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Pump Up Your Book Chats with Barbara Kyle

Barbara Kyle is the author of the Tudor-era “Thornleigh” series of novels, which have been published internationally: The Queen’s Captive, The Queen’s Lady, and The King’s Daughter, praised by Publishers Weekly as “a complex and fast-paced plot, mixing history with vibrant characters.” Her new novel, The Queen’s Gamble, will be released on 30 August 2011. Barbara previously won acclaim for her contemporary novels under pen name ‘Stephen Kyle’, including Beyond Recall (a Literary Guild Selection), After Shock and The Experiment. Over 400,000 copies of her books have been sold. Barbara has taught courses for writers at the University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies, and is known for her
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Pump Up Chats with Joseph Schneller

Joseph Schneller served as a captain in the U.S. Marine Corps and holds a Psychology degree from Whitworth. He is an alumnus of the Christian Writers Guild. His publishing credits include Focus on the Family’s Thriving Family, Clubhouse, and Focus on the Family; LifeWay’s Stand Firm; and Walk Thru the Bible’s Indeed. He writes nonfiction and humor for adults, and fiction for children, youth, and adults. He and his wife, Kippi, live in Colorado with their two young boys. Your Average Joe: Unplugged is his first book. You can visit Joseph Schneller’s website at www.josephschneller.com. On Your Average Joe: Unplugged Q: Can you tell us why you wrote your
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with Richard Blunt

Richard Blunt is the author of the fantasy novel, Lucas Trent: Guardian in Magic. He is currently working on his second book in the Lucas Trent series. You can visit his website at www.lucastrent.com. Visit him on Twitter at www.twitter.com/lucas_trent and Facebook at www.facebook.com/people/richard-blunt. Thank you for this interview, Rick. Can you tell us briefly what your latest book, “Guardian in magic”, is all about? It is actually the first part of a series. It tells the story about a teenager that stumbles from a quite normal life into a wonderful world of mystery, conspiracy and magic, that had always been right before his eyes, hidden in plain sight.
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with David Brown

David Brown was born in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, and first conceived the idea of the Elencheran Chronicles at college in 1999. He spent ten years compiling the history of Elenchera, resulting in 47,000+ years of events, 500+ maps, 2000+ pages, several short stories and many much-needed acquaintances with Jack Daniels. David also has a blog, The World According to Dave (http://blog.elenchera.com), which features reviews, stories and dramatic tales of the horrors of owning cats. David now lives in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, with his wife, Donna, and their six cats. Fezariu’s Epiphany is his first novel. David is currently working on his second. On Fezariu’s Epiphany Q: Can you tell
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with John Banks

John Banks was born in Asheville, NC. His storytelling is very much in the Southern tradition, with a special affinity for humorists such as Mark Twain and the Old Southwest school of writers. Though entirely imaginary, much of the material in Glorify Each Day must have come from his many years as a teacher in the public schools and community colleges of his native state and from the three years he spent as an a community college administrator. Visit his website at www.819publishing.com or his Facebook Fan Page here. Q: Thank you for this interview, John. Can you tell us why you wrote your book? Well, Glorify Each Day
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with Dr. Jeri Fink

Dr. Jeri Fink is an author, Family Therapist, and journalist, with over 19 books and hundreds of articles to her name. She writes adult and children’s fiction and nonfiction, and has appeared on television, radio, book events, seminars, workshops, and the internet. Dr. Fink’s work has been praised by community leaders, educators, reviewers, and critics around the country. To find out more about Dr. Finkhttp://www.drjerifink.com On Trees Cry For Rain Q: Can you tell us why you wrote your book? Years ago, I read about a group of people in New Mexico who followed traditional Jewish customs in their Catholic community – lighting candles on Friday night, refusing to
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with Bri Clark, the Belle of Boise

Bri Clark is a real example of redemption and renewal. Growing penniless in the South, Bri learned street smarts while caring for her brother in a broken home. She watched her mother work several jobs to care for their small family. Once her brother could fend for himself, Bri moved on to a series of bad choices including leaving school and living on her own. Rebelliousness was a strong understatement to describe those formative years. As a teenager, her wakeup call came from a fight with brass knuckles and a judge that gave her a choice of shaping up or spending time in jail. She took that opportunity and
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with Debra Brenegan

Debra Brenegan grew up in the Milwaukee area and graduated with a B.A. in journalism from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She worked as a journalist and taught at Milwaukee Area Technical College before beginning her graduate work. She received her M.A. and Ph.D. in English/Creative Writing from The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where she also taught. She teaches English and Women’s Studies at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri. For her fiction, she has received a Ragdale residency and was a recent finalist for the John Gardner Memorial Fiction Prize, The Cincinnati Review’s Schiff Prose Prize, and the Crab Creek Review Fiction Prize. Her work has recently appeared or is forthcoming
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with K.L. Brady

K. L. Brady is a D.C. native but spent a number of her formative years in the Ohio Valley. She’s an alumnus of the University of the District of Columbia and University of Maryland University College, earning a B.A. in Economics and M.B.A., respectively. She works as an analyst for a major government contracting firm and is an active real estate agent with Exit Realty by day—and writes by night (often into the wee hours of the morning). She lives just outside of D.C. in Cheltenham, Maryland, with her son and lives to eat chocolate, shop, read, and write. Her upcoming adult novel, THE BUM MAGNET, will be published
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with Alretha Thomas

An author, playwright, producer and director, Alretha Thomas is making her name through her pen. Award winning plays and wanting to help her community, Alretha’s background is as diverse as her personality. She started at the age of ten, when her 5th grade teacher picked and read her short story assignment in front of the class – that simple, loving act empowered a new writer. Continuing in high school, her numerous original oratorical conquests on the Speech Team led her to a journalism concentration at the University of Southern California. Upon graduating, Alretha soon realized that her interest in journalism was not heartfelt. While at the taping of a
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Pump Up Chats with Lynne McTaggart

Lynne McTaggart is an investigative journalist and author, and a sought-after public speaker whose talks and workshops have transformed the lives of the thousands around the world who have heard her. She is also an accomplished broadcaster, who has appeared on many national tv and radio shows, including Oprah Winfrey and Deepak Chopra shows. The hallmark of her work is exhaustive research that produces science-based discoveries in the worlds of science, spirituality and health. She edits the monthly health journal What Doctors Don’t Tell You and was also the editor of the 48-lesson partwork, Living The Field, perhaps the most definitive work yet to bridge the worlds of physics and spirituality
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Pump Up Chats with Melanie Benjamin

Melanie Benjamin is a pseudonym for Melanie Hauser, the author of two contemporary novels. Her first work of historical fiction as Melanie Benjamin was Alice I Have Been. The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb is her second release. She lives in Chicago, where she is at work on her next historical novel. You can visit her online at www.melaniebenjamin.com. On The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb Q: Can you tell us why you wrote your book? I was stuck in the middle of a manuscript that I simply couldn’t finish; I’d lost interest in it and had to assume the reader would, as well. But it was due to
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Pump Up Chats with Bonnie Trachtenberg

Bonnie Trachtenberg worked as Senior Writer and Copy Chief at Book-of-the-Month Club and has written seven children’s book adaptations. She’s also written for three newspapers, and has penned countless magazine articles.Wedlocked is her first novel. She lives on Long Island with her husband, stepchildren, and cats. Please visit her blogs at: http://www.BonnieTrachtenberg.com http://www.Wedlockedthenovel.com and on Twitter athttp://twitter.com/WritebrainedNY On Wedlocked: A Novel Q: Can you tell us why you wrote your book? I wrote Wedlocked after my first brief, calamitous marriage, because the events that transpired during that time were so insanely wild that I knew they would make for a great book. I also wrote it as a means
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Pump Up Chats with Sherree Funk

Well-grounded in biblical Christianity, Sherree G. Funk is passionate about sharing her love and knowledge of God’s Word with the next generation. She has earned Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees and holds a Certificate in Christian Studies from Asbury Theological Seminary. Sherree leads small groups of teens at Ingomar UMC. Peter: Rock Star from Galilee is her latest release. Her other teen Bible studies are available at www.servingonelord.com. On Peter: Rock Star from Galilee Q: Can you tell us why you wrote your book? When I was leading a group of young teens a few years ago, I found there were very few quality Bible studies for this age group.
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with Elizabeth 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 way into her writing providing a sense of joy and true purpose. You can visit Elizabeth’s website at www.azraspithbooks.com On Alexander Drake’s Extraordinary Pursuit Q: Can you tell us why you wrote your book? I started writing with the intention of creating
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with Historical Romance Author Greg Messel

Greg Messel has spent much of his life in the Pacific Northwest living in Portland, Oregon and in the Seattle area since 2008. He has been married to his wife, Carol, for 40 years. Greg and Carol were high school sweethearts just like the couple in “Expiation.” He has lived in Washington, Oregon, California, Utah and Wyoming. Greg grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and graduated from high school there and also attended a year of junior college. Greg went to Brigham Young University with Carol and then began a newspaper career in rough and tumble Wyoming town of Rock Springs. Greg and Carol have three married children and nine grandchildren. Greg
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Pump Up Chats with Dark Fantasy Author Benjamin Kane Ethridge

Benjamin Kane Ethridge is the Bram Stoker Award winning author of the novel Black & Orange. He received a Masters of Art in English Composition from California State University, San Bernardino, and his thesis was entitled: “Causes of Unease: The Rhetoric of Horror Fiction and Film.” When he isn’t staring into a burning computer screen, Benjamin is defending California’s water supplies as an environmental compliance inspector. His official web presence is www.bkethridge.com and you can FaceBook him here, www.facebook.com/benjamin.kane.ethridge and Tweet him here, twitter.com/#!/bkethridge Thank you for this interview, Benjamin. Do you remember writing stories as a child or did the writing bug come later? Do you remember your
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with Malcolm Petteway

Malcolm Dylan Petteway is a senior military analyst, a retired military officer and a twenty-year veteran of the United States Air Force. He flew B-52’s as an Electronic Warfare Officer and has 3,000 flight hours and 300 combat hours. In his distinguished career, Malcolm has used his knowledge in the art of war, military weapons and combat defenses in planning over 400 combat sorties. Besides his Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters and numerous other awards, Malcolm is the recipient of the U.S. Air Force Air Medal and the U.S. Air Force Air Achievement Medal for his actions during Operation Enduring Freedom. Malcolm Petteway is a graduate
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with Michael Martel

Michael Martel was barely eighteen when he walked into the Army recruiter’s office in his hometown of Dayton, Ohio. He told him he wanted to see the world. He satisfied Michael’s wish and sent him to Berlin, Germany where he had a great time in the “Divided City.” There began his love of travel. All together he spent a total of thirteen years living in Germany, traveling around Europe, the Middle East and Africa. His Army career spanned just over twenty years. spending time as an infantryman, paratrooper and Green Beret. After the Army he moved onto technology. He worked as a computer security expert keeping extremely sensitive information
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Pump Up Chats with Chamed – Author of ‘My Heart Stopped Beating’

Hello, Chamed. Welcome to Pump Up Your Book. Where are you from? I am Italian, although I am not of Italian descent, I cannot say more. I live in Tuscany. When and why did you begin writing? When I was ten years old I used to write in a journal about what happened to me during the day and my days where not very busy, so my pages were full of sketches and scribbles. I was fascinated by my mother; she used to write a lot. I had always had her romantic and melancholic vision of the writer, enlightened with beauty when absorbed in writing. As the years passed,
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Talking Virtual Book Tours with ‘You Never Know’ Lilian Duval

Lilian Duval has been fascinated with lottery winners for years, and they’re the inspiration for her intriguing novel You Never Know, which explores how an ordinary man copes with terrible luck, and later, amazing luck, when he wins the Mega-Millions lottery. Her story collection, Random Acts of Kindness, will be published in 2012. Lilian and her husband are both survivors of the 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. They live in a small house in New Jersey overlooking a large county park. She’s an amateur classical guitarist and enjoys attending concerts, plays, and movies in New York City. You can visit her website at www.lilianduval.com or follow
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with Frank Zaccari

A native of upstate New York, Frank Zaccari earned a degree in finance from California State University at Sacramento after serving as a military medic in the U.S. Air Force. He spent over 25 years in the high-tech industry holding positions from account representative to CEO, and for nearly 20 years specialized in turn-around management of companies under 100 million dollars. After becoming a single, custodial parent after nearly 25 years of marriage, he left an industry that he loved to buy a small business in order to be home to raise his children. He is currently the owner of an insurance agency and resides in Sacramento, California. Frank
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with Hugh Aaron

Hugh Aaron, a native of Worcester, Massachusetts, received a Liberal Arts degree in the Humanities at The University of Chicago. For three years as a Seabee he served in the South Pacific during WWII. He was CEO of his own plastics manufacturing business for 20 years before selling it to write full time. Several of his short stories have been published in national magazines and 18 of his essays on business management have appeared in The Wall Street Journal. He is the author of Business Not as Usual: How to Win Managing a Company through Hard and Easy Times. Currently he’s writing and producing plays. His latest book is
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with James Mace

Since I can remember I have always had a passion for history. My love of Roman history started when I first watched the series “I, Claudius”. I then proceeded to read every Roman book I could get my hands on. I got my start writing bodybuilding and physical fitness articles forBodybuilding.com, as well as a lesser-know magazine, HardCore Muscle. I turned to writing historical novels when I was in Iraq. My intent was to write the stories that I wanted to read, but could not find. While we may hear stories about the Emperors and Generals of antiquity, we almost never hear the stories of the men who did
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with Lynne McTaggart

Pump Up Your Book Chats with Rie Sheridan Rose

Rie Sheridan Rose has been writing professionally for the last ten years or so — though she has just added the “Rose” on the end. After putting up with her for the last eight years, she figured her husband deserved the recognition. Prior to last year, her work appeared under “Rie Sheridan.” In that decade, she has published 4 novels, 1 short story collection, 2 chapbooks of collected stories, and five poetry collections as well as contributing to several anthologies. Her stories have also been published in The Eternal Night, ShadowKeep and Verge ezines, as well as the EOTU and Planet Relish websites. Her poetry appeared in the print
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with Kirsten Kelly

Kirsten Kelly lives in Miami, Florida where she enjoys kayaking, fishing, and travel. Like her characters, she lives for good friends, good food, and the next adventure. You can visit Kirsten Kelly’s website at www.pcwbooks.com To find out more about Kirsten visit www.pcwbooks.com On Halith Q: Can you tell us why you wrote your book? I have always had a fascination with the ancient world, especially the role of women in some cultures. Women were respected more, had greater roles before the dark ages. I wanted to explore the period before this change happened, and so Halith was born. Q: Which part of the book was the hardest to
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with Daren Krupa Author of Such A Nice Boy

A native of New York State Krupa grew up in Phoenix and worked as a newspaper reporter and editor, waiter and telemarketer. At least a dozen novels have presented themselves throughout his life. Such a Nice Boy is the second he wrote and the first to be published. Krupa lives in the Sonoran desert. You can visit him at his website http://www.suchaniceboy.com/ Thank you for this interview, Daren. Do you remember writing stories as a child or did the writing bug come later? Do you remember your first published piece? A: When I was nine I wrote a diary of my family’s trip from New York State to Arizona.
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with Suzan Still

Suzan Still holds a masters in art and writing and a doctorate in depth psychology. A retired university professor, she also taught creative writing in a men’s prison, where she became increasingly concerned with issues of social disenfranchisement. She lives in the foothills of California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains with her husband and an assortment of rescued fur children. You can visit Suzan at http://suzanstillcommune.blogspot.com On Commune of Women Q: Can you tell us why you wrote your book? Commune of Women insisted itself on me. I was happily engaged in writing another book. It sort of fell on me, whole, from the ceiling when I awoke one morning. There
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with F.J. Dagg

F.J. Dagg grew up in Michigan, where for a time he was a musician in a variety of rock and blues bands. He graduated with honors from the University of Michigan with a degree in Philosophy and an additional concentration in Music Theory and History. After moving to California, his focus turned from music to the writing of fiction, which he pursued as various day jobs allowed. Though not a member of any religious denomination, the mainstay of the author’s life is his faith, a fact reflected in his writing. His pastimes include playing the guitar and violin, reading, and surfing. You can visit F.J. Dagg’s website at http://branch92.com. On
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How do you make sales happen for you?

A lot of hard work! I sponsor a lot of on line parties, festivals and contests. Book sales don’t magically happen, believe me. An author has to work hard to earn her readers. And then she has to work hard to keep them by giving them something they’ll enjoy reading. I try hard to make my books worth a reader’s time.

-- Sheila Roberts, Author of Winter at the Beach