Karynne Summars's Blog
January 13, 2015
Great Start Into 2015
Below please find a link to my blog about my writing journey, an essay I submitted in the 2014 "50 Great Writers You Should Be Reading" contest presented by the Authors Show.
https://ksny25.wordpress.com/2015/01/...
https://ksny25.wordpress.com/2015/01/...
December 20, 2014
"50 Great Writers You Should Be Reading" Contest Winners Announced
Thank you to all who have voted for me in the "50 Great Writers You Should Be Reading" contest presented by the Authors Show.
I was named one of the winners last week.
In January I will be publishing the drama romance thriller Desperate Pursuit in Rio de Janeiro, which is dedicated to the indigenous tribes in the Amazon rain forests. It is the sequel to Desperate Pursuit in Venice.
Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas and much success in 2015.
Karynne
Twitter: @Karynne_Summars
I was named one of the winners last week.
In January I will be publishing the drama romance thriller Desperate Pursuit in Rio de Janeiro, which is dedicated to the indigenous tribes in the Amazon rain forests. It is the sequel to Desperate Pursuit in Venice.
Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas and much success in 2015.
Karynne
Twitter: @Karynne_Summars
November 14, 2014
"50 Great Writers You Should Be Reading" Finalists
The Authors Show has announced the finalists for the above contest. There is still time to vote for your favorite. Just follow this link:
http://www.wnbnetworkwest.com/WnbAuth...
http://www.prlog.org/12394966-author-...
Thank you to all who have voted or will be voting.
Best,
Karynne
http://www.wnbnetworkwest.com/WnbAuth...
http://www.prlog.org/12394966-author-...
Thank you to all who have voted or will be voting.
Best,
Karynne
October 17, 2014
Desperate Pursuit in Venice on Wattpad
A brief update to advise everyone that I have put the first two chapters of Desperate Pursuit in Venice on Wattpad for readers interested in that genre. I will post Chapter Three next Friday, Oct. 24, 2014.
Here is the link to the chapters on Wattpad
http://www.wattpad.com/76386150-despe...
The sequel Desperate Pursuit in Rio de Janeiro will be published soon and it would be best if Desperate Pursuit in Venice has been read first since it is a series and continuation of a storyline.
Hope you enjoy it.
I would be grateful to anyone who reads these books if you would put up a brief review on Goodreads, Amazon and/or any of the other sites the book is available at.
To anyone who does post a review, I will offer to send out a tweet of your choice to my about 150k followers. Just send me a message and tell me where I can find a review and, please mention a tweet you would like to be sent.
Thank you in advance. Much success to everyone.
Here is the link to the chapters on Wattpad
http://www.wattpad.com/76386150-despe...
The sequel Desperate Pursuit in Rio de Janeiro will be published soon and it would be best if Desperate Pursuit in Venice has been read first since it is a series and continuation of a storyline.
Hope you enjoy it.
I would be grateful to anyone who reads these books if you would put up a brief review on Goodreads, Amazon and/or any of the other sites the book is available at.
To anyone who does post a review, I will offer to send out a tweet of your choice to my about 150k followers. Just send me a message and tell me where I can find a review and, please mention a tweet you would like to be sent.
Thank you in advance. Much success to everyone.
September 2, 2014
My Interview on the Authors Show Today Sep 2 2014
My interview discussing my romance suspense thriller novel Desperate Pursuit in Venice on the Authors Show is being broadcast and featured again today. In case you would like to listen, please follow the below link.
http://www.wnbnetworkwest.com/WnbAuth...
After today you can still listen to the interview by searching for the book title on the player on the Authors Show website.
The sequel Desperate Pursuit in Rio de Janeiro is in its final editing stages. Stay tuned for an update on the launch date. It will take the captivating characters to Brazil and will be thrilling and emotional in the extreme.
You can also visit my website www.karynnesummars.com and sign up with your email address to be one of the first to be alerted on the upcoming publishing date.
In case of any questions, you can send these to me via Goodreads "Ask the Author".
I am looking forward to connecting with you.
Thank you to all readers who obtained my book a special thank you to those who left a review.
Karynne Summars
http://www.wnbnetworkwest.com/WnbAuth...
After today you can still listen to the interview by searching for the book title on the player on the Authors Show website.
The sequel Desperate Pursuit in Rio de Janeiro is in its final editing stages. Stay tuned for an update on the launch date. It will take the captivating characters to Brazil and will be thrilling and emotional in the extreme.
You can also visit my website www.karynnesummars.com and sign up with your email address to be one of the first to be alerted on the upcoming publishing date.
In case of any questions, you can send these to me via Goodreads "Ask the Author".
I am looking forward to connecting with you.
Thank you to all readers who obtained my book a special thank you to those who left a review.
Karynne Summars
July 18, 2014
My Interview on the Authors Show on July 22
I will be giving an interview on the Authors Show talking about my novel Desperate Pursuit in Venice.
If you are interested in listening here are the details:
My interview about Desperate Pursuit in Venice on the Authors Show will be broadcast on 7- 22, 2014. TY for http://www.wnbnetworkwest.com/WnbAuth... …
If you are interested in listening here are the details:
My interview about Desperate Pursuit in Venice on the Authors Show will be broadcast on 7- 22, 2014. TY for http://www.wnbnetworkwest.com/WnbAuth... …
June 22, 2014
Desperate Pursuit in Rio de Janeiro Sequel to Desperate Pursuit in Venice
Desperate Pursuit in Rio de Janeiro-Coming Soon
In this thrilling sequel to Desperate Pursuit in Venice, Kataryna Taylor and Francesco Barone travel to Brazil to complete the due diligence for an acquisition, which could change how the most dreadful diseases in the world are treated. Plants grown in the rainforest of Brazil close to Colombia owned by a Brazilian company may offer a revolutionary treatment, which could catapult Kataryna’s company BioMedyca to the top and leave all other biomedical companies behind.
While Luca Romano desperately attempts to prevent Kataryna from taking this challenging and potentially dangerous trip, he realizes that she is determined to make this acquisition to bring a more natural treatment without the usual debilitating side effects of existing chemotherapy to the market.
Her and Francesco’s inexperience in this arena and in the rainforests of South America, however, call for the expertise of Roberto Silvestri whom Kataryna hires as a consultant despite the vile and life-threatening situation he caused for her and Luca a few months ago.
The still unresolved family secret is weighing heavy on Kataryna when she and Francesco take off on their business trip to Brazil.
While Kataryna and Luca plan their beautiful life together it is endangered by a complication no one saw coming. The Romano family is racing against the clock to save the lives of their loved ones and stop a powerful international group from carrying out its terrible mission.
The pre-launch Book Trailer for Desperate Pursuit in Rio de Janeiro can be viewed on www.karynnesummars.com or on the Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/desperatepur...
In this thrilling sequel to Desperate Pursuit in Venice, Kataryna Taylor and Francesco Barone travel to Brazil to complete the due diligence for an acquisition, which could change how the most dreadful diseases in the world are treated. Plants grown in the rainforest of Brazil close to Colombia owned by a Brazilian company may offer a revolutionary treatment, which could catapult Kataryna’s company BioMedyca to the top and leave all other biomedical companies behind.
While Luca Romano desperately attempts to prevent Kataryna from taking this challenging and potentially dangerous trip, he realizes that she is determined to make this acquisition to bring a more natural treatment without the usual debilitating side effects of existing chemotherapy to the market.
Her and Francesco’s inexperience in this arena and in the rainforests of South America, however, call for the expertise of Roberto Silvestri whom Kataryna hires as a consultant despite the vile and life-threatening situation he caused for her and Luca a few months ago.
The still unresolved family secret is weighing heavy on Kataryna when she and Francesco take off on their business trip to Brazil.
While Kataryna and Luca plan their beautiful life together it is endangered by a complication no one saw coming. The Romano family is racing against the clock to save the lives of their loved ones and stop a powerful international group from carrying out its terrible mission.
The pre-launch Book Trailer for Desperate Pursuit in Rio de Janeiro can be viewed on www.karynnesummars.com or on the Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/desperatepur...
February 5, 2014
MARSocial Author-of-the-Year Competition
On Jan 31, 2014 the Winner and the Runner-Ups of the MARSocial Author/Book/Film competition were announced.
I am happy to report that I was declared the winner of the above mentioned competition which was dubbed the Author's X-Factor.
It was a very unique competition and not just about writing. Sure, your book had to be good to enter and move forward but there was more to that competition including sharing/ tweeting the other authors' book excerpts altruistically and helping with a Kickstarter campaign for the feature film Disturbed currently filming in the UK.
Since marketing and promoting are the most important parts for successful book sales, this competition also included being able to write an effective press release and publish it in order to attract media attention. In addition, we had to show that we can obtain some kind of publicity, either a TV interview or write-up in a newspaper, magazine or online publication.
All in all, it was a most unique and pretty tough competition which moved many of the authors forward as they learned from their competitors how to generate publicity. A win-win.
It was a great exercise because that is what it's all about. Even the best book won't sell if no one knows about it. To get publicity in today's crowded book market is an accomplishment. I am proud of what my competitors achieved and good things are coming their way now. There will be more hard work ahead now that these authors experienced first hand how important successful promoting and marketing is and what can happen when you do it well.
The below YouTube link shows a video of the winner and runner-ups.
http://youtu.be/UNbWo3OJ2pU
Happy promoting everyone and good luck.
Karynne
I am happy to report that I was declared the winner of the above mentioned competition which was dubbed the Author's X-Factor.
It was a very unique competition and not just about writing. Sure, your book had to be good to enter and move forward but there was more to that competition including sharing/ tweeting the other authors' book excerpts altruistically and helping with a Kickstarter campaign for the feature film Disturbed currently filming in the UK.
Since marketing and promoting are the most important parts for successful book sales, this competition also included being able to write an effective press release and publish it in order to attract media attention. In addition, we had to show that we can obtain some kind of publicity, either a TV interview or write-up in a newspaper, magazine or online publication.
All in all, it was a most unique and pretty tough competition which moved many of the authors forward as they learned from their competitors how to generate publicity. A win-win.
It was a great exercise because that is what it's all about. Even the best book won't sell if no one knows about it. To get publicity in today's crowded book market is an accomplishment. I am proud of what my competitors achieved and good things are coming their way now. There will be more hard work ahead now that these authors experienced first hand how important successful promoting and marketing is and what can happen when you do it well.
The below YouTube link shows a video of the winner and runner-ups.
http://youtu.be/UNbWo3OJ2pU
Happy promoting everyone and good luck.
Karynne
January 12, 2014
MARSocial Author-of-the-Year Competition
I am a finalist in the MARSocial Author-of-the-Year competition. A different kind of competition.
At last a competition that is run by authors for the benefit of all authors involved in it. While authors compete against each other, they tweet and share the other authors’ excerpts in an extremely altruistic way. All of them have become close friends and supporters of each other thanks to MARSocial’s altruistic competition. To enter this competition authors simply had to post the most exciting excerpt from their book, (between 500 and 1,000 words and then tweet and re-tweet the excerpts via the Twitter button appearing at the end of each excerpt. MARSocial in conjunction with KeeranVaani Creations, an independent filmmaker from the UK, http://marsocial.com/2013/11/disturbe... will present the M.A.R.S. Author of the Year Award. The winner and the 20 runner-ups will be announced on February 1, 2014.
Follow my Board on Pinterest and read my CNNiReport for more details on this exciting and extremely altruistic competition.
http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-1073138
http://www.pinterest.com/karynnesumma...
At last a competition that is run by authors for the benefit of all authors involved in it. While authors compete against each other, they tweet and share the other authors’ excerpts in an extremely altruistic way. All of them have become close friends and supporters of each other thanks to MARSocial’s altruistic competition. To enter this competition authors simply had to post the most exciting excerpt from their book, (between 500 and 1,000 words and then tweet and re-tweet the excerpts via the Twitter button appearing at the end of each excerpt. MARSocial in conjunction with KeeranVaani Creations, an independent filmmaker from the UK, http://marsocial.com/2013/11/disturbe... will present the M.A.R.S. Author of the Year Award. The winner and the 20 runner-ups will be announced on February 1, 2014.
Follow my Board on Pinterest and read my CNNiReport for more details on this exciting and extremely altruistic competition.
http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-1073138
http://www.pinterest.com/karynnesumma...
January 2, 2014
Happy New Year-Update from Karynne Summars
Happy New Year to all my Friends and Followers,
In 2013 I published my first novel and joined a large author community, i.e. the World Literary Cafe and MARSocial. I never thought that fellow authors would support each other that much, so I was more than pleasantly surprised. Thanks for all your support.
While busy writing the sequel to Desperate Pursuit in Venice, I met and joined the independent filmmaker KeeranVaani Creations as Executive Producer for the movie DiSTurBeD, a psychological thriller/horror movie. While this was not on my plan for 2013, their passion and commitment convinced me to do so and has since widened my horizon for 2014.
Update for Sequel to Desperate Pursuit in Venice (DPIV)
Work in Progress: 36,700 words written so far. More emotional twists and turns for Luca, Kataryna, Roberto, Carlotta and Francesco. I have also introduced new interesting characters in the sequel. I know that I am a little behind because I had planned to publish the sequel around year-end but I have a good excuse- DiSTurBeD Movie.
Have a look: www.disturbedmovie.com
However, this gives you, the readers, some more time to finish or start reading DPIV.
Meanwhile here is an excerpt from Chapter Six of Desperate Pursuit in Venice for those who haven't read it yet. FYI: It has some adult content. This excerpt was published via MARSocial in connection with their Author of the Year Competition which I entered last year. http://marsocial.com/docs/desperate-p...
I have also recently entered a competition on LinkedIn. If you would like to support me, please follow the below link and click "Like" on LinkedIn.
Here is my link.
http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Desper...
I wish you all the best, personally and professionally for 2014 and beyond.
www.karynnesummars.com
www.facebook.com/pages/Desperate-Purs...
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Karynn...
In 2013 I published my first novel and joined a large author community, i.e. the World Literary Cafe and MARSocial. I never thought that fellow authors would support each other that much, so I was more than pleasantly surprised. Thanks for all your support.
While busy writing the sequel to Desperate Pursuit in Venice, I met and joined the independent filmmaker KeeranVaani Creations as Executive Producer for the movie DiSTurBeD, a psychological thriller/horror movie. While this was not on my plan for 2013, their passion and commitment convinced me to do so and has since widened my horizon for 2014.
Update for Sequel to Desperate Pursuit in Venice (DPIV)
Work in Progress: 36,700 words written so far. More emotional twists and turns for Luca, Kataryna, Roberto, Carlotta and Francesco. I have also introduced new interesting characters in the sequel. I know that I am a little behind because I had planned to publish the sequel around year-end but I have a good excuse- DiSTurBeD Movie.
Have a look: www.disturbedmovie.com
However, this gives you, the readers, some more time to finish or start reading DPIV.
Meanwhile here is an excerpt from Chapter Six of Desperate Pursuit in Venice for those who haven't read it yet. FYI: It has some adult content. This excerpt was published via MARSocial in connection with their Author of the Year Competition which I entered last year. http://marsocial.com/docs/desperate-p...
I have also recently entered a competition on LinkedIn. If you would like to support me, please follow the below link and click "Like" on LinkedIn.
Here is my link.
http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Desper...
I wish you all the best, personally and professionally for 2014 and beyond.
www.karynnesummars.com
www.facebook.com/pages/Desperate-Purs...
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Karynn...
