The Disappearing Girl Book Tour and $75 Amazon Gift Card Giveaway

The Disappearing Girl is going on tour with Reading Addiction Blog Tours! Yesterday was the start of my month long tour. There will be giveaways, reviews, guest posts and interviews about my latest release at each of the stops. Best of all, you can enter here or on my Facebook page for a chance to win a $75 Amazon gift card!

Virtual Book Tour - May 27 - June 21

May 27 - Reading Addiction Blog Tours - Meet and Greet

May 28 - The Book Divas - Guest Post/PROMO

May 29 - Kindle Obsessed - Review

May 30 - Mama Knows Books - Promo

May 30 - Pink Fluffy Hearts - PROMO

May 31 - Hooked in a Book - Interview

June 1 - Simply Me - Review/Interview

June 2 - The Selkie Reads - Review/Guest Post

June 4 - My Cozie Corner- Review

June 4 - Paulette's Papers - Guest Post/PROMO

June 5 - Faerie Tale Books - Review/Guest Post

June 6 - A Bibliophile's Thoughts - Review

June 7 - Laurie's Thoughts and Reviews - Interview/PROMO

June 8 - Busy Mom Book Reviews- Review

June 8 - Must Read Faster - PROMO

June 10 - Bean Counting Mommy - Review

June 12 - Romance Book Addict - Promo

June 13 - My Devotional Thoughts- PROMO

June 15 - Bookishly Devoted - Review

June 16 - The Muse Unleashed - Review

June 17 - Book Bunny's Burrow - Guest Post/PROMO

June 18 - Bianca2B - Review/Guest Post

June 19 - Noemi Betancourt - Review

June 20 - The Life and Lies of an Inanimate Object - PROMO

June 21 -RABT Reviews - Review

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New Revelations Book Tour Interview at the Lovely Reads

Four days in and the book tour is going great! On Monday, I did a Meet and Greet at the Reading Addiction Blog Tours. They are hosting a giveaway for my tour. Enter here to win a $25 Amazon gift card. On Tuesday, the Lovely Reads let me stop by to talk about New Revelations: Second Sight Book Two. I printed a portion of the interview below. Yesterday, the Adventures Within posted a review of New Revelations (Five Stars!). Today, a guest post and promo stop will be appearing on What's On the Bookshelf. Make sure you stop by and comment on the blogs to enter my giveaway for an Amazon Kindle.

How would you say Kate has grown from book one to book two?

 

Kate was sort of a brat at the start of the first book. She’s unhappy about being psychic and feels it makes her an outcast in her town. At the end of the first book, she has an epiphany and realizes being psychic is a gift that allows her to help others. Kate’s growth continues into New Revelations, but her insistence on meddling in cases causes some problems in her personal relationships.

Now what can you tell us about Declan? He is a hot character, but hope he doesn't ruin Kate and Jared's relationship.

Declan is that guy your friends warn you about. He’s hot, arrogant and leaves behind a string of broken hearts. Kate feels there’s more to him than what’s on the surface and becomes friends with the psychic. Kate’s relationship with Jared becomes strained after Declan claims that she’s meant to be with him.

Can you give us readers a peak into New Revelations? Something that will make us want to get the book right away?

Kate meets another psychic and they decide to work together on several missing persons cases. This includes a five-year-old abducted from a shopping mall in Washington and a missing fitness instructor in her early twenties. Throughout the plot, I try to add in elements of suspense, humor and romance.

Are you planning on a third book? I hope so, the ending has a such a good cliff hanger.

Yes, the third book is completely outlined and I’m early on in the writing process. I’m hoping for an early 2013 release date. This may be overly ambitious, so don’t hold me to that.

New Revelations Book Tour and Kindle Giveaway

Hey everyone! My book tour begins today for New Revelations: Second Sight Book Two. Stop by one of the blogs listed below to check out my interviews, guest posts and reviews for the book. To celebrate the tour and release of New Revelations, I'm hosting a giveaway for a Kindle Reader =) If you already have a Kindle, no worries. I'll send you an Amazon gift card instead of equal value. Enter now through November 24.

 

This Virtual Book Tour will be from October 22 - November 19

October 22 - Reading Addiction Blog Tours - Meet and Greet

October 23 - Lovely Reads - Interview/PROMO

October 24 - The Adventures Within - Review/Interview

October 25 - Whats On The Bookshelf? - Guest Post/PROMO

October 26 - Mom With a Kindle - Interview/GuestPost/PROMO

October 29 - Lov Liv Life Reviews - Guest Post/PROMO

October 30 - Kimmie's Bookshelf - Guest Post/PROMO

October 31 - The Other Shelf - Review

November 4 - Book Nerd - Review

November 5 - Words I Write Crazy - Review/Guest Post

November 6 - The Solitary Bookworm - Guest Post/PROMO

November 7 - Books Books, The Magical Fruit - Guest Post/PROMO

November 8 - Book Briefs - Review

November 9 - My Reading Addiction - Review

November 10 - Laurie's Thoughts - Guest Post/PROMO

November 12 - Taking It One Page at a Time - Review/Guest Post

November 13 - Kaisy Daisy's Blog - Review

November 14 - A Soul Unsung - Guest Post/PROMO

November 15 - Fiction Addiction - Interview/PROMO

November 16 - The Bookshelf - Guest Post/PROMO

November 17 - Read Between the Lines - Review/Interview

November 17 - For the Love of Film and Novels - Review/Guest Post

November 18 - Cozie Corner- Review

November 18 - Winged Reviews - Guest Post/PROMO

November 19 - Reader Girls - Review/Guest Post

 

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Virtual Book Tours to Promote Your Novel

Virtual book tours are a new-ish marketing tactic to help gain readership for your novels. On the simplest level, you're going blog to blog to promote your book. The main tactics used to market your book is the author provides guest posts, excerpts from your novel, interviews and giveaways. The blog host can share a review of your book. Each blog stop will typically do a combination of these things on the days they host your book.

Now, one option you have is to request guest posts, interviews, etc. from blogs directly. However, this could be time-consuming and you could have no idea where to start. If you know a lot of fellow bloggers though, this could definitely be a possibility. The simplest option may be to hire a book tour company. For a flat fee, you pay them to act as a middleman and set up your appearances on various blogs. They help work out your guest post topics and provide you with the blog's interview questions. They put together a press kit after you send them a copy of your book, selected excerpts, your bio, etc.

I'm scheduled for two tours using two different companies over the next couple of months. My first tour for First Visions begins May 28 and is through Reading Addiction Blog Tours. My tour will be a month long and stop at 20 different blogs. 10 of the blogs will have review stops and bloggers are asked to cross-post reviews on Goodreads, Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble. I figure this will also be a good way to get more reviews since my book has only been out for three weeks. The pricing packages for both companies started around $25 and went as high as $150. The month long blog tour package ranged from $75 to $100 and both have 20 stops on the tour.

I'll be cross-posting during the month, so check back for giveaway links and more. I'm also sponsoring a giveaway on LibraryThing for free ebook and paperback copies of First Visions. Members can enter here.