Back from a Hiatus! The Lowdown & Plans

Hi dear blogging, reading, author community!

I've missed you all. I kind of fell off the face of the earth toward the end of June. Well, maybe a bit before that. The highs and lows:
A high * I got super-busy trying to get ready for a bunch of amazing book conventions.
A high * I splurged for my first professional author photo (this one).
A low * I got bedbugs at one of the conventions!!! So did the unlucky photographer. Luckily, my exterminator had me well trained and I took care of business the second I hit home. NO bugs survived my war to the death. But my bites and resulting scars lingered for months. Yuck!
A high * I hit the USA Today bestseller list with a boxed set I'm in!!!
A high * I went to a writing retreat in Cape Cod and wrote every day, all day. Except for our sailboat ride and long dinners. Oh, and watching the Olympic Women's Volleyball teams kick some serious you-know-what!
A high * Attended a different book con in Saint Louis, sold lots, made new friends and had a blast! Penned Con to be exact, which gives all of their profits to Action for Autism. Mad respect to founders, Amy and Rick Miles.

***

I've had a long time to think about the blog. About how often I want to post, and more importantly, WHAT I want to post. I will post a bit less, but I will post. And yes, I will post about amazing books, and my own books... because I do love books and I do write. Just not 24/7.

The new Fireseed series covers

Ghosts of Fire anthology,
Untethered Realms Elements book 3

Shades of Prey, book 2

 So, happy fall, and wow, the Halloween season! And, I do have book stuff. A re-release with new covers and sales/freebies for my future shocker Fireseed series, including a new sequel novella called Blue House Magic. Untethered Realms has new story anthology out, Ghosts of Fire, book 3 of the Elements series. My story in this is Rollerskate Boys. Put the anthology on your Goodreads TBR list if you like. And I'll be doing a bunch of Facebook parties like Haunted Halloween Spooktacular on OCT 20 from 4 to 5 (EST) and A Magickal Samhain on Sunday, OCT 30 from 12 to 1:30 pm (EST) - all to help spread word of Ghosts of Fire and other spooktastic boxed sets I'm in, like Shades of Prey, Mystical Magic. Join the parties to chat with lots of authors and play games for giveaways if you like!!!

I'm happy to be back, and blogging. I will be checking into my fave old blogging haunts, and new ones, too.   xo Catherine

Cover reveal for my YA Horror, DORIANNA and spooky Facebook party events!

Okay, drum roll... here it is, the cover to my forthcoming YA horror, DORIANNA, launching on OCT 24 with Evernight Teen!

Pretty yet spooky, huh?

Here's the blurb:

Internet followers, beauty, power. It all sounded good. 
Until it transformed into a terrifying reality Dorianna couldn’t stop

Dorianna is a dark twist for the Internet generation on A Picture of Dorian Gray. When her father is jailed, her mother ships lonely, plain Dorianna to her aunt’s. There, Dorianna yearns to build a new identity, but the popular Lacey bullies her—mostly for getting attention from her ex, Ander.

Ander takes Dorianna to Coney Island where Wilson, a videographer, creates a stunning compilation of her. She dreams of being an online sensation, as she’s never even had a birthday party, and vows she’d give anything to go viral. Wilson claims he’s the Prince of Darkness and warns her the pledge has downsides. Dorianna thinks he’s joking. She has no idea of how dire the consequences might be.

Meanwhile, the Private Internship tour continues with Shades of Rose. Both Rafflecopters are still open, so go ahead and enter for mad prizes! Shades of Rose copter Here & Xpresso copter here.

I'm having a DORIANNA Facebook launch party on OCT 29 from 8 to 10 pm (EST) with Bewitching Books, which will have lots of Halloweenish touches. Guest authors who write creeptastic novels will help host: Carolyn MacCullough, who wrote Once a Witch and Always a Witch, and Carlylye Labushagne who writes YA dark fantasy! So come chat up the guest authors, mingle and win books by crafting clever answers to all kinds of wacky questions. As soon as we post the event link you are all invited.

There are other online parties afoot, too!
On OCT 16 from 9 to 10 pm (EST) I will guest host the Hauntingly Decadent Halloween Spooktacular. To check out or join the event, click here. 
On OCT 17 I play guest host from 4 to 5 pm (EST) at Ciara Knight's Battle for Souls release day celebration. To join the party click here.
On OCT 30 I guest host from 9 to 10 pm (EST) at the Evernight's Halloween extravaganza! Link TK.
Can you tell I LOVE Halloween?
What do you like about Halloween? About fall?