Writing is a very solitary thing, You sit in a room and write and work and write and work and then your story goes out and you go on to the next thing and hope that people find it and read it. Then, sometimes, you have a day like I did on Saturday the 14th, 2024 and suddenly things go well and it changes my entire attitude.
Let me tell you what went down.
The International Impact Book Award
My novel FERAL has now won me two awards. The first was a Bookfest award and the second was an International Impact Book Award. So far, the Stoker remains elusive, but I will take what I can get. I won the award a few weeks back, but Saturday my actual award arrived. There is something about holding a trophy in your hand that makes it all so...real. It was a great surprise and it just reminded me at least a few people have appreciated my work.
My Signed Books Available Now
Then, I was able to get my novels Devoured, Feral and Newcomers available for purchase at a delightful horror-themed shop in St. Charles, IL called Ghoulish Mortals. All the books are signed. If you are in the Chicago area and have not made the trip out to downtown St. Charles and visited this store, you are missing out. Run by a husband and wife team, it is a consignment shop where there are books, like mine, but also paintings, statues, T-shirts, jewelry, posters, hats and everything else all hand made by people trying to earn a little extra cash on the side. Visit that store, get my books, but grab a few other things, too!
The Anthology from Wicked House
Finally, the announcement came of the Wicked House anthology - Wicked Universe. This has been in the works for a while now and now it will be released on December 20! There are 12 other WHP authors in there and we all wrote short stories set in our Wicked House universe. So, my story has some of the same characters as in my novel Devoured and sets up the sequel to that novel which comes out in October of 2025. You can pre-order this novel now, or get your copy on December 20! It's a Wicked House Christmas present for you.
Conclusion
Days like that do not come very often. When they do, I try to recognize them. I have a lot planned for 2025 and am busy working on more stuff for all of you. I want to thank you for being on this journey with me. I hope you visit Ghoulish Mortals and buy some things, including one of my signed books. I also hope you get Wicked Universe, too, and discover some great new authors.
For my latest novel Newcomers, visit this site
Or visit my entire online bookstore here for all my works of horror.
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