Showing posts with label Interviews and Guest posts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Interviews and Guest posts. Show all posts

October 10, 2012

The Protectors Blog Tour: Promising Hope Soundtrack


Hey, everyone! I'm Emily, and my YA Epic Fantasy series is on tour right now. I was here on Ron's blog not too long ago with the book soundtrack for Promising Light and now I thought I'd do the soundtrack for its sequel, Promising Hope. Check it out!  

May 16, 2012

Book Tour: Fezariu's Epiphany


Welcome to my stop in Fezariu's Epiphany Virtual Book Tour! Today we have David Brown as a special guest, and he's going to share with us what kind of music inspired him to write his novel! But wait, you want to know a little bit more about the novel first, right? I thought so. Okay, okay... Here, let me share the blurb - and an excerpt, too! Then, I'm handing the post over to David.

12-year-old Fezariu thought his mother died when he was little, but when his beloved stepfather dies the boy discovers she is alive and well - and working at the most famous brothel in all of Elenchera. When she cruelly rejects him it's more than he can bear, and he runs away to join a band of ruthless soldiers for hire. The Merelax Mercenaries will fight for anyone who can pay them, no matter the justice of the cause.

Fezariu grows up among the soldiers and becomes one of them. He thinks his time with the mercenaries has hardened him. But a campaign in his old home town pushes him too far, and he discovers what really happened to his mother. Maybe there are some things money shouldn't buy... and maybe it's time Fezariu took his revenge.



March 23, 2012

Book Tour: The First Series by Dawne Dominique




In this stop, I'm lucky enough to interview on of the main characters in the series! But first, let me tell you a little about the series itself... 

Revenant Week Blog Tour


Hey folks! Today, I'm super excited to be hosting one of the stops in the Revenant Week Blog Tour! That's right: we're celebrating Amy Plum's wonderful universe! To do that, we have a small peek into Amy's mind and then... a giveaway! Yay!

So, ready?

March 20, 2012

Author Interview: Patrice Fitzgerald

Today, I'm very pleased to announce we have a guest! She's Patrice Fitzgerald, author of Running - an independent political thriller that I'm sure you'll like. Here, let me tell you a little about the book... 

THE NEXT PRESIDENT IS GOING TO BE A WOMAN...

Catherine Young, Vice President and newly-anointed Democratic nominee, is surging in the polls. The race is on against GOP candidate Jerusha Hutchins, known for her big blonde hair, who is the darling of the far-right Liberty Party. But with political wunderkind Zane Zarillo running her campaign, Catherine is sure to hold onto the lead.

Suddenly a medical emergency puts the President in the hospital and forces Catherine to act in his place… a perfect opportunity for her to show her Oval Office stuff. Just when her election looks like a sure thing, Catherine's romantic fling from decades ago comes to light. Will the American public accept a woman with a past?


See what I meant? Piqued, aren't you? Well, then, please let me introduce you all to Patrice Fitzgerald! And what's best to get to know someone than an interview?

March 1, 2012

Blog Tour: Shrouded in Darkness

Today I'm lucky enough to host a stop on Shrouded in Darkness book tour! And I'll be sharing an excerp from this amazing title with you all! Besides, if you leave a comment with a contact e-mail, you could win your own e-copy of Shrouded in Darkness! I'll be picking the winner when the tour ends, on March the 8th, so be sure to participate. 


Jake Preston is on borrowed time.  If he doesn’t stumble upon a miracle and soon, he’ll endup dead.  And even if he does, he still might end up dead with a clever killer hounding his heels.  He believes that the one miracle and antidote to save him is in Margot Davenport’s house, across the country and miles away from Boston.  Somewhere locked in her home is the key to reversing an experiment that is killing him with each breath he takes.

Margot doesn’t particularly care if she ends up dead.  She’s lost everything she’s ever cared for.  A divorce and the loss of her job as a corporate lawyer has left her with little faith in herself or in anyone else.  Most importantly, she’s lost the one person on this earth she’s looked up to and cherished–her brother, Johnny.  His death in a car accident has devastated her, and she can’t find the willpower to pull herself from the chasm she’s fallen into.  Her only solace is at the bottom of a wineglass.  Having moved back to the small town in northern Arizona where she was raised, she’s made a point of isolating herself both mentally and physically from everyone other than a few chosen friends.  Little does she know that her life is going to explode into chaos.

Winner of the Ready-Set-Go Peninsula RWA Contest
Finalist in the Suzannah North Louisiana RWA Contest
1st place in Peninsula RWA Chapter’s contest.

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Check out the excerp now! 

February 23, 2012

Guest post: Novel Research by John Barlow

Today I'm really, really excited because I'm hosting John Barlow! He's recently published Hope Road, and kindly agreed to share a little about his writing experience with us. And how he shared! I dare you to read about how he approached Hope Road, and about the book itself, and not be tempted to read it! Read on, because if you like what you see, there's an upcoming surprise!

Author: John Barlow
Title: Hope Road
Series: LS9 (#1)
ASIN: B006LWJ75K
Publisher: John Barlow (December 13th 2011)

"You can't change your past. But what about your future?

John Ray, son of crime boss Antonio 'Tony' Ray, is the straight one of the family. With a successful business and a lifestyle to match, he wants nothing to do with his father's criminal world. But what does that world want with him?

A young prostitute is found dead in John's car, and Freddy Metcalfe, his best friend and employee, is framed for her death. Freddy denies everything but it's an open and shut case: he's going down for murder. John sets out to find the real killer.

But things get complicated. A stash of counterfeit money was also found in John's car, and the police seem more interested in that than in the dead girl. Then Lanny Bride turns up; one of the north's most ruthless criminals (and an old friend of the Ray family), Lanny is desperate to know who killed the girl. But why? Meanwhile, Freddy is too scared to talk to anyone, even his lawyer.

John's police detective girlfriend, Denise Danson, has been warned off the case by her boss. But she doesn't believe Freddy is guilty, and secretly helps John look for the murderer. The problem, though, is that uncovering the shocking truth about the girl's death will force John to confront his own criminal past and risk destroying his future, as well as losing the only woman he's ever loved." GoodReads' Blurb


Crime fiction: the fictional and the real.

by John Barlow
author of HOPE ROAD

February 13, 2012

Book Tour: Promising Light




I know you wanted to see this one! The Promising Light Book Tour finally made its way to Stories of my life, and I'm super excited about it! There's going to be prizes (check them out at the end of the post) and a lot of other hosts, and I'm having Emily Ann Ward herself over as a guest to share something very special with you! But wait, first you want a reminder of the awesome book we're talking about, right? Here it is!


Grace began a secret courtship with Dar for the thrill of doing something against her father, the king’s general. She hadn’t planned on falling in love with him. When Dar suddenly leaves her, she searches for answers, reluctant to let him go.

Everyone seems determined to keep the truth from her—until she’s kidnapped by Dar’s family. They’re shape changers who claim she can break a curse set on them ten years ago by the Protectors, a group of noblemen determined to stifle magic in the name of safety.

Torn between two worlds, Grace isn’t sure who to trust. If the curse endures, Dar’s family could die out forever. But to help them, she’ll have to leave behind everything she knows.

And now, without further ado, I'll leave you with the author!

January 11, 2012

Virtual Tour: Blood Veins, by Brian Young

  A black wave has passed over the thriving kingdom of Larista. Mysterious invaders calling themselves the Dolus have swept over the land laying waste to everything in their paths and leaving ghost towns in their wake. No one knows where they came from and no one knows what their purpose is. Tasting nothing but defeat after defeat the light of hope is fading in the kingdom; but the guerrilla forces resisting the Dolus invasion have received new information. This news has provided a small glimmer that could possibly spark into something more. Captain Maximus Rex leads a daring rescue mission deep in the Laristan forests to save the lone surviving member of the royal family.

Once freed Prince Alexander Novelle along with his friends and comrades face a perilous journey deep behind enemy lines. Their destination is Castle Varanasi. The once proud Laristan capital, gateway to heaven and salvation, lies in ruins under Dolus occupation. Mysterious assassins, underworld savages and renegade Dolus survivors stand between them the answers they seek. What they find there will shatter their perceptions and lead to unknown perils none of them are ready to face
Sounds good, doesn't it? Well, you can check out my review and thoughts here... And as promised, today we're hosting Brian Young to talk about the aspect that I liked most about his novel: the plot itself and how it came to be. I know you want to hear him and not me, so without further ado... I give you Mr Young!

December 7, 2011

Virtual Tour: Keridan's Journey



Author: Michelle Peterson
Title: Keridan’s Journey
Series: Siren Elementals (#1)
ISBN: 9780983045106
Publisher: WBD Books (2011)

Buy your copy: Kindle | Paperback
  
Project manager by day and artist by night, Keridan Patrick's simple world ended with the death of her mother. The father she never knew showed up after twenty-five years and introduced her to a new world cloaked in secrecy and myth.

While fighting to keep some semblance of normalcy to her suddenly unpredictable world, she chanced to meet the mysterious Sahaj. Sahaj had ran for hundreds of years from the one soul he was destined to be with but was transfixed by the one he could not live without.

Would old flames and new enemies stand in the way of love?
  
So, that's the very interesting premise to Keridan's Journey, and today we're lucky enough to be a stop in its Virtual Book Tour. For this occasion, we have Michelle Peterson over to tell us about her world and her book. Thanks so much for sharing your thoughts, Michelle! 

November 9, 2011

Writing trips, Guest edition: World building by Rachel Forde


If you read my review of Last Born, by Rachel Forde, in this post here, you know one of the things I loved about her book was the unique setting, and how well developed it was. Since we were covering world building here in the Writing Tips section of the blog, I asked her to write us a post on the topic and she agreed to share in her views... Thanks so much, Rachel! So, without further ado, I leave you with an author's take on world building: 

July 31, 2011

Summer Giveaway Hop & Author Interview: D.L Atha


Summer Hop Giveaway time! We’re having a very special event here: you’ve a chance to win a copy of D.L. Atha’s Blood Reaction: a vampire novel, that I reviewed recently in this post here. She’s kindly agreed to send it to our winners (yes, that was plural, people!), so I would ask everyone to say a big thank you to her...

And to welcome her to the interview we’re hosting today!