My books are being taken down today. The action has already been initiated, I don't know how long it will take them to disappear from every site. Once they do, I will be re-uploading them and I will let you know when they go live again.
In the mean time, make sure you go to the main page of my site and sign up for my newsletter to keep up to date.
Monday, November 13, 2017
Thursday, November 9, 2017
Time To Press The Reset Button
I have some bad news.
Basically, the company that distributes my books, Macmillan, is getting rid of part of their company that sells my books, which means my books are going to be taken down from all websites: Google Play, Itunes, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Kobo.
This also means I will be losing most of my reviews and all of my rankings and that my books will no longer be for sale for awhile.
I was devastated by this. The good news is I am going to reupload my books as soon as possible after they are taken down, which will happen some time within the next two months.
But there are problems with this. Because my reviews are going to be deleted, my books might not do as well this second time around and if they don't do as well, then I won't be able to work on them as much or release as many books.
I promise to release the fifth book still, but this will probably be heavily delayed as the rest of my books are taken down and reuploaded to a new site. I probably won't be able to release it until the beginning of next year at the earliest.
I appreciate your guys' patience and continued support though. I need your help during this time and no matter what happens, just know, I appreciate all the reviews and comments you left. I appreciate how successful you made my book for these 9 months. They've been in the top ten of google play almost the entire time and that really meant a lot to me!
Also, I had some problems with the comments app I added to my website. It was down for about a week, but I've gotten it back up and working now, so feel free to comment again.
Basically, the company that distributes my books, Macmillan, is getting rid of part of their company that sells my books, which means my books are going to be taken down from all websites: Google Play, Itunes, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Kobo.
This also means I will be losing most of my reviews and all of my rankings and that my books will no longer be for sale for awhile.
I was devastated by this. The good news is I am going to reupload my books as soon as possible after they are taken down, which will happen some time within the next two months.
But there are problems with this. Because my reviews are going to be deleted, my books might not do as well this second time around and if they don't do as well, then I won't be able to work on them as much or release as many books.
I promise to release the fifth book still, but this will probably be heavily delayed as the rest of my books are taken down and reuploaded to a new site. I probably won't be able to release it until the beginning of next year at the earliest.
I appreciate your guys' patience and continued support though. I need your help during this time and no matter what happens, just know, I appreciate all the reviews and comments you left. I appreciate how successful you made my book for these 9 months. They've been in the top ten of google play almost the entire time and that really meant a lot to me!
Also, I had some problems with the comments app I added to my website. It was down for about a week, but I've gotten it back up and working now, so feel free to comment again.
Tuesday, October 31, 2017
5 Scary Things I Found Online (And An Update!) - Septembe/Octoberr 2017
UPDATE ON BOOK FIVE: THE SHADOW MAN PART 2
I wanted to have the book finished and ready for publishing by Halloween (today.) I thought it would be a very special surprise to have that ready for all of you. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to finish it in time. I had completed the first draft awhile ago, but as I keep looking at it, I realize that it still needs a lot more work. Even though it would be nice for all of you to be able to read it on or before Halloween, I'd rather make sure that I'm giving you a quality product and miss my deadline, rather than just throw something out there just to get it out there.
So I appreciate your patience during this time and just know I'm hard at work on the fifth book. I'm hoping that all this work will mean it will be the best book yet!
In the mean time, if you are looking for something creepy to read/watch tonight, try listening to all these creepy videos in the dark, tonight, for Halloween, by yourself. I guarantee you'll get scared.
NOW ONTO FIVE SCARY THINGS FOR SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2017 (Because I missed last month.)
1. "The Dream Of Every Dentist" Creepypasta
For some reason, this month, I had a lot of fun watching creepypastas. I enjoy reading them, too, but there's something about a great narrator that makes them that much more special. There's a lot of terrible Creepypastas out there and what's great is the people who narrate them on youtube have sorted through a lot of the bad ones and usually only narrate the best.
This is one of the best creepypastas I've ever heard. I hope this person is a writer because they took some real world concepts (like that dentists kill themselves more than any other profession), which made it seem more real, and made it into one of the most terrifying stories I've ever heard. Not to mention it was that much more frightening because dentists are scary and most of us have a fear of them.
2. "I Relive Every Day Multiple Times - Today Ends Badly" Creepypasta
This creepypasta started out a little slow. I was scared it would get predictable, but as time went on and I kept listening, it got better and better. The ending of it was unexpected and perfect. It reminds me of the movie "Happy Death Day" a bit which I haven't seen yet, but have heard is decent.
3 "You'll Never Even Know" Creepypasta
I was intrigued by this creepypasta because of the title. It presented a mystery and mysteries can be scary. The story was one of the most terrifying creepypastas I've ever heard or read, so it lived up to its hype and made me slightly paranoid by the end of it.
4. "Dogs Know They Aren't Human" Creepypasta
I love my dog (as you can tell by some of my stories that feature my dog in them), so this drew me in. I trust my dog and her instincts and wanted to know what the dog in this story was sensing. Every time you think this story is going to be predictable, it throws you for a loop. Very terrifying and a wonderful ending.
5. "I Can See Auras And It's A Curse" Creepypasta
Wow. This one is dark. It's the kind of thing that messes you up to listen to. Best of all, it presents you with philosophical dilemmas. Very well written, I hope this writer goes on to publish more horror stories.
Thursday, October 12, 2017
Update: New Book Coming Soon!
I just want to let you all know that I'm not dead and I'm still working on my horror books.
I was originally going to write about a story my Mom had told me about being in college and her roommate being possessed. I had already written part of it, when a little over a month ago, I saw another shadow man instead.
By far, my most popular book is my first book, people seem to like learning about shadow men so much, so I decided to put the other book on hold and write this story instead. It's longer than the original shadow man stories (for people who are unhappy with the short length of the first book) because a lot happened this time I saw a shadow person.
I've been on hiatus for a little while, partly from the trauma of seeing a shadow man again and partly from a lot of stress that has been added to my life, but I've been working on this next volume whenever I got the chance and hope to have it done by Halloween.
I didn't make a blog post last month about scary things I found online, but I hope to make a combined one for both September and October by the time Halloween rolls around, too.
Look out for that and join my newsletter if you haven't already. (There's a form to join it on the homepage of my website on the bottom: http://thedementedmistress.weebly.com/ ) Joining my newsletter means that you will get an e-mail as soon as I release my next book if you are interested in purchasing it.
Thank you for supporting me. I am back at number one at the google play store again! I've remained in the top ten almost the entire time since I published my first book and it's all thanks to you. I appreciate your support and I appreciate you all so much. I hope you enjoy my new book when it comes out!
I was originally going to write about a story my Mom had told me about being in college and her roommate being possessed. I had already written part of it, when a little over a month ago, I saw another shadow man instead.
By far, my most popular book is my first book, people seem to like learning about shadow men so much, so I decided to put the other book on hold and write this story instead. It's longer than the original shadow man stories (for people who are unhappy with the short length of the first book) because a lot happened this time I saw a shadow person.
I've been on hiatus for a little while, partly from the trauma of seeing a shadow man again and partly from a lot of stress that has been added to my life, but I've been working on this next volume whenever I got the chance and hope to have it done by Halloween.
I didn't make a blog post last month about scary things I found online, but I hope to make a combined one for both September and October by the time Halloween rolls around, too.
Look out for that and join my newsletter if you haven't already. (There's a form to join it on the homepage of my website on the bottom: http://thedementedmistress.weebly.com/ ) Joining my newsletter means that you will get an e-mail as soon as I release my next book if you are interested in purchasing it.
Thank you for supporting me. I am back at number one at the google play store again! I've remained in the top ten almost the entire time since I published my first book and it's all thanks to you. I appreciate your support and I appreciate you all so much. I hope you enjoy my new book when it comes out!
Thursday, August 24, 2017
Five Scary Things I Found Online - Aiugust 2017 (Shadow Men Links)
Since you guys liked my Shadow Man story so much, this month, I want to focus on Shadow Men stories online.
This is also a big clue as to which one of my Shadow Man stories is the real one. People who are familiar with either Shadow Man stories or have seen Shadow Men in real life have an easier time telling which Shadow People stories are true or not.
Here are five scary things I found online this month.
1. http://www.shadowpeople.org/
This is an official website all about Shadow People and real encounters of people who saw them. There's also Shadow Men caught in pictures.
I can't prove that any of these things are real, but they look and sound legitimate to me. Even the pictures. I've seen other videos and pictures of shadow people that looked inaccurate or not real in my opinion, based on my experience of shadow men.
This site has so much content, you can literally be reading it for hours.
There's also even a forum for people to discuss shadow people. I wish I had seen this earlier.
2. https://thoughtcatalog.com/christine-stockton/2014/06/17-people-on-their-real-experiences-with-a-shadow-person/
Reddit is filled with awesome first hand encounters of a lot of things. People with weird and interesting lives and frightening real life encounters can be found all over there sharing their stories and answering questions.
If you like my books and haven't ever heard of reddit, I think you'd like the site, especially the creepy categories like r/nosleep and r/letsnomeet.
So this guy who made this article found some great stories of people sharing their experiences with shadow men and compiled them together.
3. http://www.theoccultmuseum.com/5-terrifying-true-stories-shadow-people/
These are pretty creepy stories. The first one especially scared me because of the rumors that Shadow People are grim reapers and I'm always afraid one will appear again and try to kill me next time. I don't know how that woman ever sleeps.
A lot of the stories on this site are particularly creepy. Like shadow children...*shudders* At least my shadow man was an adult. I can't think of anything creepier than a shadow child.
4. http://topyaps.com/photos-of-shadow-people
Here's some possible pictures of Shadow People. I found the site interesting. I can't say for sure that all these are real, but at least some of them look like they might possibly be real.
Although, the one I saw in real life was much more clearly defined than any of these pictures. Not blurry at all.
Sometimes I wish I got a picture of it. but it's not really something most people think about when you're that terrified. You're just trying to survive and not get attacked by something supernatural.
5. https://the-line-up.com/shadow-people
Some more interesting Shadow Men stories. I really wish, like the first story, that someone else had seen my Shadow Man with me. It's better if someone else sees it, too, so they can understand why you're so jumpy all of a sudden or afraid to fall asleep and so you can ask someone else if they see what you see, too.
This is also a big clue as to which one of my Shadow Man stories is the real one. People who are familiar with either Shadow Man stories or have seen Shadow Men in real life have an easier time telling which Shadow People stories are true or not.
Here are five scary things I found online this month.
1. http://www.shadowpeople.org/
This is an official website all about Shadow People and real encounters of people who saw them. There's also Shadow Men caught in pictures.
I can't prove that any of these things are real, but they look and sound legitimate to me. Even the pictures. I've seen other videos and pictures of shadow people that looked inaccurate or not real in my opinion, based on my experience of shadow men.
This site has so much content, you can literally be reading it for hours.
There's also even a forum for people to discuss shadow people. I wish I had seen this earlier.
2. https://thoughtcatalog.com/christine-stockton/2014/06/17-people-on-their-real-experiences-with-a-shadow-person/
Reddit is filled with awesome first hand encounters of a lot of things. People with weird and interesting lives and frightening real life encounters can be found all over there sharing their stories and answering questions.
If you like my books and haven't ever heard of reddit, I think you'd like the site, especially the creepy categories like r/nosleep and r/letsnomeet.
So this guy who made this article found some great stories of people sharing their experiences with shadow men and compiled them together.
3. http://www.theoccultmuseum.com/5-terrifying-true-stories-shadow-people/
These are pretty creepy stories. The first one especially scared me because of the rumors that Shadow People are grim reapers and I'm always afraid one will appear again and try to kill me next time. I don't know how that woman ever sleeps.
A lot of the stories on this site are particularly creepy. Like shadow children...*shudders* At least my shadow man was an adult. I can't think of anything creepier than a shadow child.
4. http://topyaps.com/photos-of-shadow-people
Here's some possible pictures of Shadow People. I found the site interesting. I can't say for sure that all these are real, but at least some of them look like they might possibly be real.
Although, the one I saw in real life was much more clearly defined than any of these pictures. Not blurry at all.
Sometimes I wish I got a picture of it. but it's not really something most people think about when you're that terrified. You're just trying to survive and not get attacked by something supernatural.
5. https://the-line-up.com/shadow-people
Some more interesting Shadow Men stories. I really wish, like the first story, that someone else had seen my Shadow Man with me. It's better if someone else sees it, too, so they can understand why you're so jumpy all of a sudden or afraid to fall asleep and so you can ask someone else if they see what you see, too.
Thursday, July 20, 2017
True Scary Stories: Volume Four: The Cursed Object Is Available For Purchase!
True Scary Stories: Volume Four: The Cursed Object is now available for purchase!
This is the story about how a cursed object haunted me and killed someone.
Google Books- https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Dark_Mistress_Aurora_True_Scary_Stories_Volume_Fou?id=-G4tDwAAQBAJ
iBooks- https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/true-scary-stories-volume-four/id1261493178
Amazon- https://www.amazon.com/True-Scary-Stories-Cursed-Object-ebook/dp/B0742N2QXY/
Barnes & Noble- https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/true-scary-stories-dark-mistress-aurora/1126007041
Kobo- https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/true-scary-stories-volume-four
This is the story about how a cursed object haunted me and killed someone.
Google Books- https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Dark_Mistress_Aurora_True_Scary_Stories_Volume_Fou?id=-G4tDwAAQBAJ
iBooks- https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/true-scary-stories-volume-four/id1261493178
Amazon- https://www.amazon.com/True-Scary-Stories-Cursed-Object-ebook/dp/B0742N2QXY/
Barnes & Noble- https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/true-scary-stories-dark-mistress-aurora/1126007041
Kobo- https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/true-scary-stories-volume-four
Wednesday, July 19, 2017
Book 4 Is Finished!
I finished writing and editing book 4 in the middle of the night last night. I'll be filing the copyright for it today and I should be done formatting it and publishing it by the end of today. It takes a couple of days for it to appear on every website after I upload it, but once it appears everywhere, I will be sending out a newsletter letting you all know that its available for purchase. (I'll also be posting about it on this blog.)
If you haven't already signed up for my newsletter, but want to know exactly when book 4 is up, you can sign up for my newsletter here:
http://eepurl.com/cWU8Sv
I promise I won't be sending out a ton of newsletters if you get annoyed by that stuff. Just announcements of my next book release and things like that.
Thank all of you so much for supporting me and encouraging me to write this fourth book! The first book is almost at 100,000 downloads right now and will be hitting 1,000 reviews on google play any time now. Because of you, it's been number one on google play off and on for months now!
I appreciate all of you so much! Thanks for reading!
If you haven't already signed up for my newsletter, but want to know exactly when book 4 is up, you can sign up for my newsletter here:
http://eepurl.com/cWU8Sv
I promise I won't be sending out a ton of newsletters if you get annoyed by that stuff. Just announcements of my next book release and things like that.
Thank all of you so much for supporting me and encouraging me to write this fourth book! The first book is almost at 100,000 downloads right now and will be hitting 1,000 reviews on google play any time now. Because of you, it's been number one on google play off and on for months now!
I appreciate all of you so much! Thanks for reading!
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