Lori's Reading Corner

Guest Post/Virtual Tour with Giveaway ~ When The Morning Glory Blooms by Cynthia Ruchti

Lori — Wed, 22 May 2013 04:05:43 +0000

IF I HADN’T LEARNED TO READ What would have happened to me if I hadn’t learned to read? How different would my life be? Learning to read wasn’t so much a skill as it was a privilege. I knew that from toddlerhood. I remember the day in kindergarten when I looked at the strange word [...]

Guest Post/Virtual Tour ~ Chris Salisbury

Lori — Wed, 22 May 2013 04:02:30 +0000

How do you keep your writing different? First off I think you have to be true to yourself, who you are and how you write. If you try to be somebody else, write like somebody else, it's bound to fail and your readers can tell. They just can, and they'll know if it's not genuine. [...]

Guest Post/Virtual Tour with Giveaway ~ The Tale of Mally Biddle by M.L. LeGette

Lori — Tue, 21 May 2013 04:05:23 +0000

What's the one thing you wished someone had told you before you wrote your first book that would have changed how you went about writing it. Thank you so much for having me today. To begin answering your question, I'd like to ask one in turn: If you could go back and do it all [...]

Book Blast with Giveaway ~ Yours Affectionately, Jane Austen by Sally Smith O’Rourke

Lori — Tue, 21 May 2013 04:03:41 +0000

Publisher: Victorian Essence Press Genre: Romance, Time Travel ISBN-10: 1891437038 Series: Sequel to The Man Who Loved Jane Austen Buy: Amazon, Kindle, IndieBound, The Book Depository Was Mr. Darcy real? Is time travel really possible? For pragmatic Manhattan artist Eliza Knight the answer to both questions is absolutely, Yes! And Fitzwilliam Darcy of Pemberley Farms, Virginia is the reason [...]

Guest Post/Virtual Tour with Giveaway ~ Always The Baker, Finally The Bride by Sandra Bricker

Lori — Mon, 20 May 2013 17:29:26 +0000

A DAY IN THE LIFE For the first decade of writing books, author Sandra D. Bricker juggled a full-time job while keeping up with contracts, deadines, and the laugh-out-loud plots of her novels. Now that she’s given up the day job and is writing full-time, her daily schedule has changed quite a bit. The average [...]

Show Me The Money Monday ~ May 20th – 24th

Lori — Mon, 20 May 2013 04:03:54 +0000

About Show Me The $$$$ Monday ~ Each week I’ll be giving away either a $10 Amazon Gift Card (if you’re a resident of the US) or a book worth up to $10 from the Book Depository (if you live outside of the US). The contest will run from Monday ~ Friday each week with the winnerannounced on Saturday. Then the following Monday a new contest will start. The RULE [...]

Guest Post/Virtual Tour with Giveaway ~ TM Shannon

Lori — Mon, 20 May 2013 04:03:53 +0000

Inspiration To Your Writing Inspiration is a wonderful thing. There are ideas and ideals out there in books, movies, even in real-life, that strike us at a heartfelt level. They moved us as kids, move us as adults, all in a variety of ways. It hits many artists: painters, musicians, and humble authors. I was [...]

Giveaway ~ The Begonia Bribe by Alyse Carlson

Lori — Sun, 19 May 2013 04:01:06 +0000

Publisher: Berkley (May 7, 2013) Genre: English ISBN-10: 0425251624 Series: Garden Society Mystery, Book 2 Buy: Amazon, Kindle, IndieBound, The Book Depository Roanoke, Virginia, is home to some of the country’s most exquisite gardens, and it’s Camellia Harris’s job to promote them. But when a pint-sized beauty contest comes to town, someone decides to deliver a final judgment [...]

Giveaway ~ Gluten For Punishment by Nancy Parra

Lori — Sat, 18 May 2013 04:01:14 +0000

Publisher: Berkley (May 7, 2013) Genre: Cozy ISBN-10: 0425252108 Series: A Baker's Treat, Book 1 Buy: Amazon, Kindle, IndieBound, The Book Depository Gluten-free baker Toni Ryder may not cook with wheat, but when there’s a criminal on the loose, she’ll do what it takes to figure out who has their finger in the pie… Even though Toni is [...]

Guest Post/Virtual Tour with Giveaway ~ Adele Park

Lori — Fri, 17 May 2013 04:05:25 +0000

Should You Turn Your Novel Into an Audio Book? As the owner of an “indie” recording studio called Straight to Audio Productions, I'm often approached by writers who want to know if they should turn their novels into audio books. The popularity of audio books is on the rise so there is definitely an audience [...]