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Behind the Scenes with Rachel Heffington (Giveaway!)

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Interview with Crystal Collier (Giveaway)

Joining us today is fantasy author Crystal Collier
Let’s get to know you better. Describe yourself in three sentences. Who is Crystal Collier?
       A self proclaimed cheese addict, young adult author, homeschooling mom, and orchestral composer who may or may not own a pet zombie. And a broken teleportation device. I read WAY too much and play tour guide to family and friends visiting Disney World--when not teaching or writing. 
You’ve recently published two b...

Be Thou My Vision Blog Tour

Faith Blum is releasing Be Thou My Vision, the second of her "Hymns of the West" series, and I'm so excited to have her join me here at Stardust and Gravel! Stay tuned--there's a huge giveaway of many books, including mine, that will take place in Faith's FB launch party on November 1st! Follow Faith on the sites listed at the bottom of the page so you'll be notified when the giveaway begins!

Now Faith is taking the time to answer questions. Rather than doing several interviews for different b...

Consuela Review Opportunity (Get a Free Kindle Book)

       As a Midian peasant girl who works for wealthy tourists, Consuela Amarechi is not prone to illusions. When an accident lands her as translator for a sheltered foreigner, she leaves her previous life behind(including all thoughts of her former boyfriend Umberto) to journey into revolution-torn South Blensia. For Consuela, it's no more than a job. She doesn't plan on becoming attached to her naive new boss.

    Until the revolutionaries develo...

Consuela (Conclusion)

And here's the finale!

When I changed Pickwick's gender, the obvious problem arose of how to include the famous trial scene, since the original centers on a woman suing Pickwick for having dumped her. The revolution plot was once again handy--although this new version lacks some of the humor of the first. Nothing creates great comedy like being incorrectly accused of romantic wrongdoing. I have also skimmed over most of the prison section, since this type of social commentary writing was a sp...

Consuela Part Two

And here's Part Two!

I hope you guys are enjoying it so far. As you can see, one of my primary problems in dealing with Pickwick was the book's lack of organized plot. The addition of some revolutionaries in the vicinity of the Pickwickians helped to tie several disorganized episodes together. The romantic interest for Consuela/Sam Weller has also been given a little more prominence, since this area was very marginal in the original.

If you have any questions about which characters correspond...

Consuela Part One

Consuela (The Valley Stories #2) will be released for preliminary reading on the blog over the next three weeks. It is also up on Goodreads and is in preorder on Amazon. You can add it to your Goodreads reading list and check off your progress as the installments are released. Opportunities for you to get free Kindle copies in exchange for reviews on Amazon will be announced at the end of the blog release.

Now to the story . . .

I originally wrote this in a contemporary setting as a retelling...

Book Review: Change of Heart by Carmen Peone

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Interview with Carmen Peone

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Interview with Ashlee Willis

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