Saturday, December 29, 2012
Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Merry Christmas!
Anyway, Merry Christmas to all of you! Peace on Earth. Good will toward men. I hope your holiday has been storybook!
Saturday, December 22, 2012
Thursday, December 20, 2012
happy birthday Blood Betrayal! It's your official release day
Thanks to everyone who supported me on my journey to publication!! you all are awesome!!
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
just an FYI
December 17 Interview
Roxanne’s Realm
December 19 Feature
Victoria Danann
December 27 Interview
Books & Other Spells.
December 29 Interview
Creatively Green
December 31 Guest blog
Fang-tastic Books
topic: new year resolutions for a vampire
January 2 Interview and review
Paranormal Book Club !!!
January 6 Guest blog
Reading Between the Wines
January 7 Guest blog and review
The Book Nympho
January 8 Promo and review
Paranormal Opinion
January 9 Interview and review
Little Read Riding Hood
January 10 Guest blog and review
Words of Wisdom from The Scarf Princess
January 11 Promo
SMARTMOUTHTEXAN
January 12 Promo
January 12 review
For The Love Of Film And Novels
January 13 Guest blog
Reginamayross's Blog
January 14 review
Cloey's Book Reviews and Other Stuff
I'm giving away a big ol bag of swag including a Kindle on the tour so please follow along!
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Monday, December 17, 2012
so there I was on Monday when I saw THIS in the mail
Saturday, December 15, 2012
Thursday, December 13, 2012
Welcome Jessica Mc Quay, author of Black Moon!!
I am so excited to welcome Jessica Mc Quay author of Black Moon to my little patch of the internet!
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Hi Jessica and welcome! Congratulations on your release. It
is fantastic!!
~Thank you for the
warm welcome and I’m so happy that you enjoyed the story so much.
1)What was your inspiration for Black Moon?
~The paranormal genre
as a whole was my inspiration really. My imagination has always been my escape.
I’ve had stories brewing since childhood. LOL!
2)You write from 1st and 3rd person,
which I found fascinating. Was that difficult?
~It was definitely
tricky. But it was fun too. It helped though because it was like I was writing
two different stories that converged at the end. I had fun with it and I plan
on toying around with the idea again in another book in this series. =)
3)Your world building is incredible. I felt like I was truly
in the book. Do you feel like you have a special connection to nature or just a
vivid imagination?
~Thank you. It makes
me happy knowing you felt that way while reading the story because that is what
I set out in hopes of accomplishing. I don’t know that I have a special
connection with nature, but I do find beauty in many things. Couple that with a
vivid and active imagination and Varulean emerges. =)
4)I love the friendship between Paige and Naialah. It seems there is more
there. Not to be a spoiler but where do you predict that will go?
~I don’t want to give
anything away, but their relationship does progress in the second book. The
things I only hinted at in Black Moon will move into new territory for book 2.
Territory that is unexplored for Paige and very new to her. This relationship
is one that has come under scrutiny and questioning after people read the
story. Mostly because there are a lot of questions left up in the air and some
confusion about their feelings for one another. I do that for a number of
reasons. This is all new for Paige. She is going through a LOT of changes in
this story and questioning her growing attraction is one of them. I don’t push
the love interest because it wasn’t what I wanted the focus of this story to be
about. Book 2 shifts into it a bit more with some added…fun. ;-)
5)Tell me about your writing routine. Do you do anything in
particular to help you write?
~I don’t really have a
routine. I usually brainstorm a little before each writing session on regular
ol’ notebook paper. LOL! Then, I put on some music and get to business.
6)What inspires you?
~Music. Music, music,
music and more music. LOL! I have to listen to whatever my mood fancies at the
time I’m writing in order to get into writing mode. Reading, writing and listening
to and/or playing music make me a very happy camper.
7) Tell me about your road to publication. How hard was it
for you?
~The plain and simple
is that it was tough. Very tough. The road to publication is 99% rejection.
You’re told over and over and over again that you aren’t good enough. It’s a
journey about learning exactly who you are as a person. Figuring out how much
you can take and what you can hold up against. It makes you question yourself,
your story and whether or not you’re meant to go down this path. I discovered a
lot about myself. But more importantly was that it reaffirmed my dream. No
matter how many tears I cried, I wanted to be a published writer. So I kept at
it and after just under 2 years of trying, someone said Yes.
8) Any one thing in particular that kept you writing if you
had disappointments?
~My husband. His constant encouragement pushed me forward.
It still does.
9) How do you manage stress?
~Have I mentioned
music yet? =P And zumba. Which is just more music with dancing added. LOL!
10) What are you working on now?
~Book 2 in the Paige
Tailor Series! I am about 70% done. But there is still a lot of work to do.
Pushing for an end of 2013/beginning of 2014 release.
11) Any advice for writers? Or words of encouragement?
~Never give up. No
matter what anyone tells you, keep pushing forward. Remember, all it takes is
one Yes.
12) Silly question…what is your favorite holiday show or
movie?
~A Christmas Story is my favorite movie, but I also have a
favorite holiday cartoon and its Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.
Black Moon
Paige Tailor Series Book One
Jessica is graciously doing a buunch of giveaways all throughout her tour so please follow along!
Thanks again for joining me here, Jessica! It was a blast.
Good luck with your book. It’s truly awesome!
~Thank you so much for
having me, I really appreciate it. And it was FUN!
You're welcome!!!
A little about Jessica including where to find her...
And about BLACK MOON
About the Author:
There were three
things Jessica loved to do growing up; reading, writing and playing music. She
discovered her love for writing at a young age, when she realized she could
create anything she wanted with words. Jessica lives in Sacramento, CA with her
husband, four children, a goldfish named Sparkle and their cat, Talula. When
she isn't working on the next Paige Tailor novel, taking her children to one
activity or another, or folding the never ending laundry of a six person family,
Jessica enjoys playing her clarinet in the community band, reading while
enjoying a cup of coffee or heading to the theater and catching a movie with
her husband.
"Am I losing
my mind?"
Paige couldn't help but question her sanity. What other explanation could there be for her hearing a conversation held barely above a whisper in the back of a classroom full of students? What about coming home to find one of those very classmates lying in wait in the darkness of her home, ready to attack her?
Confused, frustrated and feeling every ounce of her social ostracism, Paige confides in the one person she's always been able to count on: her mom. But when her mom reveals a deeply rooted, unbelievable family secret, Paige discovers her world is filled with more than she ever imagined possible. A world where fairytales live alongside nightmares and secrets are the glue that binds them together. Suddenly no one is who they seem and Paige is faced with more questions than answers. Can she survive in a world filled with creatures scarier than anything she could imagine and where deceit runs as thick as blood? Or will the truth send her over the edge?
Paige couldn't help but question her sanity. What other explanation could there be for her hearing a conversation held barely above a whisper in the back of a classroom full of students? What about coming home to find one of those very classmates lying in wait in the darkness of her home, ready to attack her?
Confused, frustrated and feeling every ounce of her social ostracism, Paige confides in the one person she's always been able to count on: her mom. But when her mom reveals a deeply rooted, unbelievable family secret, Paige discovers her world is filled with more than she ever imagined possible. A world where fairytales live alongside nightmares and secrets are the glue that binds them together. Suddenly no one is who they seem and Paige is faced with more questions than answers. Can she survive in a world filled with creatures scarier than anything she could imagine and where deceit runs as thick as blood? Or will the truth send her over the edge?
Black MoonPaige Tailor Series Book One
Jessica McQuay
Genre: YA/NA
Paranormal Fantasy
ISBN: 1936185741
Number of pages:
240
Cover Artist:
Miriam Grunhaus
Book Trailer: http://youtu.be/YapSh2lxRnc
Jessica is graciously doing a buunch of giveaways all throughout her tour so please follow along!
Tour Wide Giveaway
3 Small Book Swag Packages including a $10
amazon.com gift card, bookmark, bracelets, notebook, and other fun
reading/writing related items. At least 5 items in each package. Open to US
Shipping
3 Signed Paperback Copies of Black Moon open to US
Shipping
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Link to grab code
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Sunday, December 9, 2012
Please visit author Tory Michaels blog tomorrow!
you might remember Tory from her visits here and her awesome Dreamwalkers series available from Evernight Publishers.
Saturday, December 8, 2012
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
The Next Big Thing
My awesome fiancé and fellow author Scott Baker invited me to be a part of The Next Big Thing. The Next Big Thing
is a blog tour in which the invited author answers a set of questions about
his/her latest work, gives a shout out to the author who offered the
initiation, and then tags five other authors to participate (you can see my
selected authors at the end).
So without further adieu, below are my answers to The Next Big Thing interview tour. Enjoy. And please be sure to visit my colleagues' blogs to see how they answer.
What is the working title of your next book?
Death Hunter
Where did the idea come from for the book?
Like all my ideas, it came out of the blue. I was watching a show about terrorism and I thought, what would terrorism against vampires be like and then it just rolled from there.
What genre does your book fall under?
Urban Fantasy
Which actors would you choose to play your characters in a movie rendition?
Alexander Skarsgard would play Reinhard Heydrich, Patrick Wilson would play Eamon Rutherford and Amanda Seyfried would play Amelie Rutherford
What is the one-sentence synopsis of your book?
The vampire world will either be revealed or wiped out by blood and the death hunter.
Will your book be self-published or represented by an agency?
Neither. It will be published by Cambridge Press US, an imprint of Charles River Press
How long did it take you to write the first draft of your manuscript?
Still working!
What other books would you compare this story to within your genre?
wow, that’s tough to say.
Who or what inspired you to write this book?
I think my love of history fed my desire to write this. That and the encouragement of my fiancé Scott Baker.
What else about your book might pique the reader’s interest?
So without further adieu, below are my answers to The Next Big Thing interview tour. Enjoy. And please be sure to visit my colleagues' blogs to see how they answer.
What is the working title of your next book?
Death Hunter
Where did the idea come from for the book?
Like all my ideas, it came out of the blue. I was watching a show about terrorism and I thought, what would terrorism against vampires be like and then it just rolled from there.
What genre does your book fall under?
Urban Fantasy
Which actors would you choose to play your characters in a movie rendition?
Alexander Skarsgard would play Reinhard Heydrich, Patrick Wilson would play Eamon Rutherford and Amanda Seyfried would play Amelie Rutherford
What is the one-sentence synopsis of your book?
The vampire world will either be revealed or wiped out by blood and the death hunter.
Will your book be self-published or represented by an agency?
Neither. It will be published by Cambridge Press US, an imprint of Charles River Press
How long did it take you to write the first draft of your manuscript?
Still working!
What other books would you compare this story to within your genre?
wow, that’s tough to say.
Who or what inspired you to write this book?
I think my love of history fed my desire to write this. That and the encouragement of my fiancé Scott Baker.
What else about your book might pique the reader’s interest?
This and the book before have a rather evil person that I
have reincarnated as a vampire. I’ve chosen Reinhard Heydrich as a pivotal
character. Writing him is strange because he is a real person but I don’t
portray him as totally evil. Like in life, I don’t think he only had one side,
although the more sinister one showed the most.
Here are the next authors I am tagging:
Laura Diamond who is an awesome writer and a psychiatrist too!
Carol VanAtta who is a fellow author at Cambridge Press US. Check her out!
Ash Krafton an amazing author who writes with Pink Narcissus Press.
Cate Peace one of the most epic people I know (and I know some epic people)
Kittie Howard a terrific Southern Lady in every sense of the word!
quickie GIVEAWAY!
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
today is the day! Blood Betrayal is out in paperback!
Monday, December 3, 2012
BUSY month!
Saturday, December 1, 2012
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Monday, November 26, 2012
life is good...usually. but it really is good.
in all of this I try and tell myself at least my wallet didn't get stolen(again) so that is the bright side.
whoever has my ring, I hope you get what you truly deserve. you broke my heart.
Saturday, November 24, 2012
and then there was THIS!
also, I found out that Blood Betrayal will be released on December 20th. one day before the alleged end of the world so take advantage of that!
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Saturday, November 3, 2012
Friday, November 2, 2012
Happy Launch Day for New Pride by Laura Diamond!
New Town, New Love, New Terror
I am sooo excited to help my friend and awesome author launch her novelette New Pride!! it is the prequel for her soon to released novel Shifting Pride, which comes out December 7th. Please check it out. you won't be disappointed!!
In SHIFTING PRIDE, the main character, Nickie, searches for
her missing father, Richard…and NEW PRIDE is all about Richard’s journey to
independence and new love.
A shape-shifter without a pride, Richard Leone strikes a
tenuous friendship with power hungry, Derek, from an unstable, rogue group. On
a hunt in the forest, they encounter a gorgeous brunette, Molly, partying with
friends around a campfire. Derek tells the rogue pride and they bristle at
humans trespassing on their territory. Richard risks life and tail to protect
his secret and the humans—especially Molly—while simultaneously trying to win
her heart. When Molly is kidnapped, he faces taking on the rogue pride alone,
but quickly finds he has to put his trust in Derek, not only to rescue his new
love, but to ensure the rogue pride doesn’t wreak havoc on his new town.
Sounds GREAT!!!
About Laura
Laura Diamond is a
board certified psychiatrist and author of all things young adult paranormal,
dystopian, horror, and middle grade. Her short story, City of Lights and Stone, is in the Day of Demons anthology by Anachron Press (April 2012) and her apocalyptic
short story, Begging Death is in the Carnage: Life After the End anthology by
Sirens Call Publication (coming late 2012). Her debut young adult paranormal
romance, SHIFTING PRIDE, is coming December 2012 by Etopia Press. When she's
not writing, she is working at the hospital, blogging at Author
Laura Diamond--Lucid Dreamer
, and renovating her 225+ year old fixer-upper mansion. She is also full-time
staff member for her four cats and a Pembroke Corgi named Katie.
How to find Laura Diamond on the web:
Twitter: http://twitter.com/diamondlb
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/laura.diamond.52
Facebook Author Page: http://www.facebook.com/AuthorLauraDiamond
Amazon.com Author Page: http://www.amazon.com/Laura-Diamond/e/B009Y7L432/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_pop_8
Website: www.AuthorLauraDiamond.com
Thursday, November 1, 2012
my trip to Spooky Empire and geek out moment
so if you watch The Walking Dead, you know that man next to me is actor IronE Singleton, who plays T Dog on TWD. I'll get back to this pic in a sec. last weekend my boyfriend, author Scott M. Baker, and I went to the Spooky Empire Horror Convention in Orlando. it was awesome. we had the best time checking out all the horror related stuff. as a former costumer I was amazed by some of the con goer's costumes. I was blown away. one of the highlights of the con for me was listening to author RL Stine talk about writing. he talked about his Goosebumps series and his new book Red Rain.
Check out his book Rotter World from Permuted Press at www.permutedpress.com
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
going over proofs with the world's tiniest comb
have a spooktacular Halloween!
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Saturday, October 27, 2012
so there I was goofing off when I discovered I missed Vladimir Putin's birthday
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Saturday, October 20, 2012
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Sunday, October 14, 2012
so why aren't there flame throwers in zombie stories?
as an author, I ask readers to suspend their sense of disbelief when they start reading my stories. it's part of a trust between a reader and an author. however I guess I'm not going to be able to do that with the zombies. probably because they scare something in me that I can't let go of my always planning on how I would deal with something like that. it doesn't happen with vampires or werewolves. I guess I like those paranormal creatures too much.
Saturday, October 13, 2012
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Sunday, October 7, 2012
Prague, Heydrich and me
anyway, I've been wanting to write about my trip over there because the tour for me had many purposes. one, it fed the hungry history nerd in me. I got to see places that the average person doesn't see. and I saw places that I only had seen in books. especially the books I had been reading in my research for my second and third installations in my series The Primigenio Tales. the main purpose the tour served was to help me to come to terms with writing about such an evil person who was real. I have been driving myself nuts with guilt and other mixed emotions while writing him as a main character. I've had to create a vampire version of a reviled person from history but also someone who was known as "papa" to his children. oddly enough I felt a great deal of worry about how his descendants would feel about me choosing to use him as a fictional character. would they think I was just using him to make a buck? and would people vilify me for taking someone who was so notorious and making him into a complex and sometimes even likable character? all that remains to be seen but seeing the places he lived and touching things he was part of helped me come to terms with him and his place in my books' universe. also seeing the horrific things he was part of helped remind me of what he dedicated his life to.
Saturday, October 6, 2012
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Monday, October 1, 2012
happy October!!!
so hopefully, as the weather cools and the leaves turn, I'll feel the spirit of fall and Halloween.
Saturday, September 29, 2012
Thursday, September 27, 2012
german with a southern accent
it's getting closer now!
also, I want to host some of my sister Cambridge Press authors as guests here next month and in Novemeber. so stay tuned!!
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
sexy viking vampire tuesdays
tuesdays are hereby dedicated to the sexy viking vampire on True Blood Eric Northman played by Alexander Skarsgard.
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