Pump Up Your Book’s July Authors on Virtual Book Tour – July 7

Welcome to Pump Up Your Book’s July 2011 Authors on Virtual Book Tour!  These are the author’s tours that have been coordinated by Rebecca Camarena for July, 2011. Follow along as these four talented authors travel the blogosphere all month long to talk about their books, their lives and their future projects. Pick your favorites, follow their tours, and make sure you leave them a comment to tell them you stopped by! If you would like to schedule your own book tour please leave me a comment here.

Liberation Book Tour

Maria Lucia, author of Liberation; Book One of the Andrusian Chronicles will be visiting Pump Up Your Book.  Liberation is a powerful paranormal fantasy. It begins with Amora Madre content in the Smokey Mountains pursuing her teaching of love, things of the spirit, and metaphysics, but when soul mate Gabriel Ephraim enters her life, they are catapulted into service for an Intergalactic Supernatural Intelligence Agency in Washington D.C. The time is now. The struggle in the spirit world over the nation and planet is evident, and the greatest threat is that humanity doesn’t know.

Find Maria at her tour page at Pump Up Your Book!

 

 

 

The Final Victim Virtual Book Tour

Larry Jukofsky author of The Final Victim will be visiting Blog-A-Press.  He cursed the Germans at the moment of his death in the death camp in Poland during World War II, that he would seek his revenge.  Fifty years later in a small tourist town the police are completing baffled by a mysterious murder. The only evidence at the scene is what they have labeled as a big dog print, but the questions remain who or what killed this man? Why and how did it enter a locked house without leaving prints? Why is there no blood at the scene?  What is the motive for the killing of this prominent citizen?  Who or what is the next target for this mysterious creature? From the death camps of Poland to the steamy shores of South Carolina, the author guides you through a macabre vampire tale of murder, intrigue, and revenge in “The Final Victim.”

Find Larry at his tour page at Pump Up Your Book!

 

 

 

Keep Your Panties Up Virtual Book Tour

Dangerous Lee author of Keep Your Panties Up and Your Skirt Down will be visiting Blog-A-Press.  Keep Your Panties Up and Your Skirt Down is something that Dangerous Lee’s grandmother used to say as a warning against having sex too soon. Those words were never forgotten and the advice is greatly needed, especially today. African Americans make up 13% of the U.S. population, but more than 50% of the new HIV cases are in the African American community. How can we change this? Keep Your Panties Up and Your Skirt Down answers this question, six different ways, erotically.

Find Dangerous Lee at her tour page at Pump Up Your Book!

 

 

Such A Nice Boy Virtual Book Tour

Daren Krupa author of the fictional novel Such a Nice Boy Virtual Book Tour will begin on July 18 – 29.  After love at first sight strikes gay Alan Hovey and married female co-worker Lindsey Ronan, Alan is outed, forcing both to face unresolved issues.  Lindsey found her fiancé with his lover boy half a lifetime ago and never got over it.  Alan’s controlling mother made men an attractive alternative.  When Lindsey’s feelings threaten her career she’s forced to confront her past and her marriage.  When Alan seems to go nowhere with boyfriend Parker he questions his lifestyle and his fear of women.

Find Daren Krupa at his tour page at Pump Up Your Book!

 

 

Paperback Writer Chats with Maria Lucia author of Liberation: Book One of the Andrusian Chronicles

Liberation Virtual Book Tour

About Liberation: Book One of the Andrusian Chronicles

Amora Madre is content in the Smokey Mountains pursuing her teaching of love, things of  the spirit, and metaphysics. Her childhood invisible playmates, Casey and Nia, are always by her side. But when soul mate Gabriel Ephraim enters her life, she is drawn into the heart of a terrible encounter with the spirit world in the skies over Washington D.C. Catapulted into service for the Intergalactic Supernatural Intelligence Agency, ISIA, the kindred lovers soon discover the existence of an invisible wickedness over the city, its galactic origins, and its evil designs for national and world events.

As part of an Andrusian galactic strike force, assembled to dismantle the malevolent legion’s brutal matrix, Amora and Gabriel, seasoned and accomplished, embark on a dangerous adventure filled with Onaweyans, Scorpillians, historical figures, and a confrontation with the dark supernatural syndicate over the fate of the United States and the earth.

With journeys into galactic and dimensional worlds, interactions with fantastic characters and creatures, and revelation of the current struggle between the spiritual forces of good and evil, LIBERATION draws the reader into a world where the spiritual dimensions and reality converge.

Visit Liberation’s tour page at Pump Up Your Book!

Purchase Liberation in paperback or kindle edition at Amazon

 

Author Maria Lucia

Interview

Q:  Will you share with us how you came up with the idea for this book? 

 

A:  The story came together piece by piece each time I went to walk the downtown areas of Washington D.C. I love doing this. I love visiting the monuments and getting into the energies of the founders and the old Washington when things were quite different. That’s what stirred the idea inside of me. “What if the USA and our planet had an intelligence agency that specialized in the supernatural areas of protection? And what if the headquarters were right here in downtown D.C. but no one could see them? And what if there were evil spirits involved in an unbelievable derailing of world events and it all culminated in the 21^st century? In our time and current world news” well, I was on fire and I started plotting out the story. I took many autobiographical events and weaved them into the idea expanding as I went along and I began doing historical research of our beginnings as a race, and a country. I love Washington for holding this amazing energy for us all, our beginnings, how democracy came about and what our founders went through to get the idea established. It had never been done.

 

Q:  Do you plan your stories first with an outline or does it come to you as write it?

 

A:  I plan the story first so that I can get a feel for the flow of it. That takes time and attention and an outline. But I will also add that a lot of scenes also develop after I start writing because I realize there is more to be said than I first felt. There are details that develop as you get into the story that can’t be predicted through an outline.  It organically happens as you generate the flow from inside of you and not from your head.

 

Q:  Do you know the end of the story at the beginning?

 

A:  Yes. I usually know where I want it to stop.

 

 

Q:  Do you have a process for developing your characters?

 

A:  My characters begin to develop on their own. By that I mean that I could be having lunch somewhere out in the world and see someone or something that relates to one of them or literally see one come into the room as I’m writing. I’m incredibly visual. They talk to me too or tell me they want a boyfriend or pet or wings or want an accent in the story. The voices may come first and then the actual visual of the character. But they develop throughout the writing of the story no matter where I may be throughout my day. When I was performing as a singer I had a great teacher who taught me how to let myself go and open up and just sing without knowing where I was going. I still use that skill today. I just let myself allow the characters to do or say or be whatever they want and let myself open my creativity to allow for everything to be a possibility.

 

 

Q:  It is said that authors write themselves into their characters. Is there any part of you in your characters and what they would be?

 

A:  Absolutely, all of my personal loves are in the characters of Liberation. Everything I believe in and value in life. I truly know that those who read the novel will know me, deeply.

 

 

Q:  What is your most favorite part about this book?

 

A:  That it’s connected to the world as it is today and all of its problems. That it challenges the reader. I love the paranormal aspect, the supernatural aspect, the historical connection, the spiritual connection, the expansiveness of the story and the way it makes you use your head and heart.

 

 

Q:  What struggles have you had on the road to being published?

 

A:  That I’ve had to learn along the way and because of that I haven’t truly understood how complicated and demanding the promotion of a book can be after you write it. Aside from the financial demands of starting your own publishing company, there is the lack of knowledge of how the road is traveled. Landing a distributor that my publicist and I feel good about has been one of the greatest challenges. You cannot get into the book stores without that and you have to get the right one that loves and understands the power, beauty and appropriateness of the book.

 

 

Q:  What has been the best part about being published?

 

A:  My deep knowing that I’ve grounded my dream, that even though there is a lot more to it than I presently understand, I’ve done it, and the product turned out just as I wanted.

 

 

Q:  What do you want readers to remember and carry with them after reading your novel?

 

A:  I want them to remember the message and the true calling for action.

 

Q:  Do you have plans to write another book?

 

A:  I’m in the process right now. There will be three in total.

 

 

Liberation: Book One of the Andrusian Chronicles – author interview – Maria Lucia

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Join Maria Lucia author of the fantasy adventure, Liberation: Book One of the Andrusian Chronicles on her virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book.

You can find Maria at www.andrusianchronicles.com

 and her tour page at Pump Up.

ABOUT THE BOOK:

Book One of The Andrusian Chronicles
Amora Madre is content in the Smokey Mountains pursuing her teaching of love, things of the spirit, and metaphysics. Her childhood invisible playmates, Casey and Nia, are always by her side. But when soul mate Gabriel Ephraim enters her life, she is drawn into the heart of a horrific encounter with the spirit world in the skies over Washington D.C. Catapulted into service for the Intergalactic Supernatural Intelligence Agency, ISIA, the kindred lovers soon discover the existence of an invisible wickedness over the city, its galactic origins, and its evil designs for national and world events.
As part of an Andrusian galactic strike force, assembled to dismantle the malevolent legion’s brutal matrix, Amora and Gabriel, seasoned and accomplished, embark on a dangerous adventure filled with Onaweyans, Scorpillians, historical figures, and a confrontation with the dark supernatural syndicate over the fate of the United States and the earth.
With journeys into dimensional worlds, interactions with fantastic characters and creatures, and revelation of the current struggle between the spiritual forces of good and evil, LIBERATION draws the reader into a world where the spiritual dimensions and reality converge.
You can find Maria Lucia at her tour page at Pump Up Your Book.

INTERVIEW:

PBW: Will you share with us how you came up with the idea for this book?

ML: I was walking around downtown D.C. and scenes began flashing in my head about the story. I began writing them down and through the years that followed began piecing them together into a story. The inspiration defiantly came from living in D.C. and visiting the different sites often.

PBW: Do you plan your stories first with an outline or does it come to you as write it?

ML: I usually get pieces that I write down and then put them into a story. I have to feel them out and see where the book wants to go and how intense it wants to get. To me thats the hardest part, being true to the story and going deeply into it.

PBW: Do you know the end of the story at the beginning?

ML: This is my first real novel and I knew the ending on this one. I felt really strongly about it. Planning how to get there was the challenge.

PBW: Do you have a process for developing your characters?

ML: Definitely, I have to get pictures that come close to what I’m looking for and place them around me whne I write so that I can visually feel what the character is trying to say or what he or she feels.

PBW: It is said that authors write themselves into their characters. Is there any part of you in your characters and what they would be?

ML: Creative people use all of the available information around them for their creations, what’s happening in the world, what is happening in their lives, what they study or the trends that the masses are following. Most of all I feel that creative people often delve into themselves for the depth and enrichment of the characters. There is definitely a part of me in the book.

PBW: What is your most favorite part about this book?

ML: Wow, that’s a hard one. I like a lot of the scenes but I guess that maybe the Onaweyans and their music and the last scene as well.

PBW: What struggles have you had on the road to being published?
ML: Learning to do it right. At first I just wanted to sit down and get the story on paper but that wasn’t enough. I learned to reach out to those that knew more than me and let them show me the way. It took a lot longer than I thought to finish it.

PBW: What has been the best part about being published?

ML: Seeing all of that hard work in front of you in a book and being able to share it with others that enjoy the same things. This is a paranormal fantasy with deep twists and turns and I love finding readers who love that like I do.

PBW: What do you want readers to remember and carry with them after reading your novel?
ML: I want them to enjoy the story first and then I want them to let it touch them deeply in a way that only they will know, like other works have touched me. That’s when I know I’ve done my job successfully, when my work touches people emotionally and even more.

PBW: Do you have plans to write another book?
ML: I hope so. Liberation is a three book series. I hope that I can continue with this story and complete the trilogy, that’s my goal.