Category: writing
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Our New Novel: Two Suns
by Sairung: What better time to announce the birth of our new novel than during Halloween month? Alan and I finished writing Two Suns, a supernatural fantasy full of horror action. It has monsters; thus, there’s gore! Two Suns is tentatively slated to release July 2025 by Koehler Books. You can read the synopsis at…
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Separate has won two Award Finalists from the 2024 American Fiction Awards
by Sairung: Alan and I have good news to share. Our supernatural horror adventure novel, Separate, has won two Award Finalists from the 2024 American Fiction Awards in these two categories: Horror: General Horror: Paranormal/Supernatural Here’s the link that shows full results: https://www.americanbookfest.com/2024afafullresults.html We are joyful and thankful. Thank you very much American Book Fest…
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Happy 20th Anniversary
by Sairung: Alan and I just celebrated our 20th wedding anniversary. The featured picture was taken on our wedding day twenty years ago. We don’t look like that now of course. We’re older . . . fatter . . . Well, it’s twenty years later. Below is how we look presently. Before the pandemic, we…
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Unique vegetarian holiday foods
by Sairung: Anyone like me who’s a vegetarian and can’t cook knows that it’s difficult to find good vegetarian food at restaurants. Most restaurants seem to think a dish that has no meat must be compensated with a higher amount of sugar or salt, resulting in grotesquely sweet or salty food. Sometimes it’s the opposite…
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Love you like …..
by Sairung: Love you like butterflies lust for nectar Love you like mother bears defend their cubs Love you like great horned owls embrace the dusk Love you like hibiscus welcome the dawn Love you like sunshine nurtures the pasture Love you like unyielding mountaintops Love you like an eternal flame that heats Love you…
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‘Tis the Halloween Month
by Sairung: As horror writers, Halloween is an exciting time for Alan and me. New horror movies are being released, old horror movies are on TV, etc. In the world of Separate (our supernatural horror adventure novel) though, every day is Halloween. Rojana Bensen, the protagonist, lives and breathes Halloween throughout the whole book! I…
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Love me like …..
by Sairung: Love me like pandas live on bamboo Love me like bumblebees guard their hive Love me like blue jays need to take flight Love me like fish depend on the sea Love me like polar bears rest on floes Love me like earth encircles the sun Love me like I am your oxygen…
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Separate, our supernatural horror adventure novel, is officially released today!
by Sairung & Alan: It has been a long journey filled with fun and anxiety. Neither my husband Alan nor I can imagine being on this road alone, without each other’s help and support. This doesn’t mean our journey is over. There will always be work to do – book events, blog posts to write,…
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El Mijo
by Sairung: I’m playing Hitman 2, a sandbox stealth game. The protagonist, named Agent 47, is a hired assassin whose job is to take out bad guys. I’m enjoying the game. The graphics are immensely beautiful. The gameplay is addictive (to me anyway). I love exploring and discovering things by chance. There are extremely difficult…
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Preorder Announcement
by Sairung: Now that the cover and final edits are completed, we’re happy to announce that preorders for Separate, our supernatural horror adventure novel, are up! If you are interested, these retailers have it: IndieBound Barnes & Noble Amazon There are other retailers selling our novel too. Separate will be released on September 19, 2023.…