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In the Spotlight: Taken Away by Patty Friedmann

Title: Taken Away

Author: Patty Friedmann

Publisher: Tiny Satchell Press

Paperback: 427 pages

ISBN: 0984531823

Genre: Young Adult Fiction

What does young Summer Elmwood do when her little sister disappears during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and everyone blames her?

When Summer Elmwood's hot, bedraggled, exhausted family arrives unannounced at the door of her aunt's elegant Houston house, her mother explains. "We've had a disaster. Not the hurricane, a real disaster."

I...

New Book for Review: Art Short Story Collection 'Art from Art' by Stephen Soucy

Stephen Soucy will be on tour with Pump Up Your Book on December 5 – 16 with his art short story anthology from writers all over, Art from Art!

Art, films, literature, music and journalism are some of the fields that inspired writers to produce their own compelling tales for the new short story anthology, ART FROM ART. The stories were selected and edited by Stephen Soucy, founder of Modernist Press, which published the collection. After the success of his first short...

Pump Up Your Book New Book for Review: Frank Zaccari's family/relationship nonfiction 'Inside the Spaghetti Bowl'

Frank Zaccari will be touring with Pump Up Your Book on November 1 – 23, 2011, with his family/relationship nonfiction book, Inside the Spaghetti Bowl!

Like many of the "baby boomers" my family faced the difficult task of burying our Mother. This is our story, this is your story. It is a story for every beating heart that has loved or has been loved. It is the story about the struggles and pains endured by those virtuous individuals who poured their lives into ours and...

Literarily Speaking September 2011 Book Panel: "Agents: Do we need them to get published?"

The Literarily Speaking Book Panel talks to authors on different subjects regarding books, book industry topics, book selling, book promotions, and whatever catches our fancy. Today's topic is agents. I'm sure everyone knows in order to get into the "big houses," you need an agent.  That goes without saying.  That's the first thing aspiring authors do when they finish a book – send queries to loads of agents hoping they'll be the next best thing.  Unfortunately for...

The Story Behind The Queen's Gamble by Barbara Kyle

The Story Behind the Book is Literarily Speaking's newest feature. Here we find out either the inspiration behind authors' books or how they got published. Today's guest is Barbara Kyle, author of The Queen's Gamble (Kensington).

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The Queen's Gamble is the fourth book in my "Thornleigh" series of Tudor-era novels which focus on a middle-class family I created – the Thornleighs – as they rise up through three turbulent reigns. The...

Immaculate House or Published Book?

So how do you write and take care of everything else at the same time?  Christa Allan is here to talk about what goes on in her crazy life and how she manages to write, too!

Immaculate House or Published Book?

By Christa Allan

If I'd been more serious about writing a book years ago, I'd have a much cleaner house. No, not because I would have sold millions and been able to afford a full-time housekeeper. The good news/bad news is that I could have accomplished the turbo-clean...

The Galway Races

THE GALWAY RACES

Guest post by Mary Carter

One of the chapters in my new novel, THE PUB ACROSS THE POND, takes place at the Galway Races. That's horse racing for those of you imagining speedy cars or men running after pints of Guinness. The racetrack has an actual castle in the middle of the field. The locals call it Ballybrit. In addition to a castle in the middle of the field, I loved the ambience of the grounds. Bookmakers or "punters" stood by flashing LED boards selling...

5 Things You Should Know About 'Trees Cry For Rain'

5 Things You Should Know About Trees Cry For Rain

By Dr. Jeri Fink

1. What's the real story? We've been conned – taught that history took place in disconnected events. What could Christopher Columbus, the Inquisition, the expulsion of Jews from Spain, and the discovery of chocolate have to do with one another? Trees Cry For Rain shows how all the pieces are related – like parts of the body, where one action moves with another. For example, the characters in the story flee the a...

5 Things You Should Know About Fezariu's Epiphany by David M. Brown

The White Oak, Clarendon's oldest brothel, lured and destroyed men by the thousands. Fezariu was different. He had never been drawn by the White Oak's vices but the brothel had still ruined him when he was just a boy.

Salvation came in the form of the Merelax Mercenaries – Elenchera's most prestigious hired hands. They gave Fezariu the chance to escape from his past. Immersed in the world of dangerous assignments in the colonies Fezariu longed to forget everything about...

Pump Up Your Book announces Mary Carter's 'The Pub Across the Pond Virtual Book Publicity Tour'

Join Mary Carter, author of the women's fiction novel, The Pub Across the Pond (Kensington), as she virtually tours the blogosphere September 20 – November 11, 2011, on her second virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book!

About Mary Carter

MARY CARTER is a freelance writer and novelist. The Pub Across the Pond is her fifth novel with Kensington. Her other works include: My Sister's Voice, Sunnyside Blues, She'll Take It, and Accidentally Engaged. In addition to her novels...