Win a Book

How’s that title working for you?  Simple, effective, elegant even.  Win a book.  What book?  My book! Today’s Schizo Squad challenge is an easy one.  First, if you haven’t joined (by “liking” the Facebook page), do so now.  Next, surf on by Welcome to Moon Hill’s Amazon page, “like” it, and vote on the tags

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The Moon Hill Blog Tour

The Moon Hill blog tour starts tomorrow, with a post at a great new site (that if you haven’t discovered yet, you can thank me later):  Bloody Bookish. The schedule thus far is as follows: 2/6/12: http://bloodybookish.com/ 2/8/12:  http://chandarawrites.blogspot.com/ 2/10/12:  www.ringkeeper.blogspot.com 2/15/12:  http://www.categardner.net/ On each of these days I will post here to remind you

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The Funny Face Challenge

Greetings, psychopaths and ne’er-do-wells. Today, I cordially invite you to become part of my newly established Schizo Squad.  Stop by and simply “like” my page to become a member.  But wait…what is this Schizo Squad, and why do you want to be part of it? Here’s the deal.  I just released a new ebook, Welcome

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Time For a Freebie

First, I want to thank everyone who has purchased my new ebook, tweeted about it, “liked” my book page, and shouted from the rooftops for me.  You’re all amazing, and I loves ya to death!  To say I’m in uncharted territory (for me) is an understatement.  I don’t have the first clue how to market

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Welcome to Moon Hill

I am proud to announce that my first ever short story collection, Welcome to Moon Hill, if officially available for purchase* on the Amazon store! Welcome to Moon Hill: A collection of 19 stories, and a few surprises. Moon Hill is a forgotten place that few purposely visit, and even less leave. Once you arrive,

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New Release This Week

In Moon Hill, the worst things always happen at dusk. This is my official “get ready” e-mail.  My new short story collection, Welcome to Moon Hill, will be released this week, and as soon as tomorrow.  It occurred to me as I was preparing the launch that I did absolutely no publicity in anticipation of

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Cate Gardner Drops Some Knowledge

There aren’t many people brave enough to write guest posts for my blog.  For one thing, there’s no telling if I’ll actually post the article.  I’m easily distracted, and my memory has been described as “complete shit.”  If I do post an article, it’s entirely possible that it won’t be the right one.  And if

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Cover Reveal: Welcome to Moon Hill

What better day to reveal the cover of my first short story collection than Friday the 13th?  There is no better day!  If there was, I would have done it that day instead of this day.  Now stop asking silly questions. Sorry.  Friday the 13th brings out the blood-lust in me.  Sort of like full

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When Ayanna Kapoor Waits

The new year is here, which means new fiction for your bleeding eyes.  I have to admit, I’m excited about this one.  I’ve been waiting patiently for close to (over?) a year for this to finally come out, and now it’s here!  My story “When Ayanna Kapoor Waits” is in the Fall 2011 issue of

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Reviews of my Work (2010)

I had a significant increase of published works in 2010, and although they were mostly indie or small press publications, some of my stories were actually reviewed.  What follows is a list, complete with links and “snippet” quotes, from these reviews. UPROOTED (Limited Chapbook release, including “Uprooted,” “Retired,” and “Just Once More, Little Sister.”) KV

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