Hi friends,

Sometimes there’s a bit of a downer after the holidays. For us here, there were a few tears shed as we dropped off my oldest and his small family (including my granddaughter) at the airport so they could return home.

We miss them already!!

And then I spent last night tossing and turning with one of those nasty head colds.

I guess with how isolated we’ve all been, a resurgence in common illnesses has to be expected as we get out a little more.

So – as a little pick me up . . . make sure to grab your FREE copy of our huge, Christmas post-apoc e-magazine before it gets taken down for good. (no email required either!)

Enjoy the short stories, recipes, survival tips and a lot more.

FREE Christmas E-Magazine

Plus, you can still enter the drawing for a bunch of prizes donated by all of us authors who wanted to give something back to our amazing readers this holiday season.

Check out this list of authors who contributed: (makes me feel privileged to be included!)

Ryan Schow, Baileigh Higgins, Kyla Stone, Jon Cronshaw, Brian King, T.L. Payne, Laura Martone, Sylvester Barzey, Kate L. Mary, Stephanie Mylchreest, Allen Gamboa, Joseph Hansen, Chris Philbrook, Scott Baker, David Simpson, Jaime Hernandez, D.L. Martone, Bethany Stutsman Hagardt, Nic Roads, Rich Restucci, Hadley Thorne, and Christopher Artinian.

Some of your favorites should be in there plus plenty of new ones to discover.

And if any of you have already downloaded and started reading it, I’d love to hear what you think of my included short story: “Christmas Impasse”.

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Misty’s Writing Update:

I’ve been brainstorming plots lately – inspired by my holiday binge reading.

Yep – I did spend quite a bit of time rocking the baby to sleep and it’s the perfect guilt-free reading time! I get to enjoy two of my favorite activities at the same time – nirvana!

What I did notice by devouring so many books in a row, is that it stimulated my creative side again, and I had to keep writing down new ideas to make my current book even better. Adding extra side mysteries, ramping up the small achievements, leveling up the main character’s pet and many other fun ideas have me chomping at the bit to get back to the story.

Hopefully this head cold will disappear with the new year, and I can jump back in soon.

I hope your holidays were wonderful and that you’re excited about the new year.

All the best! <3

— Misty 🙂