Happy Vladurday!

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?

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!

I thought I would have a spontaneous giveaway. I'm giving away two signed copies of my book Blood Betrayed here on my blog! All you have to do is leave me a comment! That's it! Feel free to share this flash giveaway!

today is the day! Blood Betrayal is out in paperback!

I got news from my publisher, Cambridge Press, that Blood Betrayal was now out in paperback on  Barnes and Noble's website http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/blood-betrayal-alison-beightol /1113843563?ean=9781936185825     and Amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1936185822/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&seller=  I was so surprised and amazed to see my book actually up on these sites and for sale! The ebook will be released on 12/20 so check back!

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Hello Christian Grey!

BUSY month!

December is a busy month for me! mainly because my book Blood Betrayal is being released on December 20th. I'll let you know when I have links. also, I am hosting fellow Cambridge Press author Jessica Mc Quay for a stop on her blog tour for her release Black Moon. if you like fae paranormals you will love her book! speaking of blog tours, Bewitching Book Tours will be sending me on a month long blog tour for my release. I'm so excited about that. I will give you dates and blogs when I get them but I am giving away some awesome stuff including e copies of Blood Betrayal, nifty vampire swag and a Kindle! so make sure you follow the tour!

Happy Vladurday!

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life is good...usually. but it really is good.

yes I was a victim of a theft from my purse. last wednesday, I left my purse in the shopping cart at my local grocery. I didn't realize it until I got home and when I got back, someone had turned it in. however my engagement ring was missing out of it. I had been wearing it and then taking it off around my family because Scott and I were going to surprise my family Thanksgiving.  yeah, it was a dumb move. one I now wish I hadn't done but I did.
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.

and then there was THIS!

here is my beautiful cover flat for Blood Betrayal. I did a major squee and happy dance when I saw 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!

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long hair Eric!

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enjoy!

happy Vladurday!

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:

Blog: http://lbdiamond.wordpress.com/

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