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September 6, 2011
The Story Behind The Lonely Mile by Allan Leverone
The Story Behind THE LONELY MILE
By Allan Leverone
I grew up in a little town in central Massachusetts and went to college in northern Indiana, at the University of Notre Dame. After my Freshman year I had a car, and driving back and forth for semester breaks and the like entailed a trip of nearly twenty-four hours. Normally, I would drive with a friend and we would make the almost one thousand mile trip in one straight shot, stopping only for gas and coffee, before hitting...
September 5, 2011
Guest Blogger: A Day in the Life of a Fantasy Character and its Creator by Ian Alexander
A Day in the Life of a Fantasy Character and its Creator
By Ian Alexander, author of the bestselling epic fantasy novel Once We Were Kings.
Life is no picnic if you're the character in an epic fantasy book. It's full of conflict, challenges, disappointments and the occasional pesky dragon. But despite the difficulties, there are wonderful things that happen as well. The question is: do the pros outweigh the cons?
Let's start with conflict: Imagine this—on every page of your ...
September 4, 2011
Guest Blogger: Writing on the Toilet by Michael Reilly
Writing on the Toilet
by Michael Reilly
My recently published novel, Fresh Heir, is about parenting. More specifically, the book explores the often overlooked paradox that our children have as much to teach us as we have to teach them. This theme can be assessed from a broad symbolic perspective, but it can also be extended into a discussion about practical, day-to-day matters.
Many parents would agree that one practical lesson we can learn as a father or mother is how to...
Guest Blogger: The Secret to Becoming a Published Author by Debra Brenegan
Debra Brenegan, author of Shame the Devil, is here with us today to tell us the secret of becoming a published author!
The Secret to Becoming a Published Author
By Debra Brenegan
I'm going to tell you a secret. Not just any secret. The secret. The secret you've been dying to know – the secret to becoming a published author. Now, some people think that published authors spring, fully-formed from their mother's wombs, signing pen in hand. They start writing as tots, maybe...
August 24, 2011
5 Things You Should Know About Dancing Her Dreams Away by Alretha Thomas
5 Things You Should Know About Dancing Her Dreams Away
By Alretha Thomas
1. The photo on the cover of the book depicts a young African-American Woman dancing under a disco ball. As the adage goes, please don't judge the book by its cover. The story in Dancing Her Dreams Away is universal and speaks to the hearts of all women, particularly to those women who have dreams, and those women who were raised without the unconditional love of a father.
2. Dancing Her Dreams Away is not ...
August 22, 2011
In the Spotlight: The Lost by Caridad Pineiro
Title: The Lost
Author: Caridad Pineiro
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Paperback: 352 pages
ISBN: 0446584614
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Adam Bruno is no ordinary millionaire. The heir to an ancient race possessing a dark, powerful magic, he can shapeshift and create energy. His gifts make him a living weapon and have forced him to live in seclusion. But now an inhuman force hunts down Adam-just when he finds someone who makes him feel more human than he ever imagined...
August 19, 2011
Literarily Speaking August 2011 Book Panel: "Bad Reviews: What do you do when it happens to you?"
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 book reviews. When you have a book published, the first thing you want to know is if anyone besides you likes it, right? Our friends love it, our family loves it, we love it, but what does the rest of the world think about our book? No matter which way you look at it, whatever ...
August 18, 2011
Pump Up Your Book December 2011 Virtual Book Publicity Holiday Tour Special
Pump Up Your Book is happy to announce a very cost-saving special for December to help you promote your book during the holidays. Because we want to give back to the community and we know how everyone is strapped buying presents and getting ready for the holidays, we are offering a 2 week special only applicable during the month of December. If you are an author with a new release or a book that was published years ago and you want to give it new life, ...
10 Things You Need to Know About Virtual Book Tours
10 Things You Need to Know About Virtual Book Tours
By Dorothy Thompson, CEO & Founder of Pump Up Your Book
By now, most authors know what virtual book tours are or at least have heard of them. They're that wonderful marketing tool that should be a must have in every new book's campaign. With each new book I write, I'm making a game plan before the book is even published and a virtual book tour is the first promotional venue on that list.
While most of us know what they...
August 17, 2011
The Story Behind My Dearest Friend by Hazel Statham
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 Hazel Statham, author of the Regency romance novel, My Dearest Friend.
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My Dearest Friend is the last book in the Dukes of Lear trilogy. Although all the books are related, they are stand alone novels and can be read in any order. Without realizing it, the...
