July 3, 2016 Harry Stephens Day

Come join me at the beautiful Thomas House in Niles as we celebrate Harry Stephens Day. We have some great activities planned for you, along with a few surprises! I'll be signing books from 1:00 to 4:00.  See you there.😊💖😊

Sea Witch Needs a Review

Dear Gentle Readers,

Sea Witch is a full-length soft sci-fi novel. It's the story of a man, a woman, and a sea creature. This sea creature, this mermaid is no Ariel from the Little Mermaid or Madison from Splash.

Dr. Laura Martin, Chief Extraterrestrial Life Scientist at The Touchstone Institute of Oceanographic Research, noticed troubling but subtle changes in the Atlantic Ocean. Before she could make sense of it all, her longtime assistant abruptly walked out. Laura hired young, handsome Scott Conner to be her personal assistant. Mayhem ensued, mainly because of Zara, the mermaid/siren/monster in the basement of the Touchstone Institute, who eyed Scott as her possible mate in a plot for total domination of planet Earth. 

“The Touchstone Institute of Oceanographic Research is the most fantastic, exhilarating place on the planet to work. It is high energy, exciting, sometimes maddening, often frightening, heart pounding work. It’s not a job. It’s a lifetime commitment. It gets in your blood. It grabs you by the throat and possesses you, body and soul. And it is work. If you’re not prepared to work your ass off day in and day out, weekends, holidays, your birthday, and your mamma’s birthday, leave now.” 

Right now Sea Witch has nine reviews. For me to get it promoted on sites like Fussy Librarian and others, it needs ten.

If you are interested in reading Sea Witch, kindle format, and giving it an honest review, please comment below or email me at 

                       visionandverse415@gmail.com

and I will gift you a kindle copy from Amazon.com.

Thank you,
Carol

The Passers Box Set by Loretta Laird

Dear Gentle Readers,

One of my all-time favorite books is now out in a box set! Loretta Laird created a fantasy world in The Passers that can rival any out there.  It was the kind of story that just pulled you into it and refused to let you go. 

Here is the introduction in the author's words:

Here is my review of Passers:

Amazon Buy Link:
https://www.amazon.com/Passers-Box-Set-ebook/dp/B01G9GTEUU?ie=UTF8&keywords=Loretta%20Laird&qid=1464914644&ref_=sr_1_1&s=books&sr=1-1

Interview with Author Karen Vaughn

 Karen Vaughan

Country Peterborough, Ontario, Canada

Good morning, Karen, welcome to Vision and Verse, the place for Art and Authors. We're happy to have you here with us today. What have you written? 

DEAD ON ARRIVAL,OVER HER DEAD BODY , DAYTONA DEAD, DEAD MEN DON’T SWING, JAMAICA DEAD, LEFT FOR DEAD—(LAURA AND GERRY SERIES) and DEAD COMIC STANDING.

What is your favorite genre to write?

Cozy mysteries

Favorite food? 

Spareribs

Tea or coffee?

Coffee

Pizza or ice cream? 

ICE CREAM! 

Wine or beer? 

Wine

Where would you like to visit?

Australia

Favorite musical artist.  Do you listen to music when you write?  

I have a wide variety of music I like to listen to, but I prefer to write to the classics.

What makes you laugh? 

Comedy shows, stand-up comedy, funny books and a good movie.

Favorite work of art or sculpture.

Van Gogh, Monet, Picasso

How old were you when you started writing? 

42

Describe your perfect evening.

Writing and watching TV I love.

Where do you get your inspiration?

Life events

What do you do when you get a writer's block? 

I work on a different project or I draw or color.

Coloring is now recognized as a form of mediation. Who is your favorite author? 

I love Janet Evanovich.

I do, too! One for the Money. Lulu. Ranger!! Best book you ever read. The Thornbirds is my favorite but I love a lot of books.

Last book you read. 

Charlie Smithers Adventures Down Under by CW Lovatt.

What would you do for a living if you weren’t a writer? I

 would work with people with mental health issues which is what I did before I wrote.

Who is the one person who has influenced your personal life the most and why? 

My mom, she supported my artistic side and encouraged me to write.

If you could sit down and have a conversation with ONE person, living or dead, real or fictional, who would it be and why? 

I want another conversation with my mom to talk about writing and my life struggles with my own health.

What advice would you give someone who aspired to be a writer? Listen to your heart and keep writing no matter what.

Do you have links for us to follow you? 

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/Karenvaughansbooks/

twitter: https://twitter.com/karenvwrites

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/dashboard

my books on Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=dp_byline_sr_ebooks_1?ie=UTF8&text=Karen+Vaughan&search-alias=digital-text&field-author=Karen+Vaughan&sort=relevancerank

Jonali Karmakar's All of Me Blog Tour

Book Blurb:
All of Me is a collection of thirteen little stories that have been gleaned from real life as well as imagination. Exploring a range of genres, these throb with everything primal to human nature: fear, angst, joy, love, and longing. Some stories are designed to elicit smiles, chuckles, and maybe even a belly laugh or two whereas some are meant as a reality check. Universal in nature, each story provides a glimpse of what women empowerment or a lack thereof can mean in a person’s life.
From a small hamlet in India to the roads of Australia; from a mother’s betrayal to a daughter’s confession; from an extra marital affair to a same sex relationship learn for yourself the what, how and whys.

Originally written for anthologies and ezines, these stories have been revisited and updated for this new collection.  

About the Author:

Jonali Karmakar is a fiction writer with a Masters in English. Writing is not just her passion but her way of dealing with life. She loves being able to escape into the worlds she creates. Everything that she writes becomes a part of her and she wants her readers to know the woman behind those words. In addition to being an educator, she works as a content editor for a local news portal. She has been providing editing, proofreading and translation services for the past few years. 

Jonali’s work has been published in several journals, anthologies and poetry collections both national and international. An avid reader, she loves flipping pages of anything and everything on the table and reviewing the same on her blog Eclectic Moods. She feels that reading and writing are the flip sides of the same coin. Writing is her way of communicating with the world. When she’s not writing or teaching she loves to experiment with her paintings.

She has quite a few accolades to her name.

Contact the Author:

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