Current mood:

thankful

In the spirit of giving thanks...
I'm thankful for every day, waking up beside the guy I've been in love with since 1980, for sharing every part of my life with him, and for the two children we made together. I love you, Bob, more than words could ever say. Thank you for the love you give to me. Tom and Robyn, you kids are my world and it's a real honor to be your mom.

I'm thankful for the love of friends old and new, the ones I can physically hug and the ones I send cyber-hugs to. I'm grateful for the genuine pleasure of meeting several of my internet friends in person. Only wish I could meet all my online friends like that, but I give thanks to the groups where I've had the opportunity to make such friendships: e-groups: Underside and THWN, and message boards: Damned, Wicked Carnival and Shocklines, not to forget LiveJournal as well. I regret not posting very often but if you saw my writing schedule, you'd know I'm online only a few minutes everyday (if I'm lucky).

Heartfelt thanks to the publishers of my novels and the staff working for them: Rob, Todd, and Karen at Black Death, Walt at Hellbound, John Helfers at Teckno, Deb Brod and Tiffany Schofield at Five Star/Gale, and special thanks to my guardian angels: Brian Knight and Rick Hautala, also Ed Gorman for pointing me in the right direction. You folks are the best!

Thanks to my readers, too--I love hearing from you! Your opinions on my books matter greatly to me; you're the ones I'm writing for. Sure, I write for myself, too, but you're the reason I send something out to an editor/publisher. I don't see the writing factory in my head shutting down anytime soon (God forbid!)--and you guys know where to find my stuff. Thank you for buying and reading my books. Your letters and emails keep me going!

Last but not least, I want to thank the great teachers I was lucky enough to have in school (waaaay back when): Mrs. Strout, Mr. Davis, Mr. Mills, Mr. Monroe, Mr. Marshall, Mrs. Lyons, Mr. Smith, Mr. Townsend to name a few (there are many others--and yes, I still address them all by Mr. or Mrs. in respect for their time and efforts in teaching). I was never a pet student; I was the quiet one sitting in the back, scribbling stories in my notebook...but I paid attention when it really counted. Thank you all for showing me the basics, from taking notes and doing outlines and research to inspiring me to really work at writing better. Teachers rock!

There are a billion things I'm thankful for, including the great family I married into. Because of your love, I am truly blessed. I'm also thankful for living in a country where dreams can be achieved (thanks to those, both military and civilian, who have defended freedom in the past and those who continue to defend freedom). Hats off to you!

May everyone reading this have a terrific Thanksgiving. We're breaking with tradition this year and having homemade lasagna and my famous hot buttery rolls...there are parades on the TV, so I'll go join the kids on the couch. Who knows, I may even take the whole day off, lol.

Cyber-hugs,
~T. M.

Oh, p.s. the first advance review of Ghosts of Eden has come in (5 shining stars at Amazon!):

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After five years in a mental institution, Saxon Faraday returns home to Roquefort Manor in Bar Harbor, Mount Desert Island off the coast of Maine. It is not a happy homecoming for the twenty-three year old woman because her father is dead, killed by Saxon in self defense and her mother is in Florida with no plans of seeing her troubled daughter. That is bad enough but she returns home knowing she must still battle the Serpent, an evil entity, who has made the house a magnet for ghosts and spirits.

The Serpent is very much aware that Saxon has come home and is waiting to capture her soul along with the other seven he has in his possession. He is ready to molt and transform himself and he needs Saxon to make his metamorphous complete. Saxon is stubborn and intends to go to war with the Serpent; she has two allies to help her, a mentally challenged sixteen year old and a man nearly a century old. If they lose, Earth as people knows it will never be the same.

GHOSTS OF EDEN is a very scary horror novel, one that would easily make a great movie. Readers hearts go out to the heroine who suffered so much yet is still willing to battle an evil older than time. The action starts almost from the very first page and continues at a breathtaking pace until the bittersweet finale. T.M. Gray has talent and will one day be one of the superstars of the genre if this book is any indication.

Harriet Klausner

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Thank you, Harriet! I'm so glad you enjoyed the novel!
~T. M.