The Hunted Book Tour

Hey guys, I have to apologise. I won't be posting as regularly as I usually do as I'm about to head off on a Eastern coast book signing tour between Cairns and Brisbane. I'll also be attending the Supanova - the biggest comic book convention in Australia, so I'm going to be crazy busy.
So if there are any fans who want to meet up with me along the way to have a chat or even bug me incessantly about the release of The Damned, feel free to stalk me at the following bookstores on the following dates:

Sunday 4/11/2012
Signing at Collins Bookstore, Mackay 10.00am – 12.00pm 
(Shop 13-14, Sydney Street markets, Cnr Sydney & Gordon Streets, Mackay)

Monday 5/11/2012
Signing at Another Story Bookstore/Café, Rockhampton 10.00am – 12.00pm
(2B Denham Street, Rockhampton)

Thursday 8/11/2012
Signing at Collins Booksellers, Morayfield 11.30am – 1.30pm
(Shop 62, Morayfield Shopping Centre, Morayfield road, Morayfield)

Friday 9/11/2012
Signing at Dymocks Bookstore, Chermside 10.00am - 12.00pm
(Shop 249 Westfield Shoppingtown, Cnr of Gympie & Hamilton roads, Chermside)

Saturday 10/11/2012
Supanova - RNA Showgrounds - all day long (next to the Dymocks stand)

Sunday 11/11/2012
Supanova - RNA Showgrounds - all day long (next to the Dymocks stand)

Monday 12/11/2012

Signing at Dymocks Bookstore, Carindale 10.00am – 12.00pm
(Shop 2008 Carindale Shopping Centre, Old Cleveland & Creed roads, Carindale)

I look forward to posting you all the details and photos when I get back!

Kristy :)

Awesome Author Blog Hop

Okay, so I’m a crazy person participating in yet another blog hop and on the same night that I already roll around with the Follow Friday crowd. But, I’m a big believer in trying new things and since I’ve been tagged as an awesome author, I’m not exactly going to say no, cause let’s face it, I am freaking awesome *shrieks with laughter*.

So the name of the game is to answer the five questions below and then tag another five awesome authors and hope the random spamming doesn’t encourage a slap on the forehead from my writer buddies.

Here we go:

What is the working title of your book?

I’m going to roll with my up and coming release “The Damned” for these questions.

Where did the idea come from for the book?

I’d already written The Hunted, the first in the series but naturally, my wayward fingers kept on going and before I knew it, a second novel was staring at me from my laptop screen. Freaky!

What genre does your book fall under?

Young adult horror

Which actors would you choose to play your characters in a movie rendition?

Okay, I’ve actually done a massive blog post on this before so I’m going to be lazy here and insert a link. There are just too many to write down!

And for the authors I have tagged:

James Garcia Jnr – author of “Dance on Fire” (Blog) @danceauthor

Madison Daniel – author of “Ember” (Blog) @MadisonDaniel13

Nicole Suzanne Brown – author of “Pride” (Blog) @Nicole_S_Brown

John Hundley – author of “The Draculata Nest” (Blog)

Alexia Purdy – author of “Ever Shade” (Blog) @AlexiaPurdy

Follow Friday #48

Happy Friday everyone!

Yes, it’s that time of week again where bloggers unite to participate in the Follow Friday venture. The idea behind #FF is to promote traffic to your own blog, make new friends with other like-minded bloggers and discuss new and interesting topics each week.

Participating is simple. First you need to follow my blog because I’m totally awesome, then you can follow me on Twitter @kristyberridge (actually you don’t have to do this, it’s wishful thinking), but do follow my blog or assassins will get you …

Then you must follow our illustrious hosts Rachel of http://www.parajunkee.com/ and Alison of http://www.alisoncanread.com/ If you want more details on how to enter your own blog in the follow and hop, all directions are on their webpages

Now, once you’ve followed, check out my answer to this week’s questions and don’t forget to leave a comment so I can do the right thing and follow you back!

This week's question: What is a deal breaker for you in a book? For example, do you abhor love triangles? Or can’t deal with bad editing?

My Answer: A shitty story line with so much irrelevant internalising or pointless plot that I want to shove a tooth pick in my eyeball. I hate that some books make me skip whole pages in favour of getting back on track, or worse still, you skip several pages and have missed absolutely nothing at all - a fair sign of a waffler!

Kristy :)