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In the past 10 minutes I have had three phone calls from Mick Cornett, his wife, and their daughter. All have been recordings asking me to vote for Mick in tomorrow’s run-off election for Oklahoma’s District 5 U.S. congressional Republican runoff. Mick, I ain’t voting for you. First of all, you were just elected to…

Today started normal enough. Most of us slept in. Then we sat down to an early lunch, with Sara outside taking care of the dogs, something I believe she forgot to do yesterday when her friend was over. We’ve been having dog problems. Ladybug, the older cocker spaniel we’ve had for about four years now,…

It’s Thursday night, right? Hmm. How about that. A week ago I was packing for Horrorfind. Yes, I do wait for the last minute. I’m a writer, ya know. Where has this week gone? Well, down the crapper, but other than that … For the first time in my life, all my kids are in…

Where to begin? I had a bug. I actually missed two days of work before leaving for Horrorfind, and on Friday I wasn’t feeling all that well. But, of course that wasn’t going to keep me at home! So Kim and I boarded the plane at some unholy dark hour and a small child screamed…

There’s a lady at work who is absolutely one of the sweetest, kindest people you could ever hope to meet. Last week I had the chance to talk to her more than usual and she told me how earlier this year her sister died, and just a few days later her 8-year-old nephew died, too…

There’s an auction going on at eBay that may interest you. Somebody has a copy of Call to the Hunt and the new edition of Shara up for bids. Right now the two-book deal is up to a staggering $2. I have no idea who the seller is, so I’m not making anything off this.…

The camel’s back was broken today. That one straw too many was added this morning. But that’s something I’ll post about in more detail later … probably sometime next week. My Amazon Shorts story “One Night in Benevolence” finally moved a bit on the best-seller list for the horror category of the Shorts program. I’m…

Conestoga 10 was mucho fun. Met up with old friends Chris Fulbright, Angie Hawkes, Craig Wolf & Family, and … well several others. Maggie Bonham did a podcast interview with me that I’m sure will be, ummm, interesting. She also gave me a crash course on podcast audio books that was very intriguing. Definitely something…

Let’s talk about street teams. What is a street team? It’s a group of people working to promote an author (or other artist or product) by generating buzz. How? There are multiple ways to do it. Posting on message boards (like this one) is one way. Or maybe promoting a MySpace group. Going to book…