Here's where I can be found at BayCon this weekend. Saturday How to find inspiration for costumes - 2:15 PM Salon D Masquerade/Variety Show - 8:00 PM Main Stage Sunday Hard SciFi vs SoftSciFi vs SciFantasy - 11:30 AM Ponderosa Pines They Didn’t Stick The Landing - Disappointing Finales - 8:00 PM Sequoia Monday Costuming with “Nontraditional” Materials - 2:15 PM Sequoia I’ll also be at the Small Publishing in a Big Universe table all four days to sign my books, including the The First Taste. Hope to see you there!

Didn't Artscandare create a wonderful cover? By Sheryl R. Hayes and Truly Bellamy Emma got the house in the divorce. She didn’t know it came with a sleeping vampire. Emma looks forward to the biggest challenge of her career as an art conservator - restoring her newly acquired shabby Victorian home to its former glory. She didn’t plan on the upgrades including a panicked vampire in her attic. The bite on her neck proves he’s a danger, but she can’t stop thinking about how good it made her feel. Micah’s not sure who’s the bigger threat - his sire or the woman trying to stake him with an umbrella.

Today I'm hosting a cover reveal for Lori King - Where the Walls Whisper: Book One of Briar Hollow Dust. Some secrets whisper…others hunt. When she stumbles into the labyrinth beneath the city, she uncovers a truth people have killed to keep buried. Now four men bound by loyalty and secrets must decide if she’s a threat… or the one woman they can’t let go. Beneath the quiet streets lies a hidden world of tunnels, forgotten passages, and a secret society that has ruled from the shadows for generations. No outsider has ever been allowed to see it—until now.

Given my recent cat news, I don’t blame you if your first instinct is to skip this post.  But please read.  There is a happy ending. Shortly after the sad news about Sherbert, I took Julius in for his annual checkup.  Mom and I were feeling nervous and on edge, but surely there couldn’t be another issue. There was. My stomach dropped as the our vet told us in a very worried tone, “I hear a heart murmur and arrhythmia. We need to get these checked out, given the recent loss of Popsicle, and his litter’s history.” …