Now that my blog gains more and more popularity, I also have to deal with an increased number of spamming attempts. Naturally, my blog is protected against automatic spam attempts by all kinds of programs scanning the Internet and attempting to leave hyperlinks to dubious websites.

But this is only one side of the picture. More annoying are the attempts by human beings, because their comments look like regular responses to my posts. They leave comments with the intention to place hyperlinks to all kinds of distasteful websites.

It’s the old story: Search engines like hyperlinks. I do, however, read all comments to my posts and these comments need my approval before they are published on my blog. Even if the comments look legitimate I do check out the hyperlinks in case they are posted. If I determine that a message is spam I mark it as such, and I add certain catch phrases to my blacklist settings. For the record, there’s nothing wrong with leaving valid comments and attach a hyperlink, but the comment should refer to the post and the website should not serve yet another scam.

So, my question to all spammers is, why do you waste my and especially your time with useless messages?

It is not my intention to point out all aspects of spamming and how it effects our society; I just would like to share some stupid entries I filtered over time. You may notice that most spam attempts come from people claiming to have a gmail account.

Spam Entries

bidbana@gmail.com

It’s really great to post my comments on such a penny auction news blog. I would like to appreciate the great work done by the web master and would like to tell everyone that they should post their interesting comments and should make this blog interesting. Once again I would like to say keep it up to blog owner!!!! I am glad that the blog owner has chosen a very interesting matter in order to spread huge knowledge among people. I would like to congratulate for this hard work to the blog owner and would like to be part of his blog by submitting.

Note: This response was posted on my article on the penny auction scam. The link in the response leads to another scam called bidbanana.

Tuberville@gmail.com

I really like your post. I found it really usefull. I will have to go to your website again some day.

adenoma43640@googlemail.com

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aojudy@gmail.com

I think that to receive the mortgage loans from creditors you ought to have a great reason. However, once I’ve received a car loan, because I was willing to buy a bike.

aojudy@gmail.com

Some time ago, I needed to buy a good house for my corporation but I did not have enough money and couldn’t order anything. Thank heaven my sister adviced to get the mortgage loans from trustworthy bank. Hence, I acted that and was satisfied with my auto loan.

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jennifer.bond46@gmail.com

People in the world take the home loans in various banks, just because that’s easy and fast.

Halyk83@gmail.com

thanks, very well written post, found it through a random google search and i shared it on my facebook

Seems legitimate? Well, think again. The URL this person posted leads to yet another Viagra website.

phrenologically53025@gmail.com

heya terrific little blogging site ya have right here  I work with the very same theme on my website yet unfortunately for whatever odd factor it looks to load a lot quicker on this blog although yours features significantly more content material. Are you employing any individual plug ins or widgets which will speed it up? If you could possibly write about the programs so I can use these on my internet site so twilight eclipse users could watch twilight new moon online trailers and clips more easily I would always be grateful – kudos ahead of time 

Note: I received the same entry with exactly the same wording on another one of my business blogs. The e-mail address was a different one, though; the claimed names did not match.

As the title of this book implies, the author delivers a concise description on setting up a professional blog – using WordPress – without wasting time convincing the user of the reasoning for creating a blog. The approach is “quick and dirty.”

This book will provide a crash-course in setting up a web site that goes beyond a basic blog. In this sense, the author added many exciting features such as slide shows, cool navigation tools, social network connections, integrating videos and cartoons, and even an e-commerce system. He also puts an emphasis on search engine optimization (SEO), creating web traffic, and protecting the blog from being spammed. In addition, the author shares his experience with creating income through blogs without promising a “new path to riches.”

Throughout the book the author refers to one particular web site, myprofessionalblog.com, the web site (blog) he designed to write this book, and to provide evidence that what he describes really works. The author encourages everybody to read his comments on myprofessionalblog.com to assure they are comfortable with the decision to buy the book – or not. Every feature as seen on myprofessionalblog.com is available to the user with little effort.

In addition, the author will post further information that becomes available after writing this book on the same blog. The access to the web site is free of charge, and so are all the special features he added to the blog.

From the Author

As the title of this book implies – I am referring to the “No-Nonsense” part – I am trying to deliver you a concise description on how to set up your own, professional looking blog without the usual motivational bla-bla combined with superficial information I found in many other books. My approach is “quick and dirty.”

At the time of the writing I have set up numerous blogs, and I have investigated numerous scenarios of how to get a blog useful for one’s purposes.

In my personal case I am in the business of promoting my books, but I also looked into related aspects such as selling my books through my blogs, or even create revenues through my web site with paid advertisement. In the process I found a lot of useless books on the topic, and I deemed it was time to stop the nonsense.

Please be aware that all the information in this book in freely available through the Internet, or through many, more detailed books, but reading this book and following the instructions will save you a lot of time and, after all, aggravation.

This book will give you a crash-course in setting up your blog, and, if you need more than just a basic blog, I have tried to add as many exciting features as possible. I also put an emphasis on search engine optimization (SEO).

Please understand, everything in this book is designed to give you a concise description on blog features without the hassle of reading hundreds of pages, and thus saving you a great amount of time setting up your own blog.

I will not provide you all details, just enough to get you going. The manuals you need – just in case you want to investigate the blog features in more detail – are all available through the Internet, and I will point you to the corresponding web sites. This approach did not only save me a great deal of time writing this book, but it also reflects in the price you pay for it.

Let me stress again, that you do not need to read the full manuals to set up your blog. Just follow my description, and your blog will shine within a few hours of work.

Let me also add another “no-nonsense” aspect: I will deliver you many aspects of optimizing your blog, but I do not guarantee success. Especially, I do not promise a “path to riches” if you are in business to create revenue with your blog. The success of a blog or regular web site depends on many factors not related to the blog setup and operation. Success, just like in any other business, is primarily based on hard and continuous work. Perseverance will pay eventually in one way or the other, but, again, there is no guarantee.

Throughout this book I will refer to one particular web site, http://www.myprofessionalblog.com, which is the web site (blog) I designed to write this book, meaning I set up the blog, made screen shots of what I was doing and inserted them into this document.

Everything you see on http://www.myprofessionalblog.com is available to you with little effort. In addition, I will post further information, that becomes available after writing this book, on the same blog.

This About This Book section is also part of http://www.myprofessionalblog.com. My intention is to provide sufficient information on my book to make you comfortable with the decision to buy it – or not.

This being said, if you are in business to find a totally free solution for your blog, do not buy this book! My book is primarily about creating a professional blog with little expenses (roughly $120 – 200 per year), but it is not totally free.

If you want your blog totally free I recommend to set one up through various services such as Google, Yahoo, WordPress.com, and others. Please be aware that these services will give you a free, but limited blog, i.e. without all the special features you see on http://www.myprofessionalblog.com. If you don’t need the special features, i.e. you just want to write posts, you will be just fine using these services.

Another reason, not to buy this book, would be that you already use an Internet service provider (ISP), have your own web site, but your ISP does not support WordPress. WordPress, an Online blog development tool, is an essential part of this book.

If you have neither an ISP nor a web site, but want your own, professional blog, I will explain how to get there quickly and easily.

Review

I have had a chance to get my hands on “A No-Nonsense Guide to a Professional Blog.” I am an experienced blogger myself, and I run my own websites. As such, the book was not really for me, but for those who want to start a professional looking blog with minimum efforts. Nevertheless, I still found some surprising insights, which I immediately incorporated into my websites. I can also vouch that the method as described in this book works, since I am using WordPress for my blogs for a while. I just wish I had this book available when I started; it would have saved me a ton of time and aggravation. What I liked especially was the honesty and, as the title implies, the no-nonsense attitude. The author promises merely a pain-free setup of the blog, but he does not promise success, which is entirely up to the blogger. He does, however, offer a number of valuable tips when it comes to search engine optimization, spam protection, and even creating income through a blog. Just a fair warning (and the author makes this abundantly clear) this book is not about running a cost-free blog; that would prohibit the ingenious features of the blog such as video implementation, Google gadgets, Google Ads, a free e-commerce system, etc. The operating costs are roughly $120 – $200 per year, depending on the Internet Service Provider of your choice. Again, this book is intended for beginners, and as such it definitely deserves a 5 star rating. – Sandpiper, Amazon Customer Review

Google Webmaster Guidelines

Following these guidelines will help Google find, index, and rank your site. Even if you choose not to implement any of these suggestions, we strongly encourage you to pay very close attention to the “Quality Guidelines,” which outline some of the illicit practices that may lead to a site being removed entirely from the Google index or otherwise penalized. If a site has been penalized, it may no longer show up in results on Google.com or on any of Google’s partner sites.

Read more…

Google Image Guidelines

With image search, just as with web search, Google’s goal is to provide the best and most relevant search results to our users. Following the best practices listed below (as well as our usual webmaster guidelines) will increase the likelihood that your images will be returned in those search results.

Read more…

Google Search Engine Optimization Starter Guide

This document first began as an effort to help teams within Google, but Google thought it’d be just as useful to webmasters that are new to the topic of search engine optimization and wish to improve their sites’ interaction with both users and search engines. Although this guide won’t tell you any secrets that’ll automatically rank your site first for queries in Google (sorry!), following the best practices outlined below will make it easier for search engines to both crawl and index your content.

Download the PDF file…

Nevertheless, we all strive to use our resources (i.e. our website or blog) and earn a little bit on the side. The combination that works for me is Google Adsense, Amazon Affiliate Program, and Infolinks. See also my post Blogging – Creating Income Through Affiliate Programs.

So far, I had not been able to evaluate the service provided by Chitika. Chitika works very similar to Google Adsense, but their ads are much closer targeted to users who find your website through search engines. If you write about, for instance, automobiles, and somebody finds you through searching for Toyota, you can bet all your ads refer to Toyota and ONLY Toyota. Very effective targeting, you might think. In addition (and this is a very nice feature!) they allow you to display Google ads when a user did NOT find you through a search engine.

My website (the one you’re looking at) was finally, after an evaluation period of four months(!), approved, and I was excited. I had read a report where somebody said that Chitika produces more income than Google. Well, if they are as picky that it takes four months to be approved, they must be good. Right? WRONG!

After a period of testing them for roughly ten days I made a whooping US$2.31! Be aware that this amount is still “unaudited,” because they will re-evaluate all clicks. They are much better than Google when it comes to prevent charging their customers for random clicks, which is good for the advertiser, but not so much for the publisher.

My website, FrogenYozurt.com, creates good web traffic. This month I will have roughly 17,000 unique visitors. According to Alexa.com that puts me under the top two percent of all registered websites (latest rating: 1.82%). However, for Chitika that’s not quite enough. FrogenYozurt.Com was only good enough for their “Silver” program. Apparently, the “Gold” program will give you access to higher-value ads, but you need to go through yet another evaluation process. In the meantime you’ll lose money!

As of yesterday, I switched back to Google Adsense and made more than US$2.31 in one day. Also, I get what I call high-quality ads. Most of the Google ads on this website are occupied by only one ad in form of a full graphic. Every click on these ads will create more income than on a regular box with a number of links. Apparently, Google is more appreciative of my website than Chitika.

The Chitika”Silver” program ads are of very poor quality, and I don’t blame anybody for not clicking on them. In the last seven days my website produced 10,000+ impressions without a single click, at least according to their online reporting system. Their reporting system is sluggish, and maybe I am making a mistake by removing their ads. I doubt it, though. I can’t afford to wait several weeks for their system to catch up. As a business man I need to know quickly what works and what does not.

Also, as a business man, I am concerned with appearance and quality of my website. The cheap looking Chitika ads (hyperlink texts are cut off, images don’t load) are definitely not helping in either direction.

If you have any experience with Chitika, let me know. It could very well be that I am mistaken…

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Just a fair warning upfront: Creating sufficient income through advertisement on your website or blog is virtually impossible!

I personally run a number of blogs and websites filled with advertisement through several affiliate programs, and I still don’t make enough money to cover my monthly grocery bill. I have heard of one blogger in Singapore who is very successful by making roughly $800 per month, but he got there through very hard work and he got there after years of creating websites.

The boom of making money through websites or blogs is over! Click rates are declining, i.e. readers are more and more reluctant to click on online ads.

Note: Google is still very successful, but not necessarily based on a few, very effective websites. Their success comes through volume, i.e. the vast number of not-so-effective websites producing a few clicks per month.

One of the Affiliate programs I had joined mentioned that you need a minimum of 30,000 unique visitors a month to create sufficient income, which is very difficult to achieve on a long-term basis, i.e you need to maintain that level through frequent updating of your website(s).

Let’s apply some realistic numbers based on my experience with Google Ads: CTR – Click Through Rate = 0.5% and $0.50 per click. Assuming 30,000 unique visitors per month, you will create 150 clicks per month and create an income of $75 per month.

Yes, you can increase the income by adding advertisement from other Affiliate programs, but 1. creating 30,000 unique visitors per month requires extraordinary work, and 2. excessive use of online ads may have a negative impact on your website’s acceptance.

The following represents my personal experience with a number of Affiliate systems:

• Google Adsense - Click Through Rate (CTR) is roughly 0.5% with roughly $0.50 per click. These numbers will vary from website to website depending on content and value to the Internet community. Needless to say, their ads are usually of good quality and are clearly adjusted to the website’s content. Payment options are very flexible, and they pay quickly. Over all my rating is “Good.”
• Infolinks – CTR = 2+% with roughly $0.12 per click. It seems that visitors are much more inclined to click on “inline” advertisement, but the downside is a lower income per click. In the end, Infolinks evens out with Google. Advantage: You can easily mix Google and Infolinks on your website, and it doesn’t look cluttered. The ads are not well adjusted to the web page content; I assume their variety of ads is limited compared to Google. What I don’t like is their payment policy. They don’t offer direct deposits into your bank account. Payments per direct deposit require a minimum of $400(!); PayPal $50; Recommended payment is per prepaid MasterCard. Also, you have to apply to add more websites, which is more or less a formality, but takes up to two days. Nevertheless, I am very satisfied with the daily income created through them. My rating: “Good.”
• Kontera – No data available; I only tested them briefly and discarded them quickly. Their pitch is that they’re better than Infolinks due to better “inline” ads, a statement that does not match my experience. Their ads are very limited and are by far not relevant to the website’s content. They allow only three inline ads per page, and they load very slowly (Infolinks shows a lot more ads without looking intrusive). Their payment options are very flexible, and you don’t need to apply to add more websites; you just add their code to any website you run. My rating: “Don’t bother.”
• Amazon.Com – Tough to compare with Google or others, since Amazon doesn’t pay per click. They pay a percentage of an actual sales made through the online ad, which can be up to several Dollars. Amazon provides a great number of different ads and different products, but they require more work to set up than other programs. This month I managed to create more than 300 clicks, but created only one sale (which is not typical). My rating: “Okay.”
• AdBrite – To say it upfront, I removed all AdBrite ads from my websites. CTR was 0.13%, and they paid in average $0.06 per click. You can choose between two levels of advertisement, the better one being the “family-friendly” version. “Family-Friendly” means you get ads from, for instance, Toyota or Porsche, which are promoted as high-quality, but in reality nobody clicks on their ads. The non-family-friendly version allows ads of the worst kind, including weight loss programs and other questionable services (to put it diplomatically). If you don’t care much about reputation, you can use them as a Google alternative. My rating: “Two thumbs down!”
• ClickBank – Terrible! Terrible! They work on the same principle as Amazon; they pay you per actual sales, which is acceptable. However, the quality of the product and service ads represents the lowest level I have experienced so far. First, they only provide you a link to the actual product page, which also includes your specific ID. You, as the ad publisher, are responsible to create a dedicated page for the product and include the hyperlink, meaning there is quite some effort involved. They offer a great number of products you can write about, but most of the product pages are  maintained by what I consider to be scammers. The web pages are longer than my arm, filled with all kinds of success slogans, and you can’t leave the website without specifically clicking on the “Okay” button. My rating: “Stay away from Clickbank!”

I wish I could report two other services that seem to be the best when it comes to creating income:

• Text Link Ads – They rejected my website within 24 hours. Apparently, they have very high standards in regards to the website traffic you create. My 400,000+ web site hits per month didn’t do it for them.
• Chitika – The response from Chitika – four weeks after I applied-  was especially interesting:
  “We would like to apologize for the delay in your Chitika application review for account.  As we prepare to transition to a new upgraded version of Chitika, we are temporarily holding off on approving new domains and accounts. Note: We are currently running an exclusive beta test on the new upgraded Chitika ads for large/ComScore 500 domains.  If you are earning more than $10,000 USD per month from advertising on your domain (with AdSense, direct advertisers, etc.), please send us an email, or give us a call to speak with a Chitika team member.”

It is amazing how many websites you find these days promising you heaven on earth. Let me say it again: If it sounds too good to be true, it probably isn’t!

Fast Net Learning is offered by the same company who operates the Web Profit Club, another scammer service. To put it in a nut-shell, Fast Net Learning “teaches” you how to start a web site and run Google Ads on them. There is nothing sophisticated about this; this is common knowledge in the Internet world, and you don’t need to pay to run Google Ads.

If you sign up with Fast Net Learning you will spend money for a useless service. For more information see also my posts on making money from home. The whole Internet scam business started with a fictitious Kelly Richards and articles written about her such as “Work At Home Mom Makes $6,397/Month Part-Time” (If you still need more convincing, have a look at the comments below the article). A great number of people, not only within the United States, but all around the world, have already been scammed and lost their money!

My Advice:

1. Visit a good bookstore (Barnes & Noble has a good selection) and look for “Google Adsense for Dummies” (no insult meant; I love the Dummies series!). Also, look for books on running your own website or blog (FrogenYozurt.com is a blog). This is a one-time investment!
2. In order to run your own website sign up for an Internet Service Provider (ISP) such as GoDaddy.com, BlueHost.Com, or others (FrogenYozurt.Com is hosted by BlueHost).
3. Read my article Does The Google Adsense Get-Rich-System Work?

A Few Comments:

• I checked out the FastNetLearning.com website, and under FAQ I found: “…most people make at least an average of $369 dollars per day…” – Well, call me picky, but if this was a professional service such typos wouldn’t happen. This is probably a one-man operation, and the guy is busy creating websites (which also proves that you can make money through the Internet).
• On the Privacy page, which contains the same wording as the Web Profit Club website, I found: “We can be reached via e-mail at privacy@fastnetlearning.com or you can reach us by telephone at …” – No phone number was listed; the sentence ends without a period.
• The Terms & Conditions page (again, the same content as under the Web Profit Club) is set up in an amateurish way, and they might not hold up in court. I assume, the guy just copied a standard text he found somewhere and modified items like company name and address.
• On the same page it shows “emailing our cancellation department cancel@webprofitcoach.com” which indicates they are running yet another website called WebProfitCoach.com.
• When you switch to the page to “Join Now,” you don’t sign up for the Fast Net Learning program, but rather for the Web Profit Coach.
• Under Terms & Conditions the company’s name is listed as “Media Hub LLC” while under the “Join Now” page it is “Cool Serve Corp.” On all other pages on the website the company name is FastNetLearing.com, LLC (Note the “Learing” instead of “Learning”).
• When it comes to support they give you a phone number and an e-mail address, support@fastnetlearning.com. Be aware that creating such an e-mail address is an easy task for an expert, and it doesn’t necessarily mean that there is a whole support department at work.
• I dialed the phone number as listed on their website, and I got the message, “The number you have dialed is not in service…” – I tried several times, making sure I didn’t dial the wrong number.

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Some readers suggested to put the topic on Facebook, which I am doing right now by posting this discussion topic.

For further information on the scam see my blog entries at http://www.frogenyozurt.com/my-articles/making-money-from-home/,

Please feel free to leave your comments at my Facebook Discussion Board.

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Vampire Ascending

by Lorelei Bell Sabrina Strong is a Touch Clairvoyant who knows a secret. She knows her mother was turned into a vampire when Sabrina was ten. Now that she is grown up, a powerful magnate in the Chicago business world hires her to reveal the identity of who relentlessly murders vampires in his ultra-modern stronghold of a hotel. [Read More...] – Including an excerpt of the first chapter.

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News Daily 7 - Click image to enlarge

The London, UK Job Report announces “Work At Home Mum Makes £4,397/Month Part-Time.” You find the article on the fake News Daily 7 website. Here we go again, Kelly Richards made it into the United Kingdom. See also my post Kelly Richards a.k.a. Melissa Johnson Sighted in Great Britain.

This morning I received an e-mail from Derek in Bristol, UK, saying:
“Hi Wilfried,
I found your site whilst searching for reviews of the following site advert.
I see the infamous Kelly work at home Mum has moved to Bristol UK, http://newsdaily7[dot]com.
You have saved me some money so I have now invested in your book “A No-Nonsense Guide to a Professional Blog”
Best Wishes, Derek.”

Well, I am always glad when my posts on this website help people to save their money, may it be here in the United States or somewhere else in the world. I have received responses from as far as Australia. Some of them thanked me for saving them. After all they did their research.

Others were not so lucky, and asked what they could do to get their money back. My advice would be to get in touch with your bank or credit card institution a.s.a.p. and dispute the charges. There is no guarantee that this will work, and it will take some perseverance. The Kelly Richard scammers are extremely clever and ruthless, but they also have made their operation fool-proof which may make it difficult for banks to help their customers.

For all those who read this post, please feel free to leave a comment below. The more information we share the better we can help prevent further damage.

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A Lady Jane Grey Novel by Peter Carroll

Now Available As Paperback And Kindle Edition!

Queen Of Misfortune is the fictional story of Lady Jane Grey as told by her beloved tutor, John Aylmer. At the time of her execution a stranger is recorded to have assisted her when, blind folded, she lost her way upon the scaffold. Was it the same ‘stranger’ who was also recorded to have visited her when she was imprisoned in the Tower? Little is known of this unfortunate girl who was beheaded for treason in the 16^th Century. She was only 16. She is omitted from the list of monarchs but was actually queen for nine days. Author Peter Carroll, in his novel, follows John Aylmer’s close relationship with Jane as her tutor and later, as she grows up, her lover. [More...]

Available at Amazon.Com, Amazon.co.uk, Barnes & Noble, and any other good bookstore.

According to their website: “Problogger.net is where bloggers worldwide go for advice and information on enhancing their blog’s presence. Whether you’re just starting out or have been blogging for years, these two professional bloggers show you how to turn your passion for blogging into extra revenue. This practical guide to creating and marketing a blog with the potential for generating a six-figure income shows you how to choose subject matter that works for you, handle technical issues, and evaluate your blog’s success so that you can use your blog to generate income indirectly.”

I usually am reluctant to recommend literature that promises the safe path to riches, but I did check out Darren Rowse’s web site, and everything I saw made sense. His book, ProBlogger: Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a Six-Figure Income, is a compilation of his blog entries. I liked the section where he explains that only 1% of bloggers will be able to reach a six-figure income. He has reached the level where he currently is with hard work and perseverance. Whether or not his advise makes you rich is entirely up to you.

Initially I thought that reading this book was worth the money and time, but in the meantime I have changed my opinion about 180 degrees. Yes, his advice on blogging is solid, but he fails miserably when it comes to recommending income resources. First of all, the Google Adsense Getting-Rich System does not work as he claims – at least not for the blog starter. My blog experiences increasing web traffic (150,000+ hits in May), but after fifteen months of hard work the monthly income through Google ads does not even fill the tank of my car.

I also followed the advice to apply at other affiliate programs such as Text Link Ads (they rejected me the next day) or Chitika.

The response from Chitika – four weeks after I applied-  was especially interesting:
“We would like to apologize for the delay in your Chitika application review for account.  As we prepare to transition to a new upgraded version of Chitika, we are temporarily holding off on approving new domains and accounts. Note: We are currently running an exclusive beta test on the new upgraded Chitika ads for large/ComScore 500 domains.  If you are earning more than $10,000 USD per month from advertising on your domain (with AdSense, direct advertisers, etc.), please send us an email, or give us a call to speak with a Chitika team member.”

I guess this proves the point that only the rich are getting richer…

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by Lorelei Bell Sabrina Strong is a Touch Clairvoyant who knows a secret. She knows her mother was turned into a vampire when Sabrina was ten. Now that she is grown up, a powerful magnate in the Chicago business world hires her to reveal the identity of who relentlessly murders vampires in his ultra-modern stronghold of a hotel. [Read More...] – Including an excerpt of the first chapter.

Vampire Ascending is now available at Amazon.Com, Amazon.co.uk, Barnes & Noble, and any other good bookstore.