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Back from the Fairy Land

Okay, I lied. I had said I would return to posting two weeks ago (or was it more?) and haven't until now. It's been a very busy couple of weeks. I've been getting promotional materials ready for The Fool's Illusion and will be even busier yet this upcoming week doing that. If you keep checking back here each weekend you may get a free book mark of my new collection of short fiction!

Besides working on promotions for my collection, I took a trip to the far out "fairy land", Disneyland to put it more popularly. I went to both amusement parks on the Disney Resort in Anaheim--the original Disneyland, and Disney's California Adventure--with my parents, brother and his family and had a blast! So I was away from my quarters for a week and just got back earlier this evening. I'll tell you more about it later.

If you're in the Sacramento area, next weekend is Sacramento's annual horror convention, Miss Misery's Days of Terror, at the Scottish Rite Center accross the street from Sacramento State University. There's going to be a lot of great things going on there, including guest speakers,  panelists and vendors. It's a great way to open up the Halloween season! If you attend, look for my book marks on the information table that they usually keep up front. Check out the details of the con here.

I'll have more for you about my book and about Disneyland/California Adventure next week.

Until then . . .

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