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 October is here and Halloween will soon be upon us. There is something in us that likes the thrill of horror in movies and books, that jolt of fear and anticipation--As long as it is only in movies or books.  

Halloween has always been my favorite holiday. We can let ourselves go. Let that creature inside us out for a bit. And the candy isn't bad either. :) As an adult I don't get to indulge as much any more, except in books and movies. There's no Halloween parties for adults here. That doesn't mean there aren't spectacular Halloween decorated houses around but no parties--unless it is for children.  If I ever get a house, large enough to host, I'm going to have a Halloween party, even if no one else shows up, every year.  For both adults and kids.

Time to Winterize my trailer and get things situated before the cold gets here. The cool mornings are nice change from the Summer heat and humidity. But Winter in the Ozarks is not very nice at all. The old adage about waiting 5 minutes if you don't like the weather is very true here.  Morning can start out nice but by afternoon you can have harsh conditions. The opposite can happen but rarely. Usually if the day starts harsh it stays harsh, sun shining or not. However we don't get the snow fall that the Northern states get which I'm happy about.  I'm hoping for a mild Winter this year. While I like the time indoors to get writing done I do get cabin fever. Winter is not the best time to go for a spontaneous walk.

I've got two more in-person events before the end of the year. I'm still looking for events close to me to vend at but when you live in the middle of nowhere Missouri it's hard. Most events happen on the East or West coasts and the cost of travel would be prohibitive. But my dream is to go to JordanCon at least one year as a goer then as a vendor. Gotta have a dream right?!

I also recovered the Ghostwolf series, the two books that are out. Book 3 is started and sitting in the queue next to Book 5 of Elemental Voice. I'm still looking for names for centuries-old vampires for Book 5 of Elemental Voice. Should your name(s) be picked, the name of course will be used and you will be mentioned in the author notes. I am going to do Book 3 of EV companion series and Book 2 of Bone Whisperer next. Hopefully that will give me more time to suss out Book 5 of EV. 

My T.L. books(the two books Ghostwolf series, the two Fallborn books, and the one Time-Lost series book) are not in KU as they are out on Ingram Spark. Several AMZ accounts have been closed due to piracy and I don't want mine to be one. That way all my eggs are not in one basket, incase the basket gets snatched(terminated) I don't know if I want to put the rest of the series out on IS when I pub them. I may change things a bit. I will see. 

I will keep you posted on that. 

 As of right now there are two novellas, a 'companion' series to EV, Deadly Sands and Deadly Flames. Right now I have the ideas for just three novellas, two of which are published as stated, but with my muse being so fickle who knows if more may come. The third novella is started as I mentioned above. Book 5 of EV is slated to at least be started next year though.

You can check out the 4 books and 2 novellas I have out. I have put them back in KU at least for now. Here is the link to these books if you have not already checked them out. UF Books

They are set in a world where psychics consult regularly with the police and vampires live next door. The FMC Sara reads the earth like a medium hears the dead and finds dead bodies for the local sheriff's office in the first book then works with her vampire FBI agent fiancee in the later books. There is to be five books in this series.  I may come back to this world and do a new series. Depends on my muse and time. I have soo many books in my writing queue.

I wrote a little drabble backstory of how Sara got her gift. Hope you enjoy it. Link: Drabble

 Have you checked out my website? Here is the link to the website: The Rook.  Check it out and tour a world where psychics work regularly with the police and vampires live next door, a world where werewolves hide among us and can manipulate energy(magic), two worlds with dragons, and a world where a Time-Lost tries to stop the past from repeating itself.

These older books are in what I call 'movie style' or pulp. Fast paced and action oriented with little description and a lot of dialog. They are also my first books, full of my inexperience but also full of my creativity. I have left them as is. Sentimentality. The rest of the books will be in the same style.

I'll try to update periodically. But this blog may get dusty. And repetitive.

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