Showing posts with label interview. Show all posts
Showing posts with label interview. Show all posts
Monday, December 8, 2014
Of interviews, Tammy Theriault, and cookies
Today, I'm at Tammy Theriault's blog, hanging out and participating in the craziest interview I've ever had the chance to be a part of. Come hang out! We can all be crazy (and eat cookies) together.
Friday, January 17, 2014
Thrice Interview & Giveaway!
Hi, Guys! I'm over at Jessica Spotswood's today, being interviewed as part of her Thrice Interviewed segment, and there's a giveaway of Sky Jumpers! Come on over!
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
My new favorite interview ever.
A year ago, I interviewed Elana Johnson here at the release of SURRENDER. Do you remember it? If not, here's a little reminder:
It might have been my favorite interview ever. Well, ABANDON just came out, and I had the privilege of interviewing Elana once again. This new interview just kicked it out of the top spot, and took its place as my new favorite. I had a blast! And yes, there's pictures, and this time, it's pictures of the tech in Elana's book. It's over at The League of Extraordinary Writers. Come hang out with me! We'll have fun. :D
It might have been my favorite interview ever. Well, ABANDON just came out, and I had the privilege of interviewing Elana once again. This new interview just kicked it out of the top spot, and took its place as my new favorite. I had a blast! And yes, there's pictures, and this time, it's pictures of the tech in Elana's book. It's over at The League of Extraordinary Writers. Come hang out with me! We'll have fun. :D
Thursday, May 23, 2013
Jenn Johansson: Top Ten Things You Could Say to Make Someone Think You're a Psycho Stalker
Guess who's here with me today? The fabulous J.R. Johansson! Welcome, welcome, Jenn! You and I have gone to a lot of the same conferences. That's probably how we first met, right?
Jenn: Yes...although the fact that it's a blur for both of us makes me wonder if we've just always known each other. ;-)
Peggy: I think probably what initially drew me to you was your copper curls and the I'm-not-a-stalker vibe you exuded. Which is amazing, considering the stalking that goes on in your books!
Jenn: Yes...I try to keep the stalking in public to a minimum. It's the hiding in the bushes in private that I really get my stalking vibe on. No, I actually fail at stalking. I'd get caught immediately. Watching Veronica Mars makes me wish I was better at being sneaky.
Peggy: In my other life, I am a ninja. But to really go full-on stalker, I'm going to need a few pointers. Hiding in bushes... check. Don't get caught... check. Be sneaky.... check. But what should I say?
Jenn's Top 10: Things A Stalker Would Say:
10 – Your hair reminds me of the dolls I used to set on fire.
9 – I liked the outfit you bought yesterday at 7:32pm.
8 – You are so much like this other girl I used to follow.
7 – You look cute when you sleep.
6 – I can seeee yooouuuu…
5 – I have pictures of you in every outfit, in case you can’t decide what to wear…
4 – If you want to come to my place, I can show you my restraining order collection.
3 – I’m always here for you, especially when you can’t see me.
2 – Any line of lyrics from ‘Every Breath You Take’ by the Police
And…straight out of Insomnia…
1 – My addiction is you.
Peggy: Hahahaha! Thanks, Jenn! You just totally made my day! And do you know what else made my day? That one time you let me be a stop on your ARC tour, and I got to read INSOMNIA. It sucked me in and pulled me at a break-neck speed every step of the way. Sigh. That rocked a lot.
And the amazing, awesome thing is, Jenn's doing an incredible preorder giveaway! If you order the book now, you can enter to win a NookHD 16GB with a case (a mother-of-all-prizes worth $250!!).
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J.R. JOHANSSON is a young adult thriller author published with Flux and FSG/Macmillan. Her debut, INSOMNIA is coming June 2013. She has a B.S. degree in public relations and a background in marketing. She credits her abnormal psychology minor with inspiring many of her characters. When she's not writing, she loves reading, playing board games, and sitting in her hot tub. Her dream is that someday she can do all three at the same time. She has two young sons and a wonderful husband. In fact, other than her cat, Cleo, she's nearly drowning in testosterone.
Peggy: To thank you for joining us today, Jenn, I have your favorite-- peanut butter cookies!! *passes plate*
Jenn: If you give me plates of cookies, I may have to start stalking you...
Jenn: Yes...although the fact that it's a blur for both of us makes me wonder if we've just always known each other. ;-)
Peggy: I think probably what initially drew me to you was your copper curls and the I'm-not-a-stalker vibe you exuded. Which is amazing, considering the stalking that goes on in your books!
Jenn: Yes...I try to keep the stalking in public to a minimum. It's the hiding in the bushes in private that I really get my stalking vibe on. No, I actually fail at stalking. I'd get caught immediately. Watching Veronica Mars makes me wish I was better at being sneaky.
Peggy: In my other life, I am a ninja. But to really go full-on stalker, I'm going to need a few pointers. Hiding in bushes... check. Don't get caught... check. Be sneaky.... check. But what should I say?
Jenn's Top 10: Things A Stalker Would Say:
10 – Your hair reminds me of the dolls I used to set on fire.
9 – I liked the outfit you bought yesterday at 7:32pm.
8 – You are so much like this other girl I used to follow.
7 – You look cute when you sleep.
6 – I can seeee yooouuuu…
5 – I have pictures of you in every outfit, in case you can’t decide what to wear…
4 – If you want to come to my place, I can show you my restraining order collection.
3 – I’m always here for you, especially when you can’t see me.
2 – Any line of lyrics from ‘Every Breath You Take’ by the Police
And…straight out of Insomnia…
1 – My addiction is you.
Peggy: Hahahaha! Thanks, Jenn! You just totally made my day! And do you know what else made my day? That one time you let me be a stop on your ARC tour, and I got to read INSOMNIA. It sucked me in and pulled me at a break-neck speed every step of the way. Sigh. That rocked a lot.
Her eyes saved his life. Her dreams released his darkness.
After four years of sleeplessness, high school junior Parker Chipp can’t take much more. Every night, instead of sleeping, he enters the dreams of the last person he’s made eye contact with. If he doesn’t sleep soon, Parker will die.
Then he meets Mia. Her dreams, calm and beautifully uncomplicated, allow him blissful rest that’s utterly addictive. But what starts out as a chance meeting turns into an obsession; Parker’s furious desire for what he needs pushes him to extremes he never thought he’d go. And when someone begins terrorizing Mia with twisted death threats, Parker’s memory blackouts leave him doubting his own innocence.
And the amazing, awesome thing is, Jenn's doing an incredible preorder giveaway! If you order the book now, you can enter to win a NookHD 16GB with a case (a mother-of-all-prizes worth $250!!).
Here's some of the places where you can pre-order INSOMNIA:
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J.R. JOHANSSON is a young adult thriller author published with Flux and FSG/Macmillan. Her debut, INSOMNIA is coming June 2013. She has a B.S. degree in public relations and a background in marketing. She credits her abnormal psychology minor with inspiring many of her characters. When she's not writing, she loves reading, playing board games, and sitting in her hot tub. Her dream is that someday she can do all three at the same time. She has two young sons and a wonderful husband. In fact, other than her cat, Cleo, she's nearly drowning in testosterone.
Peggy: To thank you for joining us today, Jenn, I have your favorite-- peanut butter cookies!! *passes plate*
Jenn: If you give me plates of cookies, I may have to start stalking you...
Friday, March 8, 2013
Video interview with the one and only CARRIE BUTLER + giveaway!
I'm excited to be a part of Carrie Butler's blog tour for her NA Paranormal, STRENGTH. Carrie and I pretended we don't actually live 1700 miles away from each other, and hung out together via video. Carrie is hilarious and uh.... expressive. ;)
Title: STRENGTH
Series: Mark of Nexus - Book 1
Publisher: Sapphire Star Publishing
Category: New Adult (NA)
Genre: Paranormal Romance (PNR)
Release Date: March 07, 2013
Formats: E-Book and Paperback
When college student Rena Collins finds herself nose-to-chest with the campus outcast, she’s stunned. Wallace Blake is everything she’s ever wanted in a man—except he can’t touch her. His uncontrollable strength, a so-called gift from his bloodline, makes every interaction dangerous. And with a secret, supernatural war brewing among his kind, there’s no time to work it out. To keep Wallace in her life, Rena will have to risk a whole lot more than her heart.
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Carrie daydreamed her way through college—until they thrust a marketing degree into her hands, slapped a summa cum laude seal on the corner, and booted her out into a less-than-stellar job market. Instead of panicking at the prospect of unemployment, she used her Midwestern logic to steer into the skid and point her life in the direction she really wanted to go: writing out those daydreams.
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Want a chance to win the book, plus a lot of other great stuff? Enter here:
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About the book
Series: Mark of Nexus - Book 1
Publisher: Sapphire Star Publishing
Category: New Adult (NA)
Genre: Paranormal Romance (PNR)
Release Date: March 07, 2013
Formats: E-Book and Paperback
When college student Rena Collins finds herself nose-to-chest with the campus outcast, she’s stunned. Wallace Blake is everything she’s ever wanted in a man—except he can’t touch her. His uncontrollable strength, a so-called gift from his bloodline, makes every interaction dangerous. And with a secret, supernatural war brewing among his kind, there’s no time to work it out. To keep Wallace in her life, Rena will have to risk a whole lot more than her heart.
BOOK PAGE | GOODREADS | PUBLISHER | FACEBOOK | PINTEREST | BOOK TRAILER
About the Author
WEBSITE | BLOG | PUBLISHER | TWITTER | FACEBOOK | GOODREADS | GOOGLE+ | LINKEDIN
Want a chance to win the book, plus a lot of other great stuff? Enter here:
Monday, October 1, 2012
Interview with the incredible Kimberly Krey!
And even better, she's here today! Hi, Kim! [holds out plate of cookies] Here, have a couple. (You guys can have some, too-- I made tons! But careful. They're a little hot still.)
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| By Shantel Ruiz [CC-BY-2.0], via Wikimedia Commons |
Okay, to keep it fun, take your age, add 12 (because your book releases in ‘12), divide by the number of kids you have, then add 5 (because that’s how many stars this book should get). Tell us what Evie’s Knight is about in that many words or less.
Wait. Are people going to know how old I am now? Uh-hem. The number’s seventeen, but I’ll do it in twelve. Here goes:
In Evie’s Knight, a young, virtuous romance conjures a truly wicked spell.
I know you are a perfectionist, and getting your craft just right is important to you. Can you tell us some of what you went through to get Evie’s Knight to its brilliantly shiny state?
It’s a grossly long story, so I’ll keep it short. I wrote Evie’s Knight in 2009. I went to my first writer’s meeting the night I received a rejection on my full MS, in which the agent suggested the MS “lacked polish.” Of course, she was right. I immersed myself in the writing world. Joined a critique group, went to conferences, read, read, read, and of course, rewrote and edited Evie’s Knight until I was happy with it. Glad I didn’t put it out there back in 2009; I had a lot to learn.
Someone once told me (or maybe I told them...) that you have a really sultry voice, and don’t even hide behind the pages when you’re reading kissy scenes out loud. Have you ever thought about recording your own audio book?
That makes me laugh and smile and almost blush all at once. The answer – no. I’ve never considered that. I think I’d be a bad actor, honestly. But I do like me some kissy scenes; not gonna lie.
Just for fun, give us some one sentence answers. What do you think about when there is nothing to think about?
Ways to get my kids to do their own laundry.
Ha! Good one! Are you superstitious about anything?
Not really, but I’m petrified of mean dogs and carry mace while I run for that very reason.
Me, too, Kim. Me, too. What is the strangest food you have ever eaten?
I’ve always prided myself on loving every food out there, but when I tried Kimchi I found my limit; it was like eating hot sauce on a dirty, rotten dishrag. Barf!
I've never eaten Kimchi before, but after that description.... let's just say it doesn't sound delicious. Do you know what is, though? THIS COVER!
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| Don't you love this cover? The cover gods totally smiled down here. (Unlike that ghostly person in the trees who appears to be doing something other than "smiling" down. ;)) |
Want to know more about Kimberly Krey? Check out these links:
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/
Kim's Website: http://kimberlykrey.
Kim's blog: http://writegirl-
Twitter: https://twitter.com/
Thanks for coming to hang out with us today, Kim! And huge congrats on the book release.
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