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She inspired Anna in Lost in the Light. Lost in the Light now on sale for $.99 on Amazon Kindle! Get the deal: http://booksonthevine.com/featured-author-mary-castillo/ http://marycastillo.blogspot.com/2014/12/anna-from-lost-in-light.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17891930.post-8236075259408605263Wed, 10 Dec 2014 19:20:00 +00002014-12-10T11:20:00.239-08:0012Days‬99centsebooks‬lost in the lightmary castillomysteriesparanormal mysteriesparanormal‬‪kindledeals‬ Lost in the Light now on sale for $.99 on Amazon Kindle! Get the deal: http://booksonthevine.com/featured-author-mary-castillo/ http://marycastillo.blogspot.com/2014/12/vicentes-2-rule-for-successful-career.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17891930.post-529837989800089280Wed, 10 Dec 2014 18:19:00 +00002014-12-10T10:19:31.288-08:0012daysebookskindle dealslost in the lightmary castillomysteriesparanormal mysteries"It was as if history was telling me, go for it; that my instincts were leading me straight and true. A similar thing happened with Anna, the young woman Vicente had died to protect." Thank you Books on the Vine for including me in 12 Days of $.99 EBook Cheer! Today I share how genealogy & archival research confirmed my instincts while writing LOST IN THE LIGHT: http://http://marycastillo.blogspot.com/2014/12/today-im-featured-author-on-12-days-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17891930.post-8057816793658423642Mon, 01 Jul 2013 23:35:00 +00002013-07-01T16:35:06.081-07:00ebookssmashwordssummer salePacking your beach read? Download Lost in the Light for just $2.99 and Girl in the Mist for $0.99 through Smashwords Summer Sale through July 31, 2013! Click on the book covers and save! http://marycastillo.blogspot.com/2013/07/smashwords-summer-sale.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17891930.post-5027313822144695855Mon, 27 May 2013 14:56:00 +00002013-05-27T07:56:28.311-07:00Lost in the Light is 30% off today on the Kobo! Code: SPRINGSALE http://www.kobobooks.com/ebook/Lost-in-the-Light/book-2a6A0Hw9fEqdGtbzP-VmOA/page1.html http://marycastillo.blogspot.com/2013/05/lost-in-light-is-30-off-today-on-kobo.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17891930.post-8988611732515350941Thu, 04 Apr 2013 20:00:00 +00002013-04-04T13:00:41.843-07:00mysteryparanormal romanceshort story Short story 1.5 in the Dori Orihuela paranormal mystery series  E-book only $1.99 Available April 11, 2013 - Newsletter subscribers can get it tomorrow, Friday, April 5! Sign up here From the back cover: When we last left Dori Orihuela, she received a shocking message slipped to by her high school flame, Gavin Salazar. Girl in the Mist picks up where we left these two lovers as http://marycastillo.blogspot.com/2013/04/cover-reveal-girl-in-mist.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17891930.post-8398247636060826528Wed, 06 Mar 2013 23:30:00 +00002013-03-06T15:30:00.045-08:00 In July 2004 I attended RWA’s National Conference during what had to have been the gloomiest, muggiest New York summer ever known to a woman in heels and nylons. Even worse, I almost did something very stupid. Actually two. First, I hadn’t signed up for any agent and editor appointments to pitch my 100,000-word contemporary romance known at the time as, “Her Mother’s Daughter.” Second, I http://marycastillo.blogspot.com/2013/03/how-i-almost-didnt-sell-hot-tamara.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17891930.post-4029052689597450018Wed, 06 Mar 2013 21:28:00 +00002013-03-06T13:28:18.204-08:00 Haven’t read the book that Samantha March called “captivating?” Like gothics, paranormal mysteries, haunted houses and ghost stories? Then you’ll love Lost in the Light that takes from my family history as well as my own experiences living in a haunted house. Also, you might want to get caught up before its short story sequel,Girl in the Mist arrives sooner than you think! Use http://marycastillo.blogspot.com/2013/03/read-e-book-week-deal-lost-in-light-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17891930.post-5789650723264160448Mon, 04 Mar 2013 18:05:00 +00002013-03-04T10:05:15.848-08:00 Paige Tourneur is a heroine you can get behind. She’s smart with a few rough edges to make her interesting in her solo debut, Fashion Victim by GT Herren. Even better, she has a dark past that Herren promises will play out in a series of dark comedic whodunits set in New Orleans. As a fan of cozy mysteries, I’m loving this new generation of heroines who are savvy and may appear to http://marycastillo.blogspot.com/2013/03/now-reading-fashion-victim.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17891930.post-6372245185934165427Mon, 04 Mar 2013 13:23:00 +00002013-03-04T05:23:00.224-08:00Between The Pageschick lit blog tourfashion victimGT Herren As a former reporter, I can catch a writer when they've never had newspaper experience. But Paige Tourneur is spot on. Were you a reporter in a past life, or just a really good researcher?!?  Oh, thank you so much! No, I was never an actual reporter. I wanted to be one, but changed major my freshman year in college. I do know a lot of reporters and former reporters, and my editor, Julie http://marycastillo.blogspot.com/2013/03/q-with-gt-herren.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17891930.post-6279174401751880389Wed, 20 Feb 2013 01:00:00 +00002013-02-19T17:00:51.549-08:00Between The Pagesexecutive order 9066lost in the lightmendez vs westminster February 19, 1942: President Roosevelt signs the executive order to place Japanese Americans in internment camps. Andy Munemitsu, a character in Lost in the Light, was named in honor of the Munemitsu family who leased their farm to Gonzalo and Felicitas Mendez before the Japanese-American internment. The Mendez family took care of the property until the Mumemitsu’s were released after the warhttp://marycastillo.blogspot.com/2013/02/american-history-executive-order-9066.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17891930.post-6812456596552613893Tue, 19 Feb 2013 19:04:00 +00002013-02-19T11:04:46.197-08:00Between The Pageschick lit blog tour Today, Katherine Owen stops by on her Chick Lit Blog Tour to talk about her new novel, When I See You and going into the dark places. I strongly believe in the adage: art imitates life. I strenuously believe in this. (I’m adding a little Demi Moore there, if you remember the movie A Few Good Men.) Writing for me begins with life experiences and goes from there. I’ll ask myself the what-if http://marycastillo.blogspot.com/2013/02/guest-post-into-dark-places-with.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17891930.post-3222317662336769236Sun, 17 Feb 2013 18:56:00 +00002013-02-17T10:56:34.688-08:00 http://marycastillo.blogspot.com/2013/02/sunday-morning-in-february.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17891930.post-3545724436225052253Sat, 16 Feb 2013 00:39:00 +00002013-02-15T16:39:11.294-08:00friday night chicasgrouponhot tamaraIn Between MenkoboSwitchcraft Purchase my back-list titles for only $3.99 at BookCloseOuts. But wait! Groupon has a deal where you can get $30 credit for only $15. Here’s the link to the deal; check out my titles,Hot Tamara, In Between Men,Switchcraft and Friday Night Chicas. Kobo is offering 30% off a great selection of titles this weekend. The offer ends February 18, 2013. Visit: Save 30% onhttp://marycastillo.blogspot.com/2013/02/deals-steals-my-books-for-399.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17891930.post-5155349281095912208Tue, 12 Feb 2013 19:01:00 +00002013-02-12T11:01:22.552-08:00 A free randomly selected excerpt from Lost in the Light: "He watched them dance four dances. Albert walked her to sit with two old ladies and then headed out the front door with a silver cigarette case in his hands. Vicente wheeled around into the darkness, not seeing Anna look up at the last moment to see if he was still there." Read more! http://marycastillo.blogspot.com/2013/02/randomly-selected.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17891930.post-3173561942006601128Tue, 29 Jan 2013 15:44:00 +00002013-01-29T07:44:08.040-08:00 Mixing it up with Teresa Marie Howes Teresa Marie Howes is a health enthusiast, expert skinny mixologist, avid runner and author of SkinnyTinis: All the fun for half the calories. Backed with a formal education with degrees in both nutrition and business and over a decade of professional experience consulting in the weight loss industry, she certainly knows the “right” things to do when it http://marycastillo.blogspot.com/2013/01/guest-post-and-skinnytini-recipe-by.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17891930.post-49615713302395675Fri, 25 Jan 2013 19:30:00 +00002013-01-25T11:30:03.129-08:00 Without spoiling Lost in the Light, I’m going to say this: Dori will get a short story that is tentatively titled, Girl in the Mist. It is set in a Carmel cottage. My goal is to publish it for Valentine’s Day 2013! As I was writing a scene today, I thought that for those of you who enjoyed the book, you’d get a kick out of this: Gavin pinched the tip of Dori’s nose. “You are scary http://marycastillo.blogspot.com/2013/01/upcoming-short-story-girl-in-mist.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17891930.post-3630960635315892333Fri, 25 Jan 2013 18:45:00 +00002013-01-25T10:45:26.725-08:00 Thanks to +Sacha Boutros (the voice that inspired Sela from Names I Call My Sister and Aracely in my upcoming novel), I have some beautiful new music! Her glamorous voice will accompany me while I edit the freshly printed manuscript of Dori’s short story, “Girl in the Mist.” If you haven’t heard Sacha perform, listen to her original song Amor Imposible. http://marycastillo.blogspot.com/2013/01/good-things-come-in-3s.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17891930.post-4482306390405576734Thu, 29 Nov 2012 23:58:00 +00002012-11-29T15:58:24.260-08:00"Lost in the Light" by Mary on Ganxy!function(d,s,i){var j,e=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(i)){j=d.createElement(s);j.id=i;j.async=true;j.src="https://ganxy.com/b.js";e.parentNode.insertBefore(j,e);}}(document,"script","ganxy-js-2");http://marycastillo.blogspot.com/2012/11/new-book-lost-in-light.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17891930.post-7084066836447484548Thu, 29 Nov 2012 23:55:00 +00002012-11-29T15:55:22.474-08:00 When I founded Reina Books, one of the cornerstones of the business was to make books available through independent bookstores. First, I like visiting small bookstores. Second, they are an author’s best friend. Bay Books in Coronado and New & Recycled Romances in Costa Mesa were my first big supporters in that they shared all the gossip about who was a diva and who wasn’t, as well as hosted http://marycastillo.blogspot.com/2012/11/we-can-have-our-ebooks-and-support.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17891930.post-3313113225340575819Wed, 29 Aug 2012 17:59:00 +00002012-08-29T10:59:54.155-07:00 But I'm taking my first big step forward with the release of the extended excerpt of Lost in the Light! Get the sneak peek at Scribd: http://www.scribd.com/doc/104223344/Lost-in-the-Light-Excerpt Lost in the Light will be available at eBookstores on October 1, 2012! From the back cover:No one remembers…One October morning in 1932, Vicente Sorolla entered the white house on the hill and http://marycastillo.blogspot.com/2012/08/it-only-took-five-years.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17891930.post-7792885812644374117Wed, 17 Feb 2010 23:42:00 +00002010-02-17T16:04:24.860-08:00LentWriter's Life"Therese Martin as a Carmelite Nun" @ Art.comLent has not taught me that I'm weak or full of sin. It's taught me how to be here not way over "there."When I was a kid, Lent was a time when I gave up candy, TV and meat on Fridays, which was cool because mom would sometimes drive to McDonalds for fillet o'fish meals! But somewhere in my 20's I would realize I'd forgotten Lent when Easter sprang out http://marycastillo.blogspot.com/2010/02/what-lent-has-taught-me.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17891930.post-9063568415668058062Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:50:00 +00002010-02-01T10:52:30.101-08:00Deborah Schneiderpublishing industryWriter's LifeThe link to Deborah Schneider's courageous and inspiring story, "Long Time No See" landed on my Facebook feed this morning. It's a gift I'd like to share with all of you!http://marycastillo.blogspot.com/2010/02/post-everyone-should-read.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17891930.post-9075507200064517803Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:41:00 +00002010-01-25T09:52:52.436-08:00writers lifewriting woes"Sleepless Night by Natalie Kilany @ Art.comAccording to my to-do list, I’m supposed to fix up the outline for Act III. After all the books (published and otherwise) I’ve written, Act III is still the toughest for me to untangle. There are three reasons why: (a) I don't want to let go of that world (Orange County Noir, Hot Tamara, In Between Men), (b) I'm so tired of those characters' problems http://marycastillo.blogspot.com/2010/01/and-then-what-happens.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17891930.post-8986430203611440666Thu, 21 Jan 2010 22:26:00 +00002010-01-21T14:28:26.435-08:00inspirationSorry for not posting lately. Busy busy with feature stories that need to be written and a new book that won't leave me alone. But my friend, Gina Ravera posted this on Facebook and while us writers don't take to the stage or screen, we reveal ourselves through words.The Actors' VowFrom Elia KazanI will take my rightful place on the stageAnd I will be myself.I am not a cosmic orphan, I have no http://marycastillo.blogspot.com/2010/01/actors-vow.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0