RADIO APPEARANCES

It's been a long and challenging summer for me, but as you know, I love a challenge.

I made my way down to the Carnival of Darkness Film Festival in Hollywood. It was fabulous event highlighting the Indie Horror short film genre. The crowd was interesting, eclectic, and well networked which made for GREAT Interviews. That's right! I interviewed many cool peeps and hope you'll visit my YouTube Channel to check them out. www.YouTube.com/gothicgourmet

I also moved house this summer. It's so hard to do, but there were many good reason to get a change of scenery. Of course, as I was busy working on the packing, everything else revved up and some things just had to wait for this week.

Questions are still coming about CURLING. The truth is, I haven't had the health, the wealth, or the free time to enjoy my favorite, or rather my BELOVED, sport. I love the ice. I love my friends there. I love the feeling of wind in my face as I slide out of the hack. So, it's been a year since I've curled. I'm sad thinking about that. I still stretch in case I can get up there to do it, but I finally took my curling gear out of my trunk last week. The realization that I just can't do it right now hit me with a thud.

I was a guest on Allie Cheslick's "Wings of Love" Radio Show last week. She is one of my dearest radio friends and has always encouraged me and my efforts. Next, I'll be a guest on Andrew Brewer's "The Rock 'n' Roll Psychic" Radio Show on Monday, October 5, 2009. The will be 4pm Pacific Time -- please adjust for other time zones. :-) Then on Oct 14th, I'll be a guest on Tanya Douglas' Radio Show at 5pm Pacific, and on the 15th I'll be on Nightstalkers Paranormal Radio at 9pm Pacific.

SunnySideoftheGraveyard.com is having a 20% storewide sale to celebrate all of the publicity that I'm getting this month.

OK. The first horror film is a supernatural horror and went on hold because I had to pack all of the equipment, etc. for the move. No matter how well I labeled the boxes, it's just never enough. Wish me luck on pulling it all together for a mid-autumn shooting schedule. The second horror film is still in scriptwriting and is developing into an intensely interesting cult horror film. It's great and hard to have two going at once... for obvious reasons.

I am proud to announce the creation of G'night Gnome Productions which has a focus on feature films, tv, and radio broadcasting. Principles: Beverly Van Pelt, Patrick Golden, Amy Williamson, and Ian Clark.

So that's the update. Hope everyone is celebrating the harvest of another amazing year and really to roll gracefully through another holiday season!

~Bev

SunnySideoftheGraveyard.com

It's official! We have a soft launch of our new online retail store, SunnySideoftheGraveyard.com.

Why the name? Well, for many years my sign-off has been "From the Sunny Side of the Graveyard," and how fitting it is. I'm know for looking at the sunny side of things, even the paranormal. It's like shining a flashlight into a dark room. I suppose I have always used humor and sentiment to make my way through challenging times and now the idea of "Sunny Side of the Graveyard" seems more relevant than ever.

The theme of the retail store is Paranormal Culinary Lifestyle and that pretty much sums it all up for me. You'll see what I mean when you click over.

So, we found a variety of products and are continuing to add new items all the time. It's a time consuming process, and frankly, I LOVE IT! There is something very personal in it for me. I enjoy using these items and they help me to create happier and intrinsically valuable experiences.

We started the Paranormal category with candles and incense that I have come to depend on in my daily rituals and in some of the Paranormal work that I do. These are useful tools for anyone - not just mediums, witches, and paranormal researchers.

In the Culinary category, you will find a fun variety of silicone ice trays that also work great as chocolate molds. Two of the best sellers of these are the Gin and Titonic (oceanliners and icebergs) and the Cool Shooters so you can freeze your own shot glasses... OR... make chocolate cups to fill with fruit, mouse, or fresh ground almond butter.

The Lifestyle category is full of fun items that help you make a statement. My favorite item right now is the COFFINS UMBRELLA - yes, coffins on a grey field. It's COOL and very attention getting.

Also in Lifestyle is the Valentine's Day Special. The HEARTS RAINBOOTS are so cute with white hearts on a reddish pink background. They're only available in one size, UK 38 which is between size 7 and 7.5 in the USA. The number 23 has a particular significance for me so these boots are 23% off through Valentine's Day!

There are many products in the works and it's been intersting to see pre-orders. We've been filling pre-orders with merchandise enroute resulting in the need to re-order. This means we haven't even been able to have them in stock yet. Wow! That was an unforseen activity and that learning curve is kind of fun too!

That's the "quick and dirty" on the soft launch. I'll post more shortly and then make a big announcement about the projected Grand Opening!