Archive for February, 2011:

Pump Up Your Book Chats with Frank Scully

Frank Scully was born and raised in a small town in North Dakota and received a Bachelor’s degree in History with Phi Beta Kappa Honors and a Juris Doctor degree in Law from the University of North Dakota.  He then served more than five years as a Judge Advocate General Corps Officer in the U. S. Army in the U. S., Vietnam, and Thailand.  After that he attended the prestigious Thunderbird School and received a Masters in Business Administration with honors. In his professional career he has worked as an executive with large aerospace and defense manufacturers and also owned his own small business.  Depending on the vagaries of
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Love You More Virtual Book Tour March 2011

Join Lisa Gardner, author of the mystery novel, Love You More (Bantam, March 2011) as she virtually tours the blogosphere in March on her second virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Lisa Gardner Lisa Gardner is the New York Times bestselling author of thirteen novels. Her Detective D. D. Warren novels include Live to Tell, Hide, Alone, and the International Thriller Writers’ Award-winning novel The Neighbor. Her FBI Profiler novels include Say Goodbye, Gone, The Killing Hour, The Next Accident, and The Third Victim. She lives with her family in New England. Lisa’s latest book is Love You More. Visit her online at http://lisagardner.com/. About Love You
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New Book for Review: Motivational ‘Life Choices: Pursuing Your Passion’ by Judi Moreo

The authors of Judi Moreo’s Life Choices self-help motivational series are touring in April with their next book,  Life Choices: Pursuing Your Passion. If you have ever had a dream that you wanted to pursue but didn’t have the courage, if you’ve ever wanted to do something that you didn’t think you could do, if you have ever wanted to go somewhere but didn’t believe it was possible… READ THIS BOOK. Twenty-six authors share with you how they pursued their passions and made their dreams become reality. You can visit the book’s website at www.lifechoicesbook.com. f you would like to review Life Choices: Pursuing Your Passion, email us by
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Pump Up Your Book’s February 2011 Authors on virtual Book Tour – Day 6

Welcome to Day Six of Pump Up Your Book’s February 2011 Authors on Virtual Book Tour! Follow along as these talented authors travel the blogosphere all month long to talk about their books, their lives and their future projects. Leave a comment at their blog stops and you could win a FREE virtual book tour if you’re a published author or a $50 Amazon gift certificate if you are not published. So, pick your favorites, follow their tours, and make sure you leave them a note to tell them you stopped by! Lou Aronica, author of the fantasy novel, Blue, will be visiting The Book Faery Reviews and Fluidity
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with Frank J. Edwards

Frank J. Edwards was born in Rochester New York. In 1968 he entered the US Army and served a tour in Vietnam as a helicopter pilot. He received a BA with honors in English from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill then attended medical school at the University of Rochester, graduating with an MD in 1979. In 1989 he received an MFA in writing from Warren Wilson College in Swannanoa, NC. After practicing for a decade in North Carolina, he returned to the Rochester, area in 1990 where he remains in active practice. He has published a number of poems and short stories in literary magazines including
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Angel Lost Virtual Book Tour March 2011

Join F.M. Meredith, author of the Rocky Bluff P.D. mystery/crime series, as she virtually tours the blogosphere with the latest book from this series, Angel Lost (Oak Tree Press, March 2011), in March on her eighth virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book. About F.M. Meredith F.M. Meredith, also known as Marilyn Meredith, is the author of nearly thirty published novels. Her latest in the Rocky Bluff P.D. crime series, from Oak Tree Press, is Angel Lost. Marilyn is a member of EPIC, Four chapters of Sisters in Crime, including the Internet chapter, Mystery Writers of America, and on the board of the Public Safety Writers of America. Visit her at http://fictionforyou.com and her
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Pump Up Your Book’s February 2011 Authors on Virtual Book Tour – Day 5

Welcome to Day Five of Pump Up Your Book’s February 2011 Authors on Virtual Book Tour! Follow along as these talented authors travel the blogosphere all month long to talk about their books, their lives and their future projects. Leave a comment at their blog stops and you could win a FREE virtual book tour if you’re a published author or a $50 Amazon gift certificate if you are not published. So, pick your favorites, follow their tours, and make sure you leave them a note to tell them you stopped by! Lou Aronica, author of the fantasy novel, Blue, will be visiting The Book Faery Reviews! Chris Astor
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  • February 6, 2011
  • book news, Featured
  • Comments Off on Humor columnist Rose A. Valenta mentioned in Erma Bombeck newsletter

Humor columnist Rose A. Valenta mentioned in Erma Bombeck newsletter

We are so thrilled to hear one of Rose A. Valenta’s blog stops made the Erma Bombeck newsletter! Rose A. Valenta has been on a virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book to promote her latest humor book, Sitting on Cold Porcelain.  The blog host of one of her blog stops, The Hot Author Report, interviewed her as part of her virtual book tour.  The writers of the Erma Bombeck newsletter gave her a nice little plug – read it here!  Not only is it great strides for a self-published author, but also you just never know who is going to be reading your interviews! The Erma Bombeck
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Against All Odds Virtual Book Tour March 2011

Join John Milton Langdon, author of the historical fiction novel, Against All Odds, as he virtually tours the blogosphere March 1 – March 25 2011 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About John Milton Langdon John Milton Langdon is a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers and has a master’s degree in maritime civil engineering.  Langdon retired and became a professional writer after an active and rewarding engineering career.  Initially he worked in Britain but from 1972 until 2008, he dealt with project development in Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Nigeria.  Langdon lives in the Austrian town of
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New Book for Review: Memoir ‘Afterimage’ by Carla Malden

Carla Malden is touring in May 2011 with her memoir, Afterimage: A Brokenhearted Memoir of a Charmed Life. Afterimage. It’s the ghost image that continues to appear, even after the source has faded away. It’s different from having a flashbulb catch you unaware when you’re having your picture taken. That leaves you momentarily blinded, violet and yellow dots kaleidoscoping in front of you. An afterimage is subtler, but more persistent, more enduring, more beguiling. Especially the afterimage that imprints itself on your heart. The one that occurs when your husband has died. As a generation, we declared ourselves forever young. We assumed it our life’s work to brand every
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New Book for Review: Parenting ‘Night Knight: Therapeutic Bedtime Stories’ by Emma K. Piers

Emma K. Piers is touring in March and April 2011 with her parenting book, Night Knight: Therapeutic Bedtime Stories. These stories are aimed towards helping children ages 5 – 11 years develop confidant, happy and peaceful self identities, particularly during challenging times. The stories explore four themes common to many children; childhood bereavement, separation, bullying, and childhood anxiety and depression. Written in third party to enable the child to impersonalise themselves from the story content, rich metaphor and imagery is used through out to help the child absorb healing messages that are helpful to them. The author uses her background experience in counselling, to help children who are struggling
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Pump Up Your Book’s February 2011 Authors on Virtual Book Tour – Day 4

Welcome to Day Four of Pump Up Your Book’s February 2011 Authors on Virtual Book Tour! Follow along as these talented authors travel the blogosphere all month long to talk about their books, their lives and their future projects. Leave a comment at their blog stops and you could win a FREE virtual book tour if you’re a published author or a $50 Amazon gift certificate if you are not published. So, pick your favorites, follow their tours, and make sure you leave them a note to tell them you stopped by! Lou Aronica, author of the fantasy novel, Blue, will be visiting Geek on the Brink and Examiner! Chris
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with Thriller Author Allan Leverone

Allan Leverone is a three-time Derringer Award Finalist whose short fiction has been featured in Needle: A Magazine of Noir, Shroud Magazine, Twisted Dreams, Mysterical-E and many other venues, both print and online. His debut thriller, titled FINAL VECTOR, is available February 2011 from Medallion Press. For details, please visit www.allanleverone.com or his blog at www.allanleverone.blogspot.com. Q: Thank you for this interview, Allan.  Can you tell us why you wrote your book? I’ve been an air traffic controller for the past twenty-nine years, getting hired by the FAA at the age of 22 after graduating college with a business degree I’ve still never used. Given the reality of air
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Chasing Zebras: The Unofficial Guide to House M.D. Virtual Book Tour March & April 2011

Join Barbara Barnett, author of the nonfiction television book, Chasing Zebras: The Unofficial Guide to House, M.D. (ECW Press), as she virtually tours the blogosphere March 1 – April 29 2011 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Barbara Barnett Barbara Barnett is Co-Executive Editor of Blogcritics, an Internet magazine of pop culture, politics and more owned by Technorati Media. Always a pop-culture geek, Barbara was raised on a steady diet of TV (and TV dinners), but she always found her way to TV’s antiheroes and misunderstood champions, whether on TV, in the movies or in literature. Barnett’s regular column, “Welcome to the End
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Memoirs of a Widowed Mistress Virtual Book Tour March & April 2011

Join Megan Van Eyck, author of the memoir, Memoirs of a Widowed Mistress, as she virtually tours the blogosphere March 1 – April 29 2011 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Megan Van Eyck Megan van Eyck lives near Seattle, Washington with her husband and children. Memoirs of a Widowed Mistress is her first memoir. You can visit Megan’s website at www.widowedmistress.com. Connect with Megan at Twitter and Facebook below: About Memoirs of a Widowed Mistress Memoirs of a Widowed Mistress is a cautionary tale about the causal relationship between marital emotional neglect and questionable choices. It is a warning for the spouse
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Pump Up Your Book’s February 2011 Authors on Virtual Book Tour – Day 3

Welcome to Day Three of Pump Up Your Book’s February 2011 Authors on Virtual Book Tour! Follow along as these talented authors travel the blogosphere all month long to talk about their books, their lives and their future projects. Leave a comment at their blog stops and you could win a FREE virtual book tour if you’re a published author or a $50 Amazon gift certificate if you are not published. So, pick your favorites, follow their tours, and make sure you leave them a note to tell them you stopped by! Lou Aronica, author of the fantasy novel, Blue, will be visiting Emerald’sfire Bookmark and As I Turn
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with Women’s Fiction Author Becky Due

Becky Due is becoming the new voice of women’s fiction. She has the courage, honesty and writing style for today’s busy women, and she does not cringe away from hard issues. She will leave you feeling strong, self-confident, independent, and in control of your life. She has a way of sucking you into the story and changing your life with her fast-paced novels you won’t want to put down. Her novels are not the same story with different characters; she has a unique ability to cross every genre from light-hearted romance to heart-racing suspense to keep her readers entertained and inspired. This talented, intelligent writer is quickly becoming women’s
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New Book for Review: Supernatural/suspense/Christian ‘The Face of God’ by Bill Meyers

Bill Meyers is touring in April 2011 with is supernatural/suspense/Christian novel, The Face of God. THE TERRORIST has learned of supernatural stones used by the Old Testament High Priests to hear the audible voice of God. As the mastermind of a deadly plot that will soon kill millions, he has had a series of dreams instructing him to find the stones. Everything else is in place. The wrath of God is poised and ready to be unleashed. All that is stopping him is . . .THE PASTOR. His wife has been murdered and his faith is crumbling before his very eyes. With his estranged son, he also searches for
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Pump Up Your Book’s February 2011 Authors on Virtual Book Tour – Day 2

Welcome to Day Two of Pump Up Your Book’s February 2011 Authors on Virtual Book Tour! Follow along as these talented authors travel the blogosphere all month long to talk about their books, their lives and their future projects. Leave a comment at their blog stops and you could win a FREE virtual book tour if you’re a published author or a $50 Amazon gift certificate if you are not published. So, pick your favorites, follow their tours, and make sure you leave them a note to tell them you stopped by! Lou Aronica, author of the fantasy novel, Blue, will be visiting Emeraldsfire’s Bookmark and Pump Up Your Book
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Book Giveaway: Medical Thriller Author Frank Edwards to give away copy of ‘Final Mercy’

Frank Edwards is giving away a copy of his medical thriller, Final Mercy, at By the Book today! Dr. Jack Forester, director of the New Canterbury University Hospital emergency department, is about to win an ongoing battle to modernize the ED when he’s stymied by the power-hungry dean, Bryson Witner.  Then someone tries to murder Jack’s mentor and the former dean, setting it up to look like suicide. Bit by bit, Jack uncovers facts that suggest several other recent tragic accidents may not have been in the least accidental.  The deeper he digs, the closer danger creeps, and the phrase “life or death” begins to take on a new
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Adventures in Nowhere Virtual Book Tour March & April 2011

Join John Ames, author of the coming of age novel, Adventures in Nowhere, as he virtually tours the blogosphere March 1 – April 29  2011 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About John Ames John Ames has a master’s degree in English from the University of Florida, where he was a Ford Fellow. After graduation, he built a rustic house and lived for several years on the edge of a spiritual community located near Gainesville, Florida. John’s search for enlightenment ended when he decided that he was too far from a movie theater. He moved inside the Gainesville city limits and taught English and
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Book Giveaway: Contemporary Romance Author Becky Due to give away copy of ‘The Dumpster’

Becky Due is giving away a copy of her contemporary romance, The Dumpster, at Night Owl Reviews today! The Dumpster: One Woman’s Search for Love is a Contemporary Romance Novel set in Miami, Florida about Nicole, a cute, chubby, twenty-something woman, who is looking for love in all the wrong places. Who would have guessed that a dumpster in the back alley below her bedroom window would hold the key to finding love? Click here to win!


Pump Up Your Book February 2011 Authors on Virtual Book Tour – Day 1

Welcome to Day One of Pump Up Your Book’s February 2011 Authors on Virtual Book Tour! Follow along as these talented authors travel the blogosphere all month long to talk about their books, their lives and their future projects. Leave a comment at their blog stops and you could win a FREE virtual book tour if you’re a published author or a $50 Amazon gift certificate if you are not published. So, pick your favorites, follow their tours, and make sure you leave them a note to tell them you stopped by! Lou Aronica, author of the fantasy novel, Blue, will be visiting In the Pages and Book Marketing
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