Spider season

It must be spider season. For the last several weeks, I've killed at least one spider in my house every day. Bug lovers; I'm not a wholesale murderer of little creatures. As a matter of fact, I am notoriously lenient with them, as well as a wide range of other pests, such as snakes, rats and mice, who I usually spare the death sentence and escort outside to the empty lot next door. Yeah, I'm soft that way.
But Arachnids? Death becomes them. They represent probably my most irrational phobia. And for some reason, maybe it's the change in the weather from the dry season to the rainy season, but they're heeeerrrreee..... A whole bunch of freshly hatched baby ones, small versions of the bug buggers that sometimes plague my home like evil spirits. And I shudder at the thought that, statistically, it is extremely likely that before the season is out, I will stumble upon the granddaddy of all the little ones I've been smacking. And I'm not looking forward to it.
Ah, life in the Caribbean. Anyhow, in honour of this creepy circumstance, my new short story for May is called Webs. And no, it's not creepy at all. In fact, it's rather romantic.
Have a look at it here.

If you like, you can read one of my opinion columns (yes, also about spiders) here.

Beautiful, beautiful me

Oh, And I forgot: this is what I look like.

The mind boggles!

Unbelievable. Just unbelievable! What an awesome day it is. First, my new novel goes on sale - it's called May Summer Never End, written under my romance pseudonymn, Simona Taylor. Here it is! have a look! What a cover! Isn't it a beaut! You can also take a look at it on Amazon.

Then I stumble onto Blogspot - okay, I admit I haven't exactly been here before - and decide to post a blog. After all, if my agent, Deidre Knight, can do it, I can, too!

Having a new book out is like having a new baby. You walk around all excited, proud, nervous, and exhausted, with a grin on your face, because you did it!

I just can't stop smiling...

Hey, you can read an excerpt here on my website, www.scribble-scribble.com