Let's go to the hop! Blog hop, that is...

I'm happy to be participating in the Mistletoe Madness Blog Hop over the next week with some awesome authors, who you will find listed below. To celebrate the holiday season, we're all in a very giving mood. I encourage you to hop on over using the links on this post to see what prizes are available from the different authors, cause holy smokes, there are a lot of them! You can win some free books, eBooks and gift cards, to name a few things.

I'm in a giving mood too and would love to reward one deserving person with a special gift this Christmas. Want to enter my contest to win? Simple. Just post a comment below telling me what your favorite holiday book or movie is, and I'll randomly select one commenter to win a $15 gift card to Amazon.com. Please include your e-mail address somewhere in the post so I can notify you if you win.

The link to the entry form for the blog hop GRAND PRIZE (a Nook Color pre-loaded with books from the sponsor authors):

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dExoRDhZSWVKdHFWWkNiaWZBLWJLUmc6MQ

Good luck, and happy holidays!

Fun trivia about "Cry Wolf"

Have you read "Cry Wolf"? Did you find yourself thinking, wow, this author is nuts for concocting such a weird urban legend. That would NEVER happen.

Would you believe that "Cry Wolf" was inspired by a real urban legend? Well, it was. There are modern day sightings of werewolf-like creatures in the United States, and cryptozoologists (researchers who investigate unknown animals) often refer to them as Dogmen. Perhaps the most famous case is called the Beast of Bray Road. Interested in learning more? I'm not usually one to promote Wikipedia because it's not always accurate, but after reading books and doing research on the topic, I give two thumbs up to Wikipedia's page on the Beast of Bray Road.

Check it out. Some fun and creepy reading there.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beast_of_Bray_Road

As the holidays near, I hope you'll check back here. I'll be announcing some giveaways I'm participating in, and whoa boy, there are some goodies. Details coming soon!