May Contest Winner

Thanks to Rochelle Perry of Pooler, Georgia, for entering the contest and congrats on winning. Since Rochelle already has all the books, I made her an agate pendant as a prize. Thanks for the loyal reading, Rochelle!

Let's Hear it for the Men and Women in Blue

I just had one of the best experiences, and I want to share it with you guys. Some of the counties and municipalities here in Georgia have what they call Citizens Police Academies. It's a modified version of what police recruits go through and it's free. You get instruction on the laws governing police work from traffic law to when you have a right to use force against others. It included firearms instruction from police officers and a ridealong. I got to go to the gun range and fire a 40-caliber glock handgun and an AR-15 assault rifle. We saw a demonstration from one of the K-9 officers (Officer Bosco rocks!) and studied a simulated crime scene as if we were real CSIs.

Needless to say this gave me a lot of valuable research info for the books, since our Connie is a police detective and all. I encourage you all to take advantage of the Citizens Police Academies if one is offered near you. And I want to give a big shout out to the awesome, awesome officers of the Acworth Police Department! Y'all are the best!

April Contest Winner

Hello again, readers. The winner of the autographed book for April is Audrey Krishnan of Friendswood, TX. Congrats, Audrey!

What are you guys reading these days? I'm reading a good vampire book--"Sunshine," by Robin McKinley.

Wishing for Spring
Howdy, everybody. Hope y’all are staying high and dry. Are you ready for spring or what? The vamps are getting cranky, and I—their humble scribe—am getting achy in the joints. Hopefully we’ll all warm up soon.

Thanks
Thanks to all of you who’ve written to ask when the next installment of The Savannah Vampires is going to be available. I’m afraid I don’t have a release date yet, but stay tuned. I’ll post as soon as I hear.

Congrats to the February and March contest winners
Congratulations to Candace Robinson of Vancouver, WA, and Linda of Tampa, FL. They each won an autographed copy of the Raven Hart book of their choice.

Valentine's Day Book Signing

If you're in the area on Saturday the 14th, drop by The Book Worm book store from noon until three where I'll be signing The Vampire's Revenge as well as my other books. Here's the 411 on The Book Worm: 4451 Marietta Street Powder Springs, GA 30127 770-439-2029 www.thebookwormonline.com

Hope to see you there!