Liz Meldon's Blog - Posts Tagged "october"
Hurray for October!
Happy October, everyone!
Not only is today the first day of my favourite month of the year, it’s the first day of new promotions up on my website. I have Cruel, by Ashley R. Carlson—a short, tense sci-fi read that had me flying through it. It’s really well done, so I highly recommend it to anyone looking for a fast, tension-filled read. I also have three wonderful books from Rooster and Pig, a super fun and friendly publisher I met through twitter. They’ve been so wonderful submitting books for me to promo every month, and I’m happy to give their authors as much exposure as I can.
So, give my promos page a look—all three are on sale! What’s better than discounted books? Not much, I can tell you that.
You know, the deeper I fall into the clutches of my various social media platforms, the more I realize that my love for October isn’t all that unique. My tumblr dashboard was filled to the brim with October posts today, many of them celebrating the impending Halloween holiday. I’ve always been a fan of the night: the actor in me loved dressing up in ridiculous costumes, and the fatty in me loved trick-or-treating for hours on end, then plopping down in my bedroom to eat my candy. This year, the man and I are sort of dieting, but I’m still wholly amped to pig out on Halloween (with candy I’ll probably buy, let’s be real).
My goal this year is to watch every single Simpsons Treehouse of Horror episode possible on the 31st. I did it before when I was younger, and obviously there were less seasons to blitz through, but it was one of my favourite Halloweens. This was when I was a preteen, I believe, and living in the Middle East where no leaves change and no crisp autumn air takes hold. Canadians introduced trick-or-treating to my compound over there, which eventually turned into a big hit—how could it not?
My old middle/high school even did a little Halloween carnival. Everyone would get dressed up, some of the corridors would be a haunted house with decorated classrooms, and there would be food and bouncy castles on the back field. Unfortunately, the PTA involved with running it was slowly infiltrated by a group of South African moms, and if you know South Africans, they’re not huge on the Halloween holiday as a whole. The carnival was slowly changed to the “Fall Costume Carnival”, and it lost a bit of its edge.
Ah well. By then, I was sneaking costumes out of the drama department and partying like a grown-up with all my high school buds—I had no time for school-organized frivolity.
Hmm. This post has taken a long-winded turn. I guess I just wanted to update everyone on what’s happening this month, and why I love this month so freakin’ much (Canadian Turkey Day, Halloween, and the weather, basically). Aside from my usual monthly promotions, I’m hoping to find five or six authors I can do review swaps with for Maenad, preferably indie. I’ll get another post going on it at some point, but if you’re out there writing romance, paranormal, or erotica, I’m coming for you.
As always, November reservations for a promotion on my website are officially open! I’ll take an author’s website, pinterest, tumblr, twitter, book—anything and everything is welcome here.
In other exciting news, The Vampire of Vancouver is currently with my beta reader, and I’m chugging along just fine with it. Later this month, Maenad will be on a review tour through the Literati Author Services, which I’ll promote as it happens—so very excited to get some more opinions on the novella.
Also nervous, but that can’t be helped.
Keep an eye out for a cute post on my new life with a certain four-legged terror—along with some pictures. I’m in the midst of two ghostwriting gigs, both contemporary romances, while also waiting on a client who has gone silent on me since accepting the job. Super fun. Full plate for me over here, but I’m pushing myself to be more active this month—last month’s blogging was dreadful.
Thanks for sticking around, everyone, and I’ll be chatting with you soon!
Not only is today the first day of my favourite month of the year, it’s the first day of new promotions up on my website. I have Cruel, by Ashley R. Carlson—a short, tense sci-fi read that had me flying through it. It’s really well done, so I highly recommend it to anyone looking for a fast, tension-filled read. I also have three wonderful books from Rooster and Pig, a super fun and friendly publisher I met through twitter. They’ve been so wonderful submitting books for me to promo every month, and I’m happy to give their authors as much exposure as I can.
So, give my promos page a look—all three are on sale! What’s better than discounted books? Not much, I can tell you that.
You know, the deeper I fall into the clutches of my various social media platforms, the more I realize that my love for October isn’t all that unique. My tumblr dashboard was filled to the brim with October posts today, many of them celebrating the impending Halloween holiday. I’ve always been a fan of the night: the actor in me loved dressing up in ridiculous costumes, and the fatty in me loved trick-or-treating for hours on end, then plopping down in my bedroom to eat my candy. This year, the man and I are sort of dieting, but I’m still wholly amped to pig out on Halloween (with candy I’ll probably buy, let’s be real).
My goal this year is to watch every single Simpsons Treehouse of Horror episode possible on the 31st. I did it before when I was younger, and obviously there were less seasons to blitz through, but it was one of my favourite Halloweens. This was when I was a preteen, I believe, and living in the Middle East where no leaves change and no crisp autumn air takes hold. Canadians introduced trick-or-treating to my compound over there, which eventually turned into a big hit—how could it not?
My old middle/high school even did a little Halloween carnival. Everyone would get dressed up, some of the corridors would be a haunted house with decorated classrooms, and there would be food and bouncy castles on the back field. Unfortunately, the PTA involved with running it was slowly infiltrated by a group of South African moms, and if you know South Africans, they’re not huge on the Halloween holiday as a whole. The carnival was slowly changed to the “Fall Costume Carnival”, and it lost a bit of its edge.
Ah well. By then, I was sneaking costumes out of the drama department and partying like a grown-up with all my high school buds—I had no time for school-organized frivolity.
Hmm. This post has taken a long-winded turn. I guess I just wanted to update everyone on what’s happening this month, and why I love this month so freakin’ much (Canadian Turkey Day, Halloween, and the weather, basically). Aside from my usual monthly promotions, I’m hoping to find five or six authors I can do review swaps with for Maenad, preferably indie. I’ll get another post going on it at some point, but if you’re out there writing romance, paranormal, or erotica, I’m coming for you.
As always, November reservations for a promotion on my website are officially open! I’ll take an author’s website, pinterest, tumblr, twitter, book—anything and everything is welcome here.
In other exciting news, The Vampire of Vancouver is currently with my beta reader, and I’m chugging along just fine with it. Later this month, Maenad will be on a review tour through the Literati Author Services, which I’ll promote as it happens—so very excited to get some more opinions on the novella.
Also nervous, but that can’t be helped.
Keep an eye out for a cute post on my new life with a certain four-legged terror—along with some pictures. I’m in the midst of two ghostwriting gigs, both contemporary romances, while also waiting on a client who has gone silent on me since accepting the job. Super fun. Full plate for me over here, but I’m pushing myself to be more active this month—last month’s blogging was dreadful.
Thanks for sticking around, everyone, and I’ll be chatting with you soon!
