Allison A. Spector's Blog
August 7, 2016
Reality Girl Giveaway!
Okay my lovelies,
I have a shiny new novel in the works called Reality Girl. It's a dark-humored dystopian thriller. Think of it as Citizen Girl and 1984's leather-clad love-child.
Anyhow, I have 95 FREE digital copies to giveaway and I need YOUR help to get this to print!
How can I help, you ask?
Easy! Go to https://www.inkitt.com/stories/scifi/... to access your FREE copy. Then read it, rate it, quote it and pass along a link to your punk lovin' friends.
If I can get all 100 free copies in the hands of awesome readers like you, I will be in the running for a big fancy publishing deal.
But I only have a few weeks left. So now's a chance to be an early reader (c'mon hipsters, you know you want to read this before it goes mainstream) and to bring my book to life.
Thanks, y'all!
Allison
I have a shiny new novel in the works called Reality Girl. It's a dark-humored dystopian thriller. Think of it as Citizen Girl and 1984's leather-clad love-child.
Anyhow, I have 95 FREE digital copies to giveaway and I need YOUR help to get this to print!
How can I help, you ask?
Easy! Go to https://www.inkitt.com/stories/scifi/... to access your FREE copy. Then read it, rate it, quote it and pass along a link to your punk lovin' friends.
If I can get all 100 free copies in the hands of awesome readers like you, I will be in the running for a big fancy publishing deal.
But I only have a few weeks left. So now's a chance to be an early reader (c'mon hipsters, you know you want to read this before it goes mainstream) and to bring my book to life.
Thanks, y'all!
Allison
May 16, 2016
May Updates
It's been a great month in my writing world! I am incredibly excited to announce that I have two new published works that launched today! The first is a short story about a foul-mouthed cosmic crime monkey titled Space Monkey Mafia. It just found a home in the Molotov Cocktail's Flash Felon Mega-Issue. I am amazed and proud to be among such strange authors and their glorious stories.
My second work published this month is a bit of creative non-fiction about the Great Fiberglass Duct Heist that a friend and I failed miserably at when I was a child growing up in the Pine Barrens. It's called The Bucket Boys. It's been published in the Longridge Review, and if you haven't checked them out yet, you really should. There are some wonderful essays on the trial of childhood through the lens of adult introspection.
Much gratitude to both publications for finding homes for my musings...
Be sure to check them out!
https://themolotovcocktail.com/vol-7/...... -Space Monkey Mafia (The Molotov Cocktailhttps://themolotovcocktail.com)
https://longridgereview.com/allison-s... - The Bucket Boys (The Longridge Review https://longridgereview.com/)
My second work published this month is a bit of creative non-fiction about the Great Fiberglass Duct Heist that a friend and I failed miserably at when I was a child growing up in the Pine Barrens. It's called The Bucket Boys. It's been published in the Longridge Review, and if you haven't checked them out yet, you really should. There are some wonderful essays on the trial of childhood through the lens of adult introspection.
Much gratitude to both publications for finding homes for my musings...
Be sure to check them out!
https://themolotovcocktail.com/vol-7/...... -Space Monkey Mafia (The Molotov Cocktailhttps://themolotovcocktail.com)
https://longridgereview.com/allison-s... - The Bucket Boys (The Longridge Review https://longridgereview.com/)
January 17, 2016
This Week's Tour Stops
Check out the last week of my Rex Jupiter Blog Tour! I have some fun things going on, including a character interview with the infamous RJ himself, and a Let's Stalk Rex Jupiter soundtrack!
January 18: Straight from the Library
January 19: Writers and Authors
January 20: Edgar's Books
January 21: Unabridged Andra's
January 22: Books Chatter
January 18: Straight from the Library
January 19: Writers and Authors
January 20: Edgar's Books
January 21: Unabridged Andra's
January 22: Books Chatter
January 10, 2016
A Whole New Week- All New Tour Stops!
A new week is before us and I have some fun stops coming up on my Let's Stalk Rex Jupiter Blog Tour!
Be sure to visit the following awesome blogs throughout the week. Here's my schedule:
January 11: Rogue's Angels
January 12: Hope, Dreams, Life...Love
January 13: Erin Cawood
January 14: The Reading Addict
January 15: Welcome to my World of Dreams
Remember- the more you visit and comment, the greater chance of winning a signed, annotated copy with original notes!
Be sure to visit the following awesome blogs throughout the week. Here's my schedule:
January 11: Rogue's Angels
January 12: Hope, Dreams, Life...Love
January 13: Erin Cawood
January 14: The Reading Addict
January 15: Welcome to my World of Dreams
Remember- the more you visit and comment, the greater chance of winning a signed, annotated copy with original notes!
January 2, 2016
Week Two of the Rex Jupiter Blog Tour!
We're just a few short days away from Week Two of my Let's Stalk Rex Jupiter blog tour and I wanted to thank everyone that's been following and commenting on my strange and eclectic interviews and posts.
For those interested, here is my line-up for the week of Jan 4...
January 4: Long and Short Reviews
January 5: Queen of All She Reads
January 6: CA Milson
January 7: Independent Authors
January 8: A Writer's Life
Be sure to check them out! The more you visit and comment, the greater chance of winning a signed, annotated copy with original notes!
For those interested, here is my line-up for the week of Jan 4...
January 4: Long and Short Reviews
January 5: Queen of All She Reads
January 6: CA Milson
January 7: Independent Authors
January 8: A Writer's Life
Be sure to check them out! The more you visit and comment, the greater chance of winning a signed, annotated copy with original notes!
December 30, 2015
Why We Write
I wanted to take a moment to introduce a wonderful program that was just launched by 1888 entitled, Why We Write. This is such a cool project and includes myriad perspectives on what drives authors to write and creatives to create. I am honored my statement is among them.
Please take a look at these amazing essays and insights.
http://1888.center/why-we-write/
They're sure to fill up your cup with heartfelt emotions and send your mind spinning with thoughts and inspiration.
Please take a look at these amazing essays and insights.
http://1888.center/why-we-write/
They're sure to fill up your cup with heartfelt emotions and send your mind spinning with thoughts and inspiration.
Blog Tour is Underway
For those of you that haven't been following the whirlwind of interviews and articles that have fluttered across the inter-webs this week, I am pleased to announce that I have two amazing blog tours currently underway.
The first tour is for the Mariya Suzuki Collection of novellas that launched as part of the 1888 / JukePop Summer Writing Contest. It features myself as well as the talented and fabulous Dean Moses and Shannon Barnsley.
All three of our novellas are featured during the tour along with exclusive, original content from one of us each day during this last week of December.
Here's the lineup:
12/28: The Avid Reader Interview with Dean Moses.
12/29:Laurie's Thoughts and Reviews Character Interview for a Stalled Ox
12/30: Unabridged Andra'sInterview with Shannon Barnsley
12/31: Room with Books Interview with Allison Spector
1/01: The Reading Addict Interview with Shannon Barnsley.
There's some wonderful Q&A and lots of fun tid-bits about us and our stories. I encourage you to visit each of the wonderful blogs that are hosting us!
I also have a separate tour focused on Let's Stalk Rex Jupiter! Here are the stops for that tour for the week of Dec 28. I'll post additional stops in the coming weeks.
12/28 : Lisa Haselton's Reviews and Interviews Interview
12/29: Danita Minnis Character Interview with Marian Krause
12/30: It's Raining Books 5 Fun Facts about Allison Spector
12/31: CBY Book Club Interview
1/01: Reviews by Crystal Interview
Special thanks to Goddess Fish Promotions for helping us with these awesome tours!
The first tour is for the Mariya Suzuki Collection of novellas that launched as part of the 1888 / JukePop Summer Writing Contest. It features myself as well as the talented and fabulous Dean Moses and Shannon Barnsley.
All three of our novellas are featured during the tour along with exclusive, original content from one of us each day during this last week of December.
Here's the lineup:
12/28: The Avid Reader Interview with Dean Moses.
12/29:Laurie's Thoughts and Reviews Character Interview for a Stalled Ox
12/30: Unabridged Andra'sInterview with Shannon Barnsley
12/31: Room with Books Interview with Allison Spector
1/01: The Reading Addict Interview with Shannon Barnsley.
There's some wonderful Q&A and lots of fun tid-bits about us and our stories. I encourage you to visit each of the wonderful blogs that are hosting us!
I also have a separate tour focused on Let's Stalk Rex Jupiter! Here are the stops for that tour for the week of Dec 28. I'll post additional stops in the coming weeks.
12/28 : Lisa Haselton's Reviews and Interviews Interview
12/29: Danita Minnis Character Interview with Marian Krause
12/30: It's Raining Books 5 Fun Facts about Allison Spector
12/31: CBY Book Club Interview
1/01: Reviews by Crystal Interview
Special thanks to Goddess Fish Promotions for helping us with these awesome tours!
December 4, 2015
Virtual Book Tour!
It's going to be busy, busy holiday season for your truly as I have partnered with the lovely and talented Goddess Fish Promotions (www.goddessfish.com) to engage in a Virtual Book Tour from Dec 28 through January 22. During that time, I will be hopping from blog-to-blog sharing pretty words and weird interview answers for ya'll to enjoy.
I'll also be giving out yet another signed annotated book with lots of notes in the margins and loose leaf outline goodies slipped into the book itself (there's only 2 of these in existence, so get 'em while they're fresh!)
I'll be sure to update with links to the websites that will be graciously hosting me during the tour as it gets underway.
With Book Love,
Allison
I'll also be giving out yet another signed annotated book with lots of notes in the margins and loose leaf outline goodies slipped into the book itself (there's only 2 of these in existence, so get 'em while they're fresh!)
I'll be sure to update with links to the websites that will be graciously hosting me during the tour as it gets underway.
With Book Love,
Allison
November 12, 2015
The Date is Set...
I am filled with excitement to announce that the Mariya Suzuki Collection's official release date is Tuesday, December 1st, 2015.
It is an honor that Let's Stalk Rex Jupiter will be a part of this wonderful collection!
Many thanks to all the wonderful folk at 1888 and Black Hill Press, as well as the amazingly talented Mariya Suzuki who created our beautiful covers.
Details regarding each awesome story that was lovingly crafted over the summer, can be found below...
A Stalled Ox, by Dean Moses
http://1888.center/product/a-stalled-ox/
An isolated religious cult has reportedly been consuming meat while the rest of the planet has been forced to live a life without it. Presuming this sect has resorted to cannibalism, two agents from an organization known simply as The Agency are dispatched to investigate. Will they find evidence of humans eating one another? Or is something even stranger taking place?
“In the tradition of Serling and Bradbury, A Stalled Ox is a gruesome, yet beautiful story that wraps a complex morality tale in an engaging and fast-paced horror story with a touch of espionage. Crafting a world where no one is truly innocent, Moses invites the reader to follow Agent Howard Harrington as he discovers what true evil is.”
-Shaunn Grulkowski, Editor
Beneath Blair Mountain, by Shannon Barnsley
http://1888.center/product/beneath-bl...
All her life, Lara Rae Brecken has dreamed of the fey folk exiled beneath the earth. But in Logan County, West Virginia everything belongs to the coal company and the only world below is the mine. So Lara and her childhood friend, Barrow, escape to New York. But between the World War, factory fires, and the unforgiving streets, Lara wonders if she’s traded one underworld for another. Spirited away to Boston by an Irish rebel, it seems her luck may have finally improved. That is, until she finds herself face to face with the fey folk one cold October night.
“Lara Rae Brecken, a young woman raised on the Irish fey stories passed down by her ancestors, dreams of the magic that lives just outside her normal perceptions. In bringing together tales from the homeland and life in an industrial society, Barnsley creates a layered world where the line between the harshness of reality and mythological impossibility is blurred. Written in a tone that is subtly haunting, the novella urges us to imagine that things are not always as they appear.”
-Rebecca Johnson, Editor
Let's Stalk Rex Jupiter! by Allison Spector
http://1888.center/product/lets-stalk...
Trouble’s brewing in the Evergreen Jungle. When controversial author Rex Jupiter plans a visit to a Bellingham bookstore, news of his arrival attracts the attention of the mysterious Paladin, who plans on leading a mob of rioting housewives against him. But the Paladin has competition. Sleuth-extraordinaire Marian Krause has her own bone to pick with Jupiter as she scrambles to solve the death of a woman who has stolen her identity. Rex may think he has the situation under control, but when the wrath of the local Druids is incurred, pitchforks and torches may be the least of his concerns.
“Druid zealots, conservative Christians, busking jugglers, hipster baristas—every group, subgroup, and underground subgroup finds a home in a little town known as the City of Subdued Excitement. And while life in the Evergreen Jungle usually means butting heads with a variety of vegans, hippies and ladies’ pinochle club-goers, there is one person that can bring them together: the most insufferable man in the Pacific Northwest. Using her sharpened wit, Spector invites readers into a world rife with scrumptious satire, slightly ruffled feathers, and utter madness.”
-Elise Portale, Editor
Again, it is so exciting to know that in just a few short weeks our stories will be out there for you to enjoy.
Cheers!
Allison
It is an honor that Let's Stalk Rex Jupiter will be a part of this wonderful collection!
Many thanks to all the wonderful folk at 1888 and Black Hill Press, as well as the amazingly talented Mariya Suzuki who created our beautiful covers.
Details regarding each awesome story that was lovingly crafted over the summer, can be found below...
A Stalled Ox, by Dean Moses
http://1888.center/product/a-stalled-ox/
An isolated religious cult has reportedly been consuming meat while the rest of the planet has been forced to live a life without it. Presuming this sect has resorted to cannibalism, two agents from an organization known simply as The Agency are dispatched to investigate. Will they find evidence of humans eating one another? Or is something even stranger taking place?
“In the tradition of Serling and Bradbury, A Stalled Ox is a gruesome, yet beautiful story that wraps a complex morality tale in an engaging and fast-paced horror story with a touch of espionage. Crafting a world where no one is truly innocent, Moses invites the reader to follow Agent Howard Harrington as he discovers what true evil is.”
-Shaunn Grulkowski, Editor
Beneath Blair Mountain, by Shannon Barnsley
http://1888.center/product/beneath-bl...
All her life, Lara Rae Brecken has dreamed of the fey folk exiled beneath the earth. But in Logan County, West Virginia everything belongs to the coal company and the only world below is the mine. So Lara and her childhood friend, Barrow, escape to New York. But between the World War, factory fires, and the unforgiving streets, Lara wonders if she’s traded one underworld for another. Spirited away to Boston by an Irish rebel, it seems her luck may have finally improved. That is, until she finds herself face to face with the fey folk one cold October night.
“Lara Rae Brecken, a young woman raised on the Irish fey stories passed down by her ancestors, dreams of the magic that lives just outside her normal perceptions. In bringing together tales from the homeland and life in an industrial society, Barnsley creates a layered world where the line between the harshness of reality and mythological impossibility is blurred. Written in a tone that is subtly haunting, the novella urges us to imagine that things are not always as they appear.”
-Rebecca Johnson, Editor
Let's Stalk Rex Jupiter! by Allison Spector
http://1888.center/product/lets-stalk...
Trouble’s brewing in the Evergreen Jungle. When controversial author Rex Jupiter plans a visit to a Bellingham bookstore, news of his arrival attracts the attention of the mysterious Paladin, who plans on leading a mob of rioting housewives against him. But the Paladin has competition. Sleuth-extraordinaire Marian Krause has her own bone to pick with Jupiter as she scrambles to solve the death of a woman who has stolen her identity. Rex may think he has the situation under control, but when the wrath of the local Druids is incurred, pitchforks and torches may be the least of his concerns.
“Druid zealots, conservative Christians, busking jugglers, hipster baristas—every group, subgroup, and underground subgroup finds a home in a little town known as the City of Subdued Excitement. And while life in the Evergreen Jungle usually means butting heads with a variety of vegans, hippies and ladies’ pinochle club-goers, there is one person that can bring them together: the most insufferable man in the Pacific Northwest. Using her sharpened wit, Spector invites readers into a world rife with scrumptious satire, slightly ruffled feathers, and utter madness.”
-Elise Portale, Editor
Again, it is so exciting to know that in just a few short weeks our stories will be out there for you to enjoy.
Cheers!
Allison
