You all know what a chrysalis is, right? It's what those of us born before cell phones called a cocoon. It's the thing a caterpillar wraps up in before its big change to butterfly-hood.

Well I'm not about to change into a butterfly-- probably more of a lunar moth, if you want to be particular about it (and I know you do)-- but I am going through a bit of a metamorphosis as an author.

Most of you know me via my James Potter books. Thanks for that! I've thoroughly enjoyed that ride, and plan to continue to.

A few of you have taken the additional chance, however, on my non-magical-boy-wizard original stories, such as "The Riverhouse" (which hit bestseller status on Amazon, thanks to your indulgence) and "Ruins of Camelot".

For those who've taken the leap, you'll know that my truest writing style is a lot closer to, say, Stephen King than J. K. Rowling.

For that reason, I am instituting an official redefining of my online presence, breaking the James Potter stories (young adult) away from my original fiction (adult supernatural thriller).

If you decide to dip into my upcoming novel, "The Freezing Season", you will see why I'm doing this. It's dark. It's not for the young. If you like scary fiction with a supernatural element, horror that still belies my ironclad belief that hope still trumps all, then I do hope you'll check it out, and let me know what you think.

But the point of all this is as follows: I am launching a new FaceBook page for my original, non-JP-related fiction. With this change, I am hoping to share my definitively non-young-adult, very much grown-up works.

If you choose to follow me there, I hope you will drop me a comment or a note. I will do my best to follow up. I look very forward to interacting with my readers, sharing free content, discussing upcoming released, works in progress, and even just blathering and ranting a bit.

I do hope to see you there. We've got a long, strange, occasionally frightening journey ahead, but I think we'll find a way to have some fun with it, to laugh in the face of some evil, to see how hope does indeed prevail over some of the more harrowing boogies we try not to see behind the curtains of life, waiting for their moment on the stage...