who mattered the most- our authors. Today I emailed them all and let them know the question. They came back with overwhelming support for the press and here is just a sampling of their answers-

‘I have seen many presses set up this way, and I don't think less of them. As a matter of fact, Helen Rossman, the CEO of my first publisher, Medallion Media Group, publishes quite a bit of her work through her press. They are doing quite well in the industry and continue to grow and expand. I think people who try to "make specific rules" about this are simply looking for ways to build themselves up.’ ~ Cindy Keen Reynders

‘In a word, no! What difference could it possibly make if it is an anthology, carefully edited and scrutinized in the most careful manner and happens to include other work, say by the publisher? That is just silly and argumentative to me.’~ Carole Gill

‘So no, I don't care about the publishing of your own stuff in the least. If it was getting shown preference in acceptance, or if releases from you or Blaze were getting moved ahead of the schedule or getting more marketing attention than other books, I would. But just throwing in a great story that fits an anthology or publishing your own novel wouldn't bother me in the least. Your quality will help you stand out, and I don't think that putting out your own stuff would change it in the least. Besides, you're working your ass off on your company. Why send a great story to a competitor over something like this?’~ Bryan Hall

‘Y'know, the way I look at it is that it's the owners' press, and they can do what they want to with it, and if authors feel somehow "belittled," then they ought to be able to pinpoint the reason--as in is the owners' writing so substandard that no other press would touch it--and be able to justify that position. If this is not the case and the writing is up to par, then I don't see a problem.’~ Carson Buckingham

There are so many more, but I won’t include them all. Just suffice it to say that not one author came back to me and said that they felt belittled or treated unfairly. I don’t think the readers really care much either, so who exactly does this issue matter to? One of our writers put it succinctly when he said that the only people who care about such things are the elitists out there. The other writers and publishers who think they’re doing a better job or holding on to old standards. Well, it’s a new day peeps and it’s time to get with the program.

In the end, I decided I will go ahead with the plans to publish my short story collection with AKP. And later on my novella. Why? Because I trust us. I know our commitment to quality. I know that the same people, who read all the other subs, will read my sub as well. If it’s crap, I’ll get called on it. And if it’s not, and it gets the green light? It will be edited by the same editors that I work with and trust. The cover art will be done by our brilliant cover artist. And the royalty split will be the same I offer all of our authors. With the Press’ cut going right back into the business as it should. Why would I go with another press when I trust mine? Why would I give up creative control? Why would I give up money?

I suppose the argument could be made that I need the validation of being accepted elsewhere. But I already have that validation. I’ve had stories published with other presses and publications. I’ve had another press interested in the novella. That’s enough validation for me. The ending validation will come from the same place it would have- even if I published through someone else- the readers and reviewers.

And let me ask you this- how would publishing through your own press be any different than self-publishing? Except the readers are guaranteed the work published through the press has been edited well and formatted correctly. That’s a win for the readers.

And since the gentleman in question has self- pubbed a work or two, I might remind him that while you’re out gathering stones, you might bear in mind your own glass abode.

7 Year Witch Contest

It's contest time!! And that means free books. Who doesn't love free books? Crazy people, that's who. So since we're all relatively sane here and most of us love free books, let's have a contest. The book up for grabs this time around is AKP's latest release 7 Year Witch.

7 Year Witch is part paranormal romance, part sexy romp, part romantic comedy, and all parts awesome. What happens when a novice witch pops back in time to 1877 to confront an evil wizard and ends up landing in a field outside of London where she's found by a Duke? Add a magic disease, some meddling relatives, and the whole time difference thing, and you've stirred up a pot of calamity that tries to keep these lovers apart. It's a fun book that you won't want to miss!

So how do you enter? Each contestant will be awarded two entries for signing up for the AKP newsletter over on our official blog. One entry will be given for following the AKP blog. One entry will be given for following Cindy Keen Reynder's author blog. One entry will be given for liking the AKP Facebook page. And one for liking the 7 Year Witch Facebook page.

The contest will run through Wednesday, April 18th at midnight CST. Winners will be drawn on Friday and announced here and at the AKP page. Prizes are:

3 copies of the Kindle version of 7 Year Witch.
1 print copy of the book.
1 $10 Amazon.com gift card.

Please leave a comment after you enter and let me know if you can't do a Kindle version (because you have a Nook or other reader) and we'll see what we can do!

Thanks and Good Luck!

♥Stacey

Guest Post by Armand Rosimilia

Today I'm serving up a guest post by Armand Rosamilia. I interviewed Armand once before. He's a talented man: publisher of Rymfire, author and all around interesting guy. See for yourself~

What eBook Price Is Freedom?

Armand Rosamilia

That title sounds pretty epic, eh? Now, to disappoint you…

Today I want to point out eBook pricing. I'm not going to get into the pricing models the Big Six Publishers employ, because we can read almost daily what that is doing to their business. I'm focusing on the little guy… me and you.

There have been so many different ideas thrown around, especially since the KDP Select program from Amazon went live.

Who's right? Who screwed up their sales? Who are the Masters of all this? That's the fun part, because it all seems to change monthly, weekly, and sometimes daily.

I've had days where 18 different titles will have new sales (I have over 40) and I'll get in 39 sales. The next day I get 6 sales, and I can't for the life of me figure out what I did differently or if I did.

But does pricing make that big a difference? I see many well-established writers (and, let's face it, the ones who think they are) pricing their eBooks at $6.99 and telling everyone they're getting nice, healthy sales at that price.

For several mid-list authors (their term, not mine) I read their blog and see them pricing anywhere from $4.99 to $9.99, mostly books that had been traditionally published in the past, reverted back to them, and now they're charging just slightly less than their traditional publisher did.

I have my own opinion on eBook pricing. Guess what? I'm going to share it with you. Always remember there are exceptions to the rule of pricing, whether it's for genre, length, author recognition, or a hundred other factors.

I generally use two prices: 99 cents for shorter works (under 10,000 words) and $2.99 for longer works (usually my novellas). Simple as that.

Again, I've dabbled with other prices: $1.99 for a couple of short story collections before dropping them to 99 cents and watching my sales rise, and $3.99 for the Undead Tales zombie anthology, which is one of my stronger sellers. I've even gone up to $4.99 for my Extreme Undead Collection, but that is 100k and has four zombie novels in one release.

But $2.99 is a nice price to sit at, in my opinion. It's a few cents more than an impulse buy (like a 99 cent eBook is) but, if it interests the potential reader, the price is right. When you're writing niche stories like I generally do, with zombies, your potential readers are in a smaller but rabid circle, and you need to lock them in and keep them coming back for more, especially in a series.

I'll keep experimenting, and I hope other authors do as well. $2.99 seems to be the average price right now for indie authors, and I think it's fair as an author and a reader. I've never purchased an eBook over $2.99 to read, but my Kindle is crammed with $2.99 stories waiting to be read.

What will the future hold? Free eBooks with advertising? Rising costs for eBooks? A brand new system? The crash of technology and the return of stone tablets?

It's a great time we live in.

Armand Rosamilia

* * * * *

Believe it or not, I'm doing this guest blog tour in support of my latest releases.

Want to know more about the "Dying Days" series? Want to win free eBooks and maybe print books of them? My contest is simple: e-mail me at armandrosamilia (at) gmail (dot) com with DYING DAYS in the subject line and I'll enter you into the daily giveaway… also, post a comment here and you get another chance… follow my blog at http://armandrosamilia.com for yet another chance, and friend me on Twitter (@ArmandAuthor) and simply post DYING DAYS to me, and you'll get another shot… nice and easy, right? If I get enough people joining in the giveaway there will be a print book given away that day!

"Dying Days" series information can be found here: http://armandrosamilia.com/dying-days-series/

Thanks, Armand!

♥Stacey

So I got tagged with a blog meme and it was time I posted again anyway, so here I am. Thanks to Cindy Keen Reynders over at Saucy Lucy Wisdom for the tag. The rules are:

1. Go to page 77 of your current MS

2. Go to line 7

3. Copy down the next 7 lines, sentences or paragraphs and post them as they're written. No cheating.

4. Tag 7 authors.

5. Let them know.

Umm... My work in progress is a novella. It doesn't have 77 pages yet. It might never. So I've randomly selected a page and copied 7 (or 8ish) paragraphs. Here you go:

It took me a moment to realize what had awakened me, but then I became conscious that Phoebe was in fact half sitting on me, her body stiff, her finger pointing towards a corner of the room. My eyes followed her finger and came to rest on the figure of a young girl. She was probably six or seven, dressed in the clothes of a bygone era and she was standing in the corner, just staring at us and humming. I could not make out the tune, but it stirred a memory somewhere in the back of my mind. At first, I was not afraid, only bewildered. Where did this child come from? Why was she in my bedchamber in the middle of the night? It only slowly came to my attention that I could see the wallpaper through her figure. I was seeing a ghost. The house was indeed haunted. Phoebe still seemed paralyzed by her fear, but I felt only a crushing sadness at the sight of this child. Her loneliness and longing seemed to reach out from her small form and envelope me like a cloud. The weight of her sorrow was near to crushing me.

I found that I was not afraid of her, far from it. I wanted only to help this poor melancholy soul. I was afraid to move though, lest I spook her. And only now do I comprehend how ironic it is that I was worried about spooking a spook. At that time, it was as though a more fundamental part of me took over and shoved reason firmly to the side.

“Why do you linger?” I asked quietly but firmly. She met my eyes with hers and I could feel her searching for something I only hoped I could give.

“They won’t let me go. They won’t let me go!” she cried, her eyes leaving mine and glancing nervously about the room.

“Shhh….shhh…” I uttered in an attempt to soothe her. “Who won’t let you go, dear child?”

She appeared most frightened then and her eyes widened at something I could not see. She pointed to a far corner of the ceiling.

“THEM!” she screamed. Just then a cold sensation passed through my body as a large dark shadow swooped from the corner she’d been pointing to through me and into her. Both shadow and shade blinked completely out of view. I shuddered and shivered and Phoebe’s paralysis seemed to end.

“My Sweet Lord!” she shrieked. “What was that thing? And why were you talking to it?”

Now I have to answer some questions:

What is the title of your current WIP? Tell us about it.

It doesn't have a set title. I'm kicking around "Olivia's Tale" or maybe "Starkraven." It's a gothic style novella about a group of bored, rich kids who decide to visit an estate that's said to be haunted. It's set in the summer of 1824 and the group is highly influenced by Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. They get a lot more than they bargained for and only Olivia is left to tell the tale.

When did you start blogging and why?

I actually started blogging over at What Passes for Sane on a Crazy Day in 2009 to deal with some issues. Surprisingly, I got a good little following going and continued on in a humorous vein with tales of my family. I started this blog in 2011 when I started working as an editor and submitting more stories. This blog was a way for me to reach out to other authors and also to let people know what was going on with me in my professional life.

If you could do anything tomorrow, what would you do?

Hmmm... that's a tough one. I have so much work to do before WHC at the end of the month, but if I had to take a day off, I'd spend it on the couch watching old horror movies on Netflix.

Describe your happy place.

My dinner table. We eat dinner at the table, as a family most nights, and the conversations are sometimes unbloggable. We get so carried away and ridiculous that we spend most of dinner laughing. It's really not a successful dinner unless someone spits their drink out their nose. It's also where we all talk about our day and I will miss that the most when the kids leave home this fall.

What is your first happy memory?

I don't know. My memory is horrible. Lol. But I've had a lot of happy things in my life. Too many to list.

What was the scariest thing you've ever done?

I don't know. I don't really do a lot of scary stuff. I guess you could say a tour of the Mansfield Reformatory, one of the most haunted places in the U.S. Or it could be IM'ing the great Ellen Datlow on FB to tell her I found a flaw in her book. I thought she'd hate me. Quite the opposite. Whew!

What is the funniest thing you've done today?

I said "Pussy Willow." I know right, it's just a tree. But my kids had never heard of it and my daughter wanted to know why I randomly said it to my grandson. I was just throwing out silly words so he'd smile and I could get another bite of his lunch into him. They thought it was hilarious that was the first thing that came to my mind. *shrugs* That's just how I roll.

What is the strangest place you've ever gotten a story idea?

The movie theatre, right before the movie started. I just suddenly started thinking of this political article I read and it totally led into this fantastic story idea. I was so afraid I'd forget it during the movie! But luckily it stayed with me. I also work out a lot of plot problems in the shower. I think it's because it's one of the few times I relax.

Where do you write?

In my bedroom/office. Currently my hubs and I are using the room as a bedroom, but once my daughter's family moves it will be my office again. I have my big desk and all of my creepy framed artwork. It does look a little frightening at night. I'd take a photo, but currently my desk is a mess.

If you'd just won a ticket to anywhere in the world, and you had to take me, where would you take me and why?

England. I lived there for four years in the eighties and I love it there. Plus we could visit Penendon Heath, which is the inspiration for my novella.

And now for passing it on:


1. Lisa McCourt Hollar of Jezri's Nightmares.
2. Marissa Farrar of Something Wicked This Way Comes.
3. Ruth Barrett of Spirited Words.
4. Gordon Bonnet of Tales of Whoa.
5. Jeffrey Hollar of The Latinum Vault.
6. Lisamarie Lamb of The Moonlit Door.
7. Claudia Lefeve of Claudia Lefeve.

Thanks,
♥Stacey