Tuesday, March 10, 2015

K.D. Wood

K.D. Wood is the exciting new author of the book "Unwilling." Caitlin reviewed this book a little while ago and has been gushing about it since. You can read her review here. Keep reading for our Q&A session, as well as the blurb about Unwilling. As always, at the bottom of the page is where you can link yourself to K.D. on social media, and purchase your own copy of Unwilling.


Neely McIntire’s dreams warn her about the future but will not protect her from the danger hiding in plain sight. On graduation night, she plans to tell her best friend, Hayden Nelson, that she's in love with him. Instead, they argue. Neely's hurt feelings leave her vulnerable, giving her secret admirer, Andrew Huckley, the opportunity to put his mother’s monstrous plan into motion. When Neely gives into her broken heart and pushes him away, Hayden knows he must fight to recapture the spark he felt in their last kiss. But will he find her in time to reverse the damage or will she be changed forever?


1.Did you always want to be a writer? 
As soon as I learned to read I fell in love with books but that young I had no story or voice yet. I kept diary and journals from a very young age. But it wasn't until I re-read them as an adult that I realized I'd actually been "writing" the bare and stunted versions of my stories even then. It honestly never occurred to me to not write since it's always been a part of me. I didn't fully commit to writing as a profession with the desire to share my stories until 2009. 

2. What's your favorite book?
I don't think I could pick a favorite book. Every year I discover a new story and author that I enjoy, that impacts me enough that I still think on it months and months after the read. From last year it was Ruta Sepetys, Out of The Easy. I haven't discovered a title in 2015 yet that affected me the way that story did. 

3. What's your favorite children's book?
I do have certain titles that changed me, shaped me, into the reader I am today and influenced me as a writer. Bunnicula gave me a first love of paranormal characters and stories as a small child, The Hobbit was my first love affair with a world so fantastic that I find something new to adore with that series on every re-read.  

4. What inspired this story line?
Neely and Hayden, their interactions and conversations, inspired their specific parts of the story. They've been talking inside my head for a very long time. The kind of old friends where all the people in their circle would eye roll and want to scream "go out with each other already!" if they were real people walking around in the world. Then there's Andrew, and more specifically, Margarette. Their appearance shook the entire situation up and gave Neely and Hayden the conflict they needed to become a fully developed story. The poem in the back of Unwilling was the moment of inspiration that the story pivoted on it's axis for me with the question of the rest of the story. 

5. How did you make the choice to self/trad publish?
Once I decided to share this story with readers, I realized very quickly I did not possess the technical knowledge, funds, or necessary self-editing skills needed in order to produce the level of quality I wanted for this series. I won't put my name on just anything. I needed to be utterly proud of the end result in order to survive the publication process. The product produced by my partnership with Blue Tulip Publishing is something I am completely proud of. They made the process more pleasant that I've ever expected. It took a very long time for fate to bring Liza Tice and myself together at RT14, but the experience was well worth the wait to get the chance to work with BTP.  

6. Can we expect more from you in the future? 
Absolutely! The second book in Unwilling's series, Unloved, is in the process of being edited. The third book in that series will be revised while Unloved is in the publication process. I also have a BDSM erotica on submission and another single title paranormal NA complete and ready to be edited. There are five other manuscripts waiting in the wings for a home too, all in various stages of revision. 

7. Who has been your biggest supporter?
I have an amazing group of friends and family that I couldn't survive the publication process without. Each one brings something wonderful to my life and I'm incredibly thankful for them daily. I can only hope I show them all the same level of love and friendship they give to me. 

8. Most and least favorite parts of being a writer?
Creating is my most favorite part of writing, disappearing into the worlds and characters. It's a level of escapism that you can only achieve with writing and addictive. 
Least favorite used to be revision so I had to teach myself to enjoy the process. It was a battle those first few years but I actually enjoy revision now. So the only struggle I really have with the process now is working within the time it takes to get all my work done around life and responsibility. Time management has at times had to get very creative at times to meet goals.  

9. Biggest hurdle?
I don't have the best grammar skills and I struggle in revision with that through every single book. But not so much skill, because those can be learned, but more I lacked the confidence I could learn and apply. Then accomplish to produce a book with as few mistakes as humanly possible. 

10. pet peeve?
Disorganization, drives me bonkers.

11. Favorite Disney princess?
Okay, this is the hardest question by far for two reasons: 
      a. I have nothing but boys in my house and we don't do princess type things
      b. I wasn't very princessy as a kid
But after researching this a bit, taking conference with my bestie Mel, I pick Merida. Her red, curly hair and blue eyes I identify with easily and her tomboyish ways are right up my alley. 


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Friday, March 6, 2015

Tich Brewster

Tich Brewster is the author of the Angels and Demons series. Caitlin recently read the first book "Devada," You can find her review right here. It's a story that Caitlin really got into, and is excited to continue on with the story to see where the characters take her. As usual, you can find all the necessary links to stalk Tich at the bottom, as well as purchase links. Keep reading for our interview with Tich and a taste of book 2 in her Angels and Demons series.

Here is the synopsis for Divulgence (book two).

Armageddon is coming… 

Hannah is a Devada, a special breed created to kill Satan’s chosen four ~ his Kings of hell. 

Hannah is on the hunt for the demons responsible for the death of her parents. Their gruesome bodies still haunt her dreams. Will these nightmares ever end? Will she get to know peace once more? 

When Raum was sent to Oklahoma to help a young girl transform into a Devada he knew there was something different about her. She wasn’t like any other Devada he’d known. When secrets are revealed he is surprised at how special Hannah truly is.



1-      Did you always want to be a writer?
I didn’t have an interest in writing until middle school when my best friend started writing short stories and passing them around the school. After reading her stories I started dabbling in the art as a means of entertaining myself between her stories.
2-      What’s your favourite book?
My favorite book? Do I have to narrow this down to just one? I love the Hot Wire series by Gracen Miller, House of Night by PC and Kristin Cast, Morganville Vampires by Rachel Caine, Breaking Free by Alexis Noelle…the list goes on and on. I love books!
3-      What’s your favourite children’s book?
Heidi! Hands down, that is my favorite children’s book.
4-      Can we expect more from you in the future?
Absolutely! I am currently working on the next Angels and Demons book. Teresa Fuentez and I are also working on the next Royal Blood book. I have two contemporary romance novels outlined that I plan to write in the near future.
5-      Who has been your biggest supporter?
My husband and my best friend, Teresa Fuentez.
6-      What are your most and least favourite parts of being a writer?
My favorite part about being a writer is having an outlet for my imagination and meeting new people.

My least favorite thing would have to be the amount of time I spend sitting in my desk chair writing. I have eaten far too many junk food items since I’ve been writing full-time than I ever have.

7-      Who’s your favourite Disney princess, just because we can’t resist asking! :D
Sleeping Beauty



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Sunday, March 1, 2015

L.A. Cotton

Not so long ago (OK, a few days ago) Caitlin read and reviewed a book called "Loyalty and Lies" from L.A. Cotton. And she loved it. But if you want to hear (read) Caitlin gush about it, you can check out her review over on the blog! The rest of this is fantastic. Getting these answers from this author was great! So read on to learn a little more about the inner workings of L.A. Cotton!
1-      Did you always want to be a writer?
No, writing is a fairly new thing for me. I have always, always, loved to read. And in 2013 I read a lot. Like, way too much, as a way of escaping the stress I had going on in my life. One day, after reading a Kelly Elliot book (possibly Wanted) a story popped into my head and I figured why not give it a try. One year later, I have three self-published novels.
2-      What’s your favourite book?

It’s an impossible question. But I’m going with the book I could read again and again, and it’s probably Inescapable by Amy A Bartol. It’s the first book in her Paranormal Romance series, The Premonition Series, and it’s just an amazing read!

3-      What’s your favourite children’s book?
Growing up I loved the BFG by Roald Dahl and the Famous Five books by Enid Blyton. But now I have children of my own, and lately, I've been reading them a lot of Julia Donaldson books (she wrote the Gruffalo). One of my favourites is A Squash and a Squeeze.
4-      What inspired this story line?
My first two novels, Fate’s Love and Love’s Spark are your typical will-they-won’t-they romances. I loved writing both books, but I always knew they weren't going to get people talking or change lives. I wanted that. I wanted to write a book that people took notice of, and finished feeling like ‘I need more…’.  I also wanted to step out of my comfort zone and write something a little more gritty and angsty. Hopefully, Loyalty and Lies achieved that.
5-      How did you make the choice between indie/self-publishing and traditional publishing?
When I first started writing last year, I spent a lot of time researching traditional publishing houses and the process for getting agented… and quickly realised that I didn’t have the patience for that. Early on, I knew I wanted to share my words with readers, and self-publishing gave me the opportunity to do that.
6-      Can we expect more from you in the future?
The second book in the Chastity Falls series, Salvation and Secrets, will be released in April, and then I am hoping to release the third book in the Fate’s Love series, Love Collides. I am also working on a new standalone. So watch this space!
7-      Who has been your biggest supporter?
I owe a lot to two fellow writers/authors, Stylo Fantome and Jenny Siegel. They have both been with me on this journey since the beginning. Stylo was actually the first person to read my writing and eventually she planted the self-publishing seed. We published around a similar time and it’s great being able to share the highs and lows with someone on the same journey. And Jenny Siegel… well, she has become my confidant and sounding board for all things book (and life) related. I would really be lost without her!
8-      What are your most and least favourite parts of being a writer?
Favourite, getting to interact and meet other authors, bloggers, and readers. I love the networking aspect. I also love nothing more than getting lost in a story – a story I created.
Worst, time. I simply don’t have enough time to write all the things I want too!
9-      What’s been the biggest hurdle for you?
Building my confidence – which is an ongoing process. I'm not really ‘out’ in the real world as an author. My family and close friends know that I write, and I have just started telling people I know, but I pretty much spent the last year writing in a bubble!
10-   What’s your pet peeve, or share an embarrassing moment…
Pet peeve, in the book world? I get a little worked up when people sign up to beta read and/or for review copies of your book and then do not ever provide feedback and/or a review. I just don’t get it…
11-   Who’s your favourite Disney princess, just because we can’t resist asking! :D

Oooh, this is a good one! Hmmm, probably Cinderella. I love that she’s just a normal girl, having a tough life, that gets to be the Princess for a night. And her best friends are mice…!

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