My gratitude overfloweth.

I just wanted to take a moment and tell you all how LUCKY I feel to have the opportunity to work with a library system as fantastic as the Appomattox Regional Library! Last night marked the third talk they've hosted for me and I'm not sure I can express how hospitable the library staff is or how amazing energetic and interactive the audiences have been. WOW. Yep, that pretty much sums it up.

Thanks again to all of my friends in the Hopewell area! I hope to see you again soon - and maybe even have a new book to share *wink,wink*

A video in which I break the #1 Rule of Television...

Wearing stripes on camera. Hey, call me a rebel, call me what you like. Here is the FIRST official interview about Wicked Richmond thanks to Cheryl Miller of CBS-6:

 

I confess...

I am a terrible blogger! Sometimes I feel like I have a finite number of words in my head that can escape in a day, and more often than not, those words are focused on writing articles, books, or simply replying to email. Today, I have reserved some of them for use here.

First off, I want to say how grateful and SURPRISED I am that Haunted Plantations of Virginia won the 2010 People's Choice Award from the Library of Virginia. I am still amazed that the book (1) prompted a reader to nominate it, (2) was embraced by the judges and moved to the rank of finalist, and (3) was voted by the people of Virginia as their favorite non-fiction book of the year. The whole thing is incredibly humbling. Again, thank you.

Second, amazing things have been happening for me lately in regard to paranormal investigation. I had THE most remarkable paranormal encounter of my entire life just a few weeks ago while visiting Utah. In a nutshell, I had my whole belief system shocked to the core. All of my time spent searching for "proof" of the existence of human spirit beyond death ended in a moment - truly less than 60 seconds - when an exploration of real-time spirit communication allowed me to hear the voice of a dead relative, one that answered questions (my fail-safe) to which only myself and one other person (not present) knew the answers to. The strangest part of it all was that I recognized the voice.

My journey on this paranormal path is far from over, however. Now it has just taken a different turn.

Something Wicked This Way Comes...

That's right, it's finally here! Wicked Richmond is hot-off-the-presses and makes its local debut this weekend, October 9th & 10th, at the Richmond Folk Festival. Come by Tredegar Ironworks (at the heart of the festival) between 12:00 PM and 4:00 PM on either Saturday or Sunday and say hello and pick up an autographed copy for yourself or a friend!

If you're not in the Richmond area but would still like to check out the salacious stories and scandals of the city's past, you can grab a copy now at Amazon or add it to your holiday Wish-List.