Author Archives: jkmahal

Getting Back on the Dolphin

I thought about titling this “Getting Back on the Horse,” but I went to a light display last night and saw Santa on a dolphin. So there you have it. Dear readers, it has been too long since I have … Continue reading

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Finding the Key

It’s been a long time since I have written on this blog. So long that the blogosphere has almost certainly forgotten me. So, hello again everyone. Last I wrote, I was working on a three book series that always seemed … Continue reading

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A is for Apple, Z is for Zombie, S is for Surprise!

So, those of you who follow my sporadic blog may know that for the past few years I’ve been working on a novel. Every chance I can get, I’ve been sitting in my office, typing away, trying to spin a paranormal thriller. I really thought that would be my first book….
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Giving Away a Ghostly Good E-book!

Ok, I’ve decided to go obvious. Yesterday I wrote about the wonderfulness that is my friend Mary Castillo and offered to give away 10 e-book copies of her latest novel Lost in the Light. But clearly, in the parlance of journalism, I must have buried the lede because I still have SIX — yes, 1-2-3-4-5-6 — copies of the e-book that need to find their readers. Continue reading

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‘Lost in the Light’ of Friendship

I first met Mary Castillo in Mrs. Hunt’s drama class, my senior year of high school. We shared the same space, but we lived in different worlds for most of that year. She was the beautiful, talented, film-loving director who I was sure would take the world by storm some day. Continue reading

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Schedules Fall Apart

The Universe has forced my hand. Instead of publishing Walking in the Dark in October — a date already pushed off from the original September — I will now be epubbing it in late 2012. In other words, most likely December. Continue reading

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