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Celebrating Women’s History Month: A White Room by Stephanie Carroll

March 5, 2014
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Today our guest is Stephanie Carroll, a women’s historical fiction novelist and blogger who is doing some exciting things to celebrate Women’s History Month. 

Since its debut in June 2013, A White Room (4.3 stars, 32 reviews) has topped Amazon’s Historical Women’s Fiction Top 100 and been No. 1 on Amazon’s Top 100 for Medical Fiction. It earned Best Cross Genre Title from USA Book News Best Book Awards 2013, and was featured as a notable page turner in Shelf Unbound Magazine. It has also been featured on radio, television, and in magazines, newspapers, and blogs across the country.

Author Interview with Stephanie Carroll

What are some things you are doing for Women’s History Month?

As a women’s historical fiction author, I feel like this is a month-long holiday. I’m starting the month off with a sale of A White Room for $0.99 from March 1 to March 15, and I’ve reduced my print edition to “at cost,” so it only costs the price to make it, about $8.56. I only receive royalties if my readers feel I earned them. They can donate at my website www.stephaniecarroll.net.

I’m also doing a special giveaway on my blog Unhinged & Empowered for multiple copies of my and my contributors novels, including Amy Bird’s Yours is Mine and Nanette Field’s Love in a Small Village. There will also be women’s history posts and a few big announcements for Unhinged & Empowered throughout the month.

I am also excited to be featuring women‘s products submitted by my readers on my social media platforms. I’m very happy to be featuring a reader who is selling women’s empowerment bracelets and breast cancer bracelets. Each bracelet costs $5, but a large portion of the proceeds ($3.75/$5) goes toward ending domestic violence or toward Read more »

Author Interview #257: Aundy by Shanna Hatfield

February 24, 2014
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Our interview today is with Shanna Hatfield, author of Aundy (historical romance/western, 4.4 stars, 87 reviews) and its sequels, Caterina and the soon to be released Ilsa.

Before we get to the interview, a brief description of the series: Set in the western town of Pendleton, Oregon, the Pendleton Petticoats series highlights courageous women and men of strong character. The series begins in 1899, as Pendleton heads into a new century and an era as a booming, bustling city. During the early 1900s, Pendleton was a modern, progressive town, despite its Wild West reputation. In addition to 18 bordellos and 32 saloons, Pendleton offered residents such cultured experiences as an opera house, a French restaurant, and a tea room. It was the second city in Oregon to have paved streets and boasted a telephone office as well as wonders like indoor plumbing to those who could afford the services in the early 1900s. While the town didn’t lack for colorful characters, those portrayed in the Pendleton Petticoats series are purely fictional.

The women in Pendleton Petticoats come from all walks of life but find commonality in drawing strength from their courage and persevering in chasing their dreams. One woman longs to better her future, one to escape her past, and one just wants to find a place to call home. Aundy, Caterina and Ilsa challenge the roles typically assigned to women of this era. Readers who enjoy historical romances, westerns, or stories about strong, innovative women with enjoy this series of clean romantic fiction.

AUTHOR INTERVIEW WITH SHANNA HATFIED

Shanna Hatfield writes character-driven romances with realistic heroes and heroines. Her historical westerns have been described as “reminiscent of the era captured by Bonanza and The Virginian” while her contemporary works have been called “laugh-out-loud funny, and a little heart pumping sexy without being explicit in any way.” Read more »

Author Interview #256: Apocalyptic Moon by Eva Gordon

February 19, 2014
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Our interview today is with Eva Gordon, author of the award-winning Apocalyptic Moon (paranormal romance, 4.6 stars, 45 reviews) in the After the Bane series and its sequel, Raven Moon. She is also the author of Lycan Gladiator, Book 1 in the Wolf Maiden Saga and a steampunk romance novel, Hand of Miriam, A Bayla and the Golem Novel.

Before we get to the interview, let us introduce the premise and a brief description of each book in the series: Ravaged by a global zombie pandemic, humanity’s survival depends on the secret society of shifters, but can they be trusted?

In Apocalyptic Moon, Dr. Dora Adler is bitten by a zombie but survives. She is held captive in a secret underground lab. The tall, muscular hunk in the next cell is her only hope for salvation from a life as a human guinea pig. Unfortunately, he claims to be a werewolf and that she’s supposedly a witch.

Dirk Gunderson is an alpha Arbor pack werewolf. Captured and collared, he’s sold to the zombie lab in hopes his blood serum can create a vaccine. He needs to escape, but not without the hot little brunette witch. In the midst of enemy werewolves and the hordes of undead, Dirk and Dora’s sexual tension ignites a blaze hotter than the desert highway. Along their journey, they battle the inevitable: a werewolf must never take a witch as a mate.

Raven Moon continues with a character, Princess Ravenna, a raven shifter introduced in book 1. She is committed to saving humanity from the zombie hordes.

See the Book Trailer for Apocalyptic Moon.

AUTHOR INTERVIEW WITH Eva Gordon

Eva Gordon writes genre-bending paranormal romance with the feel of epic fantasy, with science fiction elements and page turning suspense. Apocalyptic Moon won an award from Coffee Time Romance.

1. When did you start writing, and was there a significant event that prompted you to do so?

I always kept an imaginary journal since I was about ten years old, but it wasn’t until I had a career as a high school AP Biology that I really caught the writing bug. Since then my imagination has gone viral. I spent thousands of hours Read more »

Author Interview #255: Reaching by Grace Peterson

February 17, 2014
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Our interview today is with Grace Peterson, author of the award-winning book, REACHING–A Memoir (4.8 stars, 27 reviews). Before we get to the interview, here is a brief description of the book.

Growing up in an emotionally toxic home in both Oregon and Hawaii, Grace develops an anxiety disorder that eventually leads to a mental health crisis. Rather than seek conventional treatment, she enlists the help of a cult-like demon expert and exorcist who reinforces her belief that she is demon-possessed. Written like a novel, REACHING details the years that lead up to her breakdown, the seven years of entrapment and how she finally comes to her senses and breaks free.

Author Interview with Grace Peterson

1. When did you first know that you were a writer?

I’ve kept journals all my life but it wasn’t until several years ago when I was visiting with Gloria Clark, a former English professor and newspaper reporter. As we talked, I mustered the nerve to show her some of my work. She liked it. She actually liked it! It was then that I knew. I began writing a gardening column soon after and continued to hone my skills as a memorist.

2. What was the hardest part about writing REACHING?

It took about 5 years to complete. Because I was dealing with volatile subject matter, I’d have to take breaks now and then and let things simmer down. For the sake of authenticity, it was important to tap into those emotions and allow my words to reflect them. But at the same time I felt it was imperative that I not allow any wallowing or blatant Read more »

Interview #254: White Chalk by Pavarti Tyler

February 12, 2014
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Our interview is with Pavarti Tyler author of several books including White Chalk (4.7 stars, 32 reviews). A brief book description before we get to the interview. Chelle isn’t what most people consider a typical 13-year-old girl—she doesn’t laugh with friends, play sports, or hang out at the mall after school. Instead, she navigates a world well beyond her years.

Life in Dawson, ND spins on as she grasps at people, pleading for someone to save her—to return her to the simple childhood of unicorns on her bedroom wall and stories on her father’s knee.

When Troy Christiansen walks into her life, Chelle is desperate to believe his arrival will be her salvation. So much so, she forgets to save herself. After experiencing a tragedy at school, her world begins to crack, causing a deeper scar in her already fragile psyche.

Author Interview

Let’s get to know you a bit. Where are you from, and what genre do you write?

I was born in New Jersey, raised in Virginia, studied in Massachusetts, made mistakes in New York and now live in Baltimore Maryland. I’m an East Coast Gal through and through, but have travelled the US from coast to coast, most of Europe, much of the Mediterranean, all of Scandinavia and a smidgen of Russia.  I’m dying to go to India someday and would love to be able to wake up in the morning and just GO wherever the muse takes me.

Usually, I write Literary Fiction.  Although Two Moons of Sera is a Fantasy/Romance, I believe it’s still rooted in Lit Fic.  Even my upcoming erotica series has shades of Literary in it!  Right now I’m working on a Sci-Fi piece which is a lot of fun

With all the places you’ve travelled, has any aspect of them appeared in your novels?

Strangely no, not so far.  Unless you consider how much of a role culture takes in my books.  I’m always fascinated by the things we invent that separate people instead of bring us together.  Culture, religion and language are huge issues there.  If we can’t communicate, how can we understand each other?  These are human constructs and have nothing to do with what kind of person you are or how much love and empathy you are capable of, but they are the fundamental cause of almost every war and conflict.  I spend a lot of time in all my Read more »

Author Interview #253: Stewards of the Flame by Sylvia Engdahl

February 10, 2014
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Our interview today is with Sylvia Engdahl, author of the trilogy Stewards of the Flame (2007, 4.1 stars, 56 reviews), Promise of the Flame (2009, 4.5 stars, 22 reviews), and Defender of the Flame (2013, 4.5 stars, 18 stars), the first of which won a bronze medal in the 2008 Independent Publisher (IPPY) awards. Previously she wrote six Young Adult science fiction novels that are also enjoyed by adults, all of which were originally published in the 1970s by Atheneum and have been republished, in both hardcover and paperback, by different publishers in the twenty-first century. The one for which she is best known, Enchantress from the Stars, was a Newbery Honor book, winner of the 1990 Phoenix Award of the Children’s Literature Association, and a finalist for the 2002 Book Sense Book of the Year in the Rediscovery category. In addition, she has recently issued an updated and expanded edition of her nonfiction book The Planet-Girded Suns: History of Human Thought About Extrasolar Worlds.

1.  Why did you decide to publish your adult novels yourself when you had already had many books issued by major traditional publishers?

Because publishers of adult fiction demand that it be strictly categorized by genre, while the novels of the Flame Trilogy don’t fit genre requirements. Since they’re set in the future on other planets, they’re classed as science fiction–yet like my YA novels, they appeal more to general audiences than to those with extensive science fiction background. Although many SF fans like them, they’re not action/adventure stories, nor are they far enough removed from today’s reality in terms of the culture and concepts portrayed to be suitable for mass-market SF paperback lines. In any case I want them to reach other readers, too. At my age, I feel it’s unlikely that marketing criteria will change during my lifetime. So I decided to make use of my desktop-publishing skills.”

2.  What is Stewards of the Flame about? Read more »

Author Interview #252: Sandy Cove Series by Rosemary Hines

February 5, 2014
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Our interview today is with Rosemary Hines, author of the bestselling Sandy Cove Series: Out of a Dream (4.7 stars with 66 reviews) Through the Tears (4.8 stars on 31 reviews); and Into Magnolia (4.8 stars on 37 reviews).

Before we get to the interview, a brief description of the series:

The Sandy Cove Series is an unfolding story of redemption and love demonstrated through the life of a young woman and the lives of those close to her. Featuring characters that capture your heart, suspenseful storylines, and thought provoking themes, these inspirational novels flow seamlessly from one book to the next. All three have earned bestselling status in Amazon’s Kindle Store for Contemporary Christian Fiction, Religious Fiction, and Inspirational Fiction.

The series begins with Out of a Dream. In this suspenseful tale, Michelle Baron’s quest to understand a series of troubling dreams leads her through a maze of New Age practices and beliefs. Meanwhile her father is steeped in a crisis of his own. As their two worlds collide, Michelle is forced to examine the path she’s chosen and determine the course of her future.

In Through the Tears an unexpected dilemma in her marriage tests Michelle’s newfound faith in God.  As she and her husband navigate the heartache and difficulties of infertility, a relationship from Michelle’s past threatens to derail their lives.

The third book in the series,Into Magnolia, launches Michelle’s career as a middle school teacher. On her first day at Magnolia Middle School, she encounters a troubled student, who will challenge her professional calling and change the course of her life forever.

The bestselling Sandy Cove Series, consisting of Out of a Dream, Through the Tears, and Into Magnolia will draw you into the lives of some very real characters struggling with issues confronting our contemporary culture.  Inspirational/ Christian Fiction fans will enjoy this suspenseful and at times emotional Read more »

Author Interview #251: Inertia by Kim Cope Tait

February 3, 2014
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Our interview today is with Kim Cope Tait, blogger at Conversations with Crows, author of Inertia (5.0 stars, 29 reviews), a novel, and leader of yoga/creative writing retreats through Lotus Wheel. Kim is also the author and voice of Lotus Wheel: Guided Meditations for Relaxation and Healing. Her poetry and prose have appeared in literary journals and magazines in the U.S. and abroad.

Before we get to the interview, a little bit about Inertia: Inertia is a work of literary fiction and Kim’s first novel. It is a dual narrative that undulates between the voice of Jake, whose experience of tragedy at the age of 17 leaves him inert on many levels, and the voice of Angela, whose shared experience of that tragedy has somehow inculpated her in Jake’s mind and keeps him from seeing the perfection of her love for nearly twenty years. Ironically, when Jake discovers that perhaps his tenacious hold on the past is strangely justified in the suspicion that he has unlocked a haunting cycle of birth, death and rebirth for three souls, he and Angela are set on a collision course for a powerful awakening…to the truth of loving another human being in this lifetime.

AUTHOR INTERVIEW WITH KIM COPE TAIT

1. When did you start writing, and was there a significant event that prompted you to do so?

I started writing when I was eight years old. I was sitting on this river rock near our family’s campsite in the California redwoods. My first little poem came to me while I was sitting there, listening to the water move past me. It was a poem about love (some things never change!). I knew then that I sort of had to write. I don’t think this means that I was ‘born to write’ or that I have a special gift. Everyone can write. Everyone is a storyteller. It’s the desire, the impulsion to create through language, that allows this innate ‘gift’ to manifest itself.  I Read more »

Author Interview #250: Cloaked in Fur by T.F. Walsh

January 29, 2014
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Our interview today is with TF Walsh, debut author of the paranormal romance Cloaked in Fur (4.5 stars, 42 reviews).

Before we get to the interview, a brief description of the novel: A modern tale weaved with a fresh twist on werewolf legends, today’s forensics, betrayal, romance, and a dash of kick-ass.

As a moonwulf, Daciana never expected to fall in love with a human. Hell, she never imagined that she’d abandon her pack, endanger everyone around her, and break the worst rule possible. But she did.
A rogue werewolf is killing Daciana’s friends, and she sets on capturing the creature. She’ll do whatever it takes to stop the beast. The police and her boyfriend, Inspector Connell Lonescu, are starting to question her involvement in the murders, which is endangering the pack’s secret existence. But when the pack alpha kidnaps Connell, revealing the awful truth about the creature and its connection to the pack, Daciana must choose between saving the man she loves and saving her pack family from certain death.

Sensuality Level: Sensual | Warning: Bloodthirsty monsters, sexy men, and intense suspense.

AUTHOR INTERVIEW WITH TF WALSH

TF Walsh emigrated from Romania to Australia at the age of eight and now lives in a regional city south of Sydney with her husband. Growing up hearing dark fairytales, she’s always had a passion for reading and writing horror, paranormal romance, urban fantasy and young adult stories. She balances all the dark with light fluffy stuff like baking and traveling. She writes young adult and adult fantasy fiction.

TF Walsh draws on her knowledge and passion for mythology. She threads lore into her stories, creating a unique take on the paranormal genre. Some reviews say Cloaked in Fur “…paves its own path in the genre and strays away from the worn and tired tropes.”

1. What inspires you to write?

I grew up listening to bedtime Romanian stories that could only be compared to the Brothers Grimm tales, and ever since then folklore and mythology have fascinated me. These influences have trickled into my stories, and Read more »

Author Interview #249: What Once Was Perfect by Zoe York

January 27, 2014
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We’re pleased to welcome Zoe York to Digital Book Today to discuss her debut novel, What Once Was Perfect (contemporary romance, 4.4 stars on 40 reviews). Zoe has written an additional two books in the Wardham Series, Between Then and Now (a prequel novella), and Where Their Hearts Collide, her latest release. She’s currently holed up in her writer’s cave finishing the third novel in the series, When They Weren’t Looking, which will conclude the first trilogy of love stories set in the fictional lakeside town of Wardham, Ontario.

AUTHOR INTERVIEW WITH ZOE YORK

Zoe York brings a modern, sexy voice to the small town contemporary romance scene. When she’s not working or chasing her two small children around, she can be found plotting books about heroes in tight-knit communities, big and small.

1. What inspired you to write What Once Was Perfect?

I grew up in small towns, and Wardham is a combination of a number of places I’ve lived and visited. Goderich, Orangeville, Chesley, Port Stanley, Southampton, Port Elgin, Picton … I could list beautiful Ontario towns for paragraphs! The simple beauty, friendly people and potential for a number of interconnected stories made a small town series an easy choice. And it’s my first choice as a reader! This first book in the series…well, it was supposed to be a Christmas novella, and it was traveling for the holidays myself that gave me the first germ of an idea, a heroine who comes home to her small town for the first long visit in a number of years and can’t avoid her ex, who turns out isn’t quite the bad guy she’s made him out to be in her head.

2. Tell us a little about your main characters.

Laney and Kyle are opposites attract in a lot of ways. She left Wardham, never to look back, and he’s always Read more »

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