Debra L. Martin's Blog, page 287
January 4, 2013
Interview with Kim Carmichael
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Can you
give us a brief overview of your latest book? Is it part of a series?</span></b></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Closure </span></i><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">explores
what happens when you are confronted with that one person who meant the world
to you in your past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What if you
get a second chance?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a stand
-alone book</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=twoen-20..." style="height: 240px; width: 120px;"></iframe><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Do you
have a favorite character? </span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I love Riley because she tries to be all strong, but inside
she's soft and squishy.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">What is
your writing process? Do you listen to music or do you like silence?</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I am in the car a lot during the day visiting my accounts so
I have playlists I listen to for each story.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I write I either do it in silence or with Bravo in the
background.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Do you
outline your story or just go where your muse takes you?</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Rough outline and then play it by ear the rest of the way.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Did you
hire an editor to review your manuscript before publishing?</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Even though I'm with a small publisher, I did hire an
editor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think it is necessary to
the process, no matter what path you take, traditional publishing or self
publishing.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Did you
hire a graphic artist for your book cover? Were you actively involved in the
creation?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">My publisher created the cover, but it is me that you see on
the cover.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My publisher thought I
looked like my character.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">What kinds
of marketing [twitter, facebook, blog, forums] are you involved with for
promoting your book(s)?</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I do a lot of blog hops, facebook etc.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I love blog tours and I'm trying some
advertising.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Do you
find it difficult to juggle your time between marketing your current book and
writing your next book?</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Yes, the marketing takes more time than the writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I try to look at the marketing as a job
and relegate it to a few hours per day so I can write and enjoy myself at
night.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Besides
writing, do you have any other passions?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Shopping – I know that sounds terrible, but I lost 85 lbs a
few years ago, and I love shopping because I can fit!</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">What’s
next for you?</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I'm finishing my novel and started a new one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am also expanding a story that was in
an anthology that will be a stand alone.</span><br />
<br />
</div>
<iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=twoen-20..." style="height: 240px; width: 120px;"></iframe> <iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=twoen-20..." style="height: 240px; width: 120px;"></iframe><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TwoEnd..." height="1" width="1"/>
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<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Can you
give us a brief overview of your latest book? Is it part of a series?</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Closure </span></i><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">explores
what happens when you are confronted with that one person who meant the world
to you in your past.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What if you
get a second chance?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a stand
-alone book</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=twoen-20..." style="height: 240px; width: 120px;"></iframe><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Do you
have a favorite character? </span></b><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I love Riley because she tries to be all strong, but inside
she's soft and squishy.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">What is
your writing process? Do you listen to music or do you like silence?</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I am in the car a lot during the day visiting my accounts so
I have playlists I listen to for each story.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I write I either do it in silence or with Bravo in the
background.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Do you
outline your story or just go where your muse takes you?</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Rough outline and then play it by ear the rest of the way.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Did you
hire an editor to review your manuscript before publishing?</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Even though I'm with a small publisher, I did hire an
editor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think it is necessary to
the process, no matter what path you take, traditional publishing or self
publishing.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Did you
hire a graphic artist for your book cover? Were you actively involved in the
creation?</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">My publisher created the cover, but it is me that you see on
the cover.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My publisher thought I
looked like my character.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">What kinds
of marketing [twitter, facebook, blog, forums] are you involved with for
promoting your book(s)?</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I do a lot of blog hops, facebook etc.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I love blog tours and I'm trying some
advertising.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Do you
find it difficult to juggle your time between marketing your current book and
writing your next book?</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Yes, the marketing takes more time than the writing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I try to look at the marketing as a job
and relegate it to a few hours per day so I can write and enjoy myself at
night.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Besides
writing, do you have any other passions?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Shopping – I know that sounds terrible, but I lost 85 lbs a
few years ago, and I love shopping because I can fit!</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">What’s
next for you?</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I'm finishing my novel and started a new one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am also expanding a story that was in
an anthology that will be a stand alone.</span><br />
<br />
</div>
<iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=twoen-20..." style="height: 240px; width: 120px;"></iframe> <iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=twoen-20..." style="height: 240px; width: 120px;"></iframe><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TwoEnd..." height="1" width="1"/>
January 3, 2013
Book Tour Blast: THE LERNER by Alan Nayes
The Learner
An alien from the dark side of the universe is sent to Earth on a mission. She’s called a Learner. When she falls in love with a human—which is against her specie’s covenants of exploration—her rulers order her to leave him. She refuses, risking not only the successful outcome of her mission on Earth, but also her life as well as the life of the man she loves.
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About Author Alan NayesI live in Southern California but still consider myself part Texan by birthright. I was born in Houston and grew up in Dallas. I've resided in California since the mid 1980's but get back to Texas as much as possible. My first two published novels--GARGOYLES and THE UNNATURAL are biomedical thrillers. Actually THE UNNATURAL could also fall into the horror genre as it is a pretty bizarre tale. BARBARY POINT is a love story about a successful young woman who falls in love with a fishing guide. It was written on a suggestion from a former agent.
My favorite football team is the Superbowl champs GREEN BAY PACKERS. Sorry Cowboys. But when GB is not on the gridiron--Go Dallas! Great Cheerleaders, too!
I enjoy the outdoors and as a side note I'm one of only a few individuals to ever swim across Wisconsin's chilly Lake Winnebago. Does this make me a better writer--probably not.
When I'm not working on my next project, I enjoy relaxing and fishing at our family vacation home in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
Alan Nayes is the author of GARGOYLES , THE UNNATURAL , BARBARY POINT , GIRL BLUE, and SMILODON.
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Interview with Liz Schulte
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</style> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Can you
give us a brief overview of your latest book?</span></b><br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Dark
Passing</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> is the sequel to <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Dark
Corners</i>. Both are standalone mystery novels that follow the snarky,
sometimes reluctant heroine, Ella Reynolds. Having made it through the darkest
period of her life, Ella is in a good place, but when a woman whose daughter
was brutally murdered comes to her for help, she can’t turn her away. Once
again, Ella puts her life on the line and goes on the hunt for a murderer. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=twoen-20..." style="height: 240px; width: 120px;"></iframe><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Do you
have a favorite character?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">It is hard to choose a favorite character that I write. I
love getting into Ella’s mind. She is my first character and therefore very
special to me. However, I have several other characters I enjoy writing too. I
tend to like the funnier, more ballsy characters best of all. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Do you
belong to a critique group? Have they helped improve your writing?<br />
</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I belong to several writing groups, and I learned a lot from the people
in the groups. However, I do not like to let people read my work until it’s
finished, so I do not use a critique partner until I have a completed draft. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">What
factors influenced your decision to self-publish to Amazon?</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><br />
I never considered self-publishing as an option, but I then one day I read a
book by an indie writer who did quite well self-publishing. I contacted her and
she explained both sides of the industry to me. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">What is
your writing process?</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><br />
I start with an idea and I let it roll around in my mind until I have a really
good first line. Once I have that I follow that line to an opening scene and so
on and so forth. I write linear and I do not often outline, but sometimes I do
create a time line to make sure I keep up with continuity. </span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Did you
hire an editor to review your manuscript before publishing?</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><br />
I hired two editors. The first editor is a copy editor and the second, just
before publication, is a proofreader. </span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">What have
you’ve learned during your self-publishing journey?</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><br />
That you always have to keep thinking and stay on the forefront of the industry
of you will be buried in a sea of books. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Besides
Amazon, are there any other sites where your books are for sale?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">My books are also for sale on Barnes and Noble, Itunes, Kobo
and Smashwords. At the moment Dark Corners, the first book, is free at all of
these and on sale at Amazon for .99.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Do you
find it difficult to juggle your time between marketing your current book and
writing your next book?</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><br />
Time is always an issue for writers. It is hard to balance writing and
marketing, but it is a necessary evil. Neither one can be neglected. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">What
advice would you give a new author just entering into the self-publishing
arena?</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><br />
Start talking to other writers. Find a writing group and learn from others
successes and failures. Also if you can’t afford anything else, make sure you
hire an editor. It is the single most important thing you can do for your book. </span></div>
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</style> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Can you
give us a brief overview of your latest book?</span></b><br />
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Dark
Passing</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> is the sequel to <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Dark
Corners</i>. Both are standalone mystery novels that follow the snarky,
sometimes reluctant heroine, Ella Reynolds. Having made it through the darkest
period of her life, Ella is in a good place, but when a woman whose daughter
was brutally murdered comes to her for help, she can’t turn her away. Once
again, Ella puts her life on the line and goes on the hunt for a murderer. </span></div>
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have a favorite character?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">It is hard to choose a favorite character that I write. I
love getting into Ella’s mind. She is my first character and therefore very
special to me. However, I have several other characters I enjoy writing too. I
tend to like the funnier, more ballsy characters best of all. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Do you
belong to a critique group? Have they helped improve your writing?<br />
</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I belong to several writing groups, and I learned a lot from the people
in the groups. However, I do not like to let people read my work until it’s
finished, so I do not use a critique partner until I have a completed draft. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">What
factors influenced your decision to self-publish to Amazon?</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><br />
I never considered self-publishing as an option, but I then one day I read a
book by an indie writer who did quite well self-publishing. I contacted her and
she explained both sides of the industry to me. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">What is
your writing process?</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><br />
I start with an idea and I let it roll around in my mind until I have a really
good first line. Once I have that I follow that line to an opening scene and so
on and so forth. I write linear and I do not often outline, but sometimes I do
create a time line to make sure I keep up with continuity. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Did you
hire an editor to review your manuscript before publishing?</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><br />
I hired two editors. The first editor is a copy editor and the second, just
before publication, is a proofreader. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">What have
you’ve learned during your self-publishing journey?</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><br />
That you always have to keep thinking and stay on the forefront of the industry
of you will be buried in a sea of books. </span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Besides
Amazon, are there any other sites where your books are for sale?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">My books are also for sale on Barnes and Noble, Itunes, Kobo
and Smashwords. At the moment Dark Corners, the first book, is free at all of
these and on sale at Amazon for .99.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Do you
find it difficult to juggle your time between marketing your current book and
writing your next book?</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><br />
Time is always an issue for writers. It is hard to balance writing and
marketing, but it is a necessary evil. Neither one can be neglected. </span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">What
advice would you give a new author just entering into the self-publishing
arena?</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><br />
Start talking to other writers. Find a writing group and learn from others
successes and failures. Also if you can’t afford anything else, make sure you
hire an editor. It is the single most important thing you can do for your book. </span></div>
<br />
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January 2, 2013
Book Tour Blast: SHIFTY BUSINESS by Olivia Hardin
Shifty Business (Bend-Bite-Shift Trilogy Book 3)
Gerry Hinton thought she had the perfect career as an operative for the Company. Her next assignment should have been another "mission accomplished", but hell was delivering hand baskets that day.
When a little girl gives a mysterious silver box to Gerry, her world self-destructs. Suddenly under constant mental attacks, the only person who can save her is her partner, Nicky--but nothing comes without a cost. Secrets buried deep in the past begin to rise, threatening everything she holds dear.
If she can't out run her past, can she save her future?
About Author Olivia HardinAbout the Author – Olivia Hardin realized early on how strange she was to have complete movie-like character dreams as a child. Eventually she began putting those vivid dreams to paper and was rarely without her spiral notebooks full of those mental ramblings. Her forgotten vision of becoming an author was realized when she connected with a group of amazingly talented and fabulous writers who gave her lots of direction and encouragement. With a little extra push from family and friends, she hunkered down to get lost in the words. She’s also an insatiable crafter who only completes about 1 out of 5 projects, a jogger who hates to run, and is sometimes accused of being artistic, though she’s generally too much of a perfectionist to appreciate her own work. A native Texas girl, Olivia lives in the beautiful Lone Star state with her husband and their puppy Bonnie.
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Witch Way Bends (Book 1 of the Bend-Bite-Shift Trilogy)
Bitten Shame: (Book 2 in the Bend-Bite-Shift Trilogy)
Shifty Business: (Book 3 of the Bend-Bite-Shift Trilogy) (Volume 3)
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Book Tour Blast: SILVER SPHERE by Michael Dadich
The Silver Sphere
Shelby Pardow never imagined killing someone. That's about to change. While hiding from her troubled father in the local library, Shelby stares at a flashing instant message on her computer: YOU ARE NEEDED.
She discovers a portal that opens and teleports her to the planet Azimuth, where soldiers await. Here, she is not a child but a warrior, Kin to one of the six Aulic Assembly members imprisoned by Malefic Cacoethes, the daunting leader of the Nightlanders. Malefic, the evil spawn of the demon Biskara, razes towns and cities in his quest to rule Azimuth, and yearns to turn his forces against Earth.
Yet every time Biskara gets close to achieving his malevolent goals, the Assembly uses the Silver Sphere, a sophisticated armillary device, to thwart him. With the Assembly deposed, Biskara directing Malefic's conquests, and the Silver Sphere out of reach, Shelby is thrust into an unforgettable quest with her fellow Kin. She must learn to kill and lead an army into battle, or Azimuth—and Earth—will fall.
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January 1, 2013
Happy New Year!
Hope everyone is enjoying the day! Be safe out there.
December 30, 2012
200,000 Pageview Celebration!!
Two Ends of the Pen has surpassed 200,000 page views! I've teamed up with some awesome authors to help me celebrate. 1 lucky entrant will win the following digital books:
THE KINGSHEILD LEGACY by KC May
Book 1 of The Kinshield Saga
A mysterious stone tablet with five magical gems has sat abandoned in a cave for two hundred years. The kingdom is in ruins, with only warrant knights to keep the peace. But then, the gems in the tablet, one by one, disappear. Warrant knight Gavin Kinshield is a man of many secrets. He's the one deciphering the runes in the tablet. Unless he can find a suitable replacement, he'll be Thendylath's next king. All he really wants is the letter written by his ancestor Ronor Kinshield, the last man to see King Arek alive... a letter he must earn by tracking down a common thief. But when Gavin saves a woman's life, what should have been a simple task draws him face-to-face with his nightmarish past... and the truth of King Arek's demise.
BRIDE OF FAE by LK Rigel
Book 2 of Tethers: Tales of Wyrd and Fae Series
A love more powerful than magic or time.
Beverly Bratton has a safe, mundane life. No drama. No magic. Since her parents died, she's cared for her little sister Marion and worked at the Tragic Fall Inn. When a fairy's charm sends Beverly a hundred years into the past-and into the path of a banished fairy prince-nothing will ever be mundane or safe again. The regent of the Dumnos fae is turning the court from light to dark, and there's nothing the rightful king, Prince Dandelion, can do about it. The mystical coronation cup which he needs to become king has fallen into human hands. When he meets a human woman with access to the cup, everything changes. Beverly is fascinating as well as useful-but of course Dandelion doesn't love her. Love for a fairy is rare. Love with a human, impossible. But when Beverly and Dandelion are thrown together in a battle against both wyrd and fae, they learn that in Dumnos the impossible happens every day.
THE ALEXIS STANTON OMNIBUS by JC Phelps
Color Me Grey (Book One of the Alexis Stanton Chronicles)
...exciting, highly paid position for person with specialized training...
Recently unemployed after quitting a boring office job, Alexis Stanton finds a mysterious ad in the help wanted section that might prove to be the answer to her desire for excitement and adventure. After an intense application process, including actually fighting with her competition, she gets the job of her dreams. But is it going to kill her?
Shades of Grey (Book Two of the Alexis Stanton Chronicles)
New job. New name. New assignment. When Alexis Stanton, a.k.a. Ms. Grey, is assigned to uncover the true identity of the infamous sniper Penumbra, she's also expected to protect the business mogul next on the assassin's hit list. The one person who holds the key to the sniper's true identity warns Alex not to dig any deeper. Penumbra has never missed his mark and will take out anyone who gets in the way.
Reflections of Grey (Book Three of the Alexis Stanton Chronicles)
The past and the future merge... Thinking she had learned all the secrets her friends and family could possibly hide, Alex realizes there are plenty more to be found out. Having never been good at telling lies, when she's asked to go undercover she's not sure she can manage the job. Plus, the job is at a strip joint owned by the Russian mafia. Will she be able to keep up the lie? Does she want to?
THE SILVER CROSS by Debra L Martin & David W Small
Book 1 in The Vampire Nightlife Series
There are two things Boston detective Lacey Gardner knows about killing vampires. Slicing off a head or a hit directly to the heart are the only surefire ways to kill one. Silver is their Achilles heel. A vampire never wears silver.
When she meets bartender extraordinaire, Damon Harte, her heart does a quickstep for the dark hunky guy. She's learned the hard way that having a love interest in her line of work can be heart-wrenching. She's kept to herself for years, but something about Damon captivates her and draws her to him. When she learns Damon's devastating secret, she knows what she has to do: kill the man who has stolen her heart.
It's easy to enter. Just complete the tasks in the Rafflecopter Giveaway! Open to US only.
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THE KINGSHEILD LEGACY by KC May
Book 1 of The Kinshield Saga
A mysterious stone tablet with five magical gems has sat abandoned in a cave for two hundred years. The kingdom is in ruins, with only warrant knights to keep the peace. But then, the gems in the tablet, one by one, disappear. Warrant knight Gavin Kinshield is a man of many secrets. He's the one deciphering the runes in the tablet. Unless he can find a suitable replacement, he'll be Thendylath's next king. All he really wants is the letter written by his ancestor Ronor Kinshield, the last man to see King Arek alive... a letter he must earn by tracking down a common thief. But when Gavin saves a woman's life, what should have been a simple task draws him face-to-face with his nightmarish past... and the truth of King Arek's demise.
BRIDE OF FAE by LK Rigel
Book 2 of Tethers: Tales of Wyrd and Fae Series
A love more powerful than magic or time.
Beverly Bratton has a safe, mundane life. No drama. No magic. Since her parents died, she's cared for her little sister Marion and worked at the Tragic Fall Inn. When a fairy's charm sends Beverly a hundred years into the past-and into the path of a banished fairy prince-nothing will ever be mundane or safe again. The regent of the Dumnos fae is turning the court from light to dark, and there's nothing the rightful king, Prince Dandelion, can do about it. The mystical coronation cup which he needs to become king has fallen into human hands. When he meets a human woman with access to the cup, everything changes. Beverly is fascinating as well as useful-but of course Dandelion doesn't love her. Love for a fairy is rare. Love with a human, impossible. But when Beverly and Dandelion are thrown together in a battle against both wyrd and fae, they learn that in Dumnos the impossible happens every day.
THE ALEXIS STANTON OMNIBUS by JC Phelps
Color Me Grey (Book One of the Alexis Stanton Chronicles)
...exciting, highly paid position for person with specialized training...
Recently unemployed after quitting a boring office job, Alexis Stanton finds a mysterious ad in the help wanted section that might prove to be the answer to her desire for excitement and adventure. After an intense application process, including actually fighting with her competition, she gets the job of her dreams. But is it going to kill her?
Shades of Grey (Book Two of the Alexis Stanton Chronicles)
New job. New name. New assignment. When Alexis Stanton, a.k.a. Ms. Grey, is assigned to uncover the true identity of the infamous sniper Penumbra, she's also expected to protect the business mogul next on the assassin's hit list. The one person who holds the key to the sniper's true identity warns Alex not to dig any deeper. Penumbra has never missed his mark and will take out anyone who gets in the way.
Reflections of Grey (Book Three of the Alexis Stanton Chronicles)
The past and the future merge... Thinking she had learned all the secrets her friends and family could possibly hide, Alex realizes there are plenty more to be found out. Having never been good at telling lies, when she's asked to go undercover she's not sure she can manage the job. Plus, the job is at a strip joint owned by the Russian mafia. Will she be able to keep up the lie? Does she want to?
THE SILVER CROSS by Debra L Martin & David W Small
Book 1 in The Vampire Nightlife Series
There are two things Boston detective Lacey Gardner knows about killing vampires. Slicing off a head or a hit directly to the heart are the only surefire ways to kill one. Silver is their Achilles heel. A vampire never wears silver.
When she meets bartender extraordinaire, Damon Harte, her heart does a quickstep for the dark hunky guy. She's learned the hard way that having a love interest in her line of work can be heart-wrenching. She's kept to herself for years, but something about Damon captivates her and draws her to him. When she learns Damon's devastating secret, she knows what she has to do: kill the man who has stolen her heart.
It's easy to enter. Just complete the tasks in the Rafflecopter Giveaway! Open to US only.
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December 28, 2012
GIFT for my Readers: PATH TO DESTRUCTION
I'm still in the giving mood and want to share the first story in our DARK FUTURE series of short stories and novellas. PATH TO DESTRUCTION invites the reader into a world in chaos, but there is still hope. Is it too late to save the US?
Read it for FREE on Amazon.
Can a ragtag band of soldiers save what's left of the USA?
In a last ditch attempt to turn the tide in a desperate war, General Matthew Smith of the American Freedom Fighters asks Samurai Master Kenzu to make a batch of the famed memory weapons--weapons that infuse its user with the skills and memories of a samurai warrior. But, in the wrong hands, the users can become uncontrollable killing machines who don't care whom they kill - friend or foe.
When General Smith orders Commander Hurley and his unit of augmented soldiers test the weapons, he believes that he's doing the best thing for all of the men under his command. What General Smith believes, however, and what is true is entirely two different things and Smith must live with the consequences of his decision.
PATH TO DESTRUCTION is a SHORT STORY of ~10,000 words.
FREE here on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Destruction-Apocalyptic-Novelette-Future-ebook/dp/B003FGWUG8
Read it for FREE on Amazon.
Can a ragtag band of soldiers save what's left of the USA?
In a last ditch attempt to turn the tide in a desperate war, General Matthew Smith of the American Freedom Fighters asks Samurai Master Kenzu to make a batch of the famed memory weapons--weapons that infuse its user with the skills and memories of a samurai warrior. But, in the wrong hands, the users can become uncontrollable killing machines who don't care whom they kill - friend or foe.
When General Smith orders Commander Hurley and his unit of augmented soldiers test the weapons, he believes that he's doing the best thing for all of the men under his command. What General Smith believes, however, and what is true is entirely two different things and Smith must live with the consequences of his decision.
PATH TO DESTRUCTION is a SHORT STORY of ~10,000 words.
FREE here on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Destruction-Apocalyptic-Novelette-Future-ebook/dp/B003FGWUG8
December 27, 2012
Interview with Brian Hayden
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Can you
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><i>Road To Transplant</i> is a memoir and a sequel to another book
I wrote: <i>Death: Living To Talk About It</i>. <i>Road To Transplant</i> is a memoir of
my struggle with congestive heart failure. The book follows my life as I
deteriorate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I take the reader
through the process of getting a new heart, and share what goes on in the head
of someone who is dying.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Did you
try the traditional route to publishing, i.e. querying agents/publishers?</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Yes. The
first book I ever wrote; a management book was picked up quickly by a specialty
press. It was a great experience. They provided the editor, the promotion and a
nice advance. The second book, ten years later, was a reality check. I sent
more than 30 query letters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
could not find a publisher or an agent that had any interest in working with
me. Exasperated by the whole ordeal, I signed with a company that has, shall I
say, a business model that I am not comfortable. But I signed the contracts, so
I live with it. <i>Road to Transplant </i>was published almost simultaneously with a
fictional book I wrote, “Five Short Stories and Twelve Poems”. Both were
published through CreateSpace and Kindle Select Publishing. It was an
adjustment, but I got through it fine. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Do you
belong to a critique group? Have they helped improve your writing?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I don’t belong to a formal critique group, however I have
developed friends – writers with whom we share our work. We critique and
support each other. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Do you
outline your story or just go where your muse takes you.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">It depends on the type of writing I am doing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I write short stories, I generally
have an idea of how I want the story to flow, or unfold. Nothing too formal. I
want the freedom to change my mind and follow my inner muse. With non-fiction,
up until now, I would outline the story through a series of blogs. Then, when I
am ready, I take the blogs, develop transitions, expound on the stories, adding
lots of detail until a whole book emerges. As for poems, when I get an idea for
a poem, I get to my computer and write the poem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rough, at first. Then, over the next, oh days or weeks, I
polish the poem until I am satisfied.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Did you
hire an editor to review your manuscript before publishing?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I didn’t with the first memoir, and I regret it. I was
fortunate to have a friend of mine who is both a writer and an editor volunteer
to edit <i>Road To Transplant</i>. Now this book is more than 330 pages.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She painstakingly went through the
manuscript. I could not believe what a difference a professional editor makes.
I will always use an editor for all of my future work. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">What have you’ve
learned during your self-publishing journey?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Patience! Getting through the formatting issues is
frustrating sometimes. I feel comfortable doing it again. Like most things, the
more you do it, the easier it gets.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Besides
Amazon, are there any other sites where your books are for sale?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">My books are for sale at CreateSpace, Amazon and my web
site. I also have a formal presence in Amazon UK, Italy, Spain, France,
Germany, India and Japan.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">What kinds
of marketing [twitter, facebook, blog, forums] are you involved with for
promoting your book(s)?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I us Twitter, Face book, I am starting a new blog in January
and You Tube. I belong to about a dozen writing groups on facebook and I also
belong to something called “Meet-up”. I schedule book readings for clubs. Rael
grass roots stuff.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">What
advice would you give a new author just entering into the self-publishing
arena?</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Be patient. Be
thorough. If you rush to press (I know it is exciting), you are apt to make
mistakes. You do not want you audience’s first impression to be a or one. Also,
practice! I noticed that many of the great writers all had dozens of short stories,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>novels and other papers. They may have
had a natural talent, but they wrote a lot. They practiced.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">What’s
next for you?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I have three more books I expect to publish in 2013. The
first, tentatively called “Memories Of The Cold War” is on schedule to be
released just before Memorial Day. It is a historical semi-fiction. It is based
on a true cold war time line. Then, I over lay my life with some true stories,
some embellished stories and some fictional stories. For the record, it is
fiction – mostly …maybe. The second book is another collection of short stories
and poems, and lastly, I am writing another management book, relating to the
use of strategic and tactical business plans in a small business environment.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="background: white; color: black;">I was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1954 into a
middle-class, blue-collar, Jewish family. I am the middle child with a brother
one year my senior, and a sister two years my junior. In 1961, my family moved
to the suburbs of Los Angeles, California. I am the second generation,
American-born son of Austrian and English grandparents on my father's side, and
Polish and Russian grandparents on my mother's side. I enlisted in the United
States Air Force in 1972, and was finally medically discharged in July of 1990.</span><span style="color: black;"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I
published my earliest book in 1999, entitled "Using Strategic and Tactical
Planning to Make Your Veterinary Practice More Profitable." During that
period, I wrote five scripts for educational videos. Then, in February of 2011,
I published my memoir, "Death: Living To Talk About It." On August
20, 2012, I published my first work of fictional, "Five Short Stories and
Twelve Poems." Now, after more than two years in the works, "Road To
Transplant," my sequel to the memoir, is scheduled to be published
November 17, 2012. I continue to write both fiction and nonfiction, maintain a
weekly blog; recently, I've also began construction of a new, all inclusive
website.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I
married a wonderful girl, Denise, in August of 1974, and I'm happy to announce
that we are still very much in love. We've been happily married for more than
thirty-eight years, with two grown children. Our son, Joseph, married and has
provided us with three absolutely wonderful grandsons. Our daughter, Angela,
also married and has provided us with an additional three terrific step-grandsons.
We currently reside in San Antonio, Texas, where we are surrounded by a support
team of healthcare providers, family, and wonderful friends.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Can you
give us a brief overview of your latest book?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><i>Road To Transplant</i> is a memoir and a sequel to another book
I wrote: <i>Death: Living To Talk About It</i>. <i>Road To Transplant</i> is a memoir of
my struggle with congestive heart failure. The book follows my life as I
deteriorate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I take the reader
through the process of getting a new heart, and share what goes on in the head
of someone who is dying.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Did you
try the traditional route to publishing, i.e. querying agents/publishers?</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Yes. The
first book I ever wrote; a management book was picked up quickly by a specialty
press. It was a great experience. They provided the editor, the promotion and a
nice advance. The second book, ten years later, was a reality check. I sent
more than 30 query letters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
could not find a publisher or an agent that had any interest in working with
me. Exasperated by the whole ordeal, I signed with a company that has, shall I
say, a business model that I am not comfortable. But I signed the contracts, so
I live with it. <i>Road to Transplant </i>was published almost simultaneously with a
fictional book I wrote, “Five Short Stories and Twelve Poems”. Both were
published through CreateSpace and Kindle Select Publishing. It was an
adjustment, but I got through it fine. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Do you
belong to a critique group? Have they helped improve your writing?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I don’t belong to a formal critique group, however I have
developed friends – writers with whom we share our work. We critique and
support each other. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Do you
outline your story or just go where your muse takes you.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">It depends on the type of writing I am doing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I write short stories, I generally
have an idea of how I want the story to flow, or unfold. Nothing too formal. I
want the freedom to change my mind and follow my inner muse. With non-fiction,
up until now, I would outline the story through a series of blogs. Then, when I
am ready, I take the blogs, develop transitions, expound on the stories, adding
lots of detail until a whole book emerges. As for poems, when I get an idea for
a poem, I get to my computer and write the poem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rough, at first. Then, over the next, oh days or weeks, I
polish the poem until I am satisfied.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Did you
hire an editor to review your manuscript before publishing?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I didn’t with the first memoir, and I regret it. I was
fortunate to have a friend of mine who is both a writer and an editor volunteer
to edit <i>Road To Transplant</i>. Now this book is more than 330 pages.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She painstakingly went through the
manuscript. I could not believe what a difference a professional editor makes.
I will always use an editor for all of my future work. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">What have you’ve
learned during your self-publishing journey?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Patience! Getting through the formatting issues is
frustrating sometimes. I feel comfortable doing it again. Like most things, the
more you do it, the easier it gets.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Besides
Amazon, are there any other sites where your books are for sale?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">My books are for sale at CreateSpace, Amazon and my web
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Germany, India and Japan.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">What kinds
of marketing [twitter, facebook, blog, forums] are you involved with for
promoting your book(s)?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I us Twitter, Face book, I am starting a new blog in January
and You Tube. I belong to about a dozen writing groups on facebook and I also
belong to something called “Meet-up”. I schedule book readings for clubs. Rael
grass roots stuff.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">What
advice would you give a new author just entering into the self-publishing
arena?</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Be patient. Be
thorough. If you rush to press (I know it is exciting), you are apt to make
mistakes. You do not want you audience’s first impression to be a or one. Also,
practice! I noticed that many of the great writers all had dozens of short stories,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>novels and other papers. They may have
had a natural talent, but they wrote a lot. They practiced.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">What’s
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first, tentatively called “Memories Of The Cold War” is on schedule to be
released just before Memorial Day. It is a historical semi-fiction. It is based
on a true cold war time line. Then, I over lay my life with some true stories,
some embellished stories and some fictional stories. For the record, it is
fiction – mostly …maybe. The second book is another collection of short stories
and poems, and lastly, I am writing another management book, relating to the
use of strategic and tactical business plans in a small business environment.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="background: white; color: black;">I was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1954 into a
middle-class, blue-collar, Jewish family. I am the middle child with a brother
one year my senior, and a sister two years my junior. In 1961, my family moved
to the suburbs of Los Angeles, California. I am the second generation,
American-born son of Austrian and English grandparents on my father's side, and
Polish and Russian grandparents on my mother's side. I enlisted in the United
States Air Force in 1972, and was finally medically discharged in July of 1990.</span><span style="color: black;"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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published my earliest book in 1999, entitled "Using Strategic and Tactical
Planning to Make Your Veterinary Practice More Profitable." During that
period, I wrote five scripts for educational videos. Then, in February of 2011,
I published my memoir, "Death: Living To Talk About It." On August
20, 2012, I published my first work of fictional, "Five Short Stories and
Twelve Poems." Now, after more than two years in the works, "Road To
Transplant," my sequel to the memoir, is scheduled to be published
November 17, 2012. I continue to write both fiction and nonfiction, maintain a
weekly blog; recently, I've also began construction of a new, all inclusive
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that we are still very much in love. We've been happily married for more than
thirty-eight years, with two grown children. Our son, Joseph, married and has
provided us with three absolutely wonderful grandsons. Our daughter, Angela,
also married and has provided us with an additional three terrific step-grandsons.
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December 26, 2012
Christmas Special Deal on ASSASSIN'S CURSE
Did you get a shiny new Kindle or Nook for Christmas? In the spirit of the holiday, ASSASSIN'S CURSE is currently on sale for only .99. Grab it while you can, the price goes back up to $3.99 soon.
Book description:
When elite assassin Jeda received his assignment to kill a witch and deliver her twin daughters to the Countess of Berkshire, he had no idea it would be his last. The witch stuns him with an elemental blast, but not before he's able to throw his knife. When Jeda regains consciousness, the dying witch is performing a compelling spell between him and her twin daughters. Now bonded to the girls, Jeda's old life is forfeit. His only thought is to take the girls and run as far away as he can. He has no idea that the twins are the ones spoken of in the long-lost prophecy of The Witch Stone. Forces are gathering: the white witches want to teach them; the Countess wants her grandchildren back, and the guild has sent their best assassin to bring Jeda back, dead or alive.
Jeda must use all of his assassin skills to stay one step ahead of them all, but will it be enough to save himself and keep the children of prophecy alive?
Buy links:
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Book description:
When elite assassin Jeda received his assignment to kill a witch and deliver her twin daughters to the Countess of Berkshire, he had no idea it would be his last. The witch stuns him with an elemental blast, but not before he's able to throw his knife. When Jeda regains consciousness, the dying witch is performing a compelling spell between him and her twin daughters. Now bonded to the girls, Jeda's old life is forfeit. His only thought is to take the girls and run as far away as he can. He has no idea that the twins are the ones spoken of in the long-lost prophecy of The Witch Stone. Forces are gathering: the white witches want to teach them; the Countess wants her grandchildren back, and the guild has sent their best assassin to bring Jeda back, dead or alive.
Jeda must use all of his assassin skills to stay one step ahead of them all, but will it be enough to save himself and keep the children of prophecy alive?
Buy links:
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Assassins-Curse-Witch-Prophecy-ebook/dp/B006T3HN2A
BN: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/assassins-curse-book-1-of-the-witch-stone-prophecy-debra-l-martin/1109863421
Kobo: http://www.kobobooks.com/ebook/Assassins-Curse/book-y-FfmuENeUmx9JV1tuk4ew/page1.html?s=1JGp3V8sxEK4UObYz_4Pkw&r=1
