Dying For Sex: Blog Tour, Guest Post, and Giveaway!

 

 

When did you first know you wanted to write?

 It was 1966 and I was ten years old. My dad was in the armed forces and was

transferred a lot. About every three years we packed everything up and headed for

another army base in yet another province. This time the destination was Camp

Petawawa in Ontario, a good two-day trip by car from where we lived in Quebec.

 

Besides my parents, and me, I had a baby sister and two older brothers who were

sixteen and seventeen. The boys were tall and gangly and both so ticked about

having to move again, they were sullen and rude. Oh wait, come to think of it, they’d

been that way for at least four years. (Having raised two teenagers myself, I now

know rude and sullen is just business as usual for that age group.)

 

We also had a German Shepherd so huge, he looked like a science experiment

gone terribly awry. And of course there was our ginger cat, Sandy. So picture these

six people, two animals, luggage, and food for two days. Now imagine all of them

crammed in a 1958 Volkswagen Beetle because that’s what my dad drove.

 

We stowed what we could in the front trunk of the Beetle and then strapped the

rest of the luggage on the roof rack. My mom and dad sat in the front; my sister

nestled in my mom’s lap while I perched on the gearshift atop a feather pillow. My

brothers squeezed into the back seat, knees pressing into the seats in front. The dog

lumbered into the back with them, and contentedly settled his hundred or so odd

pounds across their skinny laps.

 

But hold up! What about the cat? Where did he go, you ask?

 

Not a problem! When you moved as much as we did, you get to be quite inventive.

My father had built a wooden box. The bottom and the back end had solid walls.

But the front, sides and top were constructed out of chicken wire. Mom put in some

litter and a bowl of water and a can of tasty cat food. Then they popped old Sandy in

the box and plunked the box on the roof of the Beetle. Dad piled some luggage along

the side and back of the box, but left the front facing traffic, free and clear so Sandy

would get lots of fresh air.

 

Then we took off down the Trans-Canada Highway at sixty miles an hour.

 

Eight hours later we stumbled out of the car. Mom told my father to get Sandy down

so he could “stretch his little legs”. Dad laboriously unknotted the rope he’d used to

tie down the box, and finally lowered the box to the ground. We all huddled around

staring down into the box.

 

“Oh the poor little mite must have been starving!” cooed my mom. “Look if he hasn’t

eaten all that food and water I put in!”

 

The bowls were indeed empty. The force of the wind had swept the litter box

toward Sandy, pinning him against the back wall. His eyes were as wide and

haunted looking. The fur on his face and head was stiff and encrusted with all the

water, cat food, and litter that had blown into it during his journey through hell.

 

Mom shook her head and said worriedly, “I hope he was a good boy and used his

litter box.”

 

It was then, that I first itched for a piece of paper and a pen. I knew somebody had

to record and attest to the sheer madness of the moment. As soon as we all filed into

the Pink Flamingo Motel looking like extras from the movie Deliverance, I grabbed a

pen and started writing.

 

And I’ve never stopped. Although when my kids were young, I mostly wrote stories

in my mind. I waited until they left home before I put pen to paper and wrote my

first novel, Dying For Sex. But I think you’ll find that I haven’t lost my sense of the

ridiculous and that this funny murder mystery will keep you laughing and guessing

till the very end.

 

About Lynn Albrecht:

Lynn C. Albrecht started her career in broadcasting. Quickly realizing she was not going to be the next Lisa Laflamme, she entered the world of corporate communications. After years of writing videos, speeches, advertising, and dressing in power suits with shoulders pads that made her look like Hunter Hearst Helmsley, she had a great epiphany. She ditched the shoulder pads and returned to school. Five years later, she was released into the unsuspecting healthcare system as a social worker. She works at St. Mary’s General Hospital in Kitchener, Ontario.

Lynn lives in Baden, Ontario with her infinitely patient husband, John Belton.
Dying For Sex is her first book. She is currently hard at work on the second Lindy Sutton mystery.

http://lynncalbrecht.com

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About Dying for Sex: 

Lindy Sutton has her hands full. In between having her clown act clobbered by pint-sized critics, keeping a group of sex-crazed octogenarians from starting brawls in the raciest bar in town, and trying to keep her crazy Aunt Pip from being tossed out of Laughing Pines retirement home, she still has to contend with her son’s garish band bus parked in her driveway. Could things get any worse? Yup! Margaret Quaid, the social worker at Laughing Pines is found dead of an apparent overdose and the drop dead handsome detective on the case, thinks she stole the drugs from the retirement home and was pretty active in the world of wife swapping to boot. Lindy’s temper soars, along with her long dormant hormones, as she sets out to clear Margaret’s name, find the murderer and make the sexy detective eat crow. Aided and abetted by the aging but flamboyant Chappy Lowton, her eccentric and sarcastic sister, her best friend Patty, and that hoard of sex-crazed geriatrics, Lindy wades into the world of swingers only to find that there are plenty of people with a motive to kill the social worker. http://lynncalbrecht.com

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Land of the Unaltered Blog Tour

 

 

Summary:

 

Rose comes from the capital of the Confederation of Cities where its citizens live in luxury and the greatest fashion statement of all is being Altered. People change everything about the way they look as often as they do their hairstyle but Rose is different. Her position of privilege has made her an outcast and led her to suspect that something sinister is happening to the citizens and flees the capital along with a past that imprisons her in search of a fresh start in the Land of the Unaltered.

Flynn lives in the Land of the Unaltered and hates the capitol and everything it stands for. So when a spoiled capital girl is assigned to work with him, he wants nothing to do with her and is prepared to make her life miserable. But Flynn was not prepared for someone like Rose. She doesn’t fit the mold he expected and finds himself strongly attracted to her. As she continues to surprise and outwit him, they begin to forge a bond that is tested when they discover a secret that could change everything they know about Land of the Unaltered.  

 

 

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Interview with Leti Del Mar:

How did you come up with the title?

I loved the concept of remaining unaltered and loved the word.  I knew I wanted that word to be in the title of all 3 book in the trilogy. So I played around with it until I came up with Land of the Unaltered.

Is there a message in your novel that you want readers to grasp?

Yes.  I am a big believer in being comfortable in your own skin and not changing who you are for the sake of fashion or society.  Living in Southern California, so many of the people I know have had some sort of plastic surgery, but would have been just as beautiful without it.  I think true confidence and inner beauty are linked and I wanted to share this.

How much of the book is realistic?

Although my book is set in a futuristic and dystopian society, much of what my characters feel is realistic.  They deal with very real coming of age issues like insecurity, developing your own identity outside of your family, loss and love.

What authors have influenced your life most?

Jane Austen has been an immeasurable influence and I think because of her, my books will always have a strong sense of romance.  Agatha Christie has also influence me since I don’t just write romance.  There is always some sort of mystery or unsolved puzzle in my stories.

What book are you reading now?

I’m reading Summer Lane’s State of Emergency.  It is about the immediate aftermath of an electromagnetic pulse taking out all microchip technology in Los Angeles.  As a Angelino myself, I find the story captivating.

What are your current projects?

I am promoting my book, Land of the Unaltered, planning its sequel, Secrets of the Unaltered, and also working on a non-fiction work, How to self-Publish Your Novel in 12 Easy Steps.

Is there anything you find particularly challenging in your writing?

I find revision challenging.  I’m never satisfied and always want to go back and make changes.  I keep at it until I sick of my own work.  It is a big deal when I decide that I’ve had enough and stop revising.

Do you have any advice for other writers?

Keep writing.  This is a marathon and not a sprint so pace yourself and keep on creating.

Loren DeShon Interview and Redemption on the River Giveaway!

Hey there to all you readers out there! Today I have Loren DeShon here for an author interview and we will also be having a giveaway at the end! Thank you Loren for stopping by and for taking the time to do this interview.

Q: Where are you from?

A: I grew up mostly in Olympia, Washington.

Q: When and why did you begin writing?

A: I've always enjoyed writing but until now I've never been very serious about it. I took creative writing as occasion offered in school and I've written a few magazine articles and dabbled with short stories, but until now my most popular works have been my family Christmas letters, which people tell me they like.

 

I've always had the ambition to write a novel and made several abortive attempts. I finally realized that I needed to actually get off my butt and do it—or wait until the next lifetime. So, I guess one way to characterize the project would be to call it a bucket list item, but once I sunk my teeth into telling the story it became much more than that.

Q: How did you come up with the title Redemption on the River?

A: Oh boy, I wish I could tell you that that was the title from the start, or that it came to me in a flash of inspired genius, but it didn't become Redemption on the River until very late, and after much wailing and gnashing of teeth.

The working title was Overboard, and I got to the point in my late drafts (there were a total of 12) that I was asking my beta readers for suggestions, and I made a list of titles that grew to be very long.

The final title came from me, and when I conceived it I knew it fit. Redemption is a major theme of the story, the Mississippi and Missouri rivers are the setting, and I like how the title flows off the tongue.

Q: I think Redemption on the River does fit better! Are any of the characters in your novel based on or inspired by real people in your life?

A: Oh, certainly. I'm sure that Silas, the protagonist, is partly me, and Hannah definitely has elements of my wife.

The scrappiness of the Jacobson brothers are based on two brothers I knew who would fight anyone together and each other all the time. A very minor character, a pugnacious steamboat mate, is named after a friend of mine.

Q: What was the most fun about researching for your book and did you learn anything new?

A: The most fun was researching steamboats and their captains, pilots, and passengers. It was an incredibly colorful era, and there are true stories that, if they were put in a novel, would be difficult to swallow.

One actual incident that I did recreate in the book was repeatedly questioned by my beta readers, but my response is that it happened just as I wrote it. I provide an Historical Notes section at the end of the book which lists the actual historical people, places, and events in Redemption on the River.

Q: The Notes section in the back of the book was extremely interesting! If you had to do it all over again, would there be anything you would change about your book?

A: That's easy. I wish I had written it years ago, so I would have more years left to continue writing. As for the book itself—I'm very satisfied with it, although a few typos snuck through.

Q: What book are you reading at the moment?

A: The Complete Writings of Abraham Lincoln. I had thought I appreciated Lincoln before, but I had no idea. The usual superlatives fail me, so I'll just say that he was truly great.

Q: What is the strangest object on your desk and/or workspace?

A: If not the antique silver assay bar that I use as a worry stone, it would have to be the scores of Toy Story Alien figurines. My call sign in the Navy was Alien, and my kids have been giving my Toy Story Aliens for years. They're all over my office, my dresser, my truck, my flight gear, etc.

Q: Haha Toy Story Aliens? That's funny! Is there anything else you would like to say to the readers?

A: I sincerely hope that you enjoy Redemption on the River, and I humbly request honest reviews on Goodreads, Shelfari, Amazon, and wherever else you'd like to give your opinion.

 

Thanks again for stopping by!

 

 If you guys would like to check out my review on Redemption on the River you can click this link CLICK ME!

 

 

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The Persecution of Mildred Dunlap: Review/Interview

The Persecution of Mildred Dunlap
Author: Paulette Mahurin
Publisher: Blue Palm Press
Pages: 212

Summary:

The year 1895 was filled with memorable historical events: the Dreyfus Affair divided France; Booker T. Washington gave his Atlanta address; Richard Olney, United States Secretary of State, expanded the effects of the Monroe Doctrine in settling a boundary dispute between the United Kingdom and Venezuela; and Oscar Wilde was tried and convicted for gross indecency under Britain’s recently passed law that made sex between males a criminal offense.

When news of Wilde’s conviction went out over telegraphs worldwide, it threw a small Nevada town into chaos. This is the story of what happened when the lives of its citizens were impacted by the news of Oscar Wilde’s imprisonment. It is a chronicle of hatred and prejudice with all its unintended and devastating consequences, and how love and friendship bring strength and healing.

My Thoughts:

When the town of Red River Pass hears the news of Oscar Wilde's conviction, the towns people go crazy over it and it is all that is talked about. When Mildred hears of this, she is terrified of what may happen if people find out who she is in love with. She has to do everything she can, and things she doesn't want to do, so that her secret isn't exposed.

This isn't the sort of book that I typically read so I wasn't sure what I was going to think of it. But once I started reading, I was captivated. It upset me how the other women of the town treated Mildred. She always helped everyone in town out financially when they needed it despite the way they treated her and looked down at her for the way she looked and carried herself. It was frustrating to read about how Mildred had to hide who she was, and who she loved, for fear of what would happen to her and the woman she loved if anyone found out.

I thought that this was an absolutely beautiful story. It reminds you to be kind and accepting of others despite your differences. You never know how badly the person next to you is hurting. I think you should definitely check this one out.

*I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

 Interview with Paulette Mahurin:



First let me say a big thank you to Leigh Ann for having me over to your great site. I'm so excited to be here today.

Thank YOU for taking the time to stop by! Here goes nothin'!

Q: Where are you from?

A: Born in Chicago, Ill. and moved to West Los Angeles when I was two.
 

Q: When and why did you begin writing?

A: I can never remember a time I didn't write. The earliest memory I have is writing a diary when I was eight or nine years old. That moved into poetry and short stories then in college I won a couple of awards for short stories I wrote. Writing has always been my safe haven, where I get to say whatever I want without worry of, what will others think.
 

Q: How did you come up with the title Persecution of Mildred Dunlap?

A: I had been dealing with someone who was in the closet, fearful of coming out because of past abuse, so I had this on my mind when I was in a writing class and we did an exercise where we had to write a ten minute mystery using a photo as a prompt. The photo I had was of two women, dressed in turn of the century garb, looking very fearful, it screamed lesbians afraid of being found out. The idea of persecution came up then and I wrote about them wanting to avoid being found out and persecuted. The name came up because of a person I knew in my childhood, a decent kindhearted person, and I wanted to attribute some of the better qualities of the protagonist to her. Her name was Mildred. The last name came from my friend's son who is openly Gay and that's his last name.

 

 

Q: Are any of the characters in your novel (such as Mildred) based or inspired by real people in your life?

A: Most of them are parts of people I know, parts of myself, parts of the human condition in general. Charley, however, is the ideal, the person we want to meet and find who is open, to love, to what comes, to new and different things, without being a fool about it, blind about it, the one we can admire, like in J.F.K's Profile in Courage, who hold to their truths no matter the consequence. All the other characters are various shades of flawed.

Q: I enjoyed Charley! What was the most fun about researching Oscar Wilde or other events in the story and did you learn anything new?

A: The most fun was that it fit perfectly into the time line of my story, but that is where the fun ended. His imprisonment tormented me, that he went to jail for loving another man, for making love with another man, that he could no more help than the sun can not rise, than a fire can not burn, all things natural. He was thrown in prison for two years and in that time slept on a wooden board, ate watery portage, was prohibited from having pencil and paper, walked a treadmill six hours a day, etc. That aside and to answer your question, it was a lot of fun researching that time period, looking at a Sears & Roebuck Catalogue from back then to see how people dressed, to stock the general store, and scenes with date appropriate things. It was also fun to research the news of that time period and to discover to my delight it was a good year for hatred, including the Dreyfus Affair in France which divided France on its stance on anit-Semitism, Booker T. Washington's huge popularity which generated his Atlanta Address to get his race into schools which drove racists nuts, and the expansion of the Monroe Doctrine into South America was fodder for gossip filled with hubris. That added to the richness of topics that would come to the town via telegraph and set the bigots into a frenzy of hatred. It fueled the storyline.

 

 

Q: If you had to do it all over again, is there anything you would change about your book?

A: I still have one typo in it that I need to change, lol. In one place I wrote Edna instead of Edra and this was missed my my two editors, myself, my husband, and several other readers. I don't want to pull the book and not have it on Amazon for three weeks to correct this because it could hurt sales and diminish attention for the book, especially since profits are going to animal rescue. Other than that I wouldn't change anything, at least there's nothing I can think of right now.
 

Q: I don't think I even noticed the typo! What book are you reading at the moment?

A: Just started Chief Complaint Brain Tumor by John Kerastas. It's a true story of this amazing man's diagnosis of a brain tumor, in the height of an ostensible healthy life, doing triathlons, doing 100 mile bike events, eating healthy organic, etc, only to discover he has a brain tumor the size of his wife's fist. What's so wonderful about this book is how he used humor to help himself. He's an amazing man.
 

Q: What is the strangest object on your desk? :)

A: It's a rubbery head with a big SEG (s--t eating grin) and wild fuzzy hair. You squeeze the head and it says, "Relax, calm down now, don't stress, take it easy" in the most hilarious voice. Cracks me up.
 

Q: Haha! That is too funny! Is there anything else you would like to say to the readers?

A: To everyone who's purchased my book, reviewed it, spread the word in any way, I'm truly grateful to you, in the name of tolerance and for helping flow energy to a cause that may save lives. It's my dream, my passion, my obsession to get as many sad faces out of their cages on death row and into their forever homes. The effort of every individual in this wonderful indie community, including you here Leigh Ann, has filled my heart with indescribable gratitude.
 

Thank you so much for stopping by today and answering these questions! It was a pleasure!

Author Talk:

Paulette Mahurin is a nurse practitioner, specializing in women's health in a rural clinic in where she lives with her husband and two rescued dogs. She also taught in several college level nursing programs, including UCLA, where she had a Master's Degree in Nursing from their nurse practitioner program. Her two passions are writing and rescuing dogs.While in college she wrote and published two award winning non-fiction short stories.

All profits from her book, The Persecution of Mildred Dunlap, are going to animal rescue, Santa Paula Animal Center, the first and only no-kill shelter in Ventura County, CA.

Shelter profits are going to: http://www.santapaulaarc.org/
 
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Nancy Madore Author Interview & Giveaway!

LEGACY OF THE WATCHERS (the series)

Thousands of years ago, something came out of the sky that changed the course of human history. Testimonies abound of these ‘angels’ and their hybrid offspring, the ‘Nephilim’ giants. These mighty ‘gods’ quickly rose to power, and the ancient world came alive with industry and culture. Many consider this period in history to be the ‘dawn’ of our civilization. People who lived as hunters and gatherers for hundreds of thousands of years suddenly began settling in one place, cultivating the land and even governing themselves. They invented irrigation, the wheel, protective armor and algebra. They somehow acquired knowledge of our solar system that even modern technology wasn't able to confirm until the 1970s. Most importantly, they began to read and write. Yet an undercurrent of terror was spreading like wildfire, carrying whispers of ‘djinn,’ ‘daeva’ and ‘demons.’

The Watchers were supposed to do just that: watch. But humankind proved far too tempting and they ‘fell’ to earth, taking wives for themselves and even having children. But their children grew into unruly giants whose souls didn’t ascend like human souls, but remained here, on this earth. These errant Nephilim souls haunt the earth to this day. They are the ‘djinn,’ the ‘hidden ones,’ also known as ‘daeva’ and ‘demon.’ They have one purpose—to live. But to live they need bodies.

This chain of events has now reached the point where the djinn need more than just our bodies to survive. They must take back control of the earth, just as in the days when they ruled as gods.

THE HIDDEN ONES, Vol. 1

As CEO of her own thriving company, Nadia Adeire is flush with success, but a secret society dating back to the Essenes believes her to be one of the ancient djinn—the notorious demoness of Hebrew legend, Lilith. What’s more, they have reason to believe that she’s plotting a catastrophic attack on the world.

Nadia is snatched from her ‘perfect’ life and trapped in a maze between a present day disaster and the ancient legends of the djinn. The only way out is to retrace the steps of her deceased grandmother, Helene. The deeper Nadia goes into the past, the harder it will be for her return unscathed. But it is the only way to stop the impending disaster that was set in motion five thousand years ago.
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Interview with author Nancy Madore

Q: Where are you from?

A: I was born in Somerville, Massachusetts, but I grew up all the way on the other side of the country, in Oregon…and then California, and Pennsylvania, then back to Massachusetts. You might say I get around.

Q: When and why did you begin writing?

A: Having always been a voracious reader, I knew at a very young age that I wanted to write. But I married and began a family before I really took myself seriously enough to contemplate actually pursuing a writing career. I have a great deal of respect for women who can ‘do it all,’ because I personally couldn’t find the time to write while raising a family. And I was much too distracted. So I put it off, figuring I would begin my writing career once my children were grown. In the meantime, I read everything I could get my hands on about writing and getting published. It’s sounds strange, I know, but when my children were grown, I actually sat down and started to write.

Q: How did you come up with the title?

A: ‘The Hidden Ones’ is actually the meaning behind the Arab word ‘djinn.’ It describes a being that, I believe, is one and the same as other beings that were popping up throughout the ancient East around that time and shortly thereafter, such as ‘daeva’ and ‘demon.’ I chose ‘the hidden ones’ because I like the way it sounds, and it actually describes this creature rather well.

Q: Are any of the characters in your novel based or inspired by real people in your life?

A: The idea for the series and its characters was inspired, not by a person, but by my religious upbringing. Bible studies led me to other writings from that era. The characters found in these ancient texts—Lilith, Gilgamesh, Solomon, and so forth—have always fascinated me. I spent my childhood musing over them. So many details are left out! Though I’ve always been skeptical of the divine nature of religious texts (most of the ancient writings are religious, to some degree), I’ve never doubted that the people in the stories existed. I’ve always wanted to fill in the missing details and complete their stories. And that’s exactly what I’m doing with this series.

Q: What was the most fun about researching for your book and did you learn anything new?

A: I’m always learning something new and the more I learn, the more I realize how much I don’t know. The research itself is fun and exciting to me. I can’t get enough, especially when it comes to this topic. If it has anything to do with ancient civilizations, mythology or theology, I’m interested. I could spend all my time just doing research.

Q: If you had to do it all over again, is there anything you would change about your book?

A: I did have to do it all over again. My computer was stolen and I lost everything except my research, which I happened to have stored on a different computer. In re-writing the book, there were two things I changed: first, I wrote the second version from past to present instead starting from the present, and working backwards, as I did the first time around (my book relates the individual stories of three very different women from three different time periods). I recalled that working backwards had resulted in an excessive amount of edits, so this time I started with the oldest story of Lilith in ancient Mesopotamia, then I wrote about my main character’s grandmother, Helene in Qumran, in 1948. And finally, I wrote about my main character, Nadia, in the present day. From there, it was easy to arrange the various stories however I wanted to present them to the reader. This method was much smoother. Oh, and the other, even more important change is that this time I backed up all of my work!

Q: What book are you reading at the moment?

A: I’m currently reading The Persian Empire, by Lindsay Allen. I’m working on the second book in this series, which means my reading will be limited to research for a while.

Q: What is the strangest object on your desk? :)

A: I work from a laptop, so my ‘desk’ is a small table, a chair and the floor all around me. I have books spread out all over the place, and notes and drawings on large pieces of construction paper (I draw maps to keep track of where I am at the moment). I guess the strangest feature would be my stuffed cat (not an actual cat, a stuffed animal). I have no idea how he got there but every now and then I look up, meet his eyes, and get the most peculiar sense of clarity regarding whatever point I happen to be turning over in my mind.

Q: Is there anything else you would like to say to the readers?

A: Yes. Please read my book.

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