Thanks so much for stopping by yesterday, Mandy and Michelle. It was great!
All the best...
Mary Eason
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Please welcome, Mandy Roth and Michelle Pillow to my blog today!
Mandy and Michelle, thanks so much for joining us today. I know I'm excited to have you both here and I know our readers will be interested to learn more about your writing.
So, let's get started!
M&M Makin’ the Rounds
Big thanks to Mary Eason for letting us come here and play today! We’ll get started with our first Q&A.
The Story of Us?
Q: What do you think helped to mold your writing style and genre preferences?
Michelle: It’s hard to say. I read a lot of classics growing up--Austen, Steinbeck, Wilde, ect--before transitioning into historical romances in the 1990s. I think my love for history, as well as for a happily ever after determined where my writing started. But, since I’ve become a full time writer, my tastes have changed. I write paranormal, futuristic, contemporaries, fantasy, ect. I love switching up the genres and playing with style. I write in different heat levels from the sweet to the erotic. Also, writing for the magazine lets me experience a more journalistic type style as compared to fiction.
Mandy: Oh, this is an easy one. I. Am. A. Total. Freak. There. It is now official and out in the world. Yep. You heard it here first. I’m a freak. Always have been and always will be. I like all things weird and quirky. I find humor in places most wouldn’t think to look and I’m not one to shy away or back down from confirmation. I wasn’t finding that in the books I was reading and decided it was time to bring some of my personal flavor to the world of writing. So far, it’s been going all right for me. *wink, wink*
I will say that I had an interesting childhood. It was unique and at times a bit unorthodox. It expanded my horizons and gave me a bigger outlook on life and everything around me. Also made for nice fodder for books.
Featured M&M Book of the Day:
Buy Link:
Raven Books
www.theravenbooks.com
Raven titles are available on Amazon.com as well as other third party sites
Mandy M Roth
www.mandyroth.com
Michelle M Pillow
www.michellepillow.com
Thanks for letting us hang here, Mary! Everyone, remember that to be entered in the contest at the end of the tour, you need to comment on the posts. You can enter as much as you like.
Join us tomorrow when we visit Adele Dubois where we answer the question Do We Bite? (url Blog : Blog: http://www.adeledubois.com/blog/
Welcome Michelle and Mandy
Michelle and Mandy, I'm happy to have you both here today. Can't wait to learn more about your work.
All the best...
Mary Eason
http://www.maryeason.com/
All the best...
Mary Eason
http://www.maryeason.com/
M&M Makin’ the Rounds
The Story of Us?
Mandy: Oh, this is an easy one. I. Am. A. Total. Freak. There. It is now official and out in the world. Yep. You heard it here first. I’m a freak. Always have been and always will be. I like all things weird and quirky. I find humor in places most wouldn’t think to look and I’m not one to shy away or back down from confirmation. I wasn’t finding that in the books I was reading and decided it was time to bring some of my personal flavor to the world of writing. So far, it’s been going all right for me. *wink, wink*
I will say that I had an interesting childhood. It was unique and at times a bit unorthodox. It expanded my horizons and gave me a bigger outlook on life and everything around me. Also made for nice fodder for books.
Featured M&M Book of the Day:
Raven titles are available on Amazon.com as well as other third party sites
Thanks for letting us hang here, Mary! Everyone, remember that to be entered in the contest at the end of the tour, you need to comment on the posts. You can enter as much as you like.
Join us tomorrow when we visit Adele Dubois where we answer the question Do We Bite?
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Mark your calendars for Saturday, August 28th for Mandy Roth and Michelle Pillow!
Please mark your calendars for August 28th! Bestselling authors Mandy Roth and Michelle Pillow will be joining us here for a Q&A.
Mandy M. Roth grew up fascinated by creatures that go bump in the night. From the very beginning, she showed signs of creativity—writing, painting, telling scary stories that left her little brother afraid to come out from under his bed. Combining her creativity with her passion for the paranormal has left her banging on the keyboard into the wee hours of the night. Her books have won numerous awards, including an RT nomination for Best Paranormal Erotic.
Michelle Pillow have always had an active imagination. Ever since shecan remember, she has had a strange fascination with anything supernatural—ghosts, magical powers, and oh…vampires. What could be more alluring than being immortal, all-powerful, and eternally beautiful? (Sorry, vampire purists, in this fantasy the Hollywood version rules).
Mandy and Michelle will be featuring Emerald Knight,
So stop by and say hello and learn more about these facinating authors.
All the best...
Mary Eason
http://www.maryeason.com/
Mandy M. Roth grew up fascinated by creatures that go bump in the night. From the very beginning, she showed signs of creativity—writing, painting, telling scary stories that left her little brother afraid to come out from under his bed. Combining her creativity with her passion for the paranormal has left her banging on the keyboard into the wee hours of the night. Her books have won numerous awards, including an RT nomination for Best Paranormal Erotic.
Michelle Pillow have always had an active imagination. Ever since shecan remember, she has had a strange fascination with anything supernatural—ghosts, magical powers, and oh…vampires. What could be more alluring than being immortal, all-powerful, and eternally beautiful? (Sorry, vampire purists, in this fantasy the Hollywood version rules).
Mandy and Michelle will be featuring Emerald Knight,
So stop by and say hello and learn more about these facinating authors.
All the best...
Mary Eason
http://www.maryeason.com/
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
MARK YOUR CALENDARDS FOR AUGUST 19TH - YOU ARE INVITED TO A PARTY THIS WEEK!
YOU ARE INVITED TO A PARTY
AUGUST 19TH
The Romance Studio is partying with the following authors on AUGUST 19TH.
Deirdre O'Dare
Keta Diablo
Kim Knox
Caitlyn Willows
Ava McKnight
Cindy Spencer Pape
Tory Richards
Mari Freeman
Jewel Adams
B.J. McCall
Catherine Chernow
Shelby Morgen
Mary Eason
Savanna Kougar
T.L. Schaefer
Christine Pope
Madeleine Drake
http://theromancestudio.com/party 12 PM EST to 8 PM EST on 8/19/10! Don't miss it! There will be prizes for readers and authors!
So stop by and say hello and stick around for some great new releases and chances to win!
All the best...
Mary Eason
http://www.maryeason.com/
AUGUST 19TH
The Romance Studio is partying with the following authors on AUGUST 19TH.
Deirdre O'Dare
Keta Diablo
Kim Knox
Caitlyn Willows
Ava McKnight
Cindy Spencer Pape
Tory Richards
Mari Freeman
Jewel Adams
B.J. McCall
Catherine Chernow
Shelby Morgen
Mary Eason
Savanna Kougar
T.L. Schaefer
Christine Pope
Madeleine Drake
http://theromancestudio.com/party 12 PM EST to 8 PM EST on 8/19/10! Don't miss it! There will be prizes for readers and authors!
So stop by and say hello and stick around for some great new releases and chances to win!
All the best...
Mary Eason
http://www.maryeason.com/
Sunday, August 15, 2010
Charlie Daniels
I don't normally post email things here. But this one's good and it's by a legend. Charlie Daniels.
Temporary Quarters 6-28-10
By Charlie Daniels
In this day of instant news coverage with immediate graphic television images of the natural and unnatural catastrophes we face, with communications capabilities to the point that the whole world is visible via satellite as media correspondents around the planet file their reports of weather, wars and acts of terror, we live in a boiling pot of anxiety and fear.
Tornados in Montana, floods in Tennessee and Arkansas, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the oil spill in the Gulf, fear of loss of jobs, fear of terror attack, fear of financial meltdown, out of control illegal immigration and the list goes on and on.
Daily we are inundated with bad news with seldom a break in the action as 24-hour cable outlets keep a running tab on the horror that goes on unabated around the world.
Old enemies are rattling their sabers again, and new ones just await a chance to do us harm.
The government seems impotent and the institutions we once depended on seem unwilling or powerless to do anything about the catastrophic events that are happening on a daily basis, the oil leak in the Gulf and the debacle at the border being just two examples of their failings.
The fact is that the global upheaval we face is far beyond the hands of mortal man. They have grown to unheard proportions and will only become more terrifying as time goes on.
Well folks, I have some great news for you; that is for you who trust in the blood of Jesus Christ.
Jesus said that He'd never forsake us and His word is pure gold and eternal. Just think of that, no matter how bad things get God will never forsake us, He will always take care of His own.
Sometimes I'll get so flustered by all the bad news and the inability of man to deal with it that it's downright despairing. I get so caught up in the frantic flow of things that I put my eyes on frail human beings and our feeble attempts to deal with the myriad of terrible problems that plague mankind.
That's when I have to remember that the God I serve is the Master of the Universe, that He loves me, that He proved it by sacrificing His own Son for the forgiveness of our sins and that He's promised to never leave me alone.
If God be for me, who can be against me?
Don't get me wrong; I am definitely not talking about just giving up and just waiting for the return of Jesus Christ; far from it.
We are supposed to strive for justice and take care of the ones in our charge for as long as we live in these earthly bodies.
But sometimes it's good to just turn off the television, put down the newspaper and remember that as bad as the news from earth can get, the news from heaven will always be wonderful, that God has prepared a place for His people, a place that we cannot even begin to imagine, where there will be no war, no economic problems, no AIDS, no cancer, no child predators, no rapists, no oil leaks, no hurricanes, no earthquakes, no tornadoes and no taxes.
A place of unspeakable peace and beauty where the lion will lay down by the lamb and the Creator of the Universe will wipe away our tears.
Where the streets are paved with gold and the water supply is the river of life.
As the old song says, "this world is not my home, I'm just passing through, my treasures are laid up somewhere beyond the blue."
My brothers and sisters in the Lord don't look for the problems we face to get any better. I believe that we are living in the last days before the return of Jesus Christ, days of turmoil and upheaval, wars, famine and plague.
I believe that because of what I read in my Bible. I have no way of knowing when that day will come but the signs foretold thousands of years ago are being reported on the front pages of the world's newspapers.
I believe however that we are to keep on working, keep on watching and praying and keep on reaching out a hand to our fellow man as long as we're here.
As far as the world and its troubles are concerned think about it this way, you're just in a bad neighborhood waiting on a ride to better place.
What do you think?
Pray for our troops, and for our country.
God Bless America
Charlie Daniels http://www.charliedaniels.com/soapbox-2010/soapbox-2010-0628.htm
Temporary Quarters 6-28-10
By Charlie Daniels
In this day of instant news coverage with immediate graphic television images of the natural and unnatural catastrophes we face, with communications capabilities to the point that the whole world is visible via satellite as media correspondents around the planet file their reports of weather, wars and acts of terror, we live in a boiling pot of anxiety and fear.
Tornados in Montana, floods in Tennessee and Arkansas, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the oil spill in the Gulf, fear of loss of jobs, fear of terror attack, fear of financial meltdown, out of control illegal immigration and the list goes on and on.
Daily we are inundated with bad news with seldom a break in the action as 24-hour cable outlets keep a running tab on the horror that goes on unabated around the world.
Old enemies are rattling their sabers again, and new ones just await a chance to do us harm.
The government seems impotent and the institutions we once depended on seem unwilling or powerless to do anything about the catastrophic events that are happening on a daily basis, the oil leak in the Gulf and the debacle at the border being just two examples of their failings.
The fact is that the global upheaval we face is far beyond the hands of mortal man. They have grown to unheard proportions and will only become more terrifying as time goes on.
Well folks, I have some great news for you; that is for you who trust in the blood of Jesus Christ.
Jesus said that He'd never forsake us and His word is pure gold and eternal. Just think of that, no matter how bad things get God will never forsake us, He will always take care of His own.
Sometimes I'll get so flustered by all the bad news and the inability of man to deal with it that it's downright despairing. I get so caught up in the frantic flow of things that I put my eyes on frail human beings and our feeble attempts to deal with the myriad of terrible problems that plague mankind.
That's when I have to remember that the God I serve is the Master of the Universe, that He loves me, that He proved it by sacrificing His own Son for the forgiveness of our sins and that He's promised to never leave me alone.
If God be for me, who can be against me?
Don't get me wrong; I am definitely not talking about just giving up and just waiting for the return of Jesus Christ; far from it.
We are supposed to strive for justice and take care of the ones in our charge for as long as we live in these earthly bodies.
But sometimes it's good to just turn off the television, put down the newspaper and remember that as bad as the news from earth can get, the news from heaven will always be wonderful, that God has prepared a place for His people, a place that we cannot even begin to imagine, where there will be no war, no economic problems, no AIDS, no cancer, no child predators, no rapists, no oil leaks, no hurricanes, no earthquakes, no tornadoes and no taxes.
A place of unspeakable peace and beauty where the lion will lay down by the lamb and the Creator of the Universe will wipe away our tears.
Where the streets are paved with gold and the water supply is the river of life.
As the old song says, "this world is not my home, I'm just passing through, my treasures are laid up somewhere beyond the blue."
My brothers and sisters in the Lord don't look for the problems we face to get any better. I believe that we are living in the last days before the return of Jesus Christ, days of turmoil and upheaval, wars, famine and plague.
I believe that because of what I read in my Bible. I have no way of knowing when that day will come but the signs foretold thousands of years ago are being reported on the front pages of the world's newspapers.
I believe however that we are to keep on working, keep on watching and praying and keep on reaching out a hand to our fellow man as long as we're here.
As far as the world and its troubles are concerned think about it this way, you're just in a bad neighborhood waiting on a ride to better place.
What do you think?
Pray for our troops, and for our country.
God Bless America
Charlie Daniels http://www.charliedaniels.com/soapbox-2010/soapbox-2010-0628.htm
Friday, August 13, 2010
It's release day! Standing On The Edge Of Goodbye released today!
Check it out:
We're pleased this week to introduce you to another first-time White Rose author. New to White Rose, maybe, but Mary Eason is an experienced, multi-published author. This week she brings us a beautiful, but tortured hero and the woman who can make him whole again.
Matt Stevens is finished with life. Grieving the death of his son, Matt withdraws from humanity, sequestering himself in a mountain cabin far from the reaches of anything human-anything that may remind him of the life he can no longer have...that is until Kate Alexander arrives on his doorstep and begins to strip away the bitterness he carries in his heart.
Running from an abusive ex-husband who tried to murder her, Kate Alexander's life is turned upside-down. Learning of her grandmother's death-the only woman who ever believed in her-is almost Kate's complete undoing, especially when the devastating news comes from a man so lacking in human emotion he may as well be a robot. Yet, Kate is drawn to Matt Stevens in a way she's never before experienced. Could there be more to this unlikely friend of her Grandmother's-something beyond the cold surface he presents to the world?
All the best...
Mary Eason
http://www.maryeason.com/
Monday, August 09, 2010
Standing On The Edge Of Goodbye Releases Friday, August 13th!
Matt Stevens is finished with life. Grieving the death of his son, Matt withdraws from humanity, sequestering himself in a mountain cabin far from the reaches of anything human-anything that may remind him of the life he can no longer have...that is until Kate Alexander arrives on his doorstep and begins to strip away the bitterness he carries in his heart.
Running from an abusive ex-husband who tried to murder her, Kate Alexander's life is turned upside-down. Learning of her grandmother's death-the only woman who ever believed in her-is almost Kate's complete undoing, especially when the devastating news comes from a man so lacking in human emotion he may as well be a robot. Yet, Kate is drawn to Matt Stevens in a way she's never before experienced. Could there be more to this unlikely friend of her Grandmother's-something beyond the cold surface he presents to the world?
And be sure to read the first review from TRS:
This upcoming book by Ms. Mary Eason is a look into the lives of two tragic individuals. The characters were well developed. It was easy to fall in love with them and want to see them become a couple. However, this happily-ever-after had many rocky paths as they struggled through daily life. The other characters in this novel were believable and typically small-town people. They genuinely cared about each other. Ms. Eason did a great job of connecting her characters with the storyline.
This book gave a great story about the love of God and how He deals with people on a daily level. It gives great portrayal of how God’s love is shown through others. It is not, however, done in a preachy way. It’s realistic and a poignant book about tragedy, friendship, love and devotion.
I recommend this book to anyone who loves an unexpected, though quite emotional, ending. I expect great things to come of this book. Kudos, Ms. Eason!
Reviewer: Brenda Talley - TRS
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