Thursday, September 12, 2013

"Monster in the Mirror"- Available in Paper Version

"Monster in the Mirror"

Available in paper version....


The party was getting louder. The laughter was increasing and a sense of dread filled my heart. I frantically began scanning the room, looking for a place where they would not find me, but they always did! I needed to find a better hiding place, less likely to be found. But it was too late, they had entered the room, calling me by name, Ricky. The loud laughter that followed sent me running for the coffee table. I crawled beneath it, believing I was safely hidden under the big reddish brown table. But I was wrong. As they came closer, I grabbed hold of the table legs, holding with all the strength a six year old could muster. Yanked by my leg, I felt the pain in my arms and hands as the sudden jerk ripped the table from my grasp. I closed my eyes and screamed. Do you want more.......??

Friday, September 6, 2013

Book Tour Guest Author, Alethea Eason


















Biography



Alethea Eason is the author of Heron’s Path (Spectacle Publishing Media Group) and Hungry (HarperCollins).  Her picture book Turtle Soup is a part of the Imagine It! Reading Series for second grade.  Alethea has published stories in several anthologies for children including A Glory of Unicorns, edited by Bruce Coville. Stories have also appeared in New Moon Magazine and Shoo-Fly Audio Magazine. She also writes for adults, and her work has appeared in Sweet Fancy Moses, Radiance, and Marion Zimmer Bradley’s Fantasy Magazine, among others. She won the Eugene Ruggles Poetry Award, sponsored by The Dickens, published by Copperfiled Books of Sonoma and Napa Counties.
As a reading specialist and ELD teacher, Alethea has taught grades kindergarten through high school. She spent a year and a half at St. Margaret’s British School for Girls in Concon, Chile where she worked in English literacy for the Junior School and as an IB English teacher for the Senior School. She now teaches at Minnie Cannon Elementary School in Middletown, California.
Alethea lives in Cobb, California with her husband, Bill, and Jinxy, their tabby cat with high self esteem.



Author Interview

What inspired you to write your first book? 

Heron’s Path is the first novel I wrote, but the second to be published. What inspired me to write it?  In college I encountered the poem “The Black Swan” by Randall Jarrell.  The narrator is a child mourning a sister.  The beauty of the writing and clarity of images touched me deeply and reading the poem many, many times planted the seed for a novel about sisters.  In fact, the first draft of Heron’s Path was called Swan Sisters. My sister, Gwyn, was the pretty, fair, and popular one, the older sister I idolized but also really didn’t know too well as she was almost eight years my senior.  I was the dark-haired, studious introvert. Strangely, having written the book helped me deal with her death nine years ago.  The lynchpin that changed Swan Sister to Heron’s Path was a trip my husband, Bill, and I took to the Klamath River in the extreme northern part of California in the early 90s where I was overwhelmed by the beauty and power of the area, along with its history.
  
Do you have a specific writing style? 

I believe I have two.  One is literary and poetic, which is the way Heron’s Path is written.  The other is when my narrators have attitude, such as Deborah in my science fiction novels Hungry and Starved.  Serious issues are addressed but with a sense of humor and the absurd.

How did you come up with the title? 

Deciding on the right one took fairly long. The old Indian doctor, Olena, tells Katy Farrow, the narrator of Heron’s Path, that her sister Celeste has to “take the heron’s path home.”  When I wrote that line I knew I had a title.  

Is there a message in your novel that you want readers to grasp? 

Heron’s Path is a story of transformation, of realizing you must let go of what one’s ego thinks it wants in order to find truth and unity.  The novel has been labeled “young-adult” because there are young characters in it, but most of its readers have been adults.  For both audiences, though, it is also a novel about the love between two girls who are sisters in spirit and the hope that we will all find “the mythical north,” to quote a friend, once our journey on Earth is done.

How much of the book is realistic? 

On our trip to the Klamath River, we had stopped in Eureka, and in a used book store I found the memoir In the Land of the Grasshopper Song, Two Women in the Klamath River Indian Country 1908-1909 by Mary Ellicott Arnold and Mabel Reed.  This book chronicles their stint as Indian matrons with the Karuk people, written with humility, respect, and insight.  I read it as we camped along the river, on serious sensory overload from their story and the incredible power, mystery, and beauty that surrounded me.  One of my characters, Sarah Price, was inspired by Miss Arnold and Miss Read.  I researched the Karuk, but I created my own tribe, the Nanchuti, with its own culture, myths, and language.



What books have most influenced your life most? 

In my late teens and twenties, almost everything Ursula LeGuin and Jane Yolen wrote were very important to me. I dreamt of someday writing with their skill, complexity, and intelligence. Connie Willis’ work, especially her story “Fire Watch,” made me yearn to create vivid and dangerous worlds with characters of great integrity. I can’t say that I’ve written that story, that book, yet, but I still hope to someday. The White Hotel by D.M. Thomas was another novel that opened me to the power of writing.  Marge Piercy’s A Woman at the Edge of Time came to me when I was stepping out on my own from a rigidly conservative upbringing and opened me to new ways to look at life and reality.  I recently thought I should reread it to see how it might stand up thirty plus years later.  The Victorians: Jane Austen, the Brontes, George Elliot all have held special places for me.

If you had to choose, which writer would you consider a mentor? 

I need to thank the two Bruces, as I call them: Bruce Coville and Bruce McAllister.  Both of them have offered tons of advice, encouragement, critiques, and have opened doors for me.  Bruce Coville’s work has especially influenced my writing for children, and Bruce McAllister’s my stories for adults.  I would highly recommend his novel The Village Sang to the Sea: a Memoir of Magic to see how personal history and magical realism can interweave to create a memorable reading experience.

What book are you reading now?

I just finished Call Me Jane, part of The Oshkosh Trilogy by Anthea Carson, a dark cautionary tale of a girl whose life has spun out of control.  I am currently reading two non-fiction books.  The first is called When the Body Says No, by Garbor Mate, M.D.  This book discusses the relationship between repressed emotions, stress, and disease.


Places where her books can be found


Tuesday, August 6, 2013

New Book by Best Selling Author Dianna Bellerose and Rachel Love is only $1.99 - "Monster in the Mirror" available Globally



"Whoever fights Monsters should see to it that in the process He does not become a Monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss will gaze back into you." - Frederich Nietzsche






Bio Rachel Love

Rev. Rachel Love
Radio Personality, Ghost Whisperer,
Medium, Intuitive, Transition Coach,
Minister, Intuitive Instructor, Facilitator,
Author and Playful Poet


 





Visit our New website:

"Monster in the Mirror"- A Novel written by Dianna Bellerose&Rachel Love

As Ricky stares into the mirror, he no longer sees the monster that he once saw there, but the memory of his past still haunts him—the story he has never really told. As a child, Ricky faced one abusive episode after another. 
     

                                         

Monday, August 5, 2013

Special Guest Today, Singer and Song Writer- Loreen Chimenty

Loreen Chimenti: Bio




LOREEN CHIMENTI - SINGER, SONGWRITER, ARRANGER


Loreen Chimenti is a singer, songwriter, arranger with a positive attitude toward life. She combines in her music all her inspirational influences such as R'n'B, Jazz, Dance with Electro Sounds.


Her French and Italian roots gave her a hot temper and sensuality that take its course as much in her lyrics as in her warm and powerful performance.


Her debut album "Spank it!" contains 16 uplifting Electro-Pop/R'n'B tracks and relaxing sexy Lounge songs. Loreen wants to deliver a message through this album, and show that women should be free to express their feminity and sensuality without being taken for objects. Women should be strong and take control of their life in order not to be victims.


"Spank it!" can now be purchased online digitally on iTunes, on cdbaby.com, amazon.com, emusic.com...


This album will for sure put you in a sexy mood for dancing...


Loreen and music is a big love story. She started singing and playing piano in her early age. When she was 18 she discovered her skills at composing and writing lyrics.


The first songs Loreen composed were based on melancholic ballads piano/voice and Lounge tracks, that made her sign with Universal Music Publishing in Germany in 2007.


One of her songs "Honeymoon" (Sur La Cote d'Azur) was selected for different Lounge Compilation CDs called "French Chillout" "A Trip To Ibiza" and "Relaxing Moments Volume 3", which was released in December 2007 by Sony & BMG.


In 2009 Loreen signed a Non-Exclusive contract with Original Source Music in the U.S.A for films and TV placements.


In October 2010, Loreen joined a band called "Toni Day Project". She composed, arranged and performed 6 songs included in the album "4ever and Ever".


The 26th November 2010, after a collaboration with the DJ/Producer Manu Bosquet, a brand new House single "Should Never Happen" - Physical Phase Feat. Loreen Chimenti has been released digitally by Rodeo Drive Records. 


A new House track called "BOY" has been released by Audiobite Records on the 28th of February 2011 after the collaboration with the French DJ Producer Bruno Kaufmann.


 In 2012 Loreen kept on working with different DJs on House singles such as "Don't Let Go" with DJ Physical Phase and the single "Rainy Day" featuring DJ Javier Lamban released on all digital stores including iTunes and Amazon.


In 2013, 3 songs composed by Loreen Chimenti for Toni Day Project have been selected to be played live in "The Musical Show-Forever And Ever my Life and Pink Floyd". 


The shows has started on the 7th of June 2013 in Wall Arena Bostalsee. There will be 12 dates in Germany.


Actually Loreen in working on new songs for her next album and a project of single For Dianna Bellerose, award winner for best Romance and best seller on Amazon UK with her book "Fire and Ice".


Loreen Chimenti: Links


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Loreen Chimeni, guest on Rachel Love and Dianna Bellerose Show

Friday, July 19, 2013

Book Tour Guest, Author Medium Candy O D'onnell


Bio

Candy O'Donnell was born in Carmichael, California and always loved to write. This was how she expressed herself. While young, she won many writing awards but her first piece gained her recognition in the seventh grade. She wrote a piece about her mother's losing battle to leukemia. Candy is attending University of Cincinnati for an MS in Criminal Justice. The subject has always intrigued her. Spirits and ghosts were also commonplace in her family since her life has always been filled with so much death. Her grandmother taught her never to have fear and to reach for the stars no matter what she put her mind to, and that is just what she is doing. Candy's writing has branched out into many genres, but the paranormal aspect still fascinates her more than anything because she understands what draws people to it.
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Interview


What inspired you to write your first book?
**I was inspired to write Psychic Perception by the thought of going into the Criminal Justice field. I wound up with 6 Grad Units, but the field of writing called my name instead. I loved weaving different aspects of Carrie Dowd (Main Character) with everyone else within the book along with murder and how she senses it.
Do you have a specific writing style?
**I really do not have a specific writing style. I write from whatever point of view suits the book at the time.
How did you come up with the title?
**I came up with the title "Psychic Perception" after mulling over different longer titles that never really worked. This title was short and to the point of what I wished to get across to readers.
Is there a message in your novel that you want readers to grasp?
How much of the book is realistic?

**I want readers to grasp that not all psychics interpret what they receive the same way. Many are constantly bombarded with visions and intuitive sights on a daily basis. I really believe this book is realistic from my point of view. I added in my own personality and how I see the world through my own psychic eye.
Are experiences based on someone you know, or events in your own life?
**These experiences in this book are fictional, but some events are based on real events that have occurred in my own life. I'm a psychic-medium and assist people with love, financial, past life regressions/readings, and I love what I do!
What books have most influenced your life most?
**I have been influenced by other psychics such as Sylvia Browne, Marta Williams, and various other folks that have come into my life.
If you had to choose, which writer would you consider a mentor?
What book are you reading now?

**I am reading "The Reawakening
The Living Dead Series Book 1"
by Joseph Souza
I consider my first teacher I had when I was in the mist of my bachelor's degree to be my mentor. He encouraged me to write "Psychic Perception" and to continue to write, no matter what anyone else says.

About the book

Carrie Dowd sensed murder—she knew how it was done, the circumstances surrounding the person's disappearance, and the turmoil the victim endured. But who did it always evaded her, even after a missing girl’s mother reached out for help. Carrie's dreams and life always dowsed in the tragedies of others. How was she going to assist a mourning family if she could not reveal fully what her psychic mind saw?

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