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Pump Up Your Book’s October 2010 Authors on Virtual Book Tour – Day 12

Welcome to Day Twelve of Pump Up Your Book’s October 2010 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 with a recent release 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! ________________________________________ Joel M. Andre, author of the horror novel, The Black Chronicles: Cry of
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Pump Up Your Book’s October 2010 Authors on Virtual Book Tour – Day 11

Welcome to Day Eleven of Pump Up Your Book’s October 2010 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 with a recent release 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! ________________________________________ Joel M. Andre, author of the horror novel, The Black Chronicles: Cry
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I Am Santa Virtual Book Tour November & December ’10

Join Kristy Haile, author of the holiday family fiction novel, I Am Santa (Happy Bean Publishing), as she virtually tours the blogosphere November 15 – December 17 ‘10 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Kristy Haile Californian Kristy Haile earned an Associate’s degree in Dental Hygiene from Northeastern University in Boston and then worked as a hygienist in Massachusetts and California. She moved from her hometown of Turlock, CA to Los Angeles, where her two children became actors on TV (The Office, Criminal Minds, Desperate Housewives), movies (Chihuahua: The Movie) and in commercials. At age 4, son Ty came to believe he was
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The Staff of Rahgorra Virtual Book Tour November ’10

Join Mark Oetjens, author of the science f iction novel, The Staff of Rahgorra (Conquer Publishing), as he virtually tours the blogosphere November 1 – 26‘10 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Mark Oetjens Mark Oetjens was born in 1971. He grew up in suburban Chicago. As a child he was diagnosed with Dystonia, a debilitating neuromuscular disorder. Though there is no cure for Dystonia, surgeries and rehabilitation allowed him to walk with only a slight limp by the time he started high school. He received a B.A. in English and an M.A. in Anthropology, both from Northern Illinois University. As an adult
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  • October 15, 2010
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Life Choices: Putting the Pieces Together Virtual Book Tour November & December ’10

Join Judi Moreo, editor and co-author of the motivational self-help anthology, Life Choices: Putting the Pieces Together (Turning Point International), as she virtually tours the blogosphere  on November 1 – December 17 ‘10 on her third virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book ! About Judi Moreo Judi Moreo, CSP, is the publisher and one of the 26 authors in this book, Life Choices: Putting the Pieces Together. She is also the author of the best selling book, You Are More Than Enough: Every Woman’s Guide to Purpose, Passion, and Power, and its companion, Achievement Journal. She is a Certified Speking Professional (fewer than 10% of the speakers
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The Snow Globe Virtual Book Tour November ’10

Join Sheila Roberts, author of the women’s fiction, The Snow Globe (St. Martin’s Press), as she virtually tours the blogosphere November 1 – 26 ‘10 on her fourth virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Sheila Roberts Sheila Roberts lives in the Pacific Northwest. Her novels have appeared in Readers Digest Condensed books and have been published in several languages. Her novel Angel Lane was an Amazon Top Ten Romance pick for 2009 and her holiday perennial, On Strike for Christmas is slated to be a Lifetime Channel movie presentation this December. When she’s not hanging out with her girlfriends or hitting the dance floor with her
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  • October 15, 2010
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Everything I Never Wanted to Be Virtual Book Tour November ’10

Join Dina Kucera, author of the memoir, Everything I Never Wanted to Be (Dream of Things) as she virtually tours the blogosphere in November ‘10 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Dina Kucera Dina Kucera was born and raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico. After completing a project to collect and identify fifty insects, she graduated from the ninth grade and left school for good. It seemed like a good idea at the time. Her first job was a paper route, and she has worked as a maid, bartender, waitress, and grocery store checker. Dina has also been a stand-up comic for twenty years,
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Pump Up Your Book’s October 2010 Authors on Virtual Book Tour – Day 10

Welcome to Day Ten of Pump Up Your Book’s October 2010 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 with a recent release 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! ________________________________________ Joel M. Andre, author of the horror novel, The Black Chronicles: Cry of
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The Twinning Murders Virtual Book Tour November & December ’10

Join Shelly Frome, author of the murder mystery novel, The Twinning Murders (Beckham Publications), as he virtually tours the blogosphere November 15 – December 17 ‘10 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Shelly Frome Shelly Frome is a Professor Emeritus of dramatic arts at the University of Connecticut. A former professional actor and theater director, his writing credits include a number of national and international articles on acting and theater, profiles of artists and notable figures in the arts, books on theater and film and mystery novels. His books include The Art and Craft of  Screenwriting, Tinseltown Riff, Lilac Moon, The Actors Studio,
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Of Honest Fame Virtual Book Tour November & December ’10

Join M.M. Bennetts, author of the historical fiction novel, Of Honest Fame (Diiarts) as the author virtually tours the blogosphere November 1 – December 17 ‘10 on the author’s first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About M.M. Bennetts Educated at Boston University and St Andrews, M.M. Bennetts is a specialist in the economic, social and military history of Napoleonic Europe. The author is a keen cross-country and dressage rider, as well as an accomplished pianist, regularly performing music of the era as both a soloist and accompanist. Bennetts is a long-standing book critic for The Christian Science Monitor. The author is married and lives in England. Bennetts’
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Pump Up Your Book’s October 2010 Authors on Virtual Book Tour – Day 9

Welcome to Day Nine of Pump Up Your Book’s October 2010 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 with a recent release 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! ________________________________________ Joel M. Andre, author of the horror novel, The Black Chronicles: Cry of
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with John Knoerle

John Knoerle was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1949 and migrated to California with his family in the 1960s. He has worked as a stand-up comic, a voiceover actor and a radio reporter. He wrote the screenplay for “Quiet Fire,” which starred Karen Black and Lawrence Hilton Jacobs, and the stage play “The He-Man Woman Hater’s Club,” an LA Time’s Critics Choice. John also worked as a writer for Garrison Keillor’s “A Prairie Home Companion.” Knoerle’s first novel, Crystal Meth Cowboys, published in 2003, was optioned by Fox TV. His second novel, The Violin Player,won the Mayhaven Award for Fiction. Knoerle is currently at work on The American Spy
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Finding God: To Believe or Not to Believe Virtual Book Tour November & December ’10

Join Nicholas Oliva, author of the nonfiction spiritual book, Finding God: To Believe or Not to Believe (Old Line Publishing), as he virtually tours the blogosphere November 1 – December 17 ‘10 on his second virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Nicholas Oliva Nicholas Oliva (O-lee-va’) has been a musician, writer, poet, photographer, an audio engineer, an Entertainment and Technical Director for over twenty-five years. His first book, Only Moments, was published in 2007, which was a novel that followed the lifetime journey of the professional musical career of a husband and wife team to the year 2020. His latest book is Finding God: To Believe or Not To
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Pump Up Your Book’s October 2010 Authors on Virtual Book Tour – Day 8

Welcome to Day Eight of Pump Up Your Book’s October 2010 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 with a recent release 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! ________________________________________ Joel M. Andre, author of the horror novel, The Black Chronicles: Cry
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The Remains Virtual Book Tour November & December ’10

Join Vincent Zandri, author of the thriller suspense novel, The Remains (Stone House Ink), as he virtually tours the blogosphere in November & December ‘10 on his fourth virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Vincent Zandri Vincent Zandri is an award-winning novelist, essayist and freelance photojournalist. His novel As Catch Can (Delacorte) was touted in two pre-publication articles by Publishers Weekly and was called “Brilliant” upon its publication by The New York Post. The Boston Herald attributed it as “The most arresting first crime novel to break into print this season.” Other novels include the bestselling, Moonlight Falls,Godchild (Bantam/Dell) and Permanence (NPI). Translated into several languages
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The Sixth Surrender Virtual Book Tour November ’10

Join Hana Samek Norton, author of the historical fiction novel, The Sixth Surrender (Penguin/Plume) as she virtually tours the blogosphere in November ’10 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Hana Samek Norton Hana’s passion for the Middle Ages dates to a childhood exploring the ruins of castles and cloisters in the (now) Czech Republic. She also developed that “lurid taste in fiction,” by reading dog-eared novels full of the drama and melodrama of history. She graduated with an MA from the University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, and a Ph. D. (both in history, of course), from the University of New Mexico
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Toto’s Tale Virtual Book Tour November & December ’10

Join K.D. Hays and Meg Weidman,  mother/daughter writing team of the children’s middle grade fiction novel, Toto’s Tale (Zumaya Publications) as they virtually tour the blogosphere in November and December ’10 on their first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About K.D. Hays and Meg Weidman K.D. Hays and Meg Weidman are a mother-daughter team who aspire to be professional roller coaster riders and who can tell you exactly what not to put in your pockets when you ride El Toro at Six Flags. Meg is studying art in a middle school magnet program. For fun, she jumps on a precision jump rope team and reads anything
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Pump Up Chats with Science Fiction Thriller Author DCS

DCS was born in Alexandria, Virginia. She graduated high school in Huntersville, NC and attended the University of North Carolina at Charlotte intent on earning a degree in Political Science and becoming a lawyer. She instead eventually turned to writing. DCS is currently attending the American Institute of Holistic Theology to earn her PhD in Metaphysical Spirituality. You can also hear her live every Saturday evening on BlogTalkRadio’s In the Mind of DCS. Show starts at 7pm Central Standard Time. Synarchy Book 2: The Ascension is her second novel, and four more are scheduled for release. Synarchy Book 3: SVT and Synarchy Book 4: The Black Widow are the
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Pump Up Your Book’s October 2010 Authors on Virtual Book Tour – Day 6

Welcome to Day Six of Pump Up Your Book’s October 2010 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 with a recent release 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! ________________________________________ Joel M. Andre, author of the horror novel, The Black Chronicles: Cry of
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Forbidden the Stars Virtual Book Tour November ’10

Join Valmore Daniels, author of the science fiction novel, Forbidden the Stars (Mummer Media) as he virtually tours the blogosphere November 1 – 26 ’10 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Valmore Daniels In true nomadic spirit, Valmore Daniels has lived on the coasts of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Arctic Oceans, and dozens of points in between. An insatiable thirst for new experiences has led him to work in several fields, including legal research, elderly care, oil & gas administration, web design, government service, human resources, and retail business management. His enthusiasm for travel is only surpassed by his passion for telling tall
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Pump Up Your Book’s October 2010 Authors on Virtual Book Tour – Day 5

Welcome to Day Five of Pump Up Your Book’s October 2010 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 with a recent release 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! ________________________________________ Joel M. Andre, author of the horror novel, The Black Chronicles: Cry
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The 19th Element Virtual Book Tour November & December ’10

Join John L. Betcher, author of the suspense thriller, The 19th Element: A James Becker Thriller (Createspace), as he virtually tours the blogosphere November 1 – December 17‘10 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About John L. Betcher John L. Betcher is a University of Minnesota Law School graduate and has practiced law for more than twenty-five years in the Mississippi River community of Red Wing, Minnesota.  He possesses substantial first-hand knowledge of the Prairie River Nuclear Plant’s real world counterpart, as well as Red Wing’s airport and the flight rules around the nuke plant. In addition to The 19th Element, he has published
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New Book for Review: Romantic Suspsense Novel ‘All’s Fair in Love and Law’ by K.M. Daughters

During an outing with his sister’s twin girls, Patrick Sullivan, a new captain at the Chicago Police Department, comes face-to-face with a woman who gets his body tingling all over. C.J. Demarco, also known as, Charlie, is a shining star of a defense attorney at Schotz, Pearson and Freemont. When she gets a perp off on a technicality, Patrick’s department isn’t looking too good. But he has much bigger issues to deal with. Someone is brutally killing prostitutes and dumping them in the trash in the city’s alleys. Despite working on seemingly opposite sides of the law, Charlie and Pat can’t deny their attraction to each other. When Charlie
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New Book for Review: Chapbook for Tweens ‘Tiny Angel’ by Nancy Carty Lepri

When her dad is transferred to a new town, Macy Carver leaves behind her best friend and everything she knows. Suddenly she is the new girl…alone and bullied. An unexpected flash announces guardian angel Jody, who teaches her how to fit in and become a forever friend. 100 pages – PDF and paperback formats available Visit the author online at http://nancycl.webs.com If you would like to review Tiny Angel in December, email us by clicking here or email Cheryl Malandrinos at cg20pm00(at)gmail(dot)com.  Deadline for inquiries is November 15 or until the tour is filled. Thank you!


New Book for Review: Children’s Picture Book ‘Babysitting SugarPaw’ by Virginia Grenier

A little bear named SugarPaw hopes to get rid of his babysitter, Bonnie Whiskers, by getting her into trouble after making changes to his rules chart. As this fun loving story unfolds, SugarPaw learns about honesty and friendship. 32 pages Visit the author online at http://vsgrenier.com This book tour is full and no longer accepting blog hosts! Thank you for your interest in Babysitting SugarPaw.


Pump Up Your Book’s October 2010 Authors on Virtual Book Tour – Day 4

Welcome to Day Four of Pump Up Your Book’s October 2010 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 with a recent release 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! ________________________________________ Joel M. Andre, author of the horror novel, The Black Chronicles: Cry of
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Pump Up Your Book’s October 2010 Authors on Virtual Book Tour – Day 3

Welcome to Day Three of Pump Up Your Book’s October 2010 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 with a recent release 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! ________________________________________ Joel M. Andre, author of the horror novel, The Black Chronicles: Cry
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Pump Up Your Book’s October 2010 Authors on Virtual Book Tour – Day 2

Welcome to Day Two of Pump Up Your Book’s October 2010 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 with a recent release 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! ________________________________________ Joel M. Andre, author of the horror novel, The Black Chronicles: Cry
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Brave Boys of Derry or No Surrender! Virtual Book Tour November ’10

Join W.S Martin, author of the historical children’s book, Brave Boys of Derry or No Surrender! (Nordskog Publishing, Inc.), as he posthumously tours the blogosphere in November on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book. About W.S. Martin Not much is known about the author. Mr. W. Stanley Martin was a stationer and was partner in the City of London firm, Martin & Purnham.  He spent his last days in Felpham in Sussex, England and used to attend services at the Chapel of the Bannister, Theological College in Felpham. You can visit the publisher online at www.NordskogPublishing.com to learn more about the Brave Boys of Derry or No Surrender!
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Pump Up Your Book’s October 2010 Authors on Virtual Book Tour – Day 1

Welcome to Day One  of Pump Up Your Book’s October 2010 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 with a recent release 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! ________________________________________ Joel M. Andre, author of the horror novel, The Black Chronicles: Cry
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