Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Guest Blogger: Author Margay Leah Justice

Why Wolves?

Whenever I discuss my latest book, Sloane Wolf, people often ask me, Why Wolves? And I have to say, why not? Wolves are fantastic creatures that mate for life and are truly faithful to their mates (from what I've read), and we humans could learn a lot from them.

As it pertains to my book, however, it was rather serendipitous that I ended up writing about wolves. I didn't intentionally set out to do so, but a series of events conspired to make it happen. The first event came in the form of a book that was ultimately made into a movie that got me to thinking -- and anybody who knows me can tell you that when I get to thinking, things begin to happen . . . in a writing sense that is! I can turn the smallest nugget of an idea into a story, if motivated enough to do so, and that is how this story started out, as just a nugget. So there I was, inspired by this other book/movie enough that certain scenes kept kicking up in my head (ahem, fight scene), but content just to imagine it in my head.

Until event number two happened. That would be a contest that an electronic publishing company was running with the theme of -- you guessed it -- wolves. And so I thought, why not? I had some interesting scenes kicking around in my head, the contest was for a novella length story, so I had enough to accomplish that. And with the help of event number three -- discovering an article about gray wolves returning to Massachusetts after a100-plus year absence -- a true story began to formulate with legends of wolves and why they "reappeared" in the state after such a long absence. Wow, I thought, this was really going to be something, if I could get it all together in time.

Trouble was, once I started writing, I just kept on writing and I over-shot the word count. One thing I forgot when I set out to enter this contest: I have never been able to write short. I keep trying, but I usually have so much to say, it doesn't conform well to short stories or novellas. Not wanting to cut anything to fit the guidelines, I simply finished the book for me. And by the time I was finished with it, I knew that I had to try to get it published anyway, I felt that strong about it. And after several fits and starts, I finally found the right publisher for it in Muse it Up Publishing.

So there you have it. The serendipitous events that led to the birth of Sloane Wolf.

Links:

http://margayleahjustice.blogspot.com/


http://moonlightlacemayhem.blogspot.com/


http://www.myspace.com/margay1122


http://twitter.com/Margay


http://www.facebook.com/MargayLeahJustice


Where to buy:

Amazon - http://www.amazon.com/Sloane-Wolves-Destiny-Falls-ebook/dp/B006M4AGN4/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1325789895&sr=1-1


Muse It Up Publishing - http://museituppublishing.com/bookstore2/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&product_id=242&category_id=107&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=1&vmcchk=1&Itemid=1

Tuesday, January 03, 2012

Wanted: Paranormal blogs/websites to help me promote the USA The Vampire Shrink in April



I have been scheduling promo leading up to April, when the USA version of the expanded/rewritten The Vampire Shrink is released by Sterling Publishing as a trade paperback and Nook edition.


Here are the places that have graciously agreed to either review my book and/or interview me or let me guest blog in April:








Vampire Romance Books

Anna's Book Blog

My Vamp Fiction

The Spinecracker

Bibliophilicbookblog

Urban Fantasy Paranormal Fiction


Can you help me find other paranormal and urban fantasy blogs/websites that I can contact about doing promo for, or reviewing, my book?


I'll give a copy of the USA trade paperback of The Vampire Shrink to one person who leaves some info here in the comments!


Thank you!