Wednesday, May 27, 2015

**Blog Tour** My Life in 3 Colours



Title: My Life in 3 Colours
Author: P. Wish
Genre: Children’s Picture Book
Ella has always been different. She loves blue and not pink. She loves Broccoli. And of course, she doesn't like going to school. 
However, one English lesson changes Ella. 
Follow Ella as she learns the importance of dreams, being unique and most of all, being yourself.
Amazon (Kindle) purchase link (USA): http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00WEZRM7I
Lulu.com purchase link: http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/pwish



Author Bio
P. Wish is an author, illustrator and blogger 

Links
Author website: http://pwish.weebly.com

Guest Post

5 Ways to get Ideas

I usually get ideas when I’m inspired. My first impulse is to jot down the idea and start writing immediately. However, the longer the novel, the more ideas and planning it requires. For this book, I used a combination the following ways to get ideas. Once you have an ideas, you can always polish it up later. The right idea makes your hands move and your heart beat. Here’s a few ways to get good ideas more often.

Meditation: This might seem like an unusual technique but it helps. Silence speaks the loudest. When your mind is in a calm and concentrated state, ideas come more easily. I noticed that I became more receptive to ideas once I made meditation a habit.
Listening to music: A lot of writers like to listen to music while brain storming or writing. The mood of the music, upbeat or slow also plays a role in the kind of ideas that enter the mind. I find that listening to upbeat music helps me get projects started while slower ballads work better for emotional sections. Classical music is also a good idea to boost intelligence, receptivity and relaxation.
Trying something new: Trying out a new cuisine, meeting new people, checking out a new sport or exercise class, buying new clothes that are not your usual style or reading a different genre are a few ways you can open your mind to new possibilities. Trying new things keeps you excited and widens the scope for ideas to enter your mind.
Use your life experiences: Life experiences shape every writer whether they realize it or not. The influence they have on writing style is often underrated. The more you experience in life, the more your writing evolves.
Reuse and recycle ideas: We often stash away unfinished drafts and old ideas, thinking that they will never see the light of day. However, they can be an unexpected goldmine. When you come back to old ideas after a while, you may see potential in it that you never did before.

I use a combination of these ideas and more techniques to get ideas. However, the process is an organic one and may be unique for each writer. These tips however will help break that dreaded writer’s block and get back on track. Trying out new genres is also helpful and boosts versatility. Ultimately, every writer’s craft is constantly evolving and you may discover new methods as you go through this journey. 

Tuesday, May 26, 2015

**Blog Tour** Crime Files Book Series



(Crime Files Book series)
by Jenny Thomson
Hell to Pay (Crime Files Book 1) Out April 28th
Throwaways (Crime Files Book 2) Out May 12th
Don’t Come for Me (Crime Files Book 3) Out May 26th
Genre: #MysteryThriller
Publisher: Limitless Publishing

Introducing the Crime Files

The Crime Files features tough rape survivor Nancy Kerr and her smoking hot ex-Special Forces boyfriend Tommy McIntyre. Together they investigate cases that nobody will touch – often for no payment – putting themselves in danger.

Jenny Thomson came up with the idea for the Crime Files because she was angry reading about women who were the victims of awful crimes who never get justice. The intrepid duo of Nancy and Tommy try and make sure that doesn’t happen.


Synopsis – Hell To Pay (Crime Files Book 1)

Nancy Kerr refuses to be a victim—even when she walks in on her parents’ killers and is raped and left for dead…

Fourteen months later, Nancy wakes up in a psychiatric hospital with no knowledge of how she got there.

Slowly, her memory starts to return.

Released from the institution, she has just one thing on her mind—two men brought hell to her family home.

Now they’re in for some hell of their own…

Extract from Hell to Pay

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Synopsis – Throwaways (Crime Files Book 2)

Huddled in a doorway, in a blonde wig, and my best Pretty Woman outfit, I'm already soaked to the skin. As downward spirals go, this was bad.
But I wasn’t here because I was reduced to turning tricks for a living. I was here to catch a killer…

Throwaways. That's the word they're using for the four Glasgow sex workers who've gone missing. But two people do care.

When Suzy Henderson is found dead in a landfill site, her eyes pecked out by crows, they find the finger of another missing woman wedged in her throat.

Nancy Kerr and Tommy McIntyre are on the case and they won’t stop until they find the missing women. But, how can they trust anyone when they can’t even trust each other?



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Synopsis – Don’t Come for Me (Crime Files Book 3)

My name is Nancy Kerr and I'm not a murderer. Since my parents were murdered I've come close a few times, but I've never done the deed.

I did tattoo the world RAPIST across the stomach of one of my parents' killers. But to me that was justified, righteous revenge because when I walked in on those monsters who killed my parents, they raped me and left me bleeding to death on the kitchen floor of my childhood home. What happened caused me to have a breakdown and I ended up in a psychiatric hospital where I was in the land of the zombies for fourteen months. I have no memory of most of what happened there.

But, hey, that's another story.

Accused of my boyfriend Tommy's murder, I need to prove my innocence. It won't be easy. Confronted by the same scene as the police, I would think I was guilty too. And, Tommy's still missing, presumed dead; murdered by me.
The clock's ticking…

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✢✢✢About the Author✢✢✢

Jenny Thomson is an award-winning crime writer who has been scribbling away all her life. She also writes non-fiction as Jennifer Thomson.

Inspired by her love of zombies and The Walking Dead, she wrote The Restless Dead.

She kills people for a living in the Crime File series of books for Limitless Publishing.
To find out more details about her and the Crime Files, check out her publisher's site at http://www.limitlesspublishing.net/authors/jenny-thomson/

Her novella, How Kirsty Gets Her Kicks, about a one legged Glasgow barmaid who goes on the run with a gun and a safe load of gangster's cash after killing one of his henchmen, will be published by the critically acclaimed Snubnose Press.

**Release Day** The List

       
The List
College of Charleston series, Book #1
Kate L. Mary
NA Contemporary Romance
             

 
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The List. Twenty things every girl must do before she turns twenty. . .
Body piercing Get drunk First kiss
But thanks to her crazy, over-protective father, Annie Roth is way behind schedule. Good thing it’s her first semester of college, because Annie is more than ready to start checking off items. . .
Fake ID Skinny dipping Road trip!!!
Where it gets complicated? Ryan and Chris. Best friends. Both sweet, funny, totally hot, and totally into Annie.
But there are some things on The List that Annie only wants to do with Ryan. . .
Lose it Get Heart Broken Fall in love
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timeline cover NA party

╣Excerpt╠
  “I don’t want to go crazy, Cami. I just want to experience the normal things teenagers experience. While I’m still a teenager. I’ll be nineteen next month, and I haven’t done anything! I have one year.” Cami nodded as a slow smile spread across her face. “Kind of like a bucket list for your teen years.” I grinned and my wet hair bounced around when I nodded emphatically. “Exactly!” Cami jumped to her feet and started pacing the room. “That I can help with! But we should start a list right now. Write it all down, so we can mark it off as we go.” My insides jumped and fired to life, and I got to my feet too. “That’s a great idea.” Cami grabbed a notebook and flipped it open, then grabbed a pink Sharpie. At the top of the paper she scribbled Annie’s Bucket List. “Okay, what’s first?” I chewed on my bottom lip and ran my hand through my damp hair. “Let’s start small. Buy makeup.” Cami nodded and jotted it down, then said, “And some new clothes and shoes. Girly stuff.” She wrote down, buy a dress and heels and I inwardly cringed. Wearing heels seemed a bit unrealistic, but I was determined to do this. Even if I fell out of my shoes and broke my arm in the process. “Get highlights,” I said. Cami giggled while she wrote. “With your hair, I’d get lowlights.” I nodded even though I had no idea what she was talking about. She’d know better than me. Cami looked up and raised an eyebrow. “Get your ears pierced?” “And something else too! Like my nose or my belly button!” I was getting really excited. Bouncing around like Cami. I’d always been intrigued by the way most girls these days glinted under the lights. It was rare, especially in California, to see girls in their teens without multiple piercings. I wanted to be one of those girls. Cami wrote it down before looking back at me. “A tattoo?” I hadn’t even considered that one. Something inside me jumped, but with the painful way it twisted I wasn’t sure if it was fear or excitement. “I don’t know…” “We’ll put that one on the shelf for now. What else? Just fire them off and I’ll write as fast as I can.” I took a deep breath and went for it. She was willing to help, so I shouldn’t be scared about revealing how little I’d done. “Go on a date, go to a formal, go skinny-dipping, get drunk, have a first kiss, stay up all night, take a road trip with a group of friends.” I took a deep breath and peered at her out of the corner of my eye, but she hadn’t even blinked and she was still scribbling away. “Have sex….”

 
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╣About the Author╠
Kate L. Mary is a stay-at-home mother of four and an Air Force wife. She grew up in a small town just north of Dayton, Ohio where she and her husband met at the age of twelve. Since their marriage in 2002, they have lived in Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina, and California. Kate enjoys any post-apocalyptic story - especially if zombies are involved - as long as there is a romantic twist to give the story hope. Kate prefers nerdy, non-traditional heroes who can make you laugh to hunky pieces of man-meat, and her love of wine and chocolate is legendary among her friends and family. She currently resides in Oklahoma with her husband and children. Be sure to check out her bestselling BROKEN WORLD series, which is a top 100 book in dystopian and post-apocalyptic fiction on Amazon.  

 
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