OK, I’m mostly packed and sort of ready to go — no, not back to South America, though you know I’m already dreaming about that. What I mean is that tomorrow is the first day of the PITCH BLACK TOUR! I will be hitting the road with fellow vamp scribes Nancy Collins (Vamps) and Ellen Schreiber (Vampire Kisses) for a whirlwind five-city, six-day tour.
Just to refresh y’all’s memories about the dates, places and times:
Pitch Black Tour Dates
Saturday, Oct. 25: 2 p.m. at Anderson’s Bookshop in NAPERVILLE, IL
Sunday, Oct. 26: 3 p.m. at Borders in PORTLAND, ME
Monday, Oct. 27: 7 p.m. at Barnes & Noble in FRAMINGHAM, MA
Tuesday, Oct. 28: 7 p.m. at Barnes & Noble in HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA
Wednesday, Oct. 29: 6:30 p.m. at Borders in REDMOND, WA
Please come out if you can! I would love to meet any and all of you. We’ll have trivia contests, readings, Q&A time and goody bags.
Should I survive to the end of the tour, I’ll return to New York City just in time for Halloween. This, plus the discovery of one last copy of Immortal: Love Stories With Bite, has inspired me to hold another contest.
Tell me your favorite Halloween costume!
Yep, that’s it. You can comment here or at my MySpace page, or email me through the website. (Please include your name and a contact email when you do so!) One winner will be chosen at random on Halloween, and that lucky person will win this very last copy of Immortal, the romantic vampire anthology so awesome NO ONE could find it in stores. 😉
ETA: I knew I was forgetting something! Check out the claudiagray.com website, in particular the extras page; there you will find new wallpapers and icons, some of which are ever-so-slightly spoilery for Stargazer. For fans who have read the book in Spanish or Catalan, you’ll see a few downloads with some slightly more familiar cover art. Hope you guys like!
44 responses to “Book Tour, Halloween Contest!”
Best of luck with the tour!
My favorite costume everrrr was my Alice in Wonderland costume. No lie. Usually my mom put together costumes from real clothes- a communion dress turned me into a bride, a blue-and-white gingham dress with red glitter flats made me Dorothy- but this was an honest-to-god Disney-approved Alice in Wonderland costume. It had the blue cotton dress and the white apron which had the White Rabbit embroidered on it. Add a headband and BADA BING. In business.
It was awesome.
I can’t decide what my favorite costume was, the ‘Cousin It’ one that my mom made out of a fuzzy tan colored blanket and a whole lot of yarn (that thing lasted for several years) or when I dressed as La Llorana (spanish urban legand). I had decided to go out at the last minute that year and mom whipped up another costume out of old curtain lace and sheets. I think I’ll go with the La Llorana costume as my favorite one.
Favorite costume
My favorite costume would be the ever fabulous June Carter Cash because she looked great and sang even better.
Kristin Veiga
kristinveiga@yahoo.com
Best of luck with the tour!
My favorite costume everrrr was my Alice in Wonderland costume. No lie. Usually my mom put together costumes from real clothes- a communion dress turned me into a bride, a blue-and-white gingham dress with red glitter flats made me Dorothy- but this was an honest-to-god Disney-approved Alice in Wonderland costume. It had the blue cotton dress and the white apron which had the White Rabbit embroidered on it. Add a headband and BADA BING. In business.
It was awesome.
My favorite costume, hands down, was my Wednesday Addams costume. My dress had the white collar and I wore tights and sprayed my hair black and put it in braids. And I put make up on my face to make me even paler than normal. It was so awesome.
-Khy
khyrinthia@gmail.com
Stupid me, I forgot to add that I will be seeing you on the Pitch Black tour. (Just be aware that I’ll be under a different name- pseudonyms FTW) I haven’t read your book yet- tomorrow I will!- or Nancy’s or Ellen’s (I’m buying them when I go to the bookstore at the event, so I’m pretty sure I’m out of the running for a trivia contest if it’s on your guys’ books. xD)
-Khy
I can’t decide what my favorite costume was, the ‘Cousin It’ one that my mom made out of a fuzzy tan colored blanket and a whole lot of yarn (that thing lasted for several years) or when I dressed as La Llorana (spanish urban legand). I had decided to go out at the last minute that year and mom whipped up another costume out of old curtain lace and sheets. I think I’ll go with the La Llorana costume as my favorite one.
Favorite costume
My favorite costume would be the ever fabulous June Carter Cash because she looked great and sang even better.
Kristin Veiga
kristinveiga@yahoo.com
My favorite costume, hands down, was my Wednesday Addams costume. My dress had the white collar and I wore tights and sprayed my hair black and put it in braids. And I put make up on my face to make me even paler than normal. It was so awesome.
-Khy
khyrinthia@gmail.com
Stupid me, I forgot to add that I will be seeing you on the Pitch Black tour. (Just be aware that I’ll be under a different name- pseudonyms FTW) I haven’t read your book yet- tomorrow I will!- or Nancy’s or Ellen’s (I’m buying them when I go to the bookstore at the event, so I’m pretty sure I’m out of the running for a trivia contest if it’s on your guys’ books. xD)
-Khy
Dr Diane Hughes from Jake 2.0 tho I admit, I was fond of my updated Stormer of the Misfits as well.
Sorry I will miss you tomorrow!
Dr Diane Hughes from Jake 2.0 tho I admit, I was fond of my updated Stormer of the Misfits as well.
Sorry I will miss you tomorrow!
Any one of these.
For me, personally, I was a My Little Pony one year. Mint green, with paler green mane and tail, and an ice cream cone on my butt. It was awesome.
For me it was the year that I just could not decide between being a vampiress or a dark fairy. So the night of giving out candies, I went with a pirate-ish dark fairy costume, and the next night to go out I was an uber-vampiress! 🙂
sidhevicious(at)shaw(dot)ca
Any one of these.
For me, personally, I was a My Little Pony one year. Mint green, with paler green mane and tail, and an ice cream cone on my butt. It was awesome.
For me it was the year that I just could not decide between being a vampiress or a dark fairy. So the night of giving out candies, I went with a pirate-ish dark fairy costume, and the next night to go out I was an uber-vampiress! 🙂
sidhevicious(at)shaw(dot)ca
My favorite costume idea is something local radio personality Dave Rickards came up with. Don’t have all the details, but it includes one of those giant styrofoam fingers you see at sporting events, a football helmet, and a shirt that proclaims that ceilings are number one. That’s right, Dave is going as a ceiling fan.
One year Dave went dressed as Sigmund Freud from the waist up, and wearing a slip below the waste. You got it, he was a Freudian slip.
*points to Icon* for photo of said costume* Fav Halloween costume has to be Molly Weasley.
Mary – dragonsinger954 at gmail.com
My favorite costume idea is something local radio personality Dave Rickards came up with. Don’t have all the details, but it includes one of those giant styrofoam fingers you see at sporting events, a football helmet, and a shirt that proclaims that ceilings are number one. That’s right, Dave is going as a ceiling fan.
One year Dave went dressed as Sigmund Freud from the waist up, and wearing a slip below the waste. You got it, he was a Freudian slip.
*points to Icon* for photo of said costume* Fav Halloween costume has to be Molly Weasley.
Mary – dragonsinger954 at gmail.com
That’s AWESOME!!!
Thanks 🙂
MY favorite halloween costume of all time was As a geisha I actually got to wear a kimono i know that not very halloweenish but its somthing diffrent!
-Denise
carita_de_angel8992@yahoo.com
Favorite Costume
My favorite Halloween costume would definitely have to be dressing
up as Waldo. Waldo was the main character in a series of books
that you had to search for.
It was an original costume that I really liked wearing.
I’ll see you on Tuesday! I can’t wait even though I probably
won’t say much.
-Pretty
MY favorite halloween costume of all time was As a geisha I actually got to wear a kimono i know that not very halloweenish but its somthing diffrent!
-Denise
carita_de_angel8992@yahoo.com
Favorite Costume
My favorite Halloween costume would definitely have to be dressing
up as Waldo. Waldo was the main character in a series of books
that you had to search for.
It was an original costume that I really liked wearing.
I’ll see you on Tuesday! I can’t wait even though I probably
won’t say much.
-Pretty
Re: Favorite Costume
Oh, you should! I saw her today in Portland, Maine, and she was so very nice and funny and smart! Ask her where her favorite place to travel is – she likes to travel a lot.
Michele
Re: Favorite Costume
Oh, you should! I saw her today in Portland, Maine, and she was so very nice and funny and smart! Ask her where her favorite place to travel is – she likes to travel a lot.
Michele
That’s AWESOME!!!
The contest
My favorite Halloween costume is this fallen fairy costume:
http://www.fancyfairy.com/fallenfairy.html
Grazzy
ggandolfi10@hotmail.com
halloween costume
My favorite Halloween costume(s)are Jack and Sally from The Nightmare Before Christmas. To me they are an iconic love couple, Sally’s dress is adorable with all of the colorful patches, Jack’s suit is always stylish, the movie is phenomenal, and I love what they represent. TO me they represent real love, happily ever after, and uniqueness.
briteeyez12@aol.com
The contest
My favorite Halloween costume is this fallen fairy costume:
http://www.fancyfairy.com/fallenfairy.html
Grazzy
ggandolfi10@hotmail.com
halloween costume
My favorite Halloween costume(s)are Jack and Sally from The Nightmare Before Christmas. To me they are an iconic love couple, Sally’s dress is adorable with all of the colorful patches, Jack’s suit is always stylish, the movie is phenomenal, and I love what they represent. TO me they represent real love, happily ever after, and uniqueness.
briteeyez12@aol.com
Thanks 🙂
I was Demeter, Greek goddess of the harvest, at the tender age of 8, which was fun, because I got to be a character who defies the king of the gods AND wear something sparkly. 🙂
I was Demeter, Greek goddess of the harvest, at the tender age of 8, which was fun, because I got to be a character who defies the king of the gods AND wear something sparkly. 🙂
My favorite Halloween costume would be Patrick Bateman, the serial killer from American Psycho, in this outfit, splattered with (fake) blood. 😉
My favorite Halloween costume would be Patrick Bateman, the serial killer from American Psycho, in this outfit, splattered with (fake) blood. 😉
My favorite has always been a witch but my son is going as Wall-E this year in a home made costume so that is currently my fav.
Leslee
denlsn@msn.com
My favorite has always been a witch but my son is going as Wall-E this year in a home made costume so that is currently my fav.
Leslee
denlsn@msn.com
betty boop
blackroze37@yahoo.com
betty boop
blackroze37@yahoo.com