Articles By: Dorothy Thompson

Dorothy Thompson is CEO/Founder of Pump Up Your Book, an innovative public relations agency specializing in online book promotion.

Excuse Me, Your Life is Waiting! Virtual Book Tour May 2010

Excuse Me, Your Life is Waiting! Virtual Book Tour May 2010
Join Robert Boich, author of the self-help book, Excuse Me, Your Life is Waiting! (iUniverse), as he virtually tours the blogosphere in May 2010 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Robert Boich Robert Boich was born in Phoenix Arizona. He earned his bachelor’s degree...
March 12th, 2010 | Authors on Tour, Featured | Read More

Pump Up Your Book Chats with Singer/Songwriter/Author George Earl Parker

Pump Up Your Book Chats with Singer/Songwriter/Author George Earl Parker
George Earl Parker is an Author, Singer/Songwriter, and an Artist. As director of the short film The Yellow Submarine Sandwich, included in Eric Idle’s pseudo-documentary of a band called the Rutles, Parker received accolades, awards, and a showing at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. His...
March 12th, 2010 | Author Interviews, Featured | Read More

Book Review: An Axe to Grind by F.M. Meredith

Book Review: An Axe to Grind by F.M. Meredith
Title: An Axe to Grind Author: F.M. Meredith Genre: Crime/police procedural Publisher: Dark Oak Mysteries Pages: 178 ISBN: 978- 1892343789 Rating: SYNOPSIS Detective Doug Milligan and his partner question suspects in the murder of a stalker including the stalker’s target, her boyfriend, father...
March 11th, 2010 | Featured, Recent Reviews | Read More

New Book for Review: Science Fiction The Cassandra Prophesy

New Book for Review: Science Fiction The Cassandra Prophesy
Robert “Doc” Gowdy will be touring in May with his science fiction novel, The Cassandra Prophesy.  Called to action by a mysterious ancient Order-an ancient Order in cahoots with the Empress Flaccilla of the First Galactic Empire of Emperor Tulla-to help bring about the fulfillment of a long forgotten...
March 10th, 2010 | Featured, What's New? | Read More

New Book for Review: YA Fantasy The Elf of Luxembourg

New Book for Review: YA Fantasy The Elf of Luxembourg
Tom Weston will be touring in May with his YA fantasy novel, The Elf of Luxembourg.Deep beneath the ancient city of Luxembourg there lies a secret. The Vampires believe it is protected by the Elf. The Elf believes it is protected by a prophecy concerning Alex and Jackie. And the sisters? They believe...
March 10th, 2010 | Featured, What's New? | Read More

New Book for Review: Political Thriller Take Me Out to the Ballgame

New Book for Review: Political Thriller Take Me Out to the Ballgame
Gary Morgenstein will be touring in May with his political thriller novel, Take Me Out to the Ballgame.  Baseball and bailouts, as American as apple pie. Weaving today’s economic malaise with the powerful magic of a Cinderella baseball team, Take Me Out to the Ballgame is a political baseball novel...
March 10th, 2010 | Featured, What's New? | Read More

New Book for Review: Thriller Moonlight Falls

New Book for Review: Thriller Moonlight Falls
Vincent Zandri will be touring in May ‘10 with his thriller novel, The Cutting. In MOONLIGHT FALLS, novelist and photo journalist Vincent Zandri asks the question “If you knew your life could end at any moment, how far would you go to prove you murdered your lover? ” Albany, New York,...
March 10th, 2010 | Featured, What's New? | Read More

New Book for Review: Self-Help Excuse Me, Your Life is Waiting!

New Book for Review: Self-Help Excuse Me, Your Life is Waiting!
Robert Boich will be touring in May ‘10 with his self-help book, Excuse Me, Your Life is Waiting! Making a resolution to address an alcohol or substance abuse issue is only the beginning. The real work begins when the alcoholic or addict acknowledges that something has to be done. In Excuse Me,...
March 10th, 2010 | Featured, What's New? | Read More

Pump Up Your Book Chats with Kevin Coupe: ‘The Big Picture’

Pump Up Your Book Chats with Kevin Coupe: ‘The Big Picture’
(l) Kevin Coupe (r) Michael Sansolo Kevin Coupe has been a working writer all his professional life.  He is the co-author, with Michael Sansolo, of The Big Picture:  Essential Business Lessons From The Movies, which uses movies to illustrate tenets of leadership, the importance of marketing and branding,...
March 9th, 2010 | Author Interviews, Featured | Read More

Pump Up Your Book Chats with George Bishop: ‘Letter to My Daughter’

Pump Up Your Book Chats with George Bishop: ‘Letter to My Daughter’
George Bishop, Jr., worked as an actor in Los Angeles before moving overseas to teach.  Over two decades he’s lived and taught in Slovakia, Turkey, Indonesia, Azerbaijan, India, and most recently, Japan.  He holds a BA from Loyola University of New Orleans, an MFA from the University of North Carolina...
March 8th, 2010 | Author Interviews, Featured | Read More

Pump Up Your Book Chats with Self-Help/Inspirational Author Michele Wahlder

Pump Up Your Book Chats with Self-Help/Inspirational Author Michele Wahlder
Michele Wahlder is a certified life coach, career counselor, licensed psychotherapist, motivational speaker and gratitude enthusiast. She is the founder of Life Possibilities, LLC, a company that guides people to become the highest vision they hold for themselves in their lives, careers and relationships...
March 7th, 2010 | Author Interviews, Featured | Read More

New Book for Review: Urban Fantasy Immortalis Carpe Noctem

New Book for Review: Urban Fantasy Immortalis Carpe Noctem
Katie Salidas will be touring May 17 – 28 with her urban fantasy, Immortalis Carpe Noctem.  Walking back home through the badly-lit campus of UNLV, twenty-five year old Alyssa is brutally attacked by two savage men. By the time a handsome stranger intervenes, Alyssa has almost bled to death, and...
March 6th, 2010 | Featured, What's New? | Read More

Pump Up Your Book Chats with Women’s Fiction Author Christa Allan

Pump Up Your Book Chats with Women’s Fiction Author Christa Allan
A true Southern woman who knows that any cook worth her gumbo always starts with a roux and who never wears white after Labor Day, Christa weaves stories of unscripted grace with threads of hope, humor, and heart.  Her debut women’s fiction, Walking on Broken Glass, is published by Abingdon Press....
March 3rd, 2010 | Author Interviews, Featured | Read More

Book Review: The Cutting by James Hayman

Book Review: The Cutting by James Hayman
THE CUTTING by James Hayman Paperback: 336 pages Publisher: St. Martins Minotaur Language: English ISBN-10: 0-312-53129-x ISBN-13: 13: 978-0-312-53129-4 SYNOPSIS Someone is Stealing the Hearts of Beautiful Young Women. NYPD homicide detective Mike McCabe left New York for Maine to escape his...
March 3rd, 2010 | Featured, Recent Reviews | Read More

Pump Up Your Book Chats with Mystery Suspense Author F.M. Meredith

Pump Up Your Book Chats with Mystery Suspense Author F.M. Meredith
Marilyn Meredith is the author of over twenty-five published novels. Under the name of F.M. Meredith she writes the Rocky Bluff P.D. crime series. No Sanctuary was a finalist in the mystery/suspense category of Epic’s best in e-books contest. She also writes the award winning Deputy Tempe Crabtree...
March 2nd, 2010 | Author Interviews, Featured | Read More