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June 5, 2017
June 5: Blog Tour Day Eight
A couple of interesting things on the tour menu today, including a closer look at Luca, my main vampire hybrid squeeze.
June 5: Interview
The Book Junkie Reads...
June 5: Guest Blog- The Strong, Silent Type: Vampires in A Vision in Crimson
Roxanne's Realm
**June 3 through June 10: A Vision in Crimson is available on Amazon for only 99 cents! Grab your copy today!!**
June 4, 2017
June 4: Blog Tour Day Seven
Greetings! Today I get to talk about my favorite creatures of the night, and how they've infiltrated the realm of high fantasy in A Vision in Crimson. For all you would-be vampire fans out there, you might just learn something.
June 4: Guest Blog-An Undead History
Fantasy Literature Expanded Universe
**June 3 through June 10: A Vision in Crimson is available on Amazon for only 99 cents! Grab your copy today!!**
June 3, 2017
June 3: Blog Tour Day Six
Another blog has graciously offered to interview me today, to give you more insight into world-building in A Vision in Crimson and how it relates to the greater genres of fantasy and gothic romance. Today is also the first day of my 99 cent sale at Amazon, so grab your copy today! If you'll be at BookCon today in NYC, drop me a line!
June 3: Interview
MyLifeMyBooksMyEscape
June 2, 2017
June 2: Blog Tour Day Five
More tidbits and an interview on the agenda today, with loads of fresh breadcrumbs about A Vision in Crimson and other upcoming projects! In other news, Book Con is tomorrow!!! I will be there, pumped and ready. If any of my readers are also headed to the Javits Center, come say hello!
June 2: Spotlight
Traci Douglass
June 2: Spotlight
Lisa's World of Books
June 2: Interview
Supernatural Central
June 1, 2017
June 1: Blog Tour Day Four
Happy June! Today there are more spotlights and sneak peaks, and a guest post about the most wonderful genre in the world and how A Vision in Crimson fits into a long, illustrious line of literature.
June 1: Guest Blog-The Sweet Spot: Gothic Romance
Whiskey With My Book
June 1: Spotlight
The Authors Blog
June 1: Spotlight
Lisa's Loves (Books of Course)
June 1: Spotlight
Books, Dreams, Life
May 31, 2017
May 31: Blog Tour Day Three
A new day, new spotlights! And an interview so you can indirectly pick my brain! Plus, info on the BookCon
May 31: Spotlight
Ogitchida Kwe's Book Blog
May 31: Interview
Author's Secrets
May 30, 2017
May 30: Blog Tour Day Two
Happy Memorial Day All! There are some new spotlights to check out today, with excerpts from A Vision in Crimson to spark your interest!
May 30: Spotlight
Ramblings of a Book Nerd
May 30: Spotlight
Illuminite Caliginosus
May 30: Spotlight
3 Partners in Shopping, Nana, Mommy, and Sissy, Too!
May 29, 2017
May 29: Blog Tour Day One
Today's an exciting day! Day One of my blog tour for A Vision in Crimson-there's a guest post by me about my literary voice and a few spotlights and excerpts to check out. Also, my little girl is four today!!
May 29: Guest Blog- A Gaggle of Giants
Full Moon Bites
May 29: Spotlight
Just Another Bookaholic
May 29: Spotlight
Reads 2 Love
May 29: Spotlight
Sapphyria's Book Reviews
May 29: Spotlight
T's Stuff
May 29: Spotlight
Don't Judge, Read
May 23, 2017
A Vision in Crimson Blog Tour
I'm proud to announce my blog tour schedule for A Vision in Crimson, the first book in my new epic romantic fantasy series, fraught with passion, peril, and vampires! My hearty thanks go out to Bewitching Blog Tours for coordinating this for me. Hop along with me during the tour, and you'll find all kind of cool tidbits about me, sneak peeks at my new series and starring characters, and secret intel my current projects. There will also be some awesome prizes, including notebooks to fuel your own creativity and a swanky keychain!
Schedule:
May 29: Guest Blog- A Gaggle of Giants
Full Moon Bites
May 29: Spotlight
Just Another Bookaholic
May 29: Spotlight
Reads 2 Love
May 29: Spotlight
Sapphyria's Book Reviews
May 29: Spotlight
T's Stuff
May 29: Spotlight
Don't Judge, Read
May 30: Spotlight
Ramblings of a Book Nerd
May 30: Spotlight
Illuminite Caliginosus
May 30: Spotlight
3 Partners in Shopping, Nana, Mommy, and Sissy, Too!
May 31: Spotlight
Ogitchida Kwe's Book Blog
May 31: Interview
Author's Secrets
June 1: Guest Blog-The Sweet Spot: Gothic Romance
Whiskey With My Book
June 1: Spotlight
The Authors Blog
June 1: Spotlight
Lisa's Loves (Books of Course)
June 1: Spotlight
Books, Dreams, Life
June 2: Spotlight
Traci Douglass
June 2: Spotlight
Lisa's World of Books
June 2: Interview
Supernatural Central
June 3: Interview
MyLifeMyBooksMyEscape
June 4: Guest Blog-An Undead History
Fantasy Literature Expanded Universe
June 5: Interview
The Book Junkie Reads...
June 5: Guest Blog- The Strong, Silent Type: Vampires in A Vision in Crimson
Roxanne's Realm
June 6: Interview
Literary Musings
June 6: Guest Blog-The Dark Corners of the Earth: Lovecraft's Effect
Thoughts on Fantasy
June 6: Guest Blog - Not Your Average Heroine: A Profile in Pictures
Fang-tastic Books
June 7: Spotlight
Literary Musings
June 7: Spotlight
Simply Kelina
June 8: Review
Magical Pages Book Blog
June 8: Spotlight
Lisa-Queen of Random
June 9: Spotlight
For Love of Books4
June 9: Review
Fantatical Paranormal Romantical
June 10: Spotlight
Reader's Handbook
June 10: Spotlight
Lovely Loveday
June 11: Spotlight
A Fold in the Spine
June 11: Review
The Simple Things in Life
June 12: Spotlight
Cloe Michael's Reads
June 12: Spotlight
HeadTripping Books
May 16, 2017
An Awful Truth- Gilded Needles
I came back for a second helping of Michael McDowell after reading the new edition of
The Elementals
, released by Valancourt Books. I picked up Gilded Needles. The sinister cover art, along with the premise of a family invited to their own funeral, sucked me in.
It did not have the supernatural ambiance of The Elementals, which was disappointing, but it was no less dark for it. It painted a grim, painstakingly realistic portrait of New York at the end of the nineteenth century, and pitted two families against one another to the bitter end. The book showcases the discrepancies that still run rampant in cities such as these. The well-to-do Stallworths care only for their reputation and meteoric rise to influence among the the city's social and political elite, targeting the Shanks family for their depravity, and inciting a heinous, (and ultimately rewarding) revenge for stealing the lives of those confined to the Black Triangle: the nexus of New York criminality.
Black Lena, as the Shanks matriarch is called, could have taken it even further, but I suppose that's part of the point. When she exacts her revenge on each member of the Stallworth family in turn, I cannot help but grin. McDowell's deft hand makes it clear at every moment just who are the villains here, and exposes the dark underside of the wretched city in every rank. It is also perfectly plain that these families are more intertwined than they believe themselves to be, just stuck in different corners of their urban cage.
Gilded Needles was not the triumph of mood or atmosphere that I was hoping for, but it is successful in its intention-to pinpoint the true nature of humanity, of depravity, of vanity and false righteousness, and the details of his all-too-real world are delightful. Those select few who can write characters that are vivid, those who linger after the tale is told, are worth second and third looks. I'm certain that I'll be returning for more.
K Rating; 7/10
Add some dirt and about two hundred pounds, and you've got Black Lena
It did not have the supernatural ambiance of The Elementals, which was disappointing, but it was no less dark for it. It painted a grim, painstakingly realistic portrait of New York at the end of the nineteenth century, and pitted two families against one another to the bitter end. The book showcases the discrepancies that still run rampant in cities such as these. The well-to-do Stallworths care only for their reputation and meteoric rise to influence among the the city's social and political elite, targeting the Shanks family for their depravity, and inciting a heinous, (and ultimately rewarding) revenge for stealing the lives of those confined to the Black Triangle: the nexus of New York criminality.Black Lena, as the Shanks matriarch is called, could have taken it even further, but I suppose that's part of the point. When she exacts her revenge on each member of the Stallworth family in turn, I cannot help but grin. McDowell's deft hand makes it clear at every moment just who are the villains here, and exposes the dark underside of the wretched city in every rank. It is also perfectly plain that these families are more intertwined than they believe themselves to be, just stuck in different corners of their urban cage.
Gilded Needles was not the triumph of mood or atmosphere that I was hoping for, but it is successful in its intention-to pinpoint the true nature of humanity, of depravity, of vanity and false righteousness, and the details of his all-too-real world are delightful. Those select few who can write characters that are vivid, those who linger after the tale is told, are worth second and third looks. I'm certain that I'll be returning for more.
K Rating; 7/10
Add some dirt and about two hundred pounds, and you've got Black Lena
