Thursday, October 31, 2013

Author Quote - PJ Sharon


Author quote from WANING MOON, book one in the Chronicles of Lily Carmichael trilogy

“In order to survive, we need to adapt, improvise, and overcome.”

 


Thanks for having me on Halloween, Tina. You asked for something scary and it doesn’t get much scarier than a looming apocalypse, does it?

This quote from Lily Carmichael’s Uncle Samuel in WANING MOON, book one in the Chronicles of Lily Carmichael, my YA dystopian trilogy, is a throwback from the military and has become the credo for survivalists and doomsday preppers everywhere.

 Dystopian literature has become increasingly popular over the past few years, in part, because of the pervasive sense that the crap is about to hit the fan and that life as we know it could turn on a dime. Although I’m fairly certain we don’t have to worry about a zombie apocalypse, there are plenty of real world fears that could make zombies seem like a walk in the park. Collapse of government, financial ruin, rioting and chaos in the streets, decay of social order, pestilence and disease are just to name a few of the modern day monsters that might come calling in the very near future.

Let’s hope that our better angels take over, God intervenes, or that the next generation can pull it together and save us all. I have great faith in human kind’s ability to overcome and adapt to whatever the future has in store for us. I like to think of myself as an “apocaloptimist,” someone who believes that yes, the world as we know it will end, but it will all turn out okay. And yes, LOVE is the answer. That’s why we romance writers will rule the world one day.

 
 
E-mail address:  pjsharon64@gmail.com
Follow PJ on Twitter: @pjsharon
“Like” PJ on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pjsharonbooks
Find PJ on Amazon’s Author Central page: https://www.amazon.com/author/pjsharon
Follow PJ’s Tuesday Scribes blog @ http://secretsof7scribes.wordpress.com
Follow PJ on Pinterest @ http://www.pinterest.com/pjsharon/
 


Blurb: WANING MOON

          In the year 2057, in a post-apocalyptic world where a polar shift threatens the survivors of a widespread pandemic with extinction, sixteen-year-old genetically enhanced Lily Carmichael has more immediate problems. Her uncle is dying of cancer and her healing abilities are ineffective against the blood ties that bind them. In order to find a cure, Lily must leave the protection of her quiet town and journey to the trading city of Albany, all while avoiding the Industry, an agency that would like nothing better than to study and exploit her abilities.

 Seventeen-year-old Will Callahan has been searching for his father since severe storms blasted through the Midwest, killing his mother and sister. When he learns that his father may be in the city, he catches a ride with Lily, a girl who has come to his rescue more than once. As the two embark on a dangerous journey, the tension between them grows. But the secrets Will’s keeping could put Lily in far more danger than traveling to the city with him, and if he was any kind of man, he would have told her to run the minute she found him.

 

WANING MOON

2013 Colorado Romance Writers Award of Excellence finalist

2013 HOLT Medallion Award of Merit recipient

2013 National Excellence in Romance Fiction Awards finalist

RT Book Reviews gave WANING MOON 3 stars and called it “An action packed read with a strong female lead.”

IndiePENdents seal of approval for quality Indie fiction.

 
Print copies also available for Baker & Taylor through Create Space: https://www.createspace.com/3994643
 
 
 

I set this YA Dystopian trilogy in the year 2057 in hopes of giving teens and YA readers the opportunity to see that there is still time to change the future. And if, by chance, the world does go to hell in hand basket, there are ways to survive. Adapt, improvise, and overcome!

Happy Halloween!

 

Tuesday, October 29, 2013

#AuthorQuote "Is anyone born a futilitarian?" by J. Conrad Guest

Is anyone born a futilitarian? Or does it simply grow on us, like a fungus that afflicts the toenail of the great toe on our right foot from wearing shoes too small, eventually spreading to the neighboring toes?
 

 
“Introspective, like a personal remembrance of life, this book is more than diary or autobiography, but less than truth perhaps because it’s viewed entirely through the eyes of the (dead) protagonist. Slowly working towards the unseen facts of his character’s past, J. Conrad Guest’s A Retrospective in Death is a languid, oddly compelling tale, evoking an era with a wealth of intricate detail, creating a memorable yet achingly ordinary man, and searching for meaning and purpose in it all.” – Sheila Deeth, Amazon Top 1,000 Reviewer






Amazon 

Thursday, October 24, 2013

"History, to many young people, is..." Michael Stern #authorquote

"History, to many young people, is about 'a bunch of stuff that happened a long time ago to a bunch of dead people'." 

by Michael Stern

Are we doomed to repeat the mistakes made back then because history is boring?





"Reflections on a Generous Generation", the story of a generation, born in the first quarter of the 20th Century, who lived through the hardships of the Depression, fought in World War II and changed the world.

Buy link -

http://www.amazon.com/Reflections-Generous-Generation-Michael-Stern/dp/1477474838/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1379355845&sr=1-1&keywords=reflections+on+a+generous+generation

I don't yet have a completed website.  I have an authors page on Facebook, though.  https://www.facebook.com/cabinfevercommunications


Thanks Michael for sharing,

Tina

Tuesday, October 22, 2013

#AuthorQuote - Sharing one of Mine. @authortinagayle



"No one who ever walked through the doors of a hospital knew the outcome of what would happen. Victory or defeat, the adventure tore at your emotions and could leave you face down in the dirt." by Tina Gayle
 
This is from a short story I'm working on for Ellora's Cave VaVa Boomers series. It is for the baby boomers out there that want a little hot romance in their lives.

Plan on sending it off in the next few weeks after I done with my edits. Wish me luck.

Weathering the Storm  blurb

Karen is a divorcee who has moved on with her life. She's trying her best to help Daniel to do the same.

After two years of spending time with the man, Karen is ready to take the relationship to a new level until her ex-husband has a heartache and her kids need her support.

Then everything changes...

Now, can Daniel convince her to give them a chance?


Have a wonderful day,

Tina

Saturday, October 19, 2013

Have You Joined #NORHalloween Hunt?

Win Books and Prizes in the Night Owl Reviews Halloween Web Hunt

 There are lots of prizes up for grabs.

Plus the chance to discover so wonderful new books.


In the Scavenger Hunt, they ask a question about my book which is revealed in the book's blurb.




In this book, I have a whole family of spirits and one very special ghost.

Blurb -

Forced by the family spirits to get a life, Mattie Winston has to train her replacement Amber Harrison to be in charge of all the workings of the Winston estate. Reluctant to make changes in her life, Mattie forms a bond with Amber, when strange accidents start happening which threaten their lives and an unknown ghost makes an appearance.

After being rescued by an old flame, Quincy Miller, Mattie faces old wounds of rejection. As the general contractor for Amber’s redecoration project, Mattie is in constant contact with Quincy and realizes she still in love with her childhood sweetheart.

Amber, learning her new role in the family, wants to discover the identity of the ghost who keeps appearing. After several appearances, Gwen, Amber’s distance grandmother, shifts the book into more of Amber’s struggle to find out why her grandmother disappeared two hundred years ago without a trace. In a fight to claim her position in the family, Amber searches for clues to solve the mystery.

Mattie and Amber are both challenged when the family spirits decides Amber shouldn’t be the keeper. Battling for Amber, Mattie realizes she wants a life with Quincy outside the Winston estate.

Amber realized the importance of her new spiritual family, and she works to discover how Gwen died.

Can these two women achieve their goals?


Read First Chapter of "Summer's Growth"
Purchase ebook at:




 

Hope you enjoy the Scavenger Hunt,

 
Tina Gayle

Thursday, October 17, 2013

"I think that as long as..." #AuthorQuote by Adrienne Thompson

Quote: ". I think that as long as you are living and breathing, anything is possible. Anything, if you open your heart and mind to it—including a happily ever after." - From Your Love Is King.







Buy Link: Book will be available 11.12.13

Excerpt: 

I laughed. “Chris, I saw all of those admirers back at the church, and I know you probably get approached when you perform with the band, so why do you want my number?”
“Because the moment I saw you I knew you were different. I just wanna talk to you sometimes.”

“What if I told you I already have a man and that he’s back home waiting for me?”

“Then I’d say he’s a damn fool for letting you come all the way to St. Louis without him and that it is my privilege and my duty to take you off his hands.”

“Off his hands? You make me sound like I’m some unattended land or something.”

“I meant to make you sound like an unguarded treasure.”

I rolled my eyes. “Mm-hmm.”

“Do you?”

“Do I what?”

“Have a man?”

“No, I don’t.”

“Then may I please have your number?”

I sighed. “Okay, but if I give you my number, it doesn’t mean we’re anything more than friends.”

He leaned in until his lips nearly touched mine, looked me dead in the eye, and said, “Then I’ll just have to take what I can get until I can change your mind.”
 
Find Andrienne Thompson at 
 
Thanks for sharing,
 
Tina

Tuesday, October 15, 2013

"I refuse to believe..." by Lauren Linwood #AuthorQuote


“We have a lifetime of love to give each other. I refuse to believe it will end in death in a dusty town on a forsaken prairie in the middle of nowhere.

by Lauren Linwood









Blurb:

Separated from her twin during the Orphan Train selection, schoolmarm Serena Sullivan searched for her brother Bill over fifteen years. Just as she gets a lead on his whereabouts, she is railroaded by a crooked sheriff and set to hang for the murder of the sheriff’s best friend.

English playwright Daman Rutledge has come to the American West on business for his brother when he witnesses a woman about to be executed. On impulse he rescues the beautiful stranger and goes on the run with her across the Kansas prairie. Along the way Daman finds the muse he’s been missing and loses his heart to the raven-haired beauty with haunting amber eyes.

As they try to escape the long arm of the law, Daman seeks to prove Serena’s innocence before it’s too late. They find love—and the truth—on a journey that changes their lives.




 

Sunday, October 13, 2013

Add an Author App to Your #FACEBook Fan Page

 If you have a Fan Page on Facebook, you might want to look into adding an Author App to it that will allow people to purchase your books from Amazon.

All you have to do is enter your ASIN or ISBN number and the app will set up the link.

The link is display on the left hand side in Red (Read my Book)

It will also allow you to put in a URL to a free sample of your book.


Here is mine.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Author-Tina-Gayle/214633841921560?ref=hl

If you have already set up your fan page, go to  http://apps.facebook.com/authorapp/ 

A page will come up that says 'The Author Marketing App.'

Just click on the  'Let's get started-" button.

From there it will direct you as to what you need to do to set up the page.

Remember to choose your fan page, not your personal page. You will then see the "Read My Book" button on your fan page.

Now just click on the app and you just enter the information about your books.

You can do this one of two ways

1. just put in the isbn or asin number and hit enter.

2. Or fill in the information yourself.

If after you hit enter, you don't see everything you want it to display just hit edit book and put in the additional information.

Hope this helps,

Also, if you want to exchange likes just put your fb url under the post I've made to exchange links.

Have a great weekend,

Tina


 

Saturday, October 12, 2013

Scavenger Hunt Full of FUN #NORHalloweenHunt

Win Books and Prizes in the Night Owl Reviews Halloween Web Hunt

 There are lots of prizes up for grabs.

Plus the chance to discover so many wonderful new books.


In the Scavenger Hunt, they ask a question about my book which is revealed in the book's blurb.




In this book, I have a whole family of spirits and one very special ghost.

Blurb -

Forced by the family spirits to get a life, Mattie Winston has to train her replacement Amber Harrison to be in charge of all the workings of the Winston estate. Reluctant to make changes in her life, Mattie forms a bond with Amber, when strange accidents start happening which threaten their lives and an unknown ghost makes an appearance.

After being rescued by an old flame, Quincy Miller, Mattie faces old wounds of rejection. As the general contractor for Amber’s redecoration project, Mattie is in constant contact with Quincy and realizes she still in love with her childhood sweetheart.

Amber, learning her new role in the family, wants to discover the identity of the ghost who keeps appearing. After several appearances, Gwen, Amber’s distance grandmother, shifts the book into more of Amber’s struggle to find out why her grandmother disappeared two hundred years ago without a trace. In a fight to claim her position in the family, Amber searches for clues to solve the mystery.

Mattie and Amber are both challenged when the family spirits decides Amber shouldn’t be the keeper. Battling for Amber, Mattie realizes she wants a life with Quincy outside the Winston estate.

Amber realized the importance of her new spiritual family, and she works to discover how Gwen died.

Can these two women achieve their goals?


Read First Chapter of "Summer's Growth"
Purchase ebook at:



www.smashwords.com
www.amazon.com
www.BN.com
http://store.kobobooks.com 

(is having 30% off this weekend just use the Use promo code: OCTOFFER30  )
www.itunes.apple.com

 

Hope you enjoy the Scavenger Hunt,

 

Tina Gayle

Thursday, October 10, 2013

Neil S. Plakcy Shares a #authorquote from "Genie for Hire"

“Nothing in this world is strange if it makes you—or someone you love—feel good.”




“The combination of power, passion and ancient magic could belong to only one. Farishta. The idea that she had returned, after so much time, nearly overwhelmed him. He stumbled and reached out to a tree for support. “Then everything went black.”

These are the last lines of the first chapter of Genie for Hire: A Biff Andromeda Mystery.

Biff, a centuries-old genie, can’t use his powers for himself, so he opens a detective agency in a Miami suburb in order to keep the air conditioning going and halvah (a sesame-seed treat) on the table.

At this point in the book, he’s just learned that the female genie he loved and lost just might be coming back into his life. When I began writing the book, I thought of Farishta as a character who’d be in and out of the book, sticking around just long enough to cause Biff some trouble. I was writing a mystery, after all, not a love story. But love has a funny way of sneaking up on you, doesn’t it?

Once Farishta appeared on stage, in a puff of smoke, I knew that just like Biff I couldn’t let her go.

Buy link: www.tinyurl.com/genieforhire

AUTHOR/PEN NAME: Neil S. Plakcy
WEBSITE: www.mahubooks.com
BLOG: http://mahubooks.blogspot.com
AMAZON AUTHOR PAGE: http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B001JP4EL6
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/neil.plakcy
GOODREADS: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/126217.Neil_Plakcy
PINTEREST: http://pinterest.com/neilplakcy/boards/
TWITTER: https://twitter.com/NeilPlakcy

Thanks for sharing Neil,

Tina

Tuesday, October 8, 2013

She Belongs to Him - A Titillating Teaser from J.L. Sheppard

"He would never forget her. The distance he forced had done nothing to soothe his aching soul. It had done nothing to diminish that she was his. He tried to deny it at first, thinking it nothing more than a cosmic mistake, but after a month without a glimpse of her, there was no question. She belonged to him."



Burdened by Desire

Publisher: The Wild Rose Press

www.JLSheppard.com www.facebook.com/JLSheppardAuthor

https://twitter.com/JL_Sheppard


http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6894176.J_L_Sheppard


http://pinterest.com/jlsheppard5/


Blurb:

Jocelyn, an Elemental, is stuck between the mortal and immortal worlds, yet not quite a part of either. Her power over the elements of the Earth won’t evolve until she meets her mate. Before then she’s an easy prey and a coveted possession for the Malums Inmortalis who wish to conquer the world.

Alpha werewolf, Landon, has been living with the knowledge his fated female, the one woman created for him, is just beyond his reach. For months he’s forsaken her, refusing to accept his mate because she can never grant him a much-needed heir for his nearly extinct pack.

Despite his decision Landon finds himself drawn to Jocelyn and when an attempt is made on her life, he realizes his destiny lies with her. Can they overcome the long-held prejudices of his kind and defeat their enemies in time to find what the future holds?

Buy link for my book, Burdened by Desire, http://www.amazon.com/Burdened-by-Desire-ebook/dp/B00FDZBEA2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1380028854&sr=8-1&keywords=burdened+by+desire

Thanks!!!!

J.L. Sheppard

Demon King's Desire, Available Now

Burdened By Desire,

Sunday, October 6, 2013

Do Author's Need A Website?


 

I like to think of my website as my home. Only I live there. It’s about me, my books, the information I want to share, the place where my readers can find me and connect.

Do you need to have one?  No. There are authors who have only a blog or use their Facebook page as their home site.

 

Only you can decide if you want a website – but remember you do need a web presence.

So if you decide to set up a website.

• You need to decide on a domain name. Most author’s use their name.


.net  - network providers,  .com – commerce,  .edu – education, etc.

First, you need to see if the name you want is available. Most Internet companies will have a place where you can type in a name and it will tell you if it is available. (Or search “domain name.”)

Authors have been known to purchase domain names long before they are published so they can secure the site name. Also, some have purchased both the .net and .com sites.

• Who should you get to build your site? This is up to each individual—skill, cost, preference, recommendations can all play a part in your decision. (Search “website builders.”) Also, talk to other authors, they may be able to recommend someone.

a.  There are low cost sites where you can build your own.

b.  Take a HTML class or other programming classes and build your own.

c.  Pay someone to do it.

•What to put on your website?

 

Most sites have a number of pages.

1.  Home Page / Welcome page  – is like the entryway to your house.  It is an introduction to you. It should include things like author’s picture, available books, a welcome note, brief biography and links to all the other pages on the site.


2.  Books Page – as an author you want people to find your books. This page should contain all the books you’ve written with either blurbs, excerpts or reviews. Or links to this information.

3.  Bio Page – a page to tell people about yourself. Who you are, what you write, more about your personal interests and other information you want to share.

4.  Links Page – this page gives visitors to your site links to other places on the Internet where they can find you. Also, it can include links to your friends and publisher. This is important because links to other sites that link back to you increases your rating on the Internet. (This also increase your SEO rating—see definition below.)

5.  Other Pages – the possibility for other pages are endless. Here is where you make your site your own.

6.  Picture page - share pictures.

7.  Contact page – where you give fans your email address.

8.  Excerpt pages – giving excerpts of your books or the ability to read the first chapter.

9.  Video Page – to display video you’ve made. (A great way to connect with readers.)

10.  Some sites have chat areas.


Your site depends on what you want and how much you are willing to pay to have it built.
 
Hope this helps,
 
Tina

 

Friday, October 4, 2013

Ghostly Clues by Kay LaLone

Ghostly Clues

Blurb
The sweet scent of lilacs permeates the air around Grandma’s gravesite. Only Sarah Kay can smell Grandma’s favorite flower, and they’re not even in bloom.
Sarah Kay and her best friend, Mary Jane, believe the lilacs are a sign from Grandma’s ghost. The girls follow one ghostly clue after another, uncovering a secret that Mom never wanted Sarah Kay to know. Grandma makes sure Sarah Kay gets the message even from the grave. As the evidence piles up, Mom still refuses to accept the possibility Sarah Kay’s father is alive.
Sarah Kay finds Dad’s parents. A set of grandparents she didn’t realize existed. They make it clear her father is alive but days and miles separate the father and daughter reunion because Dad is a truck driver on a long haul. Sarah Kay waits. The news reports a fatal car accident involving a semi and Sarah Kay fears the worse. She runs away which leads to Dad and the truth, Mom wanted Dad to remain dead.
Dad had faked his death so why not just stay dead. The ghostly clues of Grandma wouldn’t allow Dad to remain dead to Sarah Kay.

Excerpt

The house was blanketed in a quiet slumber. I snuggled under the sleeping bag with Allison, trying not to think about ghosts, as I drifted to sleep.
Random pictures floated in my mind like ghostly images.
I tiptoed among tombstones and my heart ached as if I had lost something or someone. He had to be here, somewhere.
The gravestones rose like stone walls. No names engraved on them. No dates. No R.I.P. Nothing. Just smooth, flat stones. Ghosts—grayish, smoky forms with black eyes—floated over the tombstones. I shivered, suddenly cold, freezing. My breath visible like a little ghost. I didn’t want to look at the ghost anymore so I looked down at my feet. A tombstone with Grandma’s name appeared out of nowhere. The earth moved. The dirt around the headstone broke away and gnarled fingers clawed their way into the air, searching, grasping. Shriveled fingers clutched my leg. Something grabbed at my leg—the hand, I screamed and frantically wiggled out of my sleeping bag, bumping MJ as I tried to get away from the hand I thought I felt grab at my leg.

Bio

I’m Kay LaLone. Ghostly Clues is my first middle grade novel published by MuseItUp. I live in Michigan with my husband and teenage son (two older sons and a daughter-in-law live near by) and two dogs and a cat. I love to get up every morning and write about ghosts, the paranormal, and anything that goes bump in the night. Or anything that interest my characters. Making my characters come to life for readers is important to a good story. I’m an avid reader of just about any type of book. I do reviews on the books I read and post them on my website and blog.

Links

MuseItUp http://museituppublishing.com/bookstore2/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&product_id=527&category_id=144&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=1

My website www.kaylalone.weebly.com
My blog www.kaylalone.blogspot.com
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ghostlyclues
Twitter https://twitter.com/kaylalone
Barnes & Noble http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/ghostly-clues-kay-lalone/1114821562?ean=2940044359321
Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Ghostly-Clues-ebook/dp/B00AFGJRLM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1365020103&sr=8-1&keywords=ghostly+clues
Smashwords https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/292448

Thursday, October 3, 2013

From Western Desert an #AuthorQuote


Author quote from WESTERN DESERT, by PJ Sharon:

 

Maybe that was the point all along. Just because I had the power to heal, it didn’t mean I could control other people’s destinies—especially since I hadn’t even figured out my own.

 


This quote from my protagonist Lily in WESTERN DESERT, sums up her dilemma throughout this second book in the dystopian trilogy, the Chronicles of Lily Carmichael. A genetically enhanced teen with the power of healing in her touch, she struggles with her desire to heal others and her need to keep her gift secret from the Industry, a rogue government subsidiary that would like nothing better than to capture her and exploit her abilities. To make matters worse, Lily is driven by her promise to save her brother, Zeph. Not only from the Industry, but from himself and his dangerous ability to take life with just a touch. Lily is repeatedly reminded of her limitations throughout the story and is often frustrated with her own lack of control and the consequences of her impulsive and sometimes reckless choices. Will she ever come to realize that people have to want to be healed? And that imposing her will on others makes her no different from the people she is trying so desperately to escape? Will she overcome her innate refusal to take life when necessary to survive? Or will she risk the people closest to her in order to stand by her principles?
WESTERN DESERT (book two in the Chronicles of Lily Carmichael trilogy)

PUBLISHED BY: PJ Sharon Books 2013

AVAILABLE: Amazon, B&N, Smashwords and Create Space

ebook ISBN: 978-0-9856072-5-8

PAPERBACK: Amazon, B&N, and Baker & Taylor through CreateSpace

Print ISBN: 9781491247044

 
Contact Information for PJ Sharon
E-mail address:  pjsharon64@gmail.com
Follow PJ on Twitter: @pjsharon
“Like” PJ on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pjsharonbooks
Find PJ on Amazon’s Author Central page: https://www.amazon.com/author/pjsharon
Follow PJ’s Tuesday Scribes blog @ http://secretsof7scribes.wordpress.com
Follow PJ on Pinterest @ http://www.pinterest.com/pjsharon/
Thanks for stopping by PJ,
 
Tina   
 
 
 


 

Tuesday, October 1, 2013

#AuthorQuote by Sheri Fredricks

Quote:  If it’s to be, it’s up to me.  ~ Sheri Fredricks

 
Blurb:
Abelia, a Boronda Forest Wood Nymph…
 
She came to Willow Bay to satisfy her curiosity of human life, and got more than she bargained for.
 
Jack, an archeologist bent on discovery…
 
He can't wait to leave Pennsylvania and return to his explorations in Australia, where life is filled with dingos and roos.
 
Danger abounds…
 
Human hunters stalk the enthralling Abelia, and Jack comes to her rescue. The hunters back off, but she suddenly vanishes, and he's left confused as he returns home to the rugged Outback.
 
They’ll risk it all…
 
When Abelia magically appears in Jack's kitchen, she must divulge who and what she really is and risk the mythic people's secret for his help to return home. Meanwhile he risks his heart in convincing her to stay.
 
The book is priced at only 99 cents. I hope you enjoy.
 
Sheri Fredricks
Website URL:  www.SheriFredricks.com
 
 
Author Links:
Twitter:        http://twitter.com/Sheri_Fredricks
Google+:      http://is.gd/VmLa5I
 
 
Thanks for sharing,
 
Tina