PRESS RELASE: Neal Adams' "Bucky O'Hare" Movie at LA Comic Con 2016

Neal Adams To Unveil Excusive Bucky O’Hare Digital Comic Via The

All-New SWIPE Design Platform At Stan Lee’s Los Angeles Comic Con

And more!

You can create YOUR Bucky O’Hare Digital Comic with Neal Adams original drawings on SWIPE Design Platform!

Neal Adams Bucky O’Hare assets are available at SWIPE!

You may also use part of Neal Adams Bucky O’Hare assets to decorate your photos, graphic arts, etc.!

Swipe App Version Of Bucky O’Hare Based on Planned Motion Picture To Be Unveiled In Special Panel Session Set for Saturday October 29

              For Immediate Release:

LOS ANGELES (October 20, 2016) – Bucky O’Hare – the original comic book series turned into a classic cartoon – makes its debut in the digital domain with an 8-page exclusive Swipe Studio e-comic book written and illustrated by brand creators Larry Hama and Michael Golden together with Neal Adams and his Continuity Productions.   Bucky O’Hare and the Toad Menace makes its premiere appearance Day One of Stan Lee’s Los Angeles Comic Con taking place October 28-30 at the Los Angeles Convention Center.

Designed utilizing the tools available on the all-new Swipe Studio design app, the latest offering in the Bucky O’Hare legacy follows Bucky and his crew as they do battle with the Toad Armada.  A special Los Angeles Comic Con presentation featuring legendary artist Neal Adams together with Swipe Studio’s famed creator Satoshi Nakajima (the software genius behind Windows 95 and Windows 98 along with Internet Explorer versions 3 and 4) is set for Saturday October 29 from 11am-12:00pm in room 403A.  

The 8-pager provides fans with a glimpse into the creative for the planned Bucky O’Hare theatrical motion picture now in the works with Neal Adams producing and directing.  

In addition to the Swipe Bucky O’Hare comic book, artist Neal Adams also worked with the Swipe team to load into the platform an impressive portfolio of Bucky art elements and animation that can be adapted by anyone for any digital purpose, including e-mails or presentations of any kind, including all main characters and several backgrounds. 

Creators and artists can experience the free Swipe app instantly by downloading Swipe Studio to their iPhone/iPad/iPod touch and begin to create media-rich animated digital content.  To download the Swipe Studio, go to App Store  https://appsto.re/us/hlcDeb.i

Swipe Studio users are welcome to join Facebook group; Swipe Studio Users https://www.facebook.com/groups/1076516299084537/

Swipe Studio is available only for iPhone/iPad/iPod touch users with version iOS9 or later.

“We are thrilled to unveil the newest Bucky O’Hare creative from the team responsible for this celebrated and enduring property at Stan Lee’s Los Angeles Comic con,” said Nakajima.  “I look forward with tremendous enthusiasm towards sharing a panel with the great Neal Adams whose brilliant use of the Swipe Studio design tools helps us usher in a new era in digital design.”

“It has been a lot of fun to work with Swipe Studio and I encourage artists to check it out for their own design projects.  In fact, Swipie – which is Swipe’s platform for consumers – continues to offer a wealth of art and animation applications to enhance everything from emails to digital presentations.  Mr. Nakajima has built an extraordinary platform and I am proud to contribute Bucky O’Hare as a way of underscoring its power as a design platform,” said Neal Adams.

The brainchild of software genius Satoshi Nakajima – the engineering architect responsible for Windows 95 and Windows 98 along with Internet Explorer versions 3 and 4 – Swipe empowers everyone from consumers to creators to easily animate everything from emails to digital comics with media-rich digital elements and make use of animation, video, vector graphics as well as full audio for voice, music and sound effects on tablets and smartphones. Created to take full advantage of today’s touch-enabled smartphone and tablet technology, Swipe eliminates the need for complex programming typically required to build animation or other forms of design content.  As a result, creators, designers, animators and artists have the tools to create media-rich animated digital content for consumption via touch-enabled devices including smartphones, tablets and touch-enabled set-top-boxes, such as iPhone and Apple TV.  

About Swipe, Inc.

Headquartered in Tokyo, Swipe, Inc. is the parent company for Swipe™, an open source platform embedding the full range of visual and audio media into digital documents for smartphones, tablets and other touch-screen devices.  Swipe, Inc. Founder-Chief Technology OfficerSatoshi Nakajima is recognized industry-wide as the lead engineer and architect of Windows 95 and Windows 98 which he created during his tenure with Microsoft.  Visit Swipe, Inc. online at http://www.Swipe.net/.

RELEASE DAY + BOOK REVIEW: "Envious Existence" by Katie Keller-Nieman

Sometimes love is so strong, not even death can stop it.

The world I thought I understood...
The man I thought I knew...
Nothing is the same.

Sandy spent most of her life in a toxic friendship with a girl who wanted her dead. Finally free, she now has a chance for happiness with the man she loves. Eric is back in her life, and everything should be right between them...but nothing is what it seems. 
Eric has been keeping a dangerous secret. One that threatens their lives and the futures of those they love. 
A secret that changes everything. 
Their world has become a different place, with complex rules and terrifying dangers. 
But there is a way out. Their only hope for survival is to make a deal with Aurora. But can Sandy trust the girl who tried to kill her, the girl who still wants her dead? 

Love will be tested. 
Trust will be broken. 
And truths will be revealed.

THE ENVIOUS SERIES READING ORDER:
Book 1-Envious
Book 2-Envious Obsession
Book 3-Envious Existence

I received an ARC of this copy from the author in exchange for an honest review.

I was not so patiently waiting for this book. If you've been following my reviews, you know how much I love the Envious series, its world and its characters. This is going to be hard to review for one simple reason: it's nearly impossible not to give spoilers for this or the other two books! So I'm going to be as straightforward and inclusive as I can.
A great series that is fantastical and yet still realistic and relatable is hard to come by, but the Envious books are just that. For me, personally, the extreme frenemy relationship between Sandy and Aurora is something that I really relate to, and I'm sure others will as well.
I think I said before that I didn't like Eric, and this book didn't make me feel any warmer towards him. Aurora, of course, I'd like to throttle, Sandy is really coming into her own, dealing with her problems a bit differently than she did in previous books.
This story takes everything to a whole new level, and I honestly can't sell this book enough. Romance, drama, fantasy, intrigue, and so much more awaits you when you open the pages of this book. I recommend reading the first two before this one, so you get the full feel of the story.
Ms. Nieman is one of my absolute favorite authors and I can't wait for the next book!

5/5--excellent!

Purchase Envious Existence via Amazon!

RELEASE DAY + BOOK REVIEW: "Wealthy Menage" by TL Travis (18+)

The Sebastian Chronicles is a series of 5 Erotic Paranormal Novelettes that will take you through each century since Sebastian Benoit’s Vampiric inception.
In book three Wealthy ménage, our beloved vampire Sebastian has found himself in 19th century New Orleans, a vibrant town in the midst of rebuilding after the war.
Sebastian’s insatiable sexual appetite gets him into some precarious positions. Positions that will leave you wanting more.

I received an ARC of this book from the author in exchange for an honest review.

Unlike many readers, I love serials (short series which are released in a quick period of time as opposed to long novels that are released once or twice a year). They're like little treats, and the Sebastian Chronicles are certainly, ahem, tasty.
I am, however, new to menage stories. I have never read a threesome (or moresome) before tonight, and if they're all as good as Wealthy Menage, I will certainly be reading more of them in the future!
We follow our hero Sebastian as he settles into a new life in New Orleans, on a plantation, which immediately reminded me of Anne Rice's Interview With The Vampire.
As I read on, I fall more and more in love with Sebastian. While in book one I found him to be an insatiable rake (and jerk), and in book two I found him a bit too soft, this book made me wish he was real! You get to see not only more of his sexual side, you get to see his sweet side as well.
Lorenzo (Sebastian's lover in book two) is back, and still as sexy as ever as these two bisexual vamps tear it up in New Orleans, hosting threesomes with a wealthy widow, and then entertaining multiple of her female friends at once.
New positions (anal sex is introduced with women, and I only put that here in the review because I know some readers might be turned off by it, so this is a warning), new lovers, new friends, and new possibilities abound, all in thirty or so pages! My only issue with this was that I wish there was more emotional detail. At one point, I nearly teared up.

5/5--This is a must-read!

Purchase Wealthy Menage via Amazon.

AUTHOR INTERVIEW: Stephen Kozeniewski

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

It was a cold summer's day in October '44. I was having a snuff with Petersen when he looked at me and said, "Fats" ("Fats" was my nickname at the time) "Fats, there's no money in this damned investment game. We need to find the mouth of the Nile, if you understand my manner of speaking." We rolled up our shirtsleeves and set to work that very day with a butcher block and a piece of charcoal we'd nicked from the local energy concern. And by the end of the afternoon we had figured out our new goldmine: the words industry. Ever since it's been hot and cold running caviar and Porsches.

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

I read a lot of the classics when I was very young: Poe, Lovecraft, Dostoevsky. Also a lot of pulp like Christopher Pike and R.L. Stine. Later, Brian Keene was a big influence. Nowadays I'm mostly reading my peers: Mary Fan, Glenn Rolfe, K.P. Ambroziak, even a young lady called Luchesi, though I suppose you might say she's already outstripped me and isn't really a "peer" anymore.

3. What was the inspiration behind your latest release? *

HUNTER OF THE DEAD was inspired by, well, bad vampire movies. Or not necessarily "bad" but very bowdlerized. Hollywood vampires have a very storied history, but they're basically their own thing, almost entirely separate from the Eastern European folkloric vampires. I wanted to put a jolt of old-school creep factor back into the genre, and I hope it turned out well.

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

Oh, sure. Both of the main human characters have these crap day jobs at a convenience store that allow them to indulge in their exciting alter egos as vampire hunters. So that may (or may not) be a metaphor for being a writer by vocation but not being able to pay the bills with it. And there's a scene very early on where Nico has to deal with a very dickish customer belittling him about cigarettes. That basically happened to me word-for-word in real life. So enjoy your horrible fictional fate, real-life Cigarette Dick.

5. Why do you write in your chosen genre? What other genres would you like to try your hand at? *

Science fiction has always been a passion of mine, from way back to the early '80s when pretty much the only sci-fi on TV was "Star Trek: The Next Generation." I love horror, though, because of the community. Horror writers of every stripe, my idols and neophytes alike, have welcomed me with open arms. It's an amazing, electric thing to be part of. I think even if I end up making my bones in science fiction I'll still come around to the horror conventions and trade shows. As for what I'd like to try my hand at, some day I might work on some kind of fantasy, maybe grimdark or high fantasy or something like that, but I'd have to find a way to make it my own so that I'm not just eating Tolkien's lunch. I'm not ready for that plunge yet.

6. What would you do if you were your main character? *

Oh, shit. I guess all things being equal Idi Han is the main character of HUNTER OF THE DEAD. If I were her I would probably tread very lightly, and make sure I'm not ruffling any feathers, especially amongst my followers. But Idi Han being who she is, I can pretty much guarantee you that won't happen. :)

7. Will we ever see these characters again? *

If my fans want it. So far sales have been robust, so if this keeps up, it might happen. I'm not a big fan of sequels, so I haven't really been writing them. I treat most of my books (probably BILLY AND THE CLONEASAURUS is the exception for obvious reasons if you've read it) as a standalone with series potential. I'm not going to foist a sequel on a market that's not interested in it, but I'm not going to ignore my fans if they start chanting in the street for book 2, either.

8. Would you like to see this book as a film or TV show? If yes, who do you want to see play your characters? *

Ah, well, HUNTER OF THE DEAD originated as a screenplay, so, yes, definitely I'd like to see it made into a movie. I think Bruce Campbell would make for a good Carter Price. I've always envisioned Nigel Bennett as Cicatrice. Idi Han and Nico Salazar would have to be very young actors, possibly unknowns, so I don't really have anyone in mind, but I'm sure they're out there.

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

My mentor jokingly told me recently that I'm shooting straight to the center of the mid-list. I'd be okay with that. I hope within the next ten years I get some kind of break, either a TV/film adaptation or a book that's just a breakout hit on its own. If it doesn't happen, it doesn't happen. Provided society doesn't collapse, I expect I'll be writing for the rest of my life anyway, so any form of success is just gravy.

10. Is there anything you haven't touched on that you'd like readers to know about your book? *

Early buzz is that HUNTER OF THE DEAD is my goriest work ever. I did not initially think that, but I guess I'll leave it up to the fans and critics to decide.

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

Drinking.

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

Only because it's you, Kelly, I can tell you that I already have a manuscript in the can for Mirror Matter Press called THE HEMATOPHAGES, which is like a cross between "The Office" and "The Thing." And I need to get my ass in gear and get started on a collaboration with Stevie Kopas I owe Sinister Grin Press early next year.

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

Collaborating with dead authors seems like you'd just end up shouldering all of the work. But living ones, I'd be tickled pink to work with Phillip Tomasso, Armand Rosamilia, Guy Haley, or Adam Cesare.

14. What are three things that may surprise your readers to know about you? *

1. I wear a tie every day. 2. I give blood six times a year. 5. I'm a big Monty Python fan

15. Please list your links where readers can find you online and purchase your works. *

Blog: manuscriptsburn.blogspot.com

Facebook: facebook.com/kozauthor

Twitter: twitter.com/outfortune

Amazon: amazon.com/author/kozeniewski

Mailing List: http://kozauthor.campayn.com/contact_list_form/signup/10334

COVER REVEAL: "Gems Of Gratitude" Anthology

Gems of Gratitude

Releasing November 14th, 2016

Author List:

Alana Madden

Chrissy Moon

Christie Stratos

Elizabeth Horton-Newton

Karen J. Mossman

LG Surgeson

Lily Luchesi

Markie Madden

From the Gems of Strength authors comes the second book in the Gems of Sisterhood series! The theme of this book is, of course, gratitude!

Meet Detective Cara Solino, a young woman following in her father’s footsteps. Can she solve the case he was unable to?

Find out how Chloe’s mother discovers a way to keep her daughter’s dream alive under the worst possible circumstances! Read about young Lady Iona, a child of the Elven Forest, as she struggles to give her daughter a fighting chance in a harsh world.

Cheer on Sharliss as she finally takes control of her own life, and becomes a better person. Meet Julie, who gathers information on history, and Jody, an elderly dog whose time to cross The Rainbow Bridge is near. These stories and more are within these pages, just waiting for YOU!

Pre-Order Gems Of Gratitude via:

Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/661657

Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=l6PqDAAAQBAJ

Google Books: https://books.google.com/books/about?id=l6PqDAAAQBAJ&hl=en

iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/…/…/gems-of-gratitude/id1148485893…

Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01L7KT06Q

AUTHOR INTERVIEW: Peter Oliver Wonder

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

It's hard to say when, exactly. I suspect that's mostly due to being out of my mind having difficulty differentiating reality from the things I make up. As to the why of things, I became a writer to vent all of the nonsensical thoughts that continuously flood my mind. Sometimes things nonsense can form into a good story. 

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

Anne Rice was the first author I really got into. Since then, I've taken up reading just about anything I stumble upon. Either stuff from fellow indie authors, things from bigger name, or just reading the classics. There are so many options and I don't like to limit myself.

3. What was the inspiration behind your latest release? *

The inspiration for POW!: The Zombie Days was...me. I'm the main character because I'm pretty fucking awesome. Why not write myself until my own stupid fantasies?

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

Aside from myself, several of the characters were inspired by people I know. Mostly people I've served with in the Marines.

5. Why do you write in your chosen genre? What other genres would you like to try your hand at? *

I write horror because killing people isn't legal. I also write a multitude of other things. The crazy thoughts are write varied.

6. What would you do if you were your main character? *

If I was not own main character...things would play out precisely as they did in the book. Possibly with more or less swearing though. It's hard to tell.

7. Will we ever see these characters again? *

Oh yes. The will be more in the POW! Series. Book two is set to come out April 2017.

8. Would you like to see this book as a film or TV show? If yes, who do you want to see play your characters? *

Does anyone ever say no to this? I think Jennifer Lopez would play me, Ben Affleck would play Kyle, Harley Quinn would play Evelyn (no one said I have to choose real people), and Meatloaf would play the crazy doctor.

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

Career or not, I plan to be on Mars sometime late next year. It's going to be great and you're all invited!

10. Is there anything you haven't touched on that you'd like readers to know about your book? *

Yeah. It's a really funny book. In case these answers haven't driven the point home just yet, I don't take things too seriously which makes my writing a lot of fun. At least, in my opinion it does.

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

Working my day job and my part time job as the voices in my head slowly drove me mad. So, the exact same thing, minus the writing.

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

I'd love to, but it keeps changing. I have story ADD and can't quite keep on the same thing too long. This does mean, however, that I've got a lot of things in various stages of completion. One day, they'll all be finished and there are quite a few surprises in store!

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

I have a collaboration lined up with my good friend and psychopath, David Owain Hughes. Not sure what it is we'll write about just yet, but when we put our heads together, it's going to end in something pretty unique.

14. What are three things that may surprise your readers to know about you? *

1) I have seventeen toes on my left foot 2) I'm eight hundred and forty two years old 3) I carved Mount Rushmore

15. Please list your links where readers can find you online and purchase your works. *

https://www.amazon.com/Peter-Oliver-Wonder/e/B017FXBB8O

MOVIE REVIEW: "The Chair"

TITLE:
The CHAIR


PRODUCTION COMPANY:
Alterna


WEBSITE:
http://thechairhorror.com
http://alternacomics.com


SOCIAL MEDIA:
http://twitter.com/thechairhorror
http://facebook.com/thechairhorror


FILM MPAA RATING:
NR


SUGGESTED AUDIENCE:
Adults (Due to strong language and violence)


RUN TIME:
94 mins.



SYNOPSIS:
Based on the Alterna Comics graphic novel of the same name, THE CHAIR follows the story of Richard Sullivan, an innocent man struggling to escape execution on death row. Witnessing the savage killings of his fellow inmates at the hand of the prison's sadistic and psychotic Warden, Sullivan decides that the only way to survive is to fight back. But as he matches the brutality occurring in the prison, Sullivan is forced to come face to face with his sanity and his own horrifying past.


DIRECTOR:
Chad Ferrin


CAST LIST:
Bill Oberst Jr.
Roddy Piper
Naomi Grossman
Timothy Muskatell
Noah Hathaway
Zach Galligan
Ezra Buzzington
Kyle Hester
Derrick Damions
Kin Shriner
Susan Eisenberg
Jacob Banser
John Siciliano
Tomas Boykin
Robert “Corpsy” Rhine
Joe Laurinaitis
Joseph Pilato
Jack deLyra
Harley Burks
Zebadiah DeVane
Christian Hutcherson
Michael Berthold
Brent Anthony
Andrew Marheineke


REVIEW QUOTES:
"...a chilling experience inside death row, where murderers, rapists and pedophiles become victims."
- Barbara Torretti, DARKVEINS

"...pulls no punches to bring to life a psychotic world."
- William Meeker, TFK's WEB OF INDIE HORROR AND SCIENCE FICTION

"Although there is torturing in it, there is more plot and other elements that dig much deeper, both into the story and characters than just trying to gross out your audience with sadistic torture scenes. ...there’s more to it than that and that’s what separates this from most films of this type."
- Andrew Peters, KINKY HORROR GOON REVIEW

***BELOW ARE PREVIEW PHOTOS GIVEN TO ME BY ALTERNA COMICS. READ BELOW FOR MY MOVIE REVIEW. FOR MY GRAPHIC NOVEL REVIEW, PLEASE CLICK HERE.--KSR

Looking for a perfect scare this Halloween? Look no further, you've found it. Starring Bill Oberst Jr., a veteran horror actor whom I have seen in various roles over the years, and the late Roddy Piper, this is a faithful and slightly expanded version of the graphic novel of the same name. It's not as gory as some other independent horror films I've seen, but it captures the depravity of humanity so well, you'll be afraid to go to sleep at night for fear of seeing The Warden in your nightmares.

The story in the graphic novel, as I said, needed a bit more detail. The gore didn't come through the way it does here in the film. Every scream, every bit of anguish, you feel. It's like you're there in the prison with them.

The twist (one of them, anyway), is that the people getting tortured are rapists and murderers, and you find yourself enjoying their pain more than you probably should. The deeper part of the story, the really horrific part, I can't talk about for fear of spoilers. But I can say that what's very scary in this movie, even more than what happens to the inmates, is why.

This is dark, cringing, psychological horror at its finest.

5/5--I liked the movie better than the graphic novel!

The Chair premieres October 18th in Burbank. Purchase tickets via: https://www.tugg.com/titles/the-chair

AUTHOR INTERVIEW: Nicole Thorn

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

I was about twenty when my best friend and current occasional writing partner told me i needed to try it out. I've been writing ever since.

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

I read a lot of paranormal, and that's where my heart lies. Anything of the like, and a lot of YA

3. What was the inspiration behind your latest release? *

Me and my partner really wanted to do a Greek Mythology story, so we built a world around that.

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

I'm not good at that kind of thing, so i try and avoid it.

5. Why do you write in your chosen genre? What other genres would you like to try your hand at? *

Paranormal is what interests me the most. I like monsters. I also dabble in contemporary.

6. What would you do if you were your main character? *

In this series.... i would be abusing my power over plant life and making myself a lot of fruit trees.

7. Will we ever see these characters again? *

Yes! There are eight more books with them.

8. Would you like to see this book as a film or TV show? If yes, who do you want to see play your characters? *

While i wouldn't mind that, my partner isn't one for that kind of thing. I'm also terrible at dream casting.

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

I'd like to have a pretty little vanity shelf, and enough readers that this could be a full time job.

10. Is there anything you haven't touched on that you'd like readers to know about your book? *

It's a split POV between the leads. Some laughs, some tears, and some violence.

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

Sleeping. 

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

I'm working on a few sequels, and my partner is working on book three in her Angel of Ruin series with CHBB Publishing.

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

Does Alexander Hamilton count?

14. What are three things that may surprise your readers to know about you? *

I'm not actually the Devil.

15. Please list your links where readers can find you online and purchase your works. *

https://www.amazon.com/Nicole-Thorn/e/B014BL5YD6

https://www.amazon.com/Will-Gain-Fury-Seers-Demigods/dp/069275833X

BOOK REVIEW + GUEST POST: "Folly Cove" by Holly Robinson

The ties of family bind us forever—no matter how far we may go to escape them... 
The Bradford sisters are famous in Rockport, Massachusetts: for their beauty, their singing voices, their legendary ancestors, and their elegant mother, Sarah, who has run the historic Folly Cove Inn alone ever since her husband disappeared. 
The two youngest sisters, Anne and Elly, fled Folly Cove as soon as they could to pursue their dreams and escape the Bradford name, while Laura stayed and created a seemingly picture perfect life. After a series of bad decisions, Anne has no choice but to come home and face her critical mother and oldest sister, reluctantly followed by Elly, another Bradford woman who’s hiding something. 
As the three sisters plan a grand celebration for their mother’s birthday, they struggle to maintain the illusions about their lives that they’ve so carefully crafted. But when painful old wounds reopen and startling family secrets are revealed, they soon discover that even the seemingly unbreakable bonds of sisterhood can be tested... 

I received an ARC  from the publicist in exchange for an honest review.

I've read one of Ms. Robinson's books before (also very family-based), and was ecstatic when I was approached to be an advance reviewer of this book. From the first page I was completely enveloped in this story. It's multi-dimensional, multi-generational, and truly brilliant. Each character is so unique, so well-rounded, so full of surprises. I really loved Elly because I could relate to her, especially her broken heart and running away from not making it in her dream job. But Anne is a wonderful character, too, and it was her POV I loved reading the most.
I admit I felt so sorry for Laura and her issues with her husband, but hers was something I could not relate to, but I am sure others will. One thing I want to mention is WHY Laura has issues with her husband. I despised him with a passion for the first half of the book until I found out his truth, his story. It's something a LOT of readers will be shocked over, but it was something I wanted to reach out and hug Ms. Robinson for writing. It was unexpected, it was modern, and it was perfect. Thank you, Ms. Robinson, for giving us a character development like this. What he did is something many people like him struggle to do every single day.
Sarah...ah, Sarah. I didn't like her, even by the end of the book. But that's okay, because I LOVE reading a book where I dislike characters but the story is still so great I just kept reading it anyway. She has great depth of character, and while I disliked her, her story was the most interesting by far.
This is the right way to do women's fiction: it's different, it's emotional, it's honest, it's raw. It drew me in and these characters will stay with me forever.

5/5--just brilliant!

Folly Cove will be available October 4th everywhere books are sold.

~*~*~

GUEST POST from Holly Robinson:

The Challenges of Describing the Equestrian World to Non-Riders
Holly Robinson
As a child, my biggest passion was horse books. If there was a horse on the cover of a book, you can bet that book was on my shelf, from Black Beauty to The Black Stallion, from My Friend Flicka to Misty of Chincoteague. The next best thing were books that weren't specifically about horses, but featured characters who rode them, like those in the Trixie Belden “girl detective” series.
Naturally, reading about horses led me to want one. I lived a rich fantasy life filled with mounts of every description, even pretending my pink bicycle was a horse, and paced the hallways of our house as if I were leading a headstrong Mustang.
Eventually, my parents caved and bought me a real horse when I was eleven. I named my chubby gray mare “Ladybug” because of the red freckles on her coat. She threw me off twenty times the first month I had her, but I was so besotted with Ladybug that I wore a picture of her in a locket around my neck. (You can imagine how popular I must have been in junior high.)
I rode hunt seat and showed Ladybug and other horses through the years. My mother, who had grown up with horses, ran a stable when my dad retired. I was her helper and assistant instructor.
Eventually, I went to college and became a writer, freelancing for newspapers and magazines as I forged a career as a novelist. It dawned on me only as I started writing my newest book, Folly Cove, that I could finally write a novel of my own with a horse on the cover. I didn't want to write a novel about horses, because I write what one reviewer called “emotional family mysteries.” But I did want to convey to non-riders what it's really like to love horses and live in the equestrian world.
The first step was easy: I created a main character, Laura, who owns a stable where she boards other people's horses for money and gives riding lessons. But, as I started writing about Laura's life, I ran into trouble. She's a better rider than I was; Laura was on the show circuit until she got pregnant in college. But non-riders probably weren't going to want to read about horse shows or wade through any hardcore horse jargon. (Rule #1 of writing: “Don't bore people.”)
No, I needed to convey to non-riders the deeper reasons why people love horses enough to pour countless hours of time and buckets of money into this particular passion. I started mulling over my own adolescence and realized that horses saved my life. When I was hurting after my sister's death and my parents' divorce, horses offered unconditional love and an escape. I could canter around a ring and take jumps and feel powerful. Better yet, I could fling myself onto a horse and gallop along the trails with the exhilarating feel of a magnificent animal carrying me far, far away.
So I created my character, Laura, as a woman on the edge. Her daughter may have an eating disorder, her family's money problems are huge, and Laura thinks her youngest sister slept with her husband. I wanted my readers—even those who have never been near a horse—to relate to Laura's conflicts, and to understand how being in the riding stable gives her a sanctuary as she does daily barn chores like mucking out stalls.
Then I realized most readers would probably empathize even more with Laura's obsession with horses if they went on a ride with her. I gave Laura a gelding named Star and had her take him out on the trails:
When Star relaxed, she used her calves to urge him into a trot. Finally they reached the straightaway and she signaled him to canter. Laura leaned low against the horse’s neck as the animal flattened into a smooth gallop. The wind made her eyes tear as the landscape blurred by in yellows and reds and golds. The speed let her empty her mind. There was nothing but this moment, this animal beneath her, the landscape whipping by, the sharp sting of salty air on her face. She was blissfully free.
Isn't that what we're all looking for, in the end? Some way to engage so completely in the moment, that we feel “blissfully free?”
That's what horses have always done for me. I hope they'll do the same for readers of Folly Cove.

AUTHOR INTERVIEW: Laurencia Hoffman

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

I've always been creative. I love movies and storytelling. At first I wanted to be an actress, but then I decided that I would rather be behind-the-scenes than the center of attention.

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

When I was younger, J.K. Rowling, Stephen King, C.S. Lewis and J.R.R Tolkien inspired me. I hate to say it, but now I'm more focused on writing my own stories than reading others. 

3. What was the inspiration behind your latest release? *

My latest release, A Wish for Remembrance, was inspired by a soap opera called Dark Shadows. It had the dark elements of what it meant to be a vampire, and how cruel vampires can really be. I think it's a very modern thing to have nice vampires (I'm guilty of that too), so I wanted to show a bit of that cruelty with this story. 

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

I don't think my stories take from real life. My fiction is just fiction, though I do take inspiration from actors and actresses that I admire. 

5. Why do you write in your chosen genre? What other genres would you like to try your hand at? *

I don't like to limit myself to any one genre. I like a little of everything. But I think I'm mostly drawn to the supernatural elements because I can do anything with them. Again, there's not really any limitation to what I can do with the stories and the characters.

6. What would you do if you were your main character? *

Run and hide. No, really. It doesn't matter which book of mine you read. My main characters do not have it easy. 

7. Will we ever see these characters again? *

I don't think so. In my mind, there's nowhere else to go with the story. I like it the way it is.

8. Would you like to see this book as a film or TV show? If yes, who do you want to see play your characters? *

Absolutely! When I write I always see the story in terms of film, so I choose the faces of my characters as well. I think Keira Knightley would be perfect as Lucy, Bradley James as Abel, Jared Leto as Wesley, Kate Beckinsale as Scarlett, Kelly Monaco as Naomi, and Johnny Depp as Corbin. Like I said, I think about these things in advance!

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

N/A

10. Is there anything you haven't touched on that you'd like readers to know about your book? *

I do my best to answer any and all questions that the readers may have, but none come to mind with this one.

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

I honestly don't know. I can't imagine not doing it!

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

Of course! Next up will be the sequel to a novel called Bad Blood. It's a vampire series, nice and dark, just the way I like them. The sequel is called Flesh and Blood and it comes out in October. Be on the lookout!

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

I think it would be great to work with anyone I've already listed. But I have a few writer friends I'd like to work with someday.

14. What are three things that may surprise your readers to know about you? *

I have anxiety. I enjoy a good romance film. I don't like the cold.

15. Please list your links where readers can find you online and purchase your works. *

https://www.amazon.com/Laurencia-Hoffman/e/B009AXY1G2 https://www.facebook.com/authorlaurenciahoffman/