Dorothy Thompson's Blog, page 35
August 6, 2012
Interview with YA steampunk author SM Blooding + WIN SET OF TAROT DOLLS & AUTOGRAPHED COPY OF ‘THE HANDS OF TAROT’
SM Blooding, author of THE HANDS OF TAROT
SM Blooding lives in Colorado with her pet rock, Rockie, and Ms. Jack, who’s a real bird. She’s still learning to play the piano and guitar, which is going marginally better, and for those of you looking for an Arabic update, she has successfully learned one word, “Yalla, people yalla!”
She’s dated vampires, werewolves, sorcerers, weapons smugglers and US Government assassins. Yes. She has stories.
Her latest book is the YA steampunk, The Hands of Ta...
Guest Blogger: BookExpo America 2012 by Leland Pitts-Gonzalez
Did anyone get to attend BEA this year? I couldn’t make it but I have a great guest here today who did go and is here to tell us all about it. We welcome Leland Pitts-Gonzalez, author of the horror novel, The Blood Poetry!
BookExpo America 2012
By Leland Pitts-Gonzalez
I arrived at the Javits Center in New York City for the BookExpo—an oversized, rolling suitcase in hand to tote back all of those advanced copies of my novel that I would surely fail to give away. Inside, the Javits Center was...
Ten Things About WANTING RITA You May Not Know
Elyse Douglas, authors of Wanting Rita, are my guests today! Welcome Elyse & Douglas!
Ten Things About WANTING RITA You May Not Know
By Elyse Douglas
1. Elyse Douglas is actually a husband-and-wife writing team, Elyse Parmentier and Douglas Pennington. We met about 20 years ago at a writers’ workshop in NYC, married soon after, and have been collaborating ever since.
2. The character of Rita in WANTING RITA was originally based on two women: Doug’s high school sweetheart and his first love i...
August 5, 2012
Ten things you didn’t know about A LEPRECHAUN’S LAMENT and were afraid to ask.
Wayne Zurl, author of A Leprechaun’s Lament, is my guest today! Welcome Wayne!
Ten things you didn’t know about A LEPRECHAUN’S LAMENT and were afraid to ask.
By Wayne Zurl
Forget the statement you see in most books; “All characters appearing in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.” That’s bunk. This book is based on a real incident I investigated in the mid-1980s. Most of the people are real. Only the names have been changed to p...
July 29, 2012
Pump Up Your Book Announces YA Fantasy Authors Ray East & Sam D’s ‘Voluspa Virtual Book Tour 2012′
Pump Up Your Book is pleased to announce Ray East & Sam D’s Voluspa Virtual Book Publicity Tour beginning August 6 and ending on October 26 2012. Ray and Sam will be on hand during their nationwide tour talking about their book in candid interviews and guest posts! As an added bonus, Ray and Sam’s tour is also part of a Kindle Fire Giveaway! To find out more details visit their official tour page at http://www.pumpupyourbook.com/2012/06/24/pump-up-your-book-presents-voluspa-a-magical-worl...
July 25, 2012
Ten Things You May Not Know About Anger
Kevin Burk, author of Anger Mastery, is my guest today! Welcome Kevin!
Ten Things You May Not Know About Anger
By Kevin Burk
1. If you believe you don’t have a problem with anger because you never get angry, you have a BIG problem with anger.
People that never get angry haven’t mastered their anger: they’ve turned down the volume on their feelings. This is understandable. Most people appreciate that acting from anger is never the answer, but because they don’t know how to use the energy of t...
Author Interview: Gus Pelagatti & THE WICKED WIVES
Gus Pelagatti is a practicing trial lawyer with over 47 years of experience trying civil and criminal cases including homicide. He’s a member of the Million Dollar Advocate Forum, limited to attorneys who have been recognized as achieving a standard of excellence as a trial expert. He has spent years researching the true story of the 1938 insurance scam murders, interviewing judges, lawyers, police and neighbors involved in the trials.
Gus was born and raised within blocks of the main cons...
July 23, 2012
10 Things About ‘Sleep Magic: Surrendering to Success’ by Victoria Pendragon that You May Not Know
Victoria Pendragon, author of Sleep Magic: Surrendering to Success, is my guest today! Welcome Victoria!
Ten Things About Sleep Magic You May Not Know
By Victoria Pendragon
Sleep Magic has absolutely nothing to do with dreams.
Sleep Magic isn’t really magic…it’s biology.
Your body knows way more about you than your mind does.
Most of who you are and what you do is based on information you took in before you were five years old and you have no idea what that information is.
You don’t have as muc...
July 20, 2012
10 Things About Susan Wingate & YA Fiction ‘Spider Brains’
Susan Wingate, author of Spider Brains, is my guest today! Welcome Susan!
Ten Things About Susan Wingate & YA Fiction ‘Spider Brains’
By Susan Wingate
Thank you for asking me to participate in your new feature on Literally Speaking. This one is so much fun.
Okay, ten interesting things about SPIDER BRAINS: A Love Story or myself. And, I think I’ll be mixing it up a bit with both–my book and myself because, honestly, they will be forever linked.
1. I think I’m an extremist but not in the usual...
July 19, 2012
Pump Up Your Book Announces Crime Fiction Author Lindy S. Hudis’ ‘Crashers Virtual Book Publicity Tour’
Pump Up Your Book is pleased to announce Lindy S. Hudis’ Crashers: A Tale of Cappers and Hammers Virtual Book Publicity Tour beginning August 6 and ending on September 28 2012. Lindy will be on hand during her nationwide tour talking about her book in candid interviews and guest posts! As an added bonus, Lindy’s tour is also part of a Kindle Fire Giveaway! To find out more details visit her official tour page at http://www.pumpupyourbook.com/2012/07/19/pump-up-your-book-presents-crashers-...
