The Eleventh Commandment Book Event

Title: The Eleventh Commandment

Author: Richard Van White Jr.

Genre: Science Fiction

Release Date: January 6, 2015

Length: 376 Pages

Stand-alone novel

Synopsis

The Eleventh Commandment:
“Prevail together or surely perish together.” —Prophet Naraji Ilkani, 4082 A.D.

The mighty Ambros clan have reined over the Imperium for many centuries, having first seized power following a series of brutal intergalactic wars known as “The Wasting” that ravaged the universe for hundreds of years, destroying entire star systems, sterilizing planets, and decimating populations with natural and engineered plagues. Only through absolute control and their strict adherence to The Eleventh Commandment have the Ambros been able to bring about centuries of inter-planetary peace and economic prosperity. But at what cost? Rigid conformity and homogeniz ation?

Now, after many years of study at the Academy on Tempel where he’s been carefully groomed as the next leader of the Imperium, Pfizer Ambros is returning to Earth to join his family in inaugurating the Omnividome, a multi-galactic instalink connecting every being in the Imperium. His mother, Emperor-Executrix Anastacia Ambros, intends the Omnividome to usher in a golden age of planetary autonomy and unprecedented inter-galactic collaboration. But many fear that a new era of autonomy and self-determination will bring back contentiousness, greed, war and worse—a second Wasting. There are dark forces that want to see this happen, forces that seek to destroy the Ambros and everything they have built.

Pfizer and his family are about to discover that even for the most powerful clan in the universe, a single day can change everything. 

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Teaser Excerpt:

"It had seemed to Pfizer that his parents had suddenly developed an interest in him. They had him tested, probed and analyzed for acceptance into the illustrious Academy on Tempel- the foremost and oldest center of learning in the Imperium. Of course this attention did not come with any outpouring of emotion from his parents. The Empress-Executrix and the First Lord were busy with their CEO’s and Senior Execs ruling and administering an imperium of more than a million planets." 

About the Author

R.V. White has long been fascinated by space travel and the infinite mysteries of the universe. His love affair with science fiction began while watching Star Trek on a black and white television in 1969, the same year that man landed on the moon. He soon developed a voracious appetite for all things sci-fi—from classics by Robert A. Heinlein and Frank Herbert to Doctor Who, Space 1999, and the Star Wars Trilogy. This is R.V. White’s first science fiction novel. He resides in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania but also spends considerable time in Maryland with extended family.

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Guest Post: Richard Van White, Jr. (The Eleventh Commandment)

Top Ten Science Fiction Authors:

1. Frank Herbert

2. Frank Herbert and Bill Ransom (Destination Void, The Jesus Incident, The Lazurus Effect,  The

    Ascension Factor)

3. E. E."Doc Smith"

4. Robert A. Heinlein

5. William Gibson

6. Walter Jon Williams

7. John M. Ford (Star Trek Novels: The Final Reflection)

8. Stan Lee

9. Octavia Butler

10. Jules Verne

 

Entertaining Angels by Monica Millard book blitz

Entertaining Angels 

by Monica Millard

Publication date: November 11th 2014
Genres: Paranormal, Young Adult

Synopsis:

As a senior in high school, Samantha Heman’s too busy trying to avoid getting stomped by a moose at the bus stop and keeping her grades up until graduation to put much thought into angels or demons.

That all changes on the day she is kidnapped by notorious serial killer, Christopher Hainsely. It’s a day she finds herself confronted by both evil and good, because her savior appears in the form of an avenging angel come to strike the monster down with a single stroke of his flaming sword.

Though she’s trying to get on with her life, she cannot get the angel out of her head. It isn’t the burning wings, fiery eyes or the flaming sword that keeps her searching the internet for proof one way or another of his existence, though.

The feeling of warmth she experienced when she witnessed that sad smile just before he vanished in a wash of golden light, haunts her nights almost as often as the nightmares.

If angels exist, then demons must too, and they’re about to wage a war for her soul.

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Excerpt 1

There is a rustling sound, like the swish of fabric or the sound of a light wind blowing through the leaves. I hold my breath, straining my ears to tell where it’s coming from, which direction. I turn and the only thing I see is a flash of silver. It moves so fast it’s just a streak, a blur really. This is it, I’m dead. The guy has found me and now that I am out in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by nothing but woods, he is going to take his time and make me suffer for fighting back, for escaping. For the knee to his boys.

A gurgling noise slows my panic. I’ve seen enough movies with the blood and the gore. It’s the sound of blood bubbling up and escaping a person’s body. There’s a horrible wheezing, a wet cough and then... A thump, softer than you’d think, but unmistakable. It’s the sound of a body hitting the ground, knees first possibly, then slumping the rest of the way down as gravity does what it does to things that can no longer fight it.

I’m too afraid to hope. What if the monster that was chasing me has found someone else, what if they have taken my fate. I don’t think, I just react.

“And then what did you see?” The trooper’s question brings me back out of my head, out of the memory.

“I’ve already told you this three times. It’s not going to change. No matter how many times I tell you. It’s not going to sound any less crazy town, either.”

“Humor me, Miss Heman. Sorry. Samantha.”

“You’re sure asking a lot of me, but you can’t even find the courtesy to address me as I’ve requested. I’m underage. You shouldn’t even be speaking to me without my parents present. I think we’re done here.” I hope my bravado and sounding professional will do what eons of answers haven’t—get me out of this room.

“I’m sorry, Sam. What my partner is trying and failing to do, is to help you navigate back through the memory. You were in shock, but you saw more than you realize. When a person is in a life or death situation, their mind stops filtering and picks up every detail it can, even if you don’t realize it. We’re trying to help you find the hidden clues in what you experienced. Those clues could help us piece together the real picture.” The older officer, who has remained quiet up until now, sits forward, laces his hands together and places them on the table in front of him. Normally I would think the gesture a sign of irritation or intimidation, but coming from him it just seems like he is getting comfortable, opening himself up even.

I nod and resign myself to a long night of recounting the loony bin details of how I escaped Christopher Hainsely, serial killer. A monster with a predilection for rape and torture of petite, young girls. Petite. That’s me alright. Standing five-foot-nothing is how I made it onto the sick freak’s radar.

“So, you pulled aside the branches and what did you see?” the older one, Rick Torrey, asks.

“An angel. Not the fallen kind. Not the choir of kind. He was the avenging kind. All muscle and sword, and blazing, fiery eyes like looking straight into the sun. It almost hurt to look at them.” The younger one, Trooper Tommy it’s-not-worth-remembering-his-last-name, rolls his eyes. I ignore him and continue. “I only saw him for a second and I’m certain he is just a figment of my imagination, a defense mechanism. My mind providing me with something safe, something divine to give meaning to what happened to me, to make me feel protected.”

“What makes you say that, Sam?” Rick Torrey asks, leaning forward further so his face hovers over his outstretched hands.

“Because what I went through, what that man would have done to me if that angel hadn’t showed. How could anyone go on after that? I want to crawl into a hole and hide just thinking about him. But if God sent someone to save me from him, then maybe...” I can’t really say maybe I’ll be okay, because I can’t even blink without seeing him looming over me or feeling his hand on my ankle, dragging me under him. I look down and realize I still have his blood on my hands, on my clothes. I gag and then retch. I just get my head turned enough not to get stomach acid on myself.

The door behind me bangs open and a woman comes in. She gives both the cops a sharp look before kneeling in front of me. Her eyes are full of compassion. She says something, but I can’t really hear her over the ringing in my ears.

My throat feels funny, sort of tight, but it also burns like I’ve swallowed a jar of jalapeños. I suddenly can’t catch my breath. I cough, trying to get oxygen and my hand comes away bloody. Fire blazes in my veins, feverish and excruciating. My eyes roll up in my head and my back arches so sharply, it feels like I’ll snap in half, then, blissfully, everything goes black.

Excerpt 2

It’s only seven-thirty, so I putz around on the internet looking for new books that are out and then find myself outside the local bookstore at ten, when they open.

I wander through the bookshelves looking for the books from the list I made. I only find one, because it’s a small bookstore and many of the new releases I like to read don’t make it into the store unless I special order them. Normally I can kill an hour in a bookstore easy, but since I’ve been all efficient like, making lists and such, I find I still have time.

I look around, feeling guilty, before I slip into the spiritual section. I don’t really expect to find anything, but it’s become an obsession. So I scan the titles looking for books about angels. I notice someone has joined me in the aisle, but I don’t look up to acknowledge them. Wasilla is one of those small, large towns and I’ve got a pretty famous face lately. I shouldn’t be in this section, in public. I don’t need to add fuel to the rumors.

“Looking for anything specific?” a deep voice asks.

I shake my head, probably a little too quickly, too long, still not looking at the newcomer. “I’m just browsing,” I say. “Killing time.” I turn, angling away from him as I run a finger over the spines of the books and move further down the shelf.

It isn’t until I turn the corner that my curiosity gets the best of me and I glance over my shoulder covertly. I see a flash of perfect, snow white feathers skim the top edge of the bookcase as the would-be assistance giver, an angel apparently, vanishes from the section. “Wait!” I call out, far too loudly for a bookstore, or any store for that matter.

I chase after him and round the end of the bookcase in time to just catch another quick glimpse of pure whiteness dipping around the wall at the front of the store, towards the exit. I race to catch up and get a bewildered look from the boy behind the counter.

I drop the book I am holding on a display table, so as not to add shoplifting to my long list of reasons to hide my face in public, and burst out of the store. I stumble left, in the direction I saw the wings exit. There is a small maze of twists and turns that I follow, only catching sight of the tips of feathers long enough to know I’m heading in the right direction.

I know I’m being led, but in my limited experience with angels, I’ve come to trust them implicitly. Where ever I end up is probably exactly where I need to be.

I turn another corner and find the hall dead ends. There is no angel here, but at the end is a corkboard with a mess of flyers and advertisements for events and classes. As I approach, a wind kicks up and I spin around to find a door I passed, one leading to the outside, clicking shut.

I consider heading for it, but some sense inside tells me I won’t find anything out there. No angel and not the message it wanted me to find. I turn back to the bulletin board just as a single flyer amidst the chaos of paper settles back against the board, its pull tag ends still fluttering in the breeze that lifted it.

I step closer and see that it is an announcement for a six-week self-defense course that has a new class starting in two weeks. I pluck off one of the tags with the telephone number, dates and website printed in tiny script and shove it in my pocket.

The Music That Helped to Inspire Entertaining Angels

Music is a huge part of writing for me. I get a lot of those initial spark ideas from listening to music while I’m driving, exercising or showering. This holds true for Entertaining Angels. The inspiration struck in the car.

I thought I’d share some of the music that helped shape Entertaining Angels.

General Music for Samantha or the Angels

1. Beethoven’s 5th Secrets by The Piano Guys – This song and the next are the same song, just different versions and they are the theme songs for the whole book/series. If I was only able to listen to two songs while writing the rest of the series, that would be okay because they carry the entire feeling of it.

2. Secrets by Bryson Andres – This is just one guy, playing all the different instrument parts on his violin with a looper. The song inspires me so much.

3. Never Let Me Go by Florence and the Machine – I really connected with this song while writing Entertaining Angels, it just belongs to Terem. I get inside his head while listening to it.

4. Adagio for Tron (Remixed by the Teddybears) off of the Tron: Legacy Reconfigured album – This is one of my go to songs that is shows up on multiple playlists, because it just pumps me up, helps me shut off my head and just gets me in the zone. Almost like a hypnotism trigger, but for writing.

5. Mirrors by Bryson Andres – This one has a good swimming pool vibe, for the pool scenes and an overall happy vibe to counteract/balance some of the less happy bits.

For the tough, serial killer, attack and/or fight scenes:

1. How to Be Eaten by a Woman by The Glitchmob -This has a great battle vibe and features in other of my book playlists. Love this song.

2. Tear You Apart by She Wants Revenge - This worked to get me into the stalker scenes mindset.

3. Monologue by She Wants Revenge – If there was a theme song for the stalker/attacker in Entertaining Angels, this would be it. I think I listened to this one on repeat while writing one really tough scene.

4. Out of Control by She Wants Revenge – Has that intense vibe that the others do. Just keeps you in the mindset, because coupled with the other songs the beat propagates the sinister feel.

5. Disconnect by She Wants Revenge - If you’re not paying attention to the words, the beat is one you can bop your head to, but then you start to notice the words and while I’m writing about someone who is playing a cat and mouse game with the main character in the most horrific way, gooseflesh rises.

Those ten are just a small sampling of a much larger playlist. They are ones that felt like they had more specific meaning or that were more essential overall.

Here is one song from the second book’s playlist. It feels like the theme song for a new character that will be introduced and who is integral in the second book: Seven Devils by Florence and the Machine

 
AUTHOR BIO

Monica Millard was born and raised in Alaska. She doesn’t own a dog sled team, but has worked in a place where there are buildings with caged exterior doors to keep employees from being eaten by polar bears.

Monica’s favorite quote is, “People do not see the world as it is, they see it as they are.” She is not sure who said it but it is a quote that has always stuck with her. She loves to read because it allows her to see the world through someone else’s perspective and experience something she would otherwise never be able to. Sharing that same experience with others through her own writing is a possibility that makes her excited to get out of bed in the morning.

She lives in Wasilla, Alaska with all her critters, some four legged and others that stand on two. She writes Science fiction, fantasy, and Paranormal for young adults.

Author links:

• http://www.analaskangirl.blogspot.ca/
• https://www.facebook.com/MonicaMillardAuthor
• https://twitter.com/MonicaEmme
• https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5373470.Monica_Millard

Interview :

Q. Where did the idea for Entertaining Angels come from?
A. I was working on another project, which is usually when new ideas hit and demand attention. I was driving home from Anchorage and the opening scene hit. I got home and wrote out the opening scene and my thoughts about where it was going and saved it in my ideas folder. Not all of those go anywhere, but this one wouldn’t leave me alone, so when I was finished with the other project I started on Entertaining Angels. 

Q. Entertaining Angels is set in Alaska. Did you really grow up in Alaska? What was that like?
A. Yes, I really was born and raised in Alaska and similar to the main character, Sam, I had never been anywhere outside of Alaska until I was a teenager. I did travel all over the state though, and as big as Alaska is, that is a lot of ground to cover. Growing up here was amazing. It’s probably one of the reasons I have such an active imagination.

We didn’t have a television until I was eight and even then we rarely got to watch it. I’m from a large family and we spent most of our time outdoors. Some of my favorite activities were catching frogs, climbing the sand pile with friends and either burying each other or rolling down it (there were two of them and they were each bigger than a two story house.), riding bikes, ice skating (mostly on the road in front of the house, because we do get that much snow and ice) and as we got older, riding the three wheeler or dirt bike.

Q. Where does your inspiration come from?
A. I’ve always had a very active imagination. Nothing ever was just what it was in my mind. A clearing in the woods was a cottage with tree leaf carpeting, or a witch’s circle. I would lay in bed at night watching the big black bags of off season clothing, seeing them grow into scary monsters before my eyes. I remember once thinking there must be something wrong with me, because no one else made stuff up the way I did.

Now that I have an outlet for all the stories that have always filled my head, music is one of the biggest catalysts for inspiration. I can listen to a song and sometimes I’ll see a whole world in it, or just a scene that’ll make me curious to find out more.

Q. Are any of the events in the book based on actual experiences?
A. They tell you to write what you know, and while I have never gone through anything like the characters in Entertaining Angels, parts are colored by my own experiences. I did have a stalker when I was younger who went as far as getting a job at my gym where I swam. My dad gave me a Taser to carry after several scary experiences with him in the parking garage at my job. I drew from that experience to help make what Sam experienced realistic. Luckily my own situation ended differently from hers.

Q. Of all the supernatural beings, why did you choose an angel to save Sam? Is this another example of you drawing from your own experiences?
A. Unfortunately, I have never seen an angel. At least not knowingly. I didn’t really choose an angel, I feel like it chose me. I was driving home (I have a very long commute) and during that 65 mile drive this scene came to me. It was of a girl running from a killer and when he was just about to get her there was flash of light, a stroke of a burning sword and a golden angel holding it, there and gone so quickly if the killer hadn’t lay on the ground run through, the girl could have believed it wasn’t real.

But an angel isn’t a surprising choice for me. I love anything angel related, art, books, or movies. If it has an angel in it (or werewolves or aliens) then I will almost definitely be interested. Entertaining Angels isn’t even my first book with angels.

Q. Terem is a unique name. How did you come up with it?
A. I love names. I have a document on my phone and a more extensive one on my computer where I add any new name I find that I like, but for Terem, his name was a happy accident. It was a typo while I was at work and when I said it aloud it was instant love. I stopped what I was doing and added the name to my list on my phone, recognizing it immediately as his name.

Q. Have you ever experienced anything paranormal like your characters?
A. Watching the Northern Lights feels pretty otherworldly, but science has explained that magical phenomenon. I was pretty sure my grandparents’ house was haunted when I was growing up, but no angels. At least not that I’m aware of.   

Q. Entertaining Angels is about a serial killer, angels and demons. Are these things you are interested in?
A. I do very much enjoy watching cop/law/forensic shows and Dexter was good, but serial killers aren’t an interest of mine. I actually had to stop watching Criminal Minds because it was making me paranoid. I prefer to see the good that is around us. I do really love angels, and I guess that adversely makes me interested in demons, but not on the same level. Though I do love a good demon rehabilitation story or a story about a demon overcoming their supposed evil nature, such as in The Demon’s Lexicon.

I like it when the good guys are good and/or when the bad guys are actually good or they turn good. I will say that I do like the bad guys that have depth, especially if they have redeeming qualities. I like being able to root for them, to hope they’ll reform. Especially if they’re hot!

Q. Was it difficult to write the scenes that involve Sam’s interaction with the killer?
A. I will just say that I wouldn’t want to be a crime writer. I did have some songs from She Wants Revenge on the playlist that really helped me get into that headspace.

Q. In Entertaining Angels, Sam was training for a sprint triathlon. For those of us who don’t know, what is a sprint triathlon and what was your inspiration for making her train for one?
A. You start with a 400 meter swim in the pool before taking on a challenging 9.25 mile bike course. Finally, the 5k (3.2 mile) mile run finishes it. My sister-in-law is crazy like Sam’s friend, Jessica, in the book. She does the Ironman triathlons for fun. She convinced me to do a sprint triathlon a few years ago. It was a lot of work training for it, but it was also a very rewarding experience. Very empowering, and that was what Sam needed at the time.

Q. In the book blurb, it says Samantha is too busy trying avoid being stomped by moose at the bus stop. Is this really a concern for kids in Alaska?
A. Yes, as a kid growing up I had my share of close calls with moose. For perspective, I’ll tell you that I’ve seen 11 different moose in the last 3 days. One of them was in my yard. They blend well. You can walk or drive right past them and may not see them until they are right in your face.

Q. Do you have any odd writing rituals?
A. Nothing odd. My writing ritual is headphones, if possible a darkish room, and the background on word is black or blue to soften the light on my eyes. Oh and tea. Blackberry sage. But I can write anywhere, especially if I have my headphones

Q. Tell us something about yourself that has nothing to do with writing.
A. I have a youtube problem. I’m completely addicted. I might click on a link for some cute cat video that someone posted on Facebook or Twitter, but then it ends and there are all those horrible suggestions for other videos I might like in little boxes all over the screen and I’m weak. I can’t help clicking on them. I can spend hours watching upcoming movie or TV series trailers, or that guy in Australia who vacuums up the spiders that invade his house, speedart videos, or my latest terrible discovery; the luckiest people in the world videos. Did I mention street performers? See. It’s a problem. I need to stay away from those insidious links.

Q. How do you deal with writer’s block?
A. I tend to get writer’s block in the middle and towards the end of a book, right before it ends, but that last part might actually be less writer’s block and more procrastination because I’m not ready for it to end. I hate endings and leavings, even if they are good. To break through writer’s block, exercise with work out music in my headphones often helps or the best cure for me is physically writing in a notebook rather than typing on the computer. 

Ten Odd Facts About Monica Millard  

1. Stray animals follow me home, a lot. When I was younger this fact was much to the annoyance of my dad because even if we didn’t adopt them, they adopted us.

2. I can predict the future. Haha. When I was younger, we were visiting friends from another place in Alaska and my brother was fishing on the bank of a river. The way he was doing it was making me nervous and I said to him, “You’re going to hook someone.” Not five minutes later I noticed something in my peripheral vision. It was a hook, in my face! On his backward cast he hooked me. In the face!

3. I love angels. It doesn’t matter if the stories, art or movies match my own beliefs. In fact if someone can tell a story about them in a new and unique way, like Angelfall by Susan Ee or Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor or Uprising by Dawn Jane, I often times love it even more.

4. I love all things fantastic. One of my favorite movies is The Abyss. I love aliens and I’m fascinated by the things that live under the murky depths of the ocean. This movie mixed both of things to epic awesomeness. Even now, all these years later the effects are some of the best I’ve seen. Underwater sentient water tentacle!

5. I LOVE breakfast cereal. I could live off breakfast food and be happy.

6. It’s hard to surprise me, as far as movies and books go. I love it when a book or movie has something I didn’t see coming (in a good way). Serenity is a great example of that. I am so inspired by the storytelling in that movie. It’s one I could watch a million times and never be tired of.

7. I leave my Christmas tree up all year. It’s fiber optic and it makes me happy.

8. When I was younger I wanted to be a dancer.

9. I donate blood as often as I can. I’m not perfect on getting in every 8 weeks. Life is busy, but I’m probably one of the few people who recognizes the blood bank phone number because they call me enough that I know by the number that I’m eligible to donate again and they will have the bloodmobile in my area. I’ll never be a superhero, but I can save lives.

10. Just like Sam in Entertaining Angels, I’m a shorty. I’m not even five feet tall. 

You’re stuck on a deserted island and you can choose five books/series, what five would you choose and why?

1. The Parasol Protectorate series by Gail Carriger. Technically this is five books, but the whole series is awesome so it’s getting lumped together. It has everything you could ever want. There are vampires, werewolves, ghosts, alternate history, steampunk, hats, poofy dresses and wit out the wazoo. I giggled through the entire series. And Lord Conall Maccon! Two words: Alpha Werewolf. Have I mentioned my secret werewolf addiction?

2. Stolen by Lucy Christopher. This book shouldn’t work, shouldn’t be amazing, it is told in second person as a letter from a kidnap victim to her captor, it leaves you with questions you can’t answer and will possibly make you mad for reasons that going in you wouldn’t think possible. It is storytelling at its very best. The story holds you captive and leaves you with a terrible case of Stockholm Syndrome.

3. The Chaos Walking Series by Patrick Ness. I love science fiction. This series has is thought provoking, beautiful and also tragic. I am in awe at Patrick Ness’s ability to pack so much, so many morals into one series and do it without feeling like that’s what he is doing. His book A Monster Calls slayed me with its clever, sneaky way of telling a truly emotional story, but it also made my cry my eyes out so, though it is pure genius, it isn’t one I’d reread.

4. Graceling by Kristin Cashore. Because of the romance in this one. The love story between Katsa and Po, it makes me want to reread it just thinking about it.

5. This is a toss up between The Daughter of Smoke and Bone and Under the Never Sky. I just love these two books and could reread them both multiple times and not get tired of the love story in each. (I know that’s cheating, but since it’s a fictional setting, I figured it’s my prerogative as an author to bend it a little.)

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Romance Book Tour and Giveaway: Instinctual by Amanda Mackey 10/21/14 – 11/18/14

 

Virtual Book Tour Dates: 10/21/14 – 11/18/14 Genres: Romance, Drama, Suspense
Recommended for ages 17+ due to sexual situations and language

Blurb:
Do you ever get the feeling you are being watched?
How much do you trust your gut instincts?
Kate Fitzpatrick’s intuitive gift warns her that her ex-lover Jake Alexander has arrived in her idyllic hometown of Vernazza, Italy, but she tries to shrug it off as being overworked and tired.
When Jake appears in front of her in a lonely, dark alley looking sexier than ever, Kate’s worst fears are confirmed.
She fights the magnetic pull between them, feeling guilty that her new boyfriend is out of town on business.
But after a serious fall that leaves Kate between life and death, she soon discovers that Jake’s arrival, and their intense connection, may be the only thing that can save her…

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Excerpt:

Her wall was crumbling fast as choked sobs escaped. Her teeth clenched as she willed her body to be strong and behave.

An apology just didn’t cut it. What a nerve thinking he could just waltz back into Vernazza and expect her to be anything other than angry with him? What did he hope her reaction to be?

“You’ve been stalking me!” She turned her head slightly to project her voice.

“No! I haven’t! I had to find you. There is so much I need to tell you, only I didn’t expect…”

“What? What didn’t you expect? Spit it out Jake and hurry up!”

“Something has happened to you! I tried to tell you earlier. You’re in danger!”

“Danger? The only danger I’m in is from you. I don’t want you here. Why can’t you understand that?” Did he not understand English? She’d practically spelt it out for him in every way possible.

And he thinks I’m the stubborn one! Okay, you’re doing good Kate. Stay strong.

“I’m here to help you. You need to hear me out. I promise, if you listen to what I have to say and you still want me to go, I will. I’ll go and I’ll never bother you again.”

Silence. Jesus! Why was she even considering this? It was absurd.
“How do I know you’re not lying to try to get me to forgive you?”
“I wouldn’t lie about something like this. About you. This is a life or death situation. I’ve never been more serious about anything. Except for my feelings for you. They will never change. You have to hear me out and then I’ll leave. You have my word.”

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About the Author:

Amanda Mackey was born in New Zealand and moved to Australia when she was 12 years old with her family, where she has lived ever since. She has loved books since an early age and is an avid reader. This has helped lay the foundation for her writing. She’s published 2 non-fiction books and has her fiction novels titled, Instinctual and Instinctual 2 out now.
Amanda hopes to make writing her full time career.

Trivia About Amanda Mackey:

I spend my free time avidly reading, next to spending time with family of course! I have an addiction to all things books!

My favourite part of writing is when I get an idea in my head for a book and actually start. It’s an amazing feeling to begin creating something from an idea in your head. Instinctual came to me while driving my kids to school!!

My interest in writing came about from a young age when I dabbled in writing poetry. It was a feeling inside me that beckoned to come out. I was in my early 20’s when the desire to write a full novel hit.

Advice for other writers is to continually hone your craft by learning all you can about the art of writing. I’m continually trying to improve mine! Also if you believe in yourself and your work it’s only a matter of time before others will too.

Some more needless trivia about me:

1 My favourite colour is not one but two colours. Blue and Green are equally my favourites.

2. My favourite holiday was a 6 week trip to the US when I was just 18. I travelled alone from Australia and ventured on a 3 week camping tour and then I stayed with a pen-pal whom I met for the first time for the other three weeks.

3. My most embarrassing moment was when I worked at Seaworld and a friend of mine who is a voice-over expert pretended to call me up at work, claiming she was a well-recognized television personality and I believed her!!

4. My dream vacation would be visiting the setting of Instinctual which is in Vernazza, Italy.

5. Something unique about me is that I have an extra bone near my shoulder clavicle.

6. One food I will never touch is fish eggs or roe.

7. Favourite book is a hard one because I have read so many but I would have to say the Hush Hush series – Becca Fitzpatrick.

8. Writing snack of choice is cashew nuts and coffee.

9. Top hobby I do when not writing is read, read, read.

10. My favourite animal would have to be the tiger. Would love to work with them.

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My favorite vacation would have to be without a doubt my trip to America. I worked full time and saved up all my pennies so I could embark on a camping tour of America and visit a penpal that I had been writing to for 3 years.

A friend was meant to go with me but pulled out because of the cost.
So, alone I set out, leaving my family in Australia traveling the 16 hours to Los Angeles where I met up with my tour group.

We traveled from LA to New York doing many amazing stops on the way such as Las Vegas, Grand Canyon, New Orleans, Washington DC and finally New York City. I truly met the most amazing people and loved traveling across the beautiful country that is America! Would love to return and do the Northern States. After the tour was finished I flew back to Oregon where I met for the first time and stayed with my penpal for 3 weeks. 

Such and awesome trip! Everyone was so friendly and welcoming. 

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One month Tour for The Synsk Series by K.C. Finn from Oct 27 to Nov 27, 2014 - top 10 + Interview

1. When did you first realize you wanted to be a writer?
I’ve always written stories from being little, so I suppose I didn’t really look at it as a serious career choice until after my first novella was self-published. Once I entered the social world of online publishing, I realized that I’d found my kind of people, and I wanted to stay in that community and thrive there, so I just kept going after that!

2. How long does it take you to write a book?
2-3 months at the most, 15 days at the least. It depends on how well I’ve planned the story to begin with, and then how many real-life things are going to interrupt the process as I go along. I usually find that once I’m over the half-way mark, things move a lot quicker. I wrote the last 30,000 words of my latest novel in ten days on holiday, whereas the first 30,000 had taken me more than a month to do at home. It differs from project to project, but 3 months is my current maximum.

2a. Writing a series, how hard is it to stay true to the characters from Book One to The End?
I have a much challenge with this than most writers, because the Synsk series jumps forward in time with every book. You start with Kit when she is fifteen in 1939, but in Book Four which I’m currently writing, she is now 51 with children of her own! I think if you’ve created a strong enough character at the start, then they will endure until the last book pretty well.

2b. With a series, how do you decide when the story will be completed?
With Synsk, it’s easy, because Book Six will bring me almost up to the present day, so I can’t actually jump any farther ahead in time than that. You have to know the end before you embark on the journey with any of these projects. If you don’t know what that great struggle is that your characters are charging towards, then they’ll never have convincing intent and purpose when you write them.

2c. How hard is it to keep track of various storylines and characters when you have more than one series being written at a time?
My family says that I don’t live in the real world because I have too much stuff crammed into my head from my imaginary ones! I don’t find it that hard to keep track actually. I am an avid planner and I always have tons of notes to refer to, to keep my memory fresh.

3. What do you think makes a great story?
An intriguing storyline with mysteries to be unraveled. I like works that confuse me and keep me guessing, throwing curveballs every few chapters. If I can predict the end when I’m reading chapter one, then that’s an author who’s not doing their job right.

4. What is your work schedule like when you're writing?
Sporadic. I don’t just write for the sake of it, or to ‘put the hours in’. If I’m not in the zone, then the writing is awful, and it never gets used. My usual style is to keep my mood up and do lots of creative things, so that when I sit down to try and write, the zone kicks in and I can get a good chunk done. Once I’m going, I’ll go for hours if there’s no interruptions, and I can get a lot done in a short space of time when the mood is right.

5. Has your medical condition affected your writing?
Yes. A lot of people think that C.F.S./M.E. just makes you feel ‘a bit tired’, but let me give you a new perspective on this. If you imagine that you haven’t slept all night, and you’re dragging yourself around in the morning with a sore head, aching body and no co-ordination or any ability to think straight. That’s how I wake up every single day of my life, and that’s AFTER a full night’s sleep. So it take a lot of work to motivate yourself and get going each day before you can even think about being creative. Some days I can manage it, and some days are just better left unmentioned.

6. Where do you get your information or ideas for your books?
I like to buy obscure books from other cultures, like myths and legends or books about language and word origin. I get a lot of ideas from those kinds of books. Plenty of my ideas also come from my travels. Instead of spending my student loans on cigarettes and alcohol, I saved up every penny and saw a lot of world. Exploring other cultures and seeing beautiful places really inspires me, and it’s funny how trips I took years ago can suddenly become useful when I have a new idea.

7. What was one of the most surprising things you learned in creating your books?
That I could commit to completing such massive projects. For people who have never written a book, it might seem like 60 or 70 thousand words is no big ask, but when you actually sit down to write it, you realize that you’ve let yourself in for something huge. That sense of completing a project and sending it off to the publisher is what drives me to carry on.

8. How many books have you written? Which is your favorite?
Right now, I have 3 novels with Clean Teen Publishing, 4 self-published novellas, 1 self-published novel, 1 non-fiction book about my medical condition and 1 collection of horror stories released. I also have 5 books scheduled for release next year so far already!

9. Are your characters based on anyone you know?
My characters always take a part of me with them. I don’t like to borrow traits from other people, because it influences the way the characters behave too much (and also how I treat them as a writer!). But if I can give a character one of my own qualities amongst their personality, I can relate to them and give them some authenticity. Steven Bickerstaff in The Mind’s Eye has a lot of my less pleasant traits, but that allows me to show him some sympathy and find a way to redeem them!

10. Do you have a favorite place you love to write?
Because of my condition, I just like to be comfortable. It has to be a quiet place that’s free from distractions, and it has to be the right temperature, without too much bright light. I usually sit at the table in our living room with all the window blinds drawn. The table is in an alcove, and it makes me feel kind of contained and separate from the rest of the room, which helps me to zone out.

11. How hard is it to get published?
I accidentally landed on my feet with this one. I have only ever pursued three publishers, and two of them accepted me right away! I think it is a tough business, but the trick is to start small and work your way up to bigger names. If you have some good books going with great small presses, you can only grow from there.

12. What do your family and friends think about your books?
I have some real gems among my family who read everything I write. My Mum, Dad and my grandmother are by far my biggest supporters, and they all give me radically different feedback on my books, which helps hugely.

13. What do you like to do when you are not writing?
At the moment, I watch a lot of TV and old British comedy movies. I’m also learning to draw anime, designing videogames and improving my skills with video editing and graphic design. Learning may not sound relaxing to other people, but I really enjoy discovering something new every day.

14. Do you have any suggestions to help aspiring writers better themselves and their craft? If so, what are they?
Study Vladimir Propp. His Morphology of the Folktale and Character Archetypes have helped me to subvert the normal narrative paths of storytelling and create plots and characters that are not the typical ones you see in a lot of books these days. If you don’t want to be run of the mill, then look at what’s out there now, analyze its formula, and do something to switch it all up. That’s the way to mark your identity in the vast world of writing online.

15. As a child, what did you want to do when you grew up?
I had a lot of ideas about that when I was younger. I did want to be a writer when I was very small, but I also wanted to be a paleontologist, which never quite got off the ground. When I was thirteen and my illness struck me down, I started to think that I wasn’t going to be anything at all, and I went into teaching years later because it came easily to me and I had all the right qualifications for it. I never wanted to be a teacher when I was a kid, that’s for sure!

16. What are your favorite books and which authors inspire you?
Books that I adore and have read more than once include: Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov), Dracula (Bram Stoker, The Strange Case of Doctor Jekyll and Mr Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson), The Harry Potter Series (J.K. Rowling) and The Discworld Series (Terry Pratchett). I find all of these authors to be inspiring, particularly Nabokov, who has an incredible way of portraying deep characters.

17. For an aspiring writer what do you feel are certain do's and don’ts for getting their material published?
DO research your publishers and make sure they’re suitable for your book. DON’T just send your book to everyone. DO tailor your covering letter to suit the individual publisher. DO read their other books and show them that you’re interested in them personally, not just as a means to get fame. DON’T expect to make a lot of money right away – it takes years to create income from your books. DO promote yourself like crazy, collaborate with other authors and engage with your fans on social media. And most importantly, if you believe in yourself and your story, then DON’T give up!

18. What are you working on now?
I have just finished a YA dystopian novel for a big publishing contest here in the UK, and now I’m back to working simultaneously on a Middle Grade fantasy novel and my new zombie YA adventure for Clean Teen Publishing in 2015. I have plenty of exciting new releases coming next year, so stay in touch!

19. In one Tweet, describe the book we’re promoting:
One girl's struggle for #strength and #love in World War II leads her to a life she never dreamed of living. The Mind's Eye by K.C. Finn.

Five For Fun:

What is your favorite drink?
TEA! I’m British, don’t you know?

What is your favorite cartoon character?
Sebastian from the anime show Black Butler.

What is your favorite movie of all time?
It varies, but right now I’m watching Spice World a lot! Now THAT’S a guilty pleasure movie!

What TV shows do you like to watch?
Right now I’m enjoying ‘How To Get Away With Murder’, but my all-time favourites will always be Doctor Who, Hi-De-Hi and Buffy The Vampire Slayer.

What do you like to do for fun or just to relax?
I draw anime, make videos and graphics, build Lego and watch a lot of TV!

K.C. Finn Recommends…

The Top Ten Things You Need To Know To Be A Successful Writer

1. Get Some Narrative Structure. I studied Vladimir Propp’s ‘Morphology of the Folk Tale’ for my final dissertation at university. It taught me an awful lot about how typical stories are structured in order to tell a successful tale, but it also allowed me to see how to adapt narrative structure to make exciting and unexpected twists in my plots

2. Practise Self-Discipline. Writing is not about how creative you are, it’s about how committed you are to producing the finished, polished product. You have to be able to set a target and meet it. You also have to be prepared for the stages of editing and re-reading that follow that first monumental draft. The end is never the end for a writer.

3. Know Your Character Archetypes. I often refer to Propp again here, but Robert McKee’s ‘Story’ is also an excellent book for learning how to create heroes, villains and everyone in between. It is essential to make your character recognisable to the audience, but also give them suitable depth and reality that keeps people intrigued.

4. Learning Doesn’t Stop At School. The most successful writers I know are those who are constantly pushing themselves to improve. Just because people like your work doesn’t mean you should be complacent and keep doling out the same thing all the time. Pursue new techniques, explore new horizons and keep your creativity fresh.

5. Be Different. The age of carbon copy literature is dying out. People don’t just want a re-hashing of Twilight of The Hunger Games any more, they are looking for the next big thing. Twist the classic ideas, subvert well-known storylines and mash-up genres to produce something that’s original and unique to you.

6. Be Representative. I’m sick of reading about good looking, straight, healthy white people in teen literature. Bring me your races, cultures, disabilities, orientations and identities that are present in the real world every day. Write a story about someone who doesn’t fit the Hollywood stereotype, and there will be an audience hungry for it.

7. Engage With Your Readers. In the new world of social media marketing, you as a writer are just as important as your books. You are a brand, and you need to be out there showing people who you are, so they can connect with you personally and become invested in your career.

8. Write, But Don’t Forget To Live. Writing is not everything. You may want to write every day, but you should not always be writing. Be social, be creative and be out exploring the world and learning new things, or your stories might become stale and all start to sound the same.

9. Don’t Expect To Make A Lot Of Money. Most writers make sod all from their work, myself included. I don’t write because I want a luxury townhouse and a private chauffer someday. I write because it’s my passion to create the stories in my heart. Remember that, and you’ll always feel fulfilled, even if the bank balance doesn’t equate.

10. Keep At It. The world is full of knock-backs and nasty, jealous people. When you express yourself creatively, there will always be someone there to knock you down again. Don’t let them into your world. Be proud of who you are and what you’ve created, and others will be inspired by you and you work too.

Top Ten Ways To Stay Creative:

1. Read a lot of different things. As writers, we do forget to get out there and read once in a while. Reading plenty of different genres expands your creative potential. I know that every time I delve into a new story type, I think to myself: “How could I put my own unique spin on this?” It’s very inspiring!

2. Explore a different culture. Writers in Western society can get very formulaic about their storytelling approach. Explore stories, myths, legends and locations from other cultures to see how their narratives differ from your own, and be inspired by a new perspective.

3. Find some new music. Listening to the same playlist over and over may be fun, but it won’t help you access a new mood or atmosphere for your stories. Youtube and Last FM are great places to go on a musical journey and listen to inspiring songs you never knew existed.

4. Write something random. Seventh Sanctum does some amazing random story generators to challenge your writing skills. To break up the monotony of manuscripts and wake up your brain, try writing something totally new.

5. Set goals. Achieving a small goal, like ‘Complete Chapter One’, can feel really good when you tick it off your list. Make small goals that add up to bigger ones, and enjoy that moment of achievement and pride when you see yourself making progress towards them.

6. Don’t beat yourself up. We all know that a writer’s life is filled with deadlines and pressure, but if you’re not in the mood to write, then don’t waste time worrying about it. Instead, follow another creative pursuit to get yourself back in the inspired mood!

7. Step away from the computer. There’s nothing more uninspiring than a cursor blinking on a blank document. Get away from the screen once in a while. Write by hand, make notes, draw diagrams and record voice memos to access your creativity in a new form.

8. Collaborate with creative people. Find yourself a nice little band of writers and discuss your ideas with them. Be involved in their work too, because you never know what lessons you can learn about your own writing from looking at someone else’s.

9. Try something new. Don’t just stick to what you know. Experiment with new genres, new perspectives and new ways of telling your story, but do it with the help of good guidance from books and other writers online. The best writers are those who aren’t afraid to tackle any new challenge.

10. Get up on your feet. Writing isn’t just about the typing. Get up and become your characters. Act out a scene, imagine yourself within in, or just have a general flail to get your blood pumping and your brain circulation active again. Too much time spent sitting still only leads to stagnant prose! 

The Top Ten Writers That Influence My Work

K.C. Finn is currently part-way into her six-part Synsk series at Clean Teen Publishing: a series of paranormal historical novels set at various points in British history from 1939 to the present day. Her other novels include themes such as time-travel, urban fantasy, science fiction, crime and horror.

#10 – Russell T Davies, OBE

“Russell T Davies is best known to the world as the man who brought back Doctor Who in 2005, but he’s also the writer of such daring and prolific works as The Second Coming and Queer As Folk. I admire Davies’s work because he’s unafraid to push the boundaries of gender and sexuality regardless of the historical or cultural parameters he’s working in. In my own work I always aim to be as diverse as possible and to deviate from the normal expectations of genre wherever I can to provide something fresh and new for readers.”

#9 – Sir Terry Pratchett

“A true eccentric who lives in the worlds in his head much more often than reality, Terry Pratchett is exactly who I hope to be in later life. He presents works of sci-fi and fantasy that always look simple and whimsical at first, but upon closer inspection they are always back-grounded by a serious level of cultural and social knowledge. Pratchett has a real knack for understanding society and pointing out its flaws in a humorous, realistic way despite his work often being set in a world very different to our own. And he’s never afraid to wear a bold statement hat. Respect.”

#8 – J.K. Rowling, OBE

“There are many things to love about the works of J.K. Rowling, but for me the most inspiring thing is the love and affection with which she treats her supporting cast. I am a great believer that a writer should never just rely on that one central character to carry their tale: it’s the ensemble that allows all different types of readers to find a character they can cherish, no matter how small their part is in the grand scheme of things. I always aim to give my side characters their due respect and attention in true Rowling style.”

#7 – Sir J.M. Barrie

“Author of Peter Pan, Mr Barrie brought me my very first literary love. And if you’re thinking that great love was Peter himself, then you don’t know me very well! I adore Captain Hook for his depth of character and the feeling that, had the story been told from his perspective, you might just have ended up on his side after all. Barrie was the first writer to teach me that a villain is only a villain because you call him thus for your audience. As a writer I believe you need to find something to love about the villains you create to make them truly three-dimensional people.”

#6 – Charles Dickens

“I am fanatic about Victorian Britain, and there is no better place to start a love for this subject than with the works of Dickens. I started my journey with this wonderful author when I was about ten years old and have never regretted the hours I spent immersed in the gritty, harsh realities of Victorian life with his characters. When I work on creating a truly historic atmosphere for my books, Dickens always springs to mind as the master of weather, colour and the physical materials around him in a scene. You don’t just read Dickens; you live Dickens when you pick up his work.”

#5 – Jane Austen

“Unlike many readers of Austen, I don’t love her for creating Mr Darcy (Mr Bingley’s my guy all the way in Pride and Prejudice, no question), but for stepping over the boundaries of what was expected from drama and romance in the time that she was writing. Austen was witty and ironic about the society in which she lived, daring to show us a character whose attitude was way ahead of her time in Lizzie Bennett. Presenting characters that are radically different to the norm is something I aspire to do in my own work; for me there is no better example of how to do this well than in the works of Jane Austen.”

#4 – Bram Stoker

“For me at least, there is no greater horror story ever told than Bram Stoker’s Dracula. It is a book I have devoured many times over the last fifteen years, one which terrified me as a youngster and intrigues me as an adult. I am taking my sweet time perfecting my own gothic horror works, because I know that Stoker is the impossible standard to which all such things should be compared. If I can create even a tenth of the suspense, terror, depth and atmosphere that Stoker achieved, I will be a very satisfied writer!”

#3 – William Shakespeare

“No list of inspiration would be complete without the great bard himself. I never had to work at loving Shakespeare when I was a child: his words came to me very naturally and filled me with a deep love for twisting narratives, history and beautifully crafted language. There are plenty of people who’ll tell you that dear Will is old hat and overrated. To them I say: You don’t know him like I do. Shakespeare is the true master of human emotion; the only writer I have ever known who can take the most indescribable of feelings and find a way to express them that touches every part of the audience’s soul.”

#2 – Mark Gatiss

“Mark Gatiss is everything I want to be in the world of modern writing. Whilst most people recognise him for his role as Mycroft Holmes in BBC’s Sherlock and as one quarter of the comedy team The League of Gentlemen, Gatiss is also a writer whose words I could drown in quite merrily. The Lucifer Box trilogy showed me that historical fiction, action, romance, crime and LGBT are not separate pigeon-holed genres of fiction: they are parts of a whole which, when combined, produce one of the best modern series I have ever read. Gatiss also writes for Sherlock and Doctor Who amongst many other television series and dramas; the concepts and language in his scripts is so inspiring that sometimes I will genuinely pick up the scripts and start reading them rather than watch the programme itself. Now that’s good writing!”

#1 – Vladimir Nabokov

“I didn’t always know that I wanted to be a writer. I knew I liked to tell stories and that language was a talent of mine, but I only really started to take the idea of being a writer seriously after I read Nabokov’s ‘Lolita’. Before that day, writing seemed like a frivolous thing that you could enjoy in your spare time, but after I finished the most iconic read of my life, I knew that words had the power to do so much more for a person’s own morality, tolerance and understanding of others. I am a socially aware writer in the sense that I like to portray personalities that are not the norm and show readers that characters they don’t expect to fall in love with can truly surprise them. Nabokov’s portrayal of Humbert Humbert is the sole reason for this decision and the spark that led me to study sociology and later sociolinguistics, which constantly influences the way I choose to shape my work. If you do only one thing after reading this list, let it be a google search of this, the greatest writer known to man.”

“The pages are still blank, but there is a miraculous feeling of the words being there, written in invisible ink and clamouring to become visible.”

Vladimir Nabokov

Tour Schedule -

One month Tour for The Synsk Series by K.C. Finn from Oct 27 to Nov 27, 2014

Oct 27

Word to Dreams - Promo & Author Interview

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Night Owl Reviews - Promo

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Oct 28

Books, Authors, Blogs - Promo

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Booky Ramblings of a Neurotic Mom - Promo, & Top Ten

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Oct 29

3 Partners in Shopping, Nana, Mommy, & Sissy, Too!- Promo

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Oct 30

Coffee Books & Art - Promo, Dream Cast, Playlist, Top Ten

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What Shall We Blog About Today? - Promo, Dream Cast, Character Bio's, Book Soundtrack & Playlist

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Oct 31

MI Bookshelf - Promo

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Book Club Sisters - Promo, Book Soundtrack & Playlist

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Nov 3

Deal Sharing Aunt- Promo

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Nov 4

Lindsey Gray - Promo & Character Bio's

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Sweet Treat Reading Reviews - Promo & Dream Cast

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Nov 6

Babu's Bookshelf - Review All

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Beckstar Reviews - Review All

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Nov 7

Bookworm for Kids - Review - Book 1 - The Mind’s Eye

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Nov 10

JeanzBookReadNReview - Promo, Author Interview, Dream Cast & Playlist

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My Book Fairy - Promo, Character Bio's, Book Soundtrack & Guest Post

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Nov 11

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Book Lovers Life - Promo & Top Ten

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Nov 12

Pretty Little Pages - Promo & Top Ten

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Fictional Rendezvous Book Blog - Promo

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The Wonderings Of One Person                - Promo, Author Interview & Playlist

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Nov 17

Cajun Book Lover - Promo

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Nov 18

A Little Bit of R&R - Promo, Dream Cast, Character Bio's & Playlist

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Nov 19

Portals to New Worlds - Promo, Character Interview, Dream Cast, Character Bio's, Playlist & Book Soundtrack

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Nov 20

Eclipse Reviews - Promo, Author Interview, Dream Cast, Character Bio's, Playlist & Book Soundtrack

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A Cauldron of Books - Promo, Top Ten, Dream Cast, Character Bio's, Playlist & Book Soundtrack

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Angels with Attitude Book Reviews - Promo, Top Ten, Book Soundtrack &  Playlist

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Dalene's Book Reviews - Promo, Review All, Dream Cast, Character Bio's, Playlist & Book Soundtrack

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Nov 26

The Avid Reader - Promo, Dream Cast, Character Bio's, Book Soundtrack, Playlist             

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Veduny Writer - Promo & Review - Book 3 - A Place Halfway

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Nov 27

The Idle Musings of a Writer's Mind - Promo, & Author Interview, Dream Cast, Character Bio's, Book Soundtrack, Playlist 

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