Author of spooky, fantastical and swoony fiction and blogger of high strangeness.
This week the spotlight falls on indie author Danielle Blanchard Benson, a world traveler and university student earning her degree in Creative Writing with a Minor in Specialized Languages (French). She has written The Beautiful People series, which will be released in eight separate volumes. Ms. Blanchard Benson is currently working on The Vamp Saga […]
Read More »Well, that was a fun break from blogging. THANKS, RUSSIA! But now that we’re back (…for now), here’s some book news that I’ve been meaning to share. Restless Spirits is now available in trade paperback. If anyone is interested in signed copies (…Bueller?), let me know, and I’ll figure out a way to make it […]
Read More »This is my least favorite time of year. Strike that — it’s my second least favorite, behind those long dreary (and occasionally icy) weeks of winter when the holidays are done and you just want it to be spring already. Now the summer holidays are done and I just want it to be fall already, […]
Read More »My guest this week is Katrina Parker Williams, a prolific indie author who teaches English composition and grammar at a community college. She is a Barton College graduate with a B.S. in Communications and a Masters of Education in English from East Carolina University. She is the author of a novel titled Liquor House Music, […]
Read More »This week marks my first time participating in the Indie Writers Unite! blog exchange. You can read my guest post, all about what scares me, at the blog of horror author Todd Russell. My guest this week is Arshad Ahsanuddin, author of the indie vampire fantasy series Pact Arcanum, who was gracious enough to answer […]
Read More »My new collection, Fragments & Fancies: Ficlets, Flash Fiction & Shorts is now available for FREE on Smashwords. Here’s the official description: Three vampires walk into a bar… A suicidal widower is talked down by a mysterious, chain-smoking stranger with an ulterior motive… A picturesque sea-side chalet harbors a disturbing secret under its serene waters… […]
Read More »Restless Spirits is part of Smashwords’ site-wide Summer sale. From now through July 31st, enter coupon code SSW50 at checkout to save 50% on the format of your choice.
Read More »It’s just an uncorrected proof, but it’s so pretty and I can’t stop petting it. A short while back I remembered that I still had a NaNoWriMo winner’s coupon to get a free proof copy of my manuscript from CreateSpace, so I used it for this. I wasn’t planning to release Restless Spirits in paperback, […]
Read More »The Office of Letters and Light, aka the folks behind NaNoWriMo, have finally caved to the demand for a ‘WriMo-style challenge during a different time of the year. As such, today kicks off the first day of Camp NaNoWriMo, a “light” version of NaNoWriMo that lacks the organized off-line social aspects of the November novelling […]
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