Authors Electric

As our Madwoman says that since nobody reads her blogs here anyway (yeah, she's having one of those days) and that nobody would notice if she didn't actually stick her monthly blog up (yeah, alright, so she does probably have a point there) we have hijacked it for our own purposes. Nothing nefarious - just a shout for the forthcoming online auction to help raise funds for Kim's Home . It's a great cause, and if you can donate something that would be great - details are below - but if not, do visit the auction (held on Facebook) as there is loads of great stuff both for dogs and two leggers. And apart from the warm fuzzy, channelling-Brian-Cox feeling it will give you, just think of how smug you will feel when you've been able to do all your Christmas shopping by the end of November! If you'd like to learn more, here's the link to the webpage: KIM'S HOME And on Facebook HERE

If you can't bear advertorial, then you'd better avert your gaze now ... because this month I am shamelessly promoting  GHOSTS ELECTRIC . This is the fabulous new spooktacular anthology from the Dark Sparks who are to be found lurking in the shadows cast by Authors Electric, and it is out now, in plenty of time for Halloween. (And in even better time for Christmas, another traditional time for the sort of story that gives you horripilations as you read by the gloomy light of a gibbous moon ...) It was never supposed to exist ... but the idea was spawned one dark and stormy night by Sue Price, who, like Mary Shelley, suggested that we try our hands at something a little bit seasonal. As it was Octoberish at the time, Halloween naturally sprang to mind ... But as I was already midway through rounding up the contributions for our annual fiction anthology Another Flash in the Pen , rather than being an...

I normally hate climbing on the promotional bandwagon ... yes, I know it has to be done, but it doesn't mean I have to enjoy it. Although this month my teeth are gritted a little less than usual as I try to encourage folk to pick up a copy of Haunting Hounds. The reason? Well, apart from it being the season of ghosties and ghoulies and things that go woof in the night, it's all in a good cause. Or almost all, as fifty percent of all the profits are donated to Kim's Home for Elderly/Abused Dogs , which more than deserves all the dosh I can help raise for it. Wendy Jordan is a wonderwoman who not only cares for around 16 rescue dogs in her home, many of them elderly 'rejects', but works tirelessly to help save many others, not to mention fostering numerous others who are inbetween homes ... she does an amazing job. I know I couldn't do it myself, but what I can do is to try and help raise some money by doing something that I  am capable of doing: writing a b...