So Halloween is just around the corner, and I’ll admit that as an Aussie, it’s the one holiday I wish we could steal! I love everything about the idea – of course, I love everything paranormal and dressing up, so it’s a win-win situation on both fronts.
It’s only been in recent years that signs of Halloween began creeping into Australian culture. I remember staying up at my mum’s two years ago on the Sunshine Coast and having kids come trick-or-treating. It was great fun, both for adults and children alike.
So what enthuses me most about the idea? It’s definitely the dressing up. It doesn’t matter what event it is, if there’s a dress theme, I’m there. One of the best things about attending the RWA conference each year is the themed cocktail party.
Of course, when it came to my birthday this year I wasn’t about to let an opportunity go past with… a Halloween theme!
And check out the cake! Yes, it was just as delicious as it looked.
So how does any of this tie in with writing romance? Well, as I write steampunk-romance, it’s all about the corsets, top hats, devices and goggles. The ultimate dress-up theme! Whether your intrepid heroine is sailing past a dirigible with her own clockwork wings and aviator helm, or – in my case – wielding a pressurised dart-gun as she tries to entice my wicked hero out of his velvet waistcoats, the one thing that is constant is the aesthetics.
Now I just need RWA to give me a steampunk theme so I can live out my fantasies in costume.
Hope you enjoyed my guest post! Leave a comment telling me what you’ll be dressing up as this year and you’ll be entered in my International giveaway!
KISS OF STEEL BY BEC MCMASTER – IN STORES SEPTEMBER 2012
A brilliantly creative debut where vampires, werewolves, and clockwork creatures roam the mist–shrouded streets of London…
When Nowhere is Safe
Most people avoid the dreaded Whitechapel district. For Honoria Todd, it’s the last safe haven. But at what price?
Blade is known as the master of the rookeries—no one dares cross him. It’s been said he faced down the Echelon’s army single–handedly, that ever since being infected by the blood–craving he’s been quicker, stronger, and almost immortal.
When Honoria shows up at his door, his tenuous control comes close to snapping. She’s so…innocent. He doesn’t see her backbone of steel—or that she could be the very salvation he’s been seeking.
A brilliantly creative debut where vampires, werewolves, and clockwork creatures roam the mist–shrouded streets of London…
When Nowhere is Safe
Most people avoid the dreaded Whitechapel district. For Honoria Todd, it’s the last safe haven. But at what price?
Blade is known as the master of the rookeries—no one dares cross him. It’s been said he faced down the Echelon’s army single–handedly, that ever since being infected by the blood–craving he’s been quicker, stronger, and almost immortal.
When Honoria shows up at his door, his tenuous control comes close to snapping. She’s so…innocent. He doesn’t see her backbone of steel—or that she could be the very salvation he’s been seeking.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Award-winning author Bec McMaster lives in a small town in Australia and grew up with her nose in a book. A member of RWA, she writes sexy, dark paranormals and steampunk romance. When not writing, reading, or poring over travel brochures, she loves spending time with her very own hero or daydreaming about new worlds. For more information, please visit www.becmcmaster.com/ or follow her on Twitter, @BecMcMaster.
Bec is giving away a copy of Kiss of Steel. This giveaway is open internationally. Read event rules and guidelines before entering.
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41 Comments:
I'm the one who stays home, watches all the little ones with their laughter and joy and give out the candy!
I would be dressing like Elizabeth Bennet! My friends and I, are going to a book party halloween! So, you have to dress as you favorite book character! (Ileana-rafflecopter)
Not this year (no plans), but I've had fun doing it in the past when I went to friend's parties. :)
One of the great thing about having kids, is watching them get dressed up for Halloween. This year Mary Poppins and a Chimney Sweep will be spotted roam around the house.
My group at work is doing a Peter Pan theme, and I will be the crocodile with the clock ticking in its stomach.
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Im planning to be Aphrodite. Or a fairy. Either one is fine with me. Was a vampire wayy too many times
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I am not dressing up. I usually don't. I take my son out trick n treating. Tore923@aol.com
I will be a flight attendant!
I don't usually go out or dress up, but we are having a party at work, so I'm going to pull out the feather boa and the lilac cowboy boots.
I am not dressing up this year. Not planning to go to any parties.
I want to dress up as a zombie fairy.
I haven't been to a costume themed party in many years. The last was a Halloween party given by my sister in law only a year before she passed away.
The group that always attended just lost any interest once she was gone.
I'm dressing up as a pumpkin and handing out candy.
I'd like to dress up but I probably won't go ahead this year.
I'm dressing up as a vampire
Quite sadly this year I won't be dressing up as anything even though this is my absolutely favorite holiday of the year. *sigh*
Those are some great pic's and costumes! The cake looked SO good!
Thank you for the chance to win! :)
DeAnna Schultz
Our family is thinking of dressing as Lego bricks.
a pirate
Damaris (Maris)
It is not really celebrated in Holland, though it is starting to. If I would be dressing up, it would be as a witch.
Well we don't celebrate in the South of France as well, but it would be so fun! Maybe in Fae? lol I don't know how it would be but it would be interesting.
My children will be a mummy and a puffin. I will try, as always, to be a mommy. sdylion(at)gmail(dot)com
Awesome Halloween themed guest post!
I'm not dressing-up this year (my last Halloween costume was a witch), but I'm going to help my younger cousin choose his costume tomorrow! He might go as Harry Potter :)
No Halloween for me. I'm in Australia. SOB!!!
Unless being a soccer mom counts nope I won't be dressing up this year!
I'm the one who stays home to hand out the candy. Problem is, we didn't get one trick or treater last year! So I'm not dressing up. But I will buy candy. And probably eat it myself :)
Hmmm I want to be a candy corn witch but I'll probably be a naughty/Nice Angel. :D
I'm still not sure, any ideas? Thanks for the giveaway!
Unfortunatelly we don't celebrate halloween in my country :/ Thank you for the international giveaway!
I don't usually like dressing up but for Halloween I make the effort occasionally...this year I'm going to dress up as a mummy - lots of TP and gruesome scars underneath! :-)
I think a geisha, if I'm going to a club :D otherwise I'll veg it out at home :D..
Thanks for making it international!
alinutza4u2004(at)yahoo(dot)co(dot)uk
I won't be dressing up, but I will be watching scary movies and eating lots of candy.
I won't be dressing up this year (haven't for awhile!). If I did, I think I'd be a pirate.
I'll be dressed as the Eleventh Doctor (Doctor Who) :D
I dont dress up, but my kids are being a cop and FBI agent.
We don't really celebrate Halloween but if we did I would be dressed a witch :)
Well, we don't celebrate Halloween where I live, though I think id'd be fun to dress up as a book! Yes, book *lol*.
fairy customs
thanks for the giveaway and happy halloween :)
In my country we don't celebrate Halloween, but I'd have dressed like a medieval girl, or maybe an elf. :)
Here, don't celebrate Halloween, but I'd have dressed as chipmunk. Haha. :D
I didnt dress up this year. i stayed home and hung out with my family
I didn't dress up this year but my little boys went as super heroes :)
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