Montana Morning Virtual Book Publicity Tour March 2012

Join Jill Limber, author of the historical romance novel, Montana Morning (Boroughs Publishing Group), as she virtually tours the blogosphere March 5 – 23 2012 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Jill Limber A multi-published author and former RWA President, Jill Limber’s latest books are Montana Morning, A Heart That Dares and The Right Track. As a child, some of Jill’s tales got her in trouble, but now she gets paid for them. Residing in San Diego with her husband and a trio of dogs and one very ancient cat, Jill’s favorite pastime is to gather friends and family for good food, conversation
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2/05/12 – 2/11/12 Pump Up Your Book’s Weekly Twitterville Roundup

2/05/12 – 2/11/12 Pump Up Your Book’s Weekly Twitterville Roundup Happy Sunday! We decided to start a weekly roundup of all the most informative links we have found on the web that we’ve tweeted during the last week that have to do with book publishing, book promoting and social media that would be informative to the published and about to be published author. This week’s tweets include why reviewers can’t finish your book, a new Indie author becomes Amazon’s best seller, and more interesting things around Twitterville that I thought you’d love to know about it. Here’s one to watch.  Kelly Wilkinson has become Amazon’s best selling author with
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Her Frozen Wild Virtual Book Tour March & April 2012

Join Kim Antieau, author of the mainstream action adventure novel, Her Frozen Wild (Green Snake Publishing), as she virtually tours the blogosphere March 5 – April 20 2012 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Kim Antieau Kim Antieau has written many novels, short stories, poems, and essays. Her work has appeared in numerous publications, both in print and online, including The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Asimov’s SF, The Clinton Street Quarterly, The Journal of Mythic Arts, EarthFirst!, Alternet, Sage Woman, and Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine. She was the founder, editor, and publisher of Daughters of Nyx: A Magazine of Goddess Stories,
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New Book for Review: Humorous Fiction ‘Comfortably Awkward’ by Kenny Scudero

Kenny Scudero will be touring April 2 – 20 with his humorous fiction novel, Comfortably Awkward. For Albert Ferenzo, life is a series of ironic events that may or may not have a reason behind them. While struggling to find a niche for himself, Albert blames the corporate world for hindering his dream of making money and living a prosperous life. After playing the good guy his entire life, Albert decides that the only way to get ahead in the world is to be the bad guy. Albert questions his own fate as he drives himself to insanity in an effort to find happiness. The destinies of Albert and
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First Chapters: Acts of God While On Vacation by Richard Tillotson

Pump Up Your Book is proud to bring you the first chapters of fantastic books from magnificently talented authors. Not only does this give you a chance to see the author’s writing style, but it also helps in your book buying decisions. Today’s first chapter is from Richard Tillotson’s comic fiction, Acts of God While on Vacation. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Acts of God While On Vacation By Richard Tillotson CreateSpace (May 11, 2011) Comic Fiction 378pages Chapter One “You will die in September.” “What?”  Gordon Coburn stared
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Pump Up Your Book Presents The Barrett Company Hollywood Virtual Book Publicity Tour March 2012 + Kindle Fire Giveaway

Join Charlie Barrett, national book publicist and owner of the publicity company, The Barrett Company, and vice president Barbara Wall, as they tour the blogosphere March 5 – 23 on their second virtual blog tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Charlie Barrett Well known, experienced, professional Hollywood book, TV and movie publicist Charlie Barrett formed The Barrett Company in 1991 as a full service publicity and media relations agency to serve books/authors/publishers, television and motion picture industry clients. The Los Angeles headquartered publicity firm offers 21st century publicity and media relations services to celebrities, authors, actors, directors, screen writers, filmmakers as well as film and television producers. Charlie’s
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  • February 8, 2012
  • Author Interviews, Featured
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Interview with James R. Bottino – Author of The Canker Death

James R. Bottino is a self-admitted computer geek and a creative writing teacher rolled into one.  He earned a BS in English Education from Illinois State University and taught high school English in a suburb of Chicago for several years.  After teaching all day, he studied creative writing in graduate school at Northern Illinois University.  All the while, though, in the deep corners of the night, when no one was looking, he led a double life hacking and building computers and networks. Eventually, unbeknownst to him, word of his activities leaked out, and employment offers started coming in.  In the end, he switched his hobby with his profession and
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  • February 6, 2012
  • Authors on Tour, Featured
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Blood: The New Red Virtual Book Publicity Tour March 2012

Join David S. Grant, author of the literary novel Blood: The New Red (Offense Mechanisms, an imprint of Silverthought Press, November 2011), as he virtually tours the blogosphere in March on his fourth virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About David S. Grant David S. Grant is the author of ten books including Corporate Porn, Bleach|Blackout, Hollywood Ending, and Rock Stars.  His latest novel, Blood: The New Red, is now available.  David lives and writes his weekly rock, travel, and NBA columns from New York City.  For more information go to http://www.davidsgrant.com Twitter: @david_s_grant About Blood: The New Red Blood: The New Red begins at an after party where
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  • February 6, 2012
  • Authors on Tour, Featured
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Special Delivery Virtual Book Publicity Tour March/April 2012

Join Kathi Macias, author of the Christian contemporary novel, Special Delivery (New Hope Publishers, March 6, 2012), as she virtually tours the blogosphere from mid-March to mid-April on her tenth 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 Speakers Association).
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Do You Dare To Be Yourself? Virtual Book Publicity Tour April 2012

Join Andreas Dudas, author of the self-help/leadership book, Do You Dare To Be Yourself? (BE SHiRO, GmbH, Switzerland, Feb 2012), as he virtually tours the blogosphere April 2 – 20, 2012 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Andreas Dudas Andreas was born in 1964 in Switzerland to immigrant parents who spent more than 10 years in a forced labour camp. He was constantly ridiculed by the citizens of his home town, bullied by his fellow students, excluded from any social and sports activities and dismissed from school. Despite such an adverse, he was not willing to comprise himself for the sake of others’ opinions or letting people
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1/29/12 – 2/04/12 Pump Up Your Book’s Weekly Twitterville Roundup

1/29/12 – 2/04/12 Pump Up Your Book’s Weekly Twitterville Roundup Happy Sunday! We decided to start a weekly roundup of all the most informative links we have found on the web that we’ve tweeted that have to do with book publishing, book promoting and social media that would be informative to the published and about to be published author.  This week’s tweets include a contest to see if you can guess the goof I made in a trailer (see first link below).  So far, I’ve not had anyone figure it out so the Pump Up Your Book cap is still up for grabs!  Also Sally Collings talks about going
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New Sci-Fi Paranormal Book for Review: The Green Memory of Fear by B.A. Chepaitis

B.A. Chepaitis will be touring in March and April with her sci-fi paranormal novel The Green Memory of Fear. On Prison Planetoid Three, Jaguar Addams uses her empathic gifts to make criminals face the fears that drive their heinous acts. Very few escape the telepathic web she weaves around them. . . . until now. When Jaguar takes on an assignment investigating a psychiatrist on trial for abuse of a little boy, she finds a killer unlike any she’s faced before. Dr. Senci’s psi skills are a match for her own, and unless she consents to do as he wants, he’ll use them to kill everyone she loves. Once
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New Book for Review: Fiction/Family/Relationships ‘The Couples’ by Richard Alan

Richard Alan will be touring March 5 – 23 2012 with his fiction/family/relationships book, The Couples. This novel follows seven couples as they explore their relationships to determine if they are meant to be together. As the couple’s lives intertwine we learn how the world around them helps or at times hinders them. Their story comes alive with carefully crafted characters that the reader will identify with and want to know more about. Their struggle to move from individuals to couples to families is richly depicted in this work. Richard Alan’s second book in the “Meant to Be” series further explores relationships, love and life. You can visit his
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New Book for Review: Fiction/Family/Relationships ‘Meant To Be’ by Richard Alan

Richard Alan is touring March 5 – 23 2012 with his fiction/family/relationships novel, Meant to Be. When four year old Meyer met five year old Joan, they had no idea that the two of them would be spending a lifetime together. Three generations of friends and family would help them celebrate the good times and help get them through the tragic times. A new book about love and life from author Richard Alan. You can visit his website at www.drummerfiction.com. This book is available in both paperback and ebook for review.  If requesting the ebook, please tell us which e-reader you have. If you would like to review Meant
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Grinding It Out: How to Create a Six-Figure Law Practice Virtual Book Publicity Tour February/March 2012

Join Chris Shella, author of the nonfiction legal book, Grinding It Out: How to Create a Six-Figure Law Practice (Digisoda Publishing), as he virtually tours the blogosphere February 6 – March 23  2012 on his second virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Chris Shella Author Chris Shella is a graduate of Morehouse College and the University of Texas Law School and started his legal career in Long Island, New York at the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office. He is admitted to the practice of law in New York, Maryland, the District of Columbia, and North Carolina. Shella is also admitted to the federal court in the
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New Book for Review: Conscious Calm: Keys to Freedom from Stress and Worry by Dr. Laura Maciuika

Dr. Laura Maciuika will be touring mid-March to mid-April 2012 with her self-help book Conscious Calm: Keys to Freedom from Stress and Worry. Stressed out? There is plenty of real external stress, sure, and a serious stress epidemic going on. Then there is what we do on the inside, often without even realizing it. Conscious Calm focuses on the internal patterns of stress creation we may not even notice, and describes how to get free of these patterns for good to find lasting calm. Integrating psychology and neuroscience, and combining practical wisdom from both East and West, Dr. Laura Maciuika explains the inner stress traps that so many of
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Downtown Green Virtual Book Publicity Tour March 2012

Join Judy Christie, author of the Christian fiction novel, Downtown Green (Abingdon Press), as she virtually tours the blogosphere March 5 – 30 2012 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Judy Christie Author Judy Christie loves to help busy people slow down and enjoy each day more – in her series of novels about Green, Louisiana, and her Hurry Less Worry Less nonfiction books. Judy started her writing career as the editor of The Barret Banner in elementary school and has kept a journal since she was nine (and still has all of them). She likes strolling around flea markets, walking in the
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New Book for Review: Nonfiction/Legal ‘Grinding It Out: How to Create a Six-Figure Law Practice’ by Chris Shella

Chris Shella will be touring February 6 – March 23 with his nonfiction legal how to book, Grinding It Out: How to Create a Six-Figure Law Practice. Learn everything you need to know about starting your own law practice. Chris Shella discusses the good and the bad of running a successful law practice  The secret to making sure you get paid is revealed with specific steps designed to guide you through the A, B, C’s of a Six-Figure-Law-Practice. You can visit his website at www.hiredgunlawyer.com. If you would like to review Grinding It Out, How to Create a Six-Figure Law Practice, please fill out the form below or email
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1/22/12 – 1/29/12 Pump Up Your Book’s Weekly Twitterville Roundup

1/22/12 – 1/29/12 Pump Up Your Book’s Weekly Twitterville Roundup Happy Sunday! We decided to start a weekly roundup of all the most informative links we have found on the web that we’ve tweeted that have to do with book publishing, book promoting and social media that would be informative to the published and about to be published author.  This week’s tweets include informative articles on self-publishing which I highly encourage authors who are planning to self-publish to look into first.  Enjoy! Why Every Entrepreneur Should Self-Publish a Book http://techcrunch.com/2012/01/28/why-every-entrepreneur-should-self-publish-a-book/ via @techcrunch Indie Epublishing: A Beginner’s To Do List http://thewritersguidetoepublishing.com/indie-epublishing-a-beginners-to-do-list Help! My Book’s Not Selling http://thewritersguidetoepublishing.com/help-my-books-not-selling Join the Book Publicity
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The Canker Death Online Book Tour February, March, April 2012

Join James Bottino, author of the fantasy and science fiction novel The Canker Death as he virtually tours the blogosphere in February 2012 on his first tour with Pump Up Your Book! About James Bottino James R. Bottino’s life-long interests mix esoteric and disparate fields of study. By day, his foremost influences have been the study of literature and the art of writing. Following these pursuits led him to read anything he could in these areas and to complete every under-graduate and graduate course available to him in the field of creative writing. Following this line, he taught high school English throughout the 1990’s, focusing on the teaching of
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Casey and Kyle Online Book Tour February 2012

Join Will Robertson, author of the comic Casey and Kyle: I’m Saving Up for a Big Brother!!! as he virtually tours the blogosphere in February 2012 on his first tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Will Roberston WILL ROBERTSON enjoys playing music and working on his serve in Tennis. His favorite beverage is an Iced Tea with no lemon. He loves Tacos and Panini Sandwiches and is fond of road trips. He is an avid mini golfer and an aggressive bumper car driver. He lives with his wife and two children in Oregon’s Willamette Valley. His house is yellow. He started drawing comics on a road trip when
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Henry Wood Detective Agency Online Book Tour February 2012

Join Brian Meeks, author of the mystery novel Henry Wood Detective Agency as he virtually tours the blogosphere in February 2012 on his first tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Brian Meeks Brian D. Meeks found a love of writing through a random act of blogging. On Jan 2, 2010, he was overcome by boredom and found blogger.com. With little else to do before the football game kicked off, he wrote a piece about woodworking. Later that same day, while visiting a woodworking forum, he found a button labeled ‘blog’, so he cut and pasted the piece he had written and then went to watch football. The next
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No Innocent Affair Online Book Tour February 2012

Join Edward F. Mrkvicka Jr., author of the nonfiction Christian book No Innocent Affair as he virtually tours the blogosphere in February 2012 on his first tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Edward Mrkvicka Edward Mrkvicka is a lay minister and counselor, and life-long Bible student. His religious writings have been awarded Best Christian Book of the Year, Best Christian Study of the Year, named a National Best Book Awards finalist, and a winner in the Christian Choice Book Awards. He has also been awarded the prestigious Faith Writers Seal of Approval. His efforts on behalf of families, understanding adultery, and the devastating effect of divorce on children
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Act of Grace Online Book Tour February 2012

Join Karen Simpson, author of the contemporary speculative fiction novel Act of Grace as she virtually tours the blogosphere in February 2012 on her second 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 was awarded
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New Book for Review: Alternate Historical Fiction ‘Coma Story’ by Stephen Manoj Thompson

Stephen Manoj Thompson will be touring April 2 – 20 with his alternate historical fiction novel, Coma Story. Coma Story resembles a fresh David vs. Goliath. In order to get back the Oil Islands, a de facto U.S. territory located roughly in the center of the Indian Ocean, the narrator, a coma survivor, must recall his lucid dreams. Living with a post-coma condition that no one could understand, Aldan Foy’s fascinating coma journey explores the link between conscious dreaming and creative problem solving. Based on the clever happenings of his dream episode, Aldan along with his multi-talented Chagos friend, Tarzan, conspires to gain back Chagos Archipelago from the Union
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New Book for Review: Paranormal Romance ‘The Genie Ignites’ by Kellyann Zuzolo

Kellyann Zuzolo is touring March 5 – 23 with her paranormal romance book, The Genie Ignites (Book One of the Zubis Chronicles). Bethany O’Brien is a 21st-century woman with a career, ambition and bills. She has no recollection of how she once felt about a nearly 4,000-year-old genie named Zubis who suddenly invades her world, but he certainly remembers her. In a previous incarnation, Bethany was an important temple priestess who apprenticed to the djinn. Zubis, powerful and alluring, is infuriatingly bemused by Bethany’s skepticism. Once upon a time, he vowed to love her forever and has no plans of breaking his vow. And although the priestess she once
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Pump Up Your Book Presents Daddy’s Home Virtual Book Publicity Tour March/April/May 2012

Join A.K. Alexander, author of the thriller novel, Daddy’s Home (D’Vine Press), as she virtually tours the blogosphere March 19 – May 11 2012  on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About A.K. Alexander I started writing when I was nine-years-old. I used to write short stories on my dad’s notepads. One day he read one and he said to me, “You are a writer.” It stuck. My dad is still my biggest supporter and he is also my mentor in many ways. I went to college at The University of Southern California. My parents though didn’t think that “creative writing” at USC was a
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New Book for Review: Blood: The New Red by David Grant

 David Grant is touring in March with his literary fiction novel, Blood: The New Red. Blood: The New Red begins at an after party where Mickey, and ex-adult movie star turned supermodel, is aligning himself with one of the top Designers of Seventh Avenue. While trying to land a job on the runway Mickey is thrown into the center of a scene where sex is often the motivation, the wine is served by year, and cocaine is back in full force. Juanita, Mickey’s girlfriend is having difficulties staying sober, fully clothed, and off of her famous boyfriend. Mickey goes to work for Fashion icon Paul Johnson, one of the
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New Book for Review: Dog Memoir ‘Charlie: A Love Story’ by Barbara Lampert

Barbara Lampert will be touring March 5 – April 20 with her dog memoir, Charlie: A Love Story. Charlie: A Love Story tells of the beautiful love between Charlie, a Golden Retriever, and his best friend Barbara. When Charlie turned eleven and started having some health problems, a gardening journal Barbara was keeping quickly became mostly about Charlie. So his story is told in journal form while it is taking place. And because it was not meant for publication, it is an intimate look at an incredible connection between a canine and a human. And the story of that connection is told by Barbara, a psychotherapist who specializes in
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New Book for Review: Historical Coming of Age ‘The Promised Land’ by Valerie Stocking

Valerie Stocking will be touring March 5 – April 20 with her historical coming of age novel, The Promised Land. It’s 1966, just two years after President Lyndon Baines Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act into law, and twelve-year-old Joy Bradford’s life is changing dramatically. Born and raised in the white suburbs of Connecticut, Joy is moving to Willets Point, Florida to live with her mother Jessica because her parents are divorcing. Hoping it really is the Promised Land that her mother describes, she joins in Jessica’s enthusiasm only to find out how horribly wrong that vision is. Unfortunately for Joy, the move does nothing to change her mother’s
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