Just Me

  May was a great month for me! It’s my birthday month along with Mother’s Day, and both of those days were awesome.   May was always Short Story Month, and I enjoyed reading MANY fantastic short stories. I am still reading short story collections. I love reading short stories, so I grab these kinds of books to read any chance I can! (I also promoted my own short story collections and had two short stories published in anthologies. Woot!)   But the best thing about May is that not only did I reach my goal of reading 10 books in one month but I even read 12! Very cool!   This month’s reading is a nice mix of science fiction novels, short story collections, poetry books, a poetry and short story collection, horror and crime fiction.   So, without further ado, here are the 12 books I read in May:   51. If I Wasn't Sacred by Morgan Boyer 52. Nemesis by John Arkham 53. Midnight Mother by Desiree Horton 54. The Broonie and Other Da...

Some of the people I have been emailing for years might have noticed that I have a new email logo. It’s the one I use for my website, “Dawn in the Dark.”     My friend, Christy Aldridge , made it for me and I absolutely love it!   Thing of it was, I created the Dawn in the Dark website because I wanted something specifically for my horror books. I write other things besides horror, so I wanted something set apart from my regular author site for this purpose.   The idea for “Dawn in the Dark” came about several months ago when my sister was putting together ideas for her forthcoming store. She wanted to be able to sell my books through her store, so she asked me to create a brand for all of my horror and paranormal books in her store. Eventually, I decided on “Dawn in the Dark” and I got busy creating a website for it. Then, later, I got the logo for this brand. Earlier this year, my sister asked me to write a novel featuring this character, so I have ...