Lily Luchesi's Blog (formerly Kelly Smith Reviews): November 2014

Sunday, November 30, 2014

RELEASE DAY & BOOK REVIEW: "Third Position (Dirty Dancing #3)" by Melody Grace

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<span data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;">He taught me a dance beyond passion. He showed me the pleasure my body was made to create.</span><br /><span data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;">Now I have to choose.</span><br /><span data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;">Raphael or my future? </span><br /><span data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;">My passion or my one true love? </span><br /><span data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;">There’s no hiding from the truth any longer.</span><br /><span data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;">Everything changes tonight.</span></div>

<span data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;">*The third and final part of the sexy, seductive romance serial*</span></div>

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<span data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;">A man dances the same way he fucks. His stamina, his rhythm, the slow grind of his hips.</span></div>

<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Some people are born to it, others learn through years of careful study.</span></div>

<span style="font-size: 12pt;">And dancers? We do it best of all.</span></div>

<span data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;">The moment I saw her, I knew. Her innocence is intoxicating. My lust is fierce. Primal. To watch her dance is to know the torment of true temptation.</span></div>

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<span data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;">THE DIRTY DANCING SERIES RELEASE DATES:</span></div>

<span data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;">FIRST POSITION -- 11/5</span></div>

<span data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;">SECOND POSITION -- 11/12</span></div>

<span data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;">THIRD POSITION -- 12/1</span></div>

<span data-mce-style="font-size: 14pt;" style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>About Melody Grace </strong></span></div>

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<span data-mce-style="font-family: Georgia; color: black;" style="color: black; font-family: Georgia;">Melody Grace is the New York Times bestselling author of the Beachwood Bay series. A small-town girl turned SoCal beach lover, after spending her life with her nose in a book, she decided it was time she wrote one herself. She loves steamy romance novels, happily-ever-afters, and lusting after fictional menfolk. She is author of USA Today & international bestselling Beachwood Bay series.</span></div>

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MY REVIEW:

In the final installment of Melody Grace's Dirty Dancing novella trilogy, Third Position, we find out just what Annalise loves more: ballet or Raphael.
With the production of Swan Lake a week away, and Raphael's audition even nearer, Annalise might not be able to do it all, but with her mother in town, things are even more difficult.
She has to choose, and the heartbreaking events in Third Position are very influential.

Third Position is not the tale of two lovers, nor is it the story of a ballerina. It's more than that. In its short span, we are given a lesson in love and loyalty, in heartbreak and determination. We experience loss, glory, betrayal and indecision through Annalise's eyes.
This is romantic, deep, and truly beautiful. Annalise is a heroine to root for. When she cries, we cry. We deal with her overbearing mother alongside her, dance with her and love with her. I'm sad that this is over now. It's a lovely series I'll be rereading again!

5/5--excellent!

BOOK SPOTLIGHT: "A League of Her Own" by Karen Rock

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<i><b>He was attractive, talented…and way off limits. </b></i><br />
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Heather Gadway may have been a world-class college pitcher and a top university coach, but she's a rank amateur when it comes to managing the Falcons, her father's struggling minor league team. And when it comes to managing her aggravating attraction to Garrett Wolf, their talented new pitcher. It's going to be difficult enough to make it as the first female manager in the league and prove to her overly critical father she's worthy. No distractions. No missteps. And certainly no romances with players. Everything stands between them—including their troubled pasts—even as Heather's world falls apart and Garrett's the one who's there to catch her…<br />
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“What else do you want?” The question came from a part of her she didn’t recognize. Asking a man like Garrett a flirtatious question was playing with fire.<br />
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Garrett groaned, longing sharpening his features. “You.”<br />
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Without waiting for her response, his lips captured hers. She knew she should push him away, but instead her head fell back, her pulse leaping in her throat. The pressure was exquisite as he nibbled and explored. Soft. Warm. Gentle. His lips moved slowly, gradually exerting more pressure.<br />
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This felt incredible. Better than the last time. She had to stop this, but need seized her, shoving aside her good intentions.<br />
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Her body hummed and a fuzzy sensation filled her head, making it hard to focus on anything but the feel of him, the evergreen scent of the forest and his aftershave heightening her senses.<br />
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His hands gripped her waist as she swayed against him, holding her as his mouth sampled her lower lip, then put pressure on the top. Nerves sent small shock waves through her chest, and her hand rose to stroke the back of his neck, making him tremble against her.<br />
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Suddenly his kiss intensified, growing fierce and demanding. His lips moved fast against hers, their tongues tangling, causing warmth to explode in her body, melting every piece of her.<br />
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She moaned and Garrett’s arms tightened, bringing her closer still. Her lips maneuvered against his in response, loving his sweet taste. Garrett shuddered, curling his fist into her hair with a groan. She loved how her touch affected him, how it affected her.<br />
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At last his lips let her go, and he looked down at her tenderly, pleasure in his eyes, his chest rising and falling hard.<br />
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“I wasn’t getting involved with anyone. Planned to focus only on baseball,” he said when his breath came easier. “But I can’t stay away from you. You follow me, even in my sleep. Your eyes.” He kissed each lid. “Your smile.” He pressed his lips to each corner. “These freckles.” His warm mouth brushed her cheeks.<br />
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Her chest expanded, taking in his beautiful words. This incredible moment. And then it hit her, reality a cold shower.<br />
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She opened her eyes and scooted away. “Garrett. I don’t know.”<br />
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His eyes moved out over the falls, tracking the sprays of water as they hit the jutting rocks and tumbled to earth. “You don’t trust me.”<br />
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Her mouth opened and closed. He was right. While he touched a chord inside that’d never sounded for anyone else, she still couldn’t put her heart in harm’s way again. And she knew without a doubt that if Garrett let her down, he’d devastate her as much as her mother had. Even more. She’d loved and lost too many times to try again, especially with her father gone so recently.<br />
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“I’m sorry,” she said inadequately as he stood and helped her to her feet.<br />
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His blank expression gave little away. She wondered if, deep down, a part of him was relieved they weren’t taking things further. He’d said he hadn’t wanted distractions. And now she wouldn’t be one.<br />
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“I can’t make you believe in me, Heather.” His voice was steady and strong. “I need someone who’ll give me a chance to earn her trust.”<br />
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Karen Rock is an award-winning YA and adult contemporary author. She holds a master’s degree in English and worked as an ELA instructor before becoming a full-time author.  With her co-author, Joanne Rock, she’s penned the CAMP BOYFRIEND series with Spencer Hill Press under the pseudonym J.K. Rock. She also writes contemporary romance for Harlequin Enterprises. Her wholesome romance, Heartwarming novels have won the 2014 Gayle Wilson Award of Excellence and the 2014 Golden Quill Contest. When she's not writing, Karen loves scouring estate sales for vintage books, cooking her grandmother's family recipes and hiking. She lives in the Adirondack Mountain region with her husband, daughter, and two Cavalier King cocker spaniels who have yet to understand the concept of "fetch" though they know a lot about love. To find out about her upcoming releases, appearance and latest news, visit <a href="http://www.karenrock.com/">http://www.karenrock.com</a> or follow her on Facebook at <a href="http://www.facebook.com/karenrockwrites">http://www.facebook.com/karenrockwrites</a> or Twitter at <a href="http://www.twitter.com/karenrock5">http://www.twitter.com/karenrock5</a>!<br />
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Saturday, November 29, 2014

BOOK REVIEW: "The Hungry #6: The Rule of Three" by Harry Shannon & Steven W. Booth

The zombies must be stopped…
Sheriff Penny Miller has come too far and lost too many friends to quit now. She and her companions have made it safely to Mountain Home, Idaho, the operation center of the three-person Enhanced Bioweapons Select Committee that controls the nation’s response to the zombie outbreak. Miller knows they are still funding the research that started the zombie apocalypse.
And Miller didn’t come to the home of the zombies to attend a church social.
When Sheriff Miller stumbles across a homegrown militia whose leader shares her hatred of the Select Committee, she sees the opportunity she’s been waiting for. Together with Major McDivitt and his team, Sheriff Miller sets out to destroy the three committee members who have the most to gain from the spread of the zombie virus. One last mission should finish the job.
…Unless they know she’s coming.

Talk about a whirlwind! The Hungry series has taken us across America while zombies kill everything that moves, and one woman has stood tall against them and their makers, Penny Miller. Unconcerned with her hair and focused on killing the undead, she's the ideal woman and best lead out there.
Of course, Scratch, the biker, is still by her side, somehow having survived the journey along with his paramour, when so many others have died.
This is their last stand, and you know it when you open this book, because the sense of urgency is palpable. You're rushing along with them to save whatever remains of mankind and take down the ones who created the zombies.
You won't want to tear your eyes from the pages. If you're reading this on an ereader, make sure your batteries are charged. The zombies wait for no man or power source!

5/5--a nearly perfect ending!

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AUTHOR INTERVIEW: Ryan McSwain

1. When/why did you decide to become a writer?

I’ve always loved writing—I was the weird kid that got excited about school writing assignments. A good thing, too, because my papers usually saved my grades from my test scores. It just took time to figure out how to write fiction that was worth sharing.

2. What authors inspired you when you were younger? What books do you enjoy reading today?

As a young kid, I read non-stop. I loved Baum’s Oz series, the Alice books, Tolkien, and that classic, Ralph Fozbek and the Amazing Black Hole Patrol. And comic books, always comic books. When I got a little older, I was all about Ray Bradbury, Stephen King, J.D. Salinger, Spider Robinson, Philip K. Dick, and H.P. Lovecraft. And comics by folks like Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman, Grant Morrison, and Warren Ellis.
Right now, I’m mostly doing research for my next book. But I’m getting into the works of Haruki Murakami and Gabriel García Márquez, and I just finished The Third Policeman by Flann O'Brien (Brian O'Nolan). One of my favorites is the underrated Lucky Wander Boy by D.B. Weiss.

3. What was the inspiration behind your novel Monsters All The Way Down?

The premise bounced around in my head for about ten years, and it was reading too much Philip K. Dick that I finally figured out how to make it work. It started as my take on a PKD paranoia thriller set in modern times, and the Lovecraftian elements crept in on their own. Musically, I found a lot of inspiration in The Mountain Goats’ Heretic Pride album. The road trip element of the book definitely comes from my love of Supernatural.

4. What would you do in Brennan's predicament?

Get killed around chapter four! Seriously, though, Brennan is miles away from being an author surrogate, but much of what he does in his early investigation comes from how I would try and figure things out. A big difference between Brennan and me is that I have a support system of friends and family. I like to think I have people I could call if I really got into trouble.

5. You say you're a stay at home dad and former youth pastor. How have those things effected your work, if they have effected it all?

Being a youth pastor was very fulfilling, but it was emotionally exhausting and left me drained creatively. I thought being a stay-at-home dad would give me time to write, and it did—at first. Once my son stopped napping most of the day, there wasn’t room for anything else. I had plenty of ideas, but no time to write the stories. Monsters All the Way Down was written and revised in about three years of staying up too late. I realized I couldn’t be a good dad without sleep, so now I do most of my writing in marathon stints on Sundays.
I’ve blogged about the challenges of writing and being a stay-at-home parent, if anyone would like to check out my site.

6. Were any of the characters personalities or emotions taken from real life?

Some of the conflict in the book has its roots in the sibling rivalry I used to have with my younger brother. He’s a great guy, and amazingly talented, so it was strange to have him coming up behind me, able to do some of the things I did, only so much better.

7. What other genres would you like to try your hand at?

My next book is going to fall in the superhero novel category, although there’s a lot more to it than capes and punches. There’s a YA murder mystery I’ve been dying to get down on paper. There are quite a few sci-fi and literary fiction ideas to try out..

8. If you could successfully clone a human, who would you clone and why?

I have a couple of friends, Dustin and Jon, who are self-disciplined, intelligent, and focused. If I had an army of either one, I could take over the world in a fortnight. If you cloned me, you’d just have a roomful of folks pondering their existence and identity.

9. Was there any intended symbolism behind the fact that, out of all the clones who acted pretty much the same, Brennan was different?

(I’d rather not have this big a spoiler in the interview, if that’s all right. Could you rephrase the question or leave it out?). There’s some nature versus nurture going on there. It’s scary to think how much our heritage and upbringing are out of our control.

10. Would you like to see Monsters All The Way Down as a film? If yes, who do you want to have play your characters?

I would love to see it as a film—I could cameo as one of the decapitated heads. As for casting, I’d hate for my word of god to steal the opportunity for people to cast it themselves. But the only character I really had cast in my head was Benjamin Rosen, the guy in the ruffled tuxedo. I think a young Rufus Sewel (Dark City; Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter) would be perfect for the part.

11. Where do you see yourself and your career in the next ten years?

I’d love to get to the point where I can put out a book a year, preferably one every six months. If getting my work out there leads to paying the bills, all the better.

12. What would you be doing if you weren't writing?

I’ll always have my safe, mature backup plan of becoming a magician.

13. Can you tell KSR what you're working on next?

Definitely! My next book is about comic books, obsession, and the nature of reality. It will be the second book in a very loose trilogy, so it shares themes, settings, and maybe a few characters with Monsters All the Way Down. It’s currently in revisions, and the plan is to launch a kickstarter in the spring to raise money for illustrators.

14 . What authors, dead or alive, would you like to collaborate with?

It kills me that Philip K. Dick never finished The Owl in Daylight, so I’d be happy to bring him coffee so he could give us some closure. And I would do just about anything to be the Royal Historian of Oz—does that count?

15. Thank you for participating in the interview. Can you please leave the readers with three things that may surprise them about you?

Thank you for the opportunity—this has been great fun! As for three things, (1) I think it’s healthy to be offended at least once a day. (2) I cry at movies. (3) I used to ride a pretty mean unicycle.

Find Mr. McSwain online via

Author Website: http://www.ryanmcswain.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ryanmcswain

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ryanmcswainwrites

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4878662.Ryan_McSwain

Friday, November 28, 2014

BOOK REVIEW: "Monsters All The Way Down" by Ryan McSwain

What would you do if you were waned for murders you didn't commit and the suspect sketch looked just like you? Worse still, you knew all the victims!
For Brennan Wade, when that happens, he goes on the hunt for the man framing him but what he finds just might push him over the edge...

Monsters All The Way Down by Ryan McSwain (Pithos Publishing) shocked me. I have read a lot of thrillers and watched a lot of crime shows/movies. Rarely does a suspect turn out like this, which is why I'd classify this as sci-fi as well as a thriller.
I can't review this as thoroughly as I do others because I can't give too many spoilers. This is a book you HAVE to read for yourself!
I can't say the characters are great, but there is great development of them all and the narration is wonderful. Joan, Brennan and even Tom are all unique, with individual personalities and a very strange story. At some points, I'd even go so far as to call it twisted.
You've never read anything like this!

5/5--wonderful!

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Wednesday, November 26, 2014

EVENT PROMOTION: Cyber Monday Lifetime Pass From Long Beach Comic Expo!

Long Beach, CA (November 26, 2014) - In advance of Cyber Monday, Long Beach Comic Expo will make available 50 Lifetime Passes which will grant fans access to the annual event. The passes are available at www.longbeachcomiccon.com for $249.99 through December 31st, 2014. After that date, the a lifetime pass will cost $349.99.

Next year’s Long Beach Comics Expo will be held February 28, 2015 & March 1, 2015 at Long Beach Convention Center. Announced guests include legendary writer Chris Claremont (UNCANNY X-MEN), acclaimed comic book writer Brian Wood (THE MASSIVE; DMZ), fan favorite animation writer and producer Greg Weisman (STAR WARS REBELS; YOUNG JUSTICE) and Cosplay favorites LeeAnna Vamp and Nicole Marie Jean.

“The Lifetime Passes are a great gift and a wonderful idea for the comic book and cosplay fans in your life,” said Martha Donato, Executive Director of Long Beach Comic Con & Expo. “For the cost of a season pass at a resort, you can give a lifetime experience of comics.”

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About Long Beach Comic Expo:

Long Beach Comic Expo is an annual event held at the Long Beach Convention Center that celebrates comic books and pop culture and showcases the exceptional works of talented writers, artists, illustrators and creators of all types of pop culture. At Long Beach Comic Expo, you’ll find exhibitors promoting and selling all types of related products, as well as entertaining and educational programs for all ages, guest signings and meet & greet sessions with celebrities. Long Beach Comic Expo is a MAD Event Management, LLC production. To learn more and purchase tickets, please visit www.longbeachcomicexpo.com .

Tuesday, November 25, 2014

AUTHOR INTERVIEW: Suanne Laqueur

1. When/why did you decide to become a writer?

I’ve always written, since I was a little girl. I don’t think you choose these things—they choose you. The decision to finally DO something with my writing was conscious, though. And very immediate. I had been blogging for some time on eatsreadsthinks.com. My social media network was growing bigger and bigger. I was getting more and more comfortable showing people the literary side of myself. I was sharing more and more of my writing. People kept saying I needed to get it in front of a wider audience and I brushed it off. But around this time last year, a sudden determination filled me. I’m doing this. What am I waiting for? What’s the worst that could happen? Of course the doubts come in on the flank: what if no one likes it? To which I answered, what if they do like it?

2. What authors inspired you when you were younger? What books do you enjoy reading today?

If I had to narrow it down to two influential authors, I would say Laurie Colwin and Rumer Godden. When I read Godden’s In This House of Brede, I was amazed at how she was able to create well over two dozen characters and make each one unique and vibrant and alive. And I loved her attention to detail when it came to settings and surroundings. Colwin’s Family Happiness blew me away with its thoughtfulness and depth of emotion regarding a sort of taboo subject—this very ordinary woman found herself having a love affair and struggling with emotions she didn’t have names for. I found myself thinking, “I want to write this way. Make ordinary people extraordinary. Take extraordinary circumstances and show how ordinary and universal they really are.”

3. What was the inspiration behind your novel The Man I Love?

The characters were in my head for a good two decades. But they were like literary paper dolls. I just played with them, writing little vignettes. Fan fiction.
Then someone from my past came back into my life, twenty years after we had gone through a terrible experience and then completely disconnected afterward. I was completely unprepared for the emotional whirlwind that came with resolving this event from my youth. I went into a bad depression and I didn’t understand what was happening to me. Working it out in therapy, I came to realize that disconnecting from pain doesn’t end it. Maybe it hides but it’s never gone. It’s there waiting for you when you tear open that boarded-up door. Often with more power than it had before. You have to feel it—even twenty years later—or it will never leave you.
This was the story I wanted to write. Needed to write. Both to channel it away from me in a positive way, but also because I suspected this kind of experience is universal and I wanted to connect with others through it. I wanted to write a story about the effect of trauma. And not limited to trauma from a shooting or an accident or war—I wanted to write about emotional trauma. Abandonment. Loss. Heartbreak. Particularly emotional trauma that goes unresolved. Grief that’s left un-grieved. And that’s where one of the taglines for the novel comes from: “You never got over her. You just left.”

4. Will we ever see these characters again?

Absolutely. I’m currently working on a companion novella to The Man I Love which will tell Daisy Bianco’s side of the story.

5. Why ballet?

My mother was a ballet teacher and she started her studio in the basement of my house. As a very young child I would sit on the stairs and watch until I was old enough to participate and then dance quickly became my life. After I graduated high school, I attended Alfred University in upstate New York and earned a double degree in theater and dance. I knew I didn’t have the chops to make it as a professional performer but I slowly realized I had a gift for choreography and teaching. I taught for two years at the State University of New York at Fredonia, then came home to teach at my mother’s dance studio until she retired. I love the art of dance, and I love ballet because it’s the foundation. If your ballet technique is good, you can dance anything.

6. Were any of the characters personalities or emotions taken from real life?

Certainly the theater and dance aspects are taken from real life. And it’s emotionally autobiographical based on my own experiences with anxiety, depression and recovery. The line “Live the truth,” came to me when I was in a very dark time. Like this one ray of sunlight piercing through heavy clouds, I suddenly thought, “Live the truth of who you are and what you feel.” It was instantly calming. I wrote it down and pinned it up by my desk, knowing it was going to be something important but I didn’t know what yet.

7. What other genres would you like to try your hand at?

I’m working on a bit of historical fiction. A story that spans generations of one family through both World Wars. The amount of research required is daunting, I’m a little nervous about it but I think I can do it.

8. Why did you choose a school shooting, since it's such a sensitive topic?

I think it chose me. I needed a traumatic event that would drive Daisy and Erik apart. Something that would send them into a spiral and eventually push Daisy to do what she did.
One day I came across a YouTube video of Viviana Durante and Robert LaFosse. In it they are dancing the pas de deux “The Man I Love” from George Balanchine’s ballet Who Cares? Robert is blond and handsome and nothing like I picture Will Kaeger looking. However, Viviana is petite and dark-haired and just an exquisite dancer. I watched her in this video and she seemed to embody Daisy right away. And certainly the chemistry she has with Robert evokes the relationship Daisy has with her partner Will.
Anyway, I was watching the video and I came to the part where Viviana does this very difficult lift on Robert’s shoulder. And you can see, right around the 4:04 mark, that she overshoots the jump and she teeters on his shoulder. It’s this precarious three seconds where you can see Robert discreetly adjusting his weight and getting her back on balance. And something just popped in my head. I thought, “something happens here.” I don’t remember exactly when that thought coalesced into “she gets shot” but it did and I had my story. Sadly, instances of gun violence have become prevalent in our society today, with much focus on the assailants and their motives. But I’ve taken a more emotional slant on the issue by focusing on the victims and their connections to each other before and after the shooting.

9. What do you most want readers to take from the novel?

A friend of mine who is a psychiatrist just finished The Man I Love. She said one thing she often tells patients is that after a trauma, you have to decide if the event is going to be a dot on the timeline of your life, or if it’s going to define your entire life. You can’t bury your pain—it thrives in dirt. You have to feel it. You have to embrace going into the black because it’s the only way to come out the other side. But you can be in the black and still be a functioning human being. It’s not an either-or situation.
Human forgiveness works much the same way. People make mistakes. The ones we love often hurt us. Is the mistake something you can incorporate into the architecture of your love affair? Or does it define the entire relationship, in which case you will never be able to move on and grow.

10. Would you like to see The Man I Love as a movie? If yes, who do you want to play your characters?

This is tricky because everyone has their own image of the characters in their head. Sometimes I think Justin Timberlake would make a great Erik. And lately I’m following the rising star of ballerina Misty Copeland: her body and technique, the way she dances and looks and carries herself is totally Daisy to me.

11. Where do you see yourself and your career in the next ten years?

Doing this. Writing, blogging, creating, sharing. Enjoying a following and doing what I love.

12. What would you be doing if you weren't writing?

I’d love to have a little farm-to-market stand in the country.

13. Can you tell KSR what you're working on next?

I anticipate publishing my novella Give Me Your Answer True in January. And then I have an idea for a prequel which will tell the story of Erik’s family. Particularly his absent father.

14. Thank you for participating in the interview. Can you please leave the readers with three things that may surprise them about you?

I worked three weeks as a Verizon field technician which allowed me to finally add “pole dancer” to my resume.
I once rode in an elevator with Baryshnikov. I’m still recovering.
I love bed. Bed is the best place to read and if I could write comfortably in bed, I would.

Find Ms. Laqueur online via:

Book Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wq8WLkEzYwY
Website: www.suannelaqueur.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/suannelaqueur
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8317803.Suanne_Laqueur?
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Suanne-Laqueur/e/B00L2C9ML8/
Twitter: @suannelqr
Google+: https://plus.google.com/+SuanneLaqueur/posts
Email: swainblqr@gmail.com

RELEASE DAY BLITZ: "Interception" by Morgan Black

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Monday, November 24, 2014

COMIC BOOK REVIEW/PREVIEW: "San Hannibal #5" (out 12/17/14)

Writer/Artist: Dan Schkade
Letterer/Colorist: Jesse Snavlin
Cover: Dan Schkade/Jesse Snavlin
Editor: PJ Perez
Publisher: Pop Goes The Icon

Throughout the course of San Hannibal’s five issues, writer/artist Dan Schkade and colorist/letterer Jesse Snavlin have put their protagonist, hard-luck private detective Ira Avery, through the ringer: He’s been shot at, beaten up, bombed, drugged and nearly buried alive in his search for Loy. And in the final issue of the “neon-noir” mini-series, the truth behind her disappearance is finally revealed—and so is the true face of power in San Hannibal.
San Hannibal #5 will be available on Dec. 17 in comic book stores and via popgoestheicon.com for $2.99, as well as through digital platforms such as Comixology, DriveThruComics and ComicsPlus for just $0.99 cents. To find a comic store near you, call 1-800-COMIC-BOOK or visit comicshoplocator.com.

After many long months, readers of San Hannibal will finally get the answer to that infamous question: "What's the story, Savannah Loy?"
With murders, conspiracy, elections, sex rings and deep thoughts in hospital rooms, the final issue of San Hannibal ends with a LOT of bangs! I've never read a comic book so fast in my life!
You might not believe it when you read it.
Throughout the series, I've said that the colors and art tell just as much of the story as the writing, and in the final issue, we are given an array of colors to dazzle the eyes. The writing and art are simplistic, but Jesse Snavlin's colors are anything but! They are as bright and enjoyable as the many layers Dan Schkade wrote into this miniseries. I see big things ahead in both of their respective careers!
Like I've said before, I would still prefer more narration from Ira in the book, and I think that in this final issue, that would've done well in summing up the story, but don't get me wrong: the ending was excellent and I will be rereading this over again soon!
A great comic choice if you're new to the comic book fandom and don't think superheroes are your cup of tea. And if you like mysteries, you'll gobble this up. Finally, if you just like a great story and great art, please buy this miniseries. You won't regret it!

5/5--one if today's best in the industry!

BOOK REVIEW: "The Man I Love" by Suanne Laqueur

"You never got over her. You just left."

As a college freshman, Erik Fiskare is drawn to the world of theater but prefers backstage to center stage. The moment he lays eyes on a beautiful, accomplished dancer named Daisy Bianco, his atoms rearrange themselves and he is drawn into a romance both youthfully passionate and maturely soulful. It is a love story seemingly without end. But when a disturbed friend brings a gun into the theater, the story is forever changed. Six lives are lost and Daisy is left seriously injured, her professional dreams shattered.
Traumatized by the experience, the lovers spiral into depression and drug use until a shocking act of betrayal destroys their relationship. To survive, Erik must leave school and disconnect from all he loves. He buries his heartbreak and puts the past behind. Or so he believes.
As he moves into adulthood, Erik comes to grips with his role in the shooting, and slowly heals the most wounded parts of his soul. But the unresolved grief for Daisy continues to shape his dreams at night. Once those dreams were haunted by blood and gunfire. Now they are haunted by the refrain of a Gershwin song and a single question: is leaving always the end of loving?
The Man I Love explores themes of love and sexuality, trauma—physical and mental—and its long-lasting effects, the burden of unfinished business and the power of reconciliation. Through Erik’s experience we reflect on what it means to be a man, a son and a leader. A soul mate, a partner and a lover. What it means to live the truth of who you are and what you feel. What it means to fight for what you love.

The Man I Love is one of the deepest, most beautiful novels I have read.
You've got love, hate, addiction, death abandonment, PTSD and so much more, all gently shoved into a story about a boy and a girl. You're not reading a book when you open The Man I Love, you're entering a whole different world, filled with these wonderful, realistic and beautiful characters.
This is more than a novel about a shooting, or about two lovers. It's about heart, it's about trust and it's also about dance. Ballet is the central point, how these characters meet and where most of them work. I've never been a huge ballet fan, but reading this gave me a whole new appreciation for the art form.
The supporting characters, Will, James, Eric and Keesja, amongst others, are so amazingly there, they make the story what it is as much as Erik and Daisy do.
Sexual orientation and how it was perceived in the late 80's/early 90's is also a big part of the book, as is Erik's acceptance of it. He goes from a boy who has a bit of a bad taste in his mouth about it to allowing Will and Keesja to slap his behind and make lewd jokes.
That's what, I think, is the biggest thing in The Man I Love: growth. Erik, Daisy and the others do a lot of growing during the decade this novel spans, and it's wonderful to watch in your mind.
This novel was excellently executed with a lot of care. Readers will know this and they will appreciate it so much more because of it.

5/5--a beautiful masterpiece!

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Sunday, November 23, 2014

RE-POST: "Meet The Writer" featuring Lily Luchesi

http://helentreharne.wordpress.com/2014/11/23/meet-the-writer-lily-luchesi-author-of-stakeout-coming-to-your-shelves-in-may-2015/

Many of you now know that I am an author, going under the nom de plume Lily Luchesi. My debut novel is being released on May 19, 2015, from Vamptasy Publishing!

Ms. Helen Treharne has kindly featured me on her blog to talk about the novel, Stake-Out, and what inspired it. Please give it a read by clicking the link above!

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Friday, November 21, 2014

AUTHOR INTERVIEW: J. Giambrone

1. When/why did you decide to become a writer?

Well, in high school I wrote so many songs/poems that I really thought I was on the path. A friend of mine introduced me to the guitar at 16, and my eyes opened to the world's possibilities. It wasn't until a college literature course, at my engineering school, that I wrote my first novella. That was a futuristic sci-fi tale about assassinating a certain leader with a tiny flying drone, the size of a quarter. This was 1985 or 6.

2. What authors inspired you when you were younger? What books do you enjoy reading today

I always go back to Kurt Vonnegut for a slap in the face and a re-sorting of reality. Philip K. Dick, of course. For a while I got in on the Lestat vampire kick, and Anne Rice was an inspiration. My first screenplay was a Rice style vampire flick. I discovered that I was more into imagery than language, and I really wanted to get into movies. Hunter S. Thompson kicked my neocortex around a bit too, crazy bastard.

Lately I'm drowning in so many kinds of everything I can't remember the last novel I picked up (other than the three of my own I'm currently juggling).

3. What was the inspiration behind your novel Transfixion?

I have written about propaganda and war for many years. At the heart of Transfixion is a metaphor about war propaganda, mindless obedience and the demonization of official enemies.

4. Will we ever find out how Kaylee and the others fared in the future?

I'm sort of philosophically opposed to milking it. The real Kaylee story is the one already told here. If I were to revisit these situations, it would have to be a different character and storyline.

5. Why did you write a book within a book with Ghostliest?

Ahh. Good question. I feel it works on several levels. It distracts from the “reality,” the main Kaylee story sufficiently, and at the key opening moments, so that things happen in the background. This hopefully adds to the surprise and shock factor.
It also gave Kaylee an obsession, a compulsion that readers of these kinds of novels will undoubtedly notice. So there's maybe a tiny bit of pandering. Plus, there are practical survival tips to be found in literature, which she uses.
Some reviewers absolutely loved that subplot with the ghost hunters. It opened up another unanswered question: what will happen to the two? Believe me, I had no idea when I first started writing it.

6. Were any of the characters' personalities or emotions taken from real life?

Yes.

7. What other genres would you like to try your hand at?

I've written twenty-six or seven full-length screenplays over a couple of decades. Add that many short film scripts. So I have material across numerous genres, but usually I blend genres and I do anything I can to avoid formulas.
What I don't like are gory, sadistic horror or sweaty grinding romance. Other than that, I'm pretty open.

8. What would you do if what you wrote ever came to fruition?

You mean the hypnosis weapon? I wrote another piece with a more likely hypnosis scenario. It would work a bit differently, and I probably shouldn't say any more :)

9. Was there any intended symbolism behind the way the dupes were made, and that a teen bibliophile (the main demographic behind KSR) was the heroine?

Definitely. It's about an awakening from childhood to adulthood, but to what? To war, to the realities of war as opposed to fictional escapism. Wars are raging now, and this may be a perpetual state. The first casualty in every war is, of course, the truth.
In the novel the hypnosis is delivered via television, the main medium of propagandizing in our society today. The Internet is catching up, and these screens mostly emit one-way broadcast messages.
But are these messages true?
And how does it change us if we believe them vs. if we reject them as false? Personally and socially there are consequences as we face the world's propaganda streams and try and sort through them. Are we then potentially two very different people?
By unquestioningly accepting someone else's framing of sides, of enemies, and of conflicts, do we cede control to them, like a dupe?

10. You said you want to see Transfixion as a film. Who do you want to see play your characters?

Well, the writer has less clout in Hollywood than the caterer's girlfriend.
But I recently saw a short film with a wonderful Australian actress in a similar role. She was mute and highly intense. Perhaps people would want to check out a vimeo short called Yardbird. Not that she's the one, but that's exactly the kind of performance I would love to see.
I'm not familiar enough with the up and coming Hollywood brats today to even name names.

11. Where do you see yourself and your career in the next ten years?

I have a few more novels picked out, and I'll see where that heads. I'm also back in school, if you can believe that.

12. What would you be doing if you weren't writing?

Never occurred to me, since there's little to stop one from writing. I guess I'd be in a coma of some sort.

13. Can you tell KSR what you're working on next?

I created a poll on my website to ask the people what kind of story they'd prefer to read. I posted 5 concepts, and they ranked them for me.
So superheroes it is. The story is a bit political. It's about power, the will to power, who has it and who doesn't. It's the perfect arena for a supernatural battle.

14. What authors, dead or alive, would you like to collaborate with?

Kurt Vonnegut of course. I'd love to write the screenplay and direct Sirens of Titan. In a perfect world.

15. Thank you for participating in the interview. Can you please leave the readers with three things that may surprise them about you?

1. I'm legally blind.
2. I live in Redding California, a small city with rednecks and country music, homelessness, hipsters, black, white, brown and red. And a lot of trash strewn along the side of the road which I'd like to lodge a formal complaint about.
3. I have a backyard full of various type chickens and quail for some reason that you'll have to ask my wife to explain. There are fresh eggs, of course, but: why so many, Kirsten? Why?

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COVER REVEAL: "Free Fall (Long Summer: Donovan Brothers #6)" by Kailin Gow

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<strong><span data-mce-style="font-size: 14pt;" style="font-size: 14pt;">Release Date: December 15th</span></strong></div>

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<span data-mce-style="font-size: 12pt;" style="font-size: 12pt;">Summer has always looked forward to spending her summers at her Aunt's beach house with the Donovans. To her, summers at Aunt Sookie's beach house was magical, especially getting to spend time with the Donovans - her best friend Rachel and Rachel's brothers Nathaniel, and Drew. Here at Aunt Sookie's beach house, they can be anyone and anything they dreamed. For Summer, she had always wished to become as pretty as Rachel and for her brothers to think of her as more than Rachel's friend. For Nat and Drew, summers at Aunt Sookie's beach house meant fun and escape, a place where they go to with their mom and sister for the summer, away from city life. They never thought this summer would be different. They never thought things would change as much as they did...and it all began with them falling for and loving Summer.</span></div>

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<span data-mce-style="font-size: 14pt;" style="font-size: 14pt;">About Kailin Gow</span></div>

<span data-mce-style="font-size: 14pt;" style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong><a data-mce-href="http://www.KailinGowBooks.com" href="http://www.kailingowbooks.com/">Website</a>     <a data-mce-href="https://www.facebook.com/OfficialKailinGow?ref=br_tf" href="https://www.facebook.com/OfficialKailinGow?ref=br_tf">Facebook </a>     <a data-mce-href="https://twitter.com/kailingow" href="https://twitter.com/kailingow">Twitter</a></strong></span></div>

Kailin Gow's life is sometimes more fascinating and stranger than fiction, which is being chronicled in a feature film based on a treatment optioned and in development for a release date of 2018. (IMDB.com - The Colorful Worlds of Kailin Gow 2018). Her true life experiences as a world traveler where she has traveled to over 25 countries, logging hundreds of thousands of miles, absorbing the cultures and collecting stories relating to places and the romance of the land, and incidents in her personal life, has inspired her to write and publish over 170 books with over 30 series.</div>

She is noted as an indie pioneer, as one of the first to publish in 2001. Breaking stereotypes, her books has crossed traditional and indie lines, gaining recognition in schools and libraries, as well as the indie community. Her action adventure young adult fantasy series, The Frost Series, an ALA YALSA Reader's Choice Nominated book series - had been optioned by an international film company and is currently in development as a game and a film at http://www.facebook.com/thefrostseries. Five of her fantasy/action adventure series have been optioned to be made into worldwide games.</div>

Kailin Gow has been known in The World Journal, an international newspaper, to be a phenomenon. She was profiled on the homepage of Amazon.com as an Author Success Story who overcame personal obstacles to become a bestselling author, appeared as one of Amazon's top authors for the Kindle Fire launch release, and is one of the earliest indie authors who have sold over a million books. She writes for Fast Company as a publishing expert, had appeared on a major network Television News as a bestselling author who writes fiction and non-fiction with a social conscious, and has made speeches and appearances across the U.S. and on top 15 national radio regarding self-esteem and issues relating to women.</div>

Kailin Gow was an invited speaker and signing author at Book Expo America (BEA)2014.</div>

Having experienced bullying firsthand and slander as a woman, Kailin Gow is an active advocate against bullying in the workplace and in schools. She has written Shy Girls Social Club Handbook Against Bullying and has helped launch Stories for Amanda where all proceeds go towards the Amanda Todd Foundation against bullying. She has written several books with the theme of abuse towards women and children, especially the steamy international bestselling The Protégé Series, which launched a book club initiative in battered women's shelters and won The Indie Excellence Awards at NIEA for Erotica in 2014.</div>

She holds a Masters Degree in Communications Management from The University of Southern California, and degrees in Drama and Social Ecology.</div>

She resides in the American West with her husband and daughter, but had lived for a decade in Texas, and briefly in England. Besides being a full-time author, she volunteers for many organizations, is active in church helping build homes for the homeless and visit orphanages. A voracious reader, when she is not writing, she loves reading an entire series in one sitting! She spends way too much time on Facebook than she is supposed to at http://www.facebook.com/kailingowbooks, but loves meeting new people from all walks of life.</div>

She has over 30 Series, written under Kailin Gow, and more under her middle grade, women's fiction, and mystery pen names:</div>

***For 16 and up***</div>

The Frost Series - COMPLETED. Bitter Frost Series Consists of 8 full-length novels.<br />

The Wolf Fey Series - COMPLETED. Consists of 2 full-length novels and one novella.<br />

Fairy Rose Chronicles - age 13 and up.<br />

The PULSE Series - Next Book - Blood Ring (PULSE #9), releasing due to readers' demand to continue the series. Consists of 9 full-length novels and one novella.<br />

FADE Series - COMPLETED. ALL Full-length novels.<br />

DESIRE Series - All Full-length novels. Last Book, FRENZY - 2015.<br />

Fire Wars Series - All Full-length novels.<br />

Alchemists Academy - All Full-length novels.<br />

Wordwick Games - All Full-length novels.<br />

Wicked Woods Series - COMPLETED. Consists of 5 full-length novels.<br />

Steampunk Scarlett - All Full-length novels.<br />

The Phantom Diaries - All Full-length novels. Last Book, DARK VICTORY - 2015.<br />

Stoker Sisters - All Full-length novels. Last Book, SISTER OF THE STRIGOIS - 2015.</div>

Beyond Crystal River - 2015 NEW SERIES.</div>

SHADES - 2015 NEW SERIES. This is a high concept psychological thriller.</div>

***For 18 and up (New Adult/Coming of Age)***</div>

Loving Summer - All full-length novels.<br />

The Donovan Brothers - All full-length novels.<br />

Saving You Saving Me (You & Me Trilogy)- COMPLETED. Consists of 3 Full-length novels.<br />

Never Knights - COMPLETED. Consists of 3 Full-length novels.<br />

Rock Hard Love Hard - 1st book, Rock Hard Love Hard is now Available.</div>

Sawyer House Chronicles (Spin-off of You & Me Trilogy) - Coming in 2015<br />

Canvas - Coming in 2015</div>

***For 18 and up (Adult/Steamy Romance)***</div>

The Protege - COMPLETED. 3 Full-length novels.<br />

Master Chefs - COMPLETED. Consists of 3 Full-length novels.<br />

The Blue Room (Spin-off of Never Knights Trilogy) - Romantic Suspense.<br />

Barely Legal (Spin-off of The Protégé) - Romantic Suspense.<br />

The Oyster House - Artistic Romantic Thriller set in Hong Kong and England.<br />

- Coming in 2015.</div>

For information on the series, new series and new book releases, contests, appearances, KG-Convergences, and more, sign up at http://www.KailinGowBooks.com.</div>

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Sunday, November 30, 2014

RELEASE DAY & BOOK REVIEW: "Third Position (Dirty Dancing #3)" by Melody Grace

BOOK SPOTLIGHT: "A League of Her Own" by Karen Rock

Saturday, November 29, 2014

BOOK REVIEW: "The Hungry #6: The Rule of Three" by Harry Shannon & Steven W. Booth

AUTHOR INTERVIEW: Ryan McSwain

Friday, November 28, 2014

BOOK REVIEW: "Monsters All The Way Down" by Ryan McSwain

HOLIDAY SALE: Editing/Proofreading Services

Wednesday, November 26, 2014

EVENT PROMOTION: Cyber Monday Lifetime Pass From Long Beach Comic Expo!

Tuesday, November 25, 2014

AUTHOR INTERVIEW: Suanne Laqueur

RELEASE DAY BLITZ: "Interception" by Morgan Black

Monday, November 24, 2014

COMIC BOOK REVIEW/PREVIEW: "San Hannibal #5" (out 12/17/14)

BOOK REVIEW: "The Man I Love" by Suanne Laqueur

Sunday, November 23, 2014

RE-POST: "Meet The Writer" featuring Lily Luchesi

Friday, November 21, 2014

AUTHOR INTERVIEW: J. Giambrone

COVER REVEAL: "Free Fall (Long Summer: Donovan Brothers #6)" by Kailin Gow

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