M.T. DeSantis's Blog, page 28
June 27, 2021
Interview+Giveaway: Facets of the Past by Monique Gliozzi
Featuring an interview with Monique Gliozzi, author of supernatural fiction Facets of the Past: No Dark Deed Goes Unpunished
When Hank Gild is given the opportunity to take up his dream job, he accepts the offer with excitement. As a tour guide at the historical imperial castle on Lake Starnberg, Hank delights his guests with stories of the late Bavarian emperor-his antics, his precious artifacts and the mystery shrouding his death in 1886. But it seems that not all the castle’s visit...
Review+Giveaway: Dare by Christina Bauer
Review of YA fantasy Dare by Christina Bauer
***BEWARE***
If you don’t like pixies, then don’t read this diary.
Also, if you don’t like pixies who become Queen of the Summer Fae and stay their sassy selves, then definitely don’t read this. I’ll never genuflect, suck up, or tone down.
And I’m totally kicking it as queen. That is, until an evil sorcerer named the Usurper schemes to kill every last thing in Faerie. Whoa. To defeat this deadly mage, I team up with my elf crush, D...
June 22, 2021
Excerpt+Giveaway: Critical Hit by W.M. Akers
Featuring mystery/thriller Critical Hit by W.M. Akers
How do you win a game that’s trying to kill you?
A twenty-nine year-old clerk at a games store in the Appalachian hamlet of Jett Creek, Tennessee, Callie Myles lives for the weekly RPG sessions run by her beloved brother and gamesmaster, LB. Under his watchful eye, she and her friends wage war, harness magic, and battle evil. When the dice are rolling, they are heroes, and all of Callie’s anxieties slip away. The fun stops the n...
June 21, 2021
Third-Person Close Got You Down? There’s a Class for That!
And I’m teaching it soon.
I’m thrilled to announce my third class with Savvy Authors, Dig Deep into Point of View. It’s all about making third-person close as close as you can get it. This self-paced course runs July 19-August 4, and you’ll leave with the tools to create an intensely immursive experience in third-person.
Sign up now!And if you register by July 12th, you can save $5 with code POVDESANTIS2021.
Third-person close. Done right, it has the power to be right there be...
June 20, 2021
Interview+Giveaway: Guns and Smoke by Lauren Sevier and A. Smith
An interview with Lauren Sevier and A. Smith, authors of dystopian/western romance Guns and Smoke
In a world where safety is a luxury and honor is found only among outlaws, two people attempt to outrun danger lurking around each corner and the tragedies that define them.
Bonnie is an outlaw on the run. Beautiful but dangerous; her dark past stalks her like the crater beasts that roam the desert. As the notoriously cruel outlaw Jones sends his henchmen to track her down and retrieve...
June 16, 2021
Excerpt+Giveaway: Mind Over Murder by Kathy DiSanto
Featuring Mind Over Murder by Kathy DiSanto, a paranormal thriller
She’s been gifted with The Sight, but she didn’t see this coming ….
When happy, upstanding citizens of New Frisco start to murder complete strangers, then die by suicide an hour or so later, crime reporter A. J. Gregson is determined to find out why.
Teaming up once again with CIIS Special Agent Jack Eagan—a man who’s rapidly becoming more than just another need-to-know fed—A. J. and a handful of others find themselves r...
June 14, 2021
Excerpt+Giveaway: Dutybound by Mark A. Alvarez II
Featuring fantasy Dutybound: Light Wings Epic Volume 1 by Mark A. Alvarez II
The world was their creation until they sought to destroy it.
Dutybound is the story of Terestria and its Virtues, heirs of nobility forced to face the Sins of their forefathers and bring their world from the brink of Darkness. Among them is Lucia Sanoon, High Maiden to the province of Moz and chosen of the Light Wings. The ancient relic, bestowed upon a long-forgotten civilization by the Light itself, was...
