Hi TSD Readers! I wanted to give you a quick update on what’s in store for you in the coming months. As you know The Pooka is coming out later this year and I’m hoping my second Persimmon book will have a publication date near Christmas time though that may not happen until the new year. I’ll be taking part in NaNoWriMo 2011 and during those 30 days I plan to complete my foray into Young Adult territory and that project will have a publication date of late spring next year. Coincidentally I will be needing beta readers for my YA project in March 2012 and I will be updating you on that topic in the coming months.

However, the point of this post is to fill you in on my current project which is a short story for the 2011 Scriborium Anthology tentatively titled A Very Scary Christmas which is coming out this Christmas of course. My short story will be included with about 9 other stories from the other Scriborium members and I am so excited about it that I have to share the news with you. The theme of the collection of short stories is a Christmas story with a paranormal or horror twist. The name of my story is “I’ll Be Home for Christmas”.

Here’s the synopsis:

Elspeth Stone hasn’t been home since she left for college after high school at the age of seventeen. Her decision to leave wasn’t supported by her family and she went without their blessing.  The only person she kept in contact with after the falling out with her family is her younger sister Erin. Now, 13 years later, Erin is pleading with Elspeth to come home for Christmas. Despite her resistance to the idea, Elspeth relents only because she hasn’t met her 5 year old niece yet and if she doesn’t come home this Christmas she may never get the chance since the child is ill and may be dying. The thought of going back to her childhood home fills Elspeth with the old fear and dread. Memories of the terror she experienced there, the horrors that went bump in the night and the evil thing that lurked in the shadows waiting for her surfaced from the dark recesses of her mind. As her sense of foreboding mounts, she doesn’t  know if she’s going home to reconnect with her estranged family or to confront the demons of her past.

And that’s how it goes. I might even be persuaded to give you a sneak peek and share a short excerpt here in the weeks to come. It’s going to be an exciting couple months, that’s for sure, and I hope you’ll come along for the ride!

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This was the summer of unforeseen circumstances. It is due to these unforeseen circumstances that I’ve been away from The Scribe’s Desk for the last few days. Mayhem has ruled the roost this week at The Scribe’s Desk headquarters and unfortunately (and with my apologies) the usual True Blood post you wait for every Sunday/Monday is MIA, but never fear. I will be posting an abbreviated version of the review and finish the week with some great ish.

And even though things have been hectic, chaotic and filled with the unforeseen this summer, things at TSD headquarters have been abuzz with a stellar amount of creativity that I can’t wait to share with you in the coming months. September is right around the corner which means the Youngling will be back at school and we’ll return to our regular scheduled programming at The Scribe’s Desk.

So I just wanted to take this opportunity to thank all of you, my wonderful readers, for your loyalty, your continued reading, and of course, for your patience. You rock!

I’ve been waiting for this series for almost a year. Finally Camelot is coming to CBC Canada on Tuesday, September 13th, 2011! And you know what that means, right? That’s right! The Scribe’s Desk will be reviewing Camelot! Hooray! Check out the series promo below (I couldn’t get the CBC promo which is awesome BTW to embed for the life of me!) and don’t forget to mark your calendars.

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Every now and again one needs to “get away” and build sandcastles on the beach. So that is the plan for the gang at The Scribe’s Desk. But never fear! We’ll still be dishin’ the ish, just short and sweet and to the point!

Make sure to come back later today for the regular True Blood review. We’re at that point that everyone has been waiting for!

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Are you watching “Rocco’s Dinner Party” on Bravo? Well you should be, especially this week if you’re a Raven Symone fan. Every week 3 chefs compete to create the perfect dinner party for celebrity chef Rocco DiSpirito and his celebrity guests. Whichever chef concocts the best dinner party wins a cool $20, 000. Easy peasey, right?

This week Rocco’s guest is the charming Raven Symone, who you’ll also see returning to TV in her new show “State of Georgia”, a comedy series where she acts as an aspiring actress trying to make it in NYC. And just what will she be doing on “Rocco’s Dinner Party” you ask? Well she’s got the fun task of helping Rocco and his other celebrity guests evaluate two “Gastropub” style dinner parties! And that’s not all that’s happening on Wednesday night.

During the show, Chef Rocco is giving one lucky viewer plus a guest the chance to win a trip to New York City to attend the October NYC Wine and Food Festival. So this is how it works:

While you’re watching “Rocco’s Dinner Party,” visit Chef Rocco’s “Watch & Win” contest application on his Facebook page here: http://on.fb.me/RoccoWatchandWin for your chance to win a luxurious trip for two to meet him and assist him at the October 2011 NYC Wine & Food Festival! Experience upscale culinary life in NYC with Chef Rocco himself!

Prizes includes round-trip airfare for two, a two-night stay at an NYC hotel as well as tickets to the Wine and Food Festival! Viewers can tune-in to “Rocco’s Dinner Party” Wednesdays, 10PM ET/9C on Bravo to answer three weekly questions pertaining to each week’s episode. Submission forms stay open until Saturday at midnight!  After answering all three questions, submit your information to be entered to win.  Enter every week to increase your chances of winning — every weekly submission counts as another entry!

The next “Rocco’s Dinner Party” airs Wednesday, July 27th at 10PM/9c on Bravo in the US! Watch&Win contest goes LIVE @ 9PM (ET) Wednesday night!