Posts Tagged ‘beach read’

Pump Up Your Book Presents Wanting Rita Virtual Book Publicity Tour 2012 + Kindle Fire Giveaway

Join Elyse Douglas, the husband/wife writing team of the women’s fiction novel, Wanting Rita, as they tour the blogosphere July 2 – August 24 2012 on their first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! The Wanting Rita Book Publicity Tour is part of huge Kindle Fire giveaway. See details further down on how you can win one for your own! ABOUT ELYSE DOUGLAS Elyse Douglas is the pen name for the married writing team Elyse Parmentier and Douglas Pennington. Elyse grew up near the sea, roaming the beaches, reading and writing stories and poetry, receiving a Master’s Degree in English Literature from Columbia University. She has enjoyed
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with Maya Jax

Loving spy and mystery novels, Maya Jax entertained the idea of being a secret agent and started working at an embassy overseas while doing her master’s in international relations.  During this time, she finished her first screenplay, an action/thriller about spies and nuclear weapons.  She pitched it to a friend in Hollywood, who told her she had talent, but to never – ever – show anyone the script again.  Realizing her love for writing was stronger than her desire to spy and fight crime, she attempted a second screenplay focusing on what she knew best — trying to make it as a writer.  The screenplay turned into a manuscript
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