Archive for 2011

Pump Up Your Book Announces Literary Fiction Author Karen Glick’s Questions in the Silence Virtual Book Tour 2012

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to announce Karen Glick’s Questions in the Silence Virtual Book Tour 2012 beginning on January 3  and ending on January 27 2012. Karen will be on hand during her worldwide tour promoting her book and giving us candid interviews and guest posts where we learn more about the author, [...]

Pump Up Your Book Announces Chris Shella’s Legal Thriller Urban Fiction ‘Reasonable Facsimile Virtual Book Tour 2012′

Pump Up Your Book is pleased to announce Chris Shella’s Reasonable Facsimile Virtual Book Tour 2012 beginning on January 3  and ending on January 27 2012.  Chris will be on hand during his worldwide tour promoting his book and  giving us candid interviews where we learn more about the author, tips on writing legal thrillers [...]

Book Review: The Cross Dresser’s Wife: Our Secret Lives by Dee A. Levy & B. Sheffield Hunt

Title: The Cross Dresser’s Wife: Our Secret Lives
Author: Dee A. Levy & B. Sheffield Hunt
Genre: Memoir
Paperback: 166
Publisher: Createspace
Language: English
ISBN-13: 978-1456478513
BOOK SUMMARY:
At long last, valuable and emotionally intimate social commentary on the taboo subculture of cross dressing is revealed in the pages of THE CROSS DRESSER’S WIFE * OUR SECRET LIVES. Culled from the [...]

5 Things You Should Know About The Girl in the Box by Sheila Dalton

It took me a total of ten years to write it. There were some breaks, of course. I kept putting it away, taking it out, and seeing places that needed improvement.  I enjoyed this process, but I was also glad when it was over! I’d probably revise till I dropped dead, if anyone would let [...]

Pump Up Your Book’s 1st Annual Holiday Extravaganza Facebook Chat Party Friday Dec 16!

WE’RE HAVING A FACEBOOK PARTY!!!!
Pump Up Your Book will be hosting the December 2011 Authors on Tour on Friday December 16, 2011 at 4 – 10 p.m. (eastern time – adjust to your time zone)!  Tell your book friends that not only will this give them an opportunity to chat with their [...]

This is Your Life! with Frank Zaccari, author of ‘Inside the Spaghetti Bowl’

This is Your Life! is Literarily Speaking’s newest feature.  Here we spotlight different authors to find out who they are behind the book.  Where were they born?  What’s their family life like?  What did they play with as a child?  All these things mold them into the talented authors they are today. Today’s guest is [...]

The Story Behind Dax Rigby, War Correspondent by John Rosenman

The Story Behind the Book is one of Literarily Speaking’s most popular features. Here we find out either the inspiration behind authors’ books or how they got published. Today’s guest is John Rosenman, author of Dax Rigby, War Correspondent (MuseItUp Publishing).
•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
Dax Rigby, War Correspondent – Why I Wrote it and How I Published It
by John [...]

Red Hot Sky by Gordon Gumpertz Blog Tour Hosts Wanted

Pump Up Your Book is seeking tour hosts for Gordon Gumpertz’s Red Hot Sky Virtual Book Publicity Tour to be held in January and February 2012.  We are seeking blog hosts who would like to review his book, have him write a guest post for your blog or be interviewed.  We would love to have [...]

Guest Post: Commitment Makes the Difference By Laura McHale Holland

Writing my memoir, Reversible Skirt, was a push-pull process that took place over many years. I didn’t have a flash of inspiration that motivated me to sit at my desk, begin writing and press on with full confidence that I would produce a story worth reading.
Amid the rafters of my garage I have cardboard boxes [...]

Decking the Halls with Women’s Fiction Author Anneke Campbell

It’s time to deck the halls and what better way to do it is to find out what your favorite authors are up to this joyous and oh-so-busy time of year. Today’s guest is Anneke Campbell, author of the women’s fiction, Slouching Towards Bellingham (BooksbNimble).

•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
Is Christmas your favorite holiday?
I [...]

Five by Five with R.G. Bullet – Author of the Caldecott Chronicles

5 Things You Should Know About Writing
1.    You do not need a shed at the bottom of the garden to write—earplugs works well.
2.    The main part of your job is to minimise distractions and write (see my post).
3.    Some of your good friends and family members will never read your work. You will not cry [...]

Book Review: The Chronicles of Zee & Zoey by Deborah Barnes

Title: The Chronicles of Zee & Zoey: A Journey of the Extraordinarily Ordinary
Author: Deborah Barnes
Genre: Nonfiction
Paperback: 180
Publisher: ZZP Publishing
Language: English
ISBN-13: 978-0983440802
BOOK SUMMARY:
Combining a warm, humorous, and conversational style of writing with stunning photos and charming artwork, readers are immediately immersed into the world of Zee, a lovable male Maine Coon cat, and Zoey, [...]

5 Things You Should Know About The Incredibly Awesome Adventures of Puggie Liddell by Dr. Karen Mueller Bryson

History made fun! In this fast-paced and action-packed time travel adventure, the wise-cracking whiz kid, Puggie Liddell’s modified Gameboy activates a time travel portal and he lands in the 1890s with his sibling rival, annoyingly prissy teen sister, Gigi, who thinks history is like-totally-gross.
The kids must [...]

Guest Blogger: Five Things You Should Know About The Incredibly Awesome Adventures of Puggie Liddell by Karen Mueller Bryson

5 Things You Should Know About The Incredibly Awesome Adventures of Puggie Liddell
By Karen Mueller Bryson 
1.  Sibling rivals Puggie and Gigi Liddell travel back in time and visit the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair, which was so spectacular, it inspired both the Emerald City in the Wizard of Ozand Disney World! 
2. Puggie and Gigi also have [...]

Blog Tour: Q&A with Nutrition Expert/Author Nicolette Dumke

I have a wonderful guest today!  Nicolette M. Dumke, author of the health/fitness book, Food Allergy and Gluten-Free Weight Loss: Control Your Body Chemistry, Reduce Inflammation, and Improve Your Health (Allergy Adapt, Inc.), is on a blog tour December 5 – 16 answering questions about nutrition.  I am happy to be hosting her today and [...]

Decking the Halls with Relationship Expert Dorothy Thompson

It’s time to deck the halls and what better way to do it is to find out what your favorite authors are up to this joyous and oh-so-busy time of year. Today’s guest is me!  I’m on a mini-virtual book tour for Romancing the Soul: True Stories of Soul Mates from Around the World [...]

Decking the Halls with YA Science Fiction Author Braxton A. Cosby

It’s time to deck the halls and what better way to do it is to find out what your favorite authors are up to this joyous and oh-so-busy time of year. Today’s guest is Braxton A. Cosby, author of the young adult science fiction novel, The Star-Crossed Saga: Protostar (Firefly Publishing & [...]

Decking the Halls with Memoirist Sarah Tate

It’s time to deck the halls and what better way to do it is to find out what your favorite authors are up to this joyous and oh-so-busy time of year. Today’s guest is Sarah Tate, author of the memoir, Web of Lies: My Life with a Narcissist (Createspace).
[...]

The Story Behind In the Middle of Almost and Other Stories by S.B. Lerner

The Story Behind the Book is one of Literarily Speaking’s most popular features. Here we find out either the inspiration behind authors’ books or how they got published. Today’s guest is S.B. Lerner, author of In the Middle of Almost and Other Stories (Samson Books).
•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
When I was single and working at a high pressure job [...]

A Day in the Life with Middle Grade Children’s Book Author Glen Strathy

A Day in the Life is Literarily Speaking’s newest feature. Here we get a glimpse into our favorite author’s day-to-day life! Today’s guest is Glen C. Strathy, author of the middle grade novel, Dancing on the Inside (iUniverse).

•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
A Day in the Life of Glen C. Strathy
by Glen C. Strathy

I [...]

Related Posts with Thumbnails