A Vampire Thanks!

Ah, such a chill in the air!

Rainy, dreary days and falling leaves make for a great book signing, eh? Me and The Vampire Family just wanted to take a moment and say 'Fangs for everything!' to those who took the time to stop by and say hello last night at our book signing at Bogart's Bookstore.

It was a wonderful night of literature and music with some great tunes by Dark Hallow. I know a few folks were under the weather and couldn't make it, but never fear! A handful of copies are still available at Bogart's for the local folks!

http://www.bogartsbookstore.com/

Of course, the virtual fledglings have plenty of opportunities to say hello this week! You can chat with Cate Masters, myself, and the rest of the Eternal Press gang 9 p.m. Monday October 19 at Night Owl Romance! And don't forget our fellow NJ and EPer Leigh Wood and her forthcoming sf erotica novel On The Way to New Isosceles. She's stopping by the Kristin Battestella Yahoo Group again October 20. Check our group calender often, as new Halloween dates are being added-including a Guest blog spot with Ginger Simpson and a potential book signing in PA!


http://nightowlromance.com/nightowlromance/chat/chat.aspx

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kristinbattestella/

http://leighwood.blogspot.com/

http://mizging.blogspot.com/

http://www.wolfgangbooks.com/


I need to upload all the pictures from Bogart's and The Collingswood Book Festival already!

Happy Halloween!

Kristin

The Vampire Family Live This Weekend!

Greetings fellow fans of the Macabre!

Remember this weekend you can stop by Bogart's Bookstore in Millville, NJ and say a real life hello to myself and an autographed paperback copy of my Eternal Press horror novel The Vampire Family!



This Halloween season you can find us in plenty of virtual locations as well. Here's a quick list, but remember, you can chat with us anytime and see a complete calendar of events at the Kristin Battestella Yahoo Group. I'm adding more every day!

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kristinbattestella


10/13 Paranormal Day at the Eternal Press Authors Blog
10/16 Kristin's Book Signing at Bogart's Books!
10/19 EP Chat 8 p.m. at Night Owl Romance
10/20 Leigh Wood Guest Day at the Kristin Battestella Yahoo Group
10/23 EP Authors at The Haunt Yahoo Group
10/26 Kristin Guest Blogging at Ginger Simpson's Dishin' It Out!



Here's a quick excerpt in the spirit of the season! Remember you can read more anytime at our blog, or see our first THREE Chapters FREE at our Fictionwise page. Our Amazon page also offers the Look Inside feature for The Vampire Family!


vampfam.blogspot.com

The Vampire Family on Fictionwise

Amazon: The Vampire Family in paperback!



“Tell me, Theodore.” Victoria poured more of the wine. “Do you want to live forever?”

“It is unnatural. If God wanted man to live forever, he would have made our fragile bodies unbreakable.”

“Your fragile body. Not mine.” Victoria poured more of the wine to replenish the already gone last shot. “And didn’t your own Moses and Noah, Abraham and Adam, didn’t they live to be nine hundred and some? Wouldn’t you like to prolong your life as they did?”

“How long?” Theodore asked. All fools want to live a moment longer, especially when they feel they are near the time of death, as Theodore felt he was.

“However long you want.”

“No.” Theodore was a man. “Dying is a part of life. Why prolong the inevitable?”

Victoria drank every last drop from her glass and then smashed it in the fire. “You are absolutely right.”

Victoria leaped to Theodore’s side and plunged a piece of broken glass into Theodore’s chest. She held his neck and twisted and turned the glass until it was embedded terribly deep. Theodore gasped at the pain.

“I‘ve pierced your lung. Within the hour, you will die.” Victoria released Theodore, and he fell to the floor on his chest, further embedding the glass.

“How does it feel?” Victoria taunted. “T o know you are a fragile being? A being whose life can be taken at any moment! Your precious God will take you whenever he wants, and no one can change his mind. My God is not like that. He makes me powerful and strong. I can prevent your God from taking you away.”

Victoria picked up another hot shard of glass and slit the palm of her hand. Before she was done making the burning incision, it had healed. Theodore was awed.

“I can take the pain away, Theodore. I can make it so pain can never come to you again…if you let me.”

I need to get cracking and upload my pictures from the Collingswood Book Fest! If you want a picture with yours truly, stop by 6 to 8 p.m. Friday October 16 at Bogart's Bookstore and Cafe!


http://www.bogartsbookstore.com/

See you soon!

Kristin

Kristin Live at Bogart Books!

Halloween People Cometh! If you're in the South Jersey area, stop by and say hello to Yours Truly 6 to 8 p.m. Friday October 16 at Bogart's Bookstore and Cafe!

http://www.bogartsbookstore.com/


I had a great time at the Collingswood Book Festival, so now it's time for more local haunts! Mark your October Calendars, and if you can't wait, don't forget you can pick up a paperback copy of The Vampire Family today on Amazon!

ISBN-10: 192664722X


We're also chatting live tomorrow Wednesday October 7 as part of the Eternal Press October release party and stopping by the EP Chat at Romance Junkies! I so love the opportunity to talk scares and books and literature and writing with fellow readers, writers, and fans! Join us!


Kristin

The Vampire Family Live!

Hello October Fans!

Remember this weekend you can stop by the Collingswood Book Festival and say a real life hello to myself and an autographed paperback copy of my Eternal Press horror novel The Vampire Family!


http://www.collingswoodbookfestival.com/


Now, I know, this is the one time you want to live in the New Jersey area! Never fear! This Halloween season you can find us in plenty of virtual locations as well. Here's a quick list, but remember, you can chat with us anytime and see a complete calendar of events at the Kristin Battestella Yahoo Group

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kristinbattestella


10/3 Collingswood Book Festival
10/7 Eternal Press Live Chat 9 p.m. Romance Junkies
10/7 EP Release Day Party at eternalpress.ca
10/13 Paranormal Day at the Eternal Press Authors Blog
10/16 Kristin's Book Signing at Bogart's Books!
10/19 EP Chat 8 p.m. at Night Owl Romance
10/20 Leigh Wood Guest Day at the Kristin Battestella Yahoo Group
10/23 EP Authors at The Haunt Yahoo Group


Yes, if you can't make it to the Collingswood Fest, don't forget you get a second chance to meet and greet with yours truly 6 to8 p.m. Friday october 16 at Bogart's Bookstore and Cafe in Millville, NJ.

http://www.bogartsbookstore.com/

See you soon!

Kristin

Book Festivals Cometh!

Greetings my fellow macabre readers!

Autumn has sprung, and it's time for The Vampire Family to meet all its adoring fans and fledglings at the 2009 Collingswood Book Festival Saturday October 3 for 10 to 4 p.m.! I hope to see you there!

http://www.collingswoodbookfestival.com/


If you live in the New Jersey, Eastern Pennsylvania, or Delaware area, the Collingswood Book Festival isn't far from you! Don't forget you can also catch me, Kristin Battestella signing paperback copies of The Vampire Family at Bogart's Bookstore in Millville, NJ October 16 from 6 to 9 p.m. Mark your Halloween countdown calendars now!

For a complete list of virtual and live-or undead- appearances, check out the Kristin Battestella Yahoo Group. You can also friend, follow, join, or otherwise socialize with us at any of the following locations:


http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kristinbattestella

http://myspace.com/kristinbattestella

http://www.facebook.com/kristin.battestella

http://kristin724.livejournal.com/

No blood necessary for participation in The Vampire Family events. Yet. Remember you can also find us anytime at our blog, open all night long from dusk til dawn. There you can purchase an ebook or paperback edition of The Vampire Family, read excerpts and interviews, find reviews, photos, and more!

http://vampfam.blogspot.com/

Vampires Don't Need Vacations!

Yes, folks, we're back from the dead with a slew of vampire fun to prove it! Get your Halloween delights on early this September with me and The Vampire Family. Get in the spirit this week with us at Kayden Mcleod's Paranormal ode to Eternal Press. Here's a sample:




Sadistic? Check. Domination? Check. Happiness?
Not for all.

Antonio Welshire accepts the mysterious Mestiphles' offer for vampiric power, but fails to consider that not all in his family desires evil. Daughter Victoria revels in the debauchery, but eldest daughter Samantha loathes the darkness. Charismatic rebel Gaston turns up to rival for Antonio's power; the vampire lover Jean can destroy them once and for all, and henchwoman Lilith seeks to supplant Antonio as Mestiphles' favorite. Who will be declared the victor? And in the end, though they've survived coven wars and persecutions since the 12th century, can The Vampire Family survive each other?

Killing his abusive parents isn't enough for Antonio Welshire. Rape and death follow him through his youth in the 12th Century-until a stranger named Mestiphles give Antonio unimaginable vampire powers. Fearful yet captivated by his allure, Antonio's adopted sisters Ann and Elizabeth share this gift with him and their children-Victoria, James, Samantha, and Stephen. Antonio is a cruel ruler , and after his defeat of the young rebel Gaston, Antonio struggles with Lilith-another magical pet also created by Mestiphles. Antonio's vampire family grows over the centuries, each vampire loving and losing vampire fledglings over time. Wars, persecutions come and go, but the family's troubles always stem from within. Elizabeth may be his wife, but Ann supplants her as Antonio's mistress. By the 20th century, Elizabeth has found love again-unfortunately her fledgling Jean shares Samantha's disdain for the vampire life. Will The Vampire Family self destruct before the 21st Century?


It may be afternoon, but here at The World of the Paranormal, we're always in the spirit of the night. So, Good Evening I say to all our Pale, spooky, and macabre friends! I'm ready for falling leaves, pumpkins, harvests, and Halloween-aren't you? Have autumn early with me and my 2008 Eternal Press release The Vampire Family!

For our complete paranormal fun, stop by http://kaydenmcleodparanormal.blogspot.com/

If it's sex and science fiction you're after, you can catch EP pal Leigh Wood with us too. Treat yourself to her naughty sf novel On The Way to New Isosceles this November or visit with us anytime at our blogs or The Kristin Battestella Yahoo Group

http://leighwood.blogspot.com
http://kristin724.livejournal.com
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kristinbattestella

Here's a quick list of where to find us virtually and even in the real world, if you are so inclined

9/1 Kristin at Kayden McLeod's Paranormal Blog
9/1 Leigh at the Eternal Press Author's Blog Erotica Day
9/3 EP at Fallen Angel Review Loop
9/8 Kristin at the Eternal Press Author's Blog Paranormal Day
9/8 EP Authors at Cover 2 Cover
9/9 Leigh at the Romance Bistro After Dark
9/12 New Jersey Writers Conference
9/15 Leigh Wood Day at the Kristin Battestella Yahoo Group

For more, check out the Calendar at the Kristin Battestella Yahoo Group. You can also follow, friend, subscribe, join, and all that magic at several social sites

http://myspace.com/kristinbattestella
http://www.facebook.com/kristin.battestella

And of course, we're open all night long at The Vampfam blog with interviews, reviews, excerpts, and a complete list of where to purchase The Vampire Family

http://vampfam.blogspot.com