Tampa Book Buzz

local author k.l. nappier on tv show studio 10 tomorrow

Tomorrow (March 28) at 10 a.m., local author K.L. Nappier will appear live on Studio 10, the daytime show of CBS Tampa Bay area affiliate WTSP Channel 10. Nappier told me that she’s been invited on the show “to discuss the state of publishing today and talk about Full Wolf Moon, which was just launched February as a paperback by Aisling Press. For those who miss the live broadcast, they can catch the show later via video stream at www.studio10.tv.”

You can watch the new video trailer for Full Wolf Moon on YouTube, MySpace and DailyMotion.

local author k.l. nappier is having a book launch party on february 23 and we’re all invited

Local author K.L. Nappier’s supernatural thriller Full Wolf Moon will be in wide release as a paperback by the end of this month by Aisling Press. Full Wolf Moon was originally released as an e-book at Double Dragon Publishing (and will remain available as an e-book there).

What fun is a book launch without a book launch party? Mark your calendars for this one:

February 23 — 4-6 p.m.

Panera Bakery and Cafe at Feathersound
2285 Ulmerton Road
Clearwater, FL 33762

In addition to the book signings, there will be entertainment and door prizes.

No werewolves, though, thank goodness. (I checked the Farmer’s Almanac lunar schedule to make sure.)

Hope to see you there! In the meantime, you can watch the Full Wolf Moon trailer on Nappier’s website.

book buzz:dead girls are easy by terri garey

Dead Girls Are Easy by Terri Garey

Nicki Styx was minding her own business — her eclectic, eccentric, free-spirited business — when a near-death experience puts her in touch with some of the recently deceased who have unfinished business in this life. At first Nicki tries to ignore them, but eventually gives in to the annoying, nagging spirits and tries to relay their messages for them so they can rest in peace.

But being a “dead chick magnet” isn’t as easy as one would think. Nicki is swept into a world even more eccentric and free-spirited than she’s used to, complete with voodoo rituals, murder attempts, a hot romance with her emergency room doctor, confrontations with an ex-boyfriend, shopping and chicken cacciatore. Not to mention the Shocking Secret that Nicki uncovers about her past, which I can’t tell you anything about except to say that you’ll swallow your gum in astonishment.

Garey has created a spunky, snarky supernatural/suspense series that you can’t put down. The Shocking Secret stuff could have come off as a bad soap opera, but Garey not only makes it work, she makes it hilariously fascinating. I can’t wait for the next book in the series.

Garey’s website is www.tgarey.com.

Book Buzz Barometer: A

local author news:llewellyn, boucher, nappier

• Local author Kimberly Llewellyn is guest blogging at Literary Chicks during the month of May. (My apologies for the delay in posting this; it was accidentally shifted further down on my Pending Posts list.)  Congrats!
• Kudos to local author Wendy Boucher for her recent interview in the Tampa Trib. 
• Local author K.L. Nappier’s short story The Thing Most Precious appears in Volume 2 of the anthology series Twisted Tails II, Volumes 1 and 2.  Click here for more info on this recently-released collection.  Bitten, Nappier’s sequel to her book Full Wolf Moon, is being released later this year.  Congrats!  (I started reading Full Wolf Moon this past weekend and managed to get through one whole page before the phone starting ringing and Real Life demanded attention.  But that one page was good!  I’m turning off my phone and trying again this weekend.)

local author dusty miller

Systems analyst, former member of the military and local author Dusty Miller wrote to say hello and to let me know about her books, the thriller novel Lab Rats and Hens and her sci-fi Hunters of the Cloud series.  One of her books just became available at Barnes and Noble and all of them can be found at her website www.huntersofthecloud.com.

book news: sarasota fwa’s blog, jerry cowling, linda mackall

• For you writers a bit south of the Bay area, the Sarasota chapter of the Florida Writers Association now has a blog at http://fwasarasota.blogspot.com/.
• Local author Jerry Cowling (Lincoln in the Basement) sent me an update:  “I have a speaking engagement with the Brooksville chapter of the Sons of Confederate Veterans and a table at the Parrish Train Raid near Bradenton April 28-29.  There are two train rides daily that are “raided” by Civil War cavalry.  I have also started writing for the Brooksville Belle, a bi-weekly which covers local government, arts and entertainment and civic activities.”
• Massachusetts author Linda Mackall wrote to let me know about her debut science fiction novel Moon Over Key Biscayne.  Her book “addresses the ever-changing challenges that face the world.  As we struggle to survive on earth, we must continually adapt to our environment.  Moon Over Key Biscayne brings life, love, despair and triumph together.  This challenge is culminated by a world-changing apocalyptic event.”  Visit www.booksandmore.4t.com to learn more.

checking in with local author kathy (k.l.) nappier

Local author K.L. (Kathy) Nappier has been busy lately:

• Bitten, the sequel to her supernatural thriller Full Wolf Moon, is in the final polishing stage and is scheduled for release at Double Dragon Publishing later this year. Here is the link to the video trailer of Full Wolf Moon: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3PmDvI9kEk
• She is also part of a multi-author short story anthology series called Twisted Tails, which has its second book (in two volumes) coming out this spring. The first book also has a video trailer posted at YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbAfHuxiSgM. Viewers are encouraged to rate the videos and, for those who have a YouTube account, favorites can be selected and comments can be submitted.
• Nappier now has her own website: http://www.klnappier.com/.

book and local author news:smith, brooksville’s booktown, llewellyn

• Joy V. Smith’s article Selling a Cool Book About the House That Joy Built is #2 in the 2006 Preditors and Editors poll (non-fiction category).  Her short story Pretty Pink Planet is tied for #13 in the their short story SF category.
• The St. Pete Times has an article about Brooksville possibly becoming a “booktown.”  Sounds interesting, doesn’t it?
• Local author Kimberly Llewellyn’s new book The Quest for the Holy Veil will be available March 6.  Visit www.kimberlyllewellyn.com to learn more.

book buzz:remote control by cynthia polansky

When you pick up a new book and discover that the first sentence of Chapter One is “I died on a Tuesday when I was thirty-one years old,” you know that you’re in for an interesting read.  Cynthia Polansky’s Remote Control is that and more.  The main character Judith is an average, normal, happily-married woman with a best friend, two dogs and a good job — until her untimely death from hilariously embarrassing circumstances. 

After her death, Judith is anything but average.  Unable to fully concentrate on the afterlife lessons of her spirit guide Ashraf, she obsessively watches over her bereaved husband Saul and best friend Micaela.  Judith’s initial concern for Saul’s adjustment to widowerhood morphs into jealous anxiety after watching Saul become romantically involved with their gorgeous and greedy accountant.  Judith figures that she can fulfill her responsibilities in the afterlife and protect her husband at the same time.  She discovers, however, that meddling busybodies who show up late for work are just as annoying in the afterlife as in her past life, but with far more serious consequences.

Remote Control is one part humorous chick lit and one part clever paranormal fantasy, stirred with inspirational wisdom and served with some startling plot twists. The book you finish is not the same one you started, but you enjoy them both and learn a lot on the journey.

Visit Polansky’s website at www.cynthiapolansky.com. Remote Control will be available in November 2007. To reserve your copy, email echelonpress(at)comcast.net.

book news:hearns, pierce

• Tommy at Sticks of Fire has posted an interesting interview he recently had with local author Fred Hearns, author of Getting It Done:Rebuilding America Brick by Brick.  He’s got a book signing coming up on February 17 (Hearns, that is, not Tommy).
• Bestselling teen fantasy author Tamora Pierce is coming to the Clearwater Main Library in March.