How do you know when you reach that moment of success that you've been dreaming about for so long?  For some of us, namely me, it involves getting a homemade card from your daughter featuring a vampire on the front! I'll have to scan it in later to show it off, but that card came with a congratulations that can't be topped by anyone else.

The reason for the congratulations: Last week Jennifer and I published our first book, Birthrights, the first in a trilogy.  It went on sale Friday evening and I vowed from that time that the minute we got our first 10 sales I would blog about it and every milestone thereafter.  Well, we have surpassed 10.  We surpassed that in the first 24 hours which was fantastic.  Unfortunately, I was a little preoccupied with writing Revelations, the second book in the trilogy, to get my blog out.  It's a little be-lated, though no less exciting.  

For those of you who have already purchased our book - you have our thanks and we sincerely hope you enjoy it.  We would love to get your feedback, so e-mail us and/or leave feedback on Amazon, because that's important too.

Our book will also be releasing soon in several other markets, including the iBookstore.  We will keep you informed as those new release dates are available.  

Revelations will be out in e-book format as well by Sept. 2011.  We are actually very excited about this book as it dives into a darker part of Jaxon and Caislyn's world.  For now, you will have to be content with getting to know them in the first book because we aren't ready to give away too much from the second book just yet.

Until then:  Thanks for your support!  Thanks for getting us to our first milestone!  We hope you stick around for many more to come!

Arrrgghhhh!

Nothing makes me crazier than limited time items that I am in love with, but can only get during certain times of the year.  Case in point, I have an addiction to these little mini-packs of colorful candy-coated balls of chocolate known as Sixlets.  I have loved Sixlets since I was a girl and I used to buy them from the mom-and-pop shop on the corner of the street I used to live on in Baltimore, Md.  I remember finding a nickle on the sidewalk and thinking, "Oh happy day! I can go get some more Sixlets." 

Somehow, while I was growing up Sixlets started disappearing off of store shelves. I am not quite sure what happened, but my heart was broken.  I can still find them on occasion in places like WalMart, but only during Easter.  Why, must you tease me with holiday only candy? 

If ever I own a store in this lifetime, be it a candy store, book store, or shoe store, there will be a shiny little shelf holding my favorite coveted candy-goodness! 

Now, don't get me started on my childhood cereal favorites, BooBerry, FrankenBerry, and Count Chocula.  Target was kind enough to carry them during the Halloween season, but what about the rest of the year?  I am a firm believer in equal opportunity for ghosts and ghouls too. 

I did discover, while searching Google for an image to use, that I can purchase my favorite candies online through several merchants.  "Oh happy day!"