Blood Coven has advanced to the Preliminary ballot for the Bram Stoker Awards in the category of Long Fiction. Yay! Active HWA members can request a free PDF or go to the link posted on the HWA board [or in the mailer] and download the novella. [Bit of trivia: I am the only woman author in the Long Fiction category...some day we will rule the world...bwahahahaha]

My new column, The Cauldron, is now up at Fear Zone. While you're over there, be sure to check out the interview of Robert Weinberg. Good friend, surrogate father, writing mentor, and Robert E. Howard collector...not to mention all of this: Robert Weinberg is a prolific writer and anthologist with more than 16 books and 120 anthologies published in horror, fantasy, and science fiction. He's a 2-time Vice President of the Horror Writers Association, and he's won the World Fantasy Award twice. In addition, he's published over 15 non-fiction and fan-based works, on topics ranging from the Secrets of Spider-Man Revealed to the Science of Stephen King, won numerous writing awards, and is a true historian of the horror genre.

Texas Frightmare Weekend now has my photo, along with Christopher Fulbright, C. Dean Andersson, Steven E. Wedel, Deborah Le Blanc, Lee Thomas and Charlee Jacob posted as scheduled guests for the weekend events in Dallas, Texas on February 21-24.  I don't know what you think, but I think we're the sexiest bunch of scary writers I've ever seen...hee hee. Notice the head tilts in the photos. Eerie. lol.

Okay...back to work with me....y'all stay warm!