Posts Tagged ‘virtual book tour’

Pump Up Your Book Presents Glastonbury: A Novel of the Holy Grail Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Donna Fletcher Crow, author of the historic epic, Glastonbury: A Novel of the Holy Grail, as she tours the blogosphere September 4 – 28 2012 on her second virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT DONNA FLETCHER CROW Donna Fletcher Crow is the author of 40 books, mostly novels dealing with British history.  The award-winning Glastonbury, A Novel of the Holy Grail, an Arthurian grail search epic covering 15 centuries of English history, is her best-known work. Donna and her husband live in Boise, Idaho.  They have 4 adult children and 11 grandchildren. She is an enthusiastic gardener. Donna is also the author of The Monastery
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Join ‘Terminal Ambition’ author Kate McGuinness at The Writer’s Life – WIN A FREE KINDLE FIRE!

Kate McGuinness, author of Terminal Ambition, is stopping off today at The Writer’s Life, as part of her colossal 3 month virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book where she is giving away a Kindle Fire!Visit today’s stop at: http://thewriterslife.blogspot.com/2012/08/interview-with-kate-mcguinness-author.html Enter every day at a different blog for more entries! This contest begins August 13 and ends on November 16 2012. 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’
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with Greg Messel, author of ‘Last of the Seals’

Greg Messel has written four novels and three unpublished memoirs.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 and has had a newspaper career as a columnist, sportswriter and news editor. He won a Wyoming Press Association Award as a columnist while working for a daily newspaper in Wyoming. Greg also spent many years
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with Lyle Prouse, author of ‘Final Approach: Northwest Airline Flight 650 Tragedy and Triumph

Lyle Prouse was born in Wichita, Kansas in 1938. He is part Comanche and grew up in an alcoholic home in a World War II housing project. He was active in his Native American community. After graduating from High School in Wichita, Lyle joined the Marines as a private but made the rare transition from enlisted to officer grade and ultimately Captain, a jet fighter pilot flying combat missions in Vietnam. After his discharge from the Corps, Lyle became an airline captain for Northwest Airlines and flew for nearly 22 years before the same alcoholism that killed his parents almost destroyed his life. He was the first commercial pilot
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Bloody Mary Club Virtual Book Publicity Tour – Win a Bloody Mary Gift Basket and Wall Street Journal Weekend Subscription

Join Debbie Dyke, author of the chick lit/fiscal thriller, The Bloody Mary Club, as she tours the blogosphere October 1 – November 30, 2012 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT DEBBIE DYKE Debbie Dyke is a novelist and businesswoman from Alexandria, Virginia, and has a background in military intelligence, the stock market, executive recruiting and writing.   An Army brat, she’s lived in Turkey, France, Germany, Italy, Albania and Holland. She graduated from the American High School in Naples, Italy then attending University of Maryland, Munich Campus.  She graduated from Georgetown University and holds a Bachelors of Science and Masters degree in National Security. 
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Pump Up Your Book Presents A Political Affair Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Mary Whitney, author of the romantic fiction novel, A Political Affair, as she tours the blogosphere October 1 – November 30, 2012 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT MARY WHITNEY Even before she graduated from law school, Mary knew she wasn’t cut out to be a real lawyer. Drawn to politics, she’s spent her career as an organizer, lobbyist, and nonprofit executive. Nothing piques her interest more than a good political scandal or romance, and when she stumbled upon writing, she put the two together. A born Midwesterner, naturalized Texan, and transient resident of Washington, D.C., Mary now lives in Northern California
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Pump Up Your Book Presents A Man of Honor Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Loree Lough, author of the Christian romance, A Man of Honor, as she tours the blogosphere September 4 – 28 2012 on her second virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT LOREE LOUGH With nearly four million 4- and 5-star books in circulation, reviewers and readers alike have called best-selling author Loree Lough “a gifted storyteller whose novels touch hearts and change lives.” The 3rd novel in her popular First Responders series, A Man of Honor (Loree’s 88th published book), reaches bookstore shelves this September. Loree and her husband live in the Baltimore suburbs and love spending time at their tiny cabin in the Allegheny Mountains,
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Felice’s Worlds Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join author Henry Massie of the historical biography FELICE’S WORLDS as he tours the blogosphere this September 4th ~ 28th with PUMP UP YOUR BOOK VIRTUAL BOOK TOURS. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Henry Massie is a psychiatrist, award-winning author, and pioneering researcher in the field of autism. His most recent book is FELICE’S WORLDS–From the Holocaust to the Halls of Modern Art. It is the biography of a brilliant and beautiful woman who participated in many of the most critical periods of the 20th Century, times which shaped our modern world. Henry Massie lives with his wife, the author Bridget Connelly, in Berkeley, California. His daughter and granddaughter, Felice, live
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Join ‘Pam of Babylon’ Suzanne Jenkins at Books Books and More Books & WIN FREE KINDLE FIRE!

Suzanne Jenkins is stopping off today at Books Books and More Books as part of her colossal 3 month virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book where she is giving away a Kindle Fire! Enter every day at a different blog for more entries! If you’d like to enter this fantastic giveaway, visit http://www.dream-reader-dreamer2229.blogspot.com/2012/08/giveaway-and-book-review-of-pam-of.html. This contest begins July 2 and ends on September 24 2012. 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!
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Join ‘Bottled Abyss’ author Benjamin Ethridge at Literal Exposure and WIN A FREE KINDLE FIRE!

Benjamin Ethridge, author of Bottled Abyss, is stopping off today at Literal Exposure, as part of his colossal 3 month virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book where he is giving away a Kindle Fire! Visit today’s stop at http://literalexposure.com/2012/08/14/interview-with-benjamin-ethridge-author-of-bottled-abyss/ Enter every day at a different blog for more entries! This contest begins August 6 and ends on October 26 2012. 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
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with ‘5 Easy Steps to Financial Freedom’ by Duane Harden

Duane Harden just doesn’t teach you theory but rather you learn through his very own life hands-on experiences that come along with building a strong portfolio of successful businesses, including residential and commercial real estate, a restaurant, a music company, and many more. He began with no financial education, but he was determined and inspired. Today he leads a Cash Flow Club where he mentors entrepreneurs on how to start and grow their business so they, too, can become financially free. His latest book is 5 Easy Steps to Financial Freedom: Do What You Love & Get Rich Doing It. Visit Duane Harden’s website at http://www.duaneharden.com/. To enter $10,000
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  • August 13, 2012
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Twang Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Julie L. Cannon, author of the Christian fiction, Twang, as she tours the blogosphere September 4 – 28 2012 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book!   ABOUT JULIE L. CANNON   Julie L. Cannon is a bestselling author, speaker and teacher. She believes that using your memories to write autobiographical fiction is both cathartic and powerful, and when Julie isn’t busy writing, she can be found leading memoir workshops, encouraging others to encourage others on this journey called Life. Julie has captured many awards in the ABA as well as the CBA. She loves growing flowers and listening to country music at her
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Join ‘Terminal Ambition’ author Kate McGuinness at BookHounds and WIN A FREE KINDLE FIRE!

Kate McGuiness, author of Terminal Ambition, is stopping off today at Bookhounds, as part of her colossal 3 month virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book where she is giving away a Kindle Fire!Visit today’s stop at: http://maryinhb.blogspot.com/2012/08/review-terminal-ambition-by-kate.html Enter every day at a different blog for more entries! This contest begins August 13 and ends on November 16 2012. 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
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with Morgan Hall author Bo Briar

ABOUT BO BRIAR Bo Briar nursed a love of art, music and architecture from childhood as well as all things ghostly. Her years at a British boarding school secluded in an ancient English county of majestic stately homes, historical towns and quaint medieval villages, nestled among mysterious forests and chocolate-box landscapes formed many of her lifelong impressions, beliefs and ideas. Although having a natural affinity for the countryside Bo lived most of her life between the big cities of London and Hong Kong. Though widely travelled, she will always return to the two cities she calls home. Her love for writing began at university where she would often diverge
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with Suspense Author Alicia Singleton

Born and raised in Philadelphia, the Howard University graduate embraced the written word at an early age. She credits this to her loving, older sister whom, while they were youngsters, made the author eat lotion on a regular basis. Realizing the need to sound-out the ingredients on the lotion label, Alicia stopped the lotion-eating practice, but continued to read the labels of the concoctions her sister brought for her to try. This early necessity to read flowered to a passion; hence, a writer was born.The award winning author resides in Maryland with her wonderful husband and son. Still an avid reader, label or otherwise, Alicia is hard at work
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Pump Up Your Book Presents the Unexpected Christmas Hero Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Kathi Macias, author of the contemporary Christmas novel, Unexpected Christmas Hero, as she travels the blogosphere from November 12 -24, 2012 on her twelfth virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT KATHI MACIAS Kathi Macias is a multi-award winning writer who has authored nearly 40 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. She won the 2008 Member of the Year award from AWSA (Advanced Writers and Speakers Association) and
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Deliverer Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Kathi Macias, author of the contemporary suspense novel, The Deliverer, as she travels the blogosphere September 10 – 21, 2012 on her eleventh virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT KATHI MACIAS Kathi Macias is a multi-award winning writer who has authored nearly 40 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. She won the 2008 Member of the Year award from AWSA (Advanced Writers and Speakers Association) and was
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with author Monica Daddio

ABOUT MONICA DADDIO Monica Daddio was born and raised in Trenton, NJ. She attended St. Stephens and Holy Cross grammar schools, Junior 4, and Trenton High. From there went to wrok for Mercer County Elections Office. Most recently she has retired and relocated to the Bristol VA/TN area. Her passion and love has always been music and she will jokingly tell you that she is a professional listener. With a vast collection of over 500 artists, she has a wide range of musical taste and that’s how her story came to be. This is her tribute to the musicians and music she loves so much. To find out more
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  • August 7, 2012
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Third Grace Virtual Book Publicity Tour – Kindle Fire HD Giveaway!

Join Deb Elkink, author of the women’s fiction,  The Third Grace, as she tours the blogosphere October 1 – November 30 2012 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT DEB ELKINK When author and city-slicker Deb Elkink fell in love and married an introverted cowboy, she moved from her bright lights to his isolated cattle ranch far off in the prairie grasslands. Still—between learning to pilot a light aircraft, sewing for a costume rental store, and cooking for branding crews of a hundred—Deb graduated with a B.A. in Communications from Bethel University in St. Paul, MN; she also holds an M.A. in Theology (both
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  • August 5, 2012
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Hands of Tarot Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join SM Blooding, author of the YA Steampunk, The Hands of Tarot, as she tours the blogosphere August 6 – September 28 2012 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! The Hands of Tarot Virtual Book Publicity Tour is part of Tarot Doll  giveaway. See details further down on how you can win a set for your own! ABOUT SM BLOODING SM Blooding lives in Colorado with her pet rock, Rockie, and Ms. Jack, who’s a real bird. She’s still learning to play the piano and guitar, which is going marginally better, and for those of you looking for an Arabic update, she has successfully
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Pump Up Your Book Presents A Leprechaun’s Lament Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Wayne Zurl, author of the police mystery novel, A Leprechaun’s Lament, as he tours the blogosphere August 6 – August 31 2012 on his second virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT WAYNE ZURL Wayne Zurl grew up on Long Island and retired after twenty years with the Suffolk County Police Department, one of the largest municipal law enforcement agencies in New York and the nation. For thirteen of those years he served as a section commander supervising investigators. He is a graduate of SUNY, Empire State College and served on active duty in the US Army during the Vietnam War and later in the reserves.
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Blood Poetry Virtual Book Publicity Tour 2012

Join Leland Pitts-Gonzalez, author of the horror/literary fiction novel, The Blood Poetry, as he tours the blogosphere August 6 – August 31 2012 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT LELAND PITTS-GONZALEZ Leland studied creative writing and ethnic studies at San Francisco State University where he discovered the enormous possibilities of poetic language, experimentation, and critical theory. He eventually earned an MFA in Writing from Columbia University on a merit fellowship.  He has published fiction in Open City, Fence, Dark Sky Magazine, Drunken Boat, and Monkey Bicycle, among other literary journals.  He is also the Project Director for an upcoming literary series of happenings, Phantasmagoria,
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  • July 30, 2012
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Rosemary Opens Her Heart Virtual Book Publicity Tour 2012

Join Naomi King, author of the inspirational fiction novel, Rosemary Opens Her Heart, as she tours the blogosphere November 5 – December 28, 2012 on her second virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT NAOMI KING I’ve called Missouri home for most of my life, and most folks don’t realize that several Old Older Amish and Mennonite communities make their home here, as well. The rolling pastureland, woods, and small towns along county highways make a wonderful setting for Plain populations—and for stories about them, too! While Jamesport, Missouri is the largest Old Order Amish settlement west of the Mississippi River, other communities have also found the affordable
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Autumn Winds Virtual Book Publicity Tour 2012

Join Charlotte Hubbard, author of the inspirational fiction novel, Autumn Winds, as she tours the blogosphere September 4 – October 26, 2012 on her second virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT CHARLOTTE HUBBARD I’ve called Missouri home for most of my life, and most folks don’t realize that several Old Older Amish and Mennonite communities make their home here, as well. The rolling pastureland, woods, and small towns along county highways make a wonderful setting for Plain populations—and for stories about them, too! While Jamesport, Missouri is the largest Old Order Amish settlement west of the Mississippi River, other communities have also found the affordable farm land
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Order of the Seers Virtual Book Publicity Tour 2012

Join Cerece Rennie Murphy, author of the science fiction novel, Order of the Seers, as she tours the blogosphere September 4 – 28, 2012 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book!   ABOUT CERECE RENNIE MURPHY   Cerece Rennie Murphy lives and writes just outside of her hometown, Washington, DC and is currently working on the sequel to her first novel, Order of the Seers. In addition to completing the Order of the Seers trilogy, Ms. Murphy is also developing a children’s book series entitled Enchanted: 5 Tales of Magic in the Everyday and a book on understanding marriage/relationship advice for single women entitled More than
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Charlie’s Trips Virtual Book Publicity Tour 2012

Join Jack Felson, author of the science fiction young adult novel, Charlie’s Trips, as he tours the blogosphere September 4 – 28, 2012 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! ABOUT JACK FELSON Jack Felson is a French bilingual author (novelist, screenwriter, playwright) and filmmaker, born in Lille, France, in 1970. He started writing in 1995, first in French, then in English from year 2002. Now he works only in English. He lives in London, where he wrote “Charlie’s Trips”. His works in French include a funny collection of sketches called “After AIDS”, another novel, “Adieu, Ciel bleu”, and a play. Visit him online at http://www.feljackson.blogspot.com.
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  • July 23, 2012
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Sparrow and the Hawk Virtual Book Publicity Tour

Join Meg Lacey, author of the paranormal romance novel, The Sparrow and the Hawk, as she tours the blogosphere September 17 – September 29, 2012 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book!   ABOUT MEG LACEY   Meg wrote her first novel in the sixth grade, her own version of a classic historical romance. However, her writing career didn’t last. Over the years, she’s been an actress, director, producer, creative director, copywriter, creative dramatics teacher, mime, mom, college instructor, and a school bus driver. She’s formed, and worked as a Vice President and as CEO of, two creative marketing and media companies in the Midwest.  She’s
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  • July 19, 2012
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Crashers: A Tale of Cappers and Hammers Virtual Book Publicity Tour 2012 + WIN KINDLE FIRE

Join Lindy Hudis, author of the crime suspense fiction, Crashers: A Tale of Cappers and Hammers, as she tours the blogosphere August 6 – September 28 2012 on her second virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book!  This tour is part of a Kindle Fire giveaway.  Be sure to stop off at all her stops for more chances to win!   ABOUT LINDY S. HUDIS Lindy S.Hudis is a graduate of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, where she studied drama. She is a former actress, having appeared on such television shows as “Sunset Beach” and “Married with Children”. Her romantic murder mystery, Weekends, is currently
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First Chapters: Last of the Seals by Greg Messel

Title: Last of the Seals Author: Greg Messel Paperback: 392 pages Genre: Mystery/Romance Publisher: Sunbreaks Publishing (April 23, 2012) Language: English ISBN – 0985485906 ISBN – 978-0985485900 About Last of the Seals: The year is 1957 in San Francisco. Sam Slater is a lifetime minor league baseball player for the San Francisco Seals. The Seals have just one more season left as San Francisco is about to become a major league city. The Giants are coming to town in 1958 and the Seals will be displaced. Sam has come to the end of his baseball career and is going to join the private detective agency of his best friend.
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with Farrokh Nazerian, author of THE LAST PERSON WHO SAW FARROKH

Farrokh Nazerian has been a journalist, editor, poet, entrepreneur, art collector, developer, and above all, he has been a lifelong student of “knowledge.” Born in Iran, he lived in England, before residing in California, where he is working currently on his second book, Sisyphus Revisited. His first book is a 4 act play titled The Last Person Who Saw Farrokh. You can visit his website at www.thelastpersonwhosawfarrokh.com. To get your paperback copy of THE LAST PERSON WHO SAW FARROKH by Farrokh Nazerian at Amazon:http://www.amazon.com/The-Last-Person-Who-Farrokh/dp/0615517218/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1340427765&sr=8-1&keywords=the+last+person+who+saw+farrokh To purchase a copy of THE LAST PERSON WHO SAW FARROKH at Barnes & Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-last-person-who-saw-farrokh-farrokh-nazerian/1108897513 _______________________________________ Thank you for this interview, Farrokh. Why was
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