October Already?

Hard to believe it's already October, but the calendar keeps telling me it's true. I love autumn, and the weather here in southern Michigan has been glorious so far, warm and sunny during the day, cool and crisp at night. The leaves are starting to turn and stores are gearing up for Halloween, one of my favorite holidays. The Renaissance garb has been stored after a summer full of fun, and a load of sweaters have come up from the basement.

This October, in particular, I'll be working my tail off. I've committed to a TON of appearances, contests, and blog posts to celebrate the release of Moonlight & Mechanicals, coming out Oct. 22. FYI, M&M is now up for pre-order and on sale at Carina Press! Get you copy reserved and save a little cash!

So, here goes a list, probably not complete, of where you can find me this month, on-line and in person.

This Week (Oct. 1-7)
Monday, Oct. 1: Romance Books '4' Us Halloween Contest
                          begins and runs through Oct. 30
                          Here Be Magic Halloween Contest begins
Tuesday, Oct. 2: Blogging on Naughty Author Chicks
                          7-9 pm: Love Romances Cafe: I usually pop in to
                             Anny Cook's chat at the cafe for excerpts and fun.

Next Week: (Oct. 8-14)
Tuesday, Oct. 9: 1:30 pm: Radio Interview: What the Els! I'll be
                              interviewed live in the studio in Flint Michigan
                              by Author Mark Elswick (This will be archived
                              and available online afterward)
Wednesday, Oct. 10: Blog on Steamed!
Saturday, Oct. 13: Blogging at Romance Books '4' Us

Oct. 15-21
Monday, Oct. 15: Sam Cheever's annual Trick or Treat
                             contest begins and runs until Oct. 31
Tuesday, Oct. 16: Naughty Author Chicks
                           
Friday: Oct. 19: Celebrating the new release at Up In the Aether:
                                   at the Phoenix Cafe in Hazel Park:
                         (also my oldest's 21st birthday)
Oct. 19-Oct. 22: Alpha Male Blog Hop.

Oct. 22-28
Monday, Oct. 22: Moonlight and Mechanicals released
                            Beginning a 2-week blog tour with
                            Bewitching Book Tours
                            Blogging at Smashing Reviews
Tuesday, Oct. 23: Blogging at Here Be Magic
Wednesday, Oct. 24: Blogging at Steamed
                            Blogging at Carina Press
                            7:00 pm: Flint Fangfest: Booksigning at
                                               Schuler's Books, Lansing, MI
Thursday, Oct. 25: 6:30 pm: Flint Fangfest: Multi-Author
                                      Booksigning at Genessee District Library
Fri, Oct. 26-Sun. Oct. 28: Coyote Con: an online writers
                                         conference. I'll be on several panels.

If I seem to be going bugnuts in October, now you'll understand why...