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More tips about Characterization: Traits & Self-Perception Some of the most important aspects of characterization include in depth development of your characters traits and self-perception.  When authors speak of traits, sometimes we stop at hair, eye, skin and skin color. It’s important to take an in depth look at more specific traits. It’s also important to know why or why not your character perceives themselves […]

Love Sick Love is a brutally honest and confronting story of love, sexual obsession and hope. D.A. Cairns will give a digital copy of Love Sick Love to one randomly drawn commenter. Buy at: Amazon, Barnes and Noble EXCERPT: Love Sick Love She seems agitated, and although I know she is a nervy, jittery type of character, I sense heightened tension on this occasion and […]

Please welcome Chad Bishop author of Sanctuary of Lies Chad author of Sanctuary of Lies: will be awarding a $10 Amazon GC to 3 randomly drawn winners via rafflecopter during the tour. Sanctuary of Lies by Chad Bishop ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GENRE: Thriller (domestic) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~   BLURB: Sanctuary of Lies   ISABELLA NUNEZ owns a computer firm in Brooklyn with her lover JACOB COSTA. Accepting her infertility they […]

Please welcome Sheri Humphreys author of the Unseducible Earl. Sheri, author of Unseducible Earl will be awarding a copy of <i>A Hero to Hold</i> and $15 in Boroughs Bucks to 2 randomly drawn winners via rafflecopter during the tour. The Unseducible Earl by Sheri Humphreys ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GENRE: Historical Romance ~~~~~~~~~~~~~   BLURB:   When an earl who’s given up on love and has settled on […]

Please welcome  author of The White Lady Beth Trissel author of The White Lady will be awarding a $20 Amazon or Barnes and Noble GC to a randomly drawn winner via rafflecopter during the tour.   The White Lady by Beth Trissel ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GENRE:  Ghostly Holiday Time Travel Romance ~~~~~~~~~~~~~   BLURB:   Avery Dunham has always been ready to follow her friend, time-traveling wizard, […]

Please welcome  author of The Oath In The Oath: Maddy Silenus: Susan Badaracco will be awarding a $20 Amazon or Barnes and Noble GC to a randomly drawn winner via rafflecopter during the tour.   The Oath: Maddy and Silenus by Susan Badaracco ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GENRE:  fantasy adventure ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ INTERVIW: What or who inspired you to start writing?        I decided to write a book as […]

In A Marriage of Inconvenience: He’d bought land in America, looking to put down roots and end his life of adventure, but Aric Lakeland got more than he bargained for when he encountered a beautiful heiress who made a promise she didn’t want to keep. A Marriage of Inconvenience by Christine Young is an historical romance set in the early 19th century. Buy at Amazon: […]

Attitude and Personality of your characters drive the story forward. As an author one must know why your characters act the way they do, their attitude and personality are musts in the author’s arsenal.   Personally I feel understanding the character traits below are integral to writing a character with depth. The character’s greatest fear, worst thing that happened to them, the single event that […]

In You Enter a Room: Advent Goodwin didn’t set out to become a detective. She would rather write her dissertation and fall in love, but her friend has been murdered. Nancy DeFoe author of You Enter a Room will giveaway a digital copy of her book. Buy at: Amazon, Barnes and Noble EXCERPT: You Enter a Room   “Yeah, well, they meant business, so I […]

Please welcome B. J. Wane author of Master Me. The author will be awarding a $20 Amazon or B/N GC to a randomly drawn winner via rafflecopter during the tour. Master Me, Please by BJ Wane ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GENRE: Erotic Romance ~~~~~~~~~~~~~   BLURB:   Krista Matthews thought nothing could be harder than losing her husband and Master to suicide until the man he’d entrusted her […]