Interview with Mad Man, Gavin, from Purgatory Reign

Interview with a Billionaire, Washington Times News Paper, Ms. Daisy Wilson.

Introducing, Gavin Steele from Purgatory Reign.

First, let me give you a little background on out evasive guest today.

Gavin Steele is thirty years old, gorgeous, fit, blond, a billionaire owner of several multi-million dollar companies which specializes in exotic metals, bio-genetics, drugs and uhum some other sordid dealings. It is rumored that he has an obsession with killing things slowly and slicing them up. Also, he's a loving older brother to Lucien who is the playboy of the family but has an uncanny loyalty to his older brother.

INTERVIEW by TIMES NEWS PAPER

Reporter: So Mr. Steele, what do you have to say about the rumor that you’ve made many of your family members, even your secretaries disappear when you’ve been displeased with their actions.

Gavin: What makes you think I have time to concern myself with people who obviously don’t do their jobs. My management handles hiring and firing of my secretaries. I had no idea any of them went missing. Maybe someone is obsessed with me and trying to make a statement.

Reporter: Well that could be. You are known as the most sought after billionaire – other than your brother, Lucien. Some man could be envious of that and try to set you up. However, an anonymous tip came directly to me proclaiming you were a leader of some underground movement to bring hell on earth.

Gavin: I’m sure many of my competitors say that when I’ve taken over their companies. Again, Ms. Wilson, another rumor spouted by those that can’t seem to catch up with me.

Reporter: You do admit that one of your former secretaries was found mutilated near one of your estates. Her body buried in the woods nearby. It was one of the estates you frequent.

Gavin: Unfortunate. However, I frequent all of my estates as I travel all over the world to keep Steele Industries alive and well.

Reporter: What about, Peter? Peter Saints, the boy that is accusing you of holding him and a girl named Angel hostage?

Gavin: Time is up Mis. Wilson. I only agreed to one question. My butler will show you out. Good-day.

Well, ladies and gentleman, as I am being all but kicked out of this lovely Floridian estate, one must wonder if, just maybe, the rumors about Mr. Steele are true.

Purgatory Reign by LM Preston

Description:Peter Saints’ life stinks. But things are about to get much worse. First, his parents are murdered in front of him. Then another victim dies in his arms.

Visions plague Peter with warnings that something wants him for a sinister cause. It desires the one thing that Peter refuses to give—his blood. Peter carries within him the one gift or curse that could unlock a secret to destroy the human race.

On the run with Angel, a scruffy kid, Peter starts to unravel the mystery. It’s the one treasure the heavens sought to hide from the world. Unfortunately, when Peter finds the answer he hopes that will save the girl he loves, he opens the door to a great evil that happens to be salivating to meet him.

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Meet Tamora Pierce

The Utica Writers Club presents award-winning author Tamora Pierce.  She has written more than 20 fantasy novels for young adults; many have been translated into multiple languages.  In 2013, Tamora Pierce won the Margaret A. Edwards Award from the American Library Association. 

 

Tamora Pierce will discuss reading, writing, and fantasy fiction.  Bring a copy of your favorite novel for her to sign after the discussion.

 

June 7, 2014 – 11:30am to 1:30pm – Kirkland Town Library

55 1/2 College Street, Clinton, NY 13323

 

Join us for a day of fantasy, romance, and adventure.

 $5 for early registration, $6 at the door. 

Please email UticaWritersClub@aol.com or call 315-733-8236 for the registration form.

 

The Utica Writers Club is a non-profit organization that has been promoting good writing in the upstate New York community for more than 70 years.

For more information about the Utica Writers Club, the Tamora Pierce event, or possible sponsorships, please visit the website: TheUticaWritersClub.org

When Life Gets in the Way

Yep, this is a BIG challenge for me as a writer. See writing is a passion, a hunger, an addiction. One that stays with me all the time.

For the first time in years, I don't have the time to do it like I used to.

STOP then GO is the game I'm playing with my writing this year.

The good thing is, it's always there.

The bad thing is, my release schedule is slipping which is so frustrating.

So here are some rules for when LIFE GETS IN THE WAY I am reminding myself.

MAKE EVERY MOMENT COUNT

Yep, that means when I'm sitting and waiting for my kids at some event they are at - write.

WRITE DOWN EVERYTHING 

This is where ideas start flowing. That time you aren't writing but the new story idea is nudging you away from the one you are working on. Write it down. Take note.

TAKE A SOCIAL MEDIA FAST

Oh this is a hard one! But lets face it. We waste SO MUCH time on social media. When life gets in the way and you have limited time. Stay-off-the-internet.

This one is the hardest for me to do. I love being social.

HAS LIFE GOTTEN IN THE WAY OF YOUR WRITING PASSION?

What have you done to remedy it?

Purgatory Reign BOOKCLUB feature with YA StoryTellers!

Guess who's on deck at the YA STORYTELLER's Bookclub Feature this month?! Me! Me! Me!

Please grab a free copy of Purgatory Reign, a Young Adult Romantic Paranormal Thriller to discuss, meet author and enjoy.

Here on Goodreads Book Club: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1724001-purgatory-reign

Join for free copy of Purgatory Reign and chat with author for the Month of March.

Description:Peter Saints’ life stinks. But things are about to get much worse. First, his parents are murdered in front of him. Then another victim dies in his arms.

Visions plague Peter with warnings that something wants him for a sinister cause. It desires the one thing that Peter refuses to give—his blood. Peter carries within him the one gift or curse that could unlock a secret to destroy the human race.

On the run with Angel, a scruffy kid, Peter starts to unravel the mystery. It’s the one treasure the heavens sought to hide from the world. Unfortunately, when Peter finds the answer he hopes that will save the girl he loves, he opens the door to a great evil that happens to be salivating to meet him.

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Marketing Beyond The BookStore

I remember when I first started pursuing publishing. My main goal was to have a booksigning in a brick and mortar store. That was how I knew I’d accomplished something. It was to me ‘a must do’. However, now the climate for selling books have changed and the bookstores are no longer the main venue for selling your book.

RE-ADJUST YOUR IN PERSON EVENTS

When I first started out, the bookstore signings were on the horizon, but I had to find other places to sign and sell books. Now more than ever, I’m having to revisit those venues unlike I’d ever expected.

Yes, I made it into the BOOKSTORE to sign my book, but now there are less and less signings at bookstores, especially for Indie authors for some reason.

So here are the new venues I’m aiming for now (funny how I’ve come full circle in my Marketing).

CRAFT SHOWS

BOOK FESTIVALS

ECLECTIC stores that sell books and other wares

LIBRARY EVENTS

BOOKCLUB EVENTS

SCHOOL VISITS

THEMED LOCATIONS

CONS and other EVENTS

COLLEGE VISITS

YOUR BOOK BUYING HABITS now that bookstores are changing?

So if you were to ask yourself, do you still purchase all your books from the bookstore – would you say yes?

Where then? Also, if you were at an event and saw a book or author you were interested in, would you purchase there?

Romance is in the air! Excerpt from THUNDERING LUV!

Here's an tease scene from Thundering Luv, without giving it all away.

Book Description:

Jewel has always been able to get the guy she wanted. The starting jock on the football team, the team captain on the basketball team, and the lead swimmer on the swim team. Problem is, she didn't find them the least bit exciting. Was she cold or a she-wolf for guys? Colin thought so, and he'd do anything to bring her down a peg or two. When these two collide on the sandy beach during their mixed up summer vacation, sparks fly, making this a summer neither will forget.

Excerpt:

From Colin, leading man in Thundering Luv!

Colin’s chest muscles twitched and it felt like her hand burned through his t-shirt to his skin. He stepped back. “Uh, can I talk to you a minute?”

            Jewel frowned up at him. “I. Um?”

            He had to fight the urge to pull her close and kiss her full lips, the birthmark on the curve of her neck she tried to fade. So, he placed his hand on hers, taking a deep breath to refocus his jumbled thoughts.

            Megs called from behind him, “Hurry up, Jewel! You’re missing the previews.” Megs peeked around Colin’s arm and grabbed Jewel’s wrist. “It’s your favorite part,” she chortled in a sing-song voice and tugged Jewel away from him and into the front room.

            He grunted. Then he went into the kitchen to grab a soda for Taylor. When he cleared the threshold into the room, Jewel sat alone in the only chair, smiling at the previews on the TV. He wanted her, he shouldn’t, but he did. What was wrong with him? He’d accused her of so many things, but he wasn’t any better.

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Top 5 List of Books to Curl Up with on a Cold Winter's Day

Is it COLD outside?

Well what better way to spend your FREEZING day, than writing? Oops, that's not my only hobby, I also Love, Love, Love to READ.

Here's some great YA books to scoop up! My daughter's and I are currently reading these.

BLACK ANGEL by Stone Erickson

SKINLESS by LM Davis

ASSASINS ROSE by KaSonddra Leigh

PRAEFATIO by Georgia McBride

REAPER's NOVICE by Cecillia Robert

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A Spicey New Cover for BIRTHRIGHT by Willow Cross

Willow Cross has done it again!

She's spiced up her first Vamping book, BIRTHRIGHT for us. Grab your copy of this exciting adventure with Vampires, Wolves, Ghost and more!

Birthright (Book I in The Dark Gifts series) For one-thousand years, Druid prophecies foretold of a young witch destined to alter the fate of both human and immortal alike. This witch-turned-vampire would be capable of harnessing the supernatural abilities of both and, in a bloody rise to power, would rule with unwavering control. Unwillingly thrust into a world she never dreamed existed, Liz Markum is catapulted into an ancient war between rival vampire factions. She must choose between those she loves and the ever-present darkness attempting to devour her very soul. Only one question remains: Will Liz claim her birthright or surrender to the dark gift? One choice. One chance. Two destinies. 

book links: 

Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Birthright-Dark-Gifts-Willow-Cross-ebook/dp/B0052F7IHQ/ref=la_B0052ZBR6E_1_3_title_0_main?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1388420591&sr=1-3 

Barnes and Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dark-gifts-birthright-willow-cross/1101222609?ean=2940011283611

Incredible BOXED Set with 15 Young Adult Reads FOR SALE!

Indelibles has put together an incredible set of fifteen complete best-selling novels by Indelibles authors including Addison Moore, Susan Kaye Quinn, RaShelle Workman, Chanda Hahn, Magan Vernon, Laura Pauling, Elle Strauss, LM Preston and more!As if the deal couldn't get any better, the Indelibles is offering this limited-edition for an even-more amazing price -

$1.99
That's right. For less than a cup of your favorite coffee you can get fifteen full-length YA novels to feed those readers you got for the Holidays. The deal is only good until 1/11/14, so get your copy TODAY!

So,Sit back, relax in your favorite reading chair and enjoy 15 Winter Reads from 15 bestselling YA authors.There is something to delight every reader in this box set - paranormal romance, futuristic sci-fi, historical, time travel, and contemporary.





15 Winter Reads includes:
The Iron Butterfly by Chanda Hahn: Escaping an experimental prison, Thalia tries to hide her past and her gifts, from her friends. But her past isn't always easy to escape, especially when it hunts you down.

Tremble (Celestra Series) by Addison Moore: Sixteen year-old, Skyla Messenger is a dead girl walking. When her newly remarried mother moves the family to Paragon Island, to a house that is rumored to be haunted, Skyla finds refuge in Logan Oliver, a boy who shares her unique ability to read minds.

Exiled by RaShelle Workman: Venus wakes to find herself no longer on her home planet of Kelari, but on Earth with a week to get back or she'll die.

Dragonfly by Leigh Talbert Moore: Gossip Girl meets VC Andrews in this contemporary family saga. Love, lies, and betrayal become the new normal when Anna enters the world of Jack and Lucy Kyser.

Open Minds and Closed Hearts by Susan Kaye Quinn: When everyone reads minds, a secret is a dangerous thing to keep.

Untraceable by S.R. Johannes: When Grace's forest ranger dad disappears on patrol, she fights town authorities, tribal officials, & nature to prove he's alive. Torn between a new hot boy and cute ex, she heads into the wilderness to find her dad. Soon, she is caught in a web of conspiracy, deception, and murder.


How to Date an Alien and How to Break Up With an Alien by Magan Vernon: Alex Bianchi takes an internship at an alien operations center to pad her college applications but doesn't plan on falling in love with one of its residents. But as Alex's senior year progresses, everything changes and she can't figure out if it is interstellar or if it is just time to break up with an alien.

Flutter of Luv by L.M. Preston: Dawn, the neighborhood tomboy, is happy to be her best friend's shadow. Acceptance comes from playing football after school with the guys on the block while hiding safely behind her glasses, braces, and boyish ways. But Tony moves in, becomes the star Running Back on her school's football team, and changes her world and her view of herself forever.

Watched by Cindy M. Hogan: It takes more than a school trip to change Christy's life. It takes murder.

Clockwise and Clockwiser by Elle Strauss: A follow up to Clockwise, Casey and Nate travel back in time and race against the clock to rescue Casey's rebellious brother Tim from frontline battle in America's civil war.

Glimpse (Zellie Wells #1) and Glimmer (Zellie Wells #2) by Stacey Wallace Benefiel: While working together to figure out what their shared vision means, Zellie discovers that Benjamin is a worthy friend and mentor. If only he could keep his hands off of her - if only she wanted him to...

A Spy Like Me by Laura Pauling: After dodging bullets on a first date, Savvy must decide how far she'll go to protect the ones she loves.

Grasping At Eternity by Karen Amanda Hooper: An eternal soul mate, a supernatural family who has known her for centuries, and lifetimes of erased memories: this is Maryah Woodsen's life. She just doesn't know it yet.

Lacrimosa by Christine Fonseca: In the world of angels and demons, one thing is clear - some sacrifices should never be made. Even for love.


The Secret of Spruce Knoll by Heather McCorkle: The town of Spruce Knoll hides many secrets--and many dangers, among them are that the untimely death of Eren's parents was no accident and that she is far more than she realizes.
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And enjoy all of the wonderful reading you'll be doing as you ring in 2014!