Stacey Jay-paranormal YA romance

Hey everyone!

It's been a very busy week and I'm trying to power through the last 20k of my latest Work In Progress, so I haven't had time to get to my Mentoring post for the week just yet. I do hope to have that to you by Friday/Saturday however. And tomorrow, I'll have info on the big Books, Blood, and Bones paranormal book signing going down this Saturday in North Little Rock. (It starts at 4:30 p.m. so plan to be there and be fabulous and get a bunch of awesome signed books by authors like Melissa Francis, Rosemary Clement-Moore, Linda Gerber, and more. And me too, of course. All the details posted tomorrow when I have a little more time to breathe.)

In the meantime, however, I give you, a totally non-writing related Pumpkin Patch Interlude with Precious Loin Fruit Number 2:

Okay, so what's a pumpkin and what's a baby? Pumpkin or baby, pumpkin or baby? Why did my mom dress me in an orange sweater? Doesn't she know I could get lost! Or snatched and taken home and carved for Halloween!



Ha! Here I am!



God, I crack myself up. I wasn't really worried about getting pumpkin picked. Just kidding. Ahh...yeah...good times at the pumpkin patch. Good times.



But for real. This place rocked, let me stare off into space and ponder the awesomeness of pumpkins for a moment...



Aw yeah...pondering is also awesome. I will let her bring me back here next year...in something less orange, of course.

Tomorrow people!

Stacey Jay

Ahh...Square Books Jr. in Oxford Mississippi...could there be a more idyllic, gorgeous, fabulous bookstore? Or more dedicated, fabulous, and fantastical booksellers? Or more savvy, fabulous and enthusiastic teen readers?



I think not...I think not...



Within minutes of arrival, I had already learned a lot from Square books...



I had only moments to contemplate my newfound knowledge, however, before I encountered an actual Teen Reader!



I signed her book...



And she modeled this FABULOUS t-shirt for me! (Yes, that is the "You are So Undead to Me" t-shirt, available only through ME! You must suck up or win a contest or flatter me in such a way that I don't think you are flattering me, simply realizing my true made of awesomeness to such a degree that it warrants a t-shirt fee plus postage and handling.)



And as if encountering an actual Teen Reader wasn't exciting enough, I soon after had the pleasure to meet and greet two actual zombies, recently risen from their graves. (They died young, which is clearly the only reason they still look so fabulous.) I could only assume these zombies had heard about my zombilicious book and crawled from their eternal rest simply to snag a signed copy.

I was, needless to say, very flattered...



So flattered, that I decided a ride on the local unicorn was the only way to fully express my extreme gratitude for such a zombie and teen-tastic signing. Of course...it was then that tragedy struck. (As it often does after encountering a unicorn. They attract trouble like shiny, sparkly, horned trouble magnets, man.)



So anyway, while I was frolicking with the unicorn, my preshush hubs was attacked by a giant caterpillar with an uholy and zombie-esque hunger for hubs brains. (Or maybe it just wanted to snag his glasses for a souvenier. You never can tell with giant caterpillars.)



Luckily, the unicorn agreed to let me gore the caterpillar to death with its horn. Which I did with utmost enthusiasm and efficiency.



After all the BIG events of the night, I had to take a wee nap on my signing desk, but did manage to rally in time to hit a kick ass zombie party and embarrass myself by singing onstage with the wonderful Jill and to dissect said performance with the equally wonderful Jeff.

But in all seriousness, thank you Jil and Jeff and Teen Readers and Zombies! The signing in Oxford was amazing and I hope to see you all soon!

Now for interview linkage! Go forth and read about me and my book and have a wondrous week!

2/10 Kristin Walker http://walkwrite.livejournal.com

2/11 Mandy Hubbard http://mandywriter.livejournal.com/

2/12 Sarah Ockler http://sarahockler.com

2/13 Rhonda Stapleton http://rhondastapleton.blogspot.com/

2/14 Cyn Balog http://cyn2write.livejournal.com/

2/15 Megan Frazer http://meganfrazer.com/?page_id=56

2/16 Jackson Pearce http://www.jacksonpearce.com

See you next Tuesday!

Stacey Jay