Author Blog Host: KC Sprayberry and The Curse of the Grungy Gulley

That day is upon us. The Curse of Grungy Gulley releases today, October 31, 2014 ~ Halloween! What does a demon do to stop a group of families slated to fight him for eternity when they don’t pay attention to him? Keep trying, of course!

Blurb:

Faced with the loss of his immortality, Bewitcher Random A. Ransom has to defeat Mary Barron’s young assistants: Tuck Barrons, Earl Lee Farley, and Sue Anne Edwards. Confidant he can beat three kids, Random has no idea that the Johnson triplets have invaded the ranks of his brethren. These brothers have pledged their souls to Archangel Michael to rid the world of evil. What the Bewitcher thought would be easy isn’t so easy after all.

One demon, three teens, spread over a period of 144 years. Can Random A. Ransom defeat Sue Anne Edwards, Earl Lee Farley, and Tuck Barrons?

The Curse of Grungy Gulley

About the Author:

Born and raised in Southern California’s Los Angeles basin, K.C. Sprayberry spent years traveling the United States and Europe while in the Air Force before settling in Northwest Georgia. A new empty nester with her husband of more than twenty years, she spends her days figuring out new ways to torment her characters and coming up with innovative tales from the South and beyond.

She’s a multi-genre author who comes up with ideas from the strangest sources. Some of her short stories have appeared in anthologies, others in magazines. Three of her books (Softly Say Goodbye, Who Am I?, and Mama’s Advice) are Amazon best sellers. Her other books are: Take Chances, Where U @, The Wrong One, Pony Dreams, Evil Eyes, Inits, Canoples Investigations Tackles Space Pirates, The Call Chronicles 1: The Griswold Gang, The Curse of Grungy Gulley, and Starlight. Additionally, she has shorts available on Amazon: Grace, Secret From the Flames, Family Curse … Times Two, Right Wrong Nothing In Between, and The Ghost Catcher.

A Chance To Win An Autographed Print Edition of The Curse of Grungy Gulley!

Right Wrong Nothing In Between

Pick up a copy of Right Wrong Nothing In Between by clicking on the link and answer these questions. Post your answers on K.C. Sprayberry’s Facebook fan page before November 5, 2014 and you might get your own autographed print edition of The Curse of Grungy Gulley!

What three children does Random A. Ransom want?

What is the name of the being who comes to Mary, to reassure her that she has made the right choice?

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The Writing Path Blog Tour from IC Publishing

My friend and fellow author Sheila Lamb invited me to participate in IC Publishing's Writing Path Blog Tour. Check out Sheila's responses, and her lovely website called Fiery Arrow, by clicking here.


1. How do you start your writing projects?
This is a tough one. I have so many projects going at one time, it's difficult to pin down exactly how they begin. Usually, I'm in bed, getting ready to go to sleep, and some great idea springs into my brain and I have to leap from my covers and write it down. I'm currently working on a collection of poems for my Empire series. They are inspired by one of my passions in life, ancient history. The recent discovery of two lost Mayan cities caused me to start writing new poems for the Empire collection, usually in my head while I'm driving or trying to go to sleep.

2. How do you continue your writing process?
This is harder than being inspired to write. Perseverance is something I struggle with; I'm guilty of having a ton of half finished writing projects languishing on my laptop or in abandoned notebooks. But I always come back to them, and they get finished eventually. I think that my brain is one of those described for creative people, the kind that gets scattered and easily bored doing the same thing. I can't write about the same thing for long periods of time, I have to shake it up. And I only write novels, stories, or poems when I'm inspired. When I'm not inspired, I still write every day but it's often a blog post, a letter, or some other bit of writing.


3. How do you finish your writing project?
With cheering, tears, and whiskey. Not really, but often with a big foolish grin on my face! Then I realize the real work begins. I think ending a novel is why I procrastinate writing them so much, in spite of the fact that I don't want to do anything else as long as I live but write books for a career. Ending a book is difficult, and the worst is yet to come: revising and editing...then marketing. I hate marketing so much. But it's a necessary evil, I suppose. I have to let people know I'm here so they'll read my books!


4. Include one challenge or additional tip that our collective communities could help with or benefit from.
Develop a thick hide and expect that your friends and family will tell you only the nice things. Research agents and publishers, try self-publishing, weigh all options. Avoid anyone who says they will publish your work for a fee. Find beta readers who will give it to you straight. Exchange reviews with other authors and give honest feedback, in a tactful manner. Above all else: READ. Read everything. Novels. Poems. Short stories. Cereal boxes. And write. Practice your descriptions. Make charts of characters and plots. Keep a journal or a blog. Carry a pad of paper and a pencil with you always. And grab yourself a copy of Stephen King's "On Writing" and then thank me later.