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My First Short Audio Story...

Okay, here it is folks. My first full-scale attempt at doing an audio recording of one of the short stories from our anthology "The Vampyre Blogs - One Day At a Time". This particular tale features our vampyre Nathan, talking about Alaska and what it's like to have shape-shifting powers.*NOTE: Do not click on this image, link to audio is provided further down*Please feel free to leave some comments below or at YouTube to let me know how I did. I'm hoping to fine tune my skills before trying for a full-scale audiobook version of the anthology and our full-length novels in the future.FYI, I'll be putting together a rather lengthy blog entry in the near future (possibly complete with videos including Blooper outtakes) demonstrating what lengths I go to get a good sound quality within the confines of my own home. I think I'll be able to give you all a few good chuckles as well as useful information.Just click on the link below to begin listening:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Mxg1nIibXI&t=32sIn the meantime keep writing my friends.

So Much Going On...

Allan here with some big announcements and an apology to make. First the apology. Sorry it's taken so long to get back to the current story, which I feel may be one of the most important ones we've ever undertaken because of the subject involved. Please rest assured that the story will be continuing shortly, it's just been a crazy two months over here.First of all, Fibromyalgia reared its ugly head and flattened both of us badly for several weeks. At the same time, we were also getting ready to launch Helen's first solo novel "Forever's Too Long" which is the first of an all new series she's calling 'The Forever Detective Series'. It revolves around a 1940's private investigator in NYC, who's first two cases runs him smack into the middle of a nest of vampires led by a certain historical figure from Russian history. If you've been enjoying Nathan and company, then I highly recommend checking out Rafael Jones and his friends in this all new truly supernatural series at the links below.Nook:https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/fore... spent a great deal of time helping Helen prepare and promote her novel going as far as to creating my very 1st book trailer for her novel. Anyone wanting to see the results can click on this youtube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNoPA.... While not 100% perfect, I was quite happy with the results, especially the voice-over you hear in the trailer. The response to the video was so good, it got me thinking about going back and making trailers for both "The Vampyre Blogs - Coming Home" and "The Vampyre Blogs - One Day At a Time".However, before that could happen, we had to prepare a book launch party for "Forever's Too Long", wherein I did something I've been thinking about for some time but never tried, namely loud readings using unique voices for each of the characters who appear in the scene. Once again the reactions were much more positive than I'd expected. Now I've done theater in the past, and I've done loud readings in person for family and friends who have all urged me to get to start recording the books. But after hearing people's reactions at the launch party, my reaction was to buy these puppies...This is the Blue Yeti USB Microphone and the Samson SR350 Closed back stereo headphones. I'm already working on what I'm calling my "Voice Library" so I can have a set of distinctive voices I know I can recreate at any time and start making some of your favorite characters come to life.My goal is to start sharing some audio samples here on the blog within the next 2-3 months. Possibly sooner. I hope to have a full audiobook of "The Vampyre Blogs - Coming Home" in the not-to-distant future (yes, I am an MST3K fan and proud of it).In the meantime I am still slowly working on the 2nd full-length novel "The Vampyre Blogs - Family Ties" which takes up two-three weeks after the events of "TVB - Coming Home". I'm not predicting a release date for that one at this time I'm sorry to say. But we will be bringing you all more short stories here on the blog in the meantime, as well as updates.Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01... for my final piece of news, there was one other thing that happened at the launch party that had me doing some serious re-thinking about Nathan and company. One of our guests at the part has been a beta-reader for all the Para-Earth novels, including "TVB - Coming Home". She is also a professional librarian and seriously urged me to re-market Nathan's adventures as Teen/Young Adult to reach a wider audience. I gave it some serious thought, but didn't do anything right away. Instead I checked with a couple of other people I knew had read the book and agreed with the librarian. So I am currently in the process of getting both of those books shifted over to the Young Adult sections of Amazon and other outlets. Needless to say "TVB - One Day At a Time" will join it shortly.Currently, both books are part of KDP's Select program which means that the e-book versions are sold exclusively at Amazon. But at the end of August this will end and I will make the books available to Barnes and Noble, Kobo, Apple, the works. At that time I will also do a re-release with the book being promoted for Young Adults and older. I hope to have trailers for both ready by then, as well news about another anthology and an update on "The Vampyre Blogs - Family Ties". Also I'll be updating you all on "The Door" which is well under way and focuses on our other cast of Para-Earth characters (Alex Hill, Police Sgt. Veronica Ross, heiress Cassandra Elliott, and her girlfriend/shamaness Julie Cloudfoot). For within the pages of that story Nathan will be making more than one appearance along with some familiar faces from "TVB - One Day At a Time". The events of "The Door" will lead to the first major crossover between the two casts and leading all to face one of their strangest encounters from a Para-Earth yet in the form of a haunted mansion known as Harlequin House.Until next time, take care and happy reading everyone.

Taking a Few Steps Back...

Every so often we come to a realization that something we've been doing hasn't been working as well as we'd hoped. Admitting you didn't do something right the first time is not a sign of weakness, it actually shows growth. Learning from your mistakes is just as important as getting things right the first time. Recently, during a book release party (for someone else) a mutual friend who is a librarian started talking to me about the Para-Earths series. She's watched trends and keeps a close eye on what's popular in the industry and she pointed out to me that the Para-Earths might actually do better aimed at a Young Adult (YA) audience. This would still make the books quite available to the adult crowd of course, while opening the series to more readers. I gave this a lot of thought, especially after several others readily agreed with her. So I spent the next week or doing some serious research into YA books. To my surprise, what I found there really made me rethink my marketing strategy when it came to part of our Para-Earth Series. In "The Vampyre Blogs - Coming Home", two seventeen-year old girls who played a very big part in the story. Now the entire story is told in the same style as Bram Stoker's "Dracula" where various characters tell part of the story, allowing the author to use the first person perspective, while giving multiple points of view at the same time.However, the fact that we had two young characters did not necessarily qualify the book itself to be considered YA, did it? Well, when I went back over the book and carefully looked over the number of entries by each character I found that those two young ladies made up a large majority of the entries. Plus their experiences carried most of the story as well. I then checked with several other readers who loved the book who confirmed that they felt the story was mostly centered around Lisa and Marisa (the young ladies in question). This left me with a lot more thinking to do. Despite receiving 4 and 5 star reviews, both "The Vampyre Blogs - Coming Home" and its companion anthology "The Vampyre Blogs - One Day At a Time", have not performed as well as "The Bridge" and "The Ship" in overall sales. So the question for me now became "Have I been marketing these incorrectly the whole time?" The answer seems to be a resounding YES!So what to do about this? Was it too late to try and re-market the books as YA instead of simply a mature audience? TO BE CONTINUED...

Book Review: “Noble Rot” by Carson Buckingham

5 – StarsMonsters don't always hide in the closet... A failing marriage, a struggling writer, a new job, a new place, a new beginning... What could possibly go wrong? For Allison Pilch just about everything and anything. Walking away from a failing marriage Allison sets out on a journey to find her own way as a person and a writer and soon finds herself not only with a new place but a new job as well in the real estate office that is also the property management of her new home. But as with anything too good to be true, there are mysteries and secrets that should be best left alone. Her new boss, a handsome and devilish (almost literally) fellow has his eye on her. As does the owner of the building she's currently living in. But unlike her boss, this man shuns the light and hides in darkness, covered in bandages to avoid being seen for very good reasons. A past transgression has left him with a terrible curse that has left him very much alone and isolated. Soon Allison finds herself being drawn to each man, the one she can see and the one who remains a mystery but has inspired her writing in ways she never expected. Soon a web of intrigue and horror begins to unfold and Allison realizes she's in the middle of a nightmare and learns that there are more than one kind of monster in the world... A thrilling beginning to what I hope will become a trilogy or series.Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Noble-Rot-Cars...

Letting Go of An Idea... Or Several Actually

Today I'm following up on a topic I brought up in a previous entry where I talked about having started all over on "The Door". Originally this story was meant to be the 3rd novel in our Para-Earth Series, only I kept hitting one wall after another with "The Door" and not getting much farther with the story. It got so bad I realized way too much time was passing without a new book being released, so Helen and I went to work on "The Vampyre Blogs" books because we had a clearer vision of those stories.But even during that interim, I'd go back to "The Door" and new progress would be made, but then another wall or distraction would come along. That is until recently when I've gone back to it with a vengeance and have been making some serious progress. The story is moving along nicely but there have been a few bumps in the road. Most of those difficulties I've been encountering lately have come from new shapes and directions the story is heading in. But there were a number of scenes I had already written or planned that I couldn't seem to let go of. I thought the story couldn't work without them and kept trying to make them fit. Only to wind up finding myself hitting another of those damn walls.So what was the problem?I was trying to stuff those 'precious' scenes into the story, even though they weren't needed anymore. It's not that the scenes weren't any good. Some of them were quite tense, exciting, and even funny. But there were problems with a number of them. For instance, one of my bugaboos when it comes to writing is that events or actions by the characters have to make sense. If one of them starts acting really stupid without a good reason, it drives me crazy. And as things were going, I was having a number of them behave in ways that made no sense. Oh I did try to rework the scene again and again to try and make it fit, but in the end the idea/scene really didn't belong anymore. And in the end, all I'd wound up doing was wasting a lot of time and energy without making any really progress with the story. So it was time to do the unthinkable... I cut them out. As soon as I did, real progress started happening once more. Admittedly some those scenes that got cut had some good drama to them, but I already had a slew of good scenes that not only come together well but flow so perfectly. Furthermore, those scenes I removed will not really be missed. Especially, since I'm planning on building short stories around them instead.Remember my golden rule, just because you remove it doesn't mean you trash it. Always save those scenes, you never know when they might be perfect for another project.. However I will tell you right now, it's not always easy to let an idea go. As I said earlier, I've been working on this book for over 4 years. I know the characters and I know where I want things to lead to, but in between there is so much that needs to happen. Unfortunately, I was trying to throw in too much.So I've been taking several steps back with "The Door". I've been really thinking about behaviors, actions and making sure everything makes sense. For instance, Alex has been out of action in the hospital for a month after the battle in "The Bridge" (the first book in our series). But what has been happening with Veronica and her fellow police officers in that time period? Originally I had an idea involving PTSD and Alex coming to everyone's the rescue after he got released from the hospital. But upon giving it some serious thought I asked myself "Does this really make sense? A whole month passing and no one tried to help the police? Why didn't Veronica do something about it, these are her coworkers and she's smart? Plus she recently met people in the first book who'd helped Alex with his PTSD as a result of a horrifying paranormal experience. She's smart. Wouldn't she reach out to those folks to help her friends/coworkers" The answer of course was HELL YES! So that's exactly what I'm doing. And guess what? It's working. Plus, there's still plenty of action and mysteries that Alex is still badly needed to help with. For one thing the police need to be sure that the creature and its protector, Cyrus Graham, didn't leave any other nasty surprises behind. And Alex is the only one the spirits of past victims are willing to reach out to. But delving into those mysteries will lead to questions regarding to Cassandra's family history and another threat that has stalked her throughout the second book "The Ship". There are also revelations that will be uncovered that will link all these people to our vampyre Nathan (from "The Vampyre Blogs" portion of our series) creating new questions slowly bringing all the characters together for future tales. However, most of this could not have happened had I not been willing to let go of scenes/ideas I didn't think the story could live without. Sometimes you have to make those tough choices for the good of not only the story you're working on but future ones as well. It's a tough balancing act deciding what to keep and what to let go, but if you find yourself hitting wall after wall it may be time to make those tough calls.Have any of you had similar experiences? How did you deal with it? Please share your thoughts and experiences in the comments section below.Until next time, take care and keep writing!

Designing Your Own Bookcover: Not As Easy As You Might Think - Part III

As usual I started experimenting with a basic quick sketch of what I had in mind. I knew right from the start that I wanted to incorporate the title into the image for this one, especially since it was our more traditional two word titles. Naturally I aimed for an actual door, knowing it would be fairly easy to incorporate the word "door" into the wood grain. From there I started testing out different color schemes for the wood grain itself. But then I started asking myself, how would a door that had been exposed to the elements for almost two centuries look? So I did some Googling, to find images to get a better idea of what such a door might look like. Here's a few of the examples I found: So now I had a basis to build upon. Yet I also felt that whatever I created should have good strong colors that still gave that weathered yet somewhat foreboding feel. So I pulled out my soft pastels and started laying down some colors in order to start forming the palette I would use in the actual piece. Of course I also incorporated lettering into the grain of the wood in order to help me build towards the full effect I was aiming for. Dark, sinister, ancient-looking yet eye-catching. Satisfied that this was what I want to aim for in the final rendition, I set about putting down the first layers for the actual cover.As things have progressed I added some stonework as well as ivy/vegetation to help add contrast as well as frame our sinister portal. I also experimented with some photo-shopped lettering to get an idea of what the final product might look like on the actual book. And since the actual door was intended to open into a family crypt built into a hillside, I decided to get clever and incorporate the letters T. H. E. along with a date to represent the first of the Elliott family who passed through the door (still alive at the time) but never came out. In fact, his body was never found by those who came to investigate... mwahahahah. Um... sorry about that. I'm supposed to be talking about book covers not promoting the story. Anyway, using the initials this way I managed to get the words "The Door" clearly incorporated into the artwork, with room for our names. Though I may have to extend the bottom a bit more to keep within the restrictions about lettering getting too close to the edges. Clearly the above image is not nearly finished. The door itself still needs to be more weathered, and the vegetation needs to be made to look more sinister and eerie. Plus the door itself could use a hand and a lock, don't you think? But you get the general idea from this and where it's headed. So to clarify, if you set out to try and design your own book cover be prepared. You'll need to know the image requirements of whatever self-publishing company you're using. Test the image out on prospective readers, get feedback. You may also need to do some or as much research as you did for your manuscript for accurate details to incorporate into the cover. And of course, make it eye-catching, intriguing, and alluring. Remember your cover is part of that first introduction to the reader. give them something that makes them want to pick up your book and start leafing through it. Because you may have one of the best stories in town, but if the package doesn't promise what your story can deliver, it won't even get a second glance. Until next time, take care and keep writing.

Designing Your Own Cover: Not As Easy As You Might Think -- Part II

When it came time to work on the cover for "The Vampyre Blogs - I: Coming Home" I was finding myself coming up against a wall as far as cover art ideas went. The other books had been relatively easy because of their two word titles: "The Bridge" and "The Ship". But this time the title was much longer, so I needed to come up with something different. Since we were using the word 'blogs' as part of the title, I thought about incorporating a computer or laptop into the picture. So I experimented with Adobe Photoshop and came up with this image:While very effective in many respects, some people told me they missed seeing my original artwork on the cover. Many said it helped make our books stand out more. So I began wracking my brains for a a new cover style and wasn't coming up with much. Mind you, at this point we had not even started writing the novel and decided not to worry about it. I figured once the story was written I'd get some inspiration from what we created and borrow from a scene in the story.Eventually we completed the first draft and started work on a second one and I still hadn't come up with any solid ideas for the cover. I'd considered showing the interior of a coffin with a laptop resting on top of the occupant who was typing on it. The logo I created for the original image could stay and I thought that would be great. However, my skills at designing and creating a convincing laptop in soft pastel was not up to snuff. Furthermore, our vampyre does not use a coffin at all, so I scrapped that idea.Finally, Helen suggested the idea of a room in the old manor that belongs to our vampyre, and to have a laptop amidst all the antique furnishings and cobwebs. Alas, my skills at making a decent-looking computer had not improved as much as I'd have liked so that held me back. However, another thought did occur to me. What if I created an image where we are looking out of one of the windows of the old manor and seeing a shadowy figure (our vampyre) on the night he finally comes home to stay.I quickly began sketching and testing out a color palette for the view outside the window. Since he was coming home during the autumn I figured lots of leaves on the ground would be appropriate, so I whipped out my reds and golds pastels and set to work. As soon as I got the image started I knew I was onto something. Looking over the story I reminded myself that we'd established there was a small family cemetery out back, and it occurred to me that would be the first place Nathan (our vampyre) would go upon deciding to come home for good. And because people associate coffins with vampires, I threw in the shadow stretching from behind him to help prospective readers make the connection of what he was right away.As view outside the window evolved, I still had to decide whose room the window belonged to. To create a touching contrast to the little cemetery and shadow, by making it the room of his little sister who he adored with all his heart. So I researched some toys a little girl might have back in the 1860's and put them in front of a window.After I got the image just the way I wanted, I had to decide on how to present the title and our names. First I tried putting the lettering on top of the image as seen below:I didn't really care for this as I really wanted the image to be seen, so I went for borders on the top and bottom of the image and placed the words there instead.As you can see I wound up having to put borders on the sides as well, because too much of the image was being cut off in those locations.Up until this point all the books were novels, but Helen and I decided to try a collection of short stories involving characters from our Para-Earth Series. Most of the collection focuses on the characters from "The Vampyre Blogs - Coming Home", however there are a few that also feature some familiar faces from "The Bridge" and "The Ship". Of course when dealing with multiple stories, we had to come up with a whole new concept for cover art.On this occasion Helen asked to be the one to take up the challenge and I agreed, especially after I heard what she had in mind. Instead of a single image, she was planning on doing a number of small pieces that would capture scenes from some of the stories in the collection. Originally the idea was to go with eight images, but due to time and life demands she completed four and we went with those.We thought about using these on the front cover:Then the other two on the back:However, once again when we started putting the lettering over the images, things weren't working. Dark letters blended in too much, and lighter ones were too startling. So we went with all four, sandwiched between a green border with the lettering:Again this left the images clean and easy to see, while also keeping the lettering away from the edges without being cut off as had happened on "The Bridge" and "The Ship". I also really liked this concept as it allowed us to give visual glimpses of what the reader would encounter in the collection.We've already decided to keep doing multiple image covers for future short story collections which we already have under way. But that's a tale for another entry.Keeping with creating your own cover art, we recently got back to work on our novel "The Door", which is a sequel to both "The Bridge" and "The Door", and focuses on the cast of characters from those books. With this in mind, I knew we'd want to keep the cover for the latest installment in the same style as those two books. So I began sketching and experimenting with designs....TO BE CONTINUED...

Designing Your Own Bookcover: Not As Easy As You Might Think -- Part I

As some of you may or may not know, besides being an author I'm also an artist. I work mainly with soft pastels and charcoal, and have designed and painted the covers for three of our books. Now I do not consider myself a 'professional' cover designer, but I've also seen artwork on books that many times had very little to do with what goes on in the story. And as one of the two authors who knows the story inside and out, and as an artist who had taken awards in various art shows over the years, I felt I was qualified enough to give it a shot. Especially when I had a specific image in mind that would incorporate the title of the book into the artwork itself. "It should be a piece of cake," I told myself.I suspect a number of you already have an idea of what came next. Our old friend the "Learning Curve" decided to make his presence known.First there were the experimental designsI knew right from the start that I liked the title being part of the bridge's stonework, but the upper half was not quite right. After getting feedback from friends and prospective readers I refined the design into a scene that was straight from the story itself.This early version with some of the coloring added was well-received by viewers and I continued to flesh out the design.At this point I found myself at a loss as to what to put in for the background in the distance. Again I drew upon the story itself and added a storm and some shadowy trees which surround the bridge on all sides.This image was very popular among those polled and of course became the cover for the book. But not before Mr. Learning Curve made his presence known once more. After all my efforts of finding the right image and getting it committed to paper, I still needed to get it photographed and submitted to not one but three different self-publishing routes (Createspace, Smashwords, and Kindle).To make matters worse, I did not have the money to hire a professional photographer who would already know how to light the image, keep the colors true and rich, and finally format it for submission. Instead I had to do all the photographing, cropping, and then get an image program called GIMP which allowed me to do some serious touching up of the image. It also allowed me to resize and rework the pixels of the piece so that the final image to meet the requirements of Createspace, Smashwords, and Kindle.But even then there was a few more things to do. For one thing I had to put my name and whatnot on the image, which I did through GIMP.Then I tried uploading things and... got rejected. The lettering of the words "The Bridge" was too close to the edge and could wind up being cut off. What to do? Simple, I went back to GIMP and added a black border all around the image. I made sure it was wide enough to protect the image.This met not only the requirements of the publishing programs, but also helped the image to really pop out at the reader. In fact I was told by more than one person that the unique artwork and style were big reasons why they picked the book up in the first place. They also told me, they had not been disappointed with the story.So with all this experience the next book should have been easy, right? Actually it was. Once more I started with a rough idea, making sure to incorporate the title into the image...Developed it some more...Started fine-tuning it...Too busy in the middle area, so I revised it some more...Then finalized, with matching computer lettering...Of course once again, the lettering was too close to the edges so a border was required.Again, I used GIMP for get the pixels to the right level as well as enhancing colors.So by now I was an old pro at this right? WRONG! Up until now I'd been able to incorporate the title into the cover image. But now I began work on a new book "The Vampyre Blogs: Coming Home", and there was no way I was going to be able to fit all that into the image. Or could I?TO BE CONTINUED...

REFLECTIONS ON 2018 AND WHAT’S TO COME IN 2019

With 2018 drawing to a close, I’m sure a lot of us are reflecting on what’s happened in each of our lives as well as wondering about what 2019 holds. For me 2018 was a strange year of revelations, new opportunities, as well as upheavals. Two bouts with bronchitis, the second one becoming pneumonia, really took a lot out of me and my vacation time from work. I was supposed to be off this last week and not returning until January 2nd.Our 1st anthology “The Vampyre Blogs – One Day At a Time” had been slated to be released in late September/early October but didn’t see the light of day until early this month (not a great time to push a new book, not when the big publishers are pushing a bunch of titles they’ve been holding back in time for the holidays). However, things will pick up. I know this from past experience, so I’m not too worried.However, the big question of course is what can you all expect from us in the coming year? Well, quite a lot. Firstly, we’ve been gathering our thoughts on a number of writing topics to share here on the blog. We’ve got plenty of insights from our adventures to share with you all, so we hope you’ll still be checking in regularly and re-sharing our posts with others.Secondly, there are things that have been happening behind the scenes we haven’t shared with you yet such as what’s been happening with the collaborations. As you know, my high school friend Rich Caminit and I have been working by e-mail and Skype on a project involving Chinese vampires and actual historical events. I am happy to announce that the first draft of our collaboration “The Pass” is nearing completion as I write this post. Part of the reason the project has taken so long is the fact that the story was becoming more and more lengthy and farther removed from the Para-Earths vision Helen and I created. So, we decided to make “The Pass” the first in a new paranormal/historical set of books we are considering calling “The Paranormal History Series” (tell us what you think in the comment section below please). Furthermore, we decided to break the story up into two books because it was getting so long. We’d already found the perfect cliffhanger for the end of the “The Pass”, as well as a startling beginning for the second part of the story which will culminate in a battle scene of epic proportions.Thirdly, Helen and I have embarked on yet another new series that she is taking the lead writing role on, called “The Forever Detective Series”. The first book is “Forever’s Too Long”. Set in the late 1940s, the detective, a former policeman and officer has opened his business as a private investigator to find out that the cases he’s working on are leading somewhere there is no coming back from. She’s already written over 19,000 words of the first book and we have already started building a website for it over at https://foreverdetective.com/. Mind you the site is still under construction, but if you click on the “Blog” tab you’ll find some interesting background information about her leading man. And there will be a lot more coming soon to that site, so you might want to bookmark it. Her current goal is to have the book out by summer so stay tuned. She’s a lot faster writer than I am so the likelihood of it being out on time is very good.Finally, I want to let you all know that the long-awaited sequel to “The Bridge” and “The Ship” is once more fully under way. “The Door” takes up where both those books ended in a hospital where the wail of an infant leads Alex Hill, Veronica Ross, Cassandra Elliott, and Julianna Cloudfoot to face old and new threats from the realms of two different Para-Earths. Part of the reason this book has taken so long to write was the simple fact that I had a good idea of what I wanted the main story to be, but not a clear vision of how it should unfold. This is what led to our branching off and doing “The Vampyre Blogs – Coming Home” tale, which was more clear and complete in my mind.That book also allowed me to find the missing pathways I needed to get “The Door” back on track with new characters and scenes that will “bridge the gap” (please excuse the pun) between the first two books and “The Vampyre Blogs” part of our Para-Earth Series. The story that will be unfolding in “The Door” will start the beginning of bringing the casts between all three books together creating opportunities for many more stories down the road, including one that will bring Alex face-to-face with the nightmare dwelling that nearly destroyed him in every sense of the word. I am of course referring to “Harlequin House”.As you can see, there’s a lot coming your way in 2019 and beyond. We hope you’ll keep joining us for the ride ahead. It will probably have more twists and turns than a roller-coaster, and I hope will be just as exciting.Until time, we wish you all a very Happy New Year, and urge you all to keep writing!

****"The Vampyre Blogs - One Day AT a Time" has just gotten another 5 Star review****

5.0 out of 5 stars NATHAN IS THE MAN!December 4, 2018"OH WHAT CAN I SAY, I LOVED, LOVED, LOVED IT READING IT AGAIN"Come and see for yourself what everyone is talking about and grab a copy for yourself for just $3.99. And while you're at it, buy one for someone in your life who enjoys a good paranormal/science fiction anthology.Amazon US Link:https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07KMN78B2And for our friends up in Canada and over in the United Kingdom here are some more links:Amazon UK Link:https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07KMN78B2Amazon Canada Link:https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B07KMN78B2