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 YA Fiction Book for Review: Taken Away by Patty Friedmann

Patty Friedmann will be touring in October 2011 with her YA fiction novel, Taken Away. When Summer Elmwood’s hot, bedraggled, exhausted family arrives unannounced at the door of her aunt’s elegant Houston house, her mother explains. “We’ve had a disaster. Not the hurricane, a real disaster.” It is one week after Katrina laid waste to the Elmwoods’ hometown of New Orleans, and like most residents, they were too close to the tragedy to see its scope. Besides, they were coping with a possible tragedy of their own, and only because their city has closed down have they evacuated. Summer’s baby sister disappeared the day the storm hit. Two-year-old Amalia
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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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Glazier Virtual Book Publicity Tour September 2011

Join Bri Clark, author of the romantic fantasy novel, Glazier (Astraea Press), as she virtually tours the blogosphere September 5 – 30 2011 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Bri Clark Bri Clark is a real example of redemption and renewal.  Growing penniless in the South, Bri learned street smarts while caring for her brother in a broken home.  She watched her mother work several jobs to care for their small family.  Once her brother could fend for himself, Bri moved on to a series of bad choices including leaving school and living on her own.   Rebelliousness was a strong understatement to describe
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with Historical Romance Author Greg Messel

Greg Messel has spent much of his life in the Pacific Northwest living in Portland, Oregon and in the Seattle area since 2008.  He has been married to his wife, Carol, for 40 years.  Greg and Carol were high school sweethearts just like the couple in “Expiation.”  He has lived in Washington, Oregon, California, Utah and Wyoming.  Greg grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and graduated from high school there and also attended a year of junior college.  Greg went to Brigham Young University with Carol and then began a newspaper career in rough and tumble Wyoming town of Rock Springs.  Greg and Carol have three married children and nine grandchildren. Greg
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New Book for Review: Contemporary Romance ‘Absolute Obsession’ by C. Elizabeth

C. Elizabeth will be touring in November 2011 with her contemporary romance novel, Absolute Obsession. Triggering an intervention of fate, 42 year old Rose Gerbaldi, discovers her heart and soul have been forever united with beautiful, 30 year old, British movie star, Michael Terrance – – a discovery that compels her reality to fiercely reclaim her, ultimately devastating the very lives fate had so lovingly entwined. Forsaken by a woman he’s never met, unable to control the debilitating agony, Michael seeks solace on the darker side of Hollywood. Meanwhile in Western Canada, having been doubly devastated, Rose relinquishes to a life of loneliness. Both are certain they’ll never again
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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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Promoting Your Seasonal Book Year Round

Promoting Your Seasonal Book Year Round by Cheryl C. Malandrinos Just for the record, I love Christmas. Ask anyone who knows me and they’ll tell you I embrace the season with all that’s in me. It wasn’t any surprise, then, that my first published book, Little Shepherd, was a retelling of the Christmas story. Books with a holiday tie-in are wonderful because buyers looking for new ways to present seasonal topics are apt to purchase them. That said, when the holiday has come and gone, sales can drift away. This meant when I put together my marketing plan for Little Shepherd, I had to think about what I would
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Pump Up Your Book: New Books for Review September 2011

Are you a book blogger who loves to read books?  You have come to the right place!  We are looking for qualified book bloggers to review our titles.  As these authors will be on tour in September, the deadline for inquiring is August 25.  Contact us by using the form below.  Thanks! Allan Leverone will be touring in September 2011 with his thriller e-book, The Lonely Mile! When struggling hardware store owner Bill Ferguson stumbles upon a kidnapping in progress, he does what we all like to believe we would do – he steps in and breaks up the crime, saving a young girl from a horrific fate. The
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Once We Were Kings Virtual eBook Publicity Tour September 2011

Join Ian Alexander, author of the YA epic fantasy novel, Once We Were Kings (Dawn Treader Press), as he virtually tours the blogosphere September 5 – 30 2011 on his second virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Ian Alexander (aka Joshua Graham) Winner of the 2011 International Book Awards, Joshua Graham’s #1 bestselling novel (Barnes & Noble ebooks) BEYOND JUSTICE is taking the world by storm, one reader at a time. Many of his readers blame him for sleepless nights, arriving to work late, neglected dishes and family members, and not allowing them to put the book down. BEYOND JUSTICE, THE ACCIDENTAL EXORCIST, THE ACCIDENTAL HERO,
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New eBook for Review: Thriller ‘The Lonely Mile’ by Allan Leverone

Allan Leverone will be touring in September 2011 with his thriller e-book, The Lonely Mile! When struggling hardware store owner Bill Ferguson stumbles upon a kidnapping in progress, he does what we all like to believe we would do – he steps in and breaks up the crime, saving a young girl from a horrific fate. The perpetrator, a serial kidnapper/murderer known as the I-90 Killer, escapes and vows revenge, focusing his twisted obsession on Ferguson’s family. When Bill’s daughter disappears soon after, the frantic father forms an uneasy alliance with a beautiful FBI investigator leading the search for the I-90 Killer. But there are forces at play which
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with Michael Martel

Michael Martel was barely eighteen when he walked into the Army recruiter’s office in his hometown of Dayton, Ohio. He told him he wanted to see the world. He satisfied Michael’s wish and sent him to Berlin, Germany where he had a great time in the “Divided City.” There began his love of travel. All together he spent a total of thirteen years living in Germany, traveling around Europe, the Middle East and Africa. His Army career spanned just over twenty years. spending time as an infantryman, paratrooper and Green Beret. After the Army he moved onto technology. He worked as a computer security expert keeping extremely sensitive information
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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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Under a Fairy Moon Virtual Book Publicity Tour August & September 2011

Join T.M. Wallace, author of the YA fantasy novel, Under a Fairy Moon (Brownridge Publishing), as she virtually tours the blogosphere August 1 – September 30 2011 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About T.M. Wallace T. M. Wallace lives in Ontario, Canada with her husband and four children. At eight years old, she won a short story contest and was published in a local newspaper. She wrote her first book at ten years old called “The Adventures of Pinkstar,” about a stuffed rabbit who magically comes to life. T. M. Wallace received her Master’s degree in English Literature from Carleton University and a
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While There is Still Time Virtual Book Tour, September and October, 2011

Join Terrell Dunnum author of the Christian inspirational, motivational poetry book, While There is Still Time: A Book of Prophecy Revealed Through Poetry, as he virtually tours the blogosphere in September and October, 2011, on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book. About the Author Terrell Dunnum is the founder of Total Freedom Ministries, Inc., an organization that provides mentoring and biblical counseling to youth and families in crisis. He holds a master’s degree in Christian counseling from American Bible College and Seminary. While There is Still Time is Mr. Dunnum’s first poetry book. At the age of 12 he began to teach Sunday school and
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Shame the Devil Virtual Book Publicity Tour August & September 2011

Join Debra Brenegan, author of the women’s fiction novel, Shame the Devil (SUNY Press), as she virtually tours the blogosphere August 1 – September 30 2011 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Debra Brenegan Debra Brenegan grew up in the Milwaukee area and graduated with a B.A. in journalism from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She worked as a journalist and taught at Milwaukee Area Technical College before beginning her graduate work. She received her M.A. and Ph.D. in English/Creative Writing from The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where she also taught. She teaches English and Women’s Studies at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri. For her
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New Book for Review: Literary Fiction ‘Fresh Heir’ by Michael Reilly

Michael Reilly will be touring in September 2011 with his literary fiction novel, Fresh Heir! Jamie is a twelve-year-old who has been labeled highly gifted. Good news, right? Except with it comes a cross-county car trip…with his ultra-obsessed dad…his annoying little sister…and a wacky educational consultant his dad has hired. Jamie could suggest better ways to spend his summer, and to live his life, if only someone would listen. But his dad, Doug, can’t hear above the loud voices demanding nothing but the best for his son. Doug will do anything to give Jamie the leg up he needs to compete in a vicious world and get into an
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Homecoming – Osguards: Guardians of the Universe Virtual Book Publicity Tour August 2011

Join Malcolm Petteway, author of science fiction novel, Homecoming – Osguards: Guardians of the Universe – Book 1 (Rage Books LLC), as he virtually tours the blogosphere August 1 – 26 2011 on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Malcolm Petteway Malcolm Dylan Petteway is a senior military analyst, a retired military officer and a twenty-year veteran of the United States Air Force. He flew B-52’s as an Electronic Warfare Officer and has 3,000 flight hours and 300 combat hours. In his distinguished career, Malcolm has used his knowledge in the art of war, military weapons and combat defenses in planning over 400 combat
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A Soul Less Broken Virtual Book Publicity Tour August 2011

Join Helen Laibach, author of the contemporary women’s fiction, A Soul Less Broken (Wheatmark), as she virtually tours the blogosphere August 1 – 26 2011 on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Helen Laibach After majoring in psychology in college, Helen Laibach realized that her aspirations to be a marriage, child, and family counselor did not suit her temperament–so she began a family and chose a more satisfying career as an executive assistant. An avid reader and talented nature photographer, Laibach lives in Southern California with her husband of twenty years and their youngest daughter. A SOUL LESS BROKEN is her first book; 10%
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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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Just a Few Seconds: A Story from the Hidden World of Music and Beyond, Virtual Book Tour September and October, 2011

Join Nemo James, author of the memoir, Just a Few Seconds: A Story From the Hidden World of Music and Beyond as he virtually tours the blogosphere during the months of September and October on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book. Just a Few Seconds Book Synopsis Derek dreamt of becoming a professional musician from the first time he picked up a guitar following a talent content disaster. Thought of by his friends as being the person most likely to make the big time he turned professional but was continually side tracked by the need to earn a living from music. His journey takes him
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New Book for Review – Just a Few Seconds: A Story from the Hidden World of Music and Beyond

Memoir author Nemo James will be touring the months of September and October with his book, Just a Few Seconds. About Just a Few Seconds – Book Description Just A Few Seconds is a story of one man’s experience in the music business. It is an amusing and true story of a successful freelance musician whose gigs ranged from private parties to the very rich and famous to the roughest London pubs where playing the wrong song at the wrong time meant the difference between life and death. He takes more twists, turns and knocks than a mouse trapped in a pinball machine but the ending shows how the
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Talking Virtual Book Tours with ‘You Never Know’ Lilian Duval

Lilian Duval has been fascinated with lottery winners for years, and they’re the inspiration for her intriguing novel You Never Know, which explores how an ordinary man copes with terrible luck, and later, amazing luck, when he wins the Mega-Millions lottery. Her story collection, Random Acts of Kindness, will be published in 2012. Lilian and her husband are both survivors of the 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. They live in a small house in New Jersey overlooking a large county park. She’s an amateur classical guitarist and enjoys attending concerts, plays, and movies in New York City. You can visit her website at www.lilianduval.com or follow
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with Frank Zaccari

A native of upstate New York, Frank Zaccari earned a degree in finance from California State University at Sacramento after serving as a military medic in the U.S. Air Force. He spent over 25 years in the high-tech industry holding positions from account representative to CEO, and for nearly 20 years specialized in turn-around management of companies under 100 million dollars. After becoming a single, custodial parent after nearly 25 years of marriage, he left an industry that he loved to buy a small business in order to be home to raise his children. He is currently the owner of an insurance agency and resides in Sacramento, California. Frank
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Pump Up Your Book Chats with Hugh Aaron

Hugh Aaron, a native of Worcester, Massachusetts, received a Liberal Arts degree in the Humanities at The University of Chicago. For three years as a Seabee he served in the South Pacific during WWII. He was CEO of his own plastics manufacturing business for 20 years before selling it to write full time. Several of his short stories have been published in national magazines and 18 of his essays on business management have appeared in The Wall Street Journal. He is the author of Business Not as Usual: How to Win Managing a Company through Hard and Easy Times. Currently he’s writing and producing plays. His latest book is
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Win free Kindle e-reader at Zumaya Publications Birthday Chat Celebration!

Pump Up Your Book is proud to host the authors and publisher of Zumaya Publications at their 5 year birthday bash chat book giveaway! The party will be held on Tuesday, July 26, 2011 starting at 8 p.m. eastern, 7 p.m. central, 6 p.m. mountain and 5 p.m. pacific time) and ending at 11 p.m. (eastern time). Tell your book friends that not only will this give them an opportunity to chat with the authors and editor of Zumaya Publications, but they will be eligible to win lots of goodies including A FREE KINDLE E-READER! Click here for details!


Get Er Done Virtual Book Publicity Tour August 2011

Join Michael Martel, author of the self-help book, Get Er Done (PCG Business), as he virtually tours the blogosphere August 1 – August 26, 2011, on his first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Michael Martel Michael Martel was barely eighteen when he walked into the Army recruiter’s office in his hometown of Dayton, Ohio. He told him he wanted to see the world. He satisfied Michael’s wish and sent him to Berlin, Germany where he had a great time in the “Divided City.” There began his love of travel. All together he spent a total of thirteen years living in Germany, traveling around Europe, the
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The Human Spirit Virtual Book Publicity Tour September 2011

Join Carole Eglash-Kosoff, author of the nonfiction book, The Human Spirit (Author House), as she virtually tours the blogosphere September  5 – 30 2011 on her second virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Carole Kosoff Carole Eglash-Kosoff lives and writes in Valley Village, California. She graduated from UCLA and spent her career in business and in teaching. In 2006 her husband, mother, and brother died within a month of one another, causing her to reevaluate her life. She volunteered to work with the American Jewish World Service and was sent to South Africa to teach. She returned there a year later, having met an amazing array
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New eBook for Review: Humor ‘The Misadventures of Sister Mary Olga Fortitude’ by Davis Aujourd’hui

Davis Aujourd’hui is touring in October 2011 with his humor novel, The Misadventures of Sister Mary Olga Fortitude. Are you ready for a class in Advanced Holiness for people from all walks of life? Then, perhaps you’re ready to take a trip to the Have A Heart convent in Bucksnort, Wisconsin. There, you’ll meet a nun you’re not likely to forget – Sister Mary Olga Fortitude. The Misadventures of Sister Mary Olga Fortitude is a satire with a spiritual message, but there’s a lot of hanky panky going on here. Sister Mary Olga is an irreverent nun who has some unique spiritual views that differ from those of the
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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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