Showing posts with label writing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label writing. Show all posts

Friday, October 31, 2014

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?






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!
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?



Saturday, September 27, 2014

Writing Contests: For, or Against?

My friend and fellow author, Emma Caruso, has entered Harlequin's "So You Think You Can Write" contest. I have mixed emotions on contests for writing.


On the one hand, if you are chosen from the multitude of writers, that's a huge ego boost for a writer, a creature that is typically riddled with self-doubt. By the same coin, constant rejection wears on a writer. It makes us doubt our entire existence in the universe and our place within society. Are we just lazy? No one who has sweated through a grueling murder scene at three a.m., flinching with every sound and constantly swearing through their teeth, would describe themselves as lazy. And yet...does society have an image of writers as people who just sit around on their laptop playing internet games and socializing on Facebook all day? Probably. After all, it is a large part of the creative process.


I, for one, support fellow writers who enter contests. More power to them, I say! I've entered a few, and have been rejected far more times than I'd like to admit, so I don't enter them anymore. I do have a new collection of horror stories related to Christmas coming out from Solstice Publishing over the next few months, to be released on per month until completion in December, and no fragile self-esteems were harmed in the creating or publishing of said stories. As yet.


That being said, if you are a fan of steamy romance, sizzling sex scenes, and sassy, curvy women snaring body building hunks (think Joe Mangianello)...then head on over to So You Think You Can Write headquarters and read the first chapter of Emma's debut novel, Not My Type. Here's a link for you, even: http://www.soyouthinkyoucanwrite.com/manuscripts-sytycw-2014/not-my-type/


Showing a new author support is always heart-warming and gratifying. Go ahead, give it a try!



Emma Caruso's debut novel, Not My Type, is due for release in December, 2014...unless she wins the So You Think You Can Write contest, in which case the release date is to be determined!

More news on my short story collection coming up in another post...stay tuned...