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December 4, 2012
Interview with Horror Author Armand Rosamilia
Thank you very much for taking the time to join us Armand.
Thanks for having me!
1. What are your expectations for your latest book?
More money than I can spend, flashy cars and houses, chicks with big butts in thongs wandering around my palatial estate… actually, realism. I want any and all of my books to build my brand, add to the choices for readers, and keep people actually reading my work happy and wanting even more.
2. As an Indy writer, watching the trends, what do you think Indies fail to do that the Big 6 do for their authors?
Give an author instant street cred. There is still such a dismissive attitude from people about being indy and self-published, and so many readers won't bother checking you out. They only read the latest King or Patterson, anyway. They want names, not to find new names to love. Other than that… you can argue this all day. I do what I do because I love the challenge, and I love being my own boss.
3. When did you first consider yourself a writer?
A writer? When I was 12 and started writing crappy Koontz rip-offs. I didn't consider myself an Author until Sam's Dot Publishing released Death Metal in January 2009. I felt like I'd arrived at this point, and it sparked me to keep it going for me.
4. Do you have anything specific that you want to say to your readers?
I love receiving pictures of their big asses in thongs, but the guys need to stop sending them, too… except you, Mark. I actually just want to thank everyone who's ever read one of my stories, whether you loved it or hated it, because you took the time to read what I'd created. I love when a reader reads their first story from me and then goes out and keeps reading my backlog of releases.
5. If you couldn’t be an author, what would your ideal career be?
I would have a career in baseball, playing left field (and batting cleanup) for the Boston Red Sox. And the only thing keeping me from this dream is my age… and my body shape… and my crummy health, and work ethic, and workout routine… and I'd ask to be paid in M&M's…
6. Do you have any writing rituals?
I don't even bother writing a word until the coffee kicks in. By about the third sip I'm fully awake and raring to go. I am also a creature of habit, so once I establish a routine (place, time, pens in a certain formation) I dive in and hit my daily goal about 99% of the time.
7. What would be your dream vacation and why?
A writing vacation, of course… alone in a cabin in Maine, three feet of snow outside, fireplace going, all the food and water already in the house (bags of M&Ms and Arnold Palmer tea only)… and a comfy couch so I can 'think' with my eyes closed.
8. When you have finished writing for the day and need to wind down what do you do as a hobby?
I go out and eat way too much. I am constantly in motion, as my Foursquare profile can attest to. I never watch TV but I am always close to my Kindle or a book. I am surrounded by some truly great and inspirational friends, so we talk and have a laugh constantly.
9. What is the strangest thing a fan has ever sent you.
There is a certain female fan out there (who found me thanks to reading Mark Tufo's Zombie Fallout series, ironically) who bought all my print books and then took a few, um, pictures of her and the books and her nice big ass in a thong… so, keep up the good work, Mark! And I need to finish more print books.
10. What is the one thing you wish someone would ask you and the answer?
The obvious: How is it humanly possible you can be so damn sexy and cute and funny and perfect? The obvious answer: I just am. I just am.
Thanks for the fun, Mark!
Armand Rosamilia
http://armandrosamilia.com
Thanks for having me!
1. What are your expectations for your latest book?
More money than I can spend, flashy cars and houses, chicks with big butts in thongs wandering around my palatial estate… actually, realism. I want any and all of my books to build my brand, add to the choices for readers, and keep people actually reading my work happy and wanting even more.
2. As an Indy writer, watching the trends, what do you think Indies fail to do that the Big 6 do for their authors?
Give an author instant street cred. There is still such a dismissive attitude from people about being indy and self-published, and so many readers won't bother checking you out. They only read the latest King or Patterson, anyway. They want names, not to find new names to love. Other than that… you can argue this all day. I do what I do because I love the challenge, and I love being my own boss.
3. When did you first consider yourself a writer?
A writer? When I was 12 and started writing crappy Koontz rip-offs. I didn't consider myself an Author until Sam's Dot Publishing released Death Metal in January 2009. I felt like I'd arrived at this point, and it sparked me to keep it going for me.
4. Do you have anything specific that you want to say to your readers?
I love receiving pictures of their big asses in thongs, but the guys need to stop sending them, too… except you, Mark. I actually just want to thank everyone who's ever read one of my stories, whether you loved it or hated it, because you took the time to read what I'd created. I love when a reader reads their first story from me and then goes out and keeps reading my backlog of releases.
5. If you couldn’t be an author, what would your ideal career be?
I would have a career in baseball, playing left field (and batting cleanup) for the Boston Red Sox. And the only thing keeping me from this dream is my age… and my body shape… and my crummy health, and work ethic, and workout routine… and I'd ask to be paid in M&M's…
6. Do you have any writing rituals?
I don't even bother writing a word until the coffee kicks in. By about the third sip I'm fully awake and raring to go. I am also a creature of habit, so once I establish a routine (place, time, pens in a certain formation) I dive in and hit my daily goal about 99% of the time.
7. What would be your dream vacation and why?
A writing vacation, of course… alone in a cabin in Maine, three feet of snow outside, fireplace going, all the food and water already in the house (bags of M&Ms and Arnold Palmer tea only)… and a comfy couch so I can 'think' with my eyes closed.
8. When you have finished writing for the day and need to wind down what do you do as a hobby?
I go out and eat way too much. I am constantly in motion, as my Foursquare profile can attest to. I never watch TV but I am always close to my Kindle or a book. I am surrounded by some truly great and inspirational friends, so we talk and have a laugh constantly.
9. What is the strangest thing a fan has ever sent you.
There is a certain female fan out there (who found me thanks to reading Mark Tufo's Zombie Fallout series, ironically) who bought all my print books and then took a few, um, pictures of her and the books and her nice big ass in a thong… so, keep up the good work, Mark! And I need to finish more print books.
10. What is the one thing you wish someone would ask you and the answer?
The obvious: How is it humanly possible you can be so damn sexy and cute and funny and perfect? The obvious answer: I just am. I just am.
Thanks for the fun, Mark!
Armand Rosamilia
http://armandrosamilia.com
Interview with Armand Rosamilia
Thank you very much for taking the time to join us Armand.
Thanks for having me!
1. What are your expectations for your latest book?
More money than I can spend, flashy cars and houses, chicks with big butts in thongs wandering around my palatial estate… actually, realism. I want any and all of my books to build my brand, add to the choices for readers, and keep people actually reading my work happy and wanting even more.
2. As an Indy writer, watching the trends, what do you think Indies fail to do that the Big 6 do for their authors?
Give an author instant street cred. There is still such a dismissive attitude from people about being indy and self-published, and so many readers won't bother checking you out. They only read the latest King or Patterson, anyway. They want names, not to find new names to love. Other than that… you can argue this all day. I do what I do because I love the challenge, and I love being my own boss.
3. When did you first consider yourself a writer?
A writer? When I was 12 and started writing crappy Koontz rip-offs. I didn't consider myself an Author until Sam's Dot Publishing released Death Metal in January 2009. I felt like I'd arrived at this point, and it sparked me to keep it going for me.
4. Do you have anything specific that you want to say to your readers?
I love receiving pictures of their big asses in thongs, but the guys need to stop sending them, too… except you, Mark. I actually just want to thank everyone who's ever read one of my stories, whether you loved it or hated it, because you took the time to read what I'd created. I love when a reader reads their first story from me and then goes out and keeps reading my backlog of releases.
5. If you couldn’t be an author, what would your ideal career be?
I would have a career in baseball, playing left field (and batting cleanup) for the Boston Red Sox. And the only thing keeping me from this dream is my age… and my body shape… and my crummy health, and work ethic, and workout routine… and I'd ask to be paid in M&M's…
6. Do you have any writing rituals?
I don't even bother writing a word until the coffee kicks in. By about the third sip I'm fully awake and raring to go. I am also a creature of habit, so once I establish a routine (place, time, pens in a certain formation) I dive in and hit my daily goal about 99% of the time.
7. What would be your dream vacation and why?
A writing vacation, of course… alone in a cabin in Maine, three feet of snow outside, fireplace going, all the food and water already in the house (bags of M&Ms and Arnold Palmer tea only)… and a comfy couch so I can 'think' with my eyes closed.
8. When you have finished writing for the day and need to wind down what do you do as a hobby?
I go out and eat way too much. I am constantly in motion, as my Foursquare profile can attest to. I never watch TV but I am always close to my Kindle or a book. I am surrounded by some truly great and inspirational friends, so we talk and have a laugh constantly.
9. What is the strangest thing a fan has ever sent you.
There is a certain female fan out there (who found me thanks to reading Mark Tufo's Zombie Fallout series, ironically) who bought all my print books and then took a few, um, pictures of her and the books and her nice big ass in a thong… so, keep up the good work, Mark! And I need to finish more print books.
10. What is the one thing you wish someone would ask you and the answer?
The obvious: How is it humanly possible you can be so damn sexy and cute and funny and perfect? The obvious answer: I just am. I just am.
Thanks for the fun, Mark!
Armand Rosamilia
November 12, 2012
To celebrate Zombie Fallout 5 Goodreads Choice award nomination!!
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November 1, 2012
Zombie Fallout 5 nominated for Goodreads Choice Award!!!!!
Hi Mark,Congratulations, your book has been nominated for a Goodreads Choice Award! This is a tremendous achievement as the Goodreads Choice Awards are the only major book awards chosen by readers.
Fifteen books have been nominated in 20 categories, including Fiction, Nonfiction, Mystery, Memoir, Young Adult Fantasy, and many more. Voting is open to all 12 million Goodreads members, and winners will be announced in December.Three Chances to Vote!Opening Round: October 30 – November 11Semifinal Round: November 12 – November 18
Final Round: November 19 – November 27What You Can DoUse the "Goodreads Choice Award Nominee" badge on your Web site and blog, and link it to your category.The badge may also be used in advertising campaigns, both on Goodreads and elsewhere. (So as not to give undue advantage, ad campaigns running on Goodreads during the voting period must not link directly to the voting pages or use a "vote now" or similar call to action. Contact David Creechan at dcreechan@goodreads.com for more information.)In December, we will provide "Goodreads Choice Award Winner" badges for use on your Web sites and blogs and in advertising campaigns.You are welcome to use the Goodreads Choice Award nominee or winner badges on the next printing of the book. Young Adult winner Divergent and Romance finalist Fifty Shades of Greyboth highlighted their success in the 2011 Choice Awards on subsequent paperback editions.Write a blog post thanking your fans and encouraging them to vote for your book.Make a short video to rally your fans to vote.Offer special content to thank fans for their support. Paranormal fantasy nominee Ilona Andrews even promised fans a short story upon making it to the 2011 finals.Encourage fans on Facebook and Twitter to vote. Hashtag: #GoodreadsChoiceList a giveaway to fuel increased demand for the book.Add an excerpt for new readers visiting the book's Goodreads page.
About the NominationsInstead of consulting publishing experts or a judging panel, we look to readers to find the best books of the year. We analyze statistics from the 170 million books added, rated, and reviewed on the site in 2012 and nominate based on a book's number of ratings and average rating. So a nomination is truly an honor because it comes straight from the readers!
October 26, 2012
Haunted Blog Tour Stop 5
Hello fellow ghosts and ghoul hunters! Welcome to Mark Tufo’s Haunted Blog Tour. The Haunted Blog Tour will be a ten day chill fest that will take you from one Haunted Blog to another! Today is the fifth day of our Haunted Blog Tour...our host for this adventure, THE SPIRIT CLEARING’s Michael Talbot. Along the tour you will have a chance to win Michael’s twisted story along with some other exciting prizes (over $200 in great prizes *golf clap*)! At our last stop via Booked & Loaded tensions ran high as the tour group began to get very restless. Let’s see if Talbot can hold things together as we go deeper on Mark Tufo’s Haunted Blog Tour...*****
The screams started. I don’t think it was me, but it could have been. A mass roughly human shaped but shaped as if from a malformed hand came towards us. It was easily double the size of a normal man and in what could be construed as it’s arms it cradled Alan or at least the body that housed Alan. His head looked like it was at a strange angle to the rest of his body. The mass stopped about ten feet from us and hurled Alan’s body. It slid to a stop at Jed’s feet.Jed kept his flashlight pointed at the being, the light from it not illuminating the creature at all, in fact it seemed to pull the surrounding light out of the air making the place somehow dimmer. It’s mouth opened, how I even knew that was beyond comprehension the blackness of its open mouth darker even than it’s body. The small female who I had not seen earlier stepped forward, the being before us grumbled out words that felt like an icy cold wind blowing over gravestones. “You do not belong here.” And then it turned, its heavy steps fading into the distance.I did not know if that message was meant purely for the girl or for all of us. I started to ask her, but Goth was shrieking so loudly I couldn’t. Just this one time I could empathize with her.“Alan, Alan are you alright?” She asked as she pressed her foot up against his head. Rocking it back and forth on the hard stone surface.“What are you doing?” Jed’s wife Grace asked as she bent down to check on Alan. “He’s alive help me get him up against the wall.” Grace said to the rapidly sobering frat boys.“Mike what was that?” Jed asked, inadvertently shining the flashlight in my eyes. “Please tell me that was part of the tour, some sort of prop.”I shrugged my shoulders. “You saw what I saw, do you think it was a prop?”Small Shirt Sam spoke. “We gonna chase that thing down?”I looked over at him. “You first.”“We need to get out of here.” Pinching mom stated the obvious. “We should go back.”“The door is locked mom.” Her son added. He seemed to be the only thing that was keeping her from losing it all together.“I think we need to keep going forward, that’s the only way out.” Jed said as he was reading his tour map.“Where to next?” I asked.“The morgue.” He said shallowly.“Of course.” I said.
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*** - What is the next stop? ***********
Grand Prize (Tour Prize) $50 Amazon Gift Card & The Zombie Fallout Audio Book Set 1st Prize (Tour Prize) The ZOMBIE FALLOUT series on eBook
About The Author Mark Tufo is the author of several books, including Indian Hill, Indian Hill 2: Reckoning, and Timothy. A graduate of the University of Massachusetts Amherst, he is a former member of the U.S. Marine Corp. Mark lives in Maine with his wife, three kids and two English bulldogs. You can find Mark at www.marktufo.com or on Facebook.
THE SPIRIT CLEARING
After a horrific accident Mike wakes to find himself blind in one eye. He now sees things that others can’t and nobody will listen to him. That is until he meets Jandilyn Hollow. Will she be able to pull him out of the depths of his despair? Can love transcend even death?
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Please include tour stops: • 10/22 Book Me!
• 10/23 Bending The Spine
• 10/24 Librarian Mouse
• 10/25 Booked & Loaded
• 10/27 Romancing the Darkside
• 10/28 Books Are Magic
• 10/29 The Happy Booker
• 10/30 BookHounds
• 10/31 Unabridged Bookshelf
October 23, 2012
Final Halloween Indian Hill audio Giveaway!!
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Final Halloween Indian Hill 2 Audio Giveaway!!
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October 22, 2012
Final Big Fish 3 game giveway + a free book!
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October 16, 2012
Week 3 Indian Hill 2 Audio Giveaway!!
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Week 3 Indian Hill 1 audio Giveaway!!
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