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June 28, 2011
The Story Behind Mineral Mischief by Renee Hand
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 Renee Hand, author of the children's animal detective chapter book, Mineral Mischief, the second book in her award-winning Joe-Joe Nut and Biscuit Bill series.
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The idea for this story was simple and came to me easily. I'm an author who is all about education. I...
June 26, 2011
The Story Behind In the Aerie of the Wolf by Leonora Pruner
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 Leonora Pruner, author of the historical gothic novel, In the Aerie of the Wolf.
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Composing fiction is, in a way, like composing music. It can be done almost any place and has its origins in the dreams and imagination of the composer. Both are inspirations given ...
June 23, 2011
A Conversation with L.L. Reaper: 'The characters helped us write the books'
L.L. Reaper
is two multi-published, award-winning authors who decided to write under a pen name for their dangerously sexy suspense series, Black Widow and the Sandman. You can visit their website at www.llreaper.com or connect with them at Twitter at www.twitter.com/llreaper and Facebook at www.facebook.com/AuthorLLReaper.
Thank you for this interview, L.L. Black Widow and the Sandman was written by two authors and that's why you two came up with the pseudonym, L.L. Reaper. ...
June 22, 2011
Literarily Speaking Book Panel: "Virtual Book Tours: The Latest Rage in Book Promotion?"
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 we are talking about the latest rage in book promotion for authors – virtual book tours. Is online promotion finally coming out of the closet and overshadowing offline promotion?
Our Distinguished Panel of Authors
Several of Hugh Aaron's short stories have been published in national magazines a...
June 20, 2011
Guest Blogger Patty Friedmann: Leaving Mother
Patty Friedman very well remembers August 2005 when Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans and surrounding communities. It was the costliest hurricane on record and one of the worst natural disasters in U.S. history. The death toll was over 1,000, yet Patty survived. This is her story. Please check out her bio below to find out where you can pick up your copy of her latest book, Too Jewish.
LEAVING MOTHER
By Patty Friedman, author of Too Jewish
No one remembers Hurricane...
Guest Blogger Dr. Frederick Lukash: Dos and don'ts for teenagers thinking about plastic surgery
Dr. Frederick N. Lukash, M.D.,FACS, FAAP, has consistently been voted one of "America's Top Doctors," by the Castle Connolly guide, and by the Consumer Research Council of America (www.bestdoctors.com). A board-certified cosmetic and reconstructive plastic surgeon in practice in Manhattan and Long Island since 1981, he is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
Dr. Lukash achieved board certification by both the American Board of S...
June 19, 2011
Pump Up Your Book Announces L.L. Reaper's 'Black Widow and the Sandman Virtual Book Tour 2011′
Pump Up Your Book is proud to announce LL Reaper's Black Widow and the Sandman Virtual Book Tour which begins June 20 and ends August 12 2011.
L.L. Reaper is two multi-published, award-winning authors who decided to write under a pen name for their dangerously sexy suspense series, Black Widow and the Sandman. Black Widow and the Sandman begins with children in Cuba suffering an agonizing death. The cause, a toxin released by a terrorist organization hell bent on genocide. ...
June 16, 2011
Interview with Wayne Zurl, author of 'A New Prospect'
Wayne Zurl grew up on Long Island and retired after working for twenty years with the Suffolk County Police Department, one of the largest municipal law enforcement agencies in New York and the nation. For thirteen of those years he served as a section commander supervising investigators.
Prior to his police career, Zurl served on active duty in the US Army during the Vietnam War and later in the reserves.
In 2006 he began writing crime fiction. Seven of his Sam Jenkins...
June 15, 2011
The Story Behind The River of Forgetting by Jane Rowan
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 Jane Rowan, author of the memoir, The River of Forgetting: A Memoir of Healing from Sexual Abuse.
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It may seem strange, but my book was inspired by pure gratitude and joy. Yes, The River of Forgetting is a story about childhood abuse and healing, but it's also a...
June 12, 2011
Interview with Michael Scott Miller, author of 'Ladies and Gentlemen…The Redeemers'
Michael Scott Miller works with numbers by day in the business world and with words by night. He began writing shortly after graduating from the University of Pennsylvania and has had his work published in the Welcomat (now Philadelphia Weekly) and wrote music reviews for the Wharton Journal while his wife was getting her degree there.
Miller's debut novel, Ladies and Gentlemen…The Redeemers, has been downloaded more than ten thousand times and has received tremendously...
