And so it begins: NanoWriMo

First let me start off by saying "OMG is it really already November?!"  I had a BLAST last night watching Ghost Hunters Live in Buffalo!!  It was awesome, and I'm so excited to see Kris Williams on Ghost Hunters International next season, though I will miss seeing her on the regular Ghost Hunters show.  Saw Adam Berry (the newest team member) in action for the first time last night and I love him!  He's so cute and has a great personality.  Oh, and best of all, my favorite Ghost Hunter was here, in my city, filming live: Barry Fitzgerald!  I just love him.  He is so smart, plus he has that sexy Irish accent ;)  And he's always talking about theories about different paranormal things..  Which I'm into.  Because I'm kind of a ghost nerd.  Not like YA paranormal ghosty stuff.  But like real ghosty stuff (if you believe in that, of course).

Now on to the reason for this post:

November means National Novel Writing Month!  I feel crazy for signing up, seeing as I've been way too busy with school all October.  But hey..maybe November will be different.  I'm going to try really hard to write 50,000 words!  My story is going to be based a little bit on my time in France, and it will take place primarily in the beautiful city I lived in, La Rochelle.  My name at nanowrimo.org is tomgirl571, so feel free to add me as a writing buddy :)

Have a "Great" Monday (if Mondays even can be great..)!

Happy Halloween! My Giveaway Winners Announced!

Happy Happy Happy Halloween!!  This is one of my favorite holidays because I'm such a sucker for bad B-rated horror movies.  Plus, Ghost Hunters Live is on tonight, and they will be in MY city, the beautiful Buffalo, NY!  Don't forget to tune in at 7PM EST on SyFy if you live in the States :)

Congratulations to my giveaway winners!  This was my first giveaway and I had so much fun with it :)  There will definitely be more in the future!

Book 1, Ghost Hunting: True Stories of Unexplained Phenomena from the Atlantic Paranormal Society goes to:

Vivien!

Book 2, Seeking Spirits: The Lost Cases of the Atlantic Paranormal Society goes to:

Jasmine1485!

I have emailed both of you.  If I don't here back from the winners, I'll go back to random.org and pick new winners :)

My First (Halloween!) Giveaway + Ghost Hunters in Buffalo!

I've been wanting to do my very first giveaway for a while now, and I think this is the PERFECT opportunity!  As some of you may know, my all-time favorite TV show ever, which I'm officially obsessed with, is a show on SyFy called "Ghost Hunters".  It follows members of TAPS, or The Atlantic Paranormal Society, on ghost investigations around the country.  What I love the most about this show is their method.  They try to prove ghosts through science and go into every house/building with the intent of disproving the haunting.  This way, anything they pick up that can possibly be caused by something besides the paranormal is thrown out as evidence.

I freaked out two years ago when Ghost Hunters came to Buffalo in TWO episodes.  Three I guess if you count that winery in Appleton, NY (which has excellent wine, by the way)....  And I freaked out even more when the newest member of the team, Adam Berry, announced on Twitter that the live Halloween episode (which has been going on for years-every Halloween the investigation is broadcast live in SyFy for a few hours!) was going to take place in my beloved city of Buffalo.  At the Central Terminal, which is very near and dear to my heart.  My mom grew up right down the street from it and my dad used to drive us to the (scary) East Side of Buffalo just to look at it. 

So, tune in to SyFy on October 31st, or watch from syfy.com. 

Now for the GIVEAWAY!!

In honor of Ghost Hunters filming live on Halloween in my city, I am going to be giving away the first two books that Jason and Grant from the show wrote.  They have some of their most chilling stories of investigations they've done since starting TAPS ages ago.  Book One is called Ghost Hunting: True Stories of Unexplained Phenomena from the Atlantic Paranormal Society.  Book Two is called Seeking Spirits: The Lost Cases of the Atlantic Paranormal Society.  Whether you believe in ghosts or not, these true stories will really freak you out!  I still get spooked at night when I think about these experiences.

There will be TWO winners for this giveaway.  Each winner will win either Book One or Book Two.  This giveaway IS INTERNATIONAL.  You do NOT need to be a follower to enter.  All you need to do to enter is either leave a comment with your email address or (if you don't want your email public on my page) send me an email with the subject "Giveaway" with your name and email address.  I will put each entry into a list based on when you enter and then the two winners will be chosen from random.org.  You can only enter once.  Giveaway ends on October 30 and I will announce the two winners on October 31st, Halloween!

Feel free to share this giveaway with anyone you think might be interested!  And if you live in the US, don't forget to watch Ghost Hunters live in Buffalo, NY on October 31st at 7 PM!