Day 5 of the WordCrafter “Poetry Treasures 6: Seasons” Book Blog Tour

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It’s Day 5 of the WordCrafter Poetry Treasures 6: Seasons Book Blog Tour, and we’re over at the Prior House Blog, Yvette Prior is hosting, with readings from contributors Michelle Ayon Navajas and Marsha Ingrao. Join us in sending off this fabulous poetry anthology and enter to win a free digital copy.


Day 4 of the WordCrafter “Double Visions” Book Blog Tour

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Today is Day 4 of the WordCrafter Double Visions Book Blog Tour and we’re over at Carla Loves to Read, where I’m introducing the character of Nick Umbridge, the time travel tester who started this whole adventure by traveling back to 1887 and dying there. But he lives again in each time loop created, so he’s back again. Join us in sending off The Rock Star & The Outlaw 2: Double Visions and learn more about this amazing Time Travel Adventure. Today’s stop also includes a review from our host, Carla Johnson-Hicks.

Note: The Kickstarter campaign has funded, but there is still time to get discounted digital copies, signed print copies, posters and goodie bags. Thanks goes out to all those who backed this project.


Day 3 of the WordCrafter “Double Visions” Book Blog Tour

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For Day 3 of the WordCrafter Double Visions Book Blog Tour, we’re over at Bookplaces with host, Kay Castenada. You’ve met Amaryllis (Rock Star) and Leroy (Cowboy), and today I will reintroduce you to Monique, or Shaman Woman, a supporting character who was surprisingly popular in the first book. We have a great giveaway and we’re in the final stretch of the Kickstarter campaign and still need additional support. Join us now in sending off The Rock Star & The Outlaw 2: Double Visions and get your copy today!

The Rock Star and the Outlaw 2: Double Visions– Day 3 Word Crafter Book Blog Tours


Day 2 of the WordCrafter “Double Visions” Book Blog Tour

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For Day 2 of the WordCrafter Double Visions Book Blog Tour, we’re over at Poetry by Mich (below), Hotel Masticadores, and Masticadores Phillipines, so you can find us wherever you prefer to stop in.

Yesterday, on Writing to be Read, I re-introduced you to my main character, Amaryllis Maria Sanchez, or Rock Star, and talked about how the story was inspired by the music of The Pretty Reckless. Today, I’m re-introducing to her male counterpart, LeRoy, or Cowboy, talk about writing with music. Each stop offers a reading from the character viewpoint, so hopefully you will at least be entertained.

I do hope you will join us in sending off book 2 of my time Travel Adventure Series – The Rock Star & The Outlaw 2: Double Visions.


Welcome to the WordCrafter “Double Visions” Book Blog Tour

Welcome to the WordCrafter Double Visions Book Blog Tour, where we’re sending off Book 2 of the Time Travel Adventure Series, The Rock Star & The Outlaw 2: Double Visions. Today is a double tour stop, and in addition to this post, I will be doing an interview with DL Mullan over at Undawnted, so be sure and pop over there when you’ve finished here.

Tour Schedule

March 23-27 – The Rock Star & The Outlaw 2: Double Visions, by Kaye Lynne Booth

Mon. – “Amaryllis, Rock Star & The Pretty Reckless” –Writing to be Read

– Interview with the authorUndawnted

Tues. – “LeRoy, Cowboy & Writing with Music” & ReviewPoetry by Mich

Hotel by Masticadores

Masticadores Phillipines

Wed. “Monique, Shaman Woman, & Werner’s Syndrome” & ReviewBook Places

Thurs. – “Nick, the Time Device & Writing in Multiple Timelines” & ReviewCarla Loves to Read

Fri. – “Catalina and Writing with Multiple P.O.V.s”Writing to be Read

We have a great tour planned with guest posts and readings by the author, Kaye Lynne Booth, (that’s me 🙂 ), and a great giveaway of three digital copies and one signed print copy, (U.S. residents only), of Double Visions.

The Giveaway

Follow the tour and leave a comment to let me know you were here and be entered

for a chance at three free digital copies or one signed print copy of

The Rock Star & The Outlaw 2: Double Visions.

About The Rock Star & The Outlaw 2: Double Visions

Book Cover: The Rock Star & The Outlaw 2: Double Visions, by Kaye Lynne Booth

In 1887, LeRoy is stuck, bringing trouble down on those around him. Sissy is kidnapped and he’s the only one who can save her.

She wakes up in 2030, in a future very different to the one she knows, one in which she may not have  been born. Amaryllis will stop at nothing to find LeRoy fix what she messed up in the past.

She and a version of Monique which is different from the one she grew up with travel back to 1887 to try and make things right.

Add two time travel regulators from the future who are after the time module, and things begin to get wild.

When the time loops are crossed, things change, but not the way Amaryllis intended and pretty soon, everybody is seeing doubles.

Book Trailer

This tour will be a little different, because I’m running a Kickstarter campaign for this launch which is in effect now and will be going on throughout the tour, since it doesn’t end until the 28th. So, instead of giving you a purchase link for retailers, we’ll be using the Kickstarter URL, so you can get digital copies at a discount from the retail price, or signed print copies and merchandise that is not available anywhere else. You can support the Kickstarter campaign and receive a digital copy for as little as $5, so I hope you’ll join in on sending Double Visions off right. Remember after the 28th, you’ll have to pay full price at retailers, so get your copies now.

Support the Kickstarter and get your books at the link below.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kayelynnebooth-wcp/the-rock-star-and-the-outlaw-2-double-visions

Amaryllis, Rock Star & The Pretty Reckless

(Author note: I started this post for the tour for book 1, so some of it may be familiar if you’re a fan of the series. I added to it for the second book, so bear with me for new information. Same character stars in both books, you see?)

Amaryllis Maria Sanchez is a composite character. She’s a cross between Sharon Stone’s character in Basic Instinct and Taylor Momsen of The Pretty Reckless. She’s an adrenaline junkie, who likes to tempt death and lives life to the extremes. She’s a rock star who is at the top of her game when she’s on stage. After she kills her drug dealing, domineering boyfriend to save herself from his wrath, she figures she’s already damned herself, she figures she might as well ride out the storm that’s headed her way. But, when she crosses paths with a time-traveling cowboy, LeRoy Mc Allister, who offers a way to stay ahead of the game and a place to run to where she won’t ever be found, she sees the potential for a whole new life of adventures.

Amaryllis began as a character like Sharon Stones character in Basic Instincts – a daring woman who plays a deadly game. I like Sharon Stone in just about anything, but I admired the way she played this character in particular. I challenged myself to create a character with that same adventuresome nature, and that self-confident, ‘on top of the world’ attitude.

The idea for her method for killing Claude came from an actual murder case I heard about on the news. I thought it was unique, and I knew I wanted to use it in a story. Murder by high heel. It just happened to be a perfect method for Amaryllis to defend herself.

My son introduced me to the music of The Pretty Reckless, and I fell in love with the voice of Taylor Momsen. I bought their CDs and played them on my commute to work, and a story about a female rock singer began to form in my head, and the Sharon Stone-like character somehow merged with the woman who emerged in my mind from their music. That woman was a lot like my image of Taylor Momsen. And so, Amaryllis Maria Sanchez emerged on the page.

In the first book, she and LeRoy travel back to 1887 for a wild ride in the old west. But, when they try to go back to the future, something goes terribly wrong and only Amaryllis arrives in 2030, and things are very different from how Amaryllis remembers them. In the second book, Double Visions, Amaryllis and her friend Monique go back in time to try and put things back the way they were and restore time as Amaryllis remembers it. That means finding and reuniting with LeRoy, and making sure her grandparents meet and marry, so she will be born in 1999.

In book 2, Amaryllis changed things in the past that weren’t intended, and as time loops cross and ripples occur, our characters are all seeing double, or in one case, triple, as all hell breaks loose. Of course, Amaryllis is also ‘Rock Star’ in the earlier time loop from the first book. They are the same woman, Rock Star is the younger version, if only by about six months, but Amaryllis, her older self tries to fix the future in the past, but in doing so, changes things which happened the first time around.

It’s a ride even wilder than the first time around, with multiple character POVs, which add to the playlist for this one, including a couple of new characters, Time Regulator Agent Catalina Duncan and her partner Agent Reginald Thompson to stir things up and keep it interesting.

The question posed for Amaryllis’ character: Will Amaryllis be able to change the right thing in the past to correct the future?

Reading from The Rock Star & The Outlaw 2: Double Visions

About Kaye Lynne Booth

Author Kaye Lynne Booth

For Kaye Lynne Booth, writing is a passion. Kaye Lynne is an author with published short fiction and poetry, both online and in print, including her short story collection, Last Call and Other Short Fiction; and her paranormal mystery novella, Hidden Secrets; Books 1 & 2 of her Women in the West adventure series, Delilah and Sarah, and Book 1 in her Time-Travel Adventure series, The Rock Star & The Outlaw, as well as her poetry collection, Small Wonders.

Kaye holds a dual M.F.A. degree in Creative Writing with emphasis in genre fiction and screenwriting, and an M.A. in publishing. Kaye Lynne is the founder of WordCrafter Quality Writing & Author Services and WordCrafter Press, where she edits and publishes two short fiction anthologies and one poetry anthology every year amidst her many writing projects. She also maintains an authors’ blog and website, Writing to be Read, where she publishes content of interest in the literary world.

That wraps up this stop on the opening day of the WordCrafter Double Visions Book Blog Tour. Thank you for joining us. Don’t forget to pop onto Undawnted for my interview with DL Mullan.

Tomorrow’s stop will find us over at Poetry by Mich, Hotel by Mastcadores, and Masticadores Phillipines with Michelle Ayon Navajas, where we’ll explore the character of LeRoy and Cowboy, and writing with music in a guest post and reading from me and a review. I hope to see you there, but until then, don’t forget to pop into the Kickstarter campaign to get your copy of The Rock Star & The Outlaw 2: Double Visions.

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Day 4 of the WordCrafter “Midnight Oil” Book Blog Tour

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For Day 4 of the WordCrafter Midnight Oil Book Blog Tour, we’re over at Carla Loves to Read with Carla Johnson-Hicks and a lovely review, and a guest post from contributing author, Paul Kane about his story, “The Whistling”, and short video excerpts from Jon Shannon’s “The Stairs” and C.R. Johansson’s “Inside Out”. Join us in celebrating the release of Midnight Oil: Stories to Fuel Your Nightmares and enter our giveaway by simply leaving a comment to show your support and let me know you were there.


Day 3 of the WordCrafter “Midnight Oil” Book Blog Tour

Today we’re celebrating over at Kay Castenada’s Book Places on Day 3 of the WordCrafter Midnight Oil Book Blog Tour. Kay has a creative guest post from contributing author, Roberta Eaton Cheadle and short video excerpts from her story, “Just Desserts”, as well as Chris Barili’s “The Snow Globe” and Zack Ellafy’s “Darkness Tolls”. Join us in celebrating the release of Midnight Oil: Stories to Fuel Your Nightmares, and get on the giveaway for a free digital copy, simply by leaving a comment so I know you were there.

Tour Banner: Dark background with moon shining through tree branches in upper left corner. Copy of Midnight Oil in the foreground. Text: WordCrafter Book Blog Tours Presents Midnight Oil: Stories to Fuel Your Nightmares, Midnight Anthology Series vol. 3, Contributing Authors: MArio Acevedo, Joseph Carrabis, Jon Shannon, Rebecca M. Senese, DL Mullan, Zack Ellafy, Kaye Lynne Booth, Robert White, Roberta Eaton Cheadle, Chris Barili, Paul Kane, Denise Aparo

Join us for Opening Day of the WordCrafter “Midnight Oil” Book Blog Tour

It’s opening day on the WordCrafter Midnight Oil Book Blog Tour, where we’re sending off volume 3 of the Midnight Dark Fiction Anthology Series, Midnight Oil: Stories to Fuel Your Nightmares. Today’s stop offers a little taste of what you’ll find in this deliciously dark anthology with a guest post comes from contributing author Christa Planko on her story, “Such a Time as This”, and one from me on my “Sangoma, Zombie Elephants, and Tokoloshe, Oh, My!” Plus, an extract from Robert White’s “Cattails”. I’m pleased to say, you can get it on this wonderful tour stop in three different places through the links below because our wonderful host, Michelle Ayon Navajas is broadcasting it wide for us. I do hope you’ll join us in the celebrating the release of this wonderful dark fiction collection. Leave a comment for a chance at a free digital copy of Midnight Oil in our giveaway.

Poetry by Mich

 Masticadores Philippines

 Hotel By Masticadores


Wrapping Up the WordCrafter “Curses” Book Blog Tour

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Text: WordCrafter Book Blog Tours Presents Curses: Chronicles of Darkness, A Dark Fiction Anthology, Contributing authors: Kaye Lynne Booth, Molly Ertel, C.R. Johansson, Robert White, Joseph Carrabis, Paul Kane, Danaeka Scrimshaw, Abe Margel, Denise Aparo

Today we’re wrapping up the WordCrafter Curses Book Blog Tour. I want to thank each of you who have joined us by following the tour and commenting to enter the giveaway, to help us send-off this themed dark fiction anthology, Curses: Chronicles of Darkness. We’ve had a great time meeting the contributing authors and learning about their stories. I hope you’ve learned enough about the stories in this collection to entice you to buy the anthology, and maybe found a new favorite author or two along the way. If you missed a stop, you can go back and check them all out through the links in the schedule at the bottom of this post.

Today we bring you a brief guest post by Danaeka Scrimshaw and a video post about their story inspirations her on Writing to be Read. Then over at Undawnted, DL Mullan will bring use her interview with Danaeka, as well. Don’t forget to leave your comments and questions for both stops on the first blog stop. We still have one more digital copy of Curses to giveaway.

Giveaway

We’re giving away 5 digital copies of Curses: Chronicles of Darkness.

All you have to do to enter is

follow the tour and leave a comment.

About Curses: Chronicles of Darkness

Book Cover: Curses Three women with horned headdresses , and flames above their heads. Text: Curses: Chronicles of Darkness, Edited by Kaye Lynne Booth

There are all types of curses.

Cursed places, cursed items, cursed people, cursed families.

Curses that last throughout time. Curses which can’t be broken. Curses which are brought upon ourselves. Curses that will kill you and those that will only make you wish you were dead.

Eleven tantalizing tales of curses and the cursed. Includes stories by Kaye Lynne Booth, Molly Ertel, C.R. Johansson, Robert White, Joseph Carrabis, Paul Kane, Danaeka Scrimshaw, Abe Margel, and Denise Aparo.

Pre-Order and Purchase Link: https://books2read.com/CursesChroniclesofDarkness

Meet Author Molly Ertel

Author Molly Ertel

Molly Ertel’s short stories have appeared in Akashic BooksJerry Jazz Magazine, the Midnight Garden anthology and the Dark City Crime and Mystery Magazine among other publications. Additionally, she worked as a reader/editor for the Silver Blade Anthology. Her character-driven stories came out of her days as a photojournalist at the Airway Heights Corrections Center where she interviewed and wrote about the lives of inmates and the work of correctional officers.

Current projects include editing her second historical fiction novel for middle grade (8-12 year olds) that takes place during the Cuban missile crisis of 1962 and possibly delving into the world of creative non-fiction for children. Animal Olympics anyone?

Molly’s story, ” Clover’s Mirror Box”, is about a woman cursed with bad luck and her quest to break her curse. How do you break a curse? Well…, Clover uses a mirror box to break her curse. If you want to know how, you’ll have to read the story.

Inspiration Video for “Clover’s Mirror Box”

Meet Author Danaeka Scrimshaw

Danaeka Scrimshaw is a speculative fiction author writing novel length and short form for the past seven years. Between short stories, they’re working on the first book of a new trilogy called Ghedia of Duisternis.

Danaeka’s story, “The Lamp”, is about a cursed object; a lamp handed down through generations with a curse locked within.

Inspiration for “The Lamp”

My story, The Lamp, came to me subtly last October when my writing group wanted to do Halloween stories. It started with the memory of my great grandma’s old wicker lamp when I was seven. This one was ordinary, and we got to light it sometimes and watch the orange flames flicker as we blew across the open top, casting shadows on the walls. 

While I was still going through my divorce, I had lost the muse and didn’t finish in time, stopping when Sebastien discovered the lamp was open. About a month after I started living alone, I felt invisible, just as this anthology opportunity came up. I had felt invisible throughout my childhood as well. This idea of being the forgotten child made its way into the story. 

You can learn more about Danaeka and her story, by visiting the second stop on today’s tour, over at Undawnted, where you can catch Danaeka’s interview with DL Mullan.

Don’t forget to leave your comments and questions for both tour stops here for a chance to win the final copy of Curses: Chronicles of Darkness.

Tour Schedule

Day 1

  • Stop 1Writing to be Read – About the Curses Anthology & Meet Kaye Lynne Booth and Denise Aparo
  • Stop 2 Undawnted – DL Mullan Interviews Denise Aparo

Day 2

  • Stop 1Robbie’s Inspiration – Meet Kaye Lynne Booth & Joseph Carrabis with readings of “It’s a Man’s World” & “Grafton’s Ghost-Child”
  • Stop 2Undawnted – DL Mullan Interviews Joseph Carrabis

Day 3

  • Stop 1 Poetry by Mich – Meet Abe Margel & Paul Kane with a guest post about the inspiration of his story “The Weeping Man”
  • Stop 2Undawnted – DL Mullan Interviews Paul Kane

Day 4

  • Stop 1Roberta Writes – Meet C.R Johansson & Robert White with a guest post about the inspiration for “The Longspeth Curse”
  • Stop 2Undawnted – DL Mullan interviews Robert White

Day 5

  • Stop 1 Writing to be Read – Meet Danaeka Scrimshaw, and Molly Ertel & Inspiration Video about “Clover’s Mirror Box”
  • Stop 2 Undawnted – DL Mullan interviews Danaeka Scrimshaw


Day 4 of the WordCrafter “Curses” Book Blog Tour

Curses book in center of dark dungeon background. Text: WordCrafter Book Blog Tours Presents Curses: Chronicles of Darkness, A WordCrafter Anthology, Contributing Authors: Kaye Lynne Booth, Molly Ertel, C.R. Johansson, Robert White, Joseph Carrabis, Paul Kane, Danaeka Scrimshaw, Abe Margel,and Denise Aparo

For the first stop on Day 4 of the WordCrafter Curses Book Blog Tour, we’re over at Roberta Writes, where Robbie Cheadle introduces contributing authors C.R. Johansson and Robert White, with a guest post about the inspiration for his story “The Longspeth Curse”. Please join us in sending off Curses: Chronicles of Darkness, from WordCrafter Press. Don’t forget to leave a comment for a chance to win a free digital copy of the anthology, and then drop by our second stop to catch DL Mullan’s interview with Robert White over at Undawnted.