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Double launch day! 'The Dream' and 'Into The Light!' and a 48hr giveaway!
My excitement for my book launch today has been doubled because I am launching on the same day as my good friend and fellow author, Darcia Helle.
For those of you who might be new to my blog, I'll explain a bit about how I connected with Darcia.
Last summer I was invited by Darcia to join BestsellerBound.com as a resident author. Up until that time I didn't really know Darcia, except that I was a friend through Goodreads and maybe some other networking sites. I was very impressed by her website and blog so I agreed to join her and Stacy Juba in launching BestsellerBound. That message board is now very popular with independent/small press authors and readers. If you haven't already been there to have a look, please do join us. We love meeting new authors and readers.
A few months ago I found out that Darcia was busy writing her new novel, 'Into The Light'. As I was planning to release my new novel, 'The Dream', it made sense to launch the books together, especially as they are both books that feature ghosts!
More about the books:
The Dream:
Blurb: Lynne cannot shake her feelings of dread; her dreams tell her she is making a terrible mistake, she must not marry Adam. But, how can she believe the dream? Lynne and Adam have shared their lives for three years now. She is certain she loves him. It is not that love, which her dream warns against. It doesn't matter that she loves this man she will soon marry. If she marries him, the voice in her dream says her soul mate will die. Her true love will perish. Soon, Lynne's world is transformed and becomes almost unrecognisable, except for the déjà vu. Time doesn't seem to mean much anymore, and things are not quite as they seem. As her world spins out of control, Lynne must sort out what's real and what isn't to fulfill her destiny.
Link to the book trailer: The Dream - Book Trailer
Where you can read a sample: Goodreads
Where you can buy it! Lulu.com for the paperback version. Save 30%!
The paperback version will also soon be available on Amazon and B&N and other such sites. You can also order it from any bookstore or library quoting the ISBN: 978-0-9564101-5-3
Ebook!
Amazon Kindle
Journal-Store
Smashwords.com Where you can download in any format to suit your ereader.
Into The Light:
The blurb:
Max Paddington refuses to go into the light until he finds his killer. This presents a dilemma, since Max is even less competent as a spirit than he was as a live person. No one sees or hears him and he can't manage to get anywhere or do anything on his own.
Joe Cavelli is a private investigator, living an ordinary life. Then one day he walks across a parking lot, gets yelled at by a ghost, and his life only gets stranger from there.
Max and Joe team up to find Max's killer. In the process, they form an unlikely friendship and change each other's lives in ways they never expected.
Link to the book trailer: Into The Light - book Trailer
Where you can read a sample: Darcia's Blog
Where you can buy it! On Darcia's website (print copy pay via paypal): The Book will also soon be available on Amazon and other good book stores. You can order it from any bookstore or library quoting ISBN: 978-1463640200
Ebook version on
Amazon Kindle
Smashwords
Contest!
Darcia Helle is currently hosting a giveaway where you can enter to win a print copy of both our books! It runs until Wednesday 20th July, so be quick, this is a 48hr giveaway! Here's the link to the contest: Giveaway!
Enjoy the books!
For those of you who might be new to my blog, I'll explain a bit about how I connected with Darcia.
Last summer I was invited by Darcia to join BestsellerBound.com as a resident author. Up until that time I didn't really know Darcia, except that I was a friend through Goodreads and maybe some other networking sites. I was very impressed by her website and blog so I agreed to join her and Stacy Juba in launching BestsellerBound. That message board is now very popular with independent/small press authors and readers. If you haven't already been there to have a look, please do join us. We love meeting new authors and readers.
A few months ago I found out that Darcia was busy writing her new novel, 'Into The Light'. As I was planning to release my new novel, 'The Dream', it made sense to launch the books together, especially as they are both books that feature ghosts!
More about the books:
The Dream:
Blurb: Lynne cannot shake her feelings of dread; her dreams tell her she is making a terrible mistake, she must not marry Adam. But, how can she believe the dream? Lynne and Adam have shared their lives for three years now. She is certain she loves him. It is not that love, which her dream warns against. It doesn't matter that she loves this man she will soon marry. If she marries him, the voice in her dream says her soul mate will die. Her true love will perish. Soon, Lynne's world is transformed and becomes almost unrecognisable, except for the déjà vu. Time doesn't seem to mean much anymore, and things are not quite as they seem. As her world spins out of control, Lynne must sort out what's real and what isn't to fulfill her destiny.
Link to the book trailer: The Dream - Book Trailer
Where you can read a sample: Goodreads
Where you can buy it! Lulu.com for the paperback version. Save 30%!
The paperback version will also soon be available on Amazon and B&N and other such sites. You can also order it from any bookstore or library quoting the ISBN: 978-0-9564101-5-3
Ebook!
Amazon Kindle
Journal-Store
Smashwords.com Where you can download in any format to suit your ereader.
Into The Light:
The blurb:
Max Paddington refuses to go into the light until he finds his killer. This presents a dilemma, since Max is even less competent as a spirit than he was as a live person. No one sees or hears him and he can't manage to get anywhere or do anything on his own.
Joe Cavelli is a private investigator, living an ordinary life. Then one day he walks across a parking lot, gets yelled at by a ghost, and his life only gets stranger from there.
Max and Joe team up to find Max's killer. In the process, they form an unlikely friendship and change each other's lives in ways they never expected.
Link to the book trailer: Into The Light - book Trailer
Where you can read a sample: Darcia's Blog
Where you can buy it! On Darcia's website (print copy pay via paypal): The Book will also soon be available on Amazon and other good book stores. You can order it from any bookstore or library quoting ISBN: 978-1463640200
Ebook version on
Amazon Kindle
Smashwords
Contest!
Darcia Helle is currently hosting a giveaway where you can enter to win a print copy of both our books! It runs until Wednesday 20th July, so be quick, this is a 48hr giveaway! Here's the link to the contest: Giveaway!
Enjoy the books!
Haunted paperback, now available!
Great news for those of you who prefer print books... Haunted is now available to buy as a paperback from Lulu.com!
Here's the link you need: http://www.lulu.com/shop/maria-savva/...
For the next few days, to celebrate the launch, there is also a 20% discount available for anyone who buys it.
Enjoy!
Here's the link you need: http://www.lulu.com/shop/maria-savva/...
For the next few days, to celebrate the launch, there is also a 20% discount available for anyone who buys it.
Enjoy!
Delusion and Dreams - Blog Tour!
I've arranged a blog tour to promote my latest book, Delusion and Dreams.
The tour will run from 31st May to 21st June, and there will be a Rafflecopter giveaway. You could win a signed copy of the book. There are also runner up prizes of an e-book version of Delusion and Dreams and e-books from Darcia Helle, J. Michael Radcliffe, Wendy Laharnar, and Helle Gade!
Here's a list of the dates for the tour as well as details as to what you can expect on each stop. I'll be updating this blog with links to each stop on the tour.
I hope to see you all there!
31st May: First stop, Darcia Helle's blog! My guest post there is all about why some of the stories in “Delusion and Dreams” are told from different characters’ viewpoints: http://quietfurybooks.com/blog/2013/0...
1st June: Interview on J. Michael Radcliffe's blog. Michael was one of my beta-readers, so he asked me lots of questions about "Delusion and Dreams": http://michaelradcliffe.wordpress.com...
2nd June: I'll be stopping at Seumas Gallacher's blog. There'll be an excerpt from one of the stories from "Delusion and Dreams": http://seumasgallacher.com/2013/06/02...
3rd June: There will be a New Release Spotlight for the book on the BestsellerBound Recommends blog! http://quietfurybooks.com/bestsellerb...
4th June: I'll be at Savannah Rayne's blog, telling you all about the book trailer for "Delusion and Dreams": http://savannahrayne.blogspot.co.uk/2...
5th June: I'll be at The Secret Writer's blog, where my guest post will feature a few sentences about each of the stories included in my new collection: http://thesecretwriterblog.blogspot.c...
6th June: I'll be K.B. Walker's blog, telling you how I chose the cover for the book: http://nutsandcrisps.wordpress.com/20...
7th June: I'll be at Pinky Pollock's blog with another interview: pinkypollock.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/m...
8th June: I'm featured on Kathleen Valentine's blog, with a behind the scenes look at how I put the collection of stories together: http://www.kathleenvalentineblog.com/...
9th June: One of my short stories from a previous collection will be featured on Ben Ditmars's blog: niceoldspice.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/d...
10th June: My guest post on Helle Gade's blog will be all about what writing is like for me: http://hellegade.wordpress.com/2013/0...
11th June: I'll be at Bitsy Bling Books with a post about the BestsellerBound Short Story Anthologies: http://bitsybling.blogspot.co.uk/2013...
12th June: I'm at Jaime McDougall's blog with another excerpt from "Delusion and Dreams": http://inkyblots.com/guest-author-mar...
13th June: I'm at author Merita King's blog talking about my novels: http://meritaking.com/2013/06/12/delu...
14th June: I'll be featured on Jenny Hilborne's blog. My guest post there is about why I like short stories:
http://jfhilborne.wordpress.com/2013/...
15th June: I'll be on Wendy Laharnar's blog, talking about the recurring theme of 'dreams' in my books. Or should that be 'recurring dreams'? LOL: http://wendylaharnar.blogspot.com.au/...
16th June: I'll be on Claire Voet's blog recommending some of my favourite short stories by independent authors: http://clairevoetauthor.blogspot.com....
17th June: I'll be at Orchard Book Club's blog with a guest post about the importance of reviews: http://orchardbookclub.wordpress.com/...
18th June: Back here at the Goodreads blog, with a short piece about how each of the stories came to be in the collection: http://www.goodreads.com/author_blog_...
19th June: I'll be at author Geoffrey D. West's blog, with a guest post about my other short story collections: http://geoffreywestdotcom.wordpress.c...
20th June: I will be at Angela Turpin's blog where I will be telling you what I'm working on now... http://angelalamturpin.com/?p=970
21st June: The final stop in the tour. I'll be at Mark Rice's blog with another excerpt from Delusion and Dreams: http://metallicdreams.wordpress.com/2...
I think this tour is going to be a lot of fun. If you bookmark this blog post you can come back daily and find links to each of the stops on the tour. Don't forget to enter the giveaway for your chance to win a signed paperback of Delusion and Dreams, as well as some fabulous e-books by some of my favourite authors.
Here's a link to the Rafflecopter Giveaway, which will go live when the tour begins: a Rafflecopter giveaway
