Happy Easter from Escape with a Writer Sunday!

HAPPY EASTER, EVERYONE!!

I decided to do something a little different this weekend. Usually, I feature a single author for my readers to learn about. Today, I want to thank all of you. 

To the authors for being a part of this blog.

To the readers for hopefully checking out some new-to-you authors.

My warmest wishes for a Happy Easter to you all!

Buying our books and leaving us reviews is a part of what keeps us all writing. That and it's in our blood. We can't imagine a world without books, stories, and writers. As much as we love to hate reviews - especially those trolls who drop a one-star review loaded with negativity for no other reason than they can - those reviews are a necessary part of bringing our books to the attention of other readers.

So is word of mouth!

If you enjoy a book, tell your friends, tell your mom, heck tell the WORLD! We love to see posts and reviews from people who truly enjoy what we do. Even if we didn't write your all-time favorite novel, try to say something nice.

In this time of being sheltered in place or self-isolated, books are a large part of how we can enjoy the world and explore without stepping outside our front door. 

So. This Easter here is a special gift for everyone. A list of all of my Escape with a Writer Sunday authors with their links so you can check out their books. Plus a couple of bonus authors who will appear soon!

Please visit our sites. Buy our books. Show us all some love by following us on social media, Goodreads, and places like Amazon and Barnes and Noble. Wherever you find out books!

Stay safe and healthy!

Love, Diane Bator

BWL Author

Escape With a Writer Authors

*for a little extra, click on the Books We Love (BWL) Author links as well! 

Tanya Agler
Mohan Ashtakala (BWL Author)

Marci Baun 
Katherine H Brown
Rita Chapman 

Victoria Chatham (BWL Author)
Rhobin Lee Courtwright

Devon Delaney
Judith Gonda
Karen Grose
Joan Havelange  (BWL Author)

Helen Henderson (BWL Author)

Winston Kincade
Diane Scott Lewis (BWL Author)
Joanie MacNeil (BWL Author)
Robert Marsh 
Tricia McGill  (BWL Author)

M.J. Moores

Eileen O'Finlan   (BWL Author)

Maggie Petru
Vijaya Schartz   (BWL Author)
Reed Stirling  (BWL Author)
Karla Stover  (BWL Author)
Skye Taylor 
J.M. Tibbott
Juliet Waldron   (BWL Author)

Janet Lane Walters (BWL Author)
Stuart West 

Victoria LK Williams

Book Review: Rachel Brimble's A Man Like Him

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  I will be the first to admit I don't normally read romance novels, but I had two reasons for reading Rachel Brimble's A Man Like Him. Number one, I've heard about her and her writing through the grapevine. Number two, while she lives "across the pond", her book kept appearing on bookshelves everywhere I turned since we both have the same agent!

And, I have to admit, I was also a bit curious about the cover blurb about having flash flood in a park and the need for a hero.

Rachel did not disappoint! From page one I was caught up in both Chris and Angela's lives--as well as his sister Cat's!--and followed them through twists and turns to a climax that kept me turning page after page late at night until done! She has a wonderful way of setting a scene and her writing is so full of vivid descriptions that keep the story moving well. 

A Man Like Him is a great read for the adventure, the romance and for the suspense of it!

And now for a little sample:

 

Changing her life…again
After two years in hiding, Angela Taylor knows her independence is worth it. As long as she can escape her past, she has everything under control. Until a flash flood hits the park where she works, and hot Chris Forrester shows up the exact moment she needs a hero.
Chris proves he can save lives—and weaken a girl's knees. But how can she make him understand that she's off-limits, that getting close to her will endanger his life? Her happiness or his safety: it shouldn't even be a choice. Because when you love someone, you protect them, no matter the cost. At least, that's what Angela keeps telling herself….

 

Like what you read? Order A Man Like Him at:

http://www.amazon.com/Rachel-Brimble/e/B007829ZRM/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_7?qid=1378469009&sr=8-7

 

A Surprise E-mail

While checking emails yesterday, I noticed one from Amazon to recommending books for me to read. When I opened it, I nearly fell out of my chair! Advertising for MY NOVELLA! I have no idea how many people this actually went out to, but what a great surprise. Of course, I had to share this with everyone I know.

The neglect of my blog lately has been for a good reason, honest. I'm trying to get a blog tour underway for The Bookstore Lady. What is a blog tour? In the old days, publishers used to send writers on the road to promote their novels and gain fans. Today, with so many books published as e-books (mine is through Books We Love) and in print, actual book tours still happen but a lot of writers also go to other writers, reviewers and sites to put up blurbs about themselves and their work. While it is a lot cheaper, you also have one or two days to attract people to yourself and to the other person's blog.

I am finalizing a list this week and will post next week where and when you can find me! No two blogs will be the same in this round. Site owners ask for many different things: a blurb about the book and a picture of the cover, send you a questionnaire about your writing style, how you write, about you in general, and so on. So far, I'm working on one of each!

The bigger news for me, is that I want to host other writers. I'm still working on some ideas for how and when, but if you are a writer who would like some promotional help - email me!! I'd like to start hosting writers soon!
Have a great weekend!

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The E-Book Process

When Books We Love offered to publish my novel The Bookstore Lady, I didn't expect it to be available until later this summer. Wrong!

We designed the cover last week, did the edits Thursday/Friday and added my dedications then Saturday morning, the novel went up on the internet. The Bookstore Lady is now live at Smashwords and All Romance e-Books. It will be live at Amazon, B&N and Kobo and will filter over to Sony and the iBookstore from there! http://networkedblogs.com/N783T

WOW!

Now I am scrambling to get links everywhere I can on Facebook, my blog, my website, my writing group site, everywhere! Then I can take a breath.

So what's next? Into the editing cave I go! Edits for Four Possessions, my second book which I'll place into my agent's hands this fall.
After that, I'll work on The Mystery Lady, book #2 in the Wild Blue Mysteries series. Looking forward to reuniting with Danny Walker and Leo Blue, my favourite detectives!

I am so grateful for all that has happened in the past two weeks--good and bad!
While the good gives motivation, the bad offers perspective and introspection.

Stay tuned!




 

The Great Procrastinator

If there's one thing I'm great it, it's procrastinating.
It's true.
If I weren't so darn good at it I'd already be published several times over, my house would be spotless and my kids would have the cleanest, most hole-free clothes on the block.
Alas, this is one area in which I excel.

Then I get those phases where I see a job that needs to be done and get it done before I have the opportunity to put it off. No seizing the chance to procrastinate - I jump before the dust can settle and get things done. In general, I'm not exactly a go-getter. Nope, not me. But the more I sit back, the more nothing gets accomplished.

Query letters don't write themselves. Novels don't edit themselves. (Although the kids are learning to cook and clean.) In short, no one else will do it for me. At the end of the day, it's ME who has to put on my "game face" and do what must be done if I ever want my novels to grace the shelves of Coles, Chapters and Amazon. I am the only person who cares if my work is ever published.

Every little triumph I have, whether it be publishing a photograph or short story in a magazine, a story or poem in an anthology or a full-length novel in bookform or on-line is added to my list of accomplishments. Every year, that list grows a little bit longer. This year alone, I am part of two anthologies - the second due for release by Christmas (I hope!) called A Walk in Fields of Gold.

Procrastination gets you nowhere.

Rolling up your shirtsleeves and working hard to make your dreams come true can get you much farther.
I know I'm a month ahead of schedule, but I have two Resolutions for 2011.
Number 1: I'm working harder than ever to get my novels published. I have two that are ready aside from a great hook and cover letter.
Number 2: I'm taking better care of ME next year. It's hard keep on top of things when you feel like someone ran you over with a team of sled dogs.

To be honest, I was going to post Chapter One of Date with a Dead Guy but...I procrastinated.
I'll get right on that. Soon. Maybe.

Keep on Writing.