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A Day in the Life with Fiction Author Greg Messel

A Day in the Life is Literarily Speaking's newest feature. Here we get a glimpse into our favorite author's day-to-day life! Today's guest is Greg Messel, author of the novel, The Illusion of Certainty (Yorkshire Publishing) .

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A Day in the Life of Greg Messel

by Greg Messel

I live in Seattle, which is a beautiful, wonderful place to live. I live two blocks from the beach of the Puget Sound and I love to be outside enjoying it...

YA Science Fiction Author Braxton Cosby Appearing at Pump Up Your Book Live! Chat Room Tonight

Braxton A. Cosby, author of the YA science fiction novel, Protostar, is stopping off at Pump Up Your Book Live! Chat Room on Day 11 of his virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book!

Chat with Braxton about his book, his uncle Bill Cosby, writing YA science fiction books and whatever else you'd like to ask at Pump Up Your Book Live! 8 p.m. eastern! Join us at

Author Vids: Memoirist Alexia Fraser Talks to Literarily Speaking

We have a treat for you today. Today is our third edition of Author Vids! So what is an Author Vid? An Author Vid is where we send questions to an author and they answer them in a video they have prepared themselves. Today's guest author is Alexia Fraser, author of the wonderful memoir, Memories of Mom. After watching the video, please check out her website and book information following the video. And don't forget to follow Alexia on her virtual book tour January 3 – 2...

Pump Up Your Book Announces Middle Grade Adventure Series Author Fiona Ingram's 'The Secret of the Sacred Scarab Virtual Book Tour 2012′

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to announce Fiona Ingram's  The Secret of the Sacred Scarab Virtual Book Tour 2012 beginning on January 3  and ending on February 29 2012. Fiona will be on hand during her worldwide tour talking about her book in candid interviews, you'll be able to read her first ever Twitterview, and she will be giving away copies of her book along the way!  Lots of fun as Fiona stops off at blogs around the world to give her fans a chance to ask her...

Pump Up Your Book Announces Memoirist Alexia Fraser's Memories of Mom Virtual Book Tour 2012

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to announce Alexia Fraser's  Memories of Mom Virtual Book Tour 2012 beginning on January 3  and ending on January 27 2012. Alexia will be on hand during her worldwide tour talking about her book in candid interviews, you'll be able to watch her first AuthorVid, and do stop off at Pump Up Your Book's live chat room on January 27 where she will be giving away a copy of her book to one lucky attendee!  Lots of fun along the way as Alexia stops off...

Pump Up Your Book Announces Literary Fiction Author Karen Glick's Questions in the Silence Virtual Book Tour 2012

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to announce Karen Glick's Questions in the Silence Virtual Book Tour 2012 beginning on January 3  and ending on January 27 2012. Karen will be on hand during her worldwide tour promoting her book and giving us candid interviews and guest posts where we learn more about the author, she will have her first Twitterview and AuthorVid, both implemented by Pump Up Your Book, as well as giving her fans an opportunity to talk to her live via Pump Up Your B...

Pump Up Your Book Announces Chris Shella's Legal Thriller Urban Fiction 'Reasonable Facsimile Virtual Book Tour 2012′

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to announce Chris Shella's Reasonable Facsimile Virtual Book Tour 2012 beginning on February 3  and ending on February 27 2012.  Chris will be on hand during his worldwide tour promoting his book and  giving us candid interviews where we learn more about the author, tips on writing legal thrillers and advice on how to become a published author as well as giving his fans an opportunity to talk to him live via Pump Up Your Book's chat room on...

Book Review: The Cross Dresser's Wife: Our Secret Lives by Dee A. Levy & B. Sheffield Hunt

Title: The Cross Dresser's Wife: Our Secret Lives

Author: Dee A. Levy & B. Sheffield Hunt

Genre: Memoir

Paperback: 166

Publisher: Createspace

Language: English

ISBN-13: 978-1456478513

BOOK SUMMARY:

At long last, valuable and emotionally intimate social commentary on the taboo subculture of cross dressing is revealed in the pages of THE CROSS DRESSER'S WIFE * OUR SECRET LIVES. Culled from the nonprofit website www.crossdresserswives.com by authors Dee A. Levy (the website's...

5 Things You Should Know About The Girl in the Box by Sheila Dalton

It took me a total of ten years to write it. There were some breaks, of course. I kept putting it away, taking it out, and seeing places that needed improvement.  I enjoyed this process, but I was also glad when it was over! I'd probably revise till I dropped dead, if anyone would let me. Good thing publishers have deadlines.It's about a mute Mayan girl kept chained in a shed in Guatemala who kills the doctor who rescues her. Despite this description, it has a positive spin...

Pump Up Your Book's 1st Annual Holiday Extravaganza Facebook Chat Party Friday Dec 16!

WE'RE HAVING A FACEBOOK PARTY!!!!

Pump Up Your Book will be hosting the December 2011 Authors on Tour on Friday December 16, 2011 at 4 – 10 p.m. (eastern time – adjust to your time zone)!  Tell your book friends that not only will this give them an opportunity to chat with their favorite authors BUT…

WE'RE GIVING AWAY ALMOST 100 PRIZES!!!!

All you have to do to be eligible to win any of our almost 100 prizes is to visit our Facebook page where the chat will be held.  Ask an...