There’s a time and a place for everything. Book videos are no different.  Let’s take a look at some different circumstances in which book video can be helpful at different points.   What benefits are there for you?   Longevity,…

If you’re spending more time on social media than writing your book you’re doing it wrong. I know, that’s harsh, but nothing sells a book like, well, having a book. A great book. Right? So you have to make time…

Writing Is A Business?!!: How To Create Your Business Plan You’re an artist. I know that. You write wonderful stories to thrill and entertain the masses.  But, if you would like to do this for a living you need to…

I am my Darker Self Exposed and Hidden What you see And the invisible A shield of apathy A blade of words Bleeding heartache And rage Caged chaos Tattooing myself with life's ink "Help me"   by: Sheila English

  The sound of fallen glass In an empty room Bang! Crack! Echo… Footsteps on carpeted stairs Thump… thump… thump… The handle of the bedroom door moves Rattle… rattle… rattle… An unseen hand opens the door Click… squeak… silence… Silhouette…

            Not everything that is dark Is dreary Not everything that is horrific Is scary Not everything that is ghost-filled Is haunted Not everything that is known Is understood Not everything that is dead Is…

I've posted about my digital art, but I wanted to include my photography as well. I have an artist page on my website now which highlights my digital art and photography. I wanted to share some of this with you.…

A couple of years ago I discovered a love for digital art. I've done photography for years.  I've never done professional photography, just stuff for myself, but I feel I was relatively good at it, just not an expert. But,…

There's something extremely satisfying and inspiring when you find you've won someone over who was initially skeptical. I do realize that writing Gothic fiction means not everyone will be interested. Some people feel I'm writing fan fiction, which I don't…

So happy my Adam Frankenstein: Search for a Soul got 4 out of 4 stars from the Online Book Club! This is one of the best-written reviews I think I've ever seen for anyone. Very thoughtful, well written, and clear. …

So excited that my short story The Madame and the Madman was chosen by Screencraft to move on to the finalist stage of their contest! The Madame and the Madman is an Adam Frankenstein story that also featured Victor Dracula…

Fear Fest was released last year and did very well so I am super excited to share the release of the follow-up to Fear Fest - Demon's Gate! Adam Frankenstein and his partner Rebecca shut down the gate with the…

Yes! Universal Studios will release Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein on January 16th, 2021 on YouTube for a limited time for free! We can watch it together! I'll hold a Facebook Live event on my author site to get us…

Most people know her as the author of Frankenstein. That is just a small part of her story. Mary Shelley was a woman unlike others of her time. She thumbed her nose at convention. She couldn't be categorized by the…

The year Mary Shelley wrote her now infamous novel - Frankenstein was called "The Year Without Summer".  It was, in fact, cold and dreary the entire year and even though she began writing the novel in June it's felt that…

One definition of Gothic is-  of or relating to a style of fiction characterized by the use of desolate or remote settings and macabre, mysterious, or violent incidents – Gothic novels That’s the definition we like best! We’ve chosen five of our favorite historical Gothic…

I've always known the story of how Mary Shelley's League of Supernatural Hunters came to be.  I've written a short story about it and thought that would be the end of it. But my agent had other plans. He wanted…

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Copied with permission from the Gutenberg project. John William Polidori was among those at Villa Diodati that fateful summer when Mary, Percy and Claire came to visit Lord Byron. Challenged to write a ghost story Polidori started out with some…

Though often referred to as a "myth" it is actually a fact that Mary Shelley kept her husband, Percy Shelley's heart, until the day she died. Percy died in a storm out on a lake. When his body finally washed…

Writing the comic book for Mary Shelley's League of Supernatural Hunters I always knew Adam Frankenstein, the creature, would get his origin story. Not just the story of how the creature was created, which loosely follows the novel written by…

Most people know who Mary Shelley is or at least they've heard of her book - Frankenstein. But, fewer people know who she actually was. She was an amazing woman who had so many hardships in her life.  She was…

To celebrate winning the Gold Book Award from Literary Titan I'm doing a giveaway over on Goodreads! I'm giving away 20 copies of Adam Frankenstein: Search for a Soul! TWENTY copies!!! The giveaway runs until Sept. 30th so you have…

I was contacted by Literary Titan and told they had given my book Adam Frankenstein: Search for a Soul a 5-star review a few weeks ago. I read the review and was over moon with the review, which you can…