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New Release: TASTE OF FEAR by Jeremy Bates

Book blurb:

American movie star
Scarlett Cox and her husband, hotel tycoon Salvador Brazza, head to
Africa to get away and resuscitate their ailing marriage. When robbed
of their money and passports, they seek help from the U.S. Embassy in
Dar es Salaam—on the very day Al Qaeda chooses to bomb it. In an
eyeblink they're taken hostage and whisked across the border deep into
the Congo, one of the last truly wild places left on earth.

Battling
terrorists, deadly wildlife and cannibalistic rebels, Scarlett and Sal
must find a way to survive in a violent, primeval world. And the only
person who may be able to save them is the assassin sent to kill them.



Buy links:

Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/The-Taste-of-Fear-ebook/dp/B00953BBIS

Goodreads:  http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15792248-the-taste-of-fear
http://widopublishing.com/the-taste-of-fear-by-jeremy-bates/



 
 

Character Interview with Julian de Laurent from THE MARRIAGE BARGAIN

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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Today’s post is with best-selling author, SANDRA EDWARDS.
Welcome Sandra. The floor is yours.</span></div>
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the guest post spot. Today, I’m going to interview Julian de Laurent. He’s the
hero of my contemporary romance <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The
Marriage Bargain</i>.</span></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">SANDRA</span></u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">: Julian, thanks for dropping by. Can you share a bit
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<u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Julian</span></u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">: Sure. I’m the firstborn child of Maurice and Naoma
de Laurent. My mother died when I was five, and I’ve been groomed since birth
to take control of the family business. I have a younger brother Andre, and a
younger sister Lecie.</span></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">SANDRA</span></u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">: Sounds like a lot to place on one person’s
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<u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Julian</span></u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">: Oh, I’m used to that. But my father can be a
handful at times.</span></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">SANDRA</span></u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">: Is he not yet ready to fully turn over the reins?</span></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Julian</span></u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">: No, he’s quite happy in his retirement. It gives
him plenty of time to interject himself in other people’s affairs.</span></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">SANDRA</span></u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">: Sounds like he needs a hobby.</span></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Julian</span></u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">: I’m afraid he has one. Me.</span></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">SANDRA</span></u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">: Care to elaborate?</span></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Julian</span></u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">: He wants me to get married!</span></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">SANDRA</span></u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">: Are you seeing anyone who’d fit the bill?</span></div>
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interested in getting married. At least, not for real.</span></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">SANDRA</span></u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">: Is there any other way?</span></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Julian</span></u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">: You’d be surprised.</span></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">SANDRA</span></u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">: Will your father get his wish?</span></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Julian</span></u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">: Not if I can help it.</span></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">SANDRA</span></u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">: From what I’ve heard about your father, he’s not going
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<u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">SANDRA</span></u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">: How so? </span></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Julian</span></u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">: He wants me to marry Madeleine, but I’m going to
make that an impossibility. </span></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">SANDRA</span></u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">: Intriguing. You’re not going to kill her, are you?</span></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Julian</span></u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">: No. (he mocks me) I’m not going to kill her. </span></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">SANDRA</span></u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">: Well, there aren’t many ways to make getting
married an impossibility.</span></div>
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married, now isn’t it?</span></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">SANDRA</span></u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">: But you’re not married.</span></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">SANDRA</span></u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">: You’re going to marry someone else so you can avoid
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<u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">SANDRA</span></u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">: How is that going to solve anything?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">SANDRA: Well, you know what they say about the best laid
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<u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">SANDRA</span></u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">: If anybody can pull this off, it’ll be you.</span></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Julian</span></u><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">: You know it. Hey, look, this has been fun, but I’ve
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Thanks Sandra for a great interview with Julian. Please feel free to drop by the blog anytime.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I’ve read the book and it was delightful. You can read my review <a href="http://twoendsofthepen.blogspot.com/2.... Want to know more
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to Nyorfias Book 1, celebrating the 10 Year Anniversary of the first
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invaded. Her mom and brother were blown up. She had a fight with her father.
She's trying to keep herself and her platoon alive, but that isn't easy. She's
already on the top of the enemy's Most Wanted list with a huge price on her
head.<br />
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And, oh yeah... the icing on the cake? Some OTHER alien superpower decides to
stick a stranger's mind and soul into her body. An alien stranger who thinks
Rett's deadly serious reality is a dream.<br />
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Book 2, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Girl With Another Girl In Her
Head the Alien Wanted for Lunch</i> (currently listed as Gravity, Journey to
Nyorfias Book 2), is also available. Book 3, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Girl with Another Girl in Her Head Almost Freezes Her Ass Off</i>
and Dies (aka Stratagem, Journey to Nyorfias Book 3), is coming soon.<br />
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A Glossary, for all those names you can't pronounce and all those terms that
make you go "Huh?"<br />
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A Deleted Scene (well, an entire episode): An episode that hit the cutting room
floor before the original edition was published. Good fun!<br />
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An excerpt from an unpublished Prelude story, with illustrations by the author.<br />
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Two gorgeous Maps.<br />
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And more! <br />
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This is the official description, by the way:<br />
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Can two women cohabit the same mind and body without killing each other?<br />
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Pam, from Earth, has no clue why she finds herself merged with Rett, a soldier
from some planet called Nyorfias. And Rett curses the alien entities that have
saddled her with a dimwitted mindforce that thinks it's dreaming--the last
thing she needs at this critical point in her homesystem's battle for freedom.<br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">ABOUT THE AUTHOR</b><br />
T.M. Roy has been writing stories and drawing pictures to accompany them since
since was old enough to hold a crayon.  She currently lives in the St.
Paul area with an opinionated Quaker parrot named Apple and a Senegal parrot
named Sir Hugo the Naked.<br />
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You can find her online at Facebook: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/TM-Roy-... class="yshortcuts"><span style="text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://www.facebook.com/pages/TM-Roy-...,
her blog: <a href="http://tmroy.teryvisions.com/"&g... class="yshortcuts"><span style="text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">http://tmroy.teryvisions.com</span...,
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Lady Luck Runs Out
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<span style="color: #141414; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Unlike my first novel, which took me 30+ years to write−<i>In
The War Zone</i> is not about war or the military. Rather, it is an
uncommon contemporary love story. The protagonist−Gibb Quinn−is a former street
fighter raised by his single mother in a trashy Las Vegas trailer park. A
scholarship to the University of Portland, compliments of the Bishop Gorman
High basketball coach, enables Gibb to escape from his gangbanger neighborhood
to become a star computer salesman for the Big Byte Corporation in Seattle. His
is a quintessential American success story until the company sends him East to
rescue a failing retail outlet. Despite his Ralph Lauren wardrobe bought especially
for this assignment, Gibb could not be more out of place in Chatham,
Connecticut - a tight coastal hamlet full of old fashioned, narrow-minded
natives that treat him as a "Vegas hustler." (It’s more a case of
Gibb having left Las Vegas, but being perceived as though Las Vegas had never left
him.) More interested in his place on the Big Byte leader board than being
accepted socially by the natives or the local business types−the “Regulars”−Gibb
concentrates on becoming number one in sales in New England. </span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: #141414; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">All is well until Alicia Farrell, aka the virgin princess, aka
the Belle of Chatham Township, and her mink-clad mother−members in good standing of
the local aristocracy−visit the Big Bye store to purchase a PC as a Christmas
present for the family patriarch, Judge Farrell. Alicia, who is promised to
Josh Bingham, Jr., a Yalie member of the other ruling family, has deferred her
admission to Yale Law School for a year while working as a paralegal in her
Uncle Tom Farrell's law office. The trouble starts when Alicia's weekly visits
to the Big Byte for computer software lessons convince the Regulars the Vegas
hustler has designs on her. This, in turn, sets the rumor mill on fire. Gibb's
protestations that his interest in Alicia is strictly platonic fall on deaf
ears. The resulting boycott of the Big Byte store puts Alicia at odds with her
family and the townspeople, generally. From there the story proceeds apace to
its surprise ending.</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"></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
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Years ago, with my first novel, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">APO 123</i>, I went through the process from
beginning to end, without success, trying my best to interest agents and
publishers from coast to coast. After I had collected a drawer full of
rejections, I gave up and for several years relegated the manuscript to my
safety deposit box.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>At the urging
of my friend, mentor and fellow writer’s club member, John Henry Irsfeld, I
revisited it and on his recommendation, in 2010, published it with CreateSpace.
By that time, Irsfeld, whose first novel <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Coming
Through </i>was published by Putnam, had resorted to CreateSpace to
self-publish his latest novel, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Night
Moves</i>. This despite Irsfeld being a distinguished professor of English and
creative writing at UNLV and on a number of occasions having being recognized
for his writing talents. Irsfeld’s experience was enough to turn me against
wasting time going through the same drill as I had in the past. Incidentally, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">APO 123</i>, is now in the hands of a Los
Angeles TV syndicator whose staff has pronounced it’s content suitable for use
in producing a 10-12 week, one hour, TV series. When <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">In The War Zone</i> was finished and ready for publication, I felt
satisfied enough with CreateSpace to again publish with them, as opposed to one
of the other self-publishing alternatives.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Yes. I am a founding member of
Lefty Salazar & Associates, a Las Vegas writer’s group. One of the other
founding members, the above-mentioned Professor John Henry Irsfeld, reviewed
the manuscripts of both my novels and offered advice that improved my writing.
(The third founding member is Jack E. Sheehan, who has a best seller to his
credit.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">It’s worth bearing in mind that in
college I majored in economics. Never did I take a course in creative writing
or read a book on the subject, although while attending Stonehill College I did
have the lead in the senior play. While stationed in Verdun, France during the
height of the Cold War, acting as an Army prosecutor in a command consisting of
15,000 people, I sent frequent letters to my Judge Advocate General’s Corps
classmates and copied my best friend in law school. Mine was such an
unconventional experience (akin to a M*A*S*H for lawyers), that I was
determined to preserve the stories for my fellow Cold War Warriors, as well as
for other friends and family members. 15 years later, while a partner in a “white
shoe” corporate law firm, I retrieved the copies of my letters from my best
friend, the contents of which, a veritable wealth of material, was the basis
for fictional <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">APO 123</i>. The challenge
was to work the material into the structure of a novel, about which I knew very
little. Before sitting down at my typewriter, I read and reread <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Sun Also Rises</i> and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Great Gatsby</i>−Hemingway and
Fitzgerald being the two authors whose style of writing I most admired. This
was the sum and substance of my preparation. From there, I proceeded in a
stream of consciousness manner to compose a 1200 page−two volume manuscript−a
story in itself. 25 years later, after rewriting and rewriting and rewriting−along
the way revisiting <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Sun Also Rises </i>a
number of times−my writing style had evolved to its present state. My two
biggest problems were (1) training myself how not write like a lawyer, and (2)
constantly reminding myself that I was not writing my biography and had license
to rework the stories in ways that would be the most entertaining and of the
most interest to readers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">My second novel is a work of pure
invention, the beginnings and ending of which came to me with relative ease.
Once the first draft was finished, the rest was rewriting ad nauseam.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The shorthand version of my
writing process as it has evolved over time, is to sit down at my computer with
a dictionary and thesaurus at my side and write either what comes into my head
or material I have made notes about.</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
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">In the case of APO 123, the
challenge was dealing with an overabundance of material/individual stories (the
original manuscript gave picaresque a bad name), weaving the selected ones
together in a coherent story line and in fictional form. In the case of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">In The War Zone</i>−a work of pure invention−it’s
safe to say I just went where the muse took me. In terms of the protagonist’s
observations of Las Vegas manners and mores, however, I was able to call upon a
wealth of personal experience. Like other writers I have read about, ideas came
to me in bed, in the shower, and everywhere in-between. In each case, I
hastened to scribble them on notepads for later transmission. On many such
occasions, I was accused of being pre-occupied, but loath to admit it.</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;">My wife, Trish Brebbia, is credited with editing both
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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;">Most of all that, with the kind of
fiction I write, it’s all about the story. As far as self-publishing is
concerned, I’m sure you know as much about the process as do I. Showing their
insularity/smugness/omniscience, it wasn’t until self-publishing (led by much
maligned Amazon) evolved into a $billion industry, that the mainstream publishers
jumped on the bandwagon. Suffice it to say some 16 of the best selling e-books
on Kindle were self-published. What does this tell us about the keen eyes and
ears of the major publishers who are trapped below decks on the good ship “blockbuster”
while waves are washing over the decks? My wife and editor, who averages about
a book a week, finds that these days more often than not books published by the
major publishers contain editorial mistakes, detracting from the value of what
used to be one of their specialties. Now that the major publishers are hurrying
to get to the front of the self-publishing parade, there is hope for all
aspiring writers with talent. I count myself among them. </span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"></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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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">APO 123</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>also is
available at the CreateSpace e-store and Barnes and Noble and on Nook. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">In The War Zone</i> is in the process of
being converted to .mobi and ePub and will also become available on Nook and
possibly Barnes and Noble. Both books are available through Brian Jud’s Premium
Book Company book marketing program for non-bookstore retailers. As soon as I
have time, I intend to explore the possibilities of making both books available
on iPad and other channels. It seems apparent that these channels alone are not
sufficient to gain traction in the very competitive book marketplace.</span></div>
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of marketing [twitter, facebook, blog, forums] are you involved with for
promoting your book(s)?</span></b></div>
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with a blog, and a facebook page, but haven’t yet figured out how to maximize
their utility.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Since last April, I
have made author's presentations at The Works independent bookstore in Pacific
Grove, CA, the University Club in San Francisco hosted by a member of the board
of the San Francisco Literary Society, the public libraries in Provincetown, MA
and Chatham, MA and the iconic New England Mobile Book Fair independent
bookstore in Newton Highlands, MA.</span><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;">For the past 2 months, I have been
contacting reviewers on The Indie Reviewers List. So far I have had 5
acceptances, plus a review from the Portland Review of Books is in process.</span></div>
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advice would you give a new author just entering into the self-publishing
arena?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">If you are sure you have the talent and a story worth telling/reading,
follow Winston Churchill’s famous admonition: “Never give up! Never give up!
Never give up!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">At the times when I was most
discouraged, I would remind myself of how, after John Kennedy O’Toole committed
suicide because he could not get <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">A
Confederacy of Dunces</i> published, it took his mother 11 years to convince
someone that counted (Percy Walker) to read the manuscript and convince a
publisher – in this case, the Louisiana State University Press – to publish her
son’s satirical masterpiece, publishing phenomenon and ultimate winner of the Pulitzer
Prize for Fiction. (Oddly enough, during his military service, O’Toole was
stationed at the same Army post as my friend John Henry Irsfeld.)</span></div>
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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;">My plan is to devote most of my
free time to marketing <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">In The War Zone</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">  </span>In the meantime, my youngest son,
Christian Brebbia (Yale, NYU film school), and I and others have formed a movie
production company. Once I have gained enough traction from <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">In The War Zone</i> to raise the funds, we
will commence principle photography on a feature film entitled <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Teeth</i>. Christian and I co-authored the screenplay,
which is based on a short story of mine. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Teeth is a
zany comedy/satire about Hans Potts, a New Jersey orthodontist, and his horse-faced
mother, Miriam, two world class bigots who flee from ethnically challenged
Camden, New Jersey to Los Angeles seeking peace and contentment. Then from
ethnically challenged Los Angeles they set their sights on the old south seeking
peace and contentment. En route in their moving van, they become marooned
in Gumball, Texas, a tiny town in the Texas Panhandle. Gumball is in a
segregationist time warp ruled by an old fashioned, moonshining sheriff and
it's all downhill from there. Instead of peace and contentment, the Potts’
manage to </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">incite a war among the KKK, a congregation of black
Presbyterians, a moonshining segregationist sheriff, a corporate raiding party
headed by a Jewish Napoleon, and the US Treasury Department. So there!</span><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
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Review: TO KILL A WARLOCK by H.P. Mallory

4 of 5 stars


I picked up this book during a free promotion and it was definitely a fun read. The story is told in first person and follows Regulator Dulcie O'Neil. It's her job to bring lawbreakers to justice and she's one kick-ass fairy. During a particularly gruesome murder investigation, she is tapped to work with Netherworld's investigator Knight Vander. Of course, it doesn't hurt that Knight is tall, dark and handsome and sparks fly between him and Dulcie during the investigation.



If you're looking for a full paranormal world with demons, vampires and fairies, this book will definitely entertain you. The author does a great job of fleshing out many of the secondary characters. I have a soft spot for Bram. He's the bad boy you love. It's the first book in the series so there's more opportunities to get your fix of Dulcie, Knight and Bram.

Blog Tour Promo Blast: THE WEDDING WAGER by Regina Duke

 




 

The Wedding Wager
Kevin Wake hates being rich. He despises everything his father stands for, but he can’t abandon his kid sister and baby brother. Their future is tied to his own. When his father threatens to rob them all of their mother’s legacy, Kevin takes bold action to protect what should be theirs.

Megan Mully is out of the hospital at last. But she’s homeless, jobless, broke and alone. Love is the last thing on her mind. Kevin is just a means to an end. She never expected him to steal her
heart!

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About the Author
Hi! I’m Regina Duke. I’ve been writing for (gasp!) fifty years, collecting some lovely rejection slips along the way. When indie publishing became a possibility, I decided this was my opportunity to find out if people really enjoyed my books or not. What a wonderful way to share my stories! I wake up every morning, looking forward to writing the next one. And I am delighted by the responses from readers.

When I’m not writing, I am teaching my dogs tricks and attending dog events in obedience, rally, and agility. Many of my books have dogs in them. Two Labrador pups wend their way onto the pages of The Wedding Wager. I also enjoy adding flowers to my garden, and this year I even produced some cherry tomatoes!



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It is the day after Aimee Patterson’s high school graduation. College beckons, as does her dream of becoming an engineer. On an early evening walk, her cocker spaniel charges into the woods on the other side of the pond. Aimee trails after him, and in the stillness of that forest the unthinkable happens. She becomes paralyzed and watches in horror as her hands vanish before her eyes.

Waking to the sound of voices, Aimee realizes that she has been kidnapped. Little does she know how far away from home she is, though. In an attempt to flee her captors, she launches from their confines only to freeze at the view outside the window. The sky is black and filled with stars, and in the distance is a familiar blue globe. The planet Earth.

A group of humans forced to flee their planet after an epidemic destroyed their civilization now travel the galaxies in search of an antidote. Retrieving samples of plant life from every solar system, on this occasion Aimee was accidentally seized instead.

Aimee must learn to avoid the advances of an awkward young scientist who seems intent on dissecting her, as her own fascination turns to the exotic young warrior, Zak. Having fallen in love with Zak, she is now torn with the decision to return to Earth or live beyond the stars.



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Interview with Christine Hannon

Can you
give us a brief overview of your latest book?

This book is the story of a little girl who
through a childhood full of struggles, hardships and pain had a dream. That
dream was to someday become a hairdresser. Follow her as she trades her dollies
in for the real thing. This is the diary of a hairdresser who had a calling and
a great memory. It is filled with stories of pain, sadness, gossip, angst,
triumph, challenge and most of all, humor. This is more than just an ordinary
book of hairdressing stories. There are times I will jog our memory and lessons
to be learned. You will read things about hairdressing you may have never
imagined. You might even look at your hairdresser in a whole new light after
reading this book. Come sit in my virtual chair and enjoy the ride.




Did you
try the traditional route to publishing, i.e. querying agents/publishers?

No I didn't go that route. I did have the opportunity to use
two self, vanity publishers but decided after further investigation not to. I
do have a query letter ready but have not used it.




What
factors influenced your decision to self-publish to Amazon?

I decided to use Amazon for financial and time reasons. Most
of my family had gadgets to download from the internet to read and used Amazon
to do that. Also I didn't want to wait years to try to find a traditional
publisher. I had read so many stories of great authors being rejected time and
time again. I felt I had a story everyone should read and I wanted it available
for that reason.




What is
your writing process?

My book is about me so there was not much preparing to do.
Other than making sure the dates and places were correct. I just wrote my
experiences from memory. It was amazing how things flooded back to me as I started
typing. Some things I had thought I had forgotten.




Did you
hire an editor to review your manuscript before publishing?

One of the problems with being a first time author is not
knowing what you must do or to what extent. I had my book edited 5 times and
was sure it was perfect. I was out of school and working by the time I was
sixteen I had no reason to worry about grammar or punctuation. So I had others
do that portion for me.  




What have
you’ve learned during your self-publishing journey?

I have learned to edit, edit and edit again. That there are
many wonderful people out there in the writing world that are willing to share
their talents, advice and help. That the only way to get your book known is to
market yourself. I have over my 67 years sold a lot of home based products and was
exceptional at it but selling myself was a lot harder. It is worth all the
trouble and work though. I was under the impression that if you told people you
self published they would shy away from your book I have found the opposite is
true. They shy away from the vanity published authors at least that is my
finding.




Besides
Amazon, are there any other sites where your books are for sale?

My books are also available at LULU.com. and Facebook e book
store.




What
advice would you give a new author just entering into the self-publishing
arena?

I would tell these new authors that they must be willing to
market. I make business cards, bookmarks, posters, and do book signings. I go
to the local book stores and ask to have my books featured in their store. As a
matter of fact I talk to everyone who will listen. I am lucky I have a book
that everyone no matter who they are can relate to. There are several salons
that carry my book as well. With a title 'A Hairdresser's Diary' you can see
why.




I would tell new authors that the experience is amazing and
well worth the time and effort.




Besides
writing, do you have any other passions?

I am also a self-taught artist. I taught myself to paint as
a way to deal with daily chronic pain. I also am a poet and have a book
'Versify' on Amazon




What’s
next for you?

I am now writing the sequel to 'A Hairdresser's Diary'. It is
amazing how many people I know are asking if they will be in this book . I am
honored to have them ask.




Buy links:

http://www.amazon.com/Hairdressers-Diary-looking-reflection-ourselves/dp/1475164289/ref=zg_bsnr_220855011_12




http://www.amazon.com/Versify-Poems-Christine-Hannon-1/dp/162220011X/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1346070150&sr=1-4&keywords=versify




Websites:

http://ahairdressersdiaries.wordpress.com/




http://ahairdressersdairy.com

Book Tour Promo Blast: CURSE OF THE ICE DRAGON by Tara West

 






Curse of the Ice Dragon
From the bestselling YA paranormal author of The Whispers Series comes a new fantasy saga.

Born with mark of the Mighty Hunter, Markus saves his village from the brink of starvation --for whenever he releases an arrow, his aim is true. But for all of his skill and strength, Markus doesn't dare stand up to his abusive father. Shamed by his cowardice, he seeks distraction by needlessly shooting the forest creatures.

The village prophet warns Markus that the Ice Goddess will unleash The Hunter’s Curse. For every animal Markus kills, a person he loves will suffer the same fate. When Markus takes no heed, The Goddess unleashes her ice dragon. Now Markus must flee the dragon without killing it ... or his beloved brother will be the next to die.



 

 

 

 

 

Author Tara West


Former Texas high school teacher, I enjoyed coaching the writing team and even the hectic deadlines that came with running the school publications. After taking a break to raise my baby girl, I now work from home as a novelist and a part-time graphic designer. In my spare time, I love to read, exercise and spend time with my family and friends.

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