Updates from Outer Space

Look into my eyes. Don’t look at the date of my last post. Nothing strange happened here. I didn’t disappear from the blog for two months. It’s all an illusion. I was here with you all along…

Disney World was awesome, of course. I was going to post lots of pictures here for you, but you know what? There is nothing at Disney World, not an angle of the castle, a pose of Mickey, or a single brick in the pavement that hasn’t been photographed a bazillion times and already exists on the Internet.

The trip was wonderful, exhausting, and heartbreaking when we had to leave. But I brought home no stories of bizarre behavior or strange locations. I know. Weird that a two-week trip to Disney World garners two paragraphs when a day trip to the center of the country caused four separate posts.

But I share weird stuff with you. Disney wasn’t weird. It was wonderful in all the ways I expected it to be.

So. Now that I’m back to blogging, I have a few things I need to tell you. First of all, if you’re not following me on Facebook or Twitter, you might want to click the links up there to do so. That way, if I get too busy again to blog, you’ll still be able to keep track. I always update the Facebook page when there’s news. Or something silly. That page gets more attention than this page or Twitter.  And for those of you who read this blog somewhere other than the actual website, here’s a link to the Facebook page: R.L. Naquin’s Author Page. That’s where you get immediate news.

And speaking of news, I have to talk to you about the newsletter. See the fancy button up there? If you haven’t clicked on it, yet, you probably should. And again, for those of you reading this outside the website, here’s a link to sign up: R.L. Naquin Newsletter. Okay. Now let me tell you why you should sign up.

This weekend the very first R.L. Naquin newsletter is going out. It will contain a super-secret password and a link to a hidden page on this website. For two weeks, you’ll be able to download a free story about Zoey and Maurice’s first holiday together. For the first of those two weeks, this is the only way you can get the story. Then it’ll be published out in the world for people to purchase. After the second week, the download here will be taken down, and the only way to get the story will be to buy it.

So. Free stuff is a good incentive to sign up, yes? As you can see, I’m not going to spam you or otherwise abuse your trust in handing over your email address. I’ve had the newsletter sign-up available for a couple months, and only now am I sending out the first issue.

Last, but definitely important, a quick update on where we stand with the Monster Haven books. I’m currently writing book five, Demons in My Driveway, and book four, Golem in My Glovebox is already available for pre-order for it’s April 21st release. We’re nearly to the end, guys! Or, at lease I am. You still have three more to read, while I only have one and a half to write.

If I don’t speak to you before then, Merry Christmas. May all your monsters be excellent cooks, and may you be surrounded by love, laughter, and tiny brownies singing the wrong words to holiday music.

See you real soon!