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Blog Tour Update

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Yes, I apologize for it every time. There is an upcoming New Year’s resolution to be a better blogger in the works. I am at work on my second novel Fracture and have been on blog tour these past few months. I’ll be posting again very soon, but, in the meantime, you can check out the following links for a few insights into Hindsight, my debut novel, and into my life as a globetrotting author.

Read an excerpt of Chapter 1 at Victory in Books

Read an excerpt of Chapter 3 at Black and White Pages

Read an excerpt of Chapter 7 here at eInk Reviews or here at The Book Connoisseur

Find out about Shirley, the lead character of Hindsight at Life Altering Reads

Tips on Writing in First Person at Writers and Authors

How I Write at Reading Dream Life

What Has Influenced My Writing at Living4Books

The Benefits of Travel as a Writer at Need to Stop Reading

Catching Up

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I apologize for the absence. I’ve been wearing down the heels of my digital boots trekking around the web on a blog tour. Author interviews and guest posts galore. Here are a few highlights.

  1. 9 Tips on Making Your Work Area Inspire You over at Blogalicious Authors
  2. Hindsight featured on Awesome Gang
  3. Featured on Kindle Nook Books
  4. Dreaming Pages interviews me on the craft of writing, the art of living, and the work that goes into both.
  5. Happiness, table manners and the craft of writing. My author interview at Gentleman Reads.
  6. An interview with the fine folks over at IndieAuthorLand on the who’s, what’s and why’s of Hindsight
  7. Exotic dancing, successful writing, and my new book, Hindsight.  An author interview at Paws on Books
  8. Writing tools and tips at Nose in Books

 

 

Blog Tour: Week One Wrapup

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Howdy! Don’t be shy. Come on closer to the campfire. Shake the dust off your boots and sit a while. I’ve got a pot of coffee on and some tobacco to roll if you like. Beautiful night isn’t it? Where am I coming from? I’m caravanning on a month long blog tour. I’ve been to a few nice places this past week. Let me tell you about them.

I started off with a guest post on writing in first person POV over at my friend, Ravina’s blog. Hindsight, my novel, is written in first person, after all. I left four tips for writers who’d like to tackle the perspective or those who’d just like to refine their knowledge of it.

Then I rolled into Bunny’s Reviews for a little sit down and chat–an author interview, if you like–about my family, about fears, and failure.

I stopped over at Author’s Friend with another guest post of six tips for less procrastinating and more doing.

And just before I got here, I found my way onto The Reading Cat for another author interview. (And yes, it did sound an awful lot like the first one, so if you’ve read my interview on Bunny’s Reviews, you know the answer to these questions).

I’ll be sure to keep the posts coming your way as I continue to stop off and visit with all the fine folks I meet along the way. Meanwhile, how ’bout a drop of whiskey in that coffee?

Hindsight Blog Tour Schedule

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Big news! Hindsight, my new thriller (available on Amazon here), and I will be going on a blog tour, stopping off at some of your favorite bloggers along the way. I’ll be doing author interviews and a few guests posts on writing and life in general, so check out the schedule below and plan to stop on by. Make sure to drop me a comment with your own thoughts, ideas, and feedback. Talk with you soon!

Book Tour Schedule 

31st July – Book Feature at Peace from Pieces

3rd August – Book Review & Guest Post at Mommy Adventures

4th August – Author Interview at The Bunny’s Review

6th August – Book Review & Guest Post at Author’s Friend

7th August – Book Review & Author Interview at The Reading Cat

8th August – Guest Post at Blog-A-Licious Authors 

9th August – Book Review at Kindle Nook Books

10th August – Book Review & Author Interview at Dreaming Pages

11th August – Book Review & Guest Post at Top ‘o Mornin’ To Ya

12th August – Book Review at Me, You & Books

13th August – Book Review & Guest Post at Everything 4 Books

14th August – Book Review at My Reading Problem

15th August – Book Review & Author Interview at UnBiased Book Reviews

16th August – Guest Post & Book Review at Author’s Going Places

17th August – Book Review at Nobody Important

18th August – Book Review & Author Interview at Gentleman Reads

A Big Thank You

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To everyone who downloaded their free copy of Hindsight, I got mad love for you, homes. I hope you enjoy the novel. If you uber-like it, be sure to leave a review on your favorite review site, be it Goodreads, Amazon, Librarything, or __insert favorite book oriented website__. I’d love to personally field any questions you may have about the characters, the plot, my writing style, and even my secret beard-growing formula. Just leave me a comment after the beep.

Hindsight is Free!

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That’s right! Pinch yourself, rub your eyes, slap a cactus; you’re not dreaming. Christmas has come early this year, kiddos, and you’re all on the nice list. For the next five days, Hindsight, a thriller, is free on Amazon. Just click this link right here and get your free download! And be sure to star it and let me know how you like it. Happy reading!

Hindsight’s New Description

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I made a few changes and updates to the previous description I had posted on here while preparing it to go live on Amazon. Here’s the new descriptididdly and here’s the link where you can download Hindsight straight to your Kindle for only $2.99.

“I am hurtling eight stories to the pavement. There’s a bullet in my left shoulder and another chewing through my lung. I am going to die.” – Shirley O’Shea

When Shirley got out of prison three years ago, he committed himself to being there for his sister, Haley, and his aunt, Winnie–the only family he has left. Then he met Isaac, a man with connections to his grandfather and to the IRA. Isaac said he owed Shirley’s family a favor: deliver a package and get some money. But things are never that simple, are they? What should have been an easy drop-off blows Shirley’s world apart. Now he’s on the run, a continent away from those he loves, trying to figure out what he’s gotten himself into, who he can trust and how far he’s willing to go in order to keep his family safe.

But Shirley has a few skeletons of his own banging on the closet doors, and the hinges are starting to come off.

Hot Off the Digital Press!

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Hot Off the Digital Press! The wait is over. As of yesterday, Hindsight is finally available for purchase on Amazon. The book is going for $2.99 right now as an introductory special and is available for free in the Kindle Lending Library if you’ve got Amazon Prime. To make your life a little easier, I’ve posted the link right here so that you can snap it up and start reading right away. Just click on the image and it will take you there. Enjoy!

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Book Description

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Well, apologies for the delay in publishing the novel. The editing process has taken a little bit longer than anticipated. Rest assured, I am working hard to push it through the last few stages to get it out the gates and onto the track. In the meantime, here is that back cover copy that should give you a taste of what’s to come. Reactions?

“I am hurtling eight stories to the pavement. There’s a bullet in my left shoulder and another chewing through my lung. I am going to die.”

Shirley O’Shea was putting the pieces of his life back together in Camden, New Jersey before a bomb blast blew it all to hell. It had been three years since he got out of prison. He’d been trying to bury his violent past and his family’s history of shame and loss. Now he’s learning that there is more to that family history than he ever knew. Shirley’s left to figure out what he’s gotten himself into, who he can trust and what lengths he’s willing to go to in order to keep his family safe.

But Shirley has a few skeletons of his own banging on the closet doors, and the hinges are starting to come off.