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Trends in Horror and More Fate and Fangs Events!

It's October!! That means the virtual tour fest free for all in support of Fate and Fangs: Tales from the Vampire Family is in high gear, overdrive, and the mania stage!

Fortunately, readers, writers, authors, editors, and professionals in any of the horror, dark fantasy, or paranormal persuasions can join me and Fate and Fangs for our little spooky corner of the 2011 Muse Online Writers Conference. Stop by the Muse Chat Room 9 p.m. est Tuesday October 4 for the Trends in Horror Chat Discussion!



http://themuseonlinewritersconference...





Join us in the evening for a casual but no less insightful and informative discussion on what authors are writing, what editors are buying, which monsters are hot, and what readers want. Hopefully we won't get too out of hand with the virtual sweets and treats!

Never fear if you miss the chat, of course, as you can take part in the big release of Book 3 in the Fate and Fangs series Friday October 7 at our Guest Day for the Muse Spooky Blog Month.



http://museituppublishing.blogspot.com/

Seeking solace and solitude from her unhappy home life as the unloved wife of Antonio, Elizabeth travels to colonial America in Professor James’ third account. On the outskirts of the white man’s civilization, Elizabeth meets Rain, a young Kiowa warrior on a vision quest. Will his lack of fear, search for answers, and gripping hothouse experience help her face those very vampire truths she sought to escape?

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In addition to catching up on our September interview at Fallen Angels Reviews, here's a list of more October tricks in support of Struggle: Elizabeth in America.



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10/4 9 pm Trends in Horror Chat at the Muse Online Conference

10/7 Guest Day at the Muse Blog

10/12 Dawn's Reading Nook Guest Day

10/13 10 pm Vampire Film and Literature Chat at Ghoul Tool

10/14 Guest Day with Kay Dee Royal

10/15 11 am New Jersey Authors Network Panel Moorestown Library

10/15 2 pm New Jersey Authors Network Panel Voorhees Library

10/18 9 pm Coffee Time Romance Paranormal Chat

10/20 Guest Day with Chastity Bush

10/22 Halloween Guest Day with Brynna Curry

10/23 Guest Day with Roseanne Dowell

10/25 9 pm Coffee Time Halloween Free for All Chat

10/26 Muse Authors at Talking Two Lips Loop

Whew!

Horror Trends Chat at the Muse Online Writers Conference

Welcome welcome to readers, writers, aspiring authors, and anyone else otherwise and inbetween! Don't forget you'll have not 1, but 2 chances to chat and win a few Fate and Fangs: Tales from the Vampire Family treats as part of this year's Muse Online Writer's Conference!

http://themuseonlinewritersconference...

Firstly, help me and my fellow Muse Authors celebrate out Publisher's Anniversary with a Biggest Mostest Chat Party beginning 7 pm est Sunday October 2nd!

Then as part of one of many workshops and events, me, Kristin Battestella, will be hosting a fun little chat contribution to the Muse Online Conference 9 pm est Tuesday October 4.



http://themuseonlinewritersconference...

Fans, professionals, newbies, young and old are welcome for our Trends in Horror Literature Chat Discussion! Authors are welcome to share their paranormal writing experience in what's hot- zombies? vampires?- or what's not. Readers feel free stop by and share what you want in your creepy literature, too! What works, who's buying, and why. A little some something for us paranormal/dark fantasy/horror enthusiasts since Halloween is nigh!



To close September, don't forget we're also featured in Night Owl Magazine this month, and look for our latest interview with Fallen Angel Reviews to be online soon!



http://www.nightowlromance.com/nor/Pa...



http://fallenangelreviews.com/Intervi...


Fate and Fangs: Tales from The Vampire Family- Feel love, experience punishment, know struggle, indulge the debauchery, crave lust, learn humanity, face resurrection, and choose: Fate or Fangs? As always, you know where to find us!



http://vampfam.blogspot.com
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http://kristin724.livejournal.com/
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Vam...


Feed and Fiend (hehe) us at your preferred location for the very latest on Book 3 in the FATE and FANGS series. Struggle: Elizabeth in America hits this October! Squeeeeee

More Chats with FATE And FANGS!

Attention readers and writers of paranormal romance and spooky sexy! You know who you are, admit it.

Come one come all- living, dead, undead- this Tuesday September 20 and join the Muse Authors at 9 p.m. in the Coffee Time Romance Tuesday Night Chats.

Myself, Kristin, Sara Durham, and Jerry Race are scheduled with paranormal talk, romance prizes, and a few more sur-prizes in store! Get it? Okay, bad pun.

http://www.coffeetimeromance.com/Chat...

I'll of course be sharing the Love, Punishment, and Struggle in my new FATE and FANGS: Tales from the Vampire Family series. Stop by for your chance to win a free e copy or two!

Hope to See you there!



Our next live chat will be 9 p.m. Tuesday October 4 as part of the Muse Online Conference. Now, it's not all about Fate and Fangs of course! I'll be discussing trends in horror literature and writing, too.

Big Link!

http://themuseonlinewritersconference...


Remember to stay up to date on all our appearances, bookmark or hehe feed any of our preferred locations:



http://vampfam.blogspot.com

http://jsnouff.com/kristin

http://kristin724.livejournal.com/

http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Vam...

http://www.myspace.com/kristinbattest...

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kristin...

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Here's a quick list of upcoming dates and treats

9/20 9 p.m. Coffee Time Romance Muse Authors Chat

10/1 Collingswood Book Festival

10/4 9 p.m. Horror Trends Chat at the Muse Online Writers Conference

10/7 Kristin Battestella Muse Blog Spooky Month Guest Day

10/12 Guest Day at Dawn's Reading Nook

10/13 10 p.m. Ghoul Tool Live Chat

10/14 Guest Day with Kay Dee Royal

10/15 NJ Author Network Panels at the Moorestown and Voorhees Libraries!

Whew! That's enough for now. I have to put up the rest of my Halloween Decorations!

Fate and Fangs Chatting LIVE This Week!

As the Harvest Moon rises, the virtual whirlwind of my new series from Muse It Up Fate and Fangs: Tales from the Vampire Family keeps rolling along!

Stop by Beth Ann Mararik's website today and read not ONE excerpt but TWO from Book 2 Punishment and the upcoming episode 3 Struggle: Elizabeth in America



http://bethannmasarik.webs.com/apps/b...-

Thanks for having us Beth! For those that missed us, you can still read up on our latest interview with Roxanne Roads at Fang Tastic Books! Look for us also this month as part of Roxanne's column in Night Owl Magazine!

http://fang-tasticbooks.blogspot.com/...




Yes yes, excerpts and interviews are just dandy, but does anyone else want to get down and spooky with some interactive delights? Be careful what you wish for! Join me for a Chat double header this month!

Wednesday September 14 9 p.m. at Two Lips Reviews

http://www.twolipsreviews.com



Tuesday September 20 9p.m. at Coffee Time Romance with my fellow Musers

http://www.coffeetimeromance.com/Chat...



For our fans on Goodreads, Punishment: Lilith's Trials is now listed!

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12...

And remember you can find us anywhere, for you cannot escape FATE and FANGS!



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It's Here! FATE and FANGS Book 2: PUNISHMENT!

It's here! It's here!

Now that we got all that Love out of the way in the first episode of my new vampire series at the Muse, Fate and Fangs: Tales from the Vampire Family ;0) it's time for some good old fashioned pain, suffering, and torment! Who is with me?



In Professor James’ second tale, we share in the pain, suffering, and torment of the Welshire Vampire Family’s beautiful but deadly rival Lilith. Her mysterious, vile nature and fantastical abuses are put on trial as the demonic advocate Mestiphles plays judge, jury, and executioner from his wicked Void of darkness and pain. Is it wrong to delight in the just, even deserving torture Lilith receives? Will she learn and apply the cruel lesson Mestiphles teaches?


Pick up your copy- in ebook formats or kindle- of Punishment: Lilith's Trials for the sweet serial price of 99 cents!

http://museituppublishing.com/booksto...

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005JSPC7Y


Join the 'Punishment Party' hehe at any of your preferred locations.

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As we're a 7 book series with the Muse, it might be easier to use the fancy likes, rss feeds, and things like that to follow us. No need for anyone to miss out on any of our contests and freebies! I just posted a post-Hurricane contest on our facebook page and have to email the winners some pdf prizes!


So, out of curiosity, which would you choose? Love or Punishment? Need a sample?


“You can’t do this to me. You need me!”

Despite her fair hair and white garb, her voice was ugly, cold, and black as her heart, which was itself equal to the dark void beyond her captive light. Unfortunately, Lilith still did not yet know her boundaries. Not that it mattered. Give me another reason to continue her suffering thus! Though tempted to remove her biting cries forever, I only briefly smote down her banshee voice. In one blue flash, her next words were silent. Her mouth moved, and moved forcefully. Her putrid eyes bulged and her skeletal neck flexed with screams that reached no ears in the void or anywhere hence. Again, it was only a moment or two that I pained Lilith so; but a great deal of hours also passed between our place and yours. She felt them both—the instantaneous agony of short, clipping pain as well as the long, torturous suffering. Both then, was my delight fleeting and long yet gratifying......

FATE and FANGS CONTEST! Books 1 and 2 TONIGHT!

As I'm sure many of my fellow spooky friends are also re-birthing from the wrath of Hurricane Irene, now seems like a good time for some pre-Fall vampy cheer! Contest, anyone?



Join us on The Vampire Family Facebook page tonight for a chance to win a few treats from our sequel series FATE and FANGS: Tales from the Vampire Family.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Vam...

A free pdf copy of Book 1 Love: Ann and the Viking- available now from Muse It Up Publishing- will be up for treat. But wait! We're also tossing an ecopy of Book 2! Punishment: Lilith's Trials can be yours before its September 2 street date from Muse It Up!




Can't wait? Don't want to test your luck? Shop Now or gander at an excerpt here:

Love: Ann and the Viking $2.50

http://museituppublishing.com/booksto...



Book 1 is also now available at Smash Words!

http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/...



And of course Kindle!

http://www.amazon.com/Love-Viking-Fat...





Punishment: Lilith's Trials $.99!

http://museituppublishing.com/booksto...

In Professor James’ second tale, we share in the pain, suffering, and torment of the Welshire Vampire Family’s beautiful but deadly rival Lilith. Her mysterious, vile nature and fantastical abuses are put on trial as the demonic advocate Mestiphles plays judge, jury, and executioner from his wicked Void of darkness and pain. Is it wrong to delight in the just, even deserving torture Lilith receives? Will she learn and apply the cruel lesson Mestiphles teaches?





If you can't catch up with your FATE and FANGS tonight, no fear! We have plenty more contest planned throughout the series' releases. And you can always can us anytime day or night- but mostly at night- at any of our usual haunts.

http://vampfam.blogspot.com

http://jsnouff.com/kristin

http://kristin724.livejournal.com

http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Vam...

http://www.myspace.com/kristinbattest...

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kristin...

Ghastly fans can also find me at the decidedly ghoulish new social website, GHOUL TOOL! Hopefully we will be scheduling a few chats with several of my fellow scary Eternal Press and Muse It Up Authors.

http://ghoultool.com/profile/288



If you missed our interview with Chastity Bush, you can still stop by and follow her blog, too.

http://chastitybush.blogspot.com/2011...



Before all the crazy floods and tropical torment, I also took part in the New Jersey Authors Network's panel on Getting Published at the Cinnaminson Library. It was awesome! There was just the right number of authors on the panel and guests looking for tricks of the trade for it to be casual and fun! Another event is scheduled in Cinnaminson September 17, but my next live NJAN event will be the double bill Saturday October 15 at the Moorestown and Voorhees Libraries. Visit the NJAN website for a complete list of upcoming treats!

http://www.njauthorsnetwork.com/





Virtually, you can find a little Love and Punishment just about everywhere!

9/2 Punishment Release Day at the Muse It Up Readers Group

9/8 Fangtastic Books Guest Day

9/12 Blog Day with Beth Ann Masarik

9/14 9 p.m. Live Chat at Two Lips

9/20 9 p.m. Muse Authors Live Chat at Coffee Time Romance

Night Owl Romance Fans can also find us this month in their new monthly Magazine! Woot. Much more to come and this has become quite a long post with lots of little lists and linkies so I'll just stop there!

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Getting Published Seminar Aug 24! Final notice!

Getting Published, Tips for Authors by NJ Authors 7:00pm-8:30pm Wednesday, Aug. 24 at the Cinnaminson Library, 1619 Riverton Road.

Join New Jersey Authors, Jon Gibbs, Walt Ecklof, Mickey Flagg and Kristin Battestella for an informative discussion on getting published, and the various options available to writers in today’s market.

http://njauthorsnetwork.com

Where to Buy Fate and Fangs!

Hello Hello my little vampy vixens!

Are you worried you missed out on our guest spots for Love: Ann and the Viking, Book 1 in the new FATE and FANGS series from Muse It Up Publishing? Did you think you can't chat it up with us on Facebook because our Release Day has come and gone? Gasp! Do you think you can't get FATE and FANGS in the ebook format you need?

Hogwash, witch's warts, and evil toads, NO!



You CAN find us again Friday August 19 for an exclusive interview with Chastity Bush!

http://chastitybush.blogspot.com



MEET WITH ME, Kristin, and fellow New Jersey Authors Jon Gibbs, Mickey Flagg, and Wally Eckoff 7 P.M. WEDNESDAY AUGUST 24 at the Cinnaminson Library, 1619 Riverton Road for a special 'Getting Published' symposium

http://www.njauthorsnetwork.com/

http://www.bcls.lib.nj.us/libraries/c...



Kindle? Check. Sony? Check. The Love: Ann and the Viking ebook format for any desire!

Muse It Up
http://museituppublishing.com/booksto...


Amazon Kindle
http://www.amazon.com/Love-Viking-Fat...



Coffee Time Romance
http://www.coffeetimeromance.com/Book...


Book Strand
http://www.bookstrand.com/love-ann-an...


All Romance E Books
http://www.allromanceebooks.com/produ...




While you're at it, Fanging it up for your Kindle and all, don't forget to spice up your science fiction with a read from our fellow NJ author Leigh Wood!


http://leighwood.blogspot.com/


http://www.amazon.com/Way-New-Isoscel...




And just think, there's More to come!And of course, you can always, ALWAYS chat it up at any of our magical Facebook links, blogs, livejournal, feeds, fan, friends, LIKE LIKE LIKE, BUY BUY BUY!

http://vampfam.blogspot.com/

http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Vam...

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kristin...

http://kristin724.livejournal.com/



Join us! No blood necessary for the participation in any Vampire Family events. Yet!

TWO Fate and Fangs Interviews This Week!

Hello my anti-sunshine friends!

This week in the vampy virtual FATE and FANGS: Tales from the Vampire Family tour, we have not one, but TWO interviews discussing Love: Ann and the Viking, Book 1 in my new series from Muse It Up Publishing!


Today all day Monday August 8, join us at Ravencraft's Romance Realm



http://ravencraftrealm.blogspot.com/2...


And Tomorrow Tuesday August 9, we're spending the day with Paranormal Author Margaret West

http://margaret-paranormalromanceauth...

Don't forget you can find all our FATE and FANGS appearances and events on our Yahoo Page and in Facebook land. Our next interview will be August 19 with Chastity Bush. If you are in the Cinnaminson, New Jersey area, also stop by 7 p.m. August 24 for the New Jersey Authors Network's seminar on Getting Published!

http://www.njauthorsnetwork.com/

http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Vam...

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid...

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kristin...



Congrats also to Stacey A. Smith, contest winner of our FATE and FANGS Release Day Facebook Event! Look for more prizes at our upcoming chats and appearances. New events are being added DAILY, including....

9/14 9 p.m. Two Lips Reviews Chat

9/20 9 p.m. Coffee Time Romance Chat



September Interviews at Night Owl, Fangtastic Books, and Fallen Angels

October Appearances include New Jersey Authors Network panels at the Moorestown and Voorhees, New Jersey libraries and Muse Online Workshops

The Vampire Family is a busy little brood! Pick up a copy of our original novel with Eternal Press in ebook or paperback formats or enter the world of FATE and FANGS with LOVE!



http://www.eternalpress.biz/book.php?...



http://fictionwise.com/ebooks/eBook66...

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Which would YOU Choose? Love, Fate, or Fangs?

FATE and FANGS Facebook Release Day Event Aug 5!

Greetings Friends and Fiends!

Fan, like, or RSS, hehe FEED us and take part in the debut of FATE and FANGS: Tales from the Vampire Family on our Facebook Event Page!

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid...


August 5 Book 1 in the FATE and FANGS series Love: Ann and the Viking will be here!! Many thanks to Muse It Up Publishing!

https://museituppublishing.com/bookst...

In addition to all the vampy virtual tour dates, book signings, and real world author appearances, I will also be hosting several FATE and FANGS contests on our Facebook page. 7 books in the series- Love, Punishment, Struggle, Debauchery, Lust, Humanity, Resurrection- that's a lot of opportunity for giveaways! Keep up to date on all our appearances and events at our Yahoo Calendar Page

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Which sways your LOVE? FATE? Or FANGS?


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