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Mystery Thriller Week Discussion & Contest!

2/13/2017

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 ** TODAY - 2/13 - join me in a discussion at Facebook for Mystery Thriller Week - 12 central - 1 pm EST.

** Also enter my giveaway all week to 2/22 - win a signed copy of Lizzie Borden, Zombie Hunter! (US shipping only) or win a Kindle copy!  ** See giveaway HERE.

** And the winner is... congrats to Michelle Willms who wins a print copy of Lizzie!
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Zoctober & OctoberFrights Zombie, Horror Book Events

10/1/2015

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* This is the third year for ZOctober at MyBookAddiction.com!  ** Check out the Facebook page for events, giveaways and more. 


* I'm up on Saturday, Oct. 12 along with fellow author Scott Scherr. Check out his free zombie serial novel, Don't Feed the Dark on his blog. 

* Updating: Here are the participants and their FB pages: 

Here are the participants and their Facebook pages:
(I'm up on Oct. 12)
 October 
1st - Phillip Tomasso   2nd - Shawn P. Durnin (SP Durnin)  3rd - Michelle Kilmer
4th - Emily Walker  5th - Elizabeth Constantopoulos (Eli Constant)  5th - Devan Sagliani
6th - Meredith Pritchard (M.R. Pritchard)  7th - Melanie Karsak  8th - Bryan Way
9th - Peggy Sue Martinez  10th - Belinda Frisch   11th - Ryan Hill
12th - Christine Verstraete  13th - Michael Panush  14th - Rachel Tsoumbakos
14th - Samantha Warren    15th - Craig McDonough   16th - Amy Miles
17th - Jack Wallen  18th - The awesome girls of Contagious Reads
19th - Scott Scherr  20th - Brothers Dunne   21st- Khail Lerma  22nd - Elizabeth Lorraine 
23rd - Lindsey Loucks  24th - Brian Parker   25th - Larry Weiner
26th - Angel Lawson  27th - G.G. Silverman   28th - Karen Kincy
29th - Allen Gamboa   30th - Claire Riley  31st - Lori Whitwam


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​** The October Frights Blog Hop runs to October 10 with prizes, giveaways and more.  

** Check out my post and giveaway HERE. Be sure to go to all the stops below so the monsters don't get you!!!



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Upcoming at WindyCon!

11/9/2014

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I'll be at WindyCon on Saturday! First time I'm attending  this, so looking forward to it. 

Feel free to join me during the reading and signings so I'm not talking to myself. ha!

My schedule:

10 a.m. panel - Looking forward to meeting and talking with multi-award winning author Mike Resnick: (Despite they spelled my name wrong!)

SF Authors as Mystery Writers

SF and mysteries often appeal to the same readers, but it also appeals to some of the same authors. Join our panelists to hear what inspired them to combine SF and mystery writing and how adding another genre influences their writing.

J. Cowan, E.Flint, C. Johns (M), M. Resnick, N. Silk, C. Verstraete
Lilac B - 90 min.

3 p.m. Reading:  I'll read a portion of GIRL Z: My Life as a Teenage Zombie and part, I think, of my story, The Songbird's Search, in the Athena's Daughters anthology. (See excerpt.)

Reading
C. Verstraete
Maple - 1 hour

4 p.m. Autographs
D. Murphy, J. Sights, C. Verstraete
Autographing Tables - 1 hour



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Contagious Reads Horror Con - Meet the Lady Horror & Zombie  Authors!

7/7/2014

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Contagious Reads Horror Con - July 13-18. 
 Here's the full schedule for the Facebook event.     Meet some great lady horror authors - Q & A's, July 13-16. Panel discussions, July 17-18. Prizes & more!
  * Check out my Spotlight interview

Q & A schedule:
Sunday, July 13 
9-10 a.m. Melanie Karsak
10:15-11:00 a.m. Annie Walls
4-5 p.m. Dawn Peers
6-6:30 p.m. Rhiannon Frater

Monday, July 14 
10-10:30 a.m. Claire C. Riley
11- Noon Emily Goodwin
2-3 p.m. Rachel Aukes
5-6 p.m. Sarah Lyons Fleming
*** 7-8 p.m. C.A. Verstraete

Tuesday, July 15 
10-11 a.m. Peggy Martinez
12-12:30 p.m. Pauline Creeden
1-2 p.m.   Alexia Purdy

Wednesday, July 16 
11- Noon Michelle Kilmer
1-1:30 p.m. T.A. Brock
5-6 p.m. Tonia Brown
7-8 p.m. Erin Hayes 

Panels:
Thursday, July 17
Women in Horror: No, I don't write Urban Fantasy (Thursday July, 17th Morning Session) 1 hour

11 a.m. - Noon 
Rhiannon Frater, Dawn Peers, Jessica Meigs, Emily Goodwin, Melanie Karsak, Rachel Aukes

Break for some contests.

All things must die! Killing Characters: 1 hour

2-3 p.m.
Dawn Peers,  Sarah Fleming, Jessica Meigs, Annie Walls

Break for more contests.

Romance in Horror: Is this chick lit now? 2 Hours

5-7 p.m.
Rhiannon Frater, Sarah Fleming, Jessica Meigs 5-6 pm
Emily Goodwin, Annie Walls

---Hour 2 Authors--- 6-7 p.m.

TA Brock, Tonia Brown  
C.A. Verstraete, Margo Bond Collins

8-9 p.m. Contests

Friday, July 18

All Things Must Die, 1 hour

11- Noon
Claire C. Riley, Melanie Karsak, Emily Goodwin, Tonia Brown, Rhiannon Frater, Margo Bond Collins

Break for Contests!

Zombies and Beyond: The struggle to not be pigeonholed into one sub-genre 2 hrs

2-3 p.m.
Melanie Karsak, Peggy Martinez, Alexia Purdy, Michelle Kilmer, C.A. Verstraete, 
Claire C. Riley 


3-4 p.m.
Rhiannon Frater, TA Brock, Rachel Aukes, Margo Bond Collins

Break For Contests

Breaking Out! Being a versatile writer who works in various genres. without losing too many fans. 1 hr

5-7 p.m.
Dawn Peers, Emily Goodwin, Peggy Martinez, Pauline Creeden, Erin Hayes

7 p.m. - The Awards!
8-10 p.m. -  FUN!


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Athena's Daughters Sci Fi Anthology Kickstarter Now Live!

12/10/2013

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This is so COOL!  I'm involved in a Kickstarter project to fund the Athena's Daughters anthology featuring stories by an incredible bunch of women. It includes my story, "The Songbird's Search" -- and a chance to be a character in my story and others!!

Plus- the stories feature original illustrations and so much more!

Backing is open from Dec. 10 to Jan. 8, 2014. 

See the Athena's Daughter's Kickstarter. 




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GIRL Z: My Life as a Teenage Zombie - Nominated for and Wins 2014 Lovey Award, Love is Murder Mystery Conference 

11/20/2013

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Wow! A great surprise! GIRL Z: My Life as a Teenage Zombie is nominated for Best Paranoramal-Sci-Fi novel - 2014 Lovey Award, Love is Murder Mystery Conference

** GIRL Z: My Life as a Teenage Zombie WON!  See blog update! 

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New Author Interview for GIRL Z: My Life as a Teenage Zombie in Paranormal Cravings

5/7/2013

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A great 4-page spread about GIRL Z: My Life as a Teenage Zombie and me is in the May Paranormal Cravings e-magazine.  Thank you Iris!
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2013-14 Writing Horror Sci-fi Conferences & Conventions

11/20/2012

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Upcoming 2013-14 Events - Conferences & Conventions

Upcoming cons: http://www.upcomingcons.com/

Feb 7-9, 2014
Love is Murder
InterContinental Chicago O'Hare
5300 North River Road
Rosemont, IL  60018
(847) 544-5300
http://www.loveismurder.net/

Feb. 6-9, 2014 - Capricon - sci-fi
Westin Chicago North Shore
601 N. Milwaukee Avenue
Wheeling, IL 60090
(847) 777-6500
http://capricon.org/capricon34/

June 8-9 Printer's Row Lit Fest Chicago
http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/books/

Aug 9-11 Chicago Horror Convention - Flashback Weekend
(Svengoolie, Zombie Pinup contest)
Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare
5440 N. River Rd. Rosemont IL
http://www.flashbackweekend.com/

Aug. 15-18  GenCon

Indianapolis - www.gencon.com 

Aug 22-25 Killer Nashville
http://www.killernashville.com/

Aug 30-Sept 2 Dragoncon Atlanta GA
 http://dragoncon.org/

Sept 13-15 Creatures Crimes & Creativity Baltimore MD

http://creaturescrimesandcreativity.com/
 Jeffrey Deaver, Christopher Golden (New Dead, 21st Century Dead)

Sept. 19-22 Bouchercon, Albany NY http://bcon2013.com/

Sept. 20-22 Southeast Wisc. Festival of Books

University of Wisconsin, Waukesha WI
http://sewibookfest.com/
 
Oct (4-6 2012)
Youth Literature Festival U of I Champaign Urbana, IL
http://youthlitfest.education.illinois.edu/

 Oct  (12-14 2012) Sheboygan Children's Book Festival
http://sheboyganchildrensbookfestival.org/

Nov 9-10 Murder & Mayhem in Muskego
Muskego WI Public Library 

Nov 8-10 WindyCon, Lombard IL  sci-fi
Westin Lombard Yorktown Center Hotel
http://www.windycon.org/

Nov.15-17 Days of the Dead Horror Convention

Schaumburg, Ill. 
www.daysofthedead.net

Nov (23-25 2012) ChambanaCon - sci fi etc
http://chambanacon.org/

Nov (30-Dec 2 2012) TeslaCon - Steampunk convention Middleton WI
http://teslacon.com/site/

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Upcoming Dollhouse Show - Nov 11

10/31/2011

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I'll be signing books at the Wee C Dollhouse Club show  - Friday and Saturday, Nov. 11-12, in Elk Grove Village, Ill. One of the best shows around with a HUGE display room. Stop by and say hello!
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YA Author Blog Tour This Month!

9/3/2011

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I'm participating in an author blog tour with a group of YA and middle grade authors. Check for links to my posts and for featured guests at my Candid Canine blog - beginning 9/6 Zombies, paranormal, mystery plus prizes! Who can beat that?
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