Happy Halloween!

I hope everyone has a safe and happy Halloween!

For writers everywhere tomorrow is the first day of NaNo 2008! Good luck!

And everyone don't forget to vote on Tuesday!

Bloggy Carnival week is here!

Here's all the info you need to get started enjoying Bitten by Books' Bloggy Carnival:

Welcome to the Bitten by Books Haunted Bloggy Carnival Spooktacular event! The carnival starts at 8:00 am Central time October 27th ALL WEEK and ends on November 2nd at 11:59 pm Pacific time. Comments will be enabled at that time so you won’t be able to post until then.

The winners will be contacted and announced sometime the week of the 3rd. You will have to give us some time to sort through all of the hundreds of entries. Thanks for your patience on this.

Hang on to your seats and keyboards because we have a line up of prize contributions like we have never seen before. Right now we have over $3865.00 in prizes up for grabs!! AND another $2330.00 in prizes at our sister site Weird Stuff In My Desk! Check those prizes out here: http://weirdstuffinmydesk.com/?p=176. If we don’t have enough prizes for your blood, remember to visit all of the other participating blogs at the main Bloggy Carnival page here.

Keep checking back here, because the list will GROW eerily larger as more companies join in on the Haunted Blog Carnival fun! If you would like to contribute a prize and promote your books or business, please email us through our CONTACT FORM.

Now I bet you are wondering just how you can win some of this spectacular loot! There are a TON of ways to win. Do to different states laws you MUST be 18 to enter. You do NOT have to have a blog to participate.

OH!! and if you like FREE STUFF, be sure to stop by our Freebies Page!

Check out Bitten by Books to find out all the great ways to be entered into their giveaways!

Nano, Goodreads, and ARe's giveaway

I've officially signed up for another great year of NaNo. During the month of November, writers from all over the world will be participating in National Novel Writing Month, each writer striving to write at least 50,000 words, no small task, especially for those of us that have plenty of other commitments.

Both Demon's Torment and Avery and the Devil were products of NaNo and after this year I hope to have most of another novel completed, although I've decided to try working on two or three different projects this year. I'm excited to get started since it's been a while since I've forced myself to sit down and write. I'll be spending the last week of October working on my outlines, since it's much easier to write quickly if I have some idea of where the story is going.

I've also recently become a member of Goodreads. Visit my page there if you want to become my friend:

http://www.goodreads.com/profile/racheldthompson.

One last piece of big news. All Romance E-books is giving away a free downloaded e-book to every registered customer. So if you still haven't picked up Demon's Torment, this is as good a time as any to discover a demon's desires. You have to register on their website before November 1st to receive a coupon for a free download. Check out their site for all the details: http://allromanceebooks.com/birthday.html.

Interview

I've been interviewed by Tara S. Nichols! Stop by her blog to find out more about me and my writing style.

Upcoming Interview

I've been interviewed by Tara S. Nichols, another Forbidden Publications author. The interview will appear on her blog this Friday, Oct. 17th, so check it out if you want to learn a little bit about me. You can find her blog here: http://tarasnichols.blogspot.com/.

Halloween contest

From now through Nov. 15th, Romance Junkies is holding a fun Halloween contest with lots of participating authors giving away great prizes. Head on over to explore their Haunted Mansion and answer each author's question to be entered into a drawing to win that prize. For my part I'm giving away an e-book copy of Demon's Torment, a Demon's Torment magnet, and a scented candle.

Book Trailer

I finished my book trailer for Avery and the Devil this weekend and uploaded it today. It didn't take me as long as I thought it would to make, but I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out. Go ahead and view it and feel free to let me know what you think.

Book trailer coming soon

I've started working on my very first book trailer. After reading info about how to do it (it took one author 40-60 hours to do a trailer) I was a little daunted, but it was nowhere near as difficult as I expected. It's mostly done now, but I still need to try and find some fitting music to go with it. That's proving a definite challenge so far. I'll post it here as soon as it's completely done.

Torment Released Today!

The paperback edition of Demon's Torment is officially available to purchase through Lulu.com.

Discover the deep bonds between a demon and a mortal woman. You belong to me, the demon promises. He haunts her dreams, but soon he'll haunt her waking hours too.

Pick it up here: http://www.lulu.com/content/4112009.