Tag Archives: paranormal thriller

October 2020 Wrap-up from Halloween Town, Oregon

Halloween Town, Oregon, real name Saint Helens, looked a little bit different this year, thanks to the pandemic. Our little hometown’s claim to fame is that it was the location where Halloween Town and Halloween Town II, Kalabar’s Revenge were … Continue reading

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All Our Titles on Smashwords!

March has been a very productive month, not so much the writing aspect of the business, but taking care of the nuts and bolts side of things, as well as working on Anne and Nancy’s new Etsy endeavor, TeaRoseGoods. So, … Continue reading

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Side Projects = Sidetracked

     We know you’re wondering, “Hey Gang, where have you been for the month of February?” Well, as the title of this blog post suggests, we’ve been working on a few side projects. We’ve done a little bit of … Continue reading

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The Upsides and Downsides to Taking a Writing Break

We’ve kicked off 2020 with a renewed sense of purpose and a new writing plan. Because we write collaboratively, we’ve had to develop our own specific methodology over the last six years. Keys to our past writing successes have been … Continue reading

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2019 Wrap-Up

Welcome to the end of 2019! We’re so glad you could make it. We managed to publish one book in 2019, our paranormal thriller, The Oculars. Other than that, little progress was made on our other two works-in-progress. Today, we … Continue reading

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How’s that negative reinforcement going?

We bet you’re wondering how our plan to use negative reinforcement to overcome writer’s block is going. Well, let us tell you. It’s working splendidly. Both Nancy and Anne have managed to produce two chapters each in the last two … Continue reading

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The Entire Feast

Musings from our mom, Nancy… I was racking my brain for a new subject for our blog when I realized that one could compare the endeavor of writing and becoming a published author with granny in the kitchen preparing a … Continue reading

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The Oculars Giveaway!

It’s giveaway time again! This time, we’re giving away e-copies of our paranormal/horror thriller, The Oculars. We’ll run the promotion from Friday, May 3rd through Sunday, May 5th. Hopefully, we can generate a bump in sales and maybe a review … Continue reading

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Movie Review: The Pet Sematary

4 out of 5 Stars Movie review provided by our mom, Nancy: With much anticipation, I went with three of my family members, Grandpa and two of the grandsons, to see Stephen King’s new movie, “Pet Sematary”. I had read … Continue reading

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A Spring Reawakening!

  At the Museum of Pop Culture in Seattle for Spring Break We lost March, like, the entire month. Poof! Gone! Where did the time go? Needless to say,  we didn’t get a lot of writing done this month. We … Continue reading

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