Book Signing – C.A.Milson

I don’t often do book signings. Mainly because I get as nervous s a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs 🙂 So you can imagine how nervous I felt leading up to my book signing yesterday.

Nerves – public appearances. For a moment I had the image of my first public appearance as an author. It was 2009, in Samara, Russia. When I gave a talk to a room full of students. Needless to say, that first time bombed in an epic way, and that one though came back to haunt me yesterday. 😦

Thankfully, those nerves hit the highway after a good friend gave me a pep talk, and away I went 🙂

The signing in itself was pretty cool. Joining me was the antagonist of The Chosen Series, Jamiesonn (played by Scott Reid), the ASJ Publishing street team (Zara and Rochelle), and fellow author Danielle M. Maistry.

C.A. with Melissa

When it comes to horror, one is never too old to be a fan 🙂

Jamiesonn prepares another vic 🙂

Even the staff of Dymocks even in on the fun 🙂

Awkward pose lol

Signing

C.A.with Vicky

C.A. with Jamiesonn

Even the street team are not safe from Jamiesonn 🙂

Dymocks Bookstore – Book Signing

If you live in Melbourne’s Western Suburbs, then come meet author, Danielle M. Maistry. 

Danielle will be autographing copies of her book, Port Arthur at Dymocks Bookstore at Watergardens Shopping Centre on Saturday January 23rd, from 12.00PM til 2PM.

Save the date, and rock on down 🙂

The Students Sold Us Secrets Book Blog Tour

Title: The Students Sold Us Secrets
Author: Lee J Mavin
Series: Volume 1
Hosted by: Beautiful Promotions

– Blurb –

No one is safe! The school has become a war-zone and the innocent are turning fast! A brave and nameless teacher has collected some awful and disturbing documents from some ghastly students. These are their stories and they will shock and amaze both teacher and student. But they haven’t been given away for free. This terrified individual has paid a hefty price to get the truth and is paying for it, with his freedom. In his report he states: ‘If you are considering a career in teaching I would advise against it completely. It has become a profession far more dangerous than a police officer or even an army soldier in open war.’ ‘I’m risking my life giving you this information, but I feel you need to know the truth. On the surface these children appear innocent and well-mannered but it is inside where their darkness dwells.’ The Students Sold Us Secrets Volume 1 is the first collection of short stories from the writer that brought you Reverse the Universe, Lee J Mavin, and will take you down a path you never thought existed. It’s packed with twelve short stories, all equally alarming and unsettling, as well as a secret report written by an undercover teacher.

GET YOUR COPY NOW!!! ONLY $4.99!!

Lee J Mavin previously published a collection of poetry titled Reverse The Universe: collected poems and unused lyrics and has also published a children’s novel titled The Diary Of A 7th Grade Hybrid. This year he will be publishing more mad fiction in the form of a wicked a weird fantastic adventure titled The Intergalactic Custody Battle and the book he has always wanted to finish, also another young adult novel without a title yet.

He is currently enrolled at Sydney University as a Ph.D. in Arts and teaches ESL and Japanese between shots of caffeine to keep him awake.

He sneaks as much writing he can in between lessons, it helps to ease the pain. He has started a series of stories titled “The Students Sold Us Secrets Volume One” with ASJ Publishing. Volume 2 to the series is out now!

He is also kept on his toes by his feisty wife and five year old daughter both of whom are Chinese. They like to let me know how bad my Chinese is on a daily basis.

Survey

If C.A. Milson was to do a book tour, would you:
1. Be inclined to attend the event?
2. How far would you travel to meet the author?
3. Would you be more likely to purchase the book from a bookstore as to online?
4. What city do you live?
5. Would you bring a friend to the book signing?

Thank you for your valuable input.

Celebrity Dinner

Thank you to those who have answered YES on a previous post.

For those who have read the excerpts of The Chosen, you can now pre-order limited Autographed paperback copies of The Chosen in Russian. The Chosen is also available as E-Book from my website

As part of my Book Tour of Russia and New Zealand, I am giving TWO people the opportunity to win a Celebrity Date with me.

One Winner will be selected from the former USSR, and Another Winner will be selected from New Zealand.

Winner from the former USSR will get to have an evening with C.A.Milson which includes Dinner and a Night out, an Autographed copy of The Chosen in paperback, and be a featured host on my upcoming YouTube Project, Russian Urban Legends

For New Zealand entrants, One Winner will get to accompany me to the All Blacks Vs Australia Rugby game on Sept 19th at Westpac Stadium, Wellington and be a featured host on my You Tube Project, New Zealand Urban Legends

Two other Runners up will each receive a $50 Gift Voucher.

How To enter: Purchase the The Chosen direct from my web, and make sure to leave your contact name and details in a post on my website. (Details will not be made public unless asked)

To be in the Draw, Contestants need to purchase the E-Book by clicking  THIS link

Winner’s name selected at random and winner announced on here on May 30th 2009.

Virtual Book Tour – December 08/January 09.

Hi everyone!

With the Tour Stops changing frequently, I have added a Google Calendar which you can access by typing “AuthorCAMilson” in the search form on Google.

The following is a list of my updated Tour Stops for December 08/January 09:

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On December 1st catch my interview at J.K. Coi.com.
http://jkcoi.blogspot.com

J.K. Coi
The Immortal Series…Immortals to Die For
The Trouble With Destiny…October, 2008

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On December 3rd, I am a guest speaker at Nayanova University, Samara, Russia. Where I will be talking to students about my travels and writing.

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Stop by Book Talk with J&J on December 6th and catch my interview. One commentor will win an E-Book of The Chosen.
http://booksbypickles.blogspot.com

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On December 7th I catch up with Kim Smith, Author of the Shannon Wallace Mysteries on BlogTalkRadio. Listen in on BlogTalkRadio
11am Central US time
9pm Samara, Russia
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/kims

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The festive season keeps coming. Catch my radio interview on Elemental Musings on December 14th.
The broadcast is at 7 p.m. Mountain time (8 p.m. Central/9 p.m. Eastern).
6am Samara, Russia
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/scribequill
http://www.nowlive.com/scribequill

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On December 15th and 16th I check in with Brian at The New Author
http://the-new-author.blogspot.com/

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On December 18th, I catch up again with Kim Smith, and we chat about her new exciting novel Avenging Angel.
https://authorcamilson.wordpress.com

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On January 8th I stop by Author Promoting Authors.
http://authorspromotingauthors.blogspot.com

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On January 20th I will be Interviewed & Guest Blogger at The Deadly Vixens
http://www.thedeadlyvixens.com/

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Also in late January I will be doing a Book Signing in Samara, Russia.

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Updated Virtual Tour Information

Hi everyone!

With the Tour Stops changing from week to week, I have added a Google Calendar which you can access by using the Public Search section of Google Calendars. Just type in “AuthorCAMilson” in the search box.

The following is a list of my updated Tour Stops:

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Catch my interview on The Dark Phantom website with Mayra Calvani.
http://www.TheDarkPhantom.wordpress.com

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On November 19th, I am interviewed by Alisa Krasnostein from Australian Specfic In Focus.
http://www.asif.dreamhosters.com/doku.php

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But don’t go too far. On December 1st catch my interview at J.K. Coi.com.
http://jkcoi.blogspot.com

J.K. Coi
The Immortal Series…Immortals to Die For
The Trouble With Destiny…October, 2008

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Stop by Book Talk with J&J on December 6th and catch my interview. One commentor will win an E-Book of The Chosen.
http://booksbypickles.blogspot.com

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On December 7th I catch up with Kim Smith, Author of the Shannon Wallace Mysteries on BlogTalkRadio. Listen in on BlogTalkRadio
11am Central US time
9pm Samara, Russia
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/kims

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The festive season keeps coming. Catch my radio interview on Elemental Musings on December 14th.
The broadcast is at 7 p.m. Mountain time (8 p.m. Central/9 p.m. Eastern).
6am Samara, Russia
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/scribequill
http://www.nowlive.com/scribequill

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On January 8th I stop by Author Promoting Authors.
http://authorspromotingauthors.blogspot.com

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Don’t forget to check back often for updates.

Interviews and blog stops will also be upcoming at the following websites:

Matthew Cory. Author of Like Glass
http://chocolatefordogs.com

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Virtual Book Tour

C.A. Milson will be on his VBT from November 2008 through February 2009.

Catch up with the Horror Novelist as he is a guest blogger and interviewed on various websites.

VIRTUAL TOUR

I will be on the Virtual Book Tour de ‘Net on Oct 27.

Also catch my interview with Karina Fabian on http://www.virtualbooktourdenet.blogspot.com

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Bitten by Books is going to be hosting the Haunted Blog Carnival from October 27th through November 2nd on their paranormal fiction review site: http://bittenbybooks.com
As well as their sister site: http://weirdstuffinmydesk.com.

Catch up with The Haunted Blog Carnival and be in to win a copy of The Chosen. 10 Winners will be selected at random from each site.

http://bittenbybooks.com/?p=1364

Stop by and join in the fun!

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In first part of November catch my interview on The Dark Phantom website with Mayra Calvani.
http://www.TheDarkPhantom.wordpress.com

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But don’t go too far. On December 1st catch my interview at J.K. Coi.com.

http://jkcoi.blogspot.com/

J.K. Coi
The Immortal Series…Immortals to Die For
The Trouble With Destiny…October, 2008

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Stop by Book Talk with J&J on December 6th and catch my interview. One commentor will win an E-Book of The Chosen.

http://booksbypickles.blogspot.com/

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The festive season keeps coming. Catch my radio interview on Elemental Musings on December 14th. The broadcast is at 7 p.m. Mountain time (8 p.m. Central/9 p.m. Eastern).
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/scribequill
http://www.nowlive.com/scribequill

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Also in December I catch up with Kim Smith, Author of Avenging Angel on BlogTalkRadio. Listen in as Kim and I talk about all things Horror!

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/kims

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