Posts Tagged ‘virtual blog tour’

Cemetery Club Online Book Tour April 2012

Join JG Faherty, author of the horror novel Cemetery Club as he virtually tours the blogosphere in 2012 on his first tour with Pump Up Your Book! About JG Faherty JG Faherty has had a varied background that includes working as a laboratory manager, accident scene photographer, zoo keeper, research scientist, and resume writer. Growing up in the haunted Hudson Valley region of New York, some of his favorite playgrounds were abandoned houses and Revolutionary War cemeteries. His hobbies include urban exploring, photography, exotic animal rehabilitation, and playing the guitar. Contrary to popular belief, he is not addicted to Facebook or tacos. 2012 will see two new books published,
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Interview with Dr. Laura Maciuika – Author of Conscious Calm: Keys to Freedom from Stress and Worry

Dr. Laura Maciuika is a licensed psychologist, author and teacher. Laura has a passion for helping people experience the transformation of old patterns and internal blocks into new-found inner freedom and happiness. She has over 20 years’ experience working with individuals and groups in settings including workshops and seminars, community mental health, schools, companies and universities. Conscious Calm: Keys to Freedom from Stress and Worry is her first book. Connect with Laura at her blog, http://consciouscalm.com, through Facebook.com/lauramaciuika, Twitter.com/lauramaciuika, or LinkedIn.com/lauramaciuika. You can also download the Table of Contents and first chapter of Conscious Calm through Facebook.com/consciouscalm. Thank you for this interview, Laura. You’re currently on tour with your
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Pump Up Your Book Hosts The Barrett Company at Facebook Chat/Party

Well known, experienced, professional Hollywood book, TV and movie publicist Charlie Barrett and vice-president Barbara Wall will be appearing live at Pump Up Your Book’s Facebook  page on Tuesday, March 20, 2012, from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. eastern to discuss book publicity, media relations and their experiences working with stars and celebrities.  The Barrett Company can help authors get their books launch off the ground.  If you are an author serious about selling books, you need to join in on the chat on Tuesday night. Charlie formed The Barrett Company in 1991 as a full service publicity and media relations agency to serve books/authors/publishers, television and motion picture
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Clutter Cut, Inc. Virtual Book Publicity Tour April 2012

Join artist Guillermo Piloto, illustrator of the children’s picture book, Clutter Cut (Silverhouse Books, July 1, 2011) as he virtually tours the blogosphere March 28 – April 10, 2012 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT GUILLERMO PILOTO “Ever since I was a little boy I have loved cartoons. It’s not as bad for you as they say, because from them I developed a passion to draw and this is what I now do. And when I’m not drawing I still watch cartoons.” Guillermo Piloto Find out more about Clutter Cut online at www.silverhousebooks.com/ClutterCutInc.html ABOUT CLUTTER CUT Open Cloot’s door and it’s quite revealing. Clutter,
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New Book for Review: Clutter Cut by Lester Lex

Author Lester Lex and illustrator Gillermo Piloto are touring from March 28 – April 10, 2012 with their children’s picture book, Clutter Cut. Open Cloot’s door and it’s quite revealing. Clutter, clutter right up to the ceiling. If he hadn’t a roof it would rise to the sky. Will Cloot part with some? He doesn’t see why! One day Cloot’s dad peers into his room to see a mountain of unused toys. Together they form Clutter Cut, Inc. and get a box ready to be filled. Cloot spends hours in a jam though— which toys will go and which ones will stay. There’s nothing great about giving toys away—
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Interview with Charlie Barrett & Barrett Communications Hollywood Publicity Firm + Kindle Fire Giveaway!

We’re thrilled to be one of two of The Barrett Company’s first stops on his virtual tour with Pump Up Your Book which begins Monday, March 5!  Charlie Barrett , president of The Barrett Communications and his vice-president, Barbara Wall, will be appearing on blogs throughout March giving interviews, writing guest posts about their book publicity firm AND will be giving away a FREE KINDLE FIRE at the end of their tour!  Be sure to stop off at their official tour page HERE daily to find out where they’re going to be heading that day so that you can gain even more entries into the Kindle Fire giveaway.  First
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New Young Adult Fantasy Book For Review: Isabella: Protector of the Last

M. Anthony Phillips, will be touring May 7-June 22, 2012 with his Young Adult Fantasy Adventure novel, Isabella: Protector of the Last Dragon! An ancient Chinese celestial dragon–unearthed in the frozen mountains of Mongolia, miraculously survives and looks to locate a twelve year old girl whose the key to fighting the demons that chased him out of his kingdom, and to find his female mate. If you would like to review Isabella: Protector of the Last Dragon, please email Tracee Gleichner at tgleichner(at)me.com Thank you!


Heaven’s Rage Virtual Book Publicity Tour April 2012

Join Tiffany Craig Brown, author of the mystery novel, Heaven’s Rage (Outskirts Press), as she virtually tours the blogosphere April 2 – April 20,2012 on her first book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Tiffany Craig Brown As the daughter of a career Air Force officer, Tiffany Craig Brown has traveled the world, living in such exotic places as Ethiopia and Japan. Some of her first memories include bathing beneath waterfalls in the African bush. She also saw first-hand the effects of extreme poverty and disease which taught her to appreciate how lucky she was to have been born an American. After a tour in the Army and a
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Isabella: Protector of the Last Dragon Virtual Book Publicity Tour May and June 2012

Join M. Anthony Phillips, author of the Young Adult Fantasy Adventure novel, Isabella: Protector of the Last Dragon (Xlibris), as he virtually tours the blogosphere  May 7 – June 22,2012 on his first book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About M. Anthony Phillips M. Anthony Phillips is a native of St. Louis and studied writing and history at Harris Stowe University. M. Anthony is an avid historian and reader of fine literature of fiction and non-fictional books. This is M. Anthony’s third novel with a sequel to follow with hopes of becoming a full time novelist. M. Anthony resides in St. Louis and Los Angeles where he loves acting
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Intuition Involution Virtual Book Publicity Tour April 2012

Join Olakunbi Korostensky, ND, author of the spiritual non-fiction book, Intuition Involution: Living by Intuition for a Balanced World in 2012 and Beyond! (Clear Vision Enterprises), as she virtually tours the blogosphere April 2 – 27,2012 on her first book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Olakunbi Korostensky,ND Olakunbi (Kunbi) Korostensky, ND, is a former naturopathic doctor and psychologist with a master’s in energy psychology, who now primarily works as a spiritual and intuition coach with a multifaceted enterprise. She is an intuitive specialist who has command of many alternative, holistic disciplines and knowledge, which she integrates into her work with her varied clients Olakunbi perceives herself as
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The Grim Virtual Book Publicity Tour May and June 2012

Join Raynetta Stocks, author of the contemporary fiction novel, The Grim (Dogsear Publishing), as she virtually tours the blogosphere May 7 – June 29,2012 on her first book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Raynetta Stocks Raynetta Stocks was born in Washington D.C. in August 1981. She excelled early at reading and writing, passions that endured and thrived into adulthood. She honed her skills entering literary contests and writing plays and prose for various extracurricular groups in both high school and college. Having written since childhood, Raynetta has composed hundreds of works in a multitude of genres to include children’s books, adolescent fiction, short stories, and social essays.
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Conscious Calm Online Book Tour March & April 2012

Join Laura Maciuika, author of Conscious Calm: Keys to Freedom From Stress and Worry as she virtually tours the blogosphere in 2012 on her first tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Dr. Laura Maciuika Dr. Laura Maciuika is a clinical psychologist and transformation mentor who has been bridging realities her entire life. Raised by Lithuanian parents, she spoke mainly Lithuanian at home and English outside. Visiting Lithuania as a child, a student, and later as a psychologist and teacher, helped her learn how to move between world views, expanding her own as she supported other psychologists and teachers in broadening theirs. She began graduate school at the same
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Ordinary Wisdom Virtual Book Publicity April 2012

Join K. Blue, author of the biography, Ordinary Wisdom (Sha Noel Press), as she virtually tours the blogosphere April 2 – April 20,2012 on her first book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About K. Blue Ms. Blue was raised in a middle class American family with 3 brothers. Her father worked for a large corporation and her family moved quite a bit during her growing up years. From Indiana to New Jersey, Texas to Georgia, she has lived in many different areas of the country and had many different experiences. These experiences have given her a unique take on life which she enjoys sharing in her book Ordinary Wisdom.
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with Robert McCabe

About Robert McCabe The author has over forty years experience in Information Technology. While earning a BS in Business and a MS in Telecommunications Management his career path offered him public speaking engagements to crowds as large as 10,000 people. An avid reader he has turned his interest toward writing, while enjoying activities which include inventing and the great outdoors. His proudest accomplishments include earning a brown belt in Tae Kwon Do, and possessing a seventy-mile fastball during Little League pitching which ultimately led him to win the high school softball distance record for several years. Visit him at his website at rjmccabe.com or his blog at blog.rjmccabe.com The Interview
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with Jessica Yinka Thomas

About Jessica Yinka Thomas Jessica Yinka Thomas is a novelist with a background in toy design and social entrepreneurship. As managing director of the Center for Sustainable Enterprise at the University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler Business School, she has authored several award-winning academic articles. Jessica has worked as a designer of interactive educational toys, as the director of a social enterprise business plan competition and as a program manager for a community development nonprofit. How Not to Save the World is her first novel. Jessica’s writing highlights her twin passions for technological innovation and for creating significant social change through entrepreneurial ventures. Growing up in West Africa and traveling around
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Alexander Drake’s Extraordinary Pursuits Virtual Book Publicity Tour April 2012

Join Elizabeth Parkinson-Bellows, author of the Middle Grade fantasy novel, Alexander Drake’s Extraordinary Pursuit (Wild Child Publishing), as she virtually tours the blogosphere April 2 – April 20,2012 on her second virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Elizabeth Parkinson-Bellows Being the frizzy-haired tomboy with buck teeth gave Elizabeth Parkinson-Bellows a slight case of shyness as a kid. A colorful imagination meant escape and adventure at the drop of a hat. Over the years she learned that the insecurities she carried around were a waste of time. Elizabeth still prefers a football game to a manicure any day of the week. That indispensable imagination has found its
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Barrett Company Hollywood Virtual Book Publicity Tour March 2012 + Kindle Fire Giveaway

Join Charlie Barrett, national book publicist and owner of the publicity company, The Barrett Company, and vice president Barbara Wall, as they tour the blogosphere March 5 – 23 on their second virtual blog tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Charlie Barrett Well known, experienced, professional Hollywood book, TV and movie publicist Charlie Barrett formed The Barrett Company in 1991 as a full service publicity and media relations agency to serve books/authors/publishers, television and motion picture industry clients. The Los Angeles headquartered publicity firm offers 21st century publicity and media relations services to celebrities, authors, actors, directors, screen writers, filmmakers as well as film and television producers. Charlie’s
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Interview with James R. Bottino – Author of The Canker Death

James R. Bottino is a self-admitted computer geek and a creative writing teacher rolled into one.  He earned a BS in English Education from Illinois State University and taught high school English in a suburb of Chicago for several years.  After teaching all day, he studied creative writing in graduate school at Northern Illinois University.  All the while, though, in the deep corners of the night, when no one was looking, he led a double life hacking and building computers and networks. Eventually, unbeknownst to him, word of his activities leaked out, and employment offers started coming in.  In the end, he switched his hobby with his profession and
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  • February 6, 2012
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Blood: The New Red Virtual Book Publicity Tour March 2012

Join David S. Grant, author of the literary novel Blood: The New Red (Offense Mechanisms, an imprint of Silverthought Press, November 2011), as he virtually tours the blogosphere in March on his fourth virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About David S. Grant David S. Grant is the author of ten books including Corporate Porn, Bleach|Blackout, Hollywood Ending, and Rock Stars.  His latest novel, Blood: The New Red, is now available.  David lives and writes his weekly rock, travel, and NBA columns from New York City.  For more information go to http://www.davidsgrant.com Twitter: @david_s_grant About Blood: The New Red Blood: The New Red begins at an after party where
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  • February 6, 2012
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Special Delivery Virtual Book Publicity Tour March/April 2012

Join Kathi Macias, author of the Christian contemporary novel, Special Delivery (New Hope Publishers, March 6, 2012), as she virtually tours the blogosphere from mid-March to mid-April on her tenth virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Kathi Macias Kathi Macias is a multi-award winning writer who has authored more than 30 books and ghostwritten several others. A former newspaper columnist and string reporter, Kathi has taught creative and business writing in various venues and has been a guest on many radio and television programs. Kathi is a popular speaker at churches, women’s clubs and retreats, and writers’ conferences, and won the 2008 Member of the Year award from AWSA (Advanced Writers and Speakers Association).
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Do You Dare To Be Yourself? Virtual Book Publicity Tour April 2012

Join Andreas Dudas, author of the self-help/leadership book, Do You Dare To Be Yourself? (BE SHiRO, GmbH, Switzerland, Feb 2012), as he virtually tours the blogosphere April 2 – 20, 2012 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Andreas Dudas Andreas was born in 1964 in Switzerland to immigrant parents who spent more than 10 years in a forced labour camp. He was constantly ridiculed by the citizens of his home town, bullied by his fellow students, excluded from any social and sports activities and dismissed from school. Despite such an adverse, he was not willing to comprise himself for the sake of others’ opinions or letting people
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New YA Paranormal Book for Review: Fangs Rule A Girls Guide to Being a Vampire by Amy Mah

Amy Mah will be touring in March with her young adult paranormal novel Fangs Rule: A Girls Guide to Being a Vampire. FANGS RULE a girls guide to being a vampire . . . . is a young Adult book for anyone between Puberty and Senility as it takes a close up look at life as a female teenage vampire in easy to follow A to Z advice for the reader, the book is also full of manga art which helps show the human world what life is like in a vampire world . . . . . . . . . . Giving helpful advice such as how
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  • February 5, 2012
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Fangs Rule: A Girls Guide to Being a Vampire Virtual Book Publicity Tour March 2012

Join Amy Mah, author of the young adult fantasy vampire novel, Fangs Rule: A Girls Guide to Being a Vampire (Reardon Publishing), as she virtually tours the blogosphere March 5 – 23 2012 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Amy Mah The author Amy Mah (Vampire) is a well known blogger, that writes and blogs as a cynical teenage vampire: Being a vampire sounds like it should be a cool thing to be as a teenage girl, like sleeping during the day and enjoying a night life with friends, huh, no one had warned me that it also meant having to suffer Teenage
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New Sci-Fi Paranormal Book for Review: The Green Memory of Fear by B.A. Chepaitis

B.A. Chepaitis will be touring in March and April with her sci-fi paranormal novel The Green Memory of Fear. On Prison Planetoid Three, Jaguar Addams uses her empathic gifts to make criminals face the fears that drive their heinous acts. Very few escape the telepathic web she weaves around them. . . . until now. When Jaguar takes on an assignment investigating a psychiatrist on trial for abuse of a little boy, she finds a killer unlike any she’s faced before. Dr. Senci’s psi skills are a match for her own, and unless she consents to do as he wants, he’ll use them to kill everyone she loves. Once
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New Book for Review: Conscious Calm: Keys to Freedom from Stress and Worry by Dr. Laura Maciuika

Dr. Laura Maciuika will be touring mid-March to mid-April 2012 with her self-help book Conscious Calm: Keys to Freedom from Stress and Worry. Stressed out? There is plenty of real external stress, sure, and a serious stress epidemic going on. Then there is what we do on the inside, often without even realizing it. Conscious Calm focuses on the internal patterns of stress creation we may not even notice, and describes how to get free of these patterns for good to find lasting calm. Integrating psychology and neuroscience, and combining practical wisdom from both East and West, Dr. Laura Maciuika explains the inner stress traps that so many of
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The Canker Death Online Book Tour February, March, April 2012

Join James Bottino, author of the fantasy and science fiction novel The Canker Death as he virtually tours the blogosphere in February 2012 on his first tour with Pump Up Your Book! About James Bottino James R. Bottino’s life-long interests mix esoteric and disparate fields of study. By day, his foremost influences have been the study of literature and the art of writing. Following these pursuits led him to read anything he could in these areas and to complete every under-graduate and graduate course available to him in the field of creative writing. Following this line, he taught high school English throughout the 1990’s, focusing on the teaching of
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Casey and Kyle Online Book Tour February 2012

Join Will Robertson, author of the comic Casey and Kyle: I’m Saving Up for a Big Brother!!! as he virtually tours the blogosphere in February 2012 on his first tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Will Roberston WILL ROBERTSON enjoys playing music and working on his serve in Tennis. His favorite beverage is an Iced Tea with no lemon. He loves Tacos and Panini Sandwiches and is fond of road trips. He is an avid mini golfer and an aggressive bumper car driver. He lives with his wife and two children in Oregon’s Willamette Valley. His house is yellow. He started drawing comics on a road trip when
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Henry Wood Detective Agency Online Book Tour February 2012

Join Brian Meeks, author of the mystery novel Henry Wood Detective Agency as he virtually tours the blogosphere in February 2012 on his first tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Brian Meeks Brian D. Meeks found a love of writing through a random act of blogging. On Jan 2, 2010, he was overcome by boredom and found blogger.com. With little else to do before the football game kicked off, he wrote a piece about woodworking. Later that same day, while visiting a woodworking forum, he found a button labeled ‘blog’, so he cut and pasted the piece he had written and then went to watch football. The next
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No Innocent Affair Online Book Tour February 2012

Join Edward F. Mrkvicka Jr., author of the nonfiction Christian book No Innocent Affair as he virtually tours the blogosphere in February 2012 on his first tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Edward Mrkvicka Edward Mrkvicka is a lay minister and counselor, and life-long Bible student. His religious writings have been awarded Best Christian Book of the Year, Best Christian Study of the Year, named a National Best Book Awards finalist, and a winner in the Christian Choice Book Awards. He has also been awarded the prestigious Faith Writers Seal of Approval. His efforts on behalf of families, understanding adultery, and the devastating effect of divorce on children
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Act of Grace Online Book Tour February 2012

Join Karen Simpson, author of the contemporary speculative fiction novel Act of Grace as she virtually tours the blogosphere in February 2012 on her second tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Karen Simpson Karen Simpson is passionate about the craft of writing fiction, the art of quilting, and the discipline of historical research. She received her bachelor’s degree in Animal Husbandry, M.A. in Foreign and International Trade and a M.S. in Historic Preservation. A historic preservationist trained in heritage interpretation and administration, the subjects and themes of her fiction are often taken from the stories she discovers while doing research for museum exhibits. In 2009 Simpson was awarded
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