Not all #TravelTiesdays are smooth sailing. Like the time I was looking for the medieval palace of Vlad The Impaler and wound up in a government building. 🤷🏻‍♀️ #Photography #Marble #VladTepes #ParanormalRomance #History #Bucharest #Romania #Dracula #VampireBook #Writing #Inspiration #Architecture #Art

Come with me as I search for vampires in Romania at the Royal Court in Targoviste where Vlad Dracul, Vlad The Impaler, held reign. #TravelTuesday #Dracula #Writing #Inspiration #Photography #History #VladTepes #VanpireBook #ParanormalRomance #Ravens #SaintBenedict #SunsetTower #Medieval #Relics

Roam the hallways of Peles Castle with me this #TravelTuesday as I search for vampires in Transylvania and accidentally wind up in a scene from The Shining or Crimson Peak? #Writing #Dracula #VladTepes #SppokyPlaces #Haunted #Travel #Photograpjy #ParanormalRomance #Art #Sculpture #WoodCarvings

Had a blast at the Edgar Allen Poe Experience listening to the spellbinding readings of: The Cask of Amontillado, Annabel Lee, The Pit and the Pendulum, and The Masque of Red Death.👺🐦‍⬛🕰️ www.edgarallanpoebar.com

When you bring a pizza box to a sword fight. I Am Chosen~A different kind of paranormal romance. *Agent guide on profile* #UnhingedPit #R #Q

One comp, Interview With The Vampire, is 49 years old! Am I unhinged for using it? Yep. But Anne Rice mixed history, paranormal, and decadent descriptions of culture and cities around the world. Like a vampire, her books keep moving beyond the grave.🌹 *Agent guide on profile* #UnhingedPit #R #Q

This #TravelTuesday I explore the gorgeous Peles Castle! Check out my photos as I search for vampires in Sinaia, Romania. #Shakespeare #history #sculpture #Renaissance #Writing #Book #ParanormalRomance #art #photography #princess #queen #GustavKlimt #woodworking #carvings #fresco #MuranoGlass #birds

Today is World Alzheimer's Day. My aunt Luella had Alzheimer's, and I was her caregiver. She inspired my story, The Memory Jar, about a grandmother who had dementia and her granddaughter who found a way to connect with her. Here's a photo of Aunt Luella, & the book she inspired. #Alzheimer #dementia

Come with me this #TravelTuesday as I search for vampires in Sinaia,Transylvania and find an unexpected connection to Carmen Sylvia, a writer and poet from the 1800’s, and the literary name of a Queen of Romania. #wildlife #inspiration #history #vampirebook #paranormalromance #photography #birds 🐦‍⬛📚

Every year on 9/11, I watch this film, and the interview with Praimnath and Clark. Despite the heartache and sorrow, these stories fill me with hope. In the end, covered in soot, it didn’t matter what people looked like. Strangers became brothers, helping others. I will always remember that.💓

A narrow street riddled with graffiti, a Black Church, Dracula, and the heart of a Princess. Find out what connects them this #TravelTuesday as I search for vampires in Brasov, Romania! #Food #History #Photography #Writing #Inspiration #Medieval #Saxons #Art #Dining #ParanormalRomance #VampireBook

Was Bran Castle the inspiration for Dracula’s lair in Bram Stoker’s famous novel? Find out this #TravelTuesday as I venture to this Medieval castle in Transylvania in search of vampires! #History #Photography #Writing #Inspiration #Medieval #Torture #Saxons #Romania #ParanormalRomance #VampireBook

Let’s go September! Sending out positive energy. 💓

What did I find in the house where Vlad Tepes, the inspiration for Bram Stoker’s Dracula, was born? Find out this #TravelTuesday as I continue my search for vampires in Transylvania! #History #Photography #Writing #Inspiration #Medieval #tower #ParanormalRomance #VampireBook #Food #Pastries

Reposting in honor of Ray Bradbury’s birthday. 🎉 8-22-1920

What does the Greek god Hermes have to do with vampires? Find out this #TravelTuesday as I visit the mysterious clock tower of Sighisoara, Romania. #History #Photography #Writing #Inspirstion #Medieval #Venus #RomanMythology #GreekMythology #VIadTepes #Dracula #Time #ParanormalRomance #VampireBook

#readers #writingcommunity #authors #booksky 💙📚 #agents #editors #PosterPitAwards If you have time, please help us vote for the best book posters. You can see them all here ➡️ #PosterPit Lots of categories, and winners get prizes! So much talent. I’ll have to go back though and choose wisely. 😉💓

Raised by corporate vampires with little freedom or choice, Alex is used to Yakuza business rivals and back-alley deals. But nothing prepares him for Jason, a witty bartender who challenges everything he knows, and who harbors secrets as deadly as the vampires after him. #PosterPit #Q #R #A #writing

Were the vampires messing with me? Find out this #TravelTuesday as I brave one of the oldest cemeteries in Transylvania. #Romania, #History #Photography #Writing #Inspirstion #Graveyard #Sighisoara #VladTepes #Dracula #ParanormalRomance

Raised by corporate vampires with little freedom or choice, Alex is used to Yakuza business rivals and back-alley deals. But nothing prepares him for Jason, a witty bartender who challenges everything he knows, and who harbors secrets as deadly as the vampires after him. #questpit #PR #Q #A #writing

Raised by corporate vampires with little freedom or choice, Alex is used to Yakuza business rivals and back-alley deals. But nothing prepares him for Jason, a witty bartender who challenges everything he knows, and who harbors secrets as deadly as the vampires after him. #questpit #PR #Q #A #writing

Join me this #TravelTuesday as I descend into a crypt in Sighisoara, Romania. 🧛‍♀️ #photography #writing #Inspiration #crypts #Dracula #Vampires #Romance #History #Medieval #VladTepes #hauntedplaces

The #WritingCommunity on BlueSky lifts me up every day. So many talented, kind, witty, interesting, and all around amazing people are here.💓

Explore the dark depths of Transylvania with me as I search for.vampires in Salina Turda, the famous salt mines of Romania! #TravelTuesday #Photography #Inspiration #Writing #VladTepes #VampireRomance #Tarot #Tolkien #LordOfTheRings 💙📚

What is the connection between Jules Verne and vampires? Come with me to the ancient city of Cluj-Napoca, Romania and find out! #TravelTuesday #Photography #Writing #Inspiration #history #Dracula #Transylvania #Steampunk #Fantasy #Tarot

It's #TravelTuesday! Come with me as I search for vampires in Alba Iulia, and ancient citadel in Transylvania. #photography #writing #inspiration #Dracula #VladTepes #Corvinus #Cathedrals #Architecture #History #FamousGraves #Paranormal #Roman #Coins #Story 💙📚

Raised by corporate vampires with little freedom or choice, Alex is used to Yakuza business rivals and back-alley deals. But nothing prepares him for Jason, a witty bartender who challenges everything he knows, and who harbors secrets as deadly as the vampires after him. 💙📚📖 #BluePit #PN #R #Q #A

This Published Author list is fantastic! I’m finding so many great books to add to my TBR pile. 💓 #Booksky💙📚 📖 #writingcommunity #authorstoread #BluePit #bookstobuy #Iwantitnow

Raised by corporate vampires with little freedom or choice, Alex is used to Yakuza business rivals and back-alley deals. But nothing prepares him for Jason, a witty bartender who challenges everything he knows, and who harbors secrets as deadly as the vampires after him. 💙📚📖 #BluePit #PN #R #Q #A

It’s Friday! 🎉 Time for music! I’m celebrating our amazing #WritingCommunity! Dedicating this classic to my online family. 🎶 #PlaylistPitch 💙📚📖 Volume ⬆️

A small act of defiance A chance meeting and a risky plan A CHOICE Alex and Jason started something they couldn’t win. Or so the corporate vampires in power believed. *Likes for agents and editors only in this event. 💓s in comments for all. 😀 #PlaylistPitch #paranormalromance #Q #A #Writing

When you bring a pizza box to a sword fight. *Agent guide on profile* #UnhingedPit #PR #amquerying #Writing 💙📚

If my heroes and I were cats.😻 *Agent guide on profile* #UnhingedPit #PR #amquerying #Writing 💙📚

Time’s up. The choice is either death or permanent confinement. But a chance meeting offers a ray of hope, a doorway to the freedom Alex and Jason crave. It will pit them against corporate vampires, but the alternative is set in stone. Paranormal Romance + Fast-paced Thrills. #MiseryPit #PRT #Q 💙📚📖

Dancing unicorn at the 4th of July Parade. 😁 🦄

#TravelTuesday! Come with me to Corvin Castle in Transylvania. Vampire fans might recognize the name Corvinus. Of course, I had to check it out. 🧛‍♀️ #photography #travel #inspiration #art #historicplaces #Medievel #VladTepes #writing 📚💙 #Dracula

This is a great press, not just because my poem, “The Women Atop My Chest,” appears in Vol. III. Support the fine work they put out! #amwriting #writeandgrind #writerslife #writesky

Before Dracula, before Nosferatu, there was Carmilla. The final chapter of this Bram Stoker Award-winning graphic novel reimagination of Sheridan LeFanu's classic Carmilla will be available later this year! Carmilla Volume 3: The Eternal is featured in our LGBTQ+ Pride Reading Guide: bit.ly/4mSmXDN

#TravelTuesday! Come with me to explore the church where Dracula’s son is rumored to be buried. 🧛‍♀️ #Photography #travel #art #Transylvania #VladTepes #Sibiu #Romania #inspiration #writing 💙📚

It’s #SerenitySunday! Time to share something peaceful and beautiful. 💓 My contribution is a video of the Grand Cafe Van Gogh in Bucharest, Romania. Delicious food while gazing at the work of one of my favorite artists? Yes, please! 🌻 #art #dining #travel #photography #writing 💙📚 #inspiration #love

#TravelTuesday! For those following my search for vanpires in Transylvania, check out Sibiu, Romania with me. 😁 🧛‍♀️ #photography #writing 💙📚 #inspiration #travel #vladTepes #Dracula #SpookyPlaces #HauntinglyBeautiful

I did it. I won the Bram Stoker Award. What an honor. My heart is full.

I’m always late to the book party because my TBR pile is more like twenty piles, and each one is taller than me. (It keeps growing even though I read 2-3 books a week.) But a woman at an airport bar told me I HAD to read #James, so I read it on the plane. Such witty #writing! Loved this #book 📚💙

Come away with me this #TravelTuesday to Snagov Monastery, Romania, the rumored resting place of Dracula! 🧛 Lots of fun photos on my new travel blog. ⬇️😁 #photography, #art #writing 💙📚 #inspirstion #vampires #lakes

Poetry, in its singular way, can unlock the doors of our minds and paint broader landscapes of understanding. #PoetryLovers #poems #poetry #PoetryCommunity #PoetrySky

“Even if the place you stand is filled with seaweed, it’s paradise to someone else.” ~Lessons Left to Learn by Dawn B Wishing everyone a calm and peaceful #SeagullSunday. 🌊 #photography #writing 💙📚 #inspiration #birds #beachlife

Happy #NationalCheeseDay! You know what that means. 😉

#TravelTuesday! Sharing photos from my recent trip to Bellu Cemetery, Bucharest, Romania. What an incredible place. More pictures on my travel blog. 😁 ⬇️ dawnberkoski.com/2025/06/01/b... #photography #writing #sculpture #inspiration #art 💙📚

So many #books and I can’t read the language. 😢 But they look beautiful. 💓 #photography #reading #writing #inspirstion 📚💙