Yes, after far too many months away I have returned and it feels great!

Not going to go into things too much, yet beyond being inundated with the managing of our store Knight People Books & Gifts and our sister website www.templesounds.net there have been things to deal with. The first was that we had to put our beloved Timber (Alaskan Malamute) asleep in January. With us for thirteen years, there were several months prior where he needed a great deal of physical attention and care. Those of you with pets instead of human family will understand the emotional hardship and drain of these things.

Timber K. Wolf

Miss Jinx

Then our cat Miss Jinx became ill. A rescued animal to begin with, she had many health problems all managed till the loss of Timber whom she loved dearly. Yes, we may have taken Miss Jinx into our home, but Timber is the one who truly adopted her and won her love. Well, anyway, she was fine for about a month, then things began to change. Thus followed more weeks of medications and the rest till she as well succumbed. Peaceably and without suffering, I am happy to report, still, these two events back to back as well as a tremendous work load drained as I have said.

After that we took a vacation for two weeks, and because of it the backload of work needed full attentions. Caught up now so it is back to this website and updating, not to mention creating once more...at least when I manage to get a new laptop, this one wheezing away its last breath at any moment. With luck it will be one that can manage my 3D graphics programs because I have a lot of ideas backed up in the old brain here. One being that when I get to the eBooks they will have images, possibly music as well, though we shall see.

Latest from amazon.com

Man, I love it. I sell my book HUNTING SHADOWS new for $16.95 there, yet go to the "Buy Used and New" section and as of this date, Monday, June 30th, 2008, you can purchase my book from the following user...whom I do not know.

(Connecticut) HOTDOG19472 = $80.00 + $3.99 shipping (Used - Very Good)

(Connecticut) KIRK999 = $100.00 + $3.99 shipping (Used - Very Good)

(Texas) BOOKSTORES12 = $186.18 + $3.99 shipping (Used - Very Good)

Wow! Once more I ask these people to please help the author out and pass on a couple bucks if you actually make a sale. Cheers, mates!

Well, that is all for the moment. Have three further installments of the Borderland Tales in my head, and between the finalized editing of DRADA-KISH: BOOK TWO IN THE DREXUS TAVOSN SAGA I hope to have something to post here in the next couple of weeks. As for the Drex books, the number of manuscripts is up to ten.

Yes, love to write, but time (and energy) for editing and publishing is another 'story'.

Cheers for now,

Melissa