Cindy Young-Turner's Blog, page 24

First author appearance jitters

I have my first author appearance in less than a week. I'll be at the Baltimore Book Festival, doing a panel on ebooks and the changing nature of publishing, a book signing, and a reading. This is of course a dream come true, to be participating in a book festival as an author, but I'm getting more nervous as the days go by. I hate public speaking. You'd think reading from my own work would be easy (don't I know all the words by heart now?), but the thought of standing up in front of a crowd ...

10 years…

I've no desire to watch the 9/11 ten year anniversary events. I lived not far from Washington, DC, slightly closer than now on that day, and I will never forget how the world changed, suddenly, horrifically. Home sick, phone call from husband saying a plane has hit the World Trade Center. Turn on the TV and sit there watching, stunned. The plane hits the Pentagon. Lots of sirens. Call my mom in Massachusetts, who has already left me a message on my office voice mail. Call my boss. They are...

Author interview – M. L. Doyle

This is the first in what I hope will be an ongoing series of interviews with some talented authors, showcasing them and their fabulous books.

Please welcome M. L. Doyle, co-author of I'm Still Standing: From Captive U.S. Soldier to Free Citizen – My Journey Home, which chronicles the story of Shoshana Johnson, a member of the 507th Maintenance Company who was captured during an ambush and held prisoner in the early days of the Iraq War. Published by Touchstone in 2010, the book was recently n...

Mother Nature's fury

We were lucky here in Maryland to have been spared the worst of Hurricane Irene. I was feeling annoyed about having been without power for 24 hours. Almost worse than not having electricity was feeling isolated with no internet, TV, or radio. We'd just experienced a major hurricane that was barreling up the east coast and I had no way of knowing how bad it had been in other parts of the state, let alone other states. Then I finally got back online and heard from friends in other parts hit...

4 stars from RT Book Reviews

Thief of Hope received 4 stars from RT Book Reviews. It's in the October issue and also on the website: http://www.rtbookreviews.com/book-review/thief-hope!

My first author interview

Had my first interview posted on JeanzBookReadNReview: http://jeanzbookreadnreview.blogspot.com/2011/08/author-interview-cindy-young-turner.html. Please check it out for some fun info about me!

Endings and The Boy Who lived

(warning, there be a few spoilers ahead, in case anyone still doesn't know the ending)

We finally saw Deathly Hallows Part 2 last week. I guess I'm a fan (fanatic?) because I was one of the ones who pre-ordered Deathly Hallows from Amazon, waited anxiously by the door for it to be delivered, and read the whole 700+ pages in three days. I started late on the series, though, around Goblet of Fire, and got caught up from there. Some of the movies have been hit or miss. I loved Prisoner of...

Guest blog on used bookstores and a fondness for Lovecraft

My first guest blog went up today on the World in the Satin Bag: http://wisb.blogspot.com/2011/07/guest-post-quest-for-treasures-in.html. I talk about how used bookstores introduced me to some great fantasy books and got me hooked on HP Lovecraft.

First review

I got my first book review this evening! 5 out of 5 fairy kisses from Tink's Place: http://myblog2point0.blogspot.com/2011/07/thief-of-hope-by-cindy-young-turner.html. What a great way to end the week, especially since our AC has gone out on the hottest day of the year. Fingers crossed that there will be more reviews like this one!

Another Thief of Hope excerpt

Crescent Moon Press has posted a new excerpt from Thief of Hope. Check out this scene featuring Sydney and Willem and a bit of dangerous magic: http://crescentmoonpress.com/books/ThiefOfHope.html.