Writing Tip For The Day

Writing Tip #148: Disambiguation: Pumpkin – n. large, edible orange yellow fruit. Pump Kin – the mate to one of my wife’s pumps. Sometimes found with a pumpkin as pictured below.

What’s New In M. R. Land?

  1. Links for a free e-book, discount codes on other e-books, and entry into the book giveaway can be found after the daily Halloween picture…

SO CONTINUES THE #COFFINHOP! – FINAL DAY!

In honor of said bouncing about betwixt coffins – what with this being all about Halloween and such – I am going to toss some silliness out there each day. It may be a picture of costumes from some of our more legendary parties, or it may be something altogether textual… say, for instance, why I actually like candy corn. You just never know. HOWEVER, there are a couple of things which shall remain the same throughout:

  1. The strong – and I do mean STRONG – suggestion that you HOP around to all of the coffins on the circuit. You can do this very easily. Simply click on the COFFINHOP Badge on the right (the pumpkin impaled by a stiletto, courtesy of my wife) and there you will find all sorts of information, including a list of the COFFINS (author blogs) on the web tour. Each of these fine authors has something to say about Halloween – maybe scary, maybe informative, maybe funny… you just never know. However, you owe it to yourself to swing by and scream trick-or-treat, because not only will you discover a whole slew of new authors, most – if not all – of the stops will have a chance to enter contests for spectacular prize type stuff: Autographed books, swag, and what have you… So, DO IT, or I’ll let my wife get hold of you, and you can already see what she’s capable of doing to a poor, defenseless Jack-o-Lantern that she liked. Just imagine what she might do if she’s angry…
  2. I will be running a contest here on M R LAND as my part of the COFFINHOP. See details after each day’s Halloween oriented post (as in, keep scrolling down). Right now I will definitely be giving away an ARC of IN THE BLEAK MIDWINTER (due in bookstores 11/18), and even some selected books from the Rowan Gant Series, both paperback and electronic.

COFFINHOP HALLOWEENAGE FOR OCTOBER 31, 2011

M. R. Sellars and Evil Kat: Halloween Costumes 1987

 Above would be my favorite of all the Halloween Costumes Evil Kat and I have ever done. Why? Because on this day, in the year 1987, Evil Kat and I officially “tied the knot” (Read, she slapped the collar on me and that was all she wrote…) Yes, today is our anniversary. There are a ton of funny stories about how our courtship and eventual marriage came to be, including the fact that we were so caught up in planning the wedding – which took place right here in our living room – that we completely forgot about the fact that Trick or Treaters would be coming to the door. Obviously that made for a few interesting interruptions during the ceremony…

At any rate, if you are REALLY interested in reading the stories of love, hardship, silliness, and other general disasters that come with getting hitched, you can find the entire 12 part saga on Brainpan Leakage, my general humor and satire blog: THE MAHWAGE CHRONICLES

HOWEVER, before you click THAT link and get settled in with your coffee, box of tissues, and sense of humor, make sure you enter the ARC Giveaway below, AND visit all of the other fine author blogs on the #CoffinHop web tour.

COFFINHOP CONTEST DETAILS FOR M R LAND

Enter the random drawing for a chance to win an Autographed ARC of In The Bleak Midwinter, my latest novel, which will be released 11/18 – To enter, email me by clicking this link: COFFINHOP CONTEST

And…

  • If you have an e-reader, be sure to check out the special discount codes for epub and mobi versions of all the Rowan Gant Investigations novels HERE
  • Get a FREE e-novella – MERRIE AXEMAS: A Killer Holiday Tale HERE – Use Coupon Code: MS74K
  • Check back often. More cool stuff could happen… Seriously.

There you go… Make sure you visit all of the other CoffinHoppers!!

From My Keys To Your Screen

Upcoming Conventions – Horror, Mystery, And SF/Fantasy

CONtraflow
Nov 4-6, 2011
New Orleans, Louisiana
http://contraflowscifi.org/

TusCon 38
Nov 11-13, 2011
Tucson, AZ
http://home.earthlink.net/~basfa/t38main.html

Horrorhound Weekend
NOV 11-13 2011
Cincinnati, OH
http://horrorhoundweekend.com/

Wizard World Austin
NOV 11-13 2011
Austin, TX
http://www.wizardworld.com/home-tx.html

OmegaCon
November 11-13, 2011
Siren, Wisconsin
http://www.omegacon.net/

Murder and Mayhem in Muskego
November 11-12, 2011
Muskego, WI
http://www.ci.muskego.wi.us/library/Events/MurderMayhem/Registration/tabid/1178/Default.aspx

OryCon 33
November 11-13, 2011
Portland, OR
http://orycon.org/orycon33/

Philcon
Nov 18 – 20, 2011
Cherry Hill, New Jersey
http://2011.philcon.org/

Darkover
November 25-27, 2011
TIMONIUM, MARYLAND
http://www.darkovercon.org/index.html

ChamBanacon #41
November 25-27, 2011
Urbana, IL
http://www.chambanacon.org/

Loscon 38
November 25-27, 2011
Los Angeles, CA
http://www.loscon.org/38/

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