Posts Tagged ‘online book tour’

New Horror Novella for Review: The Noctuary by Greg Chapman

Greg Chapman will be touring in December with his horror novella The Noctuary. Struggling writer Simon Ryan’’s life has gone to Hell. Shadows are pouring into his reality and his words are not his own anymore. He has been chosen to become a scribe for some of the worst creatures of the Underworld – the ones whose sole purpose is to torment human souls – The Dark Muses. As Simon writes, he falls deeper into the abyss and before long he has no sense of what is real. With the help of another scribe, old and mutilated, Simon comes to discover that his writing can mould people and places
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New Book for Review: Natural Treatment Solutions For Hyperthyroidism and Graves’ Disease by Eric M. Osansky D.C.

Eric M. Osansky D.C will be touring in December with his alternative health book, Natural Treatment Solutions For Hyperthyroidism and Graves’ Disease. If you have hyperthyroidism or Graves’ Disease and are looking for a natural treatment solution to get to the underlying cause of your condition, then this book will show you how to restore your health naturally…and avoid radioactive iodine. In the United States, radioactive iodine is commonly recommended as the first line of treatment for hyperthyroidism and Graves’ Disease. While radioactive iodine is necessary at times, in most cases it should be the last resort. Antithyroid drugs may be necessary to manage the symptoms, but they of
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  • October 16, 2011
  • books for review, Featured
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New Tween Book for Review: The Incredibly Awesome Adventures of Puggie Liddell by Karen Mueller Bryson

Karen Mueller Bryson will be touring in December with her comedic adventure novel for teens, The Incredibly Awesome Adventures of Puggie Liddell. History made fun! In this fast-paced and action-packed time travel adventure, the wise-cracking whiz kid, Puggie Liddell’s modified Gameboy activates a time travel portal and he lands in the 1890s with his sibling rival, annoyingly prissy teen sister, Gigi, who thinks history is like-totally-gross. The kids must learn to work together to find a time travel portal back to the present before the eccentric scientist, Nikola Tesla, or his arch nemesis, inventor Thomas Edison, can steal the Gameboy and use it to complete a death ray machine,
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Echo Falls Online Book Tour November & December 2011

Join Jaime McDougall, author of the paranormal romance novel Echo Falls as she virtually tours the blogosphere in November and December 2011 on her second tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Jaime McDougall Jaime McDougall is a citizen of the world, currently loving life in beautiful country Victoria in Australia. She loves eating sushi, kidnapping her husband and naming her pets in honour of science fiction authors. She has been published in Chicken Soup for the Soul: High School: The Real Deal and Chicken Soup for the Soul: Campus Chronicles. So You Want to Write a Guest Post: An Author’s Guide to Promoting with Guest Blogging is her
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Black & Orange Online Book Tour December 2011

Join Benjamin Kane Ethridge, author of the award-winning dark fantasy horror Black & Orange as he virtually tours the blogosphere in December 2011 on his second tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Benjamin Kane Ethridge Benjamin Kane Ethridge’s fiction has appeared in Doorways Magazine, Dark Recesses, FearZone, and others. His dark fantasy novel BLACK & ORANGE (Bad Moon Books 2010) has won the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in First Novel. Beyond that he’s written several collaborations with Michael Louis Calvillo, one of which is a novella called UGLY SPIRIT, available in 2011. He also wrote a master’s thesis entitled, “CAUSES OF UNEASE: The Rhetoric of Horror
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You Never Know Virtual Book Publicity Tour November 2011

Join Lilian Duval, author of the literary fiction, You Never Know: Tales of Tobias, an Accidental Lottery Winner (Wheatmark, Inc.), as she virtually tours the blogosphere November 1 – 23 2011 on her fourth virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Lilian Duval Lilian Duval lives with her husband George, a native of Singapore, in a small house in New Jersey overlooking a large county park. They have two sons and a daughter, all independent and ambitious, and several cats. She’s an amateur classical guitarist and enjoys attending concerts and plays in New York City. But writing has always been her calling. In her own words, “The
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New Book for Review: Business/Leadership “Fundamentally Different” by David Friedman

David Friedman is touring in November 2011 with his business/leadership book, Fundamentally Different. In Fundamentally Different, Friedman uses stories and examples from his 27 years of business leadership experience to make clear the connection between values and success in a way that’s as enjoyable to read as it is insightful. Is organizational culture just a New Age obsession that distracts us from the real work of business?  What role do values play in organizational success?  How can we create greater consistency between the values we say are important and the ones that actually show up in the routine behavior of our people?   What’s the most important common denominator found
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Pump Up Chats with Karen Simpson – Author of Act of Grace

Karen Simpson lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan and holds a Master’s in Historic Preservation. Writing, fabric art, and history are her passions. She’s a quilter and has taught African American quilting for over twenty years. As a historian, Simpson has designed exhibits for museums and other historical institutions that deal with issues of cultural diversity and racial reconciliation. The subjects and themes for her fiction are taken from the stories she discovers while doing research. In 2009 Simpson was awarded the Speculative Literature Foundation’s Older Writers Grant. Act of Grace is her first novel. Thank you for this interview, Karen.  Would you tell us briefly about Act of Grace
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Devil’s Hand Virtual Book Publicity Tour October/November 2011

Join M.E. Patterson, author of the supernatural fantasy novel, Devil’s Hand (Digimonkey Studios), as he virtually tours the blogosphere October 3 – November 23, 2011 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About M.E. Patterson M. E. Patterson is an author of sci-fi, fantasy, horror, and thrillers, as well as an information technologist. He received an English/Fiction Writing degree from Virginia Tech, where he studied under nationally-recognized writers and poets. He has published short stories on RevolutionSF and his first manuscript for his book, Devil’s Hand, placed in the top five in the Writers’ League of Texas Manuscript Contest. You can visit his website at
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Pump Up Chats with Women’s Fiction Author Shobhan Bantwal

Besides authoring five novels, Shobhan Bantwal is a freelance writer and award-winning fiction writer featured in publications such as The Writer, India Abroad, Little India, India Currents and New Woman India. She regularly donates a portion of her book earnings to women’s charities. For information on her books, contests, events, recipes, photos, contact, and favorite charities, visit her website at www.shobhanbantwal.com or her facebook page at www.facebook.com/ShobhanBantwal.author Thank you for this interview, Shobhan. I (Jaime) have been working with you for four years now to spread the word about your books online. It’s been a wonderful pleasure. Can you tell the readers here about how things have changed since promoting your first book?
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A Christmas Journey Home Virtual Book Tour, October 2011

Join Kathi Macias, author of the Christian contemporary seasonal novel, A Christmas Journey Home (New Hope Publishers, October 5, 2011), as she virtually tours the blogosphere in October 2011 on her ninth virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Kathi Macias Kathi Macias is a multi-award winning writer who has authored more than 30 books and ghostwritten several others. A former newspaper columnist and string reporter, Kathi has taught creative and business writing in various venues and has been a guest on many radio and television programs. Kathi is a popular speaker at churches, women’s clubs and retreats, and writers’ conferences, and won the 2008 Member of the Year award from AWSA (Advanced Writers and
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Deliver Me From Evil Virtual Book Tour, October 2011

Join Kathi Macias, author of the Christian contemporary suspense novel, Deliver Me From Evil (New Hope Publishers, September 5, 2011), as she virtually tours the blogosphere in October 2011 on her eighth virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Kathi Macias Kathi Macias is a multi-award winning writer who has authored more than 30 books and ghostwritten several others. A former newspaper columnist and string reporter, Kathi has taught creative and business writing in various venues and has been a guest on many radio and television programs. Kathi is a popular speaker at churches, women’s clubs and retreats, and writers’ conferences, and won the 2008 Member of the Year award from AWSA
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  • September 19, 2011
  • Authors on Tour, Featured
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Act of Grace by Karen Simpson Online Book Tour October & November 2011

Join Karen Simpson, author of the contemporary speculative fiction novel Act of Grace as she virtually tours the blogosphere in October and Novemer 2011 on her first tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Karen Simpson Karen Simpson is passionate about the craft of writing fiction, the art of quilting, and the discipline of historical research. She received her bachelor’s degree in Animal Husbandry, M.A. in Foreign and International Trade and a M.S. in Historic Preservation. A historic preservationist trained in heritage interpretation and administration, the subjects and themes of her fiction are often taken from the stories she discovers while doing research for museum exhibits. In 2009 Simpson
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You Never Know Virtual Book Publicity Tour October 2011

Join Lilian Duval, author of the literary fiction, You Never Know: Tales of Tobias, an Accidental Lottery Winner (Wheatmark, Inc.), as she virtually tours the blogosphere October 3 – 28 2011 on her third virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Lilian Duval Lilian Duval was born in New York City to French-speaking parents and went to public school with a French accent so thick that she was assigned to the slowest of four first-grade classes. “Thunder, not TUNDER!” the teacher scolded her in front of the class. “Mother, not MUDDER!” “I got rid of my accent all right,” Lilian says in perfectly generic American English. “I
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Pump Up Chats with Joseph Schneller

Joseph Schneller served as a captain in the U.S. Marine Corps and holds a Psychology degree from Whitworth. He is an alumnus of the Christian Writers Guild. His publishing credits include Focus on the Family’s Thriving Family, Clubhouse, and Focus on the Family; LifeWay’s Stand Firm; and Walk Thru the Bible’s Indeed. He writes nonfiction and humor for adults, and fiction for children, youth, and adults. He and his wife, Kippi, live in Colorado with their two young boys. Your Average Joe: Unplugged is his first book. You can visit Joseph Schneller’s website at www.josephschneller.com. On Your Average Joe: Unplugged Q: Can you tell us why you wrote your
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New Paranormal Romance Book for Review: Echo Falls by Jaime McDougall

Jaime McDougall will be touring in November and December with her paranormal romance novel Echo Falls. Running from a nightmare stalking her every move, Phoebe Martin arrives in Echo Falls hoping she has finally found a safe place to stop. But trouble has a way of catching up and soon the signs are there. After a vicious attack in an alley, policeman Aidan O’Bryan is left with Phoebe as his only path to understanding why the Echo Falls werewolf pack – his pack – is being attacked. When another pack member is killed, Phoebe is forced to confront her past before she loses Aidan and everything she has come
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New Book for Review: Black & Orange by Benjamin Kane Ethridge

Benjamin Kane Ethridge is touring in December with his dark fantasy horror novel Black & Orange. Forget everything you know about Halloween. The stories are distortions. They were created to keep the Church of Midnight hidden from the world. Every October 31st a gateway opens to a hostile land of sacrificial magic and chaos. Since the beginning of civilization the Church of Midnight has attempted to open the gateway and unite with its other half, the Church of Morning. Each year they’ve come closer, waiting for the ideal sacrifice to open the gateway permanently. This year that sacrifice has come. And only two can protect it. Martin and Teresa
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New Contemporary Romantic Comedy for Review: Teed Up for Love by Barbara Weitz

Barbara Weitz will be touring in December with her contemporary romantic comedy Teed Up for Love. SOMETIMES A WORKING GIRL BLOWS HER LID… Using her quick wit and take-charge attitude, Miranda Stiltgaard takes a marketing job for Stuart Golf Enterprises in Chicago determined to prove a well-educated girl raised in a small Alaskan town can succeed in a big city. WHEN ACCUSED OF A CRIME SHE DIDN’T DO… Embezzlement of company funds sends aloof London bachelor, Keegan Stuart, roaring into Chicago to ferret out a thief and protect the family business. THEN RISKS HEARTBREAK TO BOOT…. Miranda hates that this unreadable Brit sees her as a backwoods frontierswoman dragging
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New Thriller Novel for Review: Haunted by Douglas Misquita

Douglas Misquita will be touring in December with his thriller novel Haunted. FBI Special Agent Kirk Ingram’s life is torn apart when his family is brutally murdered before his eyes. Devastated physically and psychologically, he vows to destroy organized crime in all forms. In the Eastern bloc, a rogue dictator state is stockpiling Citex, a deadly nerve agent… Across the globe, an international trade house funnels Balkan organized crime activities through its business channels and now hatches a plot to distribute Citex to major cities in the world, creating a nexus with terror that threatens to bring the world order to the point of anarchy. And only one man
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Author Dr. Mitchell Gibson on The Passion of Writing

Writing is one of the greatest passions of my life. When I was eight years old, I wrote a two page short story describing the emotions that I experienced during my parents separation and divorce. My third grade teacher read the piece and was moved to tears. She drove to our home, read it to my mother, and insisted that she nurture my writing ability as much as possible. We didn’t have much money at the time, but my mother took what she had and purchased a set of World Book Encyclopedias. Those books were the greatest gift anyone had ever given me. They opened the world up to
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Nine Insights For a Happy and Successful Life Online Book Tour September & October 2011

Join Dr. Mitchell Gibson, author of the self-help book Nine Insights For a Happy and Successful Life as he virtually tours the blogosphere in September & October 2011 on his first tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Dr. Mitchell Gibson Dr. Mitchell Gibson is one of the world’s leading authorities on the interface of science, the human soul, and the frontiers of human consciousness. He is the best-selling author of Your Immortal Body of Light, Signs of Mental Illness, Signs of Psychic and Spiritual Ability, The Living Soul, and Ancient Teaching Stories. He has delivered addresses to many of the world’s largest conferences related to science and consciousness.
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The Full Moon Bride Online Book Tour September 2011

Join Shobhan Bantwal, author of The Full Moon Bride as she virtually tours the blogosphere in September 2011 on her fifth tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Shobhan Bantwal Shobhan Bantwal calls her writing Bollywood in a Book, romantic, colorful, action-packed tales, rich with elements of her own Indian culture, stories that entertain and educate. Shobhan writes for a variety of publications including The Writer magazine, India Abroad, Little India, U.S. 1, Desi Journal, India Currents, Overseas Indian, and New Woman India. Her short stories have won honors/awards in contests sponsored by Writer’s Digest, New York Stories and New Woman magazines. Visit her website at www.shobhanbantwal.com About The
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Pump Up Chats with Melanie Benjamin

Melanie Benjamin is a pseudonym for Melanie Hauser, the author of two contemporary novels. Her first work of historical fiction as Melanie Benjamin was Alice I Have Been. The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb is her second release. She lives in Chicago, where she is at work on her next historical novel. You can visit her online at www.melaniebenjamin.com. On The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb Q: Can you tell us why you wrote your book?  I was stuck in the middle of a manuscript that I simply couldn’t finish; I’d lost interest in it and had to assume the reader would, as well.  But it was due to
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Bears With Us Virtual Book Tour, October 2011

Join Marilyn Meredith, author of the mystery novel,  Bears With Us (Mundania Press, August 2011), as she virtually tours the blogosphere in October on her ninth virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Marilyn Meredith Marilyn Meredith is the author of over thirty published novels, many award winning, including the Deputy Tempe Crabtree mystery series. Bears With Us is the latest release. Writing as F. M. Meredith, her latest Rocky Bluff P.D. crime novel is Angel Lost, the third from Oak Tree Press. Marilyn is a member of EPIC, Four chapters of Sisters in Crime, including the Central Coast chapter, Mystery Writers of America, and on the board of the Public Safety
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Pump Up Chats with Sherree Funk

Well-grounded in biblical Christianity, Sherree G. Funk is passionate about sharing her love and knowledge of God’s Word with the next generation. She has earned Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees and holds a Certificate in Christian Studies from Asbury Theological Seminary. Sherree leads small groups of teens at Ingomar UMC. Peter: Rock Star from Galilee is her latest release. Her other teen Bible studies are available at www.servingonelord.com. On Peter: Rock Star from Galilee Q: Can you tell us why you wrote your book? When I was leading a group of young teens a few years ago, I found there were very few quality Bible studies for this age group. 
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New Book for Review: Nine Insights For A Happy and Successful Life by Dr. Mitchell Gibson

Dr. Mitchell Gibson will be touring in September and October with his book Nine Insights For A Happy and Successful Life. The Nine Insights is a book that is designed to be a guide for those who wish to rise above the suffering and confusion that so often marks this path of existence. As a medical professional, the Creator has given me thousands of profound moments of transformational insight. I began keeping notes on these insights and stored them away in a journal that over time, became the basis for this work. From time to time, I shared these insights with friends, family, clients, and colleagues. Simple in their
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Pump Up Chats with Dark Fantasy Author Benjamin Kane Ethridge

Benjamin Kane Ethridge is the Bram Stoker Award winning author of the novel Black & Orange. He received a Masters of Art in English Composition from California State University, San Bernardino, and his thesis was entitled: “Causes of Unease: The Rhetoric of Horror Fiction and Film.” When he isn’t staring into a burning computer screen, Benjamin is defending California’s water supplies as an environmental compliance inspector. His official web presence is www.bkethridge.com and you can FaceBook him here, www.facebook.com/benjamin.kane.ethridge and Tweet him here, twitter.com/#!/bkethridge Thank you for this interview, Benjamin.  Do you remember writing stories as a child or did the writing bug come later?  Do you remember your
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Pump Up Chats with Chamed – Author of ‘My Heart Stopped Beating’

Hello, Chamed. Welcome to Pump Up Your Book. Where are you from? I am Italian, although I am not of Italian descent, I cannot say more. I live in Tuscany. When and why did you begin writing? When I was ten years old I used to write in a journal about what happened to me during the day and my days where not very busy, so my pages were full of sketches and scribbles. I was fascinated by my mother; she used to write a lot. I had always had her romantic and melancholic vision of the writer, enlightened with beauty when absorbed in writing. As the years passed,
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The Lost Virtual Book Publicity Tour August 2011

Join Caridad Pineiro, author of the paranormal romance novel, The Lost (Grand Central Publishing), as she virtually tours the blogosphere August 1 – 26 2011 on her fourth virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Caridad Pineiro Caridad Pineiro is the NY Times bestselling author of over twenty-six paranormal romance and romantic suspense novels and novellas.  Look for THE FIFTH KINGDOM, a romantic suspense from Carina Press in July 2011 and THE LOST, the first book in the new SIN HUNTERS paranormal romance series in August 2011.  Caridad has also done the foreword for OBSESSED:  EROTIC ROMANCE FOR WOMEN edited by Rachel Kramer Bussel which will be
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Your Average Joe: Unplugged Virtual Book Tour September 2011

Join Joseph D. Schneller, author of the humorous and insightful Christian devotional,  Your Average Joe: Unplugged (Nordskog Publishing, July 2011) as he virtually tours the blogosphere in September on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Joseph Schneller Joseph Schneller served as a captain in the U.S. Marine Corps and holds a Psychology degree from Whitworth. He is an alumnus of the Christian Writers Guild. His publishing credits include Focus on the Family’s Thriving Family, Clubhouse, and Focus on the Family; LifeWay’s Stand Firm; and Walk Thru the Bible’s Indeed. He writes nonfiction and humor for adults, and fiction for children, youth, and adults. He and
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