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Talebearers Podcast: Interview with AL Waddington, author of Enlightened (Book 2 of The Eve Series)

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Interview with AL Waddington, Author of Enlightened (Book 2 of The Eve Series)

 

 

Continuing where Essence (EVE series #1) ended, the barrier between Jocelyn Timmons consciousness continues to dissolve as she better understands the two lives she lives and enormity of her newly discovered inherited gift of EVE (Essence Voyager Era) which allows her to fall asleep on one plane of existence and awaken on another as her soul travels nightly.

In Enlightened (EVE series #2), present-day Jocelyn uncovers the vast wonderment of the Victorian era but soon learns that life then was not as grand for women as she has read in the classics. Still, she finds comfort in the support of family and friends; a bolstering contrast to her overly hectic, career-oriented family in the twenty-first century. Her love for Jackson Chandler strengthens across time and becomes the light she so desperately needs as the world she has always known no longer makes sense. Yet, the closer she is drawn to Jackson by their mutual ability, the more strain develops amongst those she loves in 2009.

On the other side of Jocelyn’s consciousness in 1878, she remains ignorant of EVE. Her life is crumbling around her, yet she finds herself anxiously awaiting the images that invade her dreams. Jocelyn longs to be the woman she portrays in that world yet her jealousy is unbearable. Miscommunication, betrayal and hidden agendas make trust near impossible. The clearer the visions become the more she questions motives of her closest confidants and foregoes revealing the images that plague her perception. As her life seems to unravel, Jocelyn’s two worlds collide, and she is enlightened as the pieces start to fall into place. But is she strong enough to survive the truth? Is Jackson really her destiny? And can their love transcend time?

About the Author:

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A. L. Waddington completed her undergraduate studies at University of
Texas Dallas and Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis.
She graduated from IUPUI with a BS in Psychology with a dual
concentration in the psychobiology of addictions and clinical
rehabilitation. She is an avid reader, enjoys spending time in her
gardens, and watching the Indianapolis Colts. A. L. and her husband,
Ty have a son, two daughters, a puppy, and an oversized cat. They
reside in Indiana.

Website/Blog/Author pages etc.

Website
Author Blog
Facebook series page
Facebook author page
Twitter: follow me @eveseries
~or twub#EssenceBook1EVEseries

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Talebearers Podcast: Industry Interview with Kathy Meis, founder of Bublish

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Listen to my interview with Kathy Meis, founder of Bublish

Want to learn more about Bublish? Check out the latest news below!

BUBLISH LAUNCHES NEW SUBSCRIPTION-BASED MARKETING SUITE FOR AUTHORS
Being an Independent Author Just Got Easier With Powerful
Social Marketing Tools for Brand Building

APRIL 17, 2014 – PUBSMART CONFERENCE – CHARLESTON, SC – Bublish – the only cloud-based platform providing a complete social marketing and digital publishing solution for independent authors’ – today announced the beta launch of its new subscription-based marketing suite to help authors find, engage and grow their audience. Bublish is meeting the brand building and marketing needs of today’s business savvy independent authors around the globe. The authorpreneur dashboard special “early adopter” pricing is available for a limited time at 60 percent off the standard rate.
The beta version will provide the ability to upload up to five books, create a public author profile and monitor social metrics. Additional features that will be rapidly added during the beta phase include eBook creation tools, pre-launch sales tools, writer’s resources and a branding widget.
“The success cycle for today’s authors must begin as they are writing their book. This is when engagement and pre-sales need to start. No one likes to launch their book into silence,” said Kathy Meis, founder of Bublish. “The Bublish authorpreneur dashboard is designed to support authors at every stage of their writing career. Bublish’s new feature-set will empower authors with the tools, metrics and resources they need to become successful long-term marketers of their work and brand.”
By using Bublish to build a powerful author brand from the start, independent authors can break through the noise in today’s crowded book marketplace. The authorpreneur dashboard provides social metrics to help authors understand who their audience is and what resonates with them. When readers are engaged, they spread the word and become brand advocates. This leads to powerful word-of-mouth recommendations, long-tail sales and a more recognizable brand when authors go to publish their next book.
The heart of the Bublish Platform is the book bubble. With Bublish’s easy-to-use interface, authors can create bubbles in seconds to promote their work to readers across multiple social channels. These highly sharable book excerpts include an author insight that tells the “story behind the story.” A book bubble is like a director’s cut for books. Authors can also sell their work through their book bubbles via major eBook retailers, including Amazon, Apple, Barnes & Noble, Kobo and Smashwords.
Bublish helps authors build a dynamic personal brand by:

  • Engaging new readers in conversations about their work
  • Using storytelling to break through the noise
  • Improving SEO effortlessly
  • Increasing their digital footprint
  • Driving traffic to their website
  • Tracking success with informative analytics
  • Providing access to exclusive resources, programs and deals
  • Selling books directly from book bubbles

Authors can sign up for the Bublish authorpreneur dashboard today and receive special “early-adopter” pricing. Let Bublish empower the authorpreneur in you today!

About Bublish

Bublish is a technology startup that offers cloud-based tools, metrics and resources designed to equip today’s independent authors for success. An innovative, award-winning platform, Bublish empowers “authorpreneurs” by providing a complete social marketing and digital publishing solution. Launched at Book Expo America in June of 2012, Bublish is changing the way writers share their stories and reach their readers. Thousands of authors around the world are already using Bublish to promote their work and build their brand. Follow Bublish at: bublish.com, @BublishMe, Facebook and Google+.

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Talebearers Podcast: Interview with Marilyn Levinson, author of Murder a la Christie

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Professor Lexie Driscoll is conducting the first meeting of the Golden Age of Mystery book club in her best friend’s swanky mansion when another friend is murdered. More members are knocked off as Lexie unravels secret after secret, leading her to believe she’s living in Christie’s novel, And Then There Were None. Using Miss Marple’s knowledge of human nature and Hercule Poirot’s cunning, Lexie reveals the murderer.

About the author:

A former Spanish teacher, Marilyn Levinson writes mysteries, romantic suspense, and books for kids.
Her latest mystery, Murder a la Christie, is out with Oak Tree Press. Untreed Reads has brought out a new e-edition of her first Twin Lakes mystery, A Murderer Among Us–a Suspense Magazine Best Indie–and will bring out a new e-edition of the sequel, Murder in the Air, in May. Her ghost mystery, Giving Up the Ghost, and her romantic suspense, Dangerous Relations, are out with Uncial Press. All of her mysteries take place on Long Island, where she lives.

Her books for young readers include No Boys Allowed; Rufus and Magic Run Amok, which was awarded a Children’s Choice; Getting Back to Normal, & And Don’t Bring Jeremy.

Marilyn loves traveling, reading, knitting, doing Sudoku, and visiting with her granddaughter, Olivia, on FaceTime. She is co-founder and past president of the Long Island chapter of Sisters in Crime.

Her website is: www.marilynlevinson.com

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Talebearers Podcast: Interview with Tanner McElroy, Author of War of Wings

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Author Interview with Tanner McElroy



War of Wings

Written from the two opposing perspectives of Gabriel and Lucifer, War of Wings follows their paths and love stories as they face a violent war that leads to the fall of one-third of the angels from Heaven. Gabriel, the archangel, loves life, but there is one thing in Heaven that he cannot tolerate: perfection. Lucifer, God’s highest cherubim angel and “perfect image of beauty,” stands alone in the hierarchy leading praise, worship, music, and laughter in the hope that one day he will be promoted to God’s equal. War of Wings is a fast-paced journey of two battling angels yearning for change. Their destinies emerge from triumph, failure, love, and heartbreak, as they discover that even in Heaven decisions always have consequences.
As a fan of epic fiction throughout his childhood and by researching the Bible and other religious documents, Tanner brought to life this original story of good versus evil. It is his take on how Heaven was corrupted. Tanner grew up as an avid reader of the Bible, Tolkien, Homer, Milton, and Dante all of which which helped shape this story.

WAR OF WINGS, the first book in the series, is set to be released on March 21st, 2014 after years of extensive research of the Bible and other religious documents and over four years of writing and editing.

A fan first and foremost, McElroy’s expertise has continued to grow. He has devoted considerable time, energy, and resources to writing a book that tells the remarkable story of Gabriel, Michael, Lucifer, and Arrayah the virtue angel. War of Wings is fiction and there are artistic choices that McElroy made in order to fill in a story that has very little detail in religious documents.

About the Author

Tanner McElroy was raised in Dallas, Texas in Lake Highlands. While gaining the knowledge from the Bible from his mother and learning a deep love of epic stories from his father, he was able to combine the two in War of Wings.

McElroy attended Texas Tech University on an academic scholarship and joined the Red Raider’s baseball team as a freshman. He received two degrees from a double major and Male Student-Athlete of the Year in 2005. He was also a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity and received Big 12 honors with the Texas Tech baseball team. As a pitcher, Tanner remains among the all-time leaders for the Red Raiders.

After college baseball he signed with the Texas Rangers Organization to play professionally. With the long bus trips and hotel stays, Tanner was able to use much of his time to pursue his passion of writing. He wrote many short stories, treatments, and began screenplays on these journeys.

In 2006, McElroy moved to California where he was able to take more classes for writing and theatre at the renowned Howard Fine Studio in Los Angeles. It was at this studio where he learned how to add depth to characters realizing that “everyone justifies their own actions, even serial killers.” If this was true then Lucifer himself had to believe he was right or he would have never challenged God before the war in Heaven according to McElroy. By studying acting and writing he understood every character has his/her own objective in every scene and the only way to write effectively is to know exactly what those objectives are for each character. He is now a member of Romance Writer’s of America and the Texas Writer’s League. Visit his website at www.warofwings.com.

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Talebearers Podcast: The Ruby Necklace by Price McNaughton Episode Eight

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The Ruby Necklace

The Ruby Necklace is a short story that I wrote specifically for a mini-mystery compendium along with three other authors. Though it is an older work of mine, I decided to rerelease it as a series of podcast episodes.

If you enjoy the series, it is available for sale at amazon.com as both a short story and as part of a compendium of short stories along with three other very talented authors.

 

The Ruby Necklace

While working as a caterer at a local jewelry store’s Valentine’s Day party, Cara expects the night to be like any other, but it does not go quite as planned. When one of the contest entries, a ruby necklace, goes missing, Cara finds herself thrust into a mystery. To make matters worse, her longtime crush, Rick, could be blamed. With only an hour to solve the mystery, will she be able to find the necklace in time?

The Ruby Necklace is a short story (approx. 10,500 words). It is also available for sale on amazon.com in the Valentine’s Day Mini-Mystery Compendium (The Holiday Collection) along with three other Valentine’s day mini-mysteries.

 

About the Author:

Price McNaughton was born and raised in a small town in Tennessee. A childhood steeped in the stories and legends of her ancestors as well as the Southern way of life led her to carry on the tradition and become a storyteller herself. After years of traveling, she returned to her roots and devoted herself to her first love, writing mysteries. She is the author of A Vision of Murder and Murder is Ugly.

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Talebearers Podcast: Part 2 of interview with Bill Gourgey, author of The Glide Trilogy

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Author Interview with Bill Gourgey Part 2

I am incredibly excited to be interviewing Bill Gourgey of The Glide Trilogy. Bill’s interview was split into two parts with the first part broadcasting on March 13th.

The Glide Trilogy

Glide

The Prophet’s Revenge

In Glide, The Prophet’s Revenge, genius inventor Dr. Magigate (the Captain) must confront his shadowy legacy when innocent teen Maddy Langsley is kidnapped by an evil fugitive, the Prophet, Dr. Magigate’s erstwhile foe and lover. Thus begins the Glide Trilogy set in a future world dominated by the miraculous inventions of Dr. Magigate, chief among them Glide which controls gravity.

When Maddy and Mike trespass Knot Hall, a grand seaside estate that appears to be in ruin, they set in motion forces that have been pent up since the dark days of the Academy—a nefarious organization that brought civilization to the brink by unleashing war and plague in an attempt to control the dwindling natural resources of an ailing planet. The Prophet escapes her island prison and takes Maddy hostage just as the Neos. a new organization fashioned after the Academy, assert themselves by bending the considerable technologies of the future to their will—technologies largely devised by Captain Magigate. At last, the Captain must face not only the Prophet but also the ambiguous legacy of his inventions. Glide is a dark and quixotic look at what happens when invention reaches beyond its pale to compensate for the shortcomings of heart and soul.

Nu Logic
Rise of the Neos

In Nu Logic, Rise of the Neos, accomplished virologist, Dr. Janot (whose specialty is crossover pathogens that make the leap between organics, inorganics, hardware, and software), threatens the promising Glide era with his wildly popular augmented reality gaming world—Neology. Only the genius inventor, Captain Magigate, can stop him, but Magigate is lost in the past with his erstwhile lover and foe, the Prophet. Teenage artist Maddy’s cryptic paintings hold the key to reaching the Captain, but will she discover their secret in time to stop Dr. Janot, whose Connected Reality vision threatens to transform the human experience forever?

About the Author

Bill Gourgey is a technologist, venture capital advisor, and former Accenture managing partner who now writes fiction full time. Bill’s publications include Glide, The Prophet’s Revenge (book 1 in his Glide Trilogy), Nu Logic, Rise of the Neos (book 2), Outside the Box (a volume of poetry), and Unfamiliar Fruit (the first in a 3-part collection of short stories).

In addition to Bill’s extensive technology experience over the course of more than twenty years at Accenture, Bill served on a Transmedia panel at Digital Hollywood in NY in 2011; he presented social media topics to the Northern Virginia Writers Group (NOVA) in 2012 and at Intervention Con in Washington, DC in August, 2013. Bill has also presented at the DC Public Library on the impact of technology on our lives. He has been interviewed by Big Blend Radio and Sword & Laser (hosts Veronica Belmont and Tom Merritt). Bill has also read his works to students at Maret School in Washington, DC.

Bill lives with his family in Washington, DC and on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. Visit his website at glidetrilogy.com or visit Glide & Nu Logic: Rise of the Neos at Amazon.

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Talebearers Podcast: The Ruby Necklace by Price McNaughton Episode Seven

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The Ruby Necklace

The Ruby Necklace is a short story that I wrote specifically for a mini-mystery compendium along with three other authors. Though it is an older work of mine, I decided to rerelease it as a series of podcast episodes. If you enjoy the series, it is available for sale at amazon.com as both a short story and as part of a compendium of short stories along with three other very talented authors.

 

The Ruby Necklace

While working as a caterer at a local jewelry store’s Valentine’s Day party, Cara expects the night to be like any other, but it does not go quite as planned. When one of the contest entries, a ruby necklace, goes missing, Cara finds herself thrust into a mystery. To make matters worse, her longtime crush, Rick, could be blamed. With only an hour to solve the mystery, will she be able to find the necklace in time? The Ruby Necklace is a short story (approx. 10,500 words). It is also available for sale on amazon.com in the Valentine’s Day Mini-Mystery Compendium (The Holiday Collection) along with three other Valentine’s day mini-mysteries.   About the Author: Price McNaughton was born and raised in a small town in Tennessee. A childhood steeped in the stories and legends of her ancestors as well as the Southern way of life led her to carry on the tradition and become a storyteller herself. After years of traveling, she returned to her roots and devoted herself to her first love, writing mysteries. She is the author of A Vision of Murder and Murder is Ugly.

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Talebearers Podcast: Part 1 of interview with Bill Gourgey, author of The Glide Trilogy

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Author Interview with Bill Gourgey Part 1

I am incredibly excited to be interviewing Bill Gourgey of The Glide Trilogy. Bill’s interview will be split into two parts and will be broadcast on March 13th & on March 20th.

The Glide Trilogy

Glide

The Prophet’s Revenge

In Glide, The Prophet’s Revenge, genius inventor Dr. Magigate (the Captain) must confront his shadowy legacy when innocent teen Maddy Langsley is kidnapped by an evil fugitive, the Prophet, Dr. Magigate’s erstwhile foe and lover. Thus begins the Glide Trilogy set in a future world dominated by the miraculous inventions of Dr. Magigate, chief among them Glide which controls gravity.

When Maddy and Mike trespass Knot Hall, a grand seaside estate that appears to be in ruin, they set in motion forces that have been pent up since the dark days of the Academy—a nefarious organization that brought civilization to the brink by unleashing war and plague in an attempt to control the dwindling natural resources of an ailing planet. The Prophet escapes her island prison and takes Maddy hostage just as the Neos. a new organization fashioned after the Academy, assert themselves by bending the considerable technologies of the future to their will—technologies largely devised by Captain Magigate. At last, the Captain must face not only the Prophet but also the ambiguous legacy of his inventions. Glide is a dark and quixotic look at what happens when invention reaches beyond its pale to compensate for the shortcomings of heart and soul.

Nu Logic
Rise of the Neos

In Nu Logic, Rise of the Neos, accomplished virologist, Dr. Janot (whose specialty is crossover pathogens that make the leap between organics, inorganics, hardware, and software), threatens the promising Glide era with his wildly popular augmented reality gaming world—Neology. Only the genius inventor, Captain Magigate, can stop him, but Magigate is lost in the past with his erstwhile lover and foe, the Prophet. Teenage artist Maddy’s cryptic paintings hold the key to reaching the Captain, but will she discover their secret in time to stop Dr. Janot, whose Connected Reality vision threatens to transform the human experience forever?

About the Author

Bill Gourgey is a technologist, venture capital advisor, and former Accenture managing partner who now writes fiction full time. Bill’s publications include Glide, The Prophet’s Revenge (book 1 in his Glide Trilogy), Nu Logic, Rise of the Neos (book 2), Outside the Box (a volume of poetry), and Unfamiliar Fruit (the first in a 3-part collection of short stories).

In addition to Bill’s extensive technology experience over the course of more than twenty years at Accenture, Bill served on a Transmedia panel at Digital Hollywood in NY in 2011; he presented social media topics to the Northern Virginia Writers Group (NOVA) in 2012 and at Intervention Con in Washington, DC in August, 2013. Bill has also presented at the DC Public Library on the impact of technology on our lives. He has been interviewed by Big Blend Radio and Sword & Laser (hosts Veronica Belmont and Tom Merritt). Bill has also read his works to students at Maret School in Washington, DC.

Bill lives with his family in Washington, DC and on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. Visit his website at glidetrilogy.com or visit Glide & Nu Logic: Rise of the Neos at Amazon.

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Talebearers Podcast: The Ruby Necklace by Price McNaughton Episode Six

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The Ruby Necklace

The Ruby Necklace is a short story that I wrote specifically for a mini-mystery compendium along with three other authors. Though it is an older work of mine, I decided to rerelease it as a series of podcast episodes.

If you enjoy the series, it is available for sale at amazon.com as both a short story and as part of a compendium of short stories along with three other very talented authors.

 

The Ruby Necklace

While working as a caterer at a local jewelry store’s Valentine’s Day party, Cara expects the night to be like any other, but it does not go quite as planned. When one of the contest entries, a ruby necklace, goes missing, Cara finds herself thrust into a mystery. To make matters worse, her longtime crush, Rick, could be blamed. With only an hour to solve the mystery, will she be able to find the necklace in time?

The Ruby Necklace is a short story (approx. 10,500 words). It is also available for sale on amazon.com in the Valentine’s Day Mini-Mystery Compendium (The Holiday Collection) along with three other Valentine’s day mini-mysteries.

 

About the Author:

Price McNaughton was born and raised in a small town in Tennessee. A childhood steeped in the stories and legends of her ancestors as well as the Southern way of life led her to carry on the tradition and become a storyteller herself. After years of traveling, she returned to her roots and devoted herself to her first love, writing mysteries. She is the author of A Vision of Murder and Murder is Ugly.

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Talebearers Podcast: Industry Interview with Shari Stauch of PubSmart Conference

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PubSmart is an unprecedented gathering of publishing professionals, some of the smartest on the planet. They represent today’s broad range of publishing opportunities – self publishing, traditional, small press and hybrid. This new event puts emerging authors and small publishers in the driver’s seat and gives them the information they need to create a customized roadmap for success! PubSmart is about introducing new models that lead to smart decisions about how to seize opportunities in today’s transformed book marketplace.

Come celebrate the new golden age of publishing and learn how to PubSmart!

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
•Traditionally published authors who want to improve sales and discover new markets and avenues for their work
•Self-published authors who want to reach more readers
•Aspiring authors seeking guidance from industry professionals
•Independent publishers who want to better serve their authors and improve their performance

WHAT WILL I LEARN?
•How editors/agents can help further your publishing goals
•Steps to build your author platform, brand and persona
•Insights from publishing professionals including successful authors, agents, editors, designers, marketers and social media gurus
•Where book publishing and marketing is headed in the digital era
•How to build sales and buzz through reviewers, mass media and book clubs
•Today’s methods of raising funds, using discoverability tools and increasing distribution

Find more information at www.pubsmartcon.com.

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