Posts Tagged ‘author publicity’

New Book for Review: Savvy Diva’s Take On…:44 Days of Random Thoughts and Observations

Jahzara, the Savvy Diva is touring from December 5 -16 with her women’s fiction short stories novel, Savvy Diva’s Take On…:44 Days of Random Thoughts and Observations. Savvy Diva’s Take On…44 Days of Random Thoughts & Observations is an easy going, up and down, serious but funny, “make my day” type of book that sends a reader on a roller coaster ride. The narrative format will have you laughing, smiling and nodding your head as Jahzara expresses her random thoughts and opinions from a unique perspective. Jahzara peels away layers of her life, dotting each experience with an outlook that is a breath of fresh air, revealing her wacky
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Savvy Diva’s Take On…:44 Days of Random Thoughts and Observations Virtual Book Tour December 2011

Join Jahzara, the Savvy Diva, author of the women’s fiction/short stories novel Savvy Diva’s Take On…:44 Days of Random Thoughts and Observations (Jahphut), as she virtually tours the blogosphere December 5 – 16 2011 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Jahzara, the Savvy Diva Jahzara, the Savvy Diva knew since the moment she received allocates and laughter from her comedic short stories in grade school, that she wanted to be a writer. Passionate about the sweet taste of cake and cupcakes with butter crème frosting, paved a creative yet intuitive journey for Jahzara’s writing as she discovered unique variations to describe her love
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New Book for Review: She Had No Choice

Debbie Burroughs is touring from December 5 -16 with her women’s fiction novel, She Had No Choice. This poignant and gripping drama plays out from 1918 Mexico to 1960 California, and is full of love and heartbreak, prejudice and betrayal, lovers, friends and family. It is inspired by a true story. Follow Sofía’s journey from a perilous midnight crossing into the U.S. as a child to a life of hard labor and bad relationships with the wrong men. Hungry for love, her first lover leads to a daughter, Eva, born out of wedlock. When he abandons her and their baby, another unsavory man is quick to come to her
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She Had No Choice by Debra Burroughs Virtual Book Publicity Tour December 2011

Join Debra Burroughs, author of the women’s fiction novel She Had No Choice (Lake House Books), as she virtually tours the blogosphere December 5 – 16 2011 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Debra Burroughs Debra Burroughs grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area during a tumultuous time when the Civil Rights Movement was gearing up and racial tensions were mounting. Her parents moved the family to a more peaceful small town in the Central Valley of California. Over the years, with a large Mexican family, she heard many stories about their history, particularly from her mother and grandmother. As she would
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New Book for Review: Born Mad

Robyn Wheeler is touring from November 1 -23 with her non-fiction self-improvement novel, Born Mad. Follow Robyn on her journey from fits of rage as an angry child, blunders and setbacks as an adult in deep denial, to her quest for awareness and enlightenment. Robyn takes you inside her deepest thoughts and fears, as well as her chronic anger and thoughts of suicide. After being diagnosed with a “bad state of mind” called dysthymia, Robyn wrote Born Mad to help others who may be unaware that they might be suffering from a low-grade chronic depression that will make l ife difficult, ruin relationships, and contribute to a negative and
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New Book for Review: No Story to Tell

KJ Steele is touring from November 1 -January 13 with her literary fiction novel, No Story to Tell. Victoria Lackey, a once extraordinarily promising dancer, now finds herself mired down in a joyless marriage, tending to a heart full of secrets, her dream of being a dancer buried deep within her. Buried within her, that is, until Elliot, a newcomer to the small, gritty town of Hinckly and a sensual artist, recognizes the dancer’s spirit within her. Believing in her abilities, he encourages her to open a dance studio, something previously forbidden by Victoria’s boorish husband, Bobby. With Elliot’s attentions sparking the flame of desire within her, Victoria suddenly
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New Book for Review: Adventure on a DARE

Fritz Sprandel is touring from November 1 -January 13 with his true adventure novel, Adventure on a DARE. Adventure on a DARE is the first in a series of true-life accounts describing Fritz T. Sprandel’s journey into himself in which he discovers his capricious nature and raises questions about the nature of faith. During the course of his adventure, Fritz visits a variety of natural wonders, small towns, and fascinating people on a budget of ten cents and his own amazing resourcefulness. After overcoming the challenges of the wild, he finds himself in a foreign country, falsely charged with espionage. Then he faces, and incredibly survives relatively unscathed, a
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New Book for Review: The Luminist

David Rockling is touring from November 1 -23 with his historical fiction novel, The Luminist. IN COLONIAL INDIA, at a time of growing friction between the ruling British and the restless Indian populace, a Victorian woman and her young Tamil Indian servant defy convention, class, and heartbreak to investigate what is gained – and lost – by holding life still. Suggested by the life and work of photographic pioneer Julia Margaret Cameron, The Luminist filters 19th century Ceylon through the lens of an English woman, Catherine Colebrook and a 15 year old Tamil boy, Eligius Shourie. Left fatherless by soldiers, Eligius is brought as a servant to the Colebrooks’
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New Book for Review: Real Eyez Realize Real Liez

Robert Nelson is touring from November 1 -23 and January 2-27 with his urban thriller, Real Eyez Realize Real Liez. The War for the heart of Urban America won’t televise from some foreign shore. It’ll be fought in your living room with dope, cash, blood and bullets. The American way of life has strayed into the shadows and one by one we’re losing our children to the illusion of Hood Dreams and a Gangsta’s Paradise. Only one man stands strong enough to hold back the tide. A renegade Aryan Prodigy and his crew, and an unfathomable amount of guns are all that protects the last shreds of civilization in
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New Book for Review: Soldier of Rome: The Sacrovir Revolt

James Mace is touring from November 1 -December 16 with his historical fiction novel, Soldier of Rome: The Sacrovir Revolt. A Shadow Rising It has been three years since the wars against Arminius and the Cherusci. Gaius Silius, Legate of the Twentieth Legion, is concerned that the barbarians-though shattered by the war-may be stirring once again. He also seeks to confirm the rumors regarding Arminius’ death. What Silius does not realize is that there is a new threat to the Empire, but it does not come from beyond the frontier; it is coming from within the Empire’s borders in Gaul. Legionary Artorius has greatly matured during his five years
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New Book for Review: The Realmsic Conquest

A. Demethius Jackson is touring from November 14 -December 16 with his fantasy/epic-adventure novel, The Realmsic Conquest. The Realmsic Conquest is a fantasy epic-adventure based upon a magical kingdom known as the Realm. From its establishment, it has remained the only kingdom in existence that possesses magic. As a result, it has never known peace. For countless centuries, the Realm has defended itself against conquerors seeking control of its power. But now facing its greatest peril, the realmsic heroes must battle the wicked, face overwhelming circumstances, and follow ancient lore to obtain the greatest treasure their kingdom will ever know… peace. Written as an epic-poem, the story is easy
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New Book for Review: Words of Inspiration from Your Own Kind

Rachel Greer is touring from November 1, 2011 – February 24, 2012 with her inspirational poetry novel, Words of Inspiration from Your Own Kind. Words of Inspiration from Your Own Kind you realize that it isn’t merely your own life that may contain complexities. Through all of life’s adversities, it’s individually up to you to determine if you will surmount obscurity and persist on toward your destiny. If tomorrow never came, would you let what happened yesterday carry on to today? Words of Inspiration from Your Own Kind is not simply inspiration to those in the ghettos of America; it’s encouragement to every type of person. All of us,
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New Book for Review: Empire of Light

Gregory Earls is touring from November 1 – 23 with his general fiction novel, Empire of Light. Jason Tisse is in over his head. As a young black cinematography student at LA’s notoriously tough American Film Institute, he’s got the vision, but not the balls to battle the ruthlessness that is Hollywood. After a failed year at AFI, which includes nearly electrocuting a fellow classmate, Jason embarks on a trip to Europe to hunt down the works of his favorite painter. Armed with an enchanted camera gifted to him by an eccentric film professor, Jason is prepared to master the art of light and shadow as depicted in the
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New Book for Review: Invisible by Jeanne Bannon

Jeanne Bannon will be touring in December with her YA novel Invisible. Lola’s not pretty. Lola’s not popular. Lola wishes she could disappear … and then one day she does just that… For seventeen-year-old Lola Savullo, life is a struggle. Born to funky parents who are more in than she could ever be, Lola’s dream of becoming a writer makes her an outsider even in her own home. Bullied and despised, Lola still has the support of her best pal Charlie and Grandma Rose. Not only is she freakishly tall, Lola’s a big girl and when forced to wear a bathing suit at her summer job as a camp
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More Books for Review for December 2011!

The following authors will be on tour from December 1st – 16th. Please contact Cheryl Malandrinos at ccmal(at)charter(dot)net or use the form at the bottom of this post if you are interested in hosting any of the following books. Please specify electronic or printed format if an option is given. Deadline is November 15th or until the tours are filled. Thank you! Dianne Hartsock is touring with her paranormal suspense novel, Alex. Alex is twenty and confused. He always is. The world presses on him with its horrors and pain, with scintillating auras that pierce his eyes and drive the migraines deeper. He hears the cries of children, the
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Pump Up Chats with NeonSeon, author of “Life of Shouty: Food and Fitness”

Creating Shouty Mack as a comic strip for a high school newspaper, NeonSeon developed Life of Shouty as a book series for children in 2010. NeonSeon grew up in Chicago’s Hyde Park community and currently resides in Atlanta. Honors include a Mom’s Choice Award for Life of Shouty: Good Habits. For more information, visit www.SHOUTY.com. On Life of Shouty: Food & Fitness Q: Can you tell us why you wrote your book? Life of Shouty: Food & Fitness is the second book in the Life of Shouty Series. One of the opening lines came to me and served as the basis of the book. I struggle with making healthy
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New Horror Novella for Review: The Noctuary by Greg Chapman

Greg Chapman will be touring in December with his horror novella The Noctuary. Struggling writer Simon Ryan’’s life has gone to Hell. Shadows are pouring into his reality and his words are not his own anymore. He has been chosen to become a scribe for some of the worst creatures of the Underworld – the ones whose sole purpose is to torment human souls – The Dark Muses. As Simon writes, he falls deeper into the abyss and before long he has no sense of what is real. With the help of another scribe, old and mutilated, Simon comes to discover that his writing can mould people and places
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New Book for Review: Natural Treatment Solutions For Hyperthyroidism and Graves’ Disease by Eric M. Osansky D.C.

Eric M. Osansky D.C will be touring in December with his alternative health book, Natural Treatment Solutions For Hyperthyroidism and Graves’ Disease. If you have hyperthyroidism or Graves’ Disease and are looking for a natural treatment solution to get to the underlying cause of your condition, then this book will show you how to restore your health naturally…and avoid radioactive iodine. In the United States, radioactive iodine is commonly recommended as the first line of treatment for hyperthyroidism and Graves’ Disease. While radioactive iodine is necessary at times, in most cases it should be the last resort. Antithyroid drugs may be necessary to manage the symptoms, but they of
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The Realmsic Conquest by A. Demethius Jackson Virtual Book Publicity Tour November and December2011

Join A. Demethius Jackson, author of the fantasy/epic -adventure novel, The Realmsic Conquest: The Candle of Crest (CreateSpace), as he virtually tours the blogosphere November 14 – December 16 2011 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About A. Demethius Jackson A. Demethius Jackson, is a graduate of American University’s School of Communications in Washington, DC. His written works span numerous forms of media such as music and television, and he has held positions at national and international media companies. The Realmsic Conquest is his first novel. About The Realmsic Conquest The Realmsic Conquest is a fantasy epic-adventure based upon a magical kingdom known as
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New Tween Book for Review: The Incredibly Awesome Adventures of Puggie Liddell by Karen Mueller Bryson

Karen Mueller Bryson will be touring in December with her comedic adventure novel for teens, The Incredibly Awesome Adventures of Puggie Liddell. History made fun! In this fast-paced and action-packed time travel adventure, the wise-cracking whiz kid, Puggie Liddell’s modified Gameboy activates a time travel portal and he lands in the 1890s with his sibling rival, annoyingly prissy teen sister, Gigi, who thinks history is like-totally-gross. The kids must learn to work together to find a time travel portal back to the present before the eccentric scientist, Nikola Tesla, or his arch nemesis, inventor Thomas Edison, can steal the Gameboy and use it to complete a death ray machine,
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New Book for Review: Fission by Tom Weston

Tom Weston will be touring in December with his historical novel Fission. Lise Meitner: a physicist who never lost her humanity First they tried to deny her. Then they tried to destroy her. But she survived to discover nuclear fission and spark the race for the atomic bomb. The clue is to be found in her headstone. No, it isn’t the physics. For, as much as I like science, the scribbling of mathematical equations on blackboards and the clicking of Geiger-counters does not make for riveting story-telling. What drew me to the Lise Meitner story is the humanity. Imagine a story of hate and greed, intrigue and danger, war
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Pump Up Chats with Crystal Connor, author of “The Darkness”

I grew up telling spooky little campfire style stories at slumber parties. We’d make a tent in the bedroom, and the only source of light would be from a flashlight that was about to die. I’d tell my tale of doom and then while everyone was jumping at the tree branch scraping against the window and I’d be sound asleep! I served my country in the United States Navy working as a boiler technician on board the USS McKee AS-41 assigned to the 7th fleet. While deployed at various ports-of-call throughout Africa, Asia and the Middle East I began to learn about other cultures’ monsters and nightmares and I
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Abby Finds Her Calling by Naomi King Virtual Book Tour March and April 2012

Join Naomi King, author of the Amish inspirational fiction novel, Abby Finds Her Calling: Home at Cedar Creek Book One (NAL/Penguin), as she virtually tours the blogosphere March 5th – April 27th, 2012 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Naomi King Drawing upon her experiences in Jamesport, the largest Old Order Amish community west of the Mississippi, longtime Missourian Naomi King writes of simpler times and a faith-based lifestyle in her new Home at Cedar Creek series. Like her series heroine, Abby Lambright, Naomi considers it her personal mission to be a listener—to heal broken hearts and wounded souls—and to share her hearth
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Summer of Secrets by Charlotte Hubbard Virtual Book Tour February and March 2012

Join Charlotte Hubbard, author of the Amish inspirational fiction novel, Summer of Secrets (Zebra), as she virtually tours the blogosphere February 6th – March 30th, 2012 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Charlotte Hubbard Drawing upon her experiences in Jamesport, the largest Old Order Amish community west of the Mississippi, longtime Missourian Charlotte Hubbard writes of simpler times and a faith-based lifestyle in her new Seasons of the Heart series. Like her heroine, Miriam Lantz, Charlotte considers it her personal mission to feed people—to share hearth and home. Faith and family, farming and food preservation are hallmarks of her lifestyle, and the foundation
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Echo Falls Online Book Tour November & December 2011

Join Jaime McDougall, author of the paranormal romance novel Echo Falls as she virtually tours the blogosphere in November and December 2011 on her second tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Jaime McDougall Jaime McDougall is a citizen of the world, currently loving life in beautiful country Victoria in Australia. She loves eating sushi, kidnapping her husband and naming her pets in honour of science fiction authors. She has been published in Chicken Soup for the Soul: High School: The Real Deal and Chicken Soup for the Soul: Campus Chronicles. So You Want to Write a Guest Post: An Author’s Guide to Promoting with Guest Blogging is her
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Black & Orange Online Book Tour December 2011

Join Benjamin Kane Ethridge, author of the award-winning dark fantasy horror Black & Orange as he virtually tours the blogosphere in December 2011 on his second tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Benjamin Kane Ethridge Benjamin Kane Ethridge’s fiction has appeared in Doorways Magazine, Dark Recesses, FearZone, and others. His dark fantasy novel BLACK & ORANGE (Bad Moon Books 2010) has won the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in First Novel. Beyond that he’s written several collaborations with Michael Louis Calvillo, one of which is a novella called UGLY SPIRIT, available in 2011. He also wrote a master’s thesis entitled, “CAUSES OF UNEASE: The Rhetoric of Horror
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Keridan’s Journey by Michelle Peterson Virtual Book Publicity Tour December 2011

Join Michelle Peterson, author of the fantasy novel, Keridan’s Journey (WBD Books), as she virtually tours the blogosphere December 5-16 2011 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Michelle Peterson Michelle Peterson is an avid reader and artist and it is this love that has lead to writing and painting becoming her favorite obsessions though she loves all things creative. Being a ghost writer for years, her first published book, Keridan’s Journey, not only bears her name but also her love of fantasy. She currently resides in Atlanta, GA. You can visit Michelle Peterson’s website at www.michellepeterson.me. About Keridan’s Journey Project manager by day
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with Robyn Wheeler – author of “Born Mad”

After several years of chronic anger, depression and frustration, Robyn Wheeler was diagnosed with a low-grade chronic depression known as Dysthymia. Dysthymia is categorized as a mood disorder and often goes undiagnosed by those suffering from it as well as mental health professionals. Now on medication to help her deal with a mental disorder, Robyn has written a book about her journey, thoughts of suicide and her courage and determination to become “normal”. Born Mad will shed light on chronic anger, how it festers to the point of wanting to do harm to yourself and others. Robyn will take you through her anger as a small child, her denial
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Pump Up Chats with Karen Simpson – Author of Act of Grace

Karen Simpson lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan and holds a Master’s in Historic Preservation. Writing, fabric art, and history are her passions. She’s a quilter and has taught African American quilting for over twenty years. As a historian, Simpson has designed exhibits for museums and other historical institutions that deal with issues of cultural diversity and racial reconciliation. The subjects and themes for her fiction are taken from the stories she discovers while doing research. In 2009 Simpson was awarded the Speculative Literature Foundation’s Older Writers Grant. Act of Grace is her first novel. Thank you for this interview, Karen.  Would you tell us briefly about Act of Grace
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Camouflaged Killer by David Gibb Virtual Book Publicity Tour October and November 2011

Join David Gibb, author of the true crime novel, Camouflaged Killer: The Shocking Double Life of Canadian Air Force Colonel Russell Williams (Berkley Books), as he virtually tours the blogosphere October 3rd – November 23rd, 2011 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About David Gibb David A. Gibb is a respected investigative consultant and journalist, who has developed a knack for uncovering the truth. He spent twenty-five years digging for answers as a private investigator – a career that involved many fascinating cases. Gibb is responsible for finding over 4,400 missing people, and has worked undercover in such challenging environments as a religious cult
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