New Year, New Book

I bet you're wondering why it's taken nearly 17 days to start the blog of 2025. Things have been runningon a complicated edge at the moment. Not in a bad way though.

So here's what the news is. Shiver and Fears is on a break, but monsters Boo, Bling Bing, and Nettspend are still at the go. Their creators seemed to have ditched them and now they don't have much of a place to be. A comic of Boo and his earlier friends have a comic that's been viewed over 100 times. Will Nettspend and Bling bing get a chance? Maybe not. I mean, they aren't given much attention from their creators, and I have other things to do.

Which comes to what is going on here with the books, Magical Times is making it's reappearance as a new book. Now, this is taking a lot of process, mostly because the manuscripts were lost. Luckily all were found and were ready for publishing. Then I had to create one cover template for each book to be published in.

 Then, after each book has gotten matched with it cover, now come the easy (but still complicated ) part. Working with a new publishing company is always hard to do. But it promises good things for these books. 

For example, My books are now being sold at Walmart! Now I've stated this before, but it was always a bit of luck that got them there. 

Now that i work with this new publishing area, they can get Magical Times books is locations a lot more noticable.

Now, let's talk about distributors. So it turns out there is a busy that wants my work in store, but the process will cost. Not much of a problem, BUT it'll take a lot of work to get it done. This means, merch will have to be processed, books will have to be collected, and promotions will have to be made.

So that's all that's been happening with books, let's talk about videos...

STOP!

I decided to save that for later, that's a whole other story to tell!

Shiver and Fears blog of 2024

For those of you following along with these blogs, you’re probably already aware of what’s been happening. You’ve seen the videos, the shorts, and the social media posts. But if I just left it at that, there wouldn’t really be a blog.

So, you might be wondering why there hasn’t been a blog until now. Well, let me fill you in: YouTube is the culprit! Not the most satisfying explanation, right? You see, YouTube has been mysteriously losing views ever since the decline of The Fairly OddParents. Live videos just haven’t been the same since. This situation led to a flurry of activities, including several live streams and a short film focusing on games.

But there’s more to the story! Have you heard of the new book, *Trapped in the Cursed Painting*? It’s finally published! 

I’m not exactly sure when the project kicked off, but December was all-consuming. One big reason it took so long? The cover illustration. That’s often the leading reason behind publishing delays. I helped create the cover, because let’s face it—AI isn’t always up to the task of capturing the right vision!

Once the cover was sorted out, it was time to dive into writing the book. It proved to be quite the challenge. The story centers around a girl interacting with a painting, but I hit a few snags. How can someone casually chat with a painting in a hotel? Why was she even there? And how did she stumble upon the painting? So many plot points to cover in just 20 chapters!

You’re probably curious about how the story unfolds. Well, you’ll just have to pick up a copy to find out!

This project took me all through December to complete, with the final touches happening just before December 20th. However, it didn’t officially hit the shelves until Christmas Day.

But that’s not all that’s been going on! We had only 20 Christmas cards to send out, yet over 70 people on our list. So, we spent the entire holiday season emailing, texting, and posting e-cards to everyone who didn’t receive a physical card.

Oh, and let’s not forget about one of the most important parts of Christmas: gift wrapping! I had to shop for 10 people while ensuring everything arrived on time. As we stand today, there’s just one last gift left. Will she ever get it? Probably not until next year... or, wait! That’s tomorrow!

Christmas always keeps the Shiver and Fears team busy! However, we’re about to hit pause for the upcoming year. Tomorrow, Shiver and Fears will take a break and transition to "Magical Times." These previously published books will be re-released with fresh covers, and exciting new titles are on the horizon.

Will there be a blog site dedicated to this? Not really. 

For now, I wish you all a Happy New Fear! It’s a phrase we fondly say each year. I hope you enjoy our books, stories, and posts! Don’t think we’ll be disappearing forever... We’ll see you next year!

Scary Creepsmas!

 "Phew" It was been a hard working month of December. I have nearly every gift given away!

This year we have a good collection of gifts to give. Visaprint has donated 2 scarfs to new Shiver and Fears fans. (One is actually going to Alburquerque!) There are Shiver and Fears beanies being given away. There was even a gift given to our story tellers nearly a year ago!

If you've seen the YouTube fan art videos you'd recognize these!

There were given to young creative kids who LOVED the videos so much they had no problem finding them a home.

So what was all a part of this give-away? well, we had some beanies custom made by Vistaprint who also donated two scarfs as well! Barnes and Noble donated a collection of books which we gave to 17 excited fans. One being new and another who loves to read a good story!

Another thing I did with our Giveaway is have Creepsmas Elves. Two being Monsters of Shiver and Fears. Yep, Skinny Creeps and Vicious Clown are helping spread Creepsmas cheer by sending a Shiver and Fears Creepsmas gifts to new viewers.

We are now at our last gifts, which will be delivered this weekend. One is actually to a recent fan. Because with his birthday coming soon it fits him well.

Another fan asked to get his first Shiver and Fears book, signed and all! We just couldn't refuse! Now what about this artist winner we posted about on Instagram? They will get a gift too! Don't ask us how. We don't share ALL our secrets!

Scary Creepsmas!

Valentine from Shiver and Fears

 So Shiver and Fears pass out two kinds of card every year: Christmas cards:

 which feature one of our scary posts including Boo our ghost friend, Creeps our ice monster pet, or one of our monsters of the year.

A little too fearsome for Christmas I know, but it's what we use best.

Another card we send out to people is for Valentine's Day:

 This year we are sending those to staff at an elementary school. Why? Because so many of those teacher have enjoyed our company. We have given away a load of audio books, enter students in contests, and are about to have a package sent to the school for the students to all go home with a Shiver and Fears book.

For any teachers reading this, Thank you for your support!!!

At this moment now though, Shiver and Fears is supporting Valentine's Day by joining in a party for young readers today!

Afterwards, Shiver and Fears author... me is going to spend the night on the Mrs. of Shiver and Fears. That's right, if you haven't already known. Although I am not married, there is a someday- future Mrs. Shiver and Fears in my life. Interesting news huh?

Who is this mysterious person? You may be wondering, well that's for me to know and for you to figure out!

Creepsmas gifts!

Scary Creepsmas to all and to all a good Fright!!! What is that not a thing? Well, it's a thing for us, Shiver and Fears enjoys Creepsmas the same way a person enjoys Christmas. Just now we mailed 10 Creepsmas cards to our fans and included on that card is a keychain and free audiobook. It's part of our Creepsmas tradition.

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Every year we give a Shiver and Fears gift to our fans. This year we're giving audiobooks. Here how it'll work this year.
Listed below are a dozen codes we are giving the first 12 fans for an audiobook of "Sibling Subtraction" Now you can only use one code, so whichever code you use that's the only one. Now since this is the season of giving, we'll offer you a chance to get another Shiver and Fears audiobook. All you need to do is comment "Scary Creepsmas!" and we'll send you back a code for another audiobook (we won't tell you which one though)
I do want to warn you also, the codes provided/given are not like gift cards. If you do not claim your audiobook by January we have the right to give it to someone else. Sorry, but understand, would you want to give someone a gift they never plan on using and let them keep it? We hope you enjoy your gift, now click here> Creepsmas gift
now pick a code:

 and remember, Scary Creepsmas!