Authors on iTours: ON THE EDGE OF SHATTERED by Kimberly Kearns
On The Edge of Shattered: A Mother’s Experience of Discovering Freedom Through Sobriety by Kimberly Kearns
iRead Book Tours Page: https://www.ireadbooktours.com/blog---current-tours/book-tour-on-the-edge-of-shattered-a-mothers-experience-of-discovering-freedom-through-sobriety-by-kimberly-kearns
Category: Adult Non-Fiction (18+), 252 pages
Genre: Non-Fiction, Memoir, Self-Help
Publisher: Glass Spider Publishing
Release date: November 2022
Content Rating: PG-13 + M: Intended for adults only, contains information on alcoholism
Book Description: Before she stopped drinking for good, Kim was lying to herself and everyone she knew about her daily habit—sneaking morning sips of vodka behind her husband’s back, emptying bottles of wine and hiding the evidence from her family, and convincing herself that nothing was wrong and everything was under control. Until she realized that it wasn’t, and that her dishonesty could cost her everything she loved. What would happen to her marriage if things continued in this way? And how could she be a mother to her young children if she remained trapped in this cycle of abuse? Deciding she had to make a change, Kim threw herself into a new life of sobriety seven months into the Covid-19 pandemic. But only after severing the chains of bondage did she realize how much work there was still to do. Opening the doors to buried memories and past traumas was only the beginning. Throughout her journey to sobriety, Kim would come to terms with the secrets and lies told by her parents and loved ones, allowing her a clarity and freedom she never before thought possible.
Buy Links:
Amazon: https://amzn.to/3ALUHwy
Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/on-the-edge-of-shattered-kimberly-kearns/1142234472
Books-A-Million: https://www.booksamillion.com/p/Edge-Shattered/Kimberly-Kearns/9781957917108
IndieBound: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781957917108
Bookshop: https://bookshop.org/p/books/on-the-edge-of-shattered-a-mother-s-experience-of-discovering-freedom-through-sobriety/18867696
BookBub: https://www.bookbub.com/books/on-the-edge-of-shattered-a-mother-s-experience-of-discovering-freedom-through-sobriety-by-kimberly-kearns
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/62890451-on-the-edge-of-shattered
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Kimberly Kearns is a wife to an incredible husband and a mother to three beautiful children. She currently lives in Need-ham, Massachusetts. She continues to tell her story of sobriety and inspire others every day on her blog at kimberlykearns.com, and through her Instagram account @asoberandstrongmom. Kimberly co-hosts the podcast The Weekend Sober and is a writer for the Webby Award-winning narrative podcast F*cking Sober: The First 90 Days. Writing has always been an escape for Kimberly, even as a little girl. Being able to express herself in words and getting lost in her imagination has served as a source of comfort to her as far back as she can remember.
Website: https://www.kimberlykearns.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/asoberandstrongmom/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kbkearns
Bookbub: https://www.bookbub.com/authors/kimberly-kearns
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/22929527.Kimberly_Kearns
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Authors on iTours: PROGNOSIS CRITICAL by Gary Birken MD (book review)
iRead Book Tours Page: https://www.ireadbooktours.com/blog---current-tours/book-tour-prognosis-critical-by-gary-birken
Category: Adult Fiction (18+), 258 pages
Genre: Medical Thriller
Publisher: Erupen Titles
Release date: August 2022
Content Rating: PG. Gary Birken's books can be read by his kids. He says it's between a PG and PG+M (shit one time; damn three times; hell three times).
BOOK DESCRIPTION:
WHERE DEADLY SECRETS ARE THE NORM . . .
Three weeks after completing her residency in pediatric cardiology, Dr. Jacey Flanigan moves from the Pacific Northwest to Manhattan to begin her career at the prestigious Children’s Heart Hospital. But after an unpleasant encounter with an arrogant heart surgeon on her first day, Jacey begins to realize that the medical profession is not what she expected. She learns that enigmatic physician behavior and questionable cardiac surgical practices are cloaked in secrecy—and she is expected to follow suit. . . .
EVEN FOR THOSE WHO’VE SWORN TO HELP.
Jacey soon finds herself facing the difficult moral dilemma: turn a blind eye to malpractice and protect her fledgling career, or dig deeper into suspicious activity and face the consequences?
BUY LINKS:
Amazon: https://amzn.to/3AKOS24
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/62341317-prognosis-critical
MEET THE AUTHOR:
Dr. Gary Birken is a pediatric surgeon living in South Florida. He is the author of seven novels of medical suspense, five of which were originally published by Penguin Random House. They include: FINAL DIAGNOSIS, EMBOLUS, PLAGUE, and CODE 15. He is also the author of ERROR IN DIAGNOSIS, which was published under the name of Mason Lucas. His two passions in life are medicine and story writing. He spends whatever leisure time remains playing tennis, golf, and spending as much time as possible with his ten grandchildren. He also holds a black belt in martial arts, teaches women’s self-defense, and is a certified private pilot.
WEBSITE: https://garybirkenmd.com/
TWITTER: https://twitter.com/GaryBirken
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/GaryBirkenMD/
INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/GaryBirkenMD/
GOODREADS: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/321465.Gary_Birken
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AUHORS ON ITOURS: Interview with Roberta K. Fernandez, author of A KNOCK ON THE DOOR
Opening Theme Music: A Good Read, composed and performed by Anita Alger
In her sixty-three years of life, Roberta Fernandez, a board-certified hypnotist, didn’t know that she had a story waiting to be told.
In 2006, she attended a weeklong memoir-writing class conducted by a bestselling author, Joyce Maynard. Joyce worked hard to bring out Roberta’s best work, in spite of her self-perceived lack of talent. While it was an awesome experience to be instructed by a well-known author, Roberta determined that writing about herself was not a talent she possessed.
As a first-time author, Roberta now understands she was simply destined to write in a different genre. She enjoys creating relatable characters and watching the story unfold as she types. Like her readers, she wonders what’s going to happen next. A sequel is already being written as A KNOCK ON THE DOOR is going on tour. Who knows what words will flow across the page in the next fifteen years!
Roberta K. Fernandez website: https://robertafernandez.com/
Roberta K. Fernandez Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BookWriterAuthor/
Roberta K. Fernandez Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robertafernandezauthor/
iRead Book Tours A Knock on the Door Tour Page: https://www.ireadbooktours.com/blog---current-tours/book-tour-a-knock-on-the-door-by-roberta-k-fernandez
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Authors on iTours Book Review: WAITING IN THE WINGS by Tiffany Haas
AUTHOR ON ITOURS: LET’S TALK BOOK PODCAST:
Hosted and Produced by Lauren Carr
Authors on iTours Theme Music written and performed by Anita Alger
WAITING IN THE WINGS Book Tour Page: https://www.ireadbooktours.com/blog---current-tours/book-tour-waiting-in-the-wings-how-to-launch-your-performing-career-on-broadway-and-beyond-by-tiffany-haas
BOOK DETAILS:
Book Title: Waiting in the Wings: How to Launch Your Performing Career on Broadway and Beyond by Tiffany Haas
Category: Adult Non-Fiction (18+), 273 pages
Genre: Non-Fiction
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Release date: April 23, 2019
Content Rating: G for everyone.
BOOK DESCRIPTION:
Tiffany Haas knows how to make it on Broadway. After 72 rejections in a row she finally landed a role in Broadway’s long-running smash hit Wicked and later became “Glinda the Good.” Now she wants to share her advice for starting and nurturing a career in the theater. Waiting in the Wings is the essential guide for anyone who wants to have a theatrical career, whether they’re complete newbies or already have some professional credits.
Based on everything she learned on her journey to New York, including 10 years on Broadway, Tiffany shares the information that you need to succeed in theater. Everyone’s path is a little bit different, but the principles for success are always the same. With advice on auditions, how to become the performer they want to hire, developing relationships with cast mates, finding a reputable agent, the importance of reputation, and the best way to shape and build your career, Tiffany covers every aspect of the business. You’ll learn what it takes to be successful and where to best spend your time and effort as you navigate the “great mystery” of pursuing musical theater.
In an industry that is famed for its insider secrets, Tiffany draws back the curtain, giving readers the knowledge and tools they need to follow their dreams. If you’re one of those people Waiting in the Wings for a big Broadway career, Tiffany Haas’s book is the one resource you need to land a big role, stand in front of those footlights and let it go!
BUY THE BOOK:
AMAZON: https://amzn.to/3eiNviY
BARNES AND NOBLE: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/waiting-in-the-wings-tiffany-haas/1128526355
GOODREADS: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39863234-waiting-in-the-wings
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
A Virginia native, Tiffany is a talented Broadway performer, concert vocalist, choreographer, author, designer and passionate entrepreneur and former Miss Ohio. In addition to her impressive 10-year career as “Glinda” in the Broadway and National Tour production of Wicked, she was the dance captain for the Tony Award-winning Musical, The Drowsy Chaperone. She is the author of Waiting In The Wings: How to Launch Your Performing Career on Broadway and Beyond and Founder & Artistic Director of Destination Broadway, the premier musical theatre training program for young aspiring performers. Throughout the years, her evolving career has spanned Broadway, Symphony concerts, pageants, and sharing her many talents with others through teaching. Tiffany's students can be seen on The Disney Channel, Sesame Street, National Tours, Broadway, Radio City Music Hall, and are currently studying at some of the most prestigious conservatories and universities in the country.
connect with the author:
website : https://www.tiffanyhaas.com/
twitter : https://twitter.com/tiffanyjhaas
facebook : https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100038284704527
instagram : https://www.instagram.com/tiffanyjhaas/
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Authors on iTours Interview with Cheryl DaVeiga, children’s book author
Cheryl DaVeiga is an award-winning children’s book author and singer/songwriter residing in New Jersey. After a career in business, Cheryl’s passion for music caught up with her, and she began writing and recording children’s songs as her alter ego, CADi Grace. She then moved on to adult songs, including an ASCAP award-winning veteran’s anthem, the featured song for the State of Alabama Bicentennial Celebration, the theme song to the philanthropic Where Angels Play Foundation, and a NJ Arts' pick for top NJ summer songs. She’s also written songs for artists on critically acclaimed albums. Cheryl’s collaboration with Nashville songwriter Dave Gibson gave birth to a new adventure--writing children’s books, each with an accompanying song. Their Mom’s Choice Gold, Purple Dragonfly- award-winning, and Readers’ Favorite five-star rated debut children’s book, War at the Ice Cream Store, their Midwest Book Review highly recommended, and Readers’ Favorite five-star rated follow up, Rocket Red: A Little Ant with a Big Dream, and Cheryl's newest release, The Prickly Problem: Dr. Pete the Porcupine, are featured on their online home for Kids: BiffBamBooza.com. Cheryl has numerous new children’s books on the way.
iRead Book Tours Page: https://www.ireadbooktours.com/blog---current-tours/book-tour-the-prickly-problem-dr-pete-the-porcupine-by-cheryl-daveiga
BiffBamBooza Website: https://biffbambooza.com/
BiffBamBooza Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/BiffBamBooza
BiffBamBooza on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/biffbambooza/
BiffBamBooza on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BiffBamBooza
Cheryl DaVeiga on BookBub: https://www.bookbub.com/authors/cheryl-daveiga
Cheryl DaVeiga on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/21085108.Cheryl_DaVeiga
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Authors on iTours: Let's Talk Books! Interview with Maggie Clare / Tabitha Lord
Authors on iTours: Let’s Talk Books: Author Interview with Tabitha Lord / Maggie Clare
Hosted and Produced by Lauren Carr
Author on iTours Theme Written and Performed by Anita Alger
MOVING TARGET by Maggie Clare Book Tour Page: https://www.ireadbooktours.com/blog---current-tours/book-review-tour-moving-target-tactical-solutions-international-by-maggie-clare
Meet Maggie Clare / Tabitha Lord:
Maggie Clare is the pen name of award-winning speculative fiction author Tabitha Lord. When channeling Maggie, she writes all the naughty things! A lover of tea, chocolate, and yoga, she lives in Rhode Island with her husband and menagerie of fur babies.
Connect with the Author:
Website: https://www.msmaggieclare.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MsMaggieClare/
Twitter : https://twitter.com/MsMaggie_Clare
Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/msmaggiec/
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/20183038.Maggie_Clare
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Authors on iTours Audiobook Review: CALL MY NAME: A NOVEL by Jenni Ogden
Authors on iTours Audiobook Review: CALL MY NAME: A NOVEL by Jenni Ogden:
Two women, bound together by opposite personalities, friendship, love and family—until motherhood rips them apart.
From Jenni Ogden, author of bestselling novel A Drop in the Ocean (Gold Nautilus Award for Fiction) comes a compelling family saga set in the Australian Tropics and spanning the 1960s to 1990s.
Her mother dead from a drug overdose, thirteen-year-old Olivia is rescued by Cathie Tulloch, her mother’s friend throughout the years they were held captive in Japanese prison camps in Sumatra in WWII. Welcomed into the Tulloch’s remote family home in the Australian tropics, introverted Olivia is claimed by dramatic, generous, controlling Cassandra Tulloch as her sister and best friend. Moving to the UK at 18, Olivia finds her independence, and partner Ben. But in 1970, after five years away, she is homesick, and ready to fulfill her long-held dream: to make a family of her own. In Brisbane she and Ben share a hippie lifestyle with Cassandra and husband, Sebastian. But while earth-mother Cassandra effortlessly produces beautiful babies, for Olivia, becoming a mother is hard. Even harder is discovering the truth about her own mother. And when the unimaginable happens, destroying the friendship with Cassandra that has been her bedrock for so long, Olivia tells herself that she doesn’t deserve a family, nor a place to call home.
AUDIOBOOK & BOOK TOUR: CALL MY NAME: A NOVEL by Jenni Ogden: TOUR PAGE: https://www.ireadbooktours.com/blog---current-tours/book-tour-call-my-name-a-novel-by-jenni-ogden
CONNECT WITH AUTHOR JENNI OGDEN:
Sign up to Jenni’s occasional e-newsletter: http://www.jenniogden.com/newsletter.htm
Follow Jenni on BookBub: https://www.bookbub.com/authors/jenni-ogden
Follow Jenni on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Jenni-Ogden/e/B001IXRN80
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Authors on iTours Interview with Joseph Gulesserian, author of The Practical M.B.A. on Economics
Joseph Gulesserian is an entrepreneur and a published author, who wrote Newspaper Boys Always Deliver, a story of pop culture and technology. He has built and brought to market health and beauty Brands with global reach that has sent him around much of the world.
With his technical training, he has spent time on the factory floor with technologies from machine building to software information systems, for competitive advantage.
He has an insatiable eclectic curiosity for flirting with the outer parameters of the human imagination, is a student of history, loves the arts, design, the digital age, math, while believing in the tenets of the marketplace of ideas and personal liberty.
After earning his MBA from Edinburgh Business School in the U.K., he taught Corporate Finance, Capital Markets, Statistics and marketing, as an adjunct professor at Toronto colleges.
connect with the author:
website : https://practicalmba.ca/
facebook : https://www.facebook.com/The-Practical-MBA-Series-103319552448277
twitter : https://twitter.com/JoeGulesserian
instagram : https://www.instagram.com/joeg_author/
linkedin : https://www.linkedin.com/in/joseph-gulesserian-962a5515/
iRead Book Tours Page: https://www.ireadbooktours.com/blog---current-tours/book-tour-the-practical-mba-on-economics-what-they-do-dont-teach-you-at-business-school-by-joseph-gulesserian
Sources for Further Information Discussed During This Interview:
Gregory Mannarino https://www.youtube.com/c/GregoryMannarino
Kitco News: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxpyFMwn4cE
Stansberry Research: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fE8dxKAwPds
For More Information About Bitcoin:
News : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7KkYfGfxOs
Simon Dixon : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-Pxq4By3EU
Max & Stacy Report ( Godfather of Bitcoin) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgV1imQla3U
3 iQ (Digital Asset Management) : https://3iq.ca/
Purpose Investments (a Canadian Company to Buy Bitcoin): https://www.purposeinvest.com/
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Authors on iTours Interview with Jenni Ogden, award-winning author of CALL MY NAME: A NOVEL
Jenni Ogden and her husband live off-grid on spectacular Great Barrier Island, 100 kms off the coast of New Zealand, a perfect place to write and for grandchildren to spend their holidays. Winters are often spent in Far North Tropical Queensland, close to Killara, the fictional home in Call My Name, her third novel.
Her debut novel published in 2016, A Drop in the Ocean, was an Amazon bestseller and won multiple awards including the 2016 Gold Nautilus Award for Fiction, Large Publisher.
Her second novel, The Moon is Missing, was published in 2020 and is set on London, New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina, and Great Barrier Island, NZ.
Jenni, who holds a PhD in Clinical Neuropsychology and was awarded the Distinguished Career Award by the International Neuropsychological Society in 2015, is well-known for her books featuring her patients’ moving stories: Fractured Minds: A Case-Study Approach to Clinical Neuropsychology, and Trouble In Mind: Stories from a Neuropsychologist’s Casebook.
Praise from Paula McLain, New York Times bestselling author of The Paris Wife & When the Stars Go Dark:
"An emotionally piercing and absorbing account of turbulent female friendship over time, Call My Name is also a keen meditation on the powerful pull of connection and belonging—the places and people that shape and change us, forever calling us home."
“A gripping story that’s hard to put down--draws the reader into complex and deeply human questions as her characters’ lives intertwine over three decades of joy, loss, grief, and below it all, like a sustaining chord, loyalty and kindness. Call My Name reminds us that love calls us to be generous rather than possessive and that we can go on, even when terrible things happen, because we’re profoundly connected. Layered, sometimes shocking, yet shining with goodness and hope, it’s exactly the kind of story we need right now.” — Barbara Linn Probst, Sarton and Nautilus award-winning author of The Sound Between the Notes & The Color of Ice
"Jenni Ogden's done it again—given us a beautifully crafted novel filled with the complexities, mysteries and joys of human connection within a family and between sisters, lovers and friends. Filled with authenticity, compassion and grace, Call My Name will find its way deep into your heart and soul, and stay with you long after the last page has been turned." — Sally Cole-Misch, Award-winning author of The Best Part of Us
“Vivid setting, dynamic plot, and likable characters come together beautifully to deliver an emotionally compelling tale of friendship, love, loss, and forgiveness. Call My Name is a fantastic read.” — Jodi Wright, Award-winning author of How to Grow an Addict & Eat and Get Gas.
“This is a love story ... of couples, of friends, of families. A page turning saga that is fresh in its story, yet provides the warmth of an old-fashioned classic." — Romalyn Tilghman, Award-winning author of To the Stars with Difficulties, 2018 Kansas Notable Book of the Year
Two women, bound together by opposite personalities, friendship, love and family—until motherhood rips them apart.
From Jenni Ogden, author of bestselling novel A Drop in the Ocean (Gold Nautilus Award for Fiction) comes a compelling family saga set in the Australian Tropics and spanning the 1960s to 1990s.
Her mother dead from a drug overdose, thirteen-year-old Olivia is rescued by Cathie Tulloch, her mother’s friend throughout the years they were held captive in Japanese prison camps in Sumatra in WWII. Welcomed into the Tulloch’s remote family home in the Australian tropics, introverted Olivia is claimed by dramatic, generous, controlling Cassandra Tulloch as her sister and best friend. Moving to the UK at 18, Olivia finds her independence, and partner Ben. But in 1970, after five years away, she is homesick, and ready to fulfill her long-held dream: to make a family of her own. In Brisbane she and Ben share a hippie lifestyle with Cassandra and husband, Sebastian. But while earth-mother Cassandra effortlessly produces beautiful babies, for Olivia, becoming a mother is hard. Even harder is discovering the truth about her own mother. And when the unimaginable happens, destroying the friendship with Cassandra that has been her bedrock for so long, Olivia tells herself that she doesn’t deserve a family, nor a place to call home.
Sign up to Jenni’s occasional e-newsletter: http://www.jenniogden.com/newsletter.htm
Follow Jenni on BookBub: https://www.bookbub.com/authors/jenni-ogden
Follow Jenni on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Jenni-Ogden/e/B001IXRN80
Follow CALL MY NAME: A NOVEL on tour: https://www.ireadbooktours.com/blog---current-tours/book-tour-call-my-name-a-novel-by-jenni-ogden
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Meet Lisa Slabach, author of Ten Thousand I Love Yous
Ten Thousand I Love Yous is Lisa Slabach’s second novel.
Prior to publication, her first novel, Degrees of Love was recognized as a Best Book of 2014 by Kirkus Review. Degrees of Love made its publishing debuted December 1, 2017 and was nominated for a 2017 Reviewer’s Choice Award by RT Book Reviews.
In addition to writing, Lisa is a Fintech Relationship Executive for a Fortune 500 Company. She is a long-time resident of Northern California and lives with her husband, one-hundred-forty-pound puppy and numerous goldfish. In her free time, she enjoys wine tasting, shopping with her daughters, and cooking in her pink kitchen.
connect with the author:
website: https://www.lisaslabach.com/
facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lisaslabachauthor
twitter: https://twitter.com/LisaSlabach
goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/17149420.Lisa_Slabach
Follow Lisa Slabach's Ten Thousand I Love Yous book tour with iRead Book Tours: https://www.ireadbooktours.com/blog---current-tours/book-tour-ten-thousand-i-love-yous-by-lisa-slabach
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Authors on iTours Interview with Lilianne Milgrom, author of the award winning novel L'ORIGINE
iRead Book Tour Page: https://www.ireadbooktours.com/blog--...
Paris-born Lilianne Milgrom is an internationally acclaimed artist and award-winning author residing in Washington DC. In 2011, she became the first authorized copyist of Gustave Courbet’s controversial painting L’Origine du Monde, which hangs in the Orsay Museum in Paris. Milgrom spent a decade researching and writing L’Origine: The Secret Life of the World’s Most Erotic Masterpiece. Her debut novel has been awarded six literary honors including the Publisher’s Weekly 2021 US Selfies Book Award for Best Adult Fiction.
Website: https://liliannemilgromauthor.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/virtualangel14
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/liliannemilgrom/
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Authors on iTours: Interview with Tyler R. Snyder, author of ROMANCING THE DARKNESS (Book 1)
iRead Book Tour Page: https://www.ireadbooktours.com/blog--...
Tyler Snyder was born in 1984 in Medford, Oregon.
As a child, he was captivated by movies, video games, and Dungeons and Dragons, along with the worlds these activities created. The original spark that ignited Tyler’s imagination was when he wanted to see a movie similar to The Legend of Zelda, but the closest film at the time was The Dark Crystal. That itch, to this day, has still not been scratched. This led him to books and stories like the pastimes he adored and gave him exposure to a much grander well of ideas and possibilities. Meeting like-minded friends who shared the same hobbies, Tyler developed a passion for creating new worlds. In Romancing the Darkness, Tyler explores his world, Ambion, and the countless decisions confronting his characters.
Mr. Snyder currently lives in Wyoming with his wife, Sandra.
Website: https://tyler-snyder.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/11Vicious
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100074202396857
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tyler.snyder.1422/
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/137000009-tyler-snyder
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Author on iTours Interview with C.S. McDonald, author of the Fiona Quinn Mysteries
iRead Book Tour Page: https://www.ireadbooktours.com/blog---current-tours/book-review-tour-matrimony-mayhem-and-murder-a-fiona-quinn-mystery-by-cs-mcdonald
For twenty-six years C.S. McDonald’s life whirled around a song and a dance. Classically trained at Pittsburgh Ballet Theater School, The Pittsburgh Dance Alloy, and many others, she became a professional dancer and choreographer. During that time, she choreographed many musicals and an opera for the Pittsburgh Savoyards. In 2011 she retired from her dance career to write. Under her real name, Cindy McDonald, she writes murder-suspense and romantic suspense novels. In 2014 she added the pen name, C.S. McDonald, to write children’s books for her grandchildren. In 2016 she added the Fiona Quinn Mysteries to that expansion. She decided to write the cozy mystery series that everyone, including teens and tweens, can read and enjoy. Presently, the Fiona Quinn Mysteries nine books with a tenth slated for 2021. The books are also available on audio, narrated by Maren Swenson Waxenberg. Cindy’s newest venture is The Owl’s Nest Mysteries. Once again, she has set her cozy mystery in Pittsburgh. The female protagonist, Alexa Owl, is much different from Fiona Quinn. The Owl’s Next Mysteries has a little grit, a little time travel, a little romance, and a whole lot of cozy! Ms. McDonald resides on her Thoroughbred farm known as Fly by Night Stables near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with her husband, Bill, and her poorly behaved Cocker Spaniel, Allister.
C.S. McDonald website: https://www.georgethepony.com/
C.S. McDonald on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CSMcDonald7
C.S. McDonald on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorCSMcDonald/
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Authors on iTours Interview with Kari Bovee, awarding winning mystery author
iRead Book Tour Page: https://www.ireadbooktours.com/blog---current-tours/audiobook-tour-girl-with-a-gun-an-annie-oakley-mystery-by-kari-bovee
When she’s not on a horse, or walking along the beautiful cottonwood-laden acequias of Corrales, New Mexico; or basking on white sand beaches under the Big Island Hawaiian sun, Kari Bovee is escaping into the past—scheming murder and mayhem for her characters both real and imagined, and helping them to find order in the chaos of her action-packed novels. Bovee writes the award-winning Annie Oakley Mystery Series and the Grace Michelle Mystery Series, and has more ideas than time for many, many more.
Connect with the author:
Website: https://karibovee.com/
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/17611115.Kari_Bovee
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KariBovee/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/KariBovee
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/karibovee_writer/?hl=en
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.ca/karibovee/
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Authors on iTours: Brown Bag Lunch with Julia Brewer Daily, author of NO NAMES TO BE GIVEN
On Friday Nov 5. Lauren Carr interviewed author Julia Brewer Daily about her critically acclaimed debut novel NO NAMES TO BE GIVEN.
Julia Brewer Daily is a Texan with a southern accent. She holds a B.S. in English and a M.S. degree in Education from the University of Southern Mississippi.
She has been a Communications Adjunct Professor at Belhaven University, Jackson, Mississippi, and Public Relations Director of the Mississippi Department of Education and Millsaps College, a liberal arts college in Jackson, MS.
She was the founding director of the Greater Belhaven Market, a producers’ only market in a historic neighborhood in Jackson, and even shadowed Martha Stewart.
As the Executive Director of the Craftsmen’s Guild of Mississippi (300 artisans from 19 states) which operates the Mississippi Craft Center, she wrote their stories to introduce them to the public.
Daily is an adopted child from a maternity home hospital in New Orleans. She searched and found her birth mother and through a DNA test, her birth father’s family, as well. A lifelong southerner, she now resides on a ranch in Fredericksburg, Texas, with her husband Emmerson and Labrador Retrievers, Memphis Belle and Texas Star.
https://www.juliadaily.com/
Link to NO NAMES TO BE GIVEN tour page: https://www.ireadbooktours.com/blog---current-tours/audiobook-review-tour-no-names-to-be-given-by-julia-brewer-daily
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Authors on iTours Interview with Award-Winning Children's Book Author Sarah Sommer
Sarah Sommer is an award-winning children's picture book author who blends her love for music, animals, and positivity in her books. Having trained in classical music and performed internationally as a professional clarinetist, rhymes and lyrics are an important part of her writing style. She is an advocate for animals, as seen in her work fostering German shepherds, and as a result, animals are always a central part of her stories. Sarah aims to include encouraging themes, such as helping others, in all of her narratives because we all need a little help sometimes.
Lauren Carr interviews Sarah Sommer about her new release MY CAT IS BLUE. When someone you love is feeling down in the dumps, you try everything to help. But sometimes, you don't have the cure, and those blues can even become contagious. It just might be the unexpected that allows you both to shed your blues and move toward a bright and colorful future.
Learn more about Sarah Sommer and iRead Book Tours at: https://www.ireadbooktours.com/blog---current-tours/book-review-tour-my-cat-is-blue-by-sarah-sommer
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Authors on iTours: Carl Buccellato, author of TO EVERY PAGE A TURNING: One Life's Journey
Carl Buccellato was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1942, and is of Italian-American descent. Throughout his career and travels, Carl has met a broad array of different people. Some, down on their luck, some at the pinnacle of their careers and personal lives. Many of the people and their stories left a mark on Carl's heart and mind. It is from some of these encounters that Carl has drawn inspiration for a few of the fictitious characters in this novel. Today, Carl resides in Coral Springs, Florida, with his wife Mary Ellen. She is an award-winning multimedia artist and speaker. Together, Carl and Mary Ellen love traveling the globe and looking for new inspiration for their gifts and talents given to them by their loving God.
iRead Book Tour: https://www.ireadbooktours.com/blog---current-tours/book-tour-to-every-page-a-turning-one-lifes-journey-by-carl-buccellato
Carl Buccellato: www.toeverypageaturning.com
Carl Buccellato on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/carl.buccellato
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Authors on iTours: Interview with JC Gatlin, Mystery Author
Award-winning mystery author JC Gatlin is currently on tour with iRead Book Tours with his new release DARKNESS HIDES.
JC Gatlin lives in Tampa, Florida, and writes mystery novels that include sunny Florida locales and quirky locals as characters. His last novel, H_NGM_N: Murder is the Word, won the coveted Florida Royal Palm Literary Award for Best Mystery in 2019. He is active in the Florida Writer’s Association and is a board member on the Florida Writer’s Foundation, a charity organization that fights illiteracy.
DARKNESS HIDES Tour Page: https://www.ireadbooktours.com/blog--...
JC Gatlin Website: https://jcgatlin.com/
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AUTHORS ON ITOURS FRIDAY BROWN BAG LUNCH with Cozy Mystery author C.S. McDonald
Join us for lunch with C.S. McDonald, author of Back to the Burgh and Beyond (An Owl's Nest Mystery).
For twenty-six years C.S. McDonald’s life whirled around a song and a dance. Classically trained at Pittsburgh Ballet Theater School, The Pittsburgh Dance Alloy, and many others, she became a professional dancer and choreographer. During that time, she choreographed many musicals and an opera for the Pittsburgh Savoyards. In 2011 she retired from her dance career to write. Under her real name, Cindy McDonald, she writes murder-suspense and romantic suspense novels. In 2014 she added the pen name, C.S. McDonald, to write children’s books for her grandchildren. In 2016 she added the Fiona Quinn Mysteries to that expansion. She decided to write the cozy mystery series that everyone, including teens and tweens, can read and enjoy. Presently, the Fiona Quinn Mysteries nine books with a tenth slated for 2021. The books are also available on audio, narrated by Maren Swenson Waxenberg. Cindy’s newest venture is The Owl’s Nest Mysteries. Once again, she has set her cozy mystery in Pittsburgh. The female protagonist, Alexa Owl, is much different from Fiona Quinn. The Owl’s Next Mysteries has a little grit, a little time travel, a little romance, and a whole lot of cozy! Ms. McDonald resides on her Thoroughbred farm known as Fly by Night Stables near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with her husband, Bill, and her poorly behaved Cocker Spaniel, Allister.
BACK TO THE BURGH AND BEYOND (an Owl's Nest Mystery) Tour Page: https://www.ireadbooktours.com/blog--...
C.S. McDonald Website: https://www.georgethepony.com/
iRead Book Tours: https://www.ireadbooktours.com/
iRead Book Tours Current Tours page: https://www.ireadbooktours.com/blog---current-tours
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Authors on iTours Friday Brown Bag Lunch with R.J. Eastwood, author of MIDNIGHT BLACK
During his film and television career, Robert J. Emery, who writes novels under the pen name, R. J. Eastwood, has written, produced, and directed feature motion pictures, television documentaries, national television commercials, political campaigns, and industrial films. Some of the highlights of his career include the award-winning ninety-one-episode television series The Directors for Starz/Encore, the award-winning four-part mini-series, The Genocide Factor for PBS, the award-winning documentary For God & Country: A Marine Sniper's Story for MSNBC, and the award-winning motion picture, Swimming Upstream, for the Lifetime Television Network.
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Authors on iTours: Friday Brown Bag Lunch with Jean-Jacques Trochon
“IT TAKES A DIFFERENT KIND OF THINKING TO SOLVE A PROBLEM THAN THE KIND OF THINKING THAT PRODUCED THE PROBLEM.” —Albert Einstein
JJ had a devastating problem. At age fifty-one, he was diagnosed with stage four cancer and given three years to live. Rather than accept that outcome, JJ did what he always does: he set out to find a solution. Desiring to look beyond traditional treatments and their often harmful side effects, he put his unconventionally wired mind to work. JJ was relentless as he investigated alternative therapies and pursued global trailblazers in cancer research. Moving from the role of patient to patient-researcher, he became a trailblazer in his own right, being sought after for his latest findings. Ultimately, JJ brought together the most innovative international minds at the Rethinking Cancer 2017 conference in Paris. Together, they found common ground, and they continue to create integrative, synergistic approaches to treatment. Today, almost a decade after his diagnosis, JJ has defied the odds and is cancer-free. Recently retired from his career as a commercial airline captain on the Airbus A380, he now devotes himself to sharing his ongoing research with scientists and patients. JJ’s story illustrates how looking at things differently often enables us to see them in a whole new light.
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Authors on iTours: Authors of Books Featured on iReads Cancer Awareness Spotlight Tour
There are many types of cancer--so many that each month of the year is dedicated to promoting awareness of a different type. Just as cancer comes in various forms, it touches different people in various ways.
When a writer is touched by this disease, the natural reaction is to take pen to paper--or rather fingers to keyboard.
The results will surprise you! The stories are as diverse as the disease.
Join us this Friday for lunch when we will be featuring four courageous authors of tremendously inspirational books!
Christine Shields Corrigan, author of AGAIN: Surviving Cancer Twice with Love and Lists
Jean-Jacques Trochon, author of FLYING AGAINST THE ODDS: One Man's Journey to New Ways of Healing
Jeff Gunhus, author of CAROLINE AND MORDECAI THE GAND
Caitlin Bangsund, author of MARVELLOUS MACEY
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Authors on iTours Friday Brown Bag Lunch Interview with author Christine Shields Corrigan
Christine Shields Corrigan is a two-time cancer survivor, wife, mom, and author of Again: Surviving Cancer Twice with Love and Lists . In addition to Again , Chris has published a number of lyrical and practical essays where she gives voice to the beautiful ordinary. Her work about family, illness, writing, and resilient survivorship has appeared in anthologies, magazines, and other publications including, The Brevity Blog, Grown & Flown, Horn Pond Review, The Potato Soup Journal and Anthology, Purple Clover, Ravishly.com, Wildfire Magazine, and the Writer’s Circle 2 Anthology.
Chris’ essay, “Not Back to But Forward,” about how her cancer experiences helped her cope with COVID-19 is included in (Her)oics: Women’s Lived Experiences During the COVID-19 Pandemic (edited by Joanell Serra and Amy Roost), an anthology that draws together the stories of 52 women across the US during the Covid-19 pandemic (March 2021). A graduate of Manhattan College and Fordham University School of Law, Chris built a successful career as a labor and employment law attorney and as a legal writer and editor.
After surviving cancer in midlife, Chris became a freelance writer. She also teaches creative nonfiction writing for an adult education program, provides writing workshops for cancer support groups, and is the chair of the programming committee of the Morristown Festival of Books. She lives in New Jersey with her family.
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