Interview: Author Sam Hillard + Giveaway

Let’s welcome debut Author, Sam Hilliard, who has recently released his fist novel called: “The Last Track” =)First of all, we’d like welcome you to Book Lovers Inc.!Sam Hilliard: Thanks so much for having me! It’s great to be here.The Crazy Lover: Can you tell us a little bit about yourself?Sam Hilliard: I live outside out of NYC with my girlfriend and an army of four cats. For fun I read, play bass, work out, study martial arts and complain about the government. Six years ago, I started work on The Last Track, which released this Spring.

The Crazy Lover: What’s your favorite book at the moment? 

Sam Hilliard: Possum Living which is the story of a girl and her dad who lived for years almost entirely off the grid, raising their own food right in the middle of a suburban …

Interview: Author Ilona Andrews + Giveaway

Ilona and Gordon Andrews are a husband and wife writing team, and have written six books – plus several short stories and novellas. The release of their latest book, Magic Bleeds, from the Kate Daniels series recently reached number 19 on the New York Times bestseller list!

Kate Daniels series:

The Smutty Lover: Magic Bleeds is the 4th book in the series. What can we expect from Magic Bleeds, and will there be a crossroads for Kate?

Gordon: I think the crossroads came in the last book. When Kate jumped on the sword, she made a definite choice. This book is about her journey on that road.

Ilona: I agree. It’s more about having to deal with consequences of choices already made. The life that she has in MAGIC BLEEDS, the good and the bad of it, …

Interview: Author, Vicki Pettersson + Giveaway

We are very happy to have Vicki Pettersson here today. She’s the author of the Sings of the Zodiac series and here today to talk about her newest release Cheat the Grave (review can be found here). She also offers a huge prize pack for one lucky commenter so be sure to read till the end.Please give her a warm welcome.The Geeky Lover: Hey Vicki. So great to have you here. Perhaps we should start with a few essentials: Tell us a bit about yourself?

You know, I met a woman the other day who was my age, also nearing the fourth decade of her life, and who had also been born and raised in Las Vegas. It’s funny how meeting someone like that is akin to running into an old relative. You have the same recollection of events …

Interview: Author Stacia Kane +Giveaway

We are so happy to have Author Stacia Kane here today. The first book in her new Chess Putnam Series, Unholy Ghosts was released this week and Stacia is here today, to talk about her new books. Please give her a warm welcome and don’t forget to look at the giveaway at the end.

The Geeky Lover: Stacia, can you please tell us a bit about yourself?

Stacia: Well, I guess it depends on what you want to know! I’ve been writing for about five years; well, I’ve been writing for longer, but I’ve been writing with an eye toward publication for about five years, and I’ve been publishing for about four. I started out writing romance, then erotic romance, but it just seemed like as much as I love the genre, my voice and the kinds of stories I wanted to tell …

Interview: Author Lisa Mantchev

Today we’re happy to welcome Lisa Mantchev, author of Eyes Like Stars and Perchance to Dream on Book Lovers Inc. I’m guessing the fairies followed her so let’s hide the cupcakes everyone!

The HEA Lover: Lisa, can you please tell us a bit about yourself?

Lisa: I am a temporally displaced Capricorn with a fondness for dessert.

The HEA Lover: Describe a typical day of writing? Are you a planner or pantser?

Lisa: A typical day writing involves not just writing, but emailing, conducting interviews for blogs, posting links on Facebook and Twitter, and trying to keep my daughter suitably occupied while I work.

As for the planning vs. pantsing question, I’d say I’m a weird hybrid of both… I outline extensively, but the outlines are fluid during drafting (often getting rewritten several times) and then my drafts usually undergo extensive …

Interview with debut author Chelsea Campbell.

Last week Chelsea’s debut novel, Rise of Renegade X was released into the wild! This is definately one to check out. It contains all the elements that, to me, make a great novel: good vs evil, coming of age and all the problems that go along with growing up …and a little love interest!

The Monster Lover: Tell us about RRX

Chelsea: The Rise of Renegade X is about a teen supervillain who discovers his long lost dad is actually a superhero, throwing a wrench in all his supervillain plans, especially when he has to go live with him for a while.

The Monster Lover: Why did you choose to write a story from a male perspective? I must say I loved reading his thoughts & then what he says – boy does he have a good filter!

Chelsea: I love writing boy characters. Sometimes I think, “Hmm, maybe it would be fun to write …

Interview: Author Leslie Dicken

The Crazy Lover: First of all, We’d like welcome you to Book Lovers Inc.!

Can you tell us a little bit about yourself?

Leslie Dicken: I’m a wife and mother of three kids. A teenager and twins. I live in Maryland, the DC suburbs. I still work a full-time job. That’s the boring stuff. 😛

The Crazy Lover: What’s your favorite book at the moment?

Leslie Dicken: The most recent books I read were Tessa Dare’s first series. They were awesome. I have so many books on my shelf I still need to get to!

The Crazy Lover: What do you think is the difference between a reader and a real Book Lover?

Leslie Dicken: A “reader” will read when they are told to (for school, for instance) or because they need something to do while on a long plane ride. …

All YA Love: Interview with Dawn Miller

Please give a warm to welcome Dawn Miller today! Her latest book, The Prophecy was released earlier this month.

The Monster Lover: Can you tell us about The Prophecy?

Dawn Miller: The Prophecy is the story of five unlikely heroes that are thrown into the middle of an angelic war breaking out across the planet…that no one else can see. The problem is, while they aren’t aware that they are the five prophesied about, the fallen know and put a bounty on their heads to take them out before they can become a threat to their plan. Thrown into a deadly race against time, the five are forced to search for the key to their past that unlocks the power to fight the fallen as they move into position for the final strike against mankind. …

Interview: Author Michelle Rowen + Giveaway

We’re interviewing Michelle Rowen today to find out more about her new paranormal romance series, Living In Eden. The first book, The Demon In Me, was released on May 4, 2010. For an early look read the excerpt from The Demon In Me that Michelle has on her website.The Eclectic Lover: Michelle, before we talk about the book, tell us a bit about yourself, please.

Michelle: Sure… I’m the author of ten published novels in paranormal romance, young adult fantasy, and futuristic (writing as Michelle Maddox). I just won the 2009 RT Reviewers’ Choice award for Best Vampire Romance for Tall, Dark & Fangsome, the fifth and final book in my Immortality Bites series. I live in Southern Ontario and I’m the mother to two needy cats who are not book lovers.

The Eclectic Lover: What do you think …

All YA Love: Interview with Janet Fox

Today I am honored to share an interview with Janet Fox. Her debut, Faithful, is released next week (May 13th). Maggie looks like an interesting character and I am so curious to see how she deals with the hand she’s been dealt! I am excited to share with you an interview with Janet, so without further ado.. The Monster Lover: Can you tell us a bit about Faithful?

Janet Fox: Sure! Faithful is set mostly within Yellowstone National Park (hence the title, after Old Faithful geyser). It’s a love story, but it’s also a story about loss and renewal. Maggie, my main character, loses her mother under mysterious circumstances. This sets the story in motion and sends Maggie and her father from their Newport mansion to Yellowstone. Maggie is trapped by her position as a young society woman and may be forced to marry …