When a well-packaged web of lies has been sold gradually to the masses over generations, the truth will seem utterly preposterous and its speaker a raving lunatic. ~ Dresden James
A brief flash of honesty lighting the shadows cast on the streets of the city, protocol does bear a striking resemblance to truth. ~ James Hunter McKay – aka J2

So, as per my agreement with TNBP’s financial backer, we’ve reached the mid-way point (actually, we’ve skidded past that and on into three-quarters) of the year. Unfortunately, ad sales were down, which put our agreement into a bit of a spin, and while the remainder of this year is covered (as well as the contest, really) after that, we’re in limbo.
Fortunately, he’s extended a further offer, so here we go on a fundraising drive! If we raise enough to cover TNBPs costs for one year – including the contest costs, …

Personal Demons
by Bryn Colvin; © 2009
This weekend, Personal Demons launches as a webcomic – www.itisacircle.com For those of you who haven’t encountered this form before, it’s basically a graphic novel that appears week by week on a website, and is free to read.
With the launch of Personal Demons, Tom Brown and I finally get to properly introduce Salamandra O’Stoat to the world. When I first encountered Tom four years ago, he had a comic underway involving experimental occultist Salamandra and her friend Owen. I became an instant fan. …

Trust Brenton Tomlinson to make me all blushy and stuff. BT has awarded me with the Kreativ Blogger award, which left me all giggly and almost speechless. And right about now, he’s spewing some form of liquid all over his keyboard while choking back the laughter.

The deal with this one is that I need to pass it on to seven other Kreativ bloggers, and post seven mystery writers. The mystery writers caused me to have a bit of a panic attack – I don’t generally read mystery. BUT, I can …

Hey folks,
I owe a couple of fairly big posts here, and due to things outside of my control (sorta) I’ve been unable to get them done… I will get my award post and my writer appreciation post done up either today or tomorrow.
I’m busy working on edits that are at the end of next week. Eeep, only 300 more pages to go! o_O
Meanwhile, I’d like to welcome Afterbirth Books to my client list for LeeLite Designs. It became official over the weekend and I’ve been working on updates for Karen …