I just want to take a moment and show some appreciation for all the awesome people in my life...

To Jess Torrant, Artwiffy, for being smart, supportive, sexy, and downright fantastic...

To my parents, who've dealt with my quirks all my life and still love me...

To Jesse, who's been more than a little bit of an inspiration to me and is never afraid to tell it straight...

To Mercedes Yardley, whose own talent and overall awesomeness remains a driving force behind my own work...

To Jason Letts, who's always there with a joke to ease the tension...

To Dave Dalglish, who gives me more entertainment than I could ever wish for...

To Dan Arenson, whose ability to craft an intriguing story is only surpassed by his ability to rant...

To Mike Crane, who's always on my side no matter what...

To Sean Sweeny, who's got this way about him that's just lovable...

To Amanda Hocking, for giving everyone the example of success not going to one's head...

To David McAfee, for being an inspirational figure as one who's doing it...

To Caton Easton, who's always been there as my biggest supporter even though he's across the pond...

To Steven Pirie, for writing some of the best books I've ever read....

To John Skipp, whose words of support helped give me the confidence to make tough decisions and stick to them...

To Walter Mathis, who's been as constant as anything for me over the last 10 years...

To Pat Bukowski, whose ability to sing sometimes goes to his head...

To EJ Stevens, who's the best friend a writer of the paranormal could have...

To Heather Bannon, OnePushyFox from the Bewitched Bookworms, for just being fucking awesome...

To Sharon Rosen of Pixel of Ink, who's doing her best to further the careers of so many struggling writers...

And finally, to anyone who's ever bought and read our books, whether you loved or hated them.  It's you we do this for, and I hope we've entertained.

Okay, that's enough sap for today...

RJD
 
 
This one from writer Mercedes M. Yardley, whose work now appears alongside Neil Gaiman, George R.R. Martin, Cody Goodfellow, and Charlaine Harris in the new Werewolves and Shapeshifters anthology edited by John Skipp.

Click here to read the review
 
 
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So, for anyone who is interested, we have some exciting news.

Jesse Young and myself are hopping on a plane at the end of August and heading to Las Vegas.  That's right, we're attending Killercon!

(If anyone knows not what Killercon is all about, click here)

The purpose for this trip is threefold:

1) To promote The Fall (and in so doing, promote ourselves).  We're bringing books and prints, and hopefully we can move some and get the brand out there.

2) Schmooze with other industry types.   Attending this conference will be a good many individuals who are both established and up-and-coming in the genre; folks like John Skipp, Allen K, and Maurice Broaddus.  To rub elbows with them, to sit down and have a conversation, is going to be quite informative and helpful. 

3) Last and possibly most exciting of all, we get the opportunity to hang with my favorite editor and author in all the world, one Mercedes Yardley.  Cookies.  Yum.

I can't even tell you how stimulating this is.  The decision to do this was kind of impromptu - it came about very quickly and without much second guessing.  So here's hoping we receive as much out of the experience as I think we will.  I'm sure it's gonna be fantastic.

Be back later with more updates.

RJD