Archive | October, 2011

November / NANO and the Writer Cave

Posted on 31. Oct, 2011 by judithgraves in Author Visits

It’s been a crazy busy October. From the Crossroads Blog Tour to the ebook launch of SPIRITED, to Halloween preparations. Now things are about to get interesting. November is NANO month – more formally, National Novel Writing Month and I’ve decided to take this year’s attempt seriously. Dreadfully so. No daily posts of my word [...]

Interviews Are Dreadful Fun

Posted on 28. Oct, 2011 by judithgraves in Author Visits

I was thrilled to chat with several local (and amazing!) reporters last week to promote both the launch of SPIRITED, as well as the Crossroads Blog Tour. Interviews are nerve wracking…you dress up (yes, that’s me being “dressy” in the photo – don’t judge), then feel foolish for doing so, you say “um” more than [...]

Welcome to the Crossroads

Posted on 22. Oct, 2011 by judithgraves in Author Visits

The Crossroads Blog Tour kicks off today! 15 young adult paranormal authors will tour a melange of amazing blogs and chat about their writing, the writing life, Halloween and share strange and fascinating stories about their roads to publication. It’s guaranteed to be a scream. Plus – answer the daily research questions found HERE and [...]

Crossroads Blog Tour: Press Release

Posted on 21. Oct, 2011 by judithgraves in Author Visits

For Immediate Release Authors, bloggers, readers meet at the virtual crossroads Oct 21, 2010: Young readers will have unprecedented access to some of today’s hottest authors of paranormal fiction this October during a seven-day virtual creep-a-thon. Fifteen paranormal authors are slated to take part in the second annual Crossroads Blog Tour (October 22-29), joining forces [...]

Modge Podge of Goodies

Posted on 17. Oct, 2011 by judithgraves in Author Visits

WARNING: this post is random in nature. This week I’ll be appearing on YA Obsession as the featured author. Strange facts about my wacky writing process will be revealed daily with a giveaway of Under My Skin available to readers who survive the experience. Leah at YA Obsession is a new, and KEEN blogger, please [...]

SPIRITED Final Cover and Press Release

Posted on 15. Oct, 2011 by judithgraves in Author Visits

TAKING A WICKED LEAP FOR LITERACY FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Leap Books digs the importance of literacy – and they’ve unearthed 13 haunting tales to help spread the word. After all, there’s no rest for the wicked. More than a dozen young adult paranormal fiction authors are contributing to Spirited, a collection of steampunk, cyberpunk and [...]

Featured Author: James McCann

Posted on 12. Oct, 2011 by judithgraves in Author Visits

It’s always a blast to meet a likeminded – CANADIAN – authors, and meeting James was no exception. A few months after reading his YA vampire tale, Pyre, I was lucky enough to meet James in person at the 2010 Book Expo in NYC when he interviewed the Class of 2k10 for his podcast show, [...]

UMS ebook cover

Posted on 10. Oct, 2011 by judithgraves in Author Visits

So much to be thankful for this holiday season, my family and friends, my loyal (though spastic) pups…not to mention this month has been a bevy of book cover goodness. I’m pleased to reveal the cover for the ebook edition of Under My Skin which is supposed to be released within the next few months. [...]

A Ghostly Point of View

Posted on 08. Oct, 2011 by judithgraves in Author Visits

It’s a crazy month of promotion here in my world and I apologize in advance for all the Crossroads Blog Tour and Spirited Anthology posts, tweets, Facebook updates, etc. However, if you’re following the promo, you’ll have loads of opportunities to learn about authors, writing and, of course, win SWAG. October / Halloween is my [...]

Gotta Secret?

Posted on 03. Oct, 2011 by judithgraves in Author Visits

This week I’m hanging out on Janet Gurtler’s blog, chatting about secrets, high school and skinny jeans. Janet is the author of two contemporary YA titles, IF I TELL and I’M NOT HER, and her writing has been compared to that of Sarah Dessen. If you missed my interview with Janet, check it out HERE.