HELLFIRE AND DAMNATION II - FREE!

Just a reminder that from today until October 31, Hellfire and Damnation II is available FREE via Amazon for Kindle!

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Hellfire and Damnation II - FOR FREE!

  To celebrate Halloween and the release of her book Hellfire and Damnation II, Connie Corcoran Wilson has made it free via Amazon Kindle from October 27 -31!

 

 

How cool is that!

And while your waiting for October 27 to grab your free copy, you can pop over to Rhodes Review and J.A.Beard's Unnecessary Musings, who both have stops on the tour today.

BOOK TOUR - Hellfire & Damnation II - AUTHOR INTERVIEW

Welcome back to the Hellfire & Damnation II Virtual Book Tour! Hosted  by 

 Don't forget to comment on this or any other post on my blog for a chance to win a digital copy of the book. Competition is open internationally and closes on the last day of the tour - October 31.
Click on the tour link on the right hand side to see the rest of the tour dates and places.

 Today I have the privilege of sharing an interview with the author of Hellfire & Damnation II - Connie Corcoran Wilson!

 

About the Author

Connie (Corcoran) Wilson (MS + 30) graduated from the University of Iowa and Western Illinois University, with additional study at Northern Illinois, the University of California at Berkeley and the University of Chicago. She taught writing at six Iowa/Illinois colleges and has written for five newspapers and seven blogs, including Associated Content (now owned by Yahoo) which named her its 2008 Content Producer of the Year . She is an active, voting member of HWA (Horror Writers Association).
Her stories and interviews with writers like David Morrell, Joe Hill, Kurt Vonnegut, Frederik Pohl and Anne Perry have appeared online and in numerous journals. Her work has won prizes from “Whim’s Place Flash Fiction,” “Writer’s Digest” (Screenplay) and she will have 12 books out by the end of the year. Connie reviewed film and books for the Quad City Times (Davenport, Iowa) for 12 years and wrote humor columns and conducted interviews for the (Moline, Illinois) Daily Dispatch and now blogs for 7 blogs, including television reviews and political reporting for Yahoo.
Connie lives in East Moline, Illinois with husband Craig and cat Lucy, and in Chicago, Illinois, where her son, Scott and daughter-in-law Jessica and their three-year-old twins Elise and Ava reside. Her daughter, Stacey, recently graduated from Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, as a Music Business graduate and is currently living and working in Australia.

  

So, grab yourself a cup of tea or coffee, or if you prefer, a glass of wine and welcome Connie Corcoran Wilson to Little Black Marks!

Kylie: In his introduction, Jason V Brock says when he first met you, you were "a bit of a blur: Fast-talking, fast moving, on the run." Is this an accurate description of you? If yes, do you struggle with sitting down to write?

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Connie: I have a terrible time tearing myself away from all the fun distractions of life (movies, dinner out, etc.) with the husband (of 45 years), so I bought myself a Writer’s Lair in Chicago, which is quite near my son’s home there (with his wife and three-year-old twin daughters.) When I really need to get something done, I have to shut myself away and go there to write…I mean, if I have A LOT to get accomplished. I’m working on being able to write anywhere any time, but I can, right now, only do that when I write “short” (i.e. Yahoo pieces, blog pieces, etc.) I tend to multi-task and, even when watching television, I have my laptop on and am doing something or am playing ‘Hanging with Friends” on my cell phone. There are only so many hours in your life, and I don’t want to miss a thing (as the song goes.) Plus, I started writing fiction late (2003), although I’ve written for pay for 57 years, just not fiction.

K: Obviously you took inspiration from Dante's Inferno for Hellfire & Damnation II. I thought some of your writing was reminiscent of Edgar Allen Poe (who I love). Was he an influence? What other influences do you have?

C: I LOVED Poe’s work, too, and visited his grave in Baltimore, because the franchise system I was a member of for close to 20 years (Sylvan Learning Systems) was headquartered there. I remember reading “The Collected Works” of Poe while sleeping on the floor of the lounge in Currier Hall on campus at the University of Iowa in 1960, where I was visiting my older sister. [She was supposed to get me a bed, but failed in her task, so I stayed up all night reading.] I also enjoy Stephen King and Philip K. Dick and William F. Nolan (a mentor, of sorts)---especially Bill’s short stories--- and Dean Koontz and Peter Straub---plus many others too numerous to mention. Two new names you should check out are Jason V Brock and Pete Giglio, both very good new writers.

K: My favourite stories in this collection were Limbo (First Circle) and Letters to LeClaire (Circle six). Do you have a favourite?

C: I have a wicked sense of humor (appropriate term, don’t you think?) so I like the semi-funny ones “M.R.M.” and “Room Service,” but I think one of the best, in terms of plot, is “The Bureau” and I also liked the non-stop dialogue of “Oxymorons.” But, then again, I like “The Champagne Chandelier,” which was the last one I wrote. I’m glad you like “Cold Corpse Carnival,” however, as my Norwegian Grandfather Monson inspired that one. And, as for “Letters to LeClaire,” that one was one of the most interesting to write, because of the research that went into it. In the paperback (which is slightly different in its illustrations) the publisher (John Teehan of The Merry Blacksmith) really did a masterful job of inserting certain REAL documents I had ferreted out. It also was written for a good cause, to benefit the Buffalo Bill Museum in LeClaire (his hometown) and “M.R.M.” in “Slices of Flesh” anthology also was contributed for a good cause (literacy, my life’s work).

K: Having read Hellfire & Damnation II I have now downloaded Dante's Inferno. Do you hope to encourage people to read more of the classics? What else would you recommend for those who were interested in exploring this genre further?

C: I would recommend that they IMMEDIATELY order “The Color of Evil,” the first novel in my trilogy, which was released in January AND order the first “Hellfire & Damnation” book. (Interviewer's note: I have taken this advice and ordered both books!) There’s a website up now at www.HellfireAndDamnationTheBook.com which will give you an idea what sort(s) of stories are contained in the first book. So, run, don’t walk, to that website and, while you’re at it, check out www.TheColorOfEvil.com. Let’s drive these puppies to the front page of Kindle! You can do it! Who’s with me? (Imagine John Belushi now leading people from the room, who do not follow, a la “Animal House”)

K: Many of the stories appeared first in other anthologies or as flash fiction. Did you review or rewrite and of them before publishing them in this collection?

C: Actually, not that many appeared anywhere else before this book. I think that, out of 11 stories, only “M.R.M.” and “Letters to LeClaire” and a version of the Resurrection Mary story that is totally different appeared elsewhere. I try to keep nearly all of the stories in the “H&D” series as new and never seen before, if possible. It is true that I submitted a couple to a local writing prompt contest, but those never saw the light of day so those don’t count. So, 3 out of 11 is, I think, the previously published number and 2 of those 3 are among the very shortest stories (“M.R.M.” and “Tempus Fugit: Resurrection Mary”) in terms of words. I rewrote “Tempus Fugit” about ten times; it kept getting (slightly) longer each time. And, as I mention in the “From the Author” portion, I rewrote “M.R.M.” to change the name of the protagonist and, also, to lengthen it. But, if you were to figure up the actual word count of the “already saw that” stories, I doubt if it would even be as high as 15% of the 53,000 words. (Of course, somebody mathematical will now do that and prove me wrong, but I do think that most of the stories are “new.”) I did post “The Bureau” on Kindle for 99 cents as a “teaser” and a publisher in Germany has contacted me about publishing it and/or the entire book, but I don’t know if that will happen. (Dr.Bodo Polzer, if you’re reading this: call me).

K: Can you describe your writing environment?

C: As I mentioned earlier, when I really need to “Bear down Chicago Bears,” I go to my Writer’s Lair in Chicago, which is located within a small brick building I refer to as “the baby building” at 1250 S. Indiana (Lakeside on the Park) because it is only 14 stories with 168 units, while the 5^th tallest building in the city is across the street and to the left in the Central Station District. I used to have a totally unobstructed view of Lake Michigan from the side bedroom (my writer’s room) but then the Big Glass and Steel Buildings began to be built, so now I can (still) see a sliver of the Lake with sailboats, the fake dinosaur outside the Field Museum and, as a special treat, the blue top of the Shedd Aquarium, which is lit up at night. But I used to be able to sit in the living room and see the fireworks from Navy Pier and it is truly a treat to visit there, even if I am working. It is at the end of Grant Park, right across the street from where Obama accepted the nomination in 2008 (I “live blogged” all night from that location), on Indiana, one block off Michigan. I love it and that’s where most of my writing gets finished.

It’s either that or the basement of my home in the Illinois Quad Cities, which is crammed with books and drifted over with papers. Which would you prefer?

K: When you're not writing, what do you like to do?

C: My husband and I are leaving for Hawaii (August 30^th) as I will be a presenter at the Hawaii Writers’ Conference now known as www.SpellbindersConference.com. I’m very excited, as Jane Smiley, John Travolta, Jacqueline Mitchard, Gary Marshall (of TV sit com fame), the gentleman who wrote “The Book of Eli” and a host of other famous names will be there. Then, I was planning on attending KillerCon in Las Vegas (Sept. 20-23), because the IHeartRadio show is going on down the street at the MGM Grand (Aerosmith and Bon Jovi on Saturday night). I went last year. We plan a cruise to New Zealand from Sydney for a month in January, as our daughter is there, living and working, and we will go to Cancun at Easter, as we have for 2 weeks every year for 18 years. (*Note story “The Shell”). We own time shares there and in Mazatlan. I like beaches and reading and movies and fine dining and politics as a spectator sport and was the Content Producer of the Year for Politics for a 400,000 member blog which was bought by Yahoo, so I now write for that 600000 member group. I will be covering the Chicago Film Festival for 2 weeks in October (as I have for at least 5 years) and I’ll be writing many of my adventures up on www.WeeklyWilson.com. We also drove all the way from Chicago to Santa Monica Pier in 10 days back in 2008 and attended the Fort El Reno Ghost Tour to write 3 volumes of short stories about “Ghostly Tales of Route 66” for a small press in Iowa (very “G” rated). So, I like to travel, go to concerts and movies, write about them, socialize, follow presidential politics (Romney will be here at 12:30 tomorrow and Obama was here in Davenport, Iowa, last week) and I covered the NATO demonstrations in Chicago for Yahoo. I think I have something like 850 articles “up” on that blog. I also play 4 musical instruments and enjoy music, and the daughter is a Music Business graduate of Belmont in Nashville who worked for Taylor Swift (briefly). I am a person either in constant motion or in a deep coma. I also like to write at night and sleep late, so there are some conflicts that I need to work out, but, so far, it works for me.

I'd like to say a big thank you to Connie Corcoran Wilson for this interview - my very first.

 Bev over at The Wormhole, also has a stop on the tour today - go check it out!

Want to know what other stops are on the tour? Click on the Tour link on the right hand side of the page.

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BOOK TOUR - Hellfire & Damnation II - BOOK REVIEW

Welcome to the first stop on the Hellfire & Damnation II Virtual Book Tour! Hosted  by 

 Today I kick off with a review of the book, but come back tomorrow for an author interview! Don't forget to comment on this or any other post on my blog for a chance to win a digital copy of the book. Competition is open internationally and closes on the last day of the tour - October 31.

Click on the tour link on the right hand side to see the rest of the tour dates and places.

Title: Hellfire & Damnation II 
 Author: Connie Corcoran Wilson
Genre: Fiction
Audience: Adult
Format: Kindle - kindly given to me by the author.

From Goodreads: Hellfire & Damnation II by Connie (Corcoran) Wilson is another tour of the 9 Circles of Hell described in Dante's Inferno. It picks up where the first collection of short stories left off, using the framing device of the sins punished at each of the 9 Circles of Hell in Dante's "Inferno."
Winner of the (IWPA) Silver Feather award, sequel to the E-Lit Gold Medal award winner Hellfire & Damnation, Hellfire & Damnation II as a tour of Dante's Inferno doesn't require that you have read the first collection of short stories, which also illustrated the sins punished at each of the 9 Circles of Hell. There are no recurring characters, but there are 11 short stories, accompanying illustrations and a "From the Author" section explaining the inspiration or each story.
If you enjoy scary short stories that will linger long after you've finished reading them, this is the book for you.

What I thought: I love scary books. Among the first adult books I ever read were Stephen King and Dean Koontz. However, these days I find it hard to find good scary books - ones that don't make me feel like I've read this before...and then I was asked to read Hellfire & Damnation II.
Corcoran takes us by the hand and leads us through the 9 Circles of Hell, whispering to us the tales of those we find there and the events that have lead them to this nightmarish place. From the first story set in Limbo Cold Corpse Carnival (giving me yet another reason to not wanting to be buried!), to the final circle of The Treacherous and The Bureau the reader will be checking behind doors, under the bed and sleeping with the light on!


Come back tomorrow to read my interview with the author of Hellfire & Damnation II - Connie Corcoran Wilson!

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Close Range: Wyoming Stories

Title: Close Range: Wyoming Stories  
Author: Annie Proulx
Genre: Fiction - Short stories
Audience: Adult
Format: Book - lent by a friend

From Goodreads: From the Pulitzer Prize-winning and bestselling author of The Shipping News and Accordion Crimes comes one of the most celebrated short-story collections of our time.
Annie Proulx's masterful language and fierce love of Wyoming are evident in these breathtaking tales of loneliness, quick violence, and the wrong kinds of love. Each of the stunning portraits in Close Range reveals characters fiercely wrought with precision and grace.
These are stories of desperation and unlikely elation, set in a landscape both stark and magnificent -- by an author writing at the peak of her craft.


What I thought: OK so really? A book about Wyoming? Cowboys and such? Hmmm, ok, I'll give it a go. Oh my goodness, riveting! I have been in such a reading slump recently with so so books I'd forgotten how amazing a truly good book can be.
Annie Proulx writing is so polished it gleans, but it isn't pretentious. You don't feel like you are reading high literature by an author who is desperate to show you how vast her word bank is. It is effortless, provides crystal clear images of what the character is seeing and feeling at the time. So beautiful it flows and the only re-reading you have to do is because a passage is so perfectly written you have to experience it again.

He pressed his face into the fabric and breathed in slowly through his mouth and nose, hoping for the faintest smoke and mountain sage and salty sweet stink of Jack but there was no real scent, only the memory of it, the imagined power of Brokeback Mountain of which nothing was left but what he held in his hands. 

The collection does include Brokeback Mountain which of course was made into a movie and for me is the pick of the stories, although they are all able to hold their own. Annie Proulx is being added to my list of authors I want to read.

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Today tell me an author you want to read all of.

The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest

Title: The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

Author: Stieg Larsson
Series: Millennium Trilogy - Book 2
Genre: Fiction
Audience: Adult
Format: Kindle

From Goodreads: Lisbeth Salander—the heart of Larsson’s two previous novels—lies in critical condition, a bullet wound to her head, in the intensive care unit of a Swedish city hospital. She’s fighting for her life in more ways than one: if and when she recovers, she’ll be taken back to Stockholm to stand trial for three murders. With the help of her friend, journalist Mikael Blomkvist, she will not only have to prove her innocence, but also identify and denounce those in authority who have allowed the vulnerable, like herself, to suffer abuse and violence. And, on her own, she will plot revenge—against the man who tried to kill her, and the corrupt government institutions that very nearly destroyed her life.
Once upon a time, she was a victim. Now Salander is fighting back.
What I thought: So having sorted the whole Kindle issue, I dived into this as soon as I could. My honest opinion - I think Larsson just got better with each book. It was a bit hard keeping all the players straight, but repeated references to who they worked for (The Section, SIS, Sapo, Milton, Millennium) helped keep me on track. And as with any book translated from another language, the names took a bit of getting use to, especially when a couple of them were similar.

If I have any beef with these books it's the suspension of disbelief you need to employ if you have any knowledge of IT security. (and I do, it's a field my husband works in). I know Lisbeth Salander is suppose to be an absolute genius at this stuff, but the ease with which she gets in, navigates and never gets caught - kinda hard to swallow - and the sole reason I will not recommend these books to my husband - he'd drive me crazy explaining why she couldn't do what she does! Apart from that - great reads and I will be watching the movies!

Challenges: What's in A Name

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Today tell me a series which gets better with each book.

The Day Watch

Title: The Day Watch
Author: Sergei Lukyanenko
Series: The Night Watch Trilogy - Book 2
Genre: Fiction
Audience: Adult
Format: Personal copy

From Goodreads: The second book in the internationally bestselling fantasy series, Day Watch begins where Night Watch left off, set in a modern-day Moscow where the 1,000-year-old treaty between Light and Dark maintains its uneasy balance through careful vigilance from the Others. The forces of darkness keep an eye during the day, the Day Watch, while the agents of Light monitor the nighttime. Very senior Others called the Inquisitors are the impartial judges insisting on the essential compact. When a very potent artifact is stolen from them, the consequences are dire and drastic for all sides. Day Watch introduces the perspective of the Dark Ones, as it is told in part by a young witch who bolsters her evil power by leeching fear from children's nightmares as a counselor at a girls' summer camp. When she falls in love with a handsome young Light One, the balance is threatened and a death must be avenged.
Day Watch is replete with the thrilling action and intricate plotting of the first tale, fuelled by cunning, cruelty, violence, and magic. It is a fast paced, darkly humorous, haunting world that will take root in the shadows of your mind and live there forever.


What I thought:  Just like it's predecessor, I think the Day Watch suffered in translation from the Russian to English. It just didn't flow for me, which is frustrating as I quite like the concept. I'm thinking I might have not struggled with it as much if I hadn't read it straight of the back of The Night Watch. I'm sure I will read the final book - The Twilight Watch - at some point, but not for awhile!

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Today tell me about a series you haven't finished with yet.

The Night Watch

Title: The Night Watch
Author: Sergei Lukyanenko
Series: The Night Watch Trilogy - Book 1
Genre: Fiction
Audience: Adult
Format: Personal copy

From Goodreads: Walking the streets of Moscow, indistinguishable from the rest of its population, are the Others. Possessors of supernatural powers and capable of entering the Twilight, a shadowy parallel world existing in parallel to our own, each Other owes allegiance either to the Dark or the Light. The "Night Watch," first book in the "Night Watch" trilogy, follows Anton, a young Other owing allegiance to the Light. As a Night Watch agent he must patrol the streets and metro of the city, protecting ordinary people from the vampires and magicians of the Dark. When he comes across Svetlana, a young woman under a powerful curse, and saves an unfledged Other, Egor, from vampires, he becomes involved in events that threaten the uneasy truce, and the whole city...

What I thought:  This was the only thing available to me when my Kindle died during our camping trip. I was devastated! Thankfully my husband had brought along a paper based series.
This series sounded intriguing - walking among humans are The Others. Some are Light (good), some are Dark (evil). There is a treaty between the two groups and the Night Watch monitors the Dark Others to ensure they stick to it.
This series is translated from Russian and unfortunately I think it loses something in that translation. Basically if I'd had any other option, I wouldn't have gone onto the second. However, it was all that was available so I went with it. 

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Today tell me about a book you had to read and didn't enjoy.

The Girl Who Played With Fire

Title: The Girl Who Played With Fire
Author: Stieg Larsson
Series: Millennium Trilogy - Book 2
Genre: Fiction
Audience: Adult
Format: Kindle

From Goodreads: The Expose Millennium publisher Mikael Blomkvist has made his reputation exposing corrupt establishment figures. So when a young journalist approaches him with an investigation into sex trafficking, Blomkvist cannot resist waging war on the powerful figures who control this lucrative industry.
The Murder When a young couple are found dead in their Stockholm apartment, it's a straightforward job for Inspector Bublanski and his team. The killer left the weapon at the scene - and the fingerprints on the gun point to only one direction.
The Girl Who Played with Fire Ex-security analyst Lisbeth Salander is wanted for murder. Her history of unpredictable and vengeful behavior makes her an official danger to society - but no-one can find her. The only way Salander can be reached is by computer. But she can break into almost any network she chooses...

What I thought:  I read The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo almost 12 months ago - after most of the hype had died down and I enjoyed it. I agreed with most of the reviews I'd read - slow to start, but unputdownable once you got  into it. What I didn't experience was the burning need to read the second.
Spending a week and a bit on an island camping is a perfect setting for good holiday reading so I finally opened The Girl Who Played with Fire on my Kindle and WOW! I actually enjoyed this a lot more than the first one. Salander and Blomkvist appeared to be completely unconnected at the beginning, leaving me desperately wanting to find out how their seemingly separate stories were going to connect. And then once they did I only wanted to know how the whole thing resolved itself.
As I said, perfect holiday reading. - and this one did leave me hungry for the next one. Unfortunately my Kindle decided to start playing up - freezing and needing to be rebooted every 5 -10 mins. After going through the last 10% of Fire with this issue, I gave up 2% into The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest. A new Kindle was bought on our return home - stay tuned for book 3!

Challenges: EBook Challenge

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Today tell me a series where you couldn't wait to get your hands on the next installment.

Moving Pictures

Title: Moving Pictures
Author: Terry Pratchett
Series: Discworld
Genre: Fantasy/ Comedy Fiction
Audience: Adult
Format: Kindle

From Goodreads: The alchemists of the Discworld have discovered the magic of the silver screen. But what is the dark secret of Holy Wood Hill? It’s up to Victor Tugelbend (“Can’t sing. Can’t dance. Can handle a sword a little”) and Theda Withel (“I come from a little town you’ve probably never heard of”) to find out.

What I thought: One of the things I love about Pratchett is his ability to take the ordinary and stand it completely on it's head!
In Moving Pictures Pratchett takes a swipe at the unreality of Hollywood - or Holy Wood. A place where dreams are made and broken. People from all over the disc are being drawn there for reasons they can't explain and the real question is who is controlling the actions. All done of course, with Pratchett's trademark humour. Love it!

Challenges: EBook Challenge

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Today tell me your favourite Hollywood Blockbuster!

The House At Salvation Creek

Title: The House at Salvation Creek
Author: Susan Duncan
Genre: Memoir
Audience: Adult
Format: Personal copy

From Goodreads: Continuing the story of Susan Duncan's much-loved memoir, Salvation Creek, this book picks up after Bob and Susan marry and, two years later, move from her Tin Shed into his "pale yellow house on the high, rough hill," Tarrangaua, built for the iconic Australian poet, Dorothea Mackellar. Set against the backdrop of the small, close-knit Pittwater community with its colorful characters and quirky history, this story is about what happens when you open the door to life, adventure, and love. But it's also about mothers and daughters, as Susan confronts her mother's new frailty and her own role in what has always been a difficult relationship. Where Salvation Creek was about mortality—living life in the face of death—The House is about stepping outside your comfort zone and embracing challenges, at any age. In turn funny and moving, Susan Duncan's beautifully written sequel reminds us to honor what matters in life, and to disregard what really doesn't.

What I thought: I loved Salvation Creek, it's description of life in areas of Pittswater accessible only by boat reflect my own island living so much I frequently found my self exclaiming yes! or nodding in agreement.
While Salvation Creek documented Duncan's journey through cancer and her discovery of a quieter, simpler life, The House at Salvation Creek was about Ducan's search for the origins of Tarrangaua, the house her and her husband live in that was built for the famous Australian poet, Dorethea Mackellar. Through this book, Duncan tries to establish who the architect was for the iconic house. Interwoven is her continuing love affair with Pittwater and it's lifestyle.

Challenges: Aussie Author Challenge

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Today tell me if you long for a quieter, simpler life.

Hellfire & Damnation II - Book Tour and Giveaway!!

***BREAKING NEWS - GIVEAWAY EXTENDED UNTIL OCTOBER 31!!***

Hi all - long time no blog. We've just had a two week break camping and I'm back refreshed and ready to get into it again - and what better way than to kick off than with a giveaway - but more about that soon.

I've been lucky enough to be asked to participate in a Book Tour for this book.

Hellfire & Damnation by Connie Corcoran Wilson.

The tours starts with me on October 11 and I'm thrilled to have been able to do an author interview to include with my post!
Here is a link to Connie's website if you would like to check out what she has written.
I've also been lucky enough to been allocated an ebook copy to give away to some lucky reader. So, competition will be open until October 11. To enter, all you need to do is comment on any of my posts between now and October 11. If you comment on this post, tell me which of the seven deadly sins do you suffer from the most? For me it would be gluttony - especially if chocolate is involved!  I'll do my best to post something every day to increase your chances of winning. Winners will be selected at random and announced on October 12.

Other stops on the tour  will be at the following blogs.
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 The Wormhole Oct 12

The Bookworm Oct 15 

 Rhodes Review Oct 16

J.A.Beard's Unnecessary Musings  Oct 16

Joystory Oct 17, 18

 Turning the Pages Oct 18, Oct 19

 Over Cups of Coffee Oct 22, 23

Mom in Love with Fiction Oct 23 

Books & More Books Oct 24

Celticlady's Reviews Oct 25 

Em Sun Oct 25

Peaceful WishingOct 26

Butterfly-o-Meter Books Oct 26

Sweeps for Bloggers Oct 30

 Alexia's Books and Such... Oct 31

Hope to see you on the tour!