Author Nina Croft Guest Post : Creatures of The Dark Desires Series GIVEAWAY

Today we have Author Nina Croft of Blood And Metal book 5 in the Dark Desires Series
She has a little guest post for you all ... Creatures of the Dark Desires Series ... ENJOY!

Vampires in Space…
This week, BLOOD AND METAL, book 5 in my Dark Desires series releases, and today I’m going to talk a little the different species that inhabit the Dark Desires world.

First, maybe it’s worth mentioning how the series came about…

A few years ago, my husband asked me, over breakfast one morning, why didn’t I write a good book? He survived...just, and it turned out that his idea of a “good” book was one with no romance, no vampires, no werewolves, and no aliens. I said I’d write him a thriller and I tried (and okay, I pretty much failed—the final book, The Descartes Legacy, had a whole lot of romance and even a little bit of alien). Anyway, in the aftermath of that, I decided that I would write a book for me, and it could contain absolutely anything I wanted, all my favorites.

I’d been watching Firefly (for about the fifth time) and I wanted to write a space opera about ship. When my pilot, Ricardo Sanchez (and the hero of book 1, Break Out) turned out to be a vampire, I didn’t fight it. And so the series began.

The books follow the adventures, romantic and otherwise, of the crew of Rico’s space ship, the Blood Hunter. And once I’d accepted vampires in space, it seemed a little unfair to exclude anyone (or rather anything) else.

So who’s out there in space…?

• When man fled from Earth, they eventually stumbled across the Trakis system, and there they discovered the secret of immortality—Meridian. A new class comprised of the super-rich and immortal soon evolved. The Collective, as they’re called, rule the universe. Along with immortality, anyone who takes Meridian also becomes telepathic, and as time goes on it seems there are a few other, less welcome, changes in store.

• Then there are the genetically modified people, or GMs. These are a mix of human and… anything. Tannis, the captain of the Blood Hunter, is part snake. Daisy, the heroine of Blood and Metal, is part plant (bet you can’t guess what sort) and was a lovely shade of green before she became a vampire and lost her access to sunlight.

• Obviously, there are vampires, though not too many of them. When the ships left a dying Earth, there was only room for a chosen few. Rico, and a group of acquaintances, arranged for a number of the humans to be replaced by other things…

• So far, out of those other things, we’ve encountered werewolves (Jon the hero of book 2, Deadly Pursuit, is a werewolf) and briefly demons.

• Then there are dragons, but I don’t think I’ll go into them in much detail, just to say they turn up in book 4, Temporal shift, and are a big surprise to a lot of people (and not a nice one.)

• Oh, and cyborgs

• And finally, there are ordinary humans, but I like to keep them to a minimum and they tend to be the bad guys.

So can you think of anything I’ve missed? Who or what else would you like to see in space…? Let me know for a chance to win an ecopy of Break Out, book 1 in the series. 

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Buy Links:

Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Blood-Entangled-Select-Otherworld-Desires-ebook/dp/B013B98JUY
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Author bio:

Nina Croft grew up in the north of England. After training as an accountant, she spent four years working as a volunteer in Zambia, which left her with a love of the sun and a dislike of nine-to-five work. She then spent a number of years mixing travel (whenever possible) with work (whenever necessary) but has now settled down to a life of writing and picking almonds on a remote farm in the mountains of southern Spain.

Nina writes all types of romance, often mixed with elements of the paranormal and science fiction.

Character Promo : Legend of the Blue Eyes by B. Kristin McMichael

Arianna Grace liked her boring, Midwestern, teenage life where she ignored the many unanswered questions of her childhood. Why were her parents dead? Why did she not have family? Where was she raised until she was five? When someone offers to explain it all, Arianna thinks she's just getting answers. Instead, she is thrown into a world of night humans who drink blood. 

On Arianna's sixteenth birthday, her world is thrown upside down when she changes into a vampire. Night humans, or demons, as some call them, live in normal society. Learning all of the new rules of a world she didn't know existed might be hard enough, but it's further complicated by two former-friends that now want to help her take her role as the successor to her grandfather. 

There is a war going on between the night humans. Sides have been taken and lines are not crossed. Four main clans of night humans are struggling for control of the night. Divided into two sides, clans Baku and Tengu have been at war for centuries with the clans Dearg-dul and Lycan. That is, until Arianna Grace finds out the truth; she's the bridge of peace between the two sides. But not everyone wants peace. With the night humans divided, Arianna is now a pawn in the war between them. She must choose a side--her mother's family or her father's--and for once in her life, decide her own fate.

Thank you so much Heather for asking me do a promo post. It’s always great to interact with readers and shed some insight into the characters. You spend hours writing about imaginary people that live only in your head. They have likes and dislikes and personalities, but what goes down on the paper is all anyone sees of them. This is a chance to show more about the main characters in my novel The Legend of the Blue Eyes. When Heather suggested a post about what my characters like to eat- I had to smile. A food post is right up my alley. I am endlessly cooking and baking and trying new recipes on my family. Baking is one of the things I do to relax actually. When I was in my undergrad, my roommates always knew when a big test was coming because I’d be in the kitchen making cookies. I still get that way. What better thing to do when stressed is make cookies??!!
So onto my characters. Obviously if you’ve read the books you know that several of my characters favorite food would be blood, they are night humans that live on blood after all. But like anyone, they should have more than one favorite (and Devin doesn’t drink blood, so he has to have a favorite food). Below are the favorites for Arianna, Devin, Andrew, Thomas, and Turner- the main characters in The Legend of the Blue Eyes and throughout the trilogy.


Arianna - Lemon meringue pie. Tart with a little bit of fluff on top- just like Arianna. She might seem all passive and nothing but fluff- but under that she really is strong enough to take the role she was born to play; you might just have to get through all three books to see it, but passive Arianna needs to grow up a bit before people see that layer underneath her.

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Grandmas-Lemon-Meringue-Pie/Detail.aspx?event8=1&prop24=SR_Title&e11=lemon%20meringue%20pie&e8=Quick%20Search&event10=1&e7=Recipe%20Hub&soid=sr_results_p1i5


Devin - Chicken and apple pie. Devin is the sort that likes lean meat and actually cares about what he eats. He’s meticulous with everything else in his life, why wouldn’t he be with food also. He has two favorites though, Devin is the all-American type, and how much more all-American can you get than apple pie?

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Famous-Butter-Chicken/Detail.aspx?event8=1&prop24=SR_Title&e11=butter%20chicken&e8=Quick%20Search&event10=1&e7=Home%20Page&soid=sr_results_p1i1
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Apple-Pie-I/Detail.aspx?event8=1&prop24=SR_Title&e11=apple%20pie&e8=Quick%20Search&event10=1&e7=Recipe&soid=sr_results_p1i8


Andrew - This is a hard one to decide. With his questionable home life and having spent a large part of his time locked in the basement, it is possible that he likes any kind of food he can get his hands on. I’m going to pick mac and cheese though- something that reminds you of family even though he doesn’t have one. I feel like without a family, Andrew still longs for one.

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Chucks-Favorite-Mac-and-Cheese/Detail.aspx?event8=1&prop24=SR_Title&e11=mac%20and%20cheese&e8=Quick%20Search&event10=1&e7=Home%20Page&soid=sr_results_p1i8

Turner – burger and fries- Turner is a lycan, essentially a werewolf, and meat is the one thing he can’t get enough of. He likes any burger from any place- as long as it is real meat (none of that vegetarian stuff). He doesn’t care particularly where it comes from as long as it is hot and fresh and hopefully a little rare.

http://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/all-american-loaded-burgers


Thomas - Oven-baked salmon with vegetables. Thomas is a health nut who is as conscious about what he puts into his body as he is about making sure he studies and gets all his homework done.

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/food-network-kitchens/soy-glazed-salmon-with-cucumber-avocado-salad-recipe.html




About The Author :

Originally from Wisconsin, B. Kristin currently resides in Ohio with her husband, two small children, and three cats. When not doing the mom thing of chasing kids, baking cookies, and playing outside, she is using her PhD in biology as a scientist. In her free time, she is currently hard at work on multiple novels. Every day is a new writing adventure. She is a fan of all YA fantasy and science fiction and continues to promote good books on her own blog at www.bkristinmcmichael.com. You can find her on Twitter, Facebook, and Goodreads


Where You Can Find B. Kristin McMichael:

Website | Facebook | Twitter | Goodreads | Amazon 

Come Back Tomorrow For REVIEW and GIVEAWAY!!!

Uncontrollable by SR Johannes *Guest Post* GIVEAWAY

Hey! Today on the Blog Tour I have for you an amazing Guest Post from SR Johannes!

Come back by on Sept. 20th when I will be doing my Review for Uncontrollable, I love Love this book and this series.

Did you have one scene that played out more in your mind when you started writing Untraceable and Unspeakable?

Any time I write the book plays out in my head as a movie so I am really capturing it as it plays.

When I was first writing Untraceable, the scene that first stuck out in my mind was when Grace first comes upon the camp. It’s what she has been searching for the whole time, what she’s been obsessed with. But when she finally finds it, it struck me how deep down maybe she wished she hadn’t.

I find sometimes the thing we want the most isn’t always the best thing. That’s what that scene always reminded me of. Those things in our life we struggle and work so hard for only to find out they hurt us more than they make us happy.

In Unspeakable, I wanted to understand who Mo was. This was the hardest piece for me to write because I found I did not know Mo unless he was with Grace or seen through her eyes. That short story took me way too long to write. The first version he was boring. The second version he was creepy. The scene that struck me the most was when he is watching Grace be attacked. There is that moment I think we all have where we see something and we wonder if we should get involved. Even though it’s right too, the fear step sin and holds us back. The fear in Mo was interesting to me. Exploring that

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Addison Moore Week on SupaGurl Books! May 1 - 8

So I'm sure you've noticed the banner above :) I will be hosting Addison Moore all week May 1st thru 8th and I am UBER excited!!

Here is what you can expect: 

May 1st - Review of Ethereal and an Interview with Marshall
May 2nd - Review of Tremble and LOGAN does an Interview
May 3rd - Question and Answer All About Addison Day
May 4th - Review of Burn and Chloe is interviewed
May 5th - Review of Wicked and GAGE is Interviewed by Addison :) 
May 6th - Surprise Day - Exclusive Logan Oliver POV
May 7th - Vex and Expel Exclusive Deleted Scenes
May 8th - Surprise Day - Exclusive Gage Oliver POV

 Addison Moore - Blog | Twitter

Are you excited?? I AM! I am telling you it's going to be awesome b/c even with all the awesome above ... There will be GIVEAWAYS!! each day :) 

Broods of Fenrir by Coral Moore *Blog Tour Stop* Review & Guest Post

Paperback, 213 pages
Published November 20th 2011 by Bared Teeth Pubhlishing

Shapeshifer Brand Geirson was raised to rule the Broods of Fenrir, but he refused his birthright. Instead, he killed their brutal leader–his own father–and walked away.

For hundreds of years he’s avoided brood society, until a werewolf kills an innocent human woman and Brand finds himself dragged back into the violent politics of the shapeshifters. When the two brood women who mean the most to him come under threat, he must take up the throne and risk becoming the kind of vicious bastard his father was, or let the broods descend further into chaos–taking the friend he swore to protect and his lover with them.

Contains Strong Language, Violence, and Sexual Situations.

Guest post from Coral Moore.... Away you go

Forging Connections with Supernatural Characters

by Coral Moore

There are a lot of different opinions about where the current breed of paranormal fiction originated. For me, the addiction to supernatural creatures started with Anne Rice. Her stories were the first to bring a bit of romance to the vampire and paint the undead as beings to be both pitied and feared. Creating a connection between the reader and a non-human character is not an easy task. The very nature of paranormal characters makes them difficult to identify with. After all, who among us knows what it’s like to be a thousand-year-old vampire?
One way we can forge a connection with an inhuman character is by showing their relationship with people. This is a common device used in paranormal romances and is probably the easiest to accomplish. Through the lens of a person we can understand, we see the frightening character as more approachable and even loveable.
Another option is to give the frightening character feelings we can recognize. By investing our monster with affection for others, even though they might deal with emotions in a different way than we do, we can form a lasting connection with them because we know how love makes us feel.
The final approached to creating connections I’d like to mention is my favorite. By giving our paranormal creature values that are morally justifiable we can create a powerful link between a reader and a non-human. I enjoy infusing my monsters with characteristics I aspire to, like honesty and loyalty. It’s difficult not to respect an individual who refuses to abandon his friends, even if we don’t agree with anything else he does.
Why do I prefer the last of the three options? I think because it lets me build character while I strengthen the reader’s connection to my monster. I also believe values are a more solid link because regardless of what my inhuman character is confronted with, she’s going to behave a certain way based on who she is.
The werewolves in Broods of Fenrir are quite monstrous and very little about them is human. However, I think each one, even the most evil, has at least one trait that I’d consider integral to our humanity. If you’d like to talk with me about your take on paranormal characters, I invite you stop by my website or chat with me on twitter.

Thank you Coral! Really great guest post.

Review:

This starts out with a bang! Straight out you get a look at how the Brood deals with their own. It's not a pretty sight. She builds the world around them right away and very well. It's harsh and at the basic level of survival of the fittest. 

Brand...This is one tough guy. Put through absolute hell while in the brood, he was to be the King. Killing his own father and leaving has left him on the outside, where he likes it. I really like Brand. Although he is vicious he controls what he is because he doesn't want to end up like his father. Strong, loyal, and that alpha male protectiveness ... he's got it goin on!

The people around him are loyal, would do anything for him. He has taken care of them in his own way and when trouble comes they step up. Great read! I will continue to look for more from Coral!!

Blog Tour Stop : Emily's House by Natalie Wright

Book Description:




Fourteen-year-old Emily Adams is flunking math - and life. But Emily has a secret, one that she has kept even from her best friends. Soon the ancient legacy coursing through her veins will force her secret to be revealed. Dormant for over a thousand years, an evil has arisen and this time, it will destroy anyone - or anything - that stands in its way.


Three teens embark on a dangerous journey and risk everything. For Emily, the fate of her friends - and her world - lies in her hands.


In a place where anything is possible, will Emily finds the skills - and courage -she needs to save the world from darkness?


Emily's House is a tale that blends Celtic mysticism, spirituality and ancient secrets with science and modern technology. Travel with Emily as she unlocks the secrets of her Celtic ancestors on a mystical journey to the inner house and beyond.

About the Author:

Natalie Wright spent her formative years growing up on a farm in Ohio. It was a fertile environment for an active imagination and an inquisitive mind. She is, however, a city girl at heart and enjoys traveling and experiencing oceans and cities worldwide. Natalie now finds inspiration in the desert environment of her home in Tucson, Arizona where she lives with her husband, daughter and her dog Molly.

Author Website & Contact Information:

www.NatalieWrightsYA.blogspot.com

www.NatalieWright.net

www.facebook.com/NatalieWright.Author

www.twitter.com/NatalieWright_

www.YouTube.com/user/WritesKidsBooks

Guest Post from Natalie...

Top 5 places you want to vacation in the world

1. Paris, France - because I've always wanted to picnic with my love on the banks of the Seine and explore Paris at night
2. Germany, particularly Bavaria (my great grandparents were from this region).
3. Kyoto, Japan - in the Spring for cherry blossoms
4. Tibet - I want to see Mt. Everest
5. The Galapagos Islands - because the creatures there are just plain cool and don't exist anywhere else

Top 5 Books of all time and why

I think this list is one that will change over time, but currently these are my top five:


1. Hamlet (which I know is actually a play) because I can read it over and over and still see new things. It has it all - teen angst, murder, family intrigue, great speeches.


2. The Harry Potter series (I'll count the whole series as one book) because who doesn't want to go to Hogwarts and learn how to do magic?


3. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee because it's the first book I remember reading that really moved me and stayed with me.


4. The Hunger Games series because its everything I want in a book series. I want to be Katniss even though she lives in a terrible place and situation. I can't help myself for wanting to see the Hunger Games arena even though it's gruesome. And Peeta . . .


The Hunger Games is a series I want to read and re-read. There's such depth to Suzanne Collins' writing. It's a page-turning read but with serious issues and themes woven throughout. It's fun and makes you think. Brilliant.


5. The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern because after I read it I couldn't stop thinking about it. I finished it weeks ago and I'm still wishing there really was a Night Circus and I want to go to it and dress in black and wear a red scarf and eat chocolate mice. I've never read a book before where the author created so utterly and completely and believable magical world that I wish really existed. It's Harry Potter for adults.

 Share your writing day with us.

My ideal writing day is to get to my desk by 8:30 a.m. and write new material until lunch. Then after lunch and social media/e-mails, I edit in the afternoon until about 4:00. That's ideal but I'd say that only happens about half of the time. If I don't get my morning writing done, then I write at night after I've put my kiddo to bed. I actually think some of my more creative ideas come when it's dark outside.

Blog Tour Stop : Tears of the Broken by AM Hudson Review / Guest Post

Tears of the Broken
Book 1 in the Dark Secrets Series
by A.M. Hudson


Book Blurb:


Lies are the shadows of betrayal...the vampire will be the light.


When you love someone, there's nothing you wouldn't forgive.
But what about murder?


Ara-Rose will learn that life is fashioned from one tragedy after the next, and that sometimes, the truth people hide from you is nothing you could have imagined.


But Ara has secrets of her own, and she's willing to take them to her grave--a place David Knight will fight to keep her from.

Amazon for Kindle | Amazon Paperback | Smashwords

Author Bio:


A.M. Hudson started writing full-time after her third child. She lives a more than ordinary life in Australia with her husband and children. When she's not writing, she sings in a duo or can be found under a pile of books.

Website | Facebook | Twitter

And now a Guest Post from AM Hudson...

Hello to everyone from the Supa Gurl blog. Thanks for having me here today. I'm the author of the internationally loved vampire series, Dark Secrets. Tears of the Broken, the first book in the series, explores how the heart controls the mind. How we follow it sometimes to our own detriment.
In romantic fiction these days, the heroine is a strong, independent woman; someone with direction, drive, a girl who can slap a man in the face then kiss him and walk away. She needs no one and always knows exactly what to say. She's intelligent and probably has good grades and a pretty face.
Ara is nothing like that.
Tragedy takes her childhood and leaves her feeling alone and unsafe, like there's nowhere in the world she still belongs. We all have somewhere we can run to, somewhere we can turn, but after death touches her life, Ara must find that somewhere else, and it happens to come along in the form of a vampire, posing as a boy.
But she will learn more now than ever that the world is cruel and harsh, that happy endings really are only for fairy tales, and nightmares are, in fact, real. Ara will look to David to rescue her from the depths of her dark life, and when he pulls her to safety, he will let her fall again in the worst way.
I wanted my heroin to be strong, to be someone girls could learn from and look up to. I wanted readers to feel encouraged to do better, to want better in life than they felt they deserved. But not through reading about a character who already is all those things--by reading about a girl who grows into herself. Ara is needy and often foolish. I wrote her that way to show young girls that, sometimes, we don't feel like the heroin. Sometimes we're not strong, sometimes we do feel like we need to be rescued. It's great to endeavour to be the wise, witty, dependable girl who always knows what to say, but for most of us, that just isn't the case, and reading a story from the perspective of a girl like that can make us feel a little inadequate. You will watch Ara grow to become that person. You will take that journey with her, as she will hopefully take that journey with you.
I hope you all enjoy Tears of the Broken, and I look forward to your comments and conversations on my website and Facebook page. You can also find me on Twitter and buy the book on Amazon in paperback or Kindle.
Thank you for hosting my tour stop here today on this fantastic, inspiring blog.

Amazing excerpt!

Excerpt:
I nodded toward the guitar lying abandoned on the rug. “Music is something that comes from a really deep place in me. I feel things so much, so completely, and that song—” I leaned back and looked into his emerald eyes. “It was so beautiful.”
“It reminds me of you, Ara.” His gaze penetrated my watery barrier and made my heart forget how to beat.
“Why?”
“Don’t you see how much I'm in love with you?” He grabbed my face and rested his fingers under my hair at the back of my neck. “Don’t you get it? Forever doesn't have to be a curse for me. Not anymore—not now that I have you.”
Motionless, breathless, with the only connection to the real world being the burning sun above, my mind fought for reason. “But we don’t get to live forever.”
“What if we did? What if you could have an eternity with me?” His thumb pressed into my cheek a little. “Would you take it?”
“If there was such a magic in the world.” A soft breeze cooled the top of my head and a peaceful serenity encased us. “If eternity were real—I’d give my soul to spend it with you.”

Review: 

There was not a thing that I did not LOVE about this book. Extremely well written story. I totally got a feel for the world she has created. Story line flows well and easy to follow.

'Ara' as she has shortened her name, she is very well developed. She stays true to who she is through out the story and you can see her growth. I loved her. She has lost someone dear to her and that plays into who she is now. 

David... Swoon no really. He is a total guy but still so romantic. Says and does things for that someone he loves. Would do anything for her even when it goes against everything he wants! I fell for him almost instantly. 

*this is who I see when reading him - 

Family and friends of Ara are all well written too. They have depth and are not just background filler. I especially love her BFF and hope to "see" him next book. Which I cannot WAIT for to see what is going to happen with everyone.

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Vampire Valentines Day - Review Vamplayer by Rusty Fischer Giveaway

Welcome to the Vampire Valentines Day Review/Giveaway Event @ SupaGurl books, Featuring : 

Rusty Fischer and The amazing book 
Vamplayers

At the Afterlife Academy of Exceptionally Dark Arts, the vampires in training follow one of two tracks: they become either Sisters or Saviors. Of course, everyone wants to be a Savior, swooping into infested high schools in matching red leather jumpsuits and wielding crossbows, putting down swarming vampires with deadly efficiency.


But Lily Fielding is just a Sister—a Third Sister at that, a measly trainee. When Lily and her two Sisters, Alice and Cara, are called out to their latest assignment, she figures it’s just another run-of-the-mill gig: spot the Vamplayer (part vampire, part player), identify the predictably hot, trampy girl he’s set his eyes on, and befriend her before the Vamplayer can turn her to do his bidding.

Finding the sleek and sexy Vamplayer, Tristan, and his equally beautiful and popular target, Bianca, is easy. And when Lily meets the adorably geeky Zander, she too falls under a lover’s spell. But this assignment turns out to be trickier than most when the Third Sister must battle the baddest vampire of all.

SupaAwesome Guest Post Ahead!!! 

Team Zombie Versus Team Vamp: Are the Living Dead Only Beating the Bloodsuckers Online?
A Guest Post by Rusty Fischer, author of Vamplayers


So, as part of my ongoing education as a YA author, one of my weekly duties – though it feels more like a “treat” – is to take a field trip to the local mega-bookstore and troll the YA aisle for an hour or so.


I’m usually there before school lets out for the day, and rarely on weekends, so I’m pretty much alone in my research of what’s hot, what’s not, what’s faced out, what’s spine-in and all the other indicators of how trends are pulling, or what’s got “heat,” at least in the brick and mortar world.


I guess because now that Vamplayers is out in the world I’m hypersensitive to this whole “zombies versus vamps” grudge match, but I could swear that despite all the zombie hype online, in the actual aisles of my local bookstore at least, the vamps are still winning by a mile.


Yes, Rot & Ruin was front and center and deservedly so because Jonathan Mayberry and his sensitive, sophisticated and challenging undead world ROCKS, but… where were all the copies of Warm Bodies? Where was Zombie Blondes? Where was You Are So Undead to Me? Where was Never Slow Dance With a Zombie?


Nowhere, that’s where. I couldn’t find them, and I’ve been looking for weeks on end. I figure if they’re gone one week, maybe they’re sold out. (Go, Zombies!) Two weeks, three weeks… maybe they’re not stocking them at all.


Now, these were the books – well, Rot & Ruin wasn’t out back then, and I think Warm Bodies came right toward the end – that inspired me to write Zombies Don’t Cry in the first place, that basically created the YA living dead genre out of thin air.


And now I can’t barely find them anywhere in “real” life.


And it’s not because they’re older and a little outdated, because I still see the same vampire paperbacks that were on the shelves next to Zombie Blondes and Zombie Queen of Newbury High once upon a time: Sucks to Be Me, the Chronicles of Vladimir Tod, and of course the Morganville Vampires and Thirst series and Vampire Diaries (all awesome, of course).


I know this isn’t entirely scientific. You may be shaking your head right now because at your bookstore where you live, there are tons of zombie books and maybe I just live in a zombie-bigoted city/state (probs).


Still, I alternate bookstores every few weeks or so – there are about five really good, really big chain bookstores within 25-30 miles of where I live – and the same is true for ALL those stores as well.


So I have to ask: are zombies only winning the war online? Or are they even winning at all? Online anyway, it sure *seems* like they are. I mean, in my world, I pretty much see a new FREE or 99-cent or indy or self-published or even traditionally published YA zombie book like every other day.


And it’s not just the new releases but the energy, the vibe, I feel about zombies online. There just seems to be a general “Team Zombie” vibe online.


For instance, I don’t think it has the same heat yet as, obviously, how people are freaking over every “sneak peek” still from the Hunger Games movie, but I can sense a genuine eagerness in YA folks about the Warm Bodies movie and the stills they’ve leaked from that set seem to genuinely get a pretty awesome response from all my Facebook, Twitter and Blogger friends, who aren’t necessarily Team Zombie but are for sure Team YA.


So, I dunno, I’m just not feeling that online zombie love when I walk into a brick and mortar bookstore. But what about you? Am I wrong, or just leaning too much toward the whole “zombies as underdogs” thing? I don’t think I am, because it is still really vamp-heavy out here.


So let me have it: are you Team Living Dead or Team Bloodsucker? I’m all ears…

Yours in YA,

Rusty

About the author: Rusty Fischer is the author of several YA supernatural novels, including Zombies Don’t Cry, Ushers, Inc., Vamplayers, I Heart Zombie and Panty Raid @ Zombie High. Visit his blog, www.zombiesdontblog.blogspot.com, for news, reviews, cover leaks, writing and publishing advice, book excerpts and more!

Review: 

Ok I LOVE Rusty' books. The writing is wicked good, and the story line in Vamplayer is a unique take on the Vamp world. I was instantly pulled in by Lily, she is an amazing girl then Vampire! All the aspects of the world are fully realized and very interesting. 








Vamplayers? Sounds good right? NOPE they are players looking for a hottie girl to turn then let loose and start a newbie vamp infestation! BAD! Lily and her sisters get in over their head. I loved the characters. No really all of them are so well written that you can get into each of them. The story is just Wicked Awesome! twists, turns, ACTION and some romance it's all jam packed. You so need to read this!

Now for a GIVEAWAY! Rusty is going to give one of you lucky peeps A Paperback copy of Vamplayers!

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Blog Tour Stop : Entanglements by P.R. Mason Guest Post & Giveaway

Welcome to my stop on the Tour for Entanglements.

Entanglements
By P.R. Mason


Blurb:


Teen KIZZY TAYLOR is just hoping for an evening of fun when she joins her friends in a spelunking expedition through an under-city tunnel. But fun turns bizarre when Kizzy accidentally opens a vortex and her stepsister is swept through to an evil alternate dimension. The only way to rescue her stepsister is to reopen the vortex and go in after her. But is her new boyfriend, ROM CALIXO, going to help Kizzy or try to stop her? And if she can get past Rom, will she be able to get back home?

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Guest Post : Soundtrack!!

Music for ENTANGLEMENTS: an unofficial novel soundtrack


By: P.R. Mason


Music can be a great inspiration for my writing. Listening to a song immediately brings to mind a setting, conveys the essence of a character, and/or sets a mood. So, if I'm writing a scene, listening to a particular song is a perfect writer's tool to help the process along. Now that my novel ENTANGLEMENTS has been released, I can readily identify some of the songs on my iPod that are a "mood match" for many of its pivotal scenes and sections.


The following is the unofficial soundtrack for Entanglements. You can click HERE (http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL745351B74DD5A166&feature=mh_lolz) to listen to the playlist via Youtube.


1. Angel, by Massive Attack Chapter 1 = Bridge
2. Drumming Song, by Florence + The Machine Chapter 2 = Meeting Rom
3. Falling From the Sky, by Vast Chapter 3-4 = Spelunking/The Vortex
4. Cosmic Love, by Florence + The Machine Chapter 5 = A Date
5. Turquoise, by Vast Chapter 6 = It Sucks
6. Back to Black, by Amy Winehouse Chapter 8-9 = What's going on?
7. Is It Me, by Vast Chapter 10 = Rom and Kizzy
8 Hey Man Nice Shot, by Filter Chapter 11-12 = The Vortex
9. Heavy in Your Arms, by Florence + The Machine Chapter 13 = Franky
10. Running Up That Hill, by Placebo Chapter 14 = Where are they?
11. Map of the Problematique, by Muse Chapter 16-17 = Of Vortexes &Wormholes
12. Stronger, by Kanye West Chapter 18 = Kizzy's Choice
13. Love Reign O'er Me, by The Who Chapter 20 = Entering the Vortex
14. Ghost Town, by The Specials Chapter 21 = Meeting the "Humans"
15. Rolling in the Deep, by Adele Chapter 23 = In the Enemy Camp
16. Uprising, by Muse Chapter 25-6 = The Bridge
17 Set Fire to the Rain, by Adele Chapter 27-8 = Kizzy's struggle
18. Firework, by Katy Perry Chapter 29 = Finale


I hope you'll check out the playlist. And if you read Entanglements, please let me know if you agree with my song selections or make your own suggestions.


You can follow me on Twitter and on Goodreads, as well as through my website and my blog.

Giveaway: E-Copy of Entanglements and Fated Hearts to one lucky winner!

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Blog Tour Stop : The Priest and the Peaches by Larry Peterson * Guest Post

Historical fiction novel set in the Bronx in the mid-1960s


Take a seven day journey with the five, newly orphaned Peach kids, as they begin their struggle to remain a family while planning their dad's funeral.


They find an ally in the local parish priest, Father Tim Sullivan, who tries his best to guide them through the strange, unchartered and turbulent waters of "grown-up world." A story that is sad, funny, and inspiring as it shows how the power of family love and faith can overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles.

Larry Peterson was born and raised in the Bronx, New York. A former Metal Lather/Reinforcing Iron-worker, he left that business after coming down with MS. He, his wife and three kids moved to Florida 30 years ago. Larry began doing freelance newspaper commentary after graduating from Tampa College in 1984.


His first children's picture book, Slippery Willie's Stupid, Ugly Shoes was published in 2011. In 2012, his full length novel, The Priest and the Peaches was released and he is presently working on the sequel.


He also has a blog (http://www.ThePriestandthePeaches.com) where he posts weekly commentary. He lives in Pinellas Park, Florida and his kids and six grandchildren all live within three miles of each other.

Larry has stopped by with a Guest Post on the Top Ten Places to Vacation and/or Want to Vacation. Away you go...

I was asked to post giving my top ten places to vacation and/or want to vacation. I am not a world traveler. In fact, I am almost a non-traveler. Vacations in my life have been few and far between. The last time I went anywhere it was five years ago and that was to a funeral in NY. Pretty dull, right? I understand that most everyone needs to get away from it all, have a change of scenery and re-charge the old batteries. As for me, I really don't care one way or the other. I'm content where I am. Call me peculiar (it's OK--I have been called a lot worse than that).


Don't get me wrong. There are certain places that I do like to visit. Let's start with St. Augustine, FL, the oldest city in the United States. The city was founded in 1565 (42 years before Jamestown) by Don Pedro Menendez de Aviles under the orders of King Phillip II of Spain. The old coquina shell fort still stands as do the original city gates nearby which is the oldest wooden schoolhouse in the country. If you like history, it is an amazing place to visit. I will be going there--again.


My favorite places to visit are Civil War battlefields and, without a doubt, Gettysburg, PA tops the list. If there is anyplace I love to spend time it is at Gettysburg. This place is truly hallowed ground. The battlefield is immense covering many square miles and over 50,000 young Americans died here from July 1 through 3, 1863. When I visit Gettysburg I am overwhelmed by what happened here almost 150 years ago. If you go up to "Little Round Top" and stand next to the statue of General Warren you can look down at the "The Devil's Den" and "The Peach Orchard" and actually sense the fury and chaos that went on there on day 2 of the battle. Standing up on "Cemetery Ridge" you can look out across the vast field that leads to a line of trees. Picture 15,000 Confederate soldiers, under the command of Gen. George Pickett, stepping out from those tress and heading toward you. Imagine waiting and waiting as they slowly advance across the several mile long field. Then, all hell breaks loose as thousands of muskets and cannon began blasting away. "Picketts Charge" fails and the division is almost wiped out. This was the final battle at Gettysburg and the beginning of the end for the Confederate States of America.. Four months later, Abraham Lincoln, delivered the Gettysburg Address here and you can visit the boarding house where he stayed the night before as he finished up the two and a half minute masterpiece. Of course there are other battlefields like Fredericksburg, VA and Chancellorsville and Antietam and Fort Sumter off the Charleston, SC coast.


Well, I guess I just like history. Sometimes, when you go these places, you can just feel it.


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Larry Peterson's Twitter:
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