In anticipation of the release of Shroud 8, I am practicing my squee.

My story, Like Flies to Honey, is included in the Winter 2010 issue:

108 pages of With Bram Stoker Award winner, Brian Keene, Kealan Patrick Burke, Kevin Lucia, Gemma Files, Derek M. Fox, Nathaniel Lambert, Belinda Frisch, Craig D.B. Patton, Jeff Edwards, Richard D. Findlay, Mary Rajotte, Glen R. Krisch, Joe Nazare, Norman L. Rubenstein, Lawrence Vernon, Ginger Nielsen, and Tim Deal, and more.

Interviews with Joe Morey, David Conyers, Joe Schrieber and Lisa Mannetti. Beautiful cover and woodcut embellishments by Danny Evarts!

Brian Keene's Seminal Screams; Kevin Lucia's Top reads for 2009! Norman L. Rubenstein's Specialty Press Showcase.

Did you catch that? My name is on the cover. On. The. Cover. ~cue squee ~

I'm so stoked, you don't even know. Then again, you probably do know, since many of my readers are fellow writers and published ones at that.

If you're so inclined, the Winter 2010 issue of Shroud is available for pre-orders now from the Shroud website.

Once the issue has been released, I'll be putting up a dedicated page to my story, and I'll include my inklings column, which gives a little background info on how I came up with an idea for those of you who are interested in that sort of thing. There may even be a little giveaway ~wink~ so stay tuned. You can see Inklings in action on the page for my Northern Haunts tale, Creepy Crawleys.

Now that my excitement has been shared, it's time to get back to work so I will have other publishing credits to celebrate in future.

Current WIPs

• didn't get as much done last week as I'm still working on the same two WIPs
• Made some edits last night to the short story which I'll be typing up today    
• flash piece still needs a bit of tweaking (does the tweaking ever end?)

Fellow WIP Wednesday participants:

• Cate Gardner – WIP Wednesday: Red Pen Massacre
• Aaron Polson – WIP Wednesday: Finish Line? What Finish Line? 
• Jamie Eyberg – Not Writing
• Katey Taylor – WIP Wednesday: Half-State

If you’re a writer participating in WIP Wednesday, post a link to your blog in the comments! More info on the WIP Wednesday initiative can be found at Kate Karyus Quinn's blog.

Fellow members of The Creative Alliance:

• Jenny Beans – This Blog's For YOU! The Power Of Community
• Patrick – Paddy's Poetry Corner  & Junk Drawer
• Nicole: Interview with Dream Wanderers author Paula Brown – Part 1 | Part Two | Part Three
• Vange: You Need a License to Drive a Car

Granted, it took longer to make this little video than it did to write the story. (Since it is a flash fiction piece, making too long of a teaser would pretty much give the entire story away). But I enjoyed the process – and see many more videos in my future!

So – stay, enjoy! It’s less than a minute long. You can afford that bit of time for this writer-in-progress, no?

Don’t see the video? Click through to the blog to view!
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Have you read Northern Haunts yet? If so, leave your thoughts over on Amazon.

Perhaps more importantly (to me) – have you read my story, Creepy Crawleys? I'd LOVE to hear your thoughts, comments, kudos, thrills and chills! Head over to this handy-dandy contact form and leave your Reader Feedback!