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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’s February 2011 Authors on Virtual Book Tour – Day 19

Welcome to Day Nineteen of Pump Up Your Book’s February 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. Leave a comment at their blog stops and you could win a FREE virtual book tour if you’re a published author or a $50 Amazon gift certificate if you are not published. So, pick your favorites, follow their tours, and make sure you leave them a note to tell them you stopped by! Lou Aronica, author of the fantasy novel, Blue, will be visiting Situations Where You May Need It!
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  • February 24, 2011
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Pump Up Your Book’s February 2011 Authors on Virtual Book Tour – Day 18

Welcome to Day Eighteen of Pump Up Your Book’s February 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. Leave a comment at their blog stops and you could win a FREE virtual book tour if you’re a published author or a $50 Amazon gift certificate if you are not published. So, pick your favorites, follow their tours, and make sure you leave them a note to tell them you stopped by! Lou Aronica, author of the fantasy novel, Blue, will be visiting Booknoise and Curling Up By The
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Pump Up Your Book’s February 2011 Authors on Virtual Book Tour – Day 17

Welcome to Day Seventeen of Pump Up Your Book’s February 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. Leave a comment at their blog stops and you could win a FREE virtual book tour if you’re a published author or a $50 Amazon gift certificate if you are not published. So, pick your favorites, follow their tours, and make sure you leave them a note to tell them you stopped by! Lou Aronica, author of the fantasy novel, Blue, will be visiting A Few More Pages! Chris Astor
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Pump Up Your Book’s February 2011 Authors on Virtual Book Tour – Day 16

Welcome to Day Sixteen of Pump Up Your Book’s February 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. Leave a comment at their blog stops and you could win a FREE virtual book tour if you’re a published author or a $50 Amazon gift certificate if you are not published. So, pick your favorites, follow their tours, and make sure you leave them a note to tell them you stopped by! Lou Aronica, author of the fantasy novel, Blue, will be visiting Niki’s Book Reviews! Chris Astor is
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Pump Up Your Book’s February 2011 Authors on Virtual Book Tour – Day 15

Welcome to Day Fifteen of Pump Up Your Book’s February 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. Leave a comment at their blog stops and you could win a FREE virtual book tour if you’re a published author or a $50 Amazon gift certificate if you are not published. So, pick your favorites, follow their tours, and make sure you leave them a note to tell them you stopped by! Lou Aronica, author of the fantasy novel, Blue, will be visiting Review From Here, Snowdrop Dreams and
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Pump Up Your Book’s February 2011 Authors on Virtual Book Tour – Day 14

Welcome to Day Fourteen of Pump Up Your Book’s February 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. Leave a comment at their blog stops and you could win a FREE virtual book tour if you’re a published author or a $50 Amazon gift certificate if you are not published. So, pick your favorites, follow their tours, and make sure you leave them a note to tell them you stopped by! Lou Aronica, author of the fantasy novel, Blue, will be visiting Brooke’s Box of Books and Snowdrop Dreams!
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Pump Up Your Book’s February 2011 Authors on Virtual Book Tour – Day 13

Welcome to Day Thirteen of Pump Up Your Book’s February 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. Leave a comment at their blog stops and you could win a FREE virtual book tour if you’re a published author or a $50 Amazon gift certificate if you are not published. So, pick your favorites, follow their tours, and make sure you leave them a note to tell them you stopped by! Lou Aronica, author of the fantasy novel, Blue, will be visiting Brooke’s Box of Books and A Fanatic’s
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Pump Up Your Book’s February 2011 Authors on Virtual Book Tour – Day 12

Welcome to Day Twelve of Pump Up Your Book’s February 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. Leave a comment at their blog stops and you could win a FREE virtual book tour if you’re a published author or a $50 Amazon gift certificate if you are not published. So, pick your favorites, follow their tours, and make sure you leave them a note to tell them you stopped by! Lou Aronica, author of the fantasy novel, Blue, will be visiting Paper Cut Reviews! Chris Astor is a
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Pump Up Your Book’s February 2011 Authors on Virtual Book Tour – Day 11

Welcome to Day Eleven of Pump Up Your Book’s February 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. Leave a comment at their blog stops and you could win a FREE virtual book tour if you’re a published author or a $50 Amazon gift certificate if you are not published. So, pick your favorites, follow their tours, and make sure you leave them a note to tell them you stopped by! Lou Aronica, author of the fantasy novel, Blue, will be visiting Avery’s Book Nook! Chris Astor is a
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Pump Up Your Book’s February 2011 Authors on Virtual Book Tour – Day 9

Welcome to Day Nine of Pump Up Your Book’s February 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. Leave a comment at their blog stops and you could win a FREE virtual book tour if you’re a published author or a $50 Amazon gift certificate if you are not published. So, pick your favorites, follow their tours, and make sure you leave them a note to tell them you stopped by! Lou Aronica, author of the fantasy novel, Blue, will be visiting The Mortal’s Library, Booksnob and Frazzled Book
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Fifo “50 States” Virtual Book Tour March & April 2011

Join Hayley Rose, author of the children’s book, Fifo “50 States” (Inkwell Productions), as she virtually tours the blogosphere March 1 – April 29 2011 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Hayley Rose Hayley Rose grew up in the beach side town of Pacific Palisades , California, to a family of visual artists.  In the early 1990’s she traveled the U.S. with her band Crush Violet.  In 1994, after a family reunion, she was inspired to write a children’s book.  Looking for a cute and catchy name for a main character, she kept hearing “first in, first out”.  Hence, the name Fifo was
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PumpUp Your Book’s February 2011 Authors on Virtual Book Tour – Day 8

Welcome to Day Eight of Pump Up Your Book’s February 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. Leave a comment at their blog stops and you could win a FREE virtual book tour if you’re a published author or a $50 Amazon gift certificate if you are not published. So, pick your favorites, follow their tours, and make sure you leave them a note to tell them you stopped by! Lou Aronica, author of the fantasy novel, Blue, will be visiting A Novel Source and Booksnob! Chris Astor
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Pump Up Your Book’s February 2011 Authors on Virtual Book Tour – Day 7

Welcome to Day Seven of Pump Up Your Book’s February 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. Leave a comment at their blog stops and you could win a FREE virtual book tour if you’re a published author or a $50 Amazon gift certificate if you are not published. So, pick your favorites, follow their tours, and make sure you leave them a note to tell them you stopped by! Lou Aronica, author of the fantasy novel, Blue, will be visiting Booksnob and Makeshift Bookmark! Chris Astor
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Pump Up Your Book’s February 2011 Authors on virtual Book Tour – Day 6

Welcome to Day Six of Pump Up Your Book’s February 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. Leave a comment at their blog stops and you could win a FREE virtual book tour if you’re a published author or a $50 Amazon gift certificate if you are not published. So, pick your favorites, follow their tours, and make sure you leave them a note to tell them you stopped by! Lou Aronica, author of the fantasy novel, Blue, will be visiting The Book Faery Reviews and Fluidity
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Chasing Zebras: The Unofficial Guide to House M.D. Virtual Book Tour March & April 2011

Join Barbara Barnett, author of the nonfiction television book, Chasing Zebras: The Unofficial Guide to House, M.D. (ECW Press), as she virtually tours the blogosphere March 1 – April 29 2011 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About 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
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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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  • January 14, 2011
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Start Up from the Ground Up Virtual Book Tour February & March 2011

Join Cynthia Kocialski, author of the business book, Startup from the Ground Up: Practical Insights for Entrepreneurs, as she virtually tours the blogosphere February 1 – March 25 ‘11 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Cynthia Kocialski Cynthia Kocialski is the founder of three companies – two fabless semiconductor and one software company.  In the past 15 years, she has been involved in dozens of start-ups and has served on various advisory boards. These companies have collectively returned billions of dollars to investors. Cynthia has worked with established companies to bring start-up techniques and technologies to corporations desiring to process improvement and efficiency.
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Flavors Virtual Book Tour March & April 2011

Join Emily Sue Harvey, author of the inspirational fiction book, Flavors (The Story Plant), as she virtually tours the blogosphere in March and April on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Emily Sue Harvey Emily Sue Harvey, author and speaker, writes to make a difference. Dozens of her upbeat stories and articles appear in Chocolate for Women, Chicken Soup for the Soul, women’s magazines, websites, and other anthologies. Her first hardback novel, Song of Renewal, was released by The Story Plant in July, 2009. An expanded paperback version of Song of Renewal, plus three novellas and two more full-length novels (Homefires and Unto These
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  • January 13, 2011
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Guest Posts: 50 ideas for great guest posts for authors on virtual book tours

When an author signs up for a virtual book tour with us, he more than likely will have to write a few guest posts (unless he specifies an all-review or all-interview tour). While it depends on how long his tour will be, he might be asked to write two, three, sometimes more guest posts.  The one thing the author needs to remember is that this is going to be one way to show everyone how well they can write.  Sometimes the reader picks up a certain style which may determine whether they may or may not buy their book, believe it or not.  What pressure! And sometimes the author’s
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What Exactly are Blog Tours, Virtual Book Tours, Online Book Tours, Etc.?

A blog tour, sometimes called a virtual book tour or an online book tour, is an intensive lesson in online marketing that allows others to find out about you and your book through interviews, guest posts, podcasts, or reviews.  Instead of the author leaving her home to tour with her book, she can do it from the comfort of her home which makes it easier for most and economically-wise, you can’t beat it. By now, most of you already know what a blog tour is.  Sometimes I take it for granted that everyone knows and you’d be surprised to this day I still get questions asking what they are.
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with Women Fiction Author David Richards

D.W. Richards is a member of the Canadian Authors Association and beyond being a novelist he is also a script-doctor and freelance writer. An excerpt from Pairs will appear in the October 2010 issue of the international literary PDF quarterly Cantarville as a standalone fiction piece. In addition to creative writing, D.W. Richards has a Bachelor Degree in Psychology from Carleton University and is a Certified General Accountant. He divides his time between Venice, Italy and Ottawa, Canada. Visit his website at www.pairsthenovel.com or connect with him on Twitter at http://twitter.com/DW_Richards. You can purchase a paperback copy of Pairs online by clicking here or order the Kindle edition by
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Pairs Virtual Book Tour January & February 2011

Join D.W. Richards, author of the women’s fiction novel, Pairs, as he virtually tours the blogosphere January 3 – February 25 ’11 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About D.W. Richards D.W. Richards is a member of the Canadian Authors Association and beyond being a novelist he is also a script-doctor and freelance writer. An excerpt from Pairs will appear in the October 2010 issue of the international literary PDF quarterly Cantarville as a standalone fiction piece. In addition to creative writing, D.W. Richards has a Bachelor Degree in Psychology from Carleton University and is a Certified General Accountant. He divides his time between
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with K.D. Hays & Meg Weidman

K.D. Hays and Meg Weidman are a mother-daughter team who aspire to be professional roller coaster riders and who can tell you exactly what not to put in your pockets when you ride El Toro at Six Flags. Meg is studying art in a middle school magnet program. For fun, she jumps on a precision jump rope team and reads anything not associated with school work. K.D. Hays, who writes historical fiction under the name Kate Dolan, has been writing professionally since 1992. She holds a law degree from the University of Richmond and consequently hopes that her children will pursue studies in more prestigious fields such as plumbing
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Easy as Pie at Bobby’s Diner Virtual Book Tour Dec. ’10 – Jan. ’11

Join Susan Wingate , author of the women’s fiction/mystery novel, Easy as Pie at Bobby’s Diner (Blue Star Books), as she virtually tours the blogosphere December 6 ‘10 – January 14 ‘11 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Susan Wingate Award-winning author, Susan Wingate, gets a monthly column about writing and the publishing industry in her local newspaper, The Journal of the San Juan Islands. She will also be posting weekly discussions about the writing industry for the regional online newspaper, the PNWLocalNews.com site. You can view Wingate’s discussions by clicking on the “Entertainment” tab and then finding Wingate’s discussions under the “Blogs”
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Pump Up Your Book’s November 2010 Authors on Virtual Book Tour – Day 19

Welcome to Day Nineteen of Pump Up Your Book’s November 2010 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. Leave a comment at their blog stops and you could win a FREE virtual book tour if you’re a published author with a recent release or a $50 Amazon gift certificate if you are not published. So, pick your favorites, follow their tours, and make sure you leave them a note to tell them you stopped by! ________________________________________ Joel M. Andre, author of the horror novel, The Black Chronicles: Cry
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with Stephanie Vlahov

Stephanie Vlahov has her Masters Degree in Therapy/Counseling, in addition to a year of clinical internship in psychiatric settings. . However, her “day job” is that of corporate recruiter. She is married and has two sons-one of whom (Alex) was the impetus for the book “The Active Creative Child.” Now 21, he attends the prestigious London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts (LAMDA ) after attending two years at UCLA in the theatre dept. Stephanie’s passion is writing and painting. Through years in community theatre and school involvement, she has drawn upon her well of professional insight and “gut level” parental intuition to draw up one conclusion: We are
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Pump Up Your Book’s November 2010 Authors on Virtual Book Tour – Day 18

Welcome to Day Eighteen of Pump Up Your Book’s November 2010 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. Leave a comment at their blog stops and you could win a FREE virtual book tour if you’re a published author with a recent release or a $50 Amazon gift certificate if you are not published. So, pick your favorites, follow their tours, and make sure you leave them a note to tell them you stopped by! ________________________________________ Joel M. Andre, author of the horror novel, The Black Chronicles: Cry
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Pump Up Your Book’s November 2010 Authors on Virtual Book Tour – Day 17

Welcome to Day Seventeen of Pump Up Your Book’s November 2010 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. Leave a comment at their blog stops and you could win a FREE virtual book tour if you’re a published author with a recent release or a $50 Amazon gift certificate if you are not published. So, pick your favorites, follow their tours, and make sure you leave them a note to tell them you stopped by! ________________________________________ Joel M. Andre, author of the horror novel, The Black Chronicles: Cry
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