Pump Up Your Book Chats with Mike O’Mary

Mike O’Mary is series editor of the Dream of Things anthologies including Saying Goodbye, an anthology of true stories about people saying goodbye to the people, places and things in our lives with grace, dignity and good humor.  He is founder of Dream of Things, a book publisher and online retailer. He is also author of The Note, a book about the power of appreciation, and Wise Men and Other Stories, a collection of holiday-related essays. For more information, visit www.goodbyebook.com. About Saying Goodbye Saying Goodbye is a collection of true stories about saying goodbye to the people, places and things in our lives. This is a powerful book
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Pump Up Your Book’s December 2010 Authors on Virtual Book Tour – Day 8

Welcome to Day Eight of Pump Up Your Book’s December 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, A Death at the North
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with Sparkle the Cat

Sparkle is an award-winning author, blogger, advice columnist and supermodel. She is also a cat – a ruddy Somali of champion lineage, in fact, whose father, GC Tajhara’s Miles Davis, was twice on the cover of Cat Fancy. Sparkle’s first book, Dear Sparkle: Advice from One Cat to Another, won the Wild Card category at the 2007 Hollywood Book Festival and honorable mentions in several other contests. She also recently came home with the Pettie Award — the pet blogging equivalent of an Oscar — for Best Cat Blog. Sparkle lives in Los Angeles with two humans, two feline roommates (both rescue cats), and (unfortunately) a dog. Dear Sparkle:
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Pump Up Your Book’s December 2010 Authors on Virtual Book Tour – Day 7

Welcome to Day Seven of Pump Up Your Book’s December 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, A Death at the North
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Pump Up Chats with K.M. Daughters

Sisters, Pat Casiello and Kathie Clare write as K.M. Daughters.  Their penname is dedicated to the memory of their parents, Kay and Mickey, the “K” and “M” in K.M. Daughters.  All’s Fair In Love And Law is the fourth book in the author’s acclaimed Sullivan Boys Romantic Suspense Series.  K.M. Daughters writes romantic suspense for The Wild Rose Press, inspirational romance for White Rose Publishing and contemporary romance for Sapphire Blue Publishing.   Other books by K.M. Daughters include: Against Doctor’s Orders, Beyond the Code of Conduct, Capturing Karma, Past, Present and Forever, Jewel of the Adriatic,  and Rose of the Adriatic. Find K.M. Daughters online at  http://www.kmdaughters.com, http://www.facebook.com/kmdaughters, and
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New Book for Review: Entrepreneur ‘Startup from the Ground Up’ by Cynthia Kocialski

Cynthia Kocialski will be touring in February and March 2011 with her entrepreneur book, Startup from the Ground Up.  Many entrepreneurs have that sudden spark of inspiration, that moment when an product idea is born, their minds start racing quickly with images of all its potential, jumping from one possibility to the next, and then their thoughts slowly settle and arrive at vision a futuristic company – one with crowds of customers beating at the doors of their new office building, inboxes overflowing with requests from the press wanting to interview the founders,  and phone ringing with investors all wanting to get in on the deal. Finally, reality brings
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Pump Up Your Book’s December 2010 Authors on Virtual Book Tour – Day 6

Welcome to Day Six of Pump Up Your Book’s December 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, A Death at the North
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Pump Up Chats with Nancy Carty Lepri

Nancy Carty Lepri, a North Carolina transplant, was born and raised in Massachusetts. She, along with husband, Art and daughter, Danielle, have also lived in FL and LA.  While in MA, Nancy worked as an editorial assistant for a publisher and continued her studies, earning an AA degree from Cape Cod Community College and a BA from Western New England College. In 2006, she became a certified editor through Cape Fear Community College in NC. Nancy freelanced writing for several local newspapers, local, national and international trade magazines, taught online writing and art courses, illustrated children’s books, and started four mainstream novels.  A senior editor for a national publisher, Nancy edited
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The Black Chronicles Virtual Book Tour January 2011

Join Joel M. Andre, author of the horror novel, The Black Chronicles: Cry of the Fallen, as he virtually tours the blogosphere January 3 – 28 on his fourth virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Joel M. Andre Joel M. Andre was born January 13, 1981. At a young age he was fascinated with the written word. It was at fourteen that Poe blew his mind, and Andre began to dabble with darker poetry. Between the years of 1999 and 2007 Joel was featured in various poetry anthologies and publications. In 2008 he released his first collection, Pray the Rain Never Ends. Knowing there was something
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New Book for Review: Women’s Fiction ‘Letters From Home’ by Kristina McMorris

Kristina McMorris will be touring in March with her women’s fiction novel, Letters From Home (Kensington).  Chicago, 1944. Liz Stephens has little interest in attending a USO club dance with her friends Betty and Julia. She doesn’t need a flirtation with a lonely serviceman when she’s set to marry her childhood sweetheart. Yet something happens the moment Liz glimpses Morgan McClain. They share only a brief conversation – cut short by the soldier’s evident interest in Betty – but Liz can’t forget him. Thus, when Betty asks her to ghostwrite a letter to Morgan, stationed overseas, Liz reluctantly agrees. Thousands of miles away, Morgan struggles to adjust to the
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Pump Up Your Book’s December 2010 Authors on Virtual Book Tour – Day 5

Welcome to Day Five of Pump Up Your Book’s December 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, A Death at the North
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with Nicole Weaver

Nicole Weaver is Haitian American.  She moved to the United States when she was ten years old.  She lived in Brooklyn, Queens and then upstate New York.  She attended the College of New Rochelle. She studied abroad and lived with a French family in Strasbourg France.  After graduating from college she worked at a junior college as a French and Spanish tutor.  Later she went to graduate school at Bankstreet College of education to obtain a degree in teaching.  She began her teaching career in Houston Texas as a French and Spanish high school teacher.  She currently lives in Littleton Colorado with her husband Steven and their three children. 
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Nonfiction Spiritual Author Nicholas Oliva to Guest on Barry Eva’s A Book and a Chat Radio Show

Nicholas Oliva, author of the nonfiction spiritual book, Finding God: To Believe or Not to Believe, will be a special guest on the popular Blog Talk Radio Show,  A Book and A Chat with Barry Eva (Storyheart). Join Barry and Nicholas at 6:30 p.m. Eastern on Thursday, December 9, 2010 for A Book and A Chat sit down with historical fiction author Nicholas Oliva. You can listen online at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Across-the-Pond and call in your questions to 347- 237-5398. 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
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with Tom White Author of Justice Rules

  Tom began his career as an actor, which lead to a degree from the United States International University School of Performing arts in San Diego. A Cum Laude graduate, Tom was also named to “Who’s Who In American Colleges and Universities. He immediately hit the road and spent several seasons touring across the country with various shows, working as an actor, tech director, stage manager, scenic designer, lighting designer, sound designer and finally a director. Several years later Tom found himself as an Artistic Director for a theatre in Los Angeles and the winner of several Drama-Logue and Critics awards for directing. As Tom’s career grew he ended
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with Kathryn Casey

Kathryn Casey is an award-winning, Houston-based novelist and journalist, the creator of the Sarah Armstrong mystery series and the author of five highly acclaimed true crime books. SINGULARITY, the first in the Armstrong series, debuted in June to rave reviews. It was a Deadly Pleasures magazine Best First Novel of 2008 selection, was included on Vanity Fair’s Hot Type page, won stars from Publishers Weekly and Booklist, and the Tampa Tribune said: “Not since Patricia Cornwell’s POSTMORTEM has a crime author crafted such a stellar series debut. Kathryn Casey hits the right notes.” The second in the series, BLOOD LINES (2009) was called a “strong sequel” by Publisher’s Weekly,
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New Book for Review: Historical Fiction ‘The Katyn Order’ by Douglas W. Jacobson

Douglas W. Jacobson will be touring in May and June ‘11 with his historical fiction novel, The Katyn Order.  The German War Machine is in retreat as the Russians advance. In Warsaw, Resistance fighters rise up against their Nazi occupiers, but the Germans retaliate, ruthlessly leveling the city. American Adam Nowak has been dropped into Poland by British intelligence as an assassin and Resistance fighter. During the Warsaw Rising he meets Natalia, a covert operative who has lost everything—just as he has. Amid the Allied power struggle left by Germany’s defeat, Adam and Natalia join in a desperate hunt for the 1940 Soviet order authorizing the murders of 20,000
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Historical Fiction Author M.M. Bennetts to Guest on Barry Eva’s A Book and a Chat Radio Show

M.M. Bennetts, author of the historical fiction novel, Of Honest Fame, will be a special guest on the popular Blog Talk Radio Show,  A Book and A Chat with Barry Eva (Storyheart). Join Barry and M.M. at 6:30 p.m. Eastern on Wednesday, December 8, 2010 for A Book and A Chat sit down with historical fiction author M.M. Bennetts. You can listen online at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Across-the-Pond and call in your questions to 347- 237-5398. 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,
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Pump Up Your Book’s December 2010 Authors on Virtual Book Tour – Day 3

Welcome to Day Three of Pump Up Your Book’s December 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, A Death at the North
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Pump Up Your Book’s December 2010 Authors on Virtual Book Tour – Day 2

Welcome to Day Two of Pump Up Your Book’s December 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, A Death at the North
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with K.D. Hays & 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 not associated with school work. K.D. Hays, who writes historical fiction under the name Kate Dolan, has been writing professionally since 1992. She holds a law degree from the University of Richmond and consequently hopes that her children will pursue studies in more prestigious fields such as plumbing
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Pump Up Your Book’s December 2010 Authors on Virtual Book Tour – Day 1

Welcome to Day One of Pump Up Your Book’s December 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, A Death at the North
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with Shana Mahaffey

Shana  Mahaffey lives in San Francisco in an Edwardian compound that she shares with an informal cooperative of family, friends and five cats. She’s a survivor of Catechism and cat scratch fever, and is a member of the Sanchez Grotto Annex, a writers’ community. Her work has been published in SoMa Literary Review and Sunset Magazine.  She welcomes all visitors to her website www.shanamahaffey.com, and is happy to meet with book groups in-person or in cyberspace (phone/webcam/the works). Her latest book is Sounds Like Crazy. Q: Thank you for this interview, Shana. Can you tell us why you wrote your book? I have many thoughts that have lapped my
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Pump Up Your Book Tour Host Spotlight: The Book Faery Reviews

Because we value our blog hosts, Pump Up Your Book is now putting the shoe on the other foot and interviewing them instead of having them interview us.  We are now offering our readers a chance to get to know our blog hosts and what better way than a personal interview? Today, Pump Up Your Book is proud to spotlight The Book Faery Reviews, a book blog run by Raleigh, North Carolina, blogger Farrah Kennedy. Q: Thank you for this interview, Farrah.  Can you tell us how long you’ve been blogging at The Book Faery Reviews? I started The Book Faery Reviews hosted through WordPress February 2008 and became
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Children’s book author Cheryl Malandrinos to be Guest on A Book and A Chat

Cheryl C. Malandrinos, author of “Little Shepherd” will be a special guest on the popular Blogtalkradio show, A Book and A Chat with Storyheart. Join Storyheart at 11 AM Eastern on Saturday, December 4, 2010 for A Book and A Chat sit down with children’s author Cheryl C. Malandrinos. You can listen online at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Across-the-Pond and call in your questions to 347- 237-5398. Malandrinos’ picture book, “Little Shepherd” has hit the Amazon bestseller’s list in the Large Print Children’s Books category four times since its release. Here is what reviewers are saying about “Little Shepherd”: “It’s a great book for families during the holidays looking to bring more depth
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New Book for Review (electronic only): Thriller Romantic Suspense ‘The Innocent’ by Vincent Zandri

Vincent Zandri will be touring February 1 – 25 with his thriller/romantic suspense novel, The Innocent.  When Green Haven Prison Warden and recent widower, Jack Marconi is accused not only of aiding the escape of a convicted cop killer, but for the killer’s murder also, he goes on the lam and in the process, discovers that everyone he ever trusted is his enemy! It’s been a year since his wife was killed. Ever since, he’s been slipping up at his job as warden at an upstate New York prison. It makes him the perfect patsy when a cop-killer breaks out–with the help of someone on the inside. Throwing himself
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New Book for Review: Humor ‘Sitting on Cold Porcelain’ by Rose A. Valenta

Rose A. Valenta will be touring January 3 – February 25 with her humor book, Sitting on Cold Porcelain.  Political unrest…government scandal…corruption…extortion. What do all these things have in common? They are perfect fodder for satire! In Sitting on Cold Porcelain, you will find an amusing, perceptive, and laugh-out-loud take on the state of our country and our world, on celebrities and politicians, and all the events that make us all roll our eyes and groan. Some of the satirical essays within the pages of Sitting on Cold Porcelain include “Giuliani’s Gaffe Could Qualify for Political Darwin Award,” “Rush Limbaugh: The Don Rickles of Radio,” “State of The Union
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New Book for Review: Urban Fiction ‘Respect the Jux’ by Frank C. Matthews

Frank C. Matthews will be touring January 3 – February 25 with his urban fiction novel, Respect the Jux.  A young man obsessed with obtaining the American Dream, forms a fraternity of thieves to fulfill it. MEET CAT. In Jamaica . . . he learned the art of the “jux”: robbing people by studying their everyday movements. By the age of eight, Cat was shoplifting and purse-snatching. By ten, he had his first gun. At fifteen, he committed his first murder.MAKE THE GANG. In New York City . . . he created The Order: a secret society of thieves who played by Cat’s rules. He taught his crew how
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New Book for Review: Medical Thriller ‘Final Mercy’ by Frank Edwards

Frank Edwards will be touring January 3-28 with his medical thriller, Final Mercy.  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 and very personal meaning. 286
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Easy as Pie at Bobby’s Diner Virtual Book Tour Dec. ’10 – Jan. ’11

Join Susan Wingate , author of the women’s fiction/mystery novel, Easy as Pie at Bobby’s Diner (Blue Star Books), as she virtually tours the blogosphere December 6 ‘10 – January 14 ‘11 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Susan Wingate Award-winning author, Susan Wingate, gets a monthly column about writing and the publishing industry in her local newspaper, The Journal of the San Juan Islands. She will also be posting weekly discussions about the writing industry for the regional online newspaper, the PNWLocalNews.com site. You can view Wingate’s discussions by clicking on the “Entertainment” tab and then finding Wingate’s discussions under the “Blogs”
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Justice Rules Virtual Book Tour December 2010

Join Thomas White, author of the fiction novel Justice Rules, as he virtually tours the blogosphere in December, 2010 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book. About Thomas White Thomas is the author of two novels, Justice Rules, a finalist in the Pacific Northwest Writers Association 2010 Literary Contest and The Siren’s Song, to be released early 2011.  He has also written several screenplays including A Stitch In Time, a finalist in the NCW Screenplay Contest. You can learn more at his website, www.justice-rules.com. Thomas began his career as an actor, which lead to a degree from the United States International University School of Performing
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