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Pump Up Your Book Presents Ride the Tiger Virtual Book Publicity Tour 2012

Join Pat Silver-Lasky, author of the thriller novel, Ride the Tiger, as she tours the blogosphere August 6 – August 31, 2012 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT PAT SILVER-LASKY Pat Silver-Lasky wrote as a team with her late husband, the well known Hollywood screen writer and author, Jesse L. Lasky, Jr., son of the film pioneer. Jesse Lasky, Sr.’s company, Jesse Lasky Feature Play Company produced the first full length motion picture in Hollywood, The Squaw Man. Jesse, Jr. wrote 40 films, 8 for C.B. DeMille, including The Ten Commandments, and Samson And Delilah. With Jesse, Pat wrote 4 books (including the American
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Euthanasia Virtual Book Publicity Tour 2012

Join Mack Mulluncey, author of the contemporary novel, Euthanasia, as she tours the blogosphere August 13 – November 30, 2012 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT MACK MULLUNCEY Mack Mulluncey considered writing a traditional bio, then she remembered no one really cares. You can visit her at: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6429077.Mack_Mulluncey ABOUT EUTHANASIA When Alex left the clinic that day, she thought she could move on from the rape that left her pregnant and the agonizing decision to have an abortion. That is, until the child she thought she left behind contacts her. Terrorized by mysterious phone calls and guilt, Alex feels her sanity slipping away as
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Let’s Talk Intuition Virtual Book Publicity Tour 2012

Join Darlene Pitts, author of the body, mind and spirit/self-help book, Let’s Talk Intuition, as she tours the blogosphere August 6 – August 24, 2012 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT DARLENE PITTS Darlene Pitts is an intuition consultant, speaker, and author of two books: Discover Your Intuition and Let’s Talk Intuition. She is also the creator of the “Abundant Living Cards” designed to help people use their intuition to create financial success. She discovered her own intuition in 1994, after an angelic encounter during sleep and several prophetic dreams. She teaches people how to use their intuition in twenty-eight areas of life,
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Big Throw Virtual Book Publicity Tour 2012

Join C.V. Rosasco, author of the adventure fantasy novel, The Big Throw, as he tours the blogosphere September 4 – October 26, 2012 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT C.V. ROSASCO C.V. Rosasco is an author and psychotherapist living and working in a weird town called Hollywood. He has worked as a stage and soap opera actor, a childrens’ social worker in South Central L.A., an addiction specialist with gay addicts, and a janitor. He is a beach volleyball player, just took up Jiu-Jitsu, has had two nervous breakdowns ( 3 if you’re really counting), and is an avid meditator / yogi. ABOUT
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Fit to Kill Virtual Book Publicity Tour 2012

Join Donnie Ray Whetstone, author of the crime/detective thriller novel, Fit to Kill, as he tours the blogosphere August 6 – August 24, 2012 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT DONNIE RAY WHETSTONE Donnie Whetstone resides in Rochester, Washington with his wife Diane. He is a full time personal trainer with over twenty years of experience and more than 70,000 training hours in homes, gyms and his own private training studio. Donnie is currently the co-owner of Fit Stop 24 Fitness Centers located in both Olympia and Yelm, Washington. Though Fit to Kill is his first novel, he is no stranger to writing,
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Prisoner Virtual Book Publicity Tour 2012

Join Norm Applegate, author of the thriller novel, The Prisoner, as he tours the blogosphere August 6 – August 24, 2012 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT NORM APPLEGATE Norman Applegate is an author and consultant, with a growing body of work to his credit. Born in Glasgow Scotland, growing up in Toronto Canada and now residing in Florida with his wife Cheryl, Norm Applegate works and travels for an international consulting company, then occasionally scares the “heck” out of his family with his thoughts and writings. His early years in Toronto were filled with aspirations of the late 60’s hippie music scene,
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Wicked Wives Virtual Book Publicity Tour 2012

Join Gus Pelagatti, author of the noir suspense thriller, The Wicked Wives, as he tours the blogosphere July 2 – August 24 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT GUS PELAGATTI Gus Pelagatti is a practicing trial lawyer with over 47 years of experience trying civil and criminal cases including homicide.  He’s a member of the Million Dollar Advocate Forum, limited to attorneys who have been recognized as achieving a standard of excellence as a trial expert.  He has spent years researching the true story of the 1938 insurance scam murders, interviewing judges, lawyers, police and neighbors involved in the trials. Gus was born
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Join Giacomo Giammatteo at Examiner and win an iPad 3 or Kindle Fire

Giacomo Giammatteo is stopping off today at Examiner as part of his 2 month virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book where he is giving away an iPad 2 and a Kindle Fire! Enter every day at a different blog for more entries! This contest begins June 18 and ends on August 172012. An extra bonus prize: $50 goes to the person who visits the most tour stops and leaves a comment. If there is a tie, we will choose a winner at Random.org. This contest is open to U.S. and Canadian citizens only. Sorry international! If you’d like to visit the authors’ official tour page to gain
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Difference Virtual Book Tour 2012

Join Alessandro Tesio, author of the horror/fantasy novel, The Difference, as he tours the blogosphere August 6 – August 24, 2012 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT ALESSANDRO TESIO Alessandro Tesio was born in Turin (Italy) on May 5, 1975. A writer, blogger and thinker he has written many fantasy short stories. In the 2009 he made his debut with The Difference, his first horror/christian novel. He has visited the USA many times with New York City and the East Coast being his favorite. Throughout his visits he has met many people and explores what each person has absorbed from living here. Today Alessandro still
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  • June 19, 2012
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Twelve Months Virtual Book Tour 2012

Join Steven Manchester, author of the fiction novel, Twelve Months, as he tours the blogosphere August 13 – October 12, 2012 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT STEVEN MANCHESTER Steven Manchester is the author of Pressed Pennies, The Unexpected Storm: The Gulf War Legacy and Jacob Evans, as well as several books under the pseudonym, Steven Herberts. His work has appeared on NBC’s Today Show, CBS’s The Early Show, CNN’s American Morning and BET’s Nightly News. Recently, three of Steven’s short stories were selected “101 Best” for the Chicken Soup for the Soul series. When not spending time with his beautiful wife, Paula,
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Shadow in the Reflection Virtual Book Tour 2012

Join Joe Niehaus and Mary Sikora, authors of the fantasy novel, Shadow in the Reflection, as they tour the blogosphere September 3 – October 26 2012 on their first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT JOE NIEHAUS Joe Niehaus, a veteran police officer in Ohio, is the author of six books and numerous articles in police and martial arts magazines.  He holds certificates in fraud examination and clinical and forensic hypnosis.  A graduate of Tiffin University, he is an adjunct professor at his alma mater, Ashford University and Sinclair Community College. Purchase this book through:  Amazon and Barnes and Noble ABOUT MARY SIKORA Mary Sikora is
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Finding Home-Breaking Free From Limits Virtual Book Publicity Tour 2012+ $50 Amazon Gift Card Giveaway

Join Joleen Bridges, author of the self-help spiritual book, Finding Home – Breaking Free From Limits, as she tours the blogosphere July 16 – August 17, 2012 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT JOLEEN BRIDGES Joleen is a life-long Missouri resident and currently resides in Lee’s Summit, Missouri. Besides writing, Joleen’s favorite things to do are; hang out with family, travel, read, and pretty much anything related to nature. Joleen is passionate about the topics of consciousness, enlightenment, spirituality and personal empowerment. Her debut book,Finding Home, Breaking Free from Limits, available at Amazon.com and on the book’s website, represents over 10 years of research
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Last of the Seals Virtual Book Publicity Tour 2012

Join Greg Messel, author of the mystery/romance, Last of the Seals, as he tours the blogosphere July 2 – August 24 2012 on his third virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT GREG MESSEL Greg Messel has written four novels and three unpublished memoirs. He published his premiere novel “Sunbreaks” in 2009, followed by “Expiation” in 2010 and “The Illusion of Certainty” in 2011. “Last of the Seals” is the first in a series of mysteries which are set in 1957 San Francisco. The second book in the series “Deadly Plunge’ will be published around Christmas of 2012. Greg grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with author Judy Byington

About Judy Byington Judy Byington, M.S.W., L.C.S.W., ret, has dedicated her life to humanizing and raising public awareness about the little known effects of ritual abuse and mind-control programming that tragically cause formation of multiple personalities in children. The retired CEO, therapist, author and mental health supervisor is founder and leader of Trauma Research Center, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing information through CEU accredited seminars and lectures on Dissociation and coordinating ritual abuse survivor group, therapeutic and legal resources. The former mental health supervisor spent twenty years in research with Jenny Hill while interviewing hundreds of ritual abuse survivors, legal entities, therapists, families of missing children and religious,
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Spider Brains Virtual Book Publicity Tour 2012

Join Susan Wingate, author of the young adult fiction, Spider Brains, as she tours the blogosphere July 2 – August 24 2012 on her second virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT SUSAN WINGATE Most recently, Susan Wingate’s novels, SPIDER BRAINS and DROWNING each reached Amazon Bestseller status in 2012. DROWNING won the 2011 Forward National Literature Award for Drama. She would love for you to read her books. You can find them all under the tab on this site labeled “Books”. SUSAN has written eleven novels, two short story collections, a few plays, one screenplay and tons of poems. Her latest 2011 novel DROWNING  (contemporary women’s fiction), won 1st place in the 2011 Forward National
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Severed Threads Virtual Book Publicity Tour 2012

Join Kaylin McFarren, author of the romantic suspense novel, Severed Threads, as she tours the blogosphere July 2 – 27 2012 on her second virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book!   ABOUT KAYLIN MCFARREN   As many people know, Kaylin McFarren wasn’t born with a pen in hand like so many of her talented fellow authors. However, she has been involved with business and personal writing projects for many years. Her careers have taken her in all directions, ranging from fashion modeling and interior design to office manager and art gallery director. Yet her love of reading and interest in creative writing has remained ever present. As
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Pump Up Your Book Presents 1001 First Lines Virtual Book Publicity Tour 2012

Join Scarlett Archer, author of the nonfiction book, 1001 First Lines, as she tours the blogosphere July 2 – 27 2012 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book!   ABOUT SCARLETT ARCHER   Scarlett Rugers (writing as Scarlett Archer) has just released a book 1001 First Lines which is now available at Amazon! You can purchase a paperback, .lit, .epub, .mobi and PDF versions here: http://www.1001firstlines.wordpress.com. She has been writing for over fifteen years, completed over eleven novels, and her main drive is in speculative fiction or its contrasting opposite romantic comedic novels. She has a passion for studying the art of story telling and is a
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Mind Secrets Virtual Book Publicity Tour 2012

Join Chris Reynolds, author of the urban fantasy/young adult novel, Mind Secrets, as she tours the blogosphere August 6  – 24 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT CHRIS REYNOLDS Chris Reynolds is a lover of adventure stories. Chris spent her time growing up avidly reading them, watching them on TV and writing them in her school exercise books. She was often frustrated that stories written by other people didn’t go the way she wanted them to, so she decided to write her own. In the interim, she has worked for the BBC and independent radio as a journalist, written for magazines and some
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Pump Up Chats with James B. Rose, Spokesperson for Mary-Elaine Swanson

Mary-Elaine Swanson, the author of John Locke: Philosopher of American Liberty, went to be with her Lord in May 2011. She did not have a chance to see this book published. We asked her spokesperson and friend, James B. Rose, president of the American Christian History Institute to give us some insight into Mary and why her book is important. Characterizing Mary-Elaine Swanson (1927-2011) and her book, “John Locke – Philosopher of American Liberty,” Nordskog Publishing, 2012 By James B. Rose, President, American Christian History Institute Quickened by the research and remarkable testimony of Verna M. Hall, American Christian Historian, Mary-Elaine Swanson (nee Adams) devoted her spiritual and intellectual
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New Contemporary Women’s Fiction Novel: Behind God’s Back: Secrets, Shadows, and Sex by Anna O’Moss

Anna O’Moss will be touring July 2-27, 2012 with her contemporary women’s fiction novel, Behind God’s Back: Secrets, Shadows, and Sex! When six old friends meet for lunch… they discover things about each other… they never knew existed… Sandra, a writer, excited to have a book deal, which is based on her story of FORBIDDEN LUST, now must tell her friends what really happened on their last church camping trip. They swore they would never speak of it again and now it is going to be exposed to the world.Now in her forties, Darlene is outraged, until she lets them in on her secret. As their day turns into
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Behind God’s Back Virtual Book Tour 2012

Join Anna O’Moss, author of the contemporary women’s fiction novel, Behind God’s Back: Secrets, Shadows, and Sex (Lighten-Up Books), as she virtually tours the blogosphere July 2 – July 27, 2012 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT ANNA O’MOSS You can find out more about this fascinating book at http://behindgodsbacknovel.com. You can find the author on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/anna.omoss You can purchase the book for Kindle: http://www.amazon.com/Behind-Gods-Back-Secrets-ebook/dp/B0087B5EBE/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1338398088&sr=1-1 or on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Behind-Gods-Back-Secrets-Shadows/dp/0981813461/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1338398263&sr=8-1 ABOUT BEHIND GOD’S BACK: SECRETS, SHADOWS, AND SEX When six old friends meet for lunch… they discover things about each other… they never knew existed… Sandra, a writer, excited to have a
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Pump Up Your Book Presents White Lies Virtual Book Tour 2012

Join Jeremy Bates, author of the psychological thriller, White Lies (Oceanview Publishing), as he virtually tours the blogosphere July 2 – August 24, 2012 on his 1st virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT JEREMY BATES Jeremy Bates has spent the last ten years traveling the world, visiting more than thirty countries. He has lived in Canada, the United States, Australia, Japan, South Korea, and the Philippines. Bates is a graduate of the University of Western Ontario with a degree in English literature and philosophy. He is a member of Mystery Writers of America, International Thriller Writers, Inc, and Crime Writers of Canada. His frightening debut novel,
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Katyn Order Virtual Book Tour 2012

Join Douglas W. Jacobson, author of the historical fiction novel, The Katyn Order, as he virtually tours the blogosphere  July 2 – July 27, 2012 on his third virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Douglas W. Jacobson Douglas W. Jacobson is an engineer, business owner and World War Two history enthusiast. Doug has traveled extensively in Europe researching stories of the courage of common people caught up in extraordinary circumstances. His debut novel, Night of Flames: A Novel of World War Two was published in 2007 by McBooks Press, and was released in paperback in 2008. Night of Flames won the “2007 Outstanding Achievement Award” from
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  • June 4, 2012
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Attorney-Client Privilege Virtual Book Tour 2012 – Win a Free Kindle Fire HD!

Join Pamela Samuels Young, author of the legal thriller, Attorney-Client Privilege (Goldman House Publishing), as she virtually tours the blogosphere September 3 – November 30 2012 on her 14th virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT PAMELA SAMUELS YOUNG PAMELA SAMUELS YOUNG is a practicing attorney, whose fast-paced legal thrillers tackle law and crime. Her novels include Attorney-Client Privilege, Murder on the Down Low and Buying Time. A former television news writer, Pamela is a graduate of USC, Northwestern University and UC Berkeley’s Boalt Hall School of Law. Pamela currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Los Angeles Chapter of Sisters in Crime, an organization
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Dark Side of Valor Virtual Book Publicity Tour 2012 + Win $100 Visa Gift Card!

Join Alicia Singleton, author of the suspense novel, Dark Side of Valor (Simon &  Schuster/Strebor), as she virtually tours the blogosphere June 4 – August 27 2012 on her second virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book!  Alicia has agreed to give away a $100 Visa Gift Card at the end of her tour and you could be the one!   Find out how you can win by scrolling down and enter by filling out the Rafflecopter form below.  Stop off at all her blog stops for more entries.  Good luck!   ABOUT ALICIA SINGLETON Born and raised in Philadelphia, the Howard University graduate embraced the written word at
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Great Sphinx of Amun-Ra Book Publicity Tour 2012

Join Herbert Smith, author of the historical fantasy novel, The Great Sphinx of Amun-Ra, as he tours the blogosphere June 4 – 22 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT HERBERT SMITH Herbert L. Smith has lived and taught in many different countries of the world, from Africa to South America, and has written about some of his posts in three books published since 2008: Cairo: The Mother Of The World, Crossing Borders, and his most recent, The Great Sphinx Of Amun-Ra. All these books are based in Egypt, where he lived in the 1990’s, and he has followed the evolution of Egypt continually
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  • May 21, 2012
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Tuesday’s Child Book Publicity Tour ’12

Join Jeannette Baker, author of the historical romance novel, Tuesday’s Child (Valley Publishing), as she virtually tours the blogosphere June 18 – July 13 2012 on her third virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Jeanette Baker Jeanette Baker is the award-winning author of fifteen novels, published by Pocket, Kensington and Mira Books, many of them set in the lush countryside of historical and contemporary Ireland where she lives and writes during the summer months. Her ancestors, the O’Flahertys, hail from Inishmore, the largest of the Aran Islands located off the coast of Galway. She takes great pride in the prayer posted by the English over the
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Murder Takes Time Virtual Book Publicity Tour ’12 + Win a Free iPad 3 or Kindle Fire

Join Giacomo Giammatteo as he tours the blogosphere June 18 – August 31,2012 with his mystery/suspense novel Murder Takes Time! Giacomo has agreed to give away an iPad 3, a Kindle Fire, and a $50 Gift Certificate (payable by Paypal). The iPad3 and Kindle Fire winners will be determined by Rafflecopter and the gift certificate will go to the person who comments the most during his 2 month tour.  If there is a tie, the winner will be chosen through Random.org!     About Giacomo Giammatteo I live in Texas now, but I grew up in Cleland Heights, a mixed ethnic neighborhood in Wilmington, Delaware that sat on the
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Your Daughter Needs a Hero Virtual Book Publicity Tour 2012

Join Maria C. Furlough, author of the family/relationships/parenting book, Your Daughter Needs a Hero, as she tours the blogosphere June 4 – 22 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT MARIA C. FURLOUGH Eighteen years ago, an eleven year old girl looked in mirror and for the first time in her innocent life…she realized she hated what she saw.  That girl was me.  It continued to be me until in my early twenties I realized two things: God had a bigger plan for me than that and part of that plan was for me to help other girls not be like me.As God slowly
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John Locke: Philosopher of American Liberty Virtual Book Publicity Tour, June 2012

Join Ben Gilmore and James Rose, spokesmen for the late, Mary-Elaine Swanson, author of John Locke: Philosopher of American Liberty (Nordskog Publishing, May 2012) as they virtually tours the blogosphere from June 4th – 29th, 2012 on their first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Mary-Elaine Swanson Mary-Elaine Swanson was a great lady and excellent scholar. She aptly and well represents America’s Christian history to the present age. Associated with the Christian history movement spearheaded by Verna M. Hall and Rosalie J. Slater of the Foundation for American Christian Education, Mrs. Swanson also conducted research and wrote for Marshall Foster’s Mayflower Institute, and later for James
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