What I've Been Up To Lately

Sorry I haven't posted in a while. I've been busy doing stuff. What kind of stuff? All kinds of stuff. For example, I've written and published a couple of new microsites, which are one or two page websites which provide a laser-focused answer to a single question. These new microsites include:

• Country Music Love Songs - This site takes a look at some of the best country love songs from the past 50 or 60 years, and it's organized by decade. Some of the songs are included because they're favorites of mine; others are included because they're notable. It was a fun page to put together.
• Fight Club Quotes - I thought the movie and the book Fight Club were terribly quotable, almost to a fault, so I thought it would be fun to collect some of the better quotes in one place.
• Funny Life Quotes - Obviously I enjoy quotes and quotations, so putting this page together was a lot of fun too.

I've also spent some time posting at Twitter under my new account related to my bookstore: @horrorbooks. Feel free to drop by there and befriend me if you like; I'll definitely follow you back. (Unless you have a super-lame Twitter profile page. I tend to not follow Twitterers who don't include any detailed info on their profile page.)

I also want to give a quick shout out to a couple of new horror authors that I've become acquainted with lately:

• Brian Keene - I just finished his novel The Rising, which I thought was entertaining as hell. I'm looking forward to digging into the sequel, City of the Dead, starting today.
• Ray Garton - I've become acquainted with him at Twitter, and I can't wait to start reading some of his fiction. I think I'll probably read Live Girls first, since I think vampires and strippers make such a great combination.
• John Everson - Another horror writer I haven't read yet but plan to start on this week. Since I own a horror books store, it's kinda pitiful that I haven't read any of Everson's books yet. I'm getting through a novel every day or two right now though, so that problem should be rectified shortly.

I saw Paranormal Activity. Yes, it's as good as everyone is saying it is. Even my son Drew was impressed with how scary it was. It's nice to know that Katie Featherston (who, IMO, is one of the most beautiful women to ever grace the big screen) is from right here in the DFW area too. She went to SMU. If she's reading this, I hope she'll consider doing an appearance some weekend at my store.