Braxton’s Fall Festival – What’s Happening Today?
Welcome to Braxton’s Fall Festival. Today we’re celebrating the launch of Haunted House Ghost with a thirty-one (31) day virtual festival, where we share the scoop on all the exciting book promotions coming up this month. Who’s ready for…
At the end of the 4th book, Mistaken Identity Crisis, something surprising happened, which forced Kellan to move out of the cottage at Danby Landing. Nana D offered him an alternative suggestion, and before you knew it, Kellan purchased The Old Grey Place from Judge Hiram Grey, the ruthless tyrant we’ve heard about but never met. No one’s inhabited the spooky old mini-mansion for decades, unless you count that pesky ghost a few well-respected citizens have claimed to see. While Kellan’s renovating the place over the summer, he begins to believe the rumors that it’s haunted. When the 5th book, Haunted House Ghost, opens, Kellan is preparing to move in as the Halloween season truly unfolds all around Braxton. The ghost makes himself or herself known to our beloved hero… will Kellan survive?
You voted in the poll to choose the house’s new name, which will appear in book six in 2020. The winner is…
Garzenwyck
We had a TIE. Since I originally chose the name Garzenwyck, it means that would break the tie… so the name of Kellan’s house stays as it was in book five, Haunted House Ghost. I love all the input from everyone. Thank you for all your clever word play too. Regarding the top runners-up, my thoughts include:
- Mystique Manor is cool, and I might be able to use that for something else in the future books.
- Greygrave Hall would work for the Grey estate in a future book too. Maybe Hiram Grey has something up his sleeves in book 6… which you might just find out about tomorrow.
Fun Fact About Where I’ve Lived
I was born in Florida. My parents were visiting my grandparents (who moved there when they retired young) and decided to stay. My family came from Long Island, New York, and have lived there since the 1700s, possibly earlier. They returned to Bethpage, New York when I was a very small child, which is where I grew up. I attended Moravian College in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. When I graduated, I moved back to Long Island and bought a house in Plainview, then moved back and forth between California and New York a few times before finally settling back in New York. In 2012, I decided to move into Manhattan (45 miles away) so that I didn’t have to commute to work every day (Madison Square Garden above Penn Station). I lived on the West Side for a few years before relocating to the East Side a few years ago. I’ve got the itch to move again, but it probably won’t happen for a couple of years. Until then, I leave you with a few photos of my current home with W and Baxter.
Foyer to the Apartment 
Living Room 
Living Room 
Hallway to Dining Room 
I have a green thumb! 
Part of Kitchen 
Dining Room 
A bedroom with Baxter 
Part of Terrace 
Too bad the season is over, this had tons of foliage and color during the summer 
Some plants are still flowering 
New fountain this year 
Staying green a bit longer 
These flowers always do well here 
View off one balcony 
So close to the water! 
The Outdoor Lounge
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The section below here will repeat at the end of every successive post, so we don’t have to explain the Fall Festival in the beginning each day. We’ll dive right into the content but also allow newcomers to catch up. Previous posts include…
October 1st – Overview & Kickoff
October 2nd – Great Escapes Book Blog Tour Kickoff
October 3rd – GIVEAWAY for FREE Kindle Copy of Haunted House Ghost
October 4th – Name Kellan’s House Poll
October 5th – Excerpt from Academic Curveball
October 6th – Guest Post: Interview with Noriko on Halloween & Autumn
October 7th – Get to Know the Core Characters
October 8th – Bookmarks, Book Formats, Book Signing
October 9th – Guest Post: Interview with Tyler & Characters
October 10th – GIVEAWAY for FREE Signed Copy of Haunted House Ghost
October 11th – Excerpt from Broken Heart Attack
October 12th – Guest Post: Shalini Releases the Characters Who Torture Us
October 13th – Get to Know the Supporting Characters
October 14th – Guest Post: Melanie Ask Jay About His Writing Process
October 15th – Braxton’s One Year Anniversary
October 17th – GIVEAWAY for FREE Kindle Version of Entire Braxton Campus Series
October 18th – Excerpt from Flower Power Trip
October 19th – Great Escapes Book Blog Tour Conclusion
October 20th – GIVEAWAY for FREE Audiobooks (Academic Curveball & Broken Heart Attack)
October 21st – Halloween Excitement (with pictures)
October 22nd – Get to Know the New Characters with a Video
October 23rd – Excerpt from Mistaken Identity Crisis
October 24th – GIVEAWAY for FREE Merchandise (Academic Curveball)
October 25th – Guest Post: Candace Prepares a Musical Playlist
October 26th – Get to Know Wharton County & Braxton (with a map)
October 27th – GIVEAWAY for FREE $25 Amazon Gift Card
October 28th – Excerpt from Haunted House Ghost
What is the Braxton Fall Festival?
For the entire month of October 2019, we are celebrating three events: (1) Autumn, (2) Halloween, (3) Haunted House Ghost, the fifth book released in the Braxton Campus Mysteries by author James J. Cudney. Each day, we will share a post to promote the new book with readers and fans. Throughout the 31 days, we will have guest posts, excerpts, giveaways, contests, videos, blog tours, and other surprises. You can currently purchase the book from Amazon as a Kindle or a physical copy. In the near future, it will be available in large print and as an audiobook. To learn more, sign up for the author’s quarterly newsletter or follow him on this site and any of his social media profiles from the About the Author page.
Beautiful home ❤️
Thank you.
You have a lovely home Jay. Thanks for sharing your pictures with us.
Hi. Thank you. I appreciate it. I figured it’s good for people to see more about me and my life!
Fantastic home!! Very cute inside and out, a warm, welcoming place to live!! Love the photos!!
I appreciate it. I love my place, and it’s very inviting… everyone always wants to stay! LOL But, I want to move into a house again soon. I need more space. 🙂
Wow, I am jealous of the windows in that living room, the color of the wall behind the bookcase and the terrace! You really do have a green thumb.
The windows are great – so much light… helps the plants. I talk to them too. I might be losing my mind some days.
I tend to like darker colors, so we had to balance it… can’t be too goth! LOL
How gorgeous it looks! I’m super jealous! Hey, you gotta let me stay and hang a little bit over there when I ever visit NY city! lol
Looking forward to that trip! 🙂 Thank you.