For ages, I used to watch horror movies all October long, in honor of Halloween. In time, I needed more than just October, just to get through the Universal Monsters and all the other classics.

Haven’t done that in several years now. I’m binge watching the entirety of Game of Thrones instead. Am almost finished with Season 4. Not a bad substitution.

Happy Halloween, all! Safe trick-or-treating! And don’t eat so much candy that you fall ill. Drive safe, too. (Illustration by Streetlight Graphics for ILL MET BY MOONLIGHT)

They’re here! My copies of the paperback of THE CIMARRON BRIDE. It will take me a while to check each book, and sign them all, but they look beautiful. This will be our primary book for the Texas Book Festival at the end of the month. We’re going to make it an all-romance table this year. Plus a backup. I haven’t yet decided if I’ll bring the cozy murder mysteries or one of the short story collections. 

Speaking of short stories, I have just written two new ones. The Curious Case of the Missing Book and North of Fog. I’m submitting them to magazines, too. If there are ultimately no takers (which translates to rejection by all), they will become part of a new collection for later on. I like them. Some of you will like them, too.

I’m not going to do a WHAT I READ THIS WEEK this time. Haven’t been keeping up with it.