I used The Mad Formatter to do the Sunlit Nightmare eBook so I have to now go back on my word and say the eBook is now ready for purchase at Smashwords and the print book will be available in the near future. 

Go download a copy, $1.99 at Smashwords and then check out Lyle at The Mad Formatter if you need anything formatted at all!

This post has been a very long time coming- I know it seems like I keep putting it off. It's not intentional, there has just been a lot going on in my life.

As most of you know I started a new "day job" last november that has a mandatory 50 hour workweek. Those hours make it feel more like a "Morning, Noon, & Night" job and I have not been balancing it very well with all the other things on my plate. My web presence is what I decided to let slip- and I am sure I will regret that in book sales soon, but i want to be really clear that writing is the most important thing to me. I am so glad, and blessed, that any of you will spend your hard earned money on my thoughts so don't think I don't appreciate it. Writing will always just come first.

Sunlit Nightmares took a lot more from me that I expected. The stories didn't want to play out and formatting has been a pain. I have opted to contact a formatting service for the eBook so it will be out later than the print copy. Don't forget all of the stories are available for individual purchase/download through smashwords and multiple retailers (and very soon amazon). Print should be available very soon.

Speaking of print books, most of my print works including anthologies will be available at Dragon*Con this year, I will have more information on that as the time get closer.

Long days and work is not the only thing keeping me from you guys. I have been simultaneously dealing with an increasingly irritating illness (that we should have a grip on soon now that I am working with an internist to find out what is going on) and the unexpected death of my uncle. My uncles death is tragic in so many ways and you will hear more about it as I can release information.

After Sunlit Nightmares is out I am going to focus on a novel and getting some unused shorts/ideas in more anthologies. I was invited to another anthology last year but it has not been released yet.

You know I will keep you all up to date. 

P.S. I should be doing a website revamp within the next couple days so if you come across something wonky just give it a few minutes and refresh.

I have been more or less missing for a couple months and I want to keep you all updated on what is going on!

Also, many of you know that I have been managing a band...Boy Eats Gurl...what most of you don't know is that it is my goal to get them touring very soon! Please keep your eye out, I am going to be posting some great info soon!

An old aquaintance of mine has a kickstarter project that is getting close to over and he is half way funded! Lets show our support for independent horror for Joe Monks and The Bunker

I have listed a new review from Undead In The Head on the main page. Lyle who did the review is awesome, and also did an interview, so go check it out!

I also got a review from The Deepening, and I am going to link it here. I don't think the author thought I would post it, but I wanted to talk about something that he brought up:

The print cost of my book. 

I understand that the cost of the print copy is high. I wanted to sell it for $6.99, but I had to make a choice. Do I choose to make it available through retail for a higher price or do I lose that market all together and hope I can find someone to buy it for the $7? I chose to go retail, and the markup and price you see is set by Amazon. So, in this regard, I do not agree with his comments about the cost of the book. I did not choose to mark it up this high to cover my costs or make a higher profit. I have a very small profit margin on my book, the profit on the eBooks is much higher. This is also why I chose to make all formats of eBooks available for $.99.

The books size also plays into it's cost, it is not standard. 

I did not want standard because there is nothing standard about my book. These stories are the way I created them and I wanted to pay homage to the original horror pocket books in my work. Those books were about the same size, with slightly smaller print. The books had about 7500 words while mine is around 5000. If you haven't seen those, check them out!

I submitted my book for reviews for two reasons:

To take criticism for the next one and to get promotion. I had no fear of, and looked forward to, honest reviews. I think that even a bad review is promotion, so there is no need in fearing it. I know that criticism is the only way to get better, so there is no need in rejecting it. I have yet to get a review that says my book is bad, and that makes me feel all kinds of fuzzy's inside. The ratings have been a solid 3 out of 5 and that to me, for my first real book, means a lot. 

Self publishing comes at a cost, the cost of your book. If you want to deride me for being a new author, a self published author, an inexperienced author...I can take that. The cost of my work, however, is not a place to go. My content is what I want reviewed, not my business practices. A simple "The print costs run too high for my taste, but the eBooks are more reasonable" would have sufficed, but I felt almost attacked at the wording about the cost of my book. I hope the reviewer can do as I do, and take constructive criticism well. 

I want those of you who purchased my book in any format, or who plan to, to know that I appreciate the support. I also want you to know that I do not bend to what others think. My stories are original in a time when nothing is, they don't fit in with mainstream literature and that does come at a higher price.


My audience are the ones who understand that and I appreciate everything.
I also wanted to take this time to remind everyone that LULU has my book with free shipping right now! 

Hearts and spiderwebs,


Rebecca