We’re back, did you miss us? AWP was great, lots of opportunities and lots of new people to meet. There are pictures up from the event here: https://rawdogscreaming.com/awp.html but I’m posting one here that isn’t on that page. Mostly I spent my time carting Ripley around the hotel while John manned the table. In order…

Delaware Today magazine recently featured illustrator Kristen Margiotta and our children’s Better Haunted Homes & Gardens:"Margiotta’s spooky yet charming style brings author Jennifer Barnes’ characters to life." Read the whole article Photograph by Luigi Ciuffetelli

Congratulations to Mike Arnzen and Darren Speegle, both of their collections have made it on to the preliminary ballot for Best Fiction Collection of 2004. Here’s the ballot http://www.horror.org/stokerballots.htm Also, congrats to steve_vernon whose collection Nightmare Dreams and a story from it are on the ballot. Usually it’s the novel categories that have the toughest…

I just finished reading D. Harlan Wilson’s Stranger on the Loose and I was very impressed. I will be writing an ‘official’ review for the The Dream People but in the meantime I have to say that it’s refreshing to read someone who is just doing their own thing and doing it well. There’s nothing…

I can’t remember where John came across this but he read a promotions strategy once that said to do 5 things every day to promote your book. Well, I’ve never really tried it and I’m not sure he has for an extended period of time either. That’s one of the bad things about releasing books…