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September 26, 2013
NEW TOUR ALERT: Contemporary Fantasy/Mystery MOON RIVER BLOG TOUR TAKING SIGNUPS
Love vampire books?
USA Today bestselling author J.R. Rain will be touring November 4 – 28 with his contemporary fantasy/mystery, Moon River. We are looking for reviews, interviews, guest posts, first chapter reveals and book spotlights/excerpts. This book is available in paperback & ebook for review. Please note which format you need on the sign up sheet. The sign up page will be closed to requests on October 31. Thank you!
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August 22, 2013
Self-Help/Parenting Book Author Deborah Serani’s Depression and Your Child Blog Tour
We’re super excited to have self-help/parenting book author Deborah Serani on virtual book tour with her latest book, Depression and Your Child: A Guide for Parents and Caregivers! Deborah will be touring September 2 – October 31.
Dr. Deborah Serani is a go-to media expert on a variety of psychological issues. Her interviews can be found in ABC News, Newsday, Womens Health & Fitness, The Chicago Tribune, The Associated Press, and affiliate radio station programs at CBS and NPR, just to name a...
August 20, 2013
Children’s Book Author Mark J. Grant’s Lila: The Sign of the Elven Queen Blog Tour
We’re so pleased to have children’s book author Mark J. Grant on virtual book tour with his latest book, Lila: The Sign of the Elven Queen. Mark will be touring September 2 – November 29 and will be giving away a Kindle Fire HD at the end of this tour!
Mark, a graduate of Occidental College, has been on Wall Street for thirty-seven years in various senior management positions. He has run capital markets for four investment banks and been on the boards of directors of four investment banks. Gra...
August 5, 2013
Goodreads Interview: Chuck Waldron, author of LION'S HEAD DECEPTION
1. Can you tell us what your book is about?
Lion’s Head Deception is a dystopian novel that touches on some current themes. In the United States our individual right to privacy is held to be sacrosanct, free from searches without a warrant and free from arrest without cause. Since the event of 9/11 there has been a sharp increase in the fear that our expectation of privacy has been eroded. That fear is both imagined and, judging by some of today’s news, real.
The theme of Lion’s Head Deception taps into our contemporary conversation as we try to balance our post 9/11 desire for safety with excessive surveillance and social regulation.
A whistleblower sounds the alarm about a conspiracy to undermine the country by instigating widespread social unrest, causing a demand for safety at any price. When blogger, Matt Tremain, hears the story he asks himself a question. Will he have the courage to publish the truth about their deception?
When a shadowy group of men step forward to offer a solution and promising security, are people willing to pay the cost? Can the plot be stopped? That is the important question facing Matt and his friends.
2. How did you choose the title?
My antagonist had a hidden agenda, a deception. Lion’s Head is an actual location on the Bruce Peninsula, located northwest of Toronto. When I imagined a location for the secret meeting of the men behind the stealthy plot the isolation of the area seemed a good fit for a title Lion’s Head Deception.
3. Can you tell us about the main characters?
Matt Tremain doesn’t have characteristics often used to describe the leading role as protagonist in the thriller. Matt has to draw on his strength of character to find out if he has what it takes to expose the truth.
His opposite is Charles Claussen, a man who hides his evil behind a mask of normal. In fact, he is so well respected no one would imagine he could back a conspiracy like this.
4. What is it about your book that tells the reader it's a dystopian thriller and why did you choose that genre?
The reader will recognize the dystopian nature of Lion’s Head Deception, a fictional story set in a speculative future. It’s a story with elements of dehumanization, political tyranny and the decline of society. It’s a story in the tradition of stories such as
Fahrenheit 451 and Hunger Games.
5. Where does the book take place and why that location?
The location for Lion’s Head Deception is the metropolitan area of Rockland-Hedgemill. You won’t find it on any map. You might be surprised, however, when you Google Rockland-Hedgemill. I chose to set the story in a fictional city, but a savvy reader just might recognize the city behind the scrim.
6. How is this book different from your other books?
I was breaking new ground with my challenge to write a dystopian story. My first novel is a history-based thriller, the second a contemporary fantasy, and the third a crime thriller. Each has their own unique voice, a voice necessary to tell their story.
7. What genre have you not written but would love to one day?
My pick would be a mystery with lots of characters, clues, misdirection and a quirky detective.
8. What's next for you?
Right now I’m juggling two sequels. I envision Lion’s Head Deception and my third novel, Served Cold, as trilogies.
Visit Chuck Waldron’s website at www.writebymebooks.com.
July 26, 2013
Book Promotion Talk on Twitter {7/26/13}
I love Twitter and I can’t believe I’m saying this but from a book promotion specialist’s viewpoint, you just have to admit you can find more info on a particular subject than you can at Facebook. Don’t get me wrong – I love Facebook but for certain reasons like connecting with friends and colleagues. Sometimes I’ll come across something of value in regards to book promotion, but Twitter is a gold mine. I have rounded up some book promotion talk on Twitter this past week that may be of value...
July 10, 2013
You’ve got (too much) mail!
Tom Hanks. Meg Ryan. Does it get better than that? Back when “You’ve Got Mail” was one of the hottest films in ’98, home computer use was still in its infancy. When I watched the movie for the first time, I thought how neat to have a computer tell you out loud when you’ve got mail. I hadn’t had one who actually said it out loud and wondered if they just did that for the movie. If it were true that there were computers who would say that out loud, I would never get any sleep, rest, work done,...
June 19, 2013
Sylvia Day Sells 550,000+ Copies in a Week
With combined print and eBook sales, novelistSylvia Dayhassold more than 550,000 copies ofEntwined with Youin its debut week.
The third novel in her Crossfire series has topped bestseller lists around the country, but it also sold more than 235,000 eBook and print copies in the UK as well. The formerly self-published novelistlanded a book deal with Penguin’s Berkley Books imprintlast year.
Click here to read the rest of the story at Galleycat
It only goes to prove self-publishing isn’t such a ba...
June 17, 2013
Announcing Diana Baron’s Training Temptation Virtual Book Tour
I am so happy to have Diana Baron on tour with her erotic romance, Trailing Temptation! Diana will be touring July 1 – 26 and if you’d like to follow her tour, click here.
Here’s what her new book is about:
Caught in a web of deceit, Caroline must run the race of her life to save her family home. Her reputation as the high society owner of the #1 stable for Ponygirls in the world is on the line. And, there’s only one man who can help her win.
Edward Hastings is steamy, passionate, and dangerous....
June 16, 2013
Announcing Shamron Moore’s Hollywood Strip Blog Tour
I am thrilled to have Shamron Moore on tour with her chick lit novel, Hollywood Strip! Shamron will be touring July 1 – 26 so be sure to stop off at her blog stops and give her your support!
Here’s what her new book is about:
A young Midwestern girl moves to Hollywood in search of fame and fortune only to find success is more than she bargained for.
Callieis a plucky young woman who knows exactly what she wants: fame, fortune, and a fabulous career as a Hollywood actress. A starring role in an u...
June 7, 2013
LinkedIn for Authors: What’s the Point?
As any author knows, the social networks can be a gold mine as far as book sales go. You just have to apply the right techniques and only those who are constantly in the social networks understand how the game is played. I’ve had authors tell me they have sold books because of their contacts in Twitter and the same thing is said about Facebook but more so. But what about LinkedIn? We all need to be there, right? But if you’re an author and you have explored LinkedIn, sometimes you might want...
