Welcome!

Hello, and welcome to my very first blog ever! What with a couple of different alter egos and a whole cast of characters running around in my head, I hardly know where to start!

My day-to-day, real-life activities aren’t any more interesting than most people’s, so I’ll spare you the tale of the trip to the scratch-and-dent appliance store and the nonworking dishwasher. Don’t get me wrong. If a UFO ever lands outside my basement office/bead studio and disgorges little green men, you’ll be among the first to know. But I, for one, ain’t holding my breath.

However, the other world that I inhabit, that is, the world of the Savannah Vampires, is inherently more interesting. It’s the world of creatures in the shadows, just a little bit beyond our senses and way beyond our understanding. Those creatures are both powerful and seductive and have the means to bend us to their will—sometimes.

I hope to prevail on some of the folks of that world to serve as guest columnists in this space from time to time. William’s kind of scary, but I happen to be close, personal friends with Jack McShane and I’m pretty sure I can twist his arm. I expect Lamar Nathan von Werm, aka Werm, to drop by. He has a lot to say and some of it actually makes sense. I can’t always say that for Huey, Jack’s pet zombie, but he’s friendly and has manners enough not to try and chow down on anyone’s brains.

Then there’s Melaphia, the voodoo mambo and bead artist (like Raven—the bead part, not the voodoo part) and her adorable daughter Renee.

So watch this space for news and gossip out of Raven’s world—if you dare.