Kalayna Price's Blog, page 15

So you see, what happened was . . .

While I have a project on the back burner that is completely unrelated to either of the series under contract, nearly all of my attention is currently on the two series I'm writing. Which means everything I'm writing right now is a sequel to the book or books before it.  In a series, each book should stand alone, as in the major issue presented at the beginning of the book should be resolved to some fashion by the end so the story has its own arc. But most series are connected by more than ju...

What does an author look like?

When you close your eyes and try to picture the quinisential author, what/who do you see?

I mean, when prompted with 'football player' you probably think of a big, muscular guy. 'Basketball player' probably summons images of someone tall. How about librarian? Do you suddenly picture a woman in glasses maybe? Okay, so these are stereotypes, but at the same time they are stereotypes because they are common.


So what is the stereotype of an author? What is the first image that pops in your mind? W...

Want to win a copy of Grave Witch?

Anne Sowards posted a preview of the upcoming releases for the Ace/Roc line on Dear Author a couple days ago, and Grave Witch is up there and in great company. I didn't see the cut off date to enter the drawing, but it looks like Anne has 2 copies of Grave Witch as well as copies of the new Briggs, Andrews, Caine, and several others to give away. If you'd like to enter, go check it out! 

Happy Friday everyone. I hope you have a great weekend.  The blog party will start back up here again on Mo...

Dragon*Con Photo Splash Post

When you go to a convention like Dragon*Con the people watching (and more accurately, the costume ogling) is a big part of the experience. I'll be honest, I'm terrible about taking pictures. I walk around thinking "wow, that's a great costume" and I feel like I'm constantly taking pictures, but at the end of the day, I tend to walk out with only a handful. Thankfully, I have friends who take many, many more pictures than me.

Every year you guaranteed to see dozens if not hundreds of Slave Leia...

The people who influence you

As previously mentioned, I just returned from Dragon*Con, the largest Sci-Fi/Fantasy Con in the South East. The guest list for Dragon is always impressive. Big name TV/movie stars, best selling authors, and some of the best underground musicians are pretty much par for the course. Lines for events are sometimes blocks long and many rooms fill to capacity (and beyond, though then the fire marshals tend get rather irate). You'd pretty much have to be living under a rock (or, I guess, just not b...

Interview with Kelly Gay

Good Morning everyone. I'm back from Dragon*Con (more on that in a future post) and I see that something went askew with my scheduled posts. I'll have to reschedule them for another day because today I'd like to welcome our very first guest to the Grave Witch release Blog Party, Kelly Gay .

Kelly and I blog together over at the Magic District and on Fangs, Fur, and Fey, but I'd actually picked up her first book, The Better Part of Darkness, before I joined either group. The second book in the ...

Cons--The Big One

Dragon*con is the big con of the year for me. Oh, there are other big cons out there: RT booklovers con, RWA National, and World Fantasy, but even with those, Dragon holds its weight (and besides, I still haven't made it to any of those others). With around 40k people annually and more than two dozen tracks (each filled with panels) Dragon is a con where you never see everything--it's just too big. That said, despite my geeky ways, I can narrow down the tracks I want to see, and typically the...

Blog Party starts today!

Wow. It's September. That totally caught me off guard.

In that case, someone give me a hand with these balloons, and please, help yourself to some virtual chocolate dipped strawberries and champagne because it's BLOG PARTY TIME! For the next month and a half we are going to keep the blog hopping with special guests, cool contests, and exciting events. To kick things off, I have two announcements:

Firstly, I am very pleased to present an extended excerpt of Grave Witch ! I know I've been teasing ...

Get the Word Out Contest Winners

First of all, let me just say THANK YOU to everyone who helped me spread the word about Grave Witch. This is the first contest I've run in the three (four?) years I've been blogging in which entering entailed more than just leaving a comment. I have to admit that I was a little nervous. I mean, what if no one cared and no one entered? But you guys are the best readers a girl could ask for. The Get the Word Out contest had over two dozen unique entries, so again, THANK YOU!!

Okay, my gushing is...

Last day to enter!

Just a quick reminder that today is the last day to enter the Get the Word Out contest! You still have until midnight tonight to help me get the word out about Grave Witch's upcoming release (not that you can't continue to spread the word after midnight) and be entered to win a cool swag pack that includes these cool items:





Click here for more details on how to enter. Winners will be announced tomorrow (Monday 8/16) so check back soon!-Kalayna Price