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GoddessFish Tour for Havana: Killing Castro
Here are the dates and locations for my tour:
APRIL 19: The Life (and lies) of an inanimate flying object - http://haleymathiot.blogspot.com
APRIL 20: The Many Shades - http://themanyshades.blogspot.com
APRIL 21: You Gotta Read Guest - http://yougottareadguest.blogspot.com
APRIL 22: Liana's Place - http://lianalaverentz.blogspot.com/
APRIL 23: Sandra's Blog - http://sandrascox.blogspot.com
APRIL 26: The Perils of Pauline - http://paulinebjones.livejournal.com
APRIL 27: Lisa Leibow's Fodder for Fiction - http://llleibow.com/blog/
APRIL 28: Mystery Writer KJ Roberts - http://authorjroberts.blogspot.com
APRIL 29: Suspense By Anne - http://suspensebyanne.blogspot.com
APRIL 30:(open)
APRIL 19: The Life (and lies) of an inanimate flying object - http://haleymathiot.blogspot.com
APRIL 20: The Many Shades - http://themanyshades.blogspot.com
APRIL 21: You Gotta Read Guest - http://yougottareadguest.blogspot.com
APRIL 22: Liana's Place - http://lianalaverentz.blogspot.com/
APRIL 23: Sandra's Blog - http://sandrascox.blogspot.com
APRIL 26: The Perils of Pauline - http://paulinebjones.livejournal.com
APRIL 27: Lisa Leibow's Fodder for Fiction - http://llleibow.com/blog/
APRIL 28: Mystery Writer KJ Roberts - http://authorjroberts.blogspot.com
APRIL 29: Suspense By Anne - http://suspensebyanne.blogspot.com
APRIL 30:(open)
More Award Nominations
I received word that both Havana: Top Secret and Havana: Killing Castro have been nominated in the Suspense/Thriller category of the Global eBook Awards. For this, I am excited!
However Long the Night
My new novel, However Long the Night, will be published by ETERNAL PRESS in February 2012. This book won first place in the Lighthouse Book Awards for Fiction and second place in the Royal Palm Awards for Fiction. HLTN is a 90,000-word contemporary mainstream novel with a romantic flair, a love triangle, suspense, a pinch of corporate shenanigans and a historical background. Check my blog (http://davidperedabooks.blogspot.com/ ) for more news. I will be posting sample passages for you to read and enjoy.
David
David
Book 'Em NC
I invite you to Lumberton, North Carolina to attend the Book'Em North Carolina Writers Conference on Sat Feb 25, 2012, where I will be talking and signing copies of his books. At 2 pm I will be appearing on the panel Turning the Page: The Suspense is Thrilling me. For more information, please visit http://bookemnc.org .
However Long the Night: Release Date and Promotional Activies
My new mainstream romance novel, HOWEVER LONG the NIGHT, is being released by Eternal Press on February 7th. Winner of the Lighthouse Book Award for Fiction and the Royal Palm Award for Fiction, HLTN is a 90,000-word contemporary romantic tale with a tense love triangle, family secrets, lots of suspense, a major dose of corporate shenanigans and a historical background. I'll be signing books at the Book'Em North Carolina Writers Conference in Lumberton on February 25-26, where I'll also be highlighted on a panel titled, "Turn the Page" the Suspense is Thrilling Me." Please come see me, if you can. If you can't, a day later I'll begin a 15-stop promotional blog tour with Goddess Fish Promotions. For those of you who might be interested in reading my thoughts on writing and my path to becoming an award-winning writer, I encorage you to read some of my interviews. The link to the tour is posted on my website: www.davidperesda.com. Happy reading and writing to all of you.
Shameless Promotion - However Long the Night
I have been told that a book does not sell on Amazon without at least 50 reviews posted there. I have tried in the past to give away review copies in exchange for a review, and had very few people follow through. This being the case, I would like to make the following offer:
The first 50 people to buy my book and post a review on Amazon will have their full purchase price (up to regular retail price) refunded by me. The book can be purchased as an eBook from Eternal Press or Amazon, or as a paperback when available from Amazon or from any other vendor or source.
Send a copy of your receipt, your name and address, along with the name you used to post the review, to me via email at
davidmpereda@gmail.com or by mail to
David Pereda
600 Merrimon Ave #6F
Asheville, NC 28804
I will verify that the review has been posted (and will make sure nobody has yet claimed that review), and mail you a check for the full amount you paid including tax.
David
http://eternalpress.biz/book.php?isbn...
http://www.amazon.com/However-Long-th...
The first 50 people to buy my book and post a review on Amazon will have their full purchase price (up to regular retail price) refunded by me. The book can be purchased as an eBook from Eternal Press or Amazon, or as a paperback when available from Amazon or from any other vendor or source.
Send a copy of your receipt, your name and address, along with the name you used to post the review, to me via email at
davidmpereda@gmail.com or by mail to
David Pereda
600 Merrimon Ave #6F
Asheville, NC 28804
I will verify that the review has been posted (and will make sure nobody has yet claimed that review), and mail you a check for the full amount you paid including tax.
David
http://eternalpress.biz/book.php?isbn...
http://www.amazon.com/However-Long-th...
It's Raining Books reviews However Long the Night
This is the best review to date of However Long the Night.
Here's the review:
I started reading this not really knowing what to expect. I only hoped I wouldn’t be bored. Well, I was far from bored, I was fascinated.
The story starts with a Cuban family being forced to leave Cuba during the boatlift of 1980. The story is focused on Cid Milan, who was a teenager when he first arrived in the United States.
When we meet him, he's a very successful architect in Miami, and I expected the story to follow in a predictable pattern. He was handsome, wealthy, had a large company, and a beautiful girlfriend. However, he wasn’t totally content with his life. He spent very little time with his family as there was, apparently, a lot of conflict with them. This is when I began to be really hooked because there was clearly more to this than I had first believed.
When his dying father requested that he come to see him, he did so, begrudgingly. Once there, however, he found out that twenty-five years before, his father had done something to him and to someone he loved which was unforgiveable. Now he realized that he would have to return to Cuba to resolve the situation. He talks his brother into accompanying him and makes his plans.
I became totally involved now. What would happen to him when he returned? Certainly it would be extremely dangerous, but he felt he had to go. I couldn’t put the book down. I had to know what would happen.
This was fascinating to me, as I discovered all the difficulties he faced as he tried to resolve all the problems his father had caused. It was so interesting to follow him in Cuba, a country which we have heard so much about, but in these past years have really not known much about and what was happening there, and how dangerous it actually was.
I was on the edge of my seat as the mystery of what had happened slowly unfolded. I was completely involved in the characters and the story. Mr. Pereda is very skilled, and his writing kept me glued to my chair, flipping pages, dying to see how everything was resolved. The result was a very unusual but very happy ending.
This story was probably one of the most well written that I have read in a long time. It really kept my interest, was well worth all the time I put into reading it, and it was something I kept thinking about long after I set my eReader aside. I would give this a 5 Plus, if that was possible.
Rated 5/5 flowers.
The original review can be found at It's Raining Books published another outstanding review of However Long the Night. Hopefully, it will get on Amazon. Let's post it on FB, Twitter, Goodreads, EP, etcetera.
Here's the review:
I started reading this not really knowing what to expect. I only hoped I wouldn’t be bored. Well, I was far from bored, I was fascinated.
The story starts with a Cuban family being forced to leave Cuba during the boatlift of 1980. The story is focused on Cid Milan, who was a teenager when he first arrived in the United States.
When we meet him, he's a very successful architect in Miami, and I expected the story to follow in a predictable pattern. He was handsome, wealthy, had a large company, and a beautiful girlfriend. However, he wasn’t totally content with his life. He spent very little time with his family as there was, apparently, a lot of conflict with them. This is when I began to be really hooked because there was clearly more to this than I had first believed.
When his dying father requested that he come to see him, he did so, begrudgingly. Once there, however, he found out that twenty-five years before, his father had done something to him and to someone he loved which was unforgiveable. Now he realized that he would have to return to Cuba to resolve the situation. He talks his brother into accompanying him and makes his plans.
I became totally involved now. What would happen to him when he returned? Certainly it would be extremely dangerous, but he felt he had to go. I couldn’t put the book down. I had to know what would happen.
This was fascinating to me, as I discovered all the difficulties he faced as he tried to resolve all the problems his father had caused. It was so interesting to follow him in Cuba, a country which we have heard so much about, but in these past years have really not known much about and what was happening there, and how dangerous it actually was.
I was on the edge of my seat as the mystery of what had happened slowly unfolded. I was completely involved in the characters and the story. Mr. Pereda is very skilled, and his writing kept me glued to my chair, flipping pages, dying to see how everything was resolved. The result was a very unusual but very happy ending.
This story was probably one of the most well written that I have read in a long time. It really kept my interest, was well worth all the time I put into reading it, and it was something I kept thinking about long after I set my eReader aside. I would give this a 5 Plus, if that was possible.
Rated 5/5 flowers.
The original review can be found at http://its-raining-books.blogspot.com/
Here's the review:
I started reading this not really knowing what to expect. I only hoped I wouldn’t be bored. Well, I was far from bored, I was fascinated.
The story starts with a Cuban family being forced to leave Cuba during the boatlift of 1980. The story is focused on Cid Milan, who was a teenager when he first arrived in the United States.
When we meet him, he's a very successful architect in Miami, and I expected the story to follow in a predictable pattern. He was handsome, wealthy, had a large company, and a beautiful girlfriend. However, he wasn’t totally content with his life. He spent very little time with his family as there was, apparently, a lot of conflict with them. This is when I began to be really hooked because there was clearly more to this than I had first believed.
When his dying father requested that he come to see him, he did so, begrudgingly. Once there, however, he found out that twenty-five years before, his father had done something to him and to someone he loved which was unforgiveable. Now he realized that he would have to return to Cuba to resolve the situation. He talks his brother into accompanying him and makes his plans.
I became totally involved now. What would happen to him when he returned? Certainly it would be extremely dangerous, but he felt he had to go. I couldn’t put the book down. I had to know what would happen.
This was fascinating to me, as I discovered all the difficulties he faced as he tried to resolve all the problems his father had caused. It was so interesting to follow him in Cuba, a country which we have heard so much about, but in these past years have really not known much about and what was happening there, and how dangerous it actually was.
I was on the edge of my seat as the mystery of what had happened slowly unfolded. I was completely involved in the characters and the story. Mr. Pereda is very skilled, and his writing kept me glued to my chair, flipping pages, dying to see how everything was resolved. The result was a very unusual but very happy ending.
This story was probably one of the most well written that I have read in a long time. It really kept my interest, was well worth all the time I put into reading it, and it was something I kept thinking about long after I set my eReader aside. I would give this a 5 Plus, if that was possible.
Rated 5/5 flowers.
The original review can be found at It's Raining Books published another outstanding review of However Long the Night. Hopefully, it will get on Amazon. Let's post it on FB, Twitter, Goodreads, EP, etcetera.
Here's the review:
I started reading this not really knowing what to expect. I only hoped I wouldn’t be bored. Well, I was far from bored, I was fascinated.
The story starts with a Cuban family being forced to leave Cuba during the boatlift of 1980. The story is focused on Cid Milan, who was a teenager when he first arrived in the United States.
When we meet him, he's a very successful architect in Miami, and I expected the story to follow in a predictable pattern. He was handsome, wealthy, had a large company, and a beautiful girlfriend. However, he wasn’t totally content with his life. He spent very little time with his family as there was, apparently, a lot of conflict with them. This is when I began to be really hooked because there was clearly more to this than I had first believed.
When his dying father requested that he come to see him, he did so, begrudgingly. Once there, however, he found out that twenty-five years before, his father had done something to him and to someone he loved which was unforgiveable. Now he realized that he would have to return to Cuba to resolve the situation. He talks his brother into accompanying him and makes his plans.
I became totally involved now. What would happen to him when he returned? Certainly it would be extremely dangerous, but he felt he had to go. I couldn’t put the book down. I had to know what would happen.
This was fascinating to me, as I discovered all the difficulties he faced as he tried to resolve all the problems his father had caused. It was so interesting to follow him in Cuba, a country which we have heard so much about, but in these past years have really not known much about and what was happening there, and how dangerous it actually was.
I was on the edge of my seat as the mystery of what had happened slowly unfolded. I was completely involved in the characters and the story. Mr. Pereda is very skilled, and his writing kept me glued to my chair, flipping pages, dying to see how everything was resolved. The result was a very unusual but very happy ending.
This story was probably one of the most well written that I have read in a long time. It really kept my interest, was well worth all the time I put into reading it, and it was something I kept thinking about long after I set my eReader aside. I would give this a 5 Plus, if that was possible.
Rated 5/5 flowers.
The original review can be found at http://its-raining-books.blogspot.com/
More Kudos for HLTN
Another 5-Star Review for However Long the Night! http://theysayimnuts.blogspot.com/201...
TV Interview
I was interviewed by a local FoxNews affiliate in Athens Georgia. They posted the video to YouTube. The link is http://youtu.be/Zaxxg5yTvKc . The general consensus is that the reviewer wasn't that good but that I did well -- let me know what you think.
New Review, New Tour
A new, short review, and a new Tour:
"I talked about your book on our morning show this week and Wow! After the first page… I was not able to let it go. I love the way you present the characters and the way the story goes."
- Sandra Landry
Superstation Ckle.fm -New Brunswick, Canada
With GoddessFish Promotions, I am starting a Review Tour, May 21-25. See my blog or visit http://goddessfishpromotions.blogspot... for details.
"I talked about your book on our morning show this week and Wow! After the first page… I was not able to let it go. I love the way you present the characters and the way the story goes."
- Sandra Landry
Superstation Ckle.fm -New Brunswick, Canada
With GoddessFish Promotions, I am starting a Review Tour, May 21-25. See my blog or visit http://goddessfishpromotions.blogspot... for details.
