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Inspire by Heather Buchine @giselleco #interview

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INSPIRE
Inspire  by Heather Buchine
Publication date: March 31st 2013
Genre: NA Contemporary Romance
Synopsis:
18-year old Paige Rice, an exquisite beauty from East Hampton, NY, has just celebrated her high school graduation and is expecting to spend her summer living it up with all her socialite friends. But her parents have a different idea – she is being hauled away-literally- to the mountains of Vermont for the entire summer- in an RV!

Assuming she will be an outcast amongst the other teens at the campground still does not prepare her for the treatment she receives, which is far worse than she imagined. She also isn’t prepared for Travis, the campground owner’s son and the “Sexiest” guy she has ever laid eyes on. Travis is the only one who shows any interest in getting to know Paige. The only problem is that they have to explore what lies between them in secret. But once all the secrets are stripped away, the truth may be crushing.

***Intended for mature audiences due to language and sexual content***

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Inspire Interview 

1. Where did the idea for Inspire come from?
I was actually camping with my family when the idea for the story came to me. We had just hiked through the woods down to a lake, and I was staring out at the boats when it hit me. I spent the rest of the afternoon “daydreaming” away.
2. How did you come up with the name of the title?
My protagonist, Paige, has a tattoo that inspired the title “Inspire.” It’s also a key part of her character.
3. What was the hardest part of writing Inspire? The easiest?
The hardest part of writing the book was writing the ending. It took a couple of drafts before I was happy with the way I was leaving off. (I’m trying not to give too much away, so I’ll leave it at that.) The easiest part was writing the dialogue between Paige and Travis, and the “LOVE” scenes. They were fun to write!!
4. Are you working on any other projects?
Yes. At least two of the other characters from this book are getting their own stories, and then there are a couple other projects in the works.
5. Do you have a specific writing process?
I really consider myself a mix between a panster and a plotter. The first part of my process is visualizing the characters and the main scenes of the book. My mind starts playing them out like a movie, and so I write it down exactly how I see it. Then, I go back and fill in the story around those scenes until I have a book that I would like to jump into. Although I outline my book ahead of time, things always change along the way as I get to know my characters better.
6. Do you have a certain time of day where you feel most creative?
Honestly, not really. I usually always have a notebook nearby so that I can scribble down things as they come to me. I could be in the shower, in the car, running through the check-out line, or making dinner and something may hit me.
7. Do you have any favorite authors?
Yes, I have LOTS of favorite authors, but the two that stick out the most are: S.C. Stephens and Abbi Glines. Their stories come to life for me, and I have a thing for their leading men!
8. What tips or advice do you have for other aspiring writers?
My first tip would be to write what you love! Second, edit, edit and edit some more. And third, if you’re a self-published author, let someone else do your formatting. (Your time saved is so worth the money!)

 

AUTHOR BIO
Heather
By no surprise my favorite hobbies are reading and writing. But beyond escaping into the written fantasy world, I love experiencing new things. Surfing, motorcycle riding, snow blading, glass blowing, parasailing, SUP boarding are just a few that I have checked off my bucket list, but there is still so much more to explore. Right now, being a mom is my biggest adventure and the best by far!! In the quiet calm hours of the night though, I can usually be found typing away creating a world of romance where drama still exists but love (hopefully!!) always prevails.
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Backpackers by Astrotomato @astrotomato

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When rock star Jack Wolf tries to kill himself, he realizes his fame and riches mean nothing. He sets off on a quest to find the only girl he ever loved: Cath Pearson. But the last time he saw her was 10 years previously in south east Asia, where she rejected him. Rock star Jack Wolf is so bored of being famous he tries to commit suicide. Encouraged to find something to believe in, he begins a quest to find the only girl he ever loved: Cath Pearson.

He tracks her through the backpackers she met after they parted. But the more he learns about Cath, the more he realizes how empty his life is, and how much emotional turmoil people cope with outside the trappings of fame.
A collision between the hedonism and gritty realism of Skins and the music world of Almost Famous, Backpackers is a road journey through sex, drugs, rock’n’roll and the tropics.
Told through the eyes of the backpackers Cath met as she traveled around south-east Asia. Jack slowly learns what happened after they parted. But the more he learns, the more he fears Cath may no longer be alive.

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INTERVIEW with LOVELAND author Andrea Downing @andidowning

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INTERVIEW with LOVELAND author Andrea Downing

 

 

•          How did someone who has spent most of her life living in the U.K. come to write a western historical novel?

I have spent most of my life in the U.K., but I grew up in the states on a diet of westerns on television.  I tell some people that when I decided to move to England to do my MA I made a wrong turn and went east instead of west!  But my love of the west never faded; almost all our family vacations while my daughter was growing up were spent on ranches out west.  I think at last count we notched up 17.  Loveland is a combination of both worlds, Britain and the American west.  The story came to me when I was reading histories of the west and discovered how many of the large cattle companies were run by ‘remittance men’—second sons of the aristocracy.

•          How much research did you have to do for Loveland?

Quite a bit.  I had to read a number of memoirs of the period to be sure to get the words and voices correct.  I don’t know if I always succeeded but I certainly tried.  And, of course, I went out to Loveland, Colorado, to see the land, see the prairie, and also drove up to Cheyenne, Wyoming, which gets a mention in the book.  In actual fact, at one stage, Cheyenne was the hub of the British aristocracy in the west and it was the wealthiest city in the world on a per capita basis.

•          What inspires you? 

I’d have to start with my daughter—she’s the most inspirational person I know.  But if I put motherly pride aside, just being out west inspires me.  Those wide open spaces where you feel you can really breathe and be yourself, the towering mountains standing like guardians—the whole geography of it just fascinates and inspires me.  To think of the people who first went there, not knowing what lay ahead, turning open prairie into tilled fields and cattle range and making a new life for themselves away from everyone and everything they knew—that’s truly inspirational.

•          How long have you been writing?

Since about age 6.  I think my first novel was written in one of those speckled black and white notebooks—and it was probably a western!  I worked in publishing for a time and later edited a poetry magazine and have been writing on and off for years, but am rather shy about showing my work. Some years ago, while I was still living in Britain, I wrote a 600 page book I intended to try to have published.  It got rejected by about 3 agents so I gave up—which, when you think about it, is pretty laughable.  Anyway, all my friends sort of ‘yelled’ at me, told me how foolish that was, as did my daughter.  They’ve all been my cheerleaders until I finally decided I had nothing to lose.

•          Can you talk about what you are working on now?

    I have a short story, Lawless Love, coming out Sept. 4 fro The Wild Rose Press as well as a full length contemporary in front of an editor.  Tentatively titled Dances of the Heart, it’s about four people with very different lives, very different conflicts who come together and relationships blossom while they all undergo some interior change.  There’s a mother who is a successful writer but has a deep fear of growing old and letting a man, who might reject her, into her life; her daughter, meanwhile, has just suffered the death of her fiancé, quit law school and now lacks direction to get her life back on track.  Then there is a hard drinking father who blames himself for having sent his oldest son off to Afghanistan, where he died, while his younger son carries a secret which affects them all in the end.

•          What drew you to write romance?

I don’t know that I was specifically drawn to write romance but they are definitely the stories I imagine.  I like having happy endings, I like having a beginning, middle and an end, and I don’t particularly go for this modern thing of leaving a story hanging inconclusively.  And, of course, I like to think of people overcoming the odds to be together and fall in love. I mean, who doesn’t like a good love story?

 

•          What’s the most challenging part of the writing process for you?

I call it ‘the tyranny of the clean white page.’  Usually I have the beginning and the end figured out, can even write the last scene prior to anything else.  But that middle bit, that getting from A to Z, is difficult.  I’m a pantser and my characters write the story themselves so I never really know what’s going to happen and at times that white page just looms and torments me.

ANDREA DOWNING

Andrea Downing has spent most of her life in the UK where she developed a penchant for tea-drinking, a tolerance for rainy days, and a deep knowledge of the London Underground system.  She received an M.A. from the University of Keele in Staffordshire and stayed on to teach and write, living in the Derbyshire Peak District, the English Lake District and the Chiltern Hills before finally moving into London. During this time, family vacations were often on guest ranches in the American West, where she and her daughter have clocked up some 17 ranches to date. In addition, she has traveled widely throughout Europe, South America, and Africa, living briefly in Nigeria. In 2008 she returned to the city of her birth, NYC, but frequently exchanges the canyons of city streets for the wide open spaces of the West.  Her love of horses, ranches, rodeo and just about anything else western is reflected in her writing.  Loveland, a western historical romance published by The Wild Rose Press, is her first book.  She is a member of Romance Writers of America and Women Writing the West.

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Loveland by Andrea Downing @andidowning #spotlight

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LOVELAND

When Lady Alexandra Calthorpe returns to the Loveland, Colorado, ranch owned by her father, the Duke, she has little idea of how the experience will alter her future. Headstrong and willful, Alex tries to overcome a disastrous marriage in England and be free of the strictures of Victorian society –and become independent of men. That is, until Jesse Makepeace saunters back into her life…

Hot-tempered and hot-blooded cowpuncher Jesse Makepeace can’t seem to accept that the child he once knew is now the ravishing yet determined woman before him. Fighting rustlers proves a whole lot easier than fighting Alex when he’s got to keep more than his temper under control.

Arguments abound as Alex pursues her career as an artist and Jesse faces the prejudice of the English social order. The question is, will Loveland live up to its name?

ANDREA DOWNING

Andrea Downing has spent most of her life in the UK where she developed a penchant for tea-drinking, a tolerance for rainy days, and a deep knowledge of the London Underground system.  She received an M.A. from the University of Keele in Staffordshire and stayed on to teach and write, living in the Derbyshire Peak District, the English Lake District and the Chiltern Hills before finally moving into London. During this time, family vacations were often on guest ranches in the American West, where she and her daughter have clocked up some 17 ranches to date. In addition, she has traveled widely throughout Europe, South America, and Africa, living briefly in Nigeria. In 2008 she returned to the city of her birth, NYC, but frequently exchanges the canyons of city streets for the wide open spaces of the West.  Her love of horses, ranches, rodeo and just about anything else western is reflected in her writing.  Loveland, a western historical romance published by The Wild Rose Press, is her first book.  She is a member of Romance Writers of America and Women Writing the West.

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AN EXCERPT FROM THE BOOK:

The two men looked over at Jesse who was leading his own horse into the stable, anger etched in every muscle of his face. Joe nodded toward the chuck house and they followed the others in to leave Alex alone when Jesse came out.

She was starting back to the main house when Jesse grabbed her arm and turned her around. “You ever do that again,” he said in a voice she had never heard, intense in its anger, rage just below its surface, “I swear to God, Alex, I’ll…I’ll take you over my knee and give you a lickin’ once and for all.”

“How dare you!” She shook him off. “How dare you talk to me like that! How dare you! Who the hell do you think you are?”

Jesse jabbed his finger at her to emphasize he meant what he was saying. “Who do I think I am?” he snarled back. “Who do I think I am? You ever, ever take a gun off me again and point it at someone, you’ll find out who the hell I think I am. You know that coulda gone off? You know you coulda killed someone? I told you—out there yonder—I told you, you never point that thing at anyone less’n you mean bus’ness.”

“I did bloody well mean business! They were destroying that horse. Furthermore, I knew, and you knew, and they both knew, there wasn’t a shot under the hammer. You taught me that, didn’t you? So there was no chance of an accident!”

“That don’t matter none. You coulda pulled the hammer back twice. Way you was, you were nothin’ better’n a loose cannon, Alex. You ever do a thing like that again—”

“You’ll what?” She shook with her rage as tears pooled against her will. “I apologized to them both and they accepted my apologies. It’s none of your concern—”

“None of my concern! You pulled my gun! You ever do that again— Don’t you walk away when I’m talkin’ to you!”

She turned back to him after a few steps. “You’ll what? You’ll what, Jesse? What will you do? I want to hear it! Say it again. What will you do?” And she stood there in the evening darkness, facing him down, wearing him out like she’d faced down the stallion.

What others are saying   

“A masterpiece of western history, inserted within an adventurous love story that will surprise the reader at every turn.
  Though a romance in depth, Loveland is much more than a love story. Ranching in the 1880s is recreated here with an authenticity that plunks the reader down in that time. The characters are so real they leap off the page. The incidents portrayed by the author’s exceptional writing ring so true I was surprised to put down the book and find myself back in the 21st century.
I alternately laughed, gasped in wonder and cried with Alexandria and Jesse, two people no more suited for each other than what they are: a Lady from England and a “puncher” who is better suited to a horse than a drawing room. Downing deftly reveals their worlds, bits at a time until we are utterly intrigued and can’t wait to see what happens next.

  For romance and western historical fans alike. Don’t miss this one.”
                   –Velda Brotherton, award-winning author 
     “…..Loveland is the story of a love between the headstrong Alex and the patient Jesse. Theirs is a love complicated by her need to establish a self-identity and the misfortunes the ranch suffers. The winter of 1886, fierce blizzards rage across the country wiping out the majority of the herd. In frustration and anger, and some greed, Alex’s uncle, the ranch manager, embezzles large sums until the ranch is on the brink of bankruptcy. A talented painter Alex sets out to use her paintings and inheritance to save the ranch. Knowing she has clout and instant recognition in the higher circles of society in England, and because she has learned that her father is dying there, Alex leaves the ranch and Jesse, vowing one day to return. But life is a complicated process and doesn’t always follow the plans we set for ourselves.
     I always enjoy stories of the old West, and who doesn’t love a good romance? In my estimation Downing’s Loveland rates a two thumbs up.”
                                 –-Eunice Boeve, author & winner of J. Donald Coffin award

Ryan Winfield @winfieldryan #spotlight

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Next few books for the LONG Beach weekend

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Long weekend at the beach. What starts as a few people is now two basketball teams, tons of teenagers and I don’t want to think of anything else. It is 1:46 am and I am so in need of sleep. But I am

Starting 

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Jaz & Miguel
by R.D. Raven 
Seattle born-and-bred Jaz Curtis knows only one thing in her life: that she doesn’t know where it’s going. Maybe that’s why, when she sees an article about a student exchange program in South Africa, it sounds like a great idea.

Portuguese South African, Miguel Pinto, and Xhosa-Speaking, Sandile Mabuyo, have been best friends since they were ten, but the harsh realities of the country they live in (and what can happen to loved ones in it at any moment) transforms their friendship into a veritable brotherhood in blood when they are only seventeen.

Two years later, Sandile is dating Afrikaner girl, Elize van Zyl, which, in the “New South Africa,” should be fine–if not for the (allegedly) racially motivated killings that occurred in Elize’s neighborhood only a few weeks before they met.

Miguel, on the other hand, is not interested in love. What for? So it can be lost in a breath?

Enter Jonathan P. Abbey, freelance tabloid journalist, suffering a mid-life crisis at forty-two and desperate for his lucky break. Abbey has come to realize that luck comes to those who make it–and that veld fires, once lit, burn endlessly. Jaz, Miguel, and Sandile might just be the right veld fire waiting to be lit, one which will disgorge a torrent of reportable events, each worthy of being published in the finest newspapers across the world.

Will Abbey light that fire? Or let it light itself and simply take the pictures?

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March by Sunni Overend

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A creative wunderkind who once topped the country’s most prestigious fashion school, Apple March is now languishing behind a retail counter. When fate shifts and her imaginative passion is reawakened, so too is the threat of a past secret.
From the cool heart of Melbourne to Paris and New York, in a vibrant world of Pimms and croquet, crocodile boots and cocoon coats, Apple seeks the thrill of creative freedom and the one man worth sharing it with.
A page-turning debut novel written with fun, stylish wit, March is too satisfying to miss

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Distorted
by Laura Dunaway 

Aly Chase has worked for Paul Pierce for years, loving him from afar. He is handsome, rich, and the powerful CEO of Pierce Homes. Just when Aly has decided her love for him is futile and vows to move on, Paul begins to give Aly the attention she had always desired, forcing her to feel confused by his actions.

Then there’s Aly’s best friend, Ethan Baker. He’s sweet, handsome and charming. He is also in love with her. He’s accepted that Aly and he will only be friends, until one day Aly realizes that her feelings towards Ethan are way more.

Aly is caught in between the man she’s loved for so long and the man that has always been there for her. As her feelings are pulled and tugged in both directions, she must make a choice before her distorted life loses both of them.

Who will end up winning Aly’s heart?

THEN

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The Bow Wow Club
by Nicola May 

Ruby is back and never expected to be starting over…

…but after a shocking bereavement, she begins
to question whether or not she will ever be happy again.

A chance encounter with handsome author Michael Bell
throws her fragile heart into turmoil. Plus, a dark family secret
and completely unexpected love interest add to her confusion.

Encouraged to face her demons, she volunteers at the Bow Wow Club – (Boyfriends of Widows, Wives of Widowers).

You will laugh and cry along with a myriad of eccentric characters as Ruby searches for her inner peace. But will she let love win? Or allow her past to continue to haunt her?

Inspire by Heather Buchine @giselleco #playlist

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INSPIRE
Inspire  by Heather Buchine
Publication date: March 31st 2013
Genre: NA Contemporary Romance

“Inspire” Playlist

Songs that inspired the book…

Domino by Jessie J

Chicken Fried by Zac Brown Band

One More Night by Maroon 5

Butterfly by Jason Mraz

I’m Yours by Jason Mraz

(Kissed You) Good Night by Gloriana

Warning Sign by Scars On 45

Second Chance by Tristan Prettyman

Drunk On You by Luke Bryan

Synopsis:
18-year old Paige Rice, an exquisite beauty from East Hampton, NY, has just celebrated her high school graduation and is expecting to spend her summer living it up with all her socialite friends. But her parents have a different idea – she is being hauled away-literally- to the mountains of Vermont for the entire summer- in an RV!Assuming she will be an outcast amongst the other teens at the campground still does not prepare her for the treatment she receives, which is far worse than she imagined. She also isn’t prepared for Travis, the campground owner’s son and the “Sexiest” guy she has ever laid eyes on. Travis is the only one who shows any interest in getting to know Paige. The only problem is that they have to explore what lies between them in secret. But once all the secrets are stripped away, the truth may be crushing.***Intended for mature audiences due to language and sexual content***

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Heather
By no surprise my favorite hobbies are reading and writing. But beyond escaping into the written fantasy world, I love experiencing new things. Surfing, motorcycle riding, snow blading, glass blowing, parasailing, SUP boarding are just a few that I have checked off my bucket list, but there is still so much more to explore. Right now, being a mom is my biggest adventure and the best by far!! In the quiet calm hours of the night though, I can usually be found typing away creating a world of romance where drama still exists but love (hopefully!!) always prevails.
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Touching Melody by RaShelle Workman @RaShelleWorkman @Giselleco

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Touching Melody by RaShelle Workman
Series: Forever First #1
Publication date:  June 2013
Genre: New Adult Contemporary
Synopsis:

Maddie Martin’s first weekend at college is nothing like she’s used to. It’s wild, like the wilderness on which the University of Bellam Springs sits. Roped into going to a frat party, she literally runs into Kyle Hadley. The boy she’s loved since she was nine. The boy she promised all of her firsts to. But that was before his father killed her parents.

Determined to stay away from him, she throws herself into her music. Practicing piano eases her heavy heart, calms the sadness, and pushes away images of Kyle’s face.

Until it doesn’t.

Her music professor asks her to play a duet for their annual Graduation Gala. Doing so means she’ll be assured another full ride scholarship. It’s an opportunity she can’t pass up.

But Kyle is the other half of the duet. And that means hours and hours of practicing.

Days and months of seclusion – just the two of them. And it’s more than just music. It’s passion like Maddie never believed was possible.

The inevitable happens. She falls in love with him all over again.

But, will loving him be enough to erase all the hate in her heart for his father? Can she look at him, and not see the evil in his family tree?

And maybe it’s all a set up. Maybe Kyle is only pretending to care so he can finish what his father started, and kill her too.

 
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RASHELLE WORKMAN lives on a mountain with her husband, three children, and three dogs. From her back porch she can see the city lights and imagine… She’s the bestselling author of the Dead Roses series (Sleeping Roses is being translated into Turkish, and will be available in print wherever Turkish books are sold in 2014), the Immortal Essence series, and the Blood and Snow series.
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