Judith Graves's Blog, page 25

Let's announce some winners!

Winner of UMS Character Cards: "Courtneyreads"!

Winner of UMS Bookmark and Rustic Charm CD: "Corrine"!

Winner of UMS choker: "I Read Banned Books"!

Email me your addys so I can mail them out: judithgraves at ymail dot com

Game Time: Paranormal Trivia

No party is complete without a bit of trivia fun. Nothing too mentally taxing here - but try not to "Google". I dare you. ;)


This giveaway will get you a UMS gothic choker. Post your answers in a comment....ready? Go!

1. What animal is the symbol of the city of Rome?

2. What is the French word for "werewolf"?

3. Windigo are shapeshifters from First Nations mythology (menioned in UMS!). Their hearts are made of what substance?

4. Canadian actor, Michael J. Fox, starred in what "fur-ish" film?

5...

Game Time: Finish that lyric line!

Alright, after the decorations, comes the tunage. Now our par-tay is really rocking! For this swag giveaway - the prize is a UMS bookmark AND a copy of my last band's CD, Rustic Charm: One For The Road. You can sample the songs on iTunes. Or check out our little homespun video (Willow's the star!):




To enter, post your guesses in a comment. All you gots ta do is finish the line of song lyrics!

Theme: "paranormal". You get a bonus entry if you add song title or band name. NOTE: these are songs...

The Art of Under My Skin

One of the first things we focus on when planning our theme parties - decorations! We've spent hours transforming our living rooms/kitchens into: a gypsy caravan (complete with palm reading gypsy in a wicked cool wig - you had to be there), a witch's coven (spell books/potions/candles), a vamp crypt (with coffin).

What better way to start the UMS Launch Party off than an interview with illustrator extraordinaire, Val Cox, creator of the characters and embellishments, "the decorations" you'll ...

UMS Online Launch Party!

Sweet Jesus - the day has finally come! UMS's official birthday. Whoopa! If you've been following the Wolfy Chicks blog, you'll know I'm a freak for theme parties. I have a few very cool friends who pull out all the stops, costumes, decorations, name-that-tune and other games. I'm hoping to bring a bit of that madness to the blog today. Help me celebrate by checking in on Wolfy Chicks and http://www.twitter.com/judithgraves throughout the day for SWAG giveaways, an informal chat, a folklore ...

UMS SWAG Twitter Giveaway

If you're on Twitter - like tonight. I'm having a swag giveaway contest. Right now. Until 9pm EST.

DM me on Twitter or retweet the contest to enter.

www.twitter.com/judithgraves

Then check the Wolfy Chicks blog tomorrow for a giveaway, chat, interview - book launch party kind of day. ;)

Where I'ze At: Part 2

Time for another shout out to all the fantastic bloggers who've welcomed me to their worlds. Here goes:

Thanks to Precious at Fragments of Life who has a ton of enthusiasm for new fiction. I so love that about her. She was the first to reveal a hot little excerpt from UMS.

Nadine-Stella at Starry Night is one fun blogger. Loved her comments throughout the post - made re-reading my answers quite entertaining. ;) Eleni at La Femme Readers is a bookaholic and proud of it. She's also going to be in...

In an author's mailbox

Borrowing the "In My Mailbox" idea started by The Story Siren, where bloggers share info about the books/swag, etc they've received that week....I decided to share some of the cool things authors might find in their mailboxes.

REJECTION LETTERS. BILLS. EDITS.

Okay, besides those little horrors, an author's mailbox can hold the occasion sweet surprise. While I don't have copies of UMS to show you (yet!), I took in quite the haul this week from the post office. NOTE: Willow wasn't quite as excit...

2 weeks down, 2 to go

Well, my time at the stellar YA Roundup blog with Mel and her blogging buds ends today. It's been such a blast. We covered tons of stuff about UMS, prequels, author bio stuff, paranormal beasties, Star Trek weddings, writing, "y" usage (vampyre) - answered questions and by the end of the day we'll have raffled off a SWAG package and ARC of UMS. Wowza. That's a full week of paranormal meyhem. ;) Here's the link to the contest in case you'd like to enter.

Emilee at The Penultimate Page invited ...

Weddings and Guest Posts

This weekend I attended a wedding for one of the last of my "crew" to get hitched and fall prey to love. This wasn't your typical ceremony. The couple is highly competitive and athletic - the groom played college-level hockey and the bride is a radio sports announcer. They said their I-dos on a snow-covered golf course and promptly tee'd off, from there, the wedding party proceeded to a local pond and had pictures taken as they played hockey in their nuptial finery (yes, the bride still in he...