Monica Fairview, Author

I was putting together the ingredients to make pumpkin cream cheese muffins and I wondered about something I didn't think about before which was: The essence of Halloween is dressing up as something you're not, right? It's also associated with pumpkins and jack-o-lanterns, right. So Cinderella has to be the perfect Halloween story. A pumpkin that magically transforms into a carriage, and a young woman in rags who impersonates a princess. Strange, really, when you think about it. Was Cinderella meant to be a Halloween story? Apparently not, not when you look at the origins. Anyway, I just thought I'd share a children's Halloween poem I wrote a while ago and pushed to the bottom of my bottomless drawer of scribbles. If you'd like to share, please do, but don't forget to mention my name and link back to this blog : ) Halloween Poem by Monica Fairview Wandering down the ghoulish street looking for a trick or treat past the cobwebs, high and...

Well, it's finally here! Today is launch day, and to celebrate there are a few things going on The Official Launch Party and Grand Giveaway at AustenProse So please come and join us to find out more about what Steampunk Darcy is all about I'm also visiting at Buckeye Girl Reads where I have 10 snippets of information about Steampunk Darcy that you might want to read. For another chance to win an e-book head over to read yesterday's interview and enter the Rafflecopter at My Jane Austen Book Club And you still have a chance of winning a paperback copy of Steampunk Darcy at Goodreads Goodreads Book Giveaway Steampunk Darcy by Monica Fairview Giveaway ends October 17, 2013. See the giveaway details at Goodreads. Enter to win

Just thought I'd give you the thumbs up for my new Goodreads Giveaway. It starts in five days to coincide with the release of Steampunk Darcy, so don't forget to mark your calendars and spread the news.   Goodreads Book Giveaway Steampunk Darcy by Monica Fairview Giveaway ends October 17, 2013. See the giveaway details at Goodreads. Enter to win

The competition for a copy of Steampunk Darcy on Goodreads was very fierce. I am therefore planning to have another Giveaway very soon. I'll announce it again here. The winner was Eszter Ketesz from Transylvania, Romania. Congratulations, Eszter!! For those of you who want to know a bit more about Steampunk (and even if you don't), here's a great video depicting different aspects of Steampunk. You might want to skip some of the initial commentary, especially since the video is so long, but it does a good job giving a sense of the various aspects of the genre as well as its international dimensions.