Yesterday was a complete whirlwind so I am just now being able to update my blog. The Texas Social Media Awards on Thursday night were an absolute delight to attend. Again, I cannot express enough my gratitude to the Austin American Statesman and all of the beautiful people around the world who nominated me for [...]

It’s not every day that one wakes up to see their picture on the front page of the Austin American Statesman! And I can honestly say that it is because of the love and support of my beautiful angel readers around the world that I was featured today as one of the 25 winners of [...]

I was delighted this morning to see I was nominated by the delightful followers on Twitter for a 2011 Texas Social Media Award! The Texas Social Media Award honors the most influential members of the social media network in Texas each year. It would be a tremendous honor to be among those awarded in 2011. [...]

Or so I’ve heard the legendary “they” say. It’s rather like sitting around going “Gosh, I really wish I’d win the lottery!” and not actually buying a ticket. So, today I decided to follow those sage words of competitive wisdom and decided to enter this here website in the 2011 SXSW Interactive Awards under the [...]

At long last, the anticipation is over. The Horror Writers Association has announced the winners of the 2009 Bram Stoker Awards at its annual Stoker Banquet held tonight as part of the World Horror Convention in Brighton, UK. Eight new bronze haunted-house statuettes were handed over to the writers responsible for creating superior works of [...]

I share in Suburban Vampire’s irritation at the lack of nods to vampire films during Oscar season. Too many films are dismissed by the Oscar committee simply for the fact that they feature the undead. This is not to say that there were a lot of Oscar-worthy vampire films released in 2009. Some of them [...]

Each year, the Horror Writers Association presents the Bram Stoker Awards for Superior Achievement in the field of horror writing, named in honor of Bram Stoker, author of the seminal horror work Dracula. Since 1987, the approximately 500 members of the HWA have recommended, nominated and voted on the greatest works of horror and dark [...]

LONG ISLAND, NY, February 9, 2010 — A master of otherworldly suspense and a literary fiction darling have taken top honors in the 3rd Annual Black Quill Awards, as winners were announced today by DARK SCRIBE MAGAZINE, the virtual magazine “dedicated to the books that keep readers up at night.” Chicago-based author Gillian Flynn snagged [...]