Enid AuthorFest of 2025

 So coming up this April is the Enid Author Fest. It's one of my favorite events of the year. Dozens of authors come and present their books to sell to new viewers... Wait. You should know about this, I talk about it every year...

Wait, are you new?? Ok, well here is a link about it, HERE. Anyway, I want to talk about what I have planned for the AuthorFest this year.

Shiver and Fears is taking a break this year... Oh yeah, I've said that too. Ok, ok. So the books we will be presenting are The Origin: The story that explains the start of the whole magical twins thing:

Although this is the 7th book of the series, Magical Times. It doesn't really affect the order of the series. This book is a prequel to the whole series and will answer most questions people tend to have after reading the first book.

Next, we have the first book, In a Deal of a Situation, which starts the book series. It introduces all the characters you will learn to love and hate while reading the book.

Both of these books have been republished by Ingram Spark which is the reason why, although I'm taking a break from it, one of Shiver and Fears' books is also to be sold at the signing.

Shiver and Fears: There's a Ghost in My Film is the first Shiver and Fears book to be published by Ingram and is being introduced at the signing.

Now, although you can come and purchase the book at the AuthorFest, it is perfectly fine to purchase this book at your local retailers such as Walmart, Barnes and Noble, and Book A Million (If those still exist)

But, do know. We will have a few other things to share at the AuthorFest. Each book purchased at the event will be a free audiobook provided by Audible and visitors will get a free open chance for free merch, whether or not a book is purchased.

But, I encourage you, wherever you live- Kansas, Kentucky, Texas. Take a trip to Enid for the AuthorFeast. Dozens of authors would be pleased with your appearance!

Books and... Video games?

Let’s take a break from discussing books and talk about video games! Since "Shiver and Fears" is on a break this year, I’ve created a new video segment on social media focused on playing video games. Sometimes, my friends and I come together to play a variety of online games. While we often play on Roblox, we explore other games as well.

One game we really enjoy is *TOGETHER*, which was introduced to us by the founder of J.U.S.T. Got Game. However, it’s not the only game in our lineup. We also play games like Scribbl.io, Gartic Phone, and Dress to Impress, among others. The tricky part is that we need to keep the content kid-friendly since we’re creating videos for a younger audience. Some members of our group struggle with maintaining a child-appropriate rating.

We recently finished a video where we tackled a maze of levels. Some levels required a lot of time and teamwork, while others were quite simple—we just made them more challenging for fun!

If you're a video gamer, check out the games we've played! And hey, don’t forget to leave a comment. I see a lot of views, but I’d love to hear from the audience as well. Share your thoughts, and we’ll respond—don’t worry! ✌✌

Local Retailer Introduction

 What you see here is not just another book. This right here is Shiver and Fears first book to be distributed to local retailers!

This book has the new and approved cover illustration that everyone is excited to see. With it's ripped title reveal, slightly slanted door and the series number now included. Now, you as a familiar fan will recognize that Shiver and Fears books have been constantly been upgraded repeatedly starting off with it polaroid image and it's usage of icicles side frame. These cover ideas were not bad, but needed something to stand out. The open door image idea was still a working progress and let's hope it's made a final choice. But we all know things continue to change when it comes to creative ideas.

Now back to this retailer business.

Ingram Spark has accepted Shiver and Fears books to work and distribute this and other books. Now question is? How does this work? I'll be honest, I'm still learning myself. I mean, how does this make a difference from when I was going to Barnes and Noble telling them to place this book in the store and them stating "It's not possible?"

Well there are a few words, that I'm still learning and understanding such as Wholesaler, Distributor, Retailer that make the whole marketing system be put into place. From how I'm seeing it, if you have a business, you need to buy your products somewhere, and you need to buy it in bulk. Well, of course if you buy online, they don't come in bulk. They come individually, so maybe that's one thing.

But if you need a product, you still need to buy it. And you'll want to buy it somewhere where it's always provided and they have everything you need.

Now imagine, if you are starting a business, buying your products one by one takes too much time. So of course you go to your supply closet,  the distributor, and buy it there. Now, if someone tries to sell you their product, they probably sell it in a bundle. That means you're repeatedly buying it from them to use and sell it. But why get something that's not in your supply closet? You may need it you may not, right?

So, in that case it shouldn't go straight to the seller, retailer, it should go into their closet... Not that's how I see it. Now this wholesaler is a mystery to me at the moment. And even what retailers to turn to for such a request is a mystery. Especially when contacting them. 

Can you imagine how a business has a social media and a website, but no email address? or phone number? and then not to mention the email or phone number provided doesn't even lead you to where your trying to go. Imagine driving to a location to find a park, but there instead is a map that leads you to other placed BUT a park!

Oh brother!

Shiver and Fears: There's a Ghost in My Film ISBN: 979-8-3303-0720-3

New Book in the Making

So Shiver and Fears is making some changes to it's book series. You might have seen a few upgrades over time. The logo, the slogan, the website, and even the books have gone through a few changes as well. Well, my books are making another change. This change isn't very effective, but I think it's time.

Last changes we did for book was the cover idea. Each book cover was postered on a poloid photo, now readers can view the book cover as though walking through the door.

This year we're changing the back cover. As you, the reader, knows back covers are usually where a summary of the book is placed. Shiver and Fears has always place it there, but now the summary is going to be changed. It'll be told in 1st person form instead of the original 3rd person.

I didn't say these changes were big, just different. Another thing that I'm working on is with another illustration partner. So the covers will be a bit different... again.

One thing that I hope will change is the thickness of the book. If you are new, then you might want to read about this. Shiver and Fears is only 20 chapters long. But most books haven't even reached to 100 pages. Although most have, each chapter of a book is about 5 or less pages long, and rarely more than that. This year my books are expanding. Want to know why? Check this out.

During the first set of years writing. I was a little impatient. I had an idea of the plot, but didn't know how to really widespread a chapter without being dull. For example, check out how I change this simple snip:

Sam ran through the forest. The wolf was behind him. Sam tripped over a branch. He knew it was over.

Now this is an idea of how I would write a story. Kind of simple and not much to work with. After doing some reading and years of studying, I think I've improved a little:

Sam's heart pounded against his chest running through the forest. Growls and snarls came from the wolf as it chased behind him. Sam rushed full speed, not realizing the branch was bound to stop him. He fell headfirst into the leaves and dirt. Sam was too tired to make another move. He knew that he had reached his end.

What do you think? I'm trying to be more detailed in my books now. But I tend to have a fear to overdose the chapters. I mean, I want to expand them, but I don't want 20 page chapters. Just want to go over the 100 page mark. So my estimate is 130-200 pages nothing near 400. It might mean Shiver and Fears will be a little more expensive. We'll see...

Now, you might be wondering what is the next book about. Well.. I'll give a hint. It not as detailed as you might think. So don't put too much thought into it. 

Now here is my clue. The cover has nothing to do with the book. Skinny Creeps isn't a part of the book either. But what Skinny Creeps is has is the whole plot of the story.

Think you got it? We'll see once this book get's finished. Right now, 1 have 10 chapters to write!

Secret Site

 Guess what? Shiver and Fears is found on a secret site! Don't believe me? Want to know how? It's a very interesting story:

A few years ago, around the time Shiver and Fears was first in the making, I had found a website where writers can post their stories for the public to read. It was a great idea at the time. However, things didn't work out well. For one thing, Shiver and Fears was still in work in progress in gaining attention, so the original plot was to write books. 

This would mean no story ideas would be finished because all the attention would go the books, not the stories. Another issue about this site was so many ideas would come to mind all at once, So some ideas weren't published for the public. This means that time on writing had been avoided so much, the process had been forgotten.

This leads to the final reason why this secret site has been kept in the dark. This was around the time that "Magical Times" was beginning to become an idea. First, it was supposedly a story about my family living in my house. This was an idea because at the time, My sister and her daughter moved in with us temporarily. It was an idea that would never make it to books, because it was too realistic and rude to the family. The idea had been scraped!

Shiver and Fears was picking up a few years later, at this point the site was forgotten and was never mentioned again.Once other sites were gaining popular noticed by Shiver and Fears, search sites, such as GOOGLE began finding the most popular sites to mention Shiver and Fears. These sites include: Barnes and Noble,  Amazon,  Blogger, ACX, and the official site: Shiverandfears.com

Can anyone find this said site and recall any AJ Hard originals story ideas? Don't think so! You know why? Because I don't even remember this site. And so this mystery site will remain a story FOREVER!

Let's Find the Best Monster

Baby Ghoul

Well, it's September, which means we have entered all entries. Now we are at the part of this contest where Instagram viewers take a vote every weekend.

As you already know, Scarface is already hanging up his title as monster of the year.💼 Zombie Mouth has already disappeared! Now it's up to you, Instagram users. Who is the scariest monster of them all?

Could it be "Skinny Creeps" an instagramer who has a thing for Goosebumps! So far, he is tied with another monster "Creepy Clown" so they'll have to fun face to face in the polls later. 😮

Skinny Creeps

Here is a nominee from TikTok.👇 Yep, we even accept nominees! One thing that we are working on for this contest is getting contestants to create their own monster! But first, we need to get reconition.

Fang Thriller

I'm sure if you are reading this, you must be on instagram. So I'm letting you know, this Friday morning, be ready to vote for our next polls. You can find it at Shiver and Fears profile stories... If you know where they are!

Sugar and Fears

 So here's a story: I spent my Saturday cooking 4 dozen batches of Sugar and Fears cookies for the annual family gathering. I had everything set, so when the time came to go the gathering Sunday afternoon... plans were changed.

Now usually parties and gathering change because of weather or guest host last minute problems. This was not the case. The problem is finding that person to rely on. Yep, it's true even celebrities have a hard time finding a reliable source. 

So now I have a whole batch and mouth watering white chocolate chip blue sugar cookies and no where to place to put them. Now if I'm correct, you might be saying just throw them away... can you imagine working the day away on special cookies that you end up having to trash? Not me.

Now I have to find a plan for a wasted Sunday afternoon and figure out who to send these cookie to. It just comes to show, you can't just spend your weekend with just anyone!

Let's Meet an Author: Tabby Khat

Have you met our next author of the month? You will now!

Meet Tabby Khat

she writes "Science Meet God: An Elemental is Born" and a series called: Storm of Emotions

find one of her books if you click here

 she has a ton of interests, such as  painting, being an author, she's a mother of four. Tabby like arts and crafts, Fairy villages, wind chimes, bird feeders, and blankets too! (wow that's a lot!)

our best way of acknowledging her is by her amazon bio > learn about Tabby

she enjoys Romance and Sci-fi books and mostly writes romance (although "Science Meets God" is a sci-fi)

That's one unique writer right there.

Hey who is your favorite so far? Don't worry we have a few others to look at coming soon. Try to keep up!