Gladys Quintal's Blog - Posts Tagged "vampire"

My very first newspaper interview was in the local Advocate today - what a buzz that was!

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I am a relatively new Indie Author and am still finding my feet so to speak. What I have found so far is the way 2 people interpret a book can be so totally different - it just blows me away!

I have received a few 2star reviews on my first book The Man of my Dreams http://www.amazon.com/The-Man-Dreams-... - main criticism being that the ending left you hanging and there needed to be more background info on the characters. This is only book #1 in a series and those things are pretty much answered in book #2: Be Careful What You Wish For http://www.amazon.com/Careful-What-Yo... This is the way I write and so many people "get me" and love my books, but every now and again I will get a comment from someone saying that they were lost and didn't understand what was going on. It would be nice to be able to say to them "Oh - your questions are all answered in the next book" - but it kind of looks like I am pushing sales and besides I have to be careful commenting on my own bad reviews :) One reviewer could not finish my book 2 chapters in.....

So far the reviews for my second book have all been positive, even though it ends with a big cliffhanger. I guess by the time people have read the second book, they realise it is a series and there is another book coming.


Indie authors seem to have to work harder to prove themselves and I find that some reviewers scrutinize your writing looking for errors - more so than they would for a traditionally published author. When I first self published back in September, I made the error of not getting my book edited right away. Big mistake! I remedied that problem very quickly and now would never dream of publishing anything that had not been looked over by my wonderful editor Melanie Saxton http://www.melaniesaxtononline.com


Anyway, I am working on book #3 in The Dream Series (The Chosen One) and so far I am happy about the way it is shaping up. I have a few readers anxiously awaiting it and they are the ones that keep me focused. I really want to thank my loyal readers - you know who you are xx

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Be Careful What You Wish For by Gladys Quintal

Today’s Cover Story is a case of the model for the character seeming to be not right for the image of the character but then turning out to be perfect after all. In addition it’s... a case of family turning out to be just what you need. I’ll let Gladys tell you the story of her cover:

‘The book is Be Careful What You Wish For and the character I chose for the cover is Chloe. Chloe is based on my daughter Emma. I introduced her in my first book (The Man of my Dreams) as the young vampire that "accidentally" turns Alexi. Chloe was turned at 17 (We don't find out much about her until the 2nd book though) and was literally starving when she stumbled across Alexi and unintentionally drains his blood, panics and feeds him her own to try and correct her mistake.

I used the fact that Emma does a bit of modelling and has a lot of health issues that mar her everyday life and that we have not had a diagnosis to start any kind of treatment as yet. It has been years and still we do not know why she gets so sick all the time.

Emma, however, is a blue eyed, petite, blond and that didn't really fit in with my plans for Chloe. I wanted her to be dark and brooding, so the similarites stopped there. But when Emma did this photo shoot as Miss Haversham in the Twisted Weddings shoot, I fell in love with the Goth look immediately and said "that is my Chloe!"

I approached the photographer (Gina Smyth https://www.facebook.com/GinaSmythPho... ) and she was more than happy to let me use the photo for my book cover.”



Be Careful What You Wish For is available at:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0071IJ9NS

UK Readers:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0071IJ9NS

Gladys’s Facebook page which shows the book cover clearly is:

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You can also visit Gladys at her blog page:

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Glady’s Amazon author page is:

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Like a chance to win both of my first 2 paperbacks autographed?? Before The Chosen One is released...

There is a giveaway happening on my blog

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and on my Facebook Page

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It will be running until I have 1000 likes on my Facebook page

Good Luck :)

The Man of My Dreams

Be Careful What You Wish For

Come and join me and my amazing hosts for the release of Book 3 in The Dream Series. If you have posted a reveiw of my first book The Man of My Dreams anywhere, you are automatically in the draw to win all 3 books in paperback and signed by me. The more reveiws you post on different sites, the more chances to win. If you haven't read it yet, here is a link to it on Smashwords and a coupon to pick it up for 99cents :)

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Coupon Code: LR56C


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If you would like to check out my interviews, especially the true story behind my first fictional paranormal book: The Man of My Dreams - then follow these links :)


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