The money went out to cover the cost of the Play Dead press run and the Westermead special edition. Unfortunately I didn’t realize that Lightning Source didn’t actually bill our credit card last month so all the orders we’ve been placing for books recently wound up on this bill, almost $4000. It’s too bad all…

We interrupt this regular publishing schedule to buy a new car. Not new as in never-owned but new as in new-to-us. The Dodge finally got too expensive to fix so we really didn’t have a choice. Here’s a simple equation that sums up this week so far: new car + baby on the way =…

Tips for Planning a Writing Retreat When I decided to host a writing retreat I searched online to see if there was any advice for planning one. I found tons of articles by writers with tips about arranging writing weekends for themselves and possibly even sharing with another writer friend but I did not find…

The Horror of Writing was enormously successful! Check out the pics: http://www.angelfire.com/zine2/thedreampeople/rds/eventframe2.html Everybody seemed to have such a great time. The authors cleaned up so nice and had such intelligent things to say about writing, literature and horror. They really did me proud. John was an excellent moderator (he always asks the questions people are…

Well, we’ve received some good news. Final nominees for the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Horror are posted. You can check out the details by going to http://www.horror.org/stokerballots.htm Several RDSP authors have been shortlisted for this award, including: + Monstrocity by Jeffrey Thomas (Prime Books) for First Novel + Gorelets: Unpleasant Poems by…