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Character Interview: Tim Stone by Jennifer Young @JYnovelist #RLFblog #contemporary
No Time Like Now Welcome to a Character Interview with Tim Stone from No Time
Like Now by Jennifer Young.Interview with Tim Stone
Tell us about yourself,
please.My name is Tim Stone and I’m a geologist. You think that sounds
geeky? Come and try it. We rockhounds are more macho than you think.What is it that you want,
but cannot have? Authors call this the conflict of the story.I want the girl I fell in love with some years back. Why can’t
I have her? Because she lied to me, about something I can never forgive her for.What’s your internal limitation?
Meaning, what is it about you that makes it so you cannot do what it is you need
to do during this story?I’m a scientist. That means I need facts. That’s all you can
judge things on — solid facts. The trouble is, emotional intelligence isn’t about
facts but about feeling. If I’m honest, I find myself a little bit insecure here.
Facts? Well, they’re just easier to deal with.What inner doubt causes
you the most difficulty?Apart from whether the known facts give me the complete story,
you mean? The big problem I have, the big doubt in my mind is: if I forgive her
will it all be okay? Or will she let me down again?What’s your external complication?
In the story world your author created, explain what it is you fear most.I don’t fear anything. The thing I feared happened to me when
Megan McLeod betrayed me and I’m never going to let any woman treat me like that
again. What’s left to fear?Tell us about your significant
other, that person who makes living worthwhile.Right at the moment, at the start of this story, it’s Holly.
I’m a lecturer and she’s my PhD student. She’s funny, she’s clever, she’s sexy.
Of course we don’t have that spark — but you only get that once in your life. Still,
she’s the best I can hope for and that will have to do.What would that person
say about you?Umm… I think she hero-worships me, to be honest. She’d be quite
complimentary. Probably.What is your family like?Pretty conventional, really. My parents are both teachers, as
is my older sister, and we’re all into sciences. We lived in the Peak District of
Derbyshire so perhaps it’s no surprise I became a geologist — it gave me the chance
to study the rocks I love and to get out in the great outdoors. Explore a bit, see
what I can find. But on this occasion, of course, I found out a bit too much.What special skills do
you rely on?My scientific background and my analytical skills. I’m trained
to look at the facts, not the emotions. The facts give you all the information you
need. (Did I say that before?)If someone from your past
showed up, who would you NOT want it to be, and why?Oh, now. That’s exactly what happened. It would be Megan McLeod,
the first woman — the only woman — I ever loved. The one who left me. But that would
be a spoiler. You need to read the book to find out what she did.Are you happy with the
way your story ended? Why or why not?Happy? Oh, yes. Because we each learned something about the other
and I learned that facts aren’t the only thing you need to get the true picture.
No Time Like Now About the AuthorJennifer Young is an Edinburgh-based writer, editor and copywriter.
She is interested in a wide range of subjects and writing media, perhaps reflecting
the fact that she has both arts and science degrees. Jennifer has been writing fiction,
including romantic fiction, for a number of years with several short stories already
published. No Time Like Now is her second published novel; her first novel, Thank
You For The Music, is also set on the Balearic island of Majorca.Why did you choose this
character for the interview today?Tim is the hero and he fascinates me. He’s very, very clever
but lacks emotional intelligence; he can be kind to those he cares for but if they
hurt him he can turn very tough. For someone so intelligent he has a lot to learn.When writing the book,
what did you discover about this character that surprised you?That he’s deeply conventional when it comes to love. At the beginning
he thinks that love is transient but he has to come to terms with the fact that
his first love, Megan, is his real love — and though he blames her for the breakup
he must acknowledge that he is also deeply at fault. He has to learn that facts
alone don’t tell you the whole story.Are any sequels planned
for this book?No; it’s definitely a happy ever after ending rather than a happy
for now. But I will be writing more romantic suspense in the future — I really enjoy
the genre.What genre(s) would you
like to write that you haven’t tried yet?I’ve tried most genres in my time and I like most of them, although
some of them are just too much for me — I don’t have the twisted mind you need to
write crime, for example. I would like to write literary fiction, just to be able
to explore certain themes a little more deeply. And I’d love to write historical
fiction but I’m afraid i’m just too lazy to do the research.What would your readers
be surprised to learn about you?I’ve just completed a Masters degree in Earth science and I write
articles on geoscience for a serious science website. And I’m a travel writer too.Why should readers who
haven’t picked up one of your books before give this one a try?Wonderful location, red-blooded hero, feisty heroine, old wounds
still to heal. And some dramatic weather.Is there anything you’d
like to say to your readers?If you read a book and you like it, please review it. Not just
one of mine. If it’s a good book, get the word out there.Buy This Book
Tirgearr Publishing http://tirgearrpublishing.com/authors/Young_Jennifer/no-time-like-now.htmAmazon UK http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00OYFRSGG/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=19450&creativeASIN=B00OYFRSGG&linkCode=as2&tag=lucyfelthouse-21&linkId=MPO2NS76J5TOUBU6Author Social Media
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RLF Gem Award: Top Bloggers November 2014 Romance Lives Forever #RLFblog @Emerald_theGLD
RLF Gem Top Blogger Award Last month, Romance Lives Forever had 29 posts in a 30 day month. Each month, the RLF Gems post ranks in the top ten, but is not counted, in order to focus on guests. We had a unique event on November 11th — Veteran’s Day. RLF’s annual
Salute to Author Veterans pulled in the lion’s share of views for the month.
Because that features so many authors, I’m listing that as the top spot for the
month, but listing the next person in line as the top blogger for the month.The Top Blogger was Emerald. She wins a month of free cover adveritising on the blog.Website http://TheGreenLightDistrict.orgPinterest http://www.pinterest.com/EmeraldAuthor/Amazon Author Page http://www.amazon.com/author/emeraldTop Five Bloggers for the Month
(judged by page views). Congratulations to each one!- Salute to Author Veterans (listed below)
- Emerald
- MJ Schiller
- Xavier
Axelson - Jenna Ives
Honorable mention: Jacquie Biggar, Red L JamesonSalute to Author Veterans List
Anne Ashby, Allegra Gray,
Ann Victor, Ashley Ladd, Beverly Ovalle, Bob Mayer, CK Crouch, Delilah Devlin, Denise
Patrick, Diana Cosby, Eliza Gayle, Elizabeth Ashtree, Ella Quinn, Elle James, Gail
Hart, Geri Krotow, Heather Ashby, Heather McLachlan, Isis Rushdan, Jeane Westin,
Jennifer France, Jessica Scott, Jo Ann Brown, Joyce Adams, Kathleen Toomey Jabs,
Kayelle Allen, Lacey Falcone, Lindsay McKenna (aka Eileen Nauman), Lisa Carlisle,
Lisa Cordeiro, Loni Lynne, Lori Avocato, Mahalia Levey, Misty MacRae, Myla Jackson,
Nancy J. Parra, Rochelle Weber, Rogenna Brewer, Rue Allyn, Sandy Wickersham-McWhorter,
Sapphire Phelan, SE Babin, Stacy McKitrick, Susan Ann Wall, Suzie Quint, Teresa
D’Amario, Terry Irene Blain, Tracey Cramer-Kelly, Wayne Greenough, William MalteseRomance Lives Forever features authors and new books. It has a blogger’s
FAQ page with a downloadable guide and optional interviews. Readers can follow via
Google+, Networked Blogs, Linky Followers, email, an RSS feed, and there’s a blog
button readers and authors can grab. Authors can share previous books. The blog uses author or publisher names as tags
on posts, and author Twitter handles in the titles. The site is broadcast over Triberr
with a potential reach of over 1.2M readers via its Twitter-linked network.
Twitter mentions are also gathered in several Paper.li ezines, giving the author
additional opportunities for promotion. The Romance Lives Forever
Paper.li ezine features guest authors on its front page every day.Share your book cover on Romance Lives Forever
Limited spots to share book covers are available. Cost is $3
per month, with discounts for covers posted for one quarter and up to one year.
Covers can be changed monthly.Sign Up for a Future Post
Sign up form http://is.gd/rlfblog_requestGuest calendar http://is.gd/rlfdatesMy thanks to all who took part this month. You made Romance Lives
Forever a great place to discover new books and authors.Other participants this month in alphabetical order by first
name are:Beverly Ovalle, Dariel Raye, Denise Rossetti, DP Denman, JC
McKenzie, JM Stewart, JoAnne Myers, Kacey Hammell, Kayelle Allen, Keira Andrews,
Kelley Heckart, Kris Bock, Mary J. McCoy-Dressel, Mary Quast, Nancy Corrigan, Naomi
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5 Easy Questions: Denise Rossetti author of Mine to Keep @deniserossetti #RLFblog #SFR
Mine to Keep
by Denise RossettiDenise Rossetti author of Mine to Keep answers five easy questions
to help readers get to know them better.Author Bio
When Denise
Rossetti was very small, she had an aunt who would tell her the most wonderful fairy
tales all original. She grew up, as little girls do, but the magic of story still
dazzles and enthralls her. In person, she’s small and noisy and tends to wave her
hands around a lot, which can be unfortunate if the tale she’s telling happens to
have explosions in it!Reviewers describe
Denise’s books as “darkly intense, warmly romantic, and blazingly erotic”.
She’s a proud recipient of the Australian Romance Readers Association award for
Best Erotic Romance and a two time winner of the Passionate Plume award from Romance
Writers of America.What’s your favorite down-home
family style meal?Anything my
husband cooks. He does all the cooking (and shopping) – and no, you can’t have him.
Heh, heh. The poor man learned how to cook in self-defense not long after we were
married and I’ve been grateful ever since. He does a fabulous lamb roast, the darling.What is your go-to meal
when you dine out?Anything I
can’t cook myself – which leaves the field wide open! I have such a shocking sweet
tooth that I generally turn the menu over and start with the desserts. Seems only
sensible to me!Describe the perfect vacation.I love learning
cool new things. My idea of heaven is to be somewhere that’s not only beautiful,
but interesting, with tour guides telling me fascinating stuff, making everything
come alive. Wonderful experiences every single day.What are your hobbies?Well, reading’s
a no-brainer. I’m also a knitter, have been since I was a kid. I’m currently obsessed
with knitting socks and also with learning maths. I’m much better at one than the
other – guess which!If the hero of your latest
book called you on the phone, what would be a perfect ringtone for him?Would I Lie
To You? (Eurythmics) Oh yeah, Peter totally would!About the Book
Title Mine to KeepGenre Sexy Sci-Fi RomanceAuthor Denise RossettiBook heat level (based on movie ratings): RHe’s all puppy charm, but he smiles like a wolf. Trust him? She’d
have to be out of her mind.All Sandy wanted
was some R&R in Sydney before joining the Earth Ship Siren as head of Military
Police. What she gets is a night of mystery and pleasure with a man so wickedly
fascinating he can’t possibly be law-abiding.For professional
con man Peter Stanton, Master Sergeant Alanna Sanderson, with her kick-ass body
and cool blue eyes, is the most fun he’s ever had. Eight months later, on the Siren,
he gets to meet her again, but now he’s Prisoner 141, and they’re out among the
stars, half way to the penal colony on Solitaire.When a micrometeroid
shower strikes the convoy, Sandy and Prisoner 141 are stranded on a stricken ship.
Will he pull off the ultimate confidence trick and sacrifice Sandy for his freedom?If only she
could command her heart as easily as she wields her stun gun, because when he betrays
her, as he surely must, she’s going to have to kill him.Buy This Book
Momentum Books http://momentumbooks.com.au/books/mine-to-keep-es-siren-5/Amazon http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00OIKC8AIAmazon UK http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00OIKC8AIBarnes and Noble http://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/9781760082383?keyword=9781760082383&store=nookstoreiBooks Store http://itunes.apple.com/book/mine-to-keep-es/isbn9781760082383Kobo http://www.kobobooks.com/search/search.html?q=9781760082383Author Social Media
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Urban Fantasy: Beast Coast by JC McKenzie @JC_McKenzie #RLFblog #PNR
The signs in the zoos saying ‘Don’t Poke the Dangerous Animal’
never applied to Andy McNeilly.About the Book
Title: Beast CoastSeries Name: Carus Series, Book TwoPublisher: The Wild Rose PressEditor: Lara ParkerCover Artist: Debbie Taylor of DCA GraphicsGenre: Urban Fantasy/ParanormalBook heat level (based on movie ratings): PG13When Master Vampire Lucien Delgatto threatens her potential mate
Wick’s life, Shape Shifter Andrea “Andy” McNeilly will employ a den of
witches, a bedazzled thong, and her ability to shift into multiple animals to meet
his demands. She plans to keep Wick safe—even if she’s not speaking to him. Lucien’s
unwelcomed control over Wick’s life has thrown Andy into a whirlwind of emotions.Though Wick vows to do whatever it takes to earn Andy’s forgiveness
and win back her trust, it may be too late. This recent conflict awakens something
within Andy, an animal she’s never learned to control. For hidden beneath all her
forms is a beast whose anger and brutality rivals none.YouTube Video
Click here to watch. http://youtu.be/ld4OikkDFgQAbout the Author:
Born and raised on the Haida Gwaii, off the West Coast of Canada,
J.C. McKenzie grew up in a pristine wilderness that inspired her to dream. She writes
Urban Fantasy and Paranormal Romance.Author Social Media
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5 Easy Questions: Kayelle Allen author of A Romance for Christmas #RLFblog #HolidayRomance
A Romance for Christmas
by Kayelle AllenKayelle Allen, author of A Romance for Christmas answers five
easy questions to help readers get to know her better. Kayelle is a best-selling, multi-published, award-winning
author. Her unstoppable heroes and heroines include contemporary every day folk,
role-playing immortal gamers, futuristic covert agents, and warriors who purr.Who is your “book
boyfriend” (that hottie you read about and drool over)?I have a real yen for Roarke, from JD Robb’s In Death series.
But don’t let Lt. Eve Dallas know. *wink*What’s your favorite hashtag
to watch on Twitter?I have more than one. I (try to) keep up with #Loki and #Thranduil,
and also #MFRWauthor #amreading and #ASMSG. I built a Paper.li newsletter that combines
the first two. Loki’s Army Recruiters http://paper.li/kayelleallen/1383533309What are your hobbies?I’ve been collecting the In Death series by JD Robb (39 as of
this date), and the Black Dagger Brotherhood series by JR Ward. Hmm… I must have
a thing for authors with J names and four-letter last names. Anyway, I challenged
myself to find these books secoond hand rather than new. So I visit used book stores,
Goodwill stores, and places like Second and Charles. I keep a list and cross them
off as I go. Once I have all the books, it’s only a matter of keeping up. And I’m
scouting for new and prolific authors to watch. Suggestions welcome.What kinds of things do
you read when you’re researching a new book?I just bought two Astonomy
magazines which I will read cover to cover. I also pick up Popular Science, Popular
Mechanics, and similar magazines. They help me keep up with current technology.
When you write science fiction you have to know what’s new. Scifi is often an extrapolation
built on the now. If we have this, what will it be used to do? The book I’m talking
about this time is contemporary — not scifi, but my primary writing is science
fiction romance.If the hero of your latest
book called you on the phone, what would be a perfect ringtone for him?The theme from Cops! “Bad boys, bad boys, what you gonna
do? What you gonna do when they come for you?” Scott Gregori is one of his
hometown’s finest boys in blue.About the Book
Title A Romance for ChristmasGenre Contemporary Holiday RomanceAuthor Kayelle AllenBook heat level (based on movie ratings): PG13A cop at the door on Christmas Eve brings an unexpected gift.A sweet holiday romance
showcasing love, loss, and the spirit of giving.It’s Christmas Eve, and the end of a year in which everything
Dara loves has been lost. Everything but her little girl and a fierce determination
to survive. When a cop brings Christmas to her door, he brings another gift she
never expected to get.Giveaway
Peek inside the book: http://bit.ly/rom4cmaspeekBuy This Book
Publisher Romance Lives Forever BooksAmazon http://amzn.to/1wpW8qEBarnes and Noble http://bit.ly/1wpYfL2Kobo http://bit.ly/1wpYndJiBooks http://bit.ly/1oZ8CGBCreateSpace http://bit.ly/romforcmasAuthor Social Media
Website http://kayelleallen.comTwitter http://twitter.com/kayelleallenPinterest http://pinterest.com/kayelleallen/Goodreads http://goodreads.com/KayelleAllenAmazon Author page http://amazon.com/author/kayelleallen -
For Friends of #RLFblog: A Thanksgiving Poem #ThanksgivingDay
A fitting poem about luck and being thankful, just in time for Thanksgiving Day. Thank you to each of you who make Romance Lives Forever a wonderful place to be all year long.Wishing you and yours a wonderful, safe holiday.— Kayelle Allen
Thankful for Turkeys Thankful
(author unknown)Week before Thanksgiving,I limp around real strange.Huddle in the corner,As though I have the mange.All the other turkeys,Just gobble, gobble on.I’m silent, and I actAs if my gobbler’s gone.Everyone is thankfulOn Thanksgiving Day.Friday it’s forgotten.You all go on your way.I know what thankful isSo listen when I say.“It’s great to be a turkey,After Thanksgiving Day.”
