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Pump Up Your Book’s March 2011 Authors on Virtual Book Tour – Day 7

Welcome to Day Seven of Pump Up Your Book’s March 2011 Authors on Virtual Book Tour! Follow along as these talented authors travel the blogosphere all month long to talk about their books, their lives and their future projects. Pick your favorites, follow their tours, and make sure you leave them a note to tell them you stopped by! Don’t forget our Facebook party on March 25 where you can win lots of valuable prizes. “Like” our page at www.facebook.com/pumpupyourbook before March 25, then leave a comment at our Facebook party page at http://www.facebook.com/note.php?saved&&note_id=10150097454282449 to make sure you’re in. Full details are on the party page along with what
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with John Ames

John Ames has a master’s degree in English from the University of Florida, where he was a Ford Fellow. After graduation, he built a rustic house and lived for several years on the edge of a spiritual community located near Gainesville, Florida. John’s search for enlightenment ended when he decided that he was too far from a movie theater. He moved inside the Gainesville city limits and taught English and film for thirty years at Santa Fe College. He has produced and acted in numerous short films and videos, including the cable TV series the “Tub Interviews,” wherein all the interviewees were required to be in a bathtub. For
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Pump Up Your Book’s March 2011 Authors on Virtual Book Tour – Day 6

Welcome to Day Six of Pump Up Your Book’s March 2011 Authors on Virtual Book Tour! Follow along as these talented authors travel the blogosphere all month long to talk about their books, their lives and their future projects. Pick your favorites, follow their tours, and make sure you leave them a note to tell them you stopped by! Don’t forget our Facebook party on March 25 where you can win lots of valuable prizes. “Like” our page at www.facebook.com/pumpupyourbook before March 25, then leave a comment at our Facebook party page at http://www.facebook.com/note.php?saved&&note_id=10150097454282449 to make sure you’re in. Full details are on the party page along with what prizes
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Pump Up Your Book’s March 2011 Authors on Virtual Book Tour – Day 5

Welcome to Day Five of Pump Up Your Book’s March 2011 Authors on Virtual Book Tour! Follow along as these talented authors travel the blogosphere all month long to talk about their books, their lives and their future projects. Pick your favorites, follow their tours, and make sure you leave them a note to tell them you stopped by! Don’t forget our Facebook party on March 25 where you can win lots of valuable prizes. “Like” our page at www.facebook.com/pumpupyourbook before March 25, then leave a comment at our Facebook party page at http://www.facebook.com/note.php?saved&&note_id=10150097454282449 to make sure you’re in. Full details are on the party page along with what prizes
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Pump Up Chats with Borneo Tom McLaughlin

An award winning science teacher, Tom McLaughlin battled a rare neurological disease to a standstill, packed up and moved to Malaysian Borneo. He traveled extensively on the local discount airline, re married and is now the father of a vasectomy failed son. His adventures are shared in his book, Borneo Tom. He teaches English and English Literature at a local international school. He shares his life on his blog at www.borneotom.com and Face Book at Borneo Tom. Thank you for this interview, TOM.  Do you remember writing stories as a child or did the writing bug come later?  Do you remember your first published piece? A: In college, I
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Pump Up Your Book’s March 2011 Authors on Virtual Book Tour – Day 4

Welcome to Day Four of Pump Up Your Book’s March 2011 Authors on Virtual Book Tour! Follow along as these talented authors travel the blogosphere all month long to talk about their books, their lives and their future projects. Pick your favorites, follow their tours, and make sure you leave them a note to tell them you stopped by! Don’t forget our Facebook party on March 25 where you can win lots of valuable prizes. “Like” our page at www.facebook.com/pumpupyourbook before March 25, then leave a comment at our Facebook party page at http://www.facebook.com/note.php?saved&&note_id=10150097454282449 to make sure you’re in. Full details are on the party page along with what prizes
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I Am Going Where I Belong Virtual Book Tour April & May 2011

Join Hans Lindor, author of the mainstream literary mystery, I Am Going Where I Belong (Enaz/Seaburn Publications), as he virtually tours the blogosphere in April and May on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Hans Lindor Hans Lindor, novelist, screenwriter and playwright, has a singularly unique perspective on life and has earned many accolades for his fiction and poetry. Hans Lindor has used his extraordinary life experiences to inspire young people, and has given motivational speeches and workshops to students in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and Florida, advocating against guns, drugs and violence and giving students hope for rising above hardship and social struggles. For
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Pump Up Your Book’s March 2011 Authors on Virtual Book Tour – Day 3

Welcome to Day Three of Pump Up Your Book’s March 2011 Authors on Virtual Book Tour! Follow along as these talented authors travel the blogosphere all month long to talk about their books, their lives and their future projects. Pick your favorites, follow their tours, and make sure you leave them a note to tell them you stopped by! Don’t forget our Facebook party on March 25 where you can win lots of valuable prizes. “Like” our page at www.facebook.com/pumpupyourbook before March 25, then leave a comment at our Facebook party page at http://www.facebook.com/note.php?saved&&note_id=10150097454282449 to make sure you’re in. Full details are on the party page along with what prizes
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Rast Virtual Book Tour, April 2011

Join Christopher Hoare, author of the high fantasy novel, Rast (MuseItUp Publishing, March 2011) as he virtually tours the blogosphere in April on his second virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Christopher Hoare Christopher Hoare lives with his wife, Shirley, and two shelter dogs, Coco and Emmie, in the foothills of the Canadian Rockies. As a lad he lived, breathed, and dreamed aeroplanes, won a place at RAE Farnborough learning to engineer them, but found the reality didn’t fit the dream. Did a stint in the army and then away to Libya to join the oil circus. Flying objects only appear as tools when they now appear in his writing.
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Pump Up Your Book’s March 2011 Authors on Virtual Book Tour – Day 2

Welcome to Day Two of Pump Up Your Book’s March 2011 Authors on Virtual Book Tour! Follow along as these talented authors travel the blogosphere all month long to talk about their books, their lives and their future projects. Pick your favorites, follow their tours, and make sure you leave them a note to tell them you stopped by! Don’t forget our Facebook party on March 25 where you can win lots of valuable prizes. “Like” our page at www.facebook.com/pumpupyourbook before March 25, then leave a comment at our Facebook party page at http://www.facebook.com/note.php?saved&&note_id=10150097454282449 to make sure you’re in. Full details are on the party page along with what prizes
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with ‘Chasing Zebras’ Barbara Barnett

Barbara Barnett is Co-Executive Editor of Blogcritics, an Internet magazine of pop culture, politics and more owned by Technorati Media. Always a pop-culture geek, Barbara was raised on a steady diet of TV (and TV dinners), but she always found her way to TV’s antiheroes and misunderstood champions, whether on TV, in the movies or in literature. Barnett’s regular column, “Welcome to the End of the Thought Process: An Introspective Look at House, M.D.” features insightful episode commentaries and interviews with the House cast and creative team. It is the place for intelligent discussion of the hit television series starring Hugh Laurie. Barbara has had an eclectic career. With
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Pump Up Your Book’s March 2011 Authors on Virtual Book Tour – Day 1

Welcome to Day One of Pump Up Your Book’s March 2011 Authors on Virtual Book Tour! Follow along as these talented authors travel the blogosphere all month long to talk about their books, their lives and their future projects. Pick your favorites, follow their tours, and make sure you leave them a note to tell them you stopped by!  Don’t forget our Facebook party on March 25 where you can win lots of valuable prizes.  “Like” our page at www.facebook.com/pumpupyourbook before March 25, then leave a comment at our Facebook party page at http://www.facebook.com/note.php?saved&&note_id=10150097454282449 to make sure you’re in.  Full details are on the party page along with what
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Pump Up Your Book Announces March 2011 Authors on Virtual Book Tour

Join a talented and diverse group of 26 authors who are touring with Pump Up Your Book! Virtual Book Tours during the month of March 2011. Follow these authors as they travel the blogosphere from March 1st through March 25th to discuss their books. You’ll find everything from memoirs to business books, historical novels to thrillers, children’s books to young adult novels and more! The month of March is filled with returning authors. Lisa Gardner is back to promote her latest Detective D.D. Warren novel, “Love You More.” Also returning is Lou Aronica and his fantasy novel, “Blue,” Dr. Jennifer Freed with “Lessons from Stanley the Cat,” Diana Gabaldon
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Pump Up Your Book February 2011 Authors on Tour Facebook Party this Friday!

WE’RE HAVING A FACEBOOK PARTY!!!! Pump Up Your Book will be hosting the February 2011 Authors on Tour on Friday February 25, 2011 at 9 – 11 p.m. (eastern time – adjust to your time zone).  Tell your book friends that not only will this give them an opportunity to chat with their favorite authors BUT… WE’RE GIVING AWAY PRIZES!!!! The participating authors and their giveaways include: Rose Valenta is giving away a paperback copy of her humor book, Sitting on Cold Porcelain. Allan Leverone is giving away an e-copy of his thriller, Final Vector, and 6 e-copies of Postcards from the Apocalypse. Frank Edwards is giving away a
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Borneo Tom Online Book Tour March ’11 – February ’12

Join Borneo Tom McLaughlin, author of the travel journal Borneo Tom: Stories and Sketches of Love, Travel and Jungle Family in Tropical Asia as he virtually tours the blogosphere from MArch 2011 to February 2012 on his first tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Borneo Tom Science teacher Tom McLaughlin battled a rare neurological disease to a stand still, packed up his life and moved to Malaysian Borneo from a Washington D.C. suburb. Landing in Kuching, he quickly learned the Malay language and involved himself in projects which includes orangutan rehabilitation and research about the famed naturalist, Alfred Wallace, whose thunder was stolen by Charles Darwin. The advent
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Night Knight: Therapeutic Bedtime Stories Virtual Book Tour March & April 2011

Join Emma K. Piers, author of the parenting book, Night Knight: Therapeutic Bedtime Stories (Emma Piers UK LTD), as she virtually tours the blogosphere March 1 – April 29 2011 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Emma K. Piers Emma Piers is an author, wellbeing coach and narrator. She lives in rural Dorset in the UK with her life/working partner Mark Turner. Emma was born in a rambling old vicarage in Kent, in 1958. Her father was a vicar, and she had two siblings. During her early years, the family moved five times. During these years, Emma developed a deep love and sense
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Pump Up Chats with Jennifer Lynne Matthews, author of “Fashion Unraveled”

As an educator, Jennifer Lynne Matthews, recognized that there was a need for a step by step educational manual to teach her students on how to start their own business. Consequently, Matthews wrote the first edition of Fashion Unraveled in 2008 to provide such educational material, and just completed the second edition in 2011. Matthews, also a lingerie designer and entrepreneur, opened her own business, Porcelynne Lingerie in 2002. Fashion Unraveled is built on Matthews’ experience in both opening and sustaining a successful business. She brings the knowledge of running a small business and her expertise in the industry into her book and it continues into her classroom teaching.
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with Dr. Jennifer Freed

For more than 25 years, Jennifer Freed, Ph.D., has been a licensed marriage and family counselor, group psychotherapist and educator.  She was the Clinical Director at PACIFICA GRADUATE INSTITUTE, one of the country’s leading centers for depth psychology, where she continues to serve as a professor and workshop leader. Dr. Freed is a recognized expert on behavioral matters such as teen bullying, character development, marriage and family relationships, and diversity issues.  She has provided thousands with the practical tools to compassionately reassess personal behaviors and make significant life changes. National media appearances include GOOD MORNING AMERICA, NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO, ABC NEWS, FOX NEWS, SIRRIUS RADIO, AIR AMERICA, USA TODAY,
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Blackberry Crumble Virtual Book Tour April 2011

Join Josi Kilpack, author of the culinary mystery, Blackberry Crumble (Deseret Book, Inc.), as she virtually tours the blogosphere in April 2011 on her fifth virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Josi Kilpack Josi has combined her love of MOST things edible and her love of writing into the Sadie Hoffmiller Culinary Mystery series. Blackberry Crumble is the fifth book in what will be an eight book series. When Josi isn’t cooking or writing she’s trying to say ahead of her four children, hiding somewhere with a book in hand, or enjoying her backyard chickens. Josi and her family live in Willard, UT. For more information
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Promised Valley Rebellion Virtual Book Tour April & May 2011

Join Ron Fritsch, author of the historical fiction novel, Promised Valley Rebellion (Asymmetric Worlds), as he virtually tours the blogosphere in April and May 2011 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Ron Fritsch Ron grew up in rural northern Illinois. His father and mother were poor but hard-working tenant farmers who loved to read. So did the rest of the family. Planting and harvesting, they lived by the seasons as much as our prehistoric ancestors had. Because he inherited the gift of a good memory he obtained a bachelor’s degree with honors from the University of Illinois (major: history; minor: English literature) and
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New Book for Review: Thriller/Suspense Novel ‘The Shepherd’ by Ethan Cross

Ethan Cross is touring in April and May 2011 with his thriller/suspense novel The Shepherd. Marcus Williams and Francis Ackerman Jr. both have a talent for hurting people. Marcus, a former New York City homicide detective, uses his abilities to protect others, while Ackerman uses his gifts to inflict pain and suffering. When both men become unwilling pawns in a conspiracy that reaches to the highest levels of our government, Marcus finds himself in a deadly game of cat and mouse trapped between a twisted psychopath and a vigilante with seemingly unlimited resources. Aided by a rogue FBI agent and the vigilante’s beautiful daughter -a woman with whom he’s
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The Sandalwood Tree Virtual Book Tour March, April & May 2011

Join Elle Newmark, author of the historical fiction novel, The Sandalwood Tree (Atria), as she virtually tours the blogosphere in March, April and May on her second virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Elle Newmark Elle Newmark is an author whose books are inspired by her travels. Her work has been published into 16 languages and she lives in the hills north of San Diego with her husband, a retired physician. She has two grown children and five grandchildren. To find out more about Elle or learn about her books visit http://ellenewmark.com About The Sandalwood Tree From incredible storyteller and nationally bestselling author Elle Newmark comes
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Pump Up Chats with Jeanne C. Davis – Author of Sheetrock Angel

Jeanne C. Davis grew up in southern California then traveled the world as a Pan Am purser until she landed a job writing for the television series, Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman. She wrote, produced and directed the independent feature, The Uniform Motion of Folly. She is currently at work on her second novel which explores her life with Pan Am, and another feature film, Lip Service, along with a documentary about her family’s four generations in the carousel business.  Visit www.sheetrockangel.homestead.com or SheetrockAngel on Facebook.  You also can visit Jeanne’s website at www.bricolage-arts.com. Thank you for this interview, Jeanne.  Do you remember writing stories as a child or did
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Friendship Bread Virtual Book Tour May 2011

Join Darien Gee, author of the women’s fiction book, Friendship Bread: A Novel (Ballantine Books, April 5, 2011), as she virtually tours the blogosphere in May 2011 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Darien Gee Darien Gee lives with her husband and three children in Hawaii. She is the bestselling author of three previous novels (Good Things, Sweet Life and Table Manners) written under the name Mia King. You can visit Darien Gee’s website at www.friendshipbreadkitchen.com. And check out the Friendship Bread Kitchen Facebook fan page. About Friendship Bread It’s more than just a recipe—it’s a way of life. For fans of Kristin Hannah and Kate
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Elizabeth I Virtual Book Tour May 2011

Join Margaret George, author of the biographical novel, Elizabeth I (Viking Press, April 2011) as she virtually tours the blogosphere in May on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Margaret George Margaret George is the author of six epic biographical novels, all New York Times bestsellers, featuring larger than life characters like Henry VIII and Cleopatra.  Although painstakingly accurate historically, their real focus is the psychology of the characters.  We know what they did, we want to know why. Her latest release is Elizabeth I. Margaret’s research has taken her from the islands of Scotland to the temples of Upper Egypt, with experiences that include snake-keeping and gladiatorial
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with Frank J. Edwards

Frank J. Edwards was born in Rochester New York. In 1968 he entered the US Army and served a tour in Vietnam as a helicopter pilot. He received a BA with honors in English from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill then attended medical school at the University of Rochester, graduating with an MD in 1979. In 1989 he received an MFA in writing from Warren Wilson College in Swannanoa, NC. After practicing for a decade in North Carolina, he returned to the Rochester, area in 1990 where he remains in active practice. He has published a number of poems and short stories in literary magazines including
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Against All Odds Virtual Book Tour March 2011

Join John Milton Langdon, author of the historical fiction novel, Against All Odds, as he virtually tours the blogosphere March 1 – March 25 2011 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About John Milton Langdon John Milton Langdon is a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers and has a master’s degree in maritime civil engineering.  Langdon retired and became a professional writer after an active and rewarding engineering career.  Initially he worked in Britain but from 1972 until 2008, he dealt with project development in Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Nigeria.  Langdon lives in the Austrian town of
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Memoirs of a Widowed Mistress Virtual Book Tour March & April 2011

Join Megan Van Eyck, author of the memoir, Memoirs of a Widowed Mistress, as she virtually tours the blogosphere March 1 – April 29 2011 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Megan Van Eyck Megan van Eyck lives near Seattle, Washington with her husband and children. Memoirs of a Widowed Mistress is her first memoir. You can visit Megan’s website at www.widowedmistress.com. Connect with Megan at Twitter and Facebook below: About Memoirs of a Widowed Mistress Memoirs of a Widowed Mistress is a cautionary tale about the causal relationship between marital emotional neglect and questionable choices. It is a warning for the spouse
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Adventures in Nowhere Virtual Book Tour March & April 2011

Join John Ames, author of the coming of age novel, Adventures in Nowhere, as he virtually tours the blogosphere March 1 – April 29  2011 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About John Ames John Ames has a master’s degree in English from the University of Florida, where he was a Ford Fellow. After graduation, he built a rustic house and lived for several years on the edge of a spiritual community located near Gainesville, Florida. John’s search for enlightenment ended when he decided that he was too far from a movie theater. He moved inside the Gainesville city limits and taught English and
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Deed So Virtual Book Tour March & April 2011

Join Kath Russell, author of the coming of age/historical fiction novel, Deed So (CreateSpace), as she virtually tours the blogosphere in March and April on her second virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Kath Russell Kath Russell enjoyed over thirty-five years in marketing and communications management in the biotechnology industry. She was an executive with one of the first genetic engineering companies. Russell also was president of Russell-Welsh Strategic Life Science Communications, Inc., and founder and chief executive officer of an ecommerce company offering services for mature companion animals and veterinarians. Russell received her bachelor’s degree from Northwestern University, her master’s degree in journalism from Boston
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