Showing posts with label Cara North. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cara North. Show all posts

Monday, February 7, 2022

Presenting Romance Author Breezy Jones

 Breezy Jones


Breezy lives in a small town in Florida with her husband, daughter, son and four furbabies, as a SAHM. If you ask what first got her into writing, she’ll tell you it was over the ending of Divergent. She remembers laughing at the first person to suggest that she could write a book, but chose to give it a shot.
When she’s not writing Breezy splits her time among her many hobbies; reading, repainting dolls, makeup and graphic design, just to name a few. These things don’t come without a cost; coffee and wine. While writing hasn’t always been her goal, she has fallen in love with building a world from nothing and watching it flourish.













To kick off the end of our first semester, Once Upon Academy is hosting the annual Winter Ball. A night full of magic, love and happy endings. 


Join the descendants of classic fairytale characters as they navigate the prestigious halls of Once Upon Academy. Get boujee on the most magical night of the school year and experience a fairytale kiss under the mistletoe. 

It’s a night you don’t want to miss. 


OUA facebook group- OUA’s release every year is a secret release! Which means you’ll get the authors names, and the story titles but you won’t know which author wrote which story. Join the group to get in on the fun games and giveaways, and take your shot at guessing which author wrote which story!

https://www.facebook.com/groups/OnceUponAcademy/?ref=share


Review by @bookstagramofmine on instagram- Once again I have failed to read a book tours instructions carefully! I was supposed to pick and read one story, and I didn’t do that. I read all of them. I’m going to just double check things for all other reviews now because this is ridiculous! 


Of course, that did give me a chance to pick my favourite story from the bunch! It’s Perle of Love by Marie Long! Mostly because I adored Zeke and how he was trying to do better but couldn’t find an in with his family no matter what he did. I want a sequel and a prequel!

As a whole Once Upon Academy is a collection of short stories by different authors with a couple of things in common. All the characters are descendants of beloved fairytale characters such as the beast and belle, the big bad wolf, the fairy godmother, Peter Pan, and a bunch of others. They all attend the same school to learn how to control their magic, and we’re looking at the days leading up to the winter ball!

I loved that the book had the presence of some really different fairytales! They had ogres, and dragons, and ravens, and the Ironside myth (I think thats what it is).

That being said, I do feel like some of the stories could be better edited and have the dialogue between characters tightened up. 


Thursday, February 3, 2022

Author Interview Finding your true north

 

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Cara North-Contemporary, Paranormal, Sci-Fi

September North- All YA for mature readers

Echo North- Fantasy

Tonya Nagle, PhD- Non-fiction 


Everything can be found at: www.creativewritingwithdrnagle.com


INTERVIEW WITH CARA NORTH


What was the first story you ever wrote? (Unpublished or published)
The first story I ever wrote was in elementary school. It won an award, but it is long lost in things I did not get to keep from my childhood. I wrote lots of stories in school, got in-school suspension for a romance I wrote in high school. Then I wrote a book in about 4 journals that eventually turned into a version of the first book I typed up for publication, The Art of Ethan, which did eventually get published, and since getting the rights back, I have republished. 

Why did you want to become an author? 
I have stories to share and think people would enjoy reading them. 

What is your favorite treat when you are writing? 
Soda.

Do you have any writing rituals you do to get in the mood? 
Nope. Just open whatever file I am working on and get to it. 

Is there any type of scenes you shy away from writing about? 
Not really, but I have no interest in writing historical because I don’t think I am up for that level of researched detail. 

What is a genre you don’t currently write but would like to try? 
Aside from actual horror and historical, I am down to write. 

Why do you write in the genre you currently write in? 
Most of my ideas come to me as romances. I’m not a romantic person, so it is usually a surprise to people who know me, but then I remind them Stephen King isn’t a murder, yet no one is surprised about that. Lol. 

What is the most difficult hurdle you’ve had to get over while writing so far? 
When the small press/minor imprints from publishers began collapsing. I had books that had been published, but were now without homes and had to learn to do it all myself. 

What is your dream for your book? (Ie: movie, in big box stores, etc)
I would love to see my YA series, The Drummonds as a Netflix series. 

Who would you have play your main characters if you could pick anyone in the world (dead or alive)? 
So many characters, but Jake Gyllenhaal is my muse, so he would need to play someone for sure. 

What is your favorite coffee/or tea? Depends on my mood. 

What would you put in a cocktail that represents your latest release? Cherries. My latest release is Cupid Wore Dog Tags, a military anthology, so something sweet and Valentine appropriate. 

A fire alarm goes off in your home. What are the first 5 things you grab? 
My animals. Everything else is not alive (except my spouse who better be on get the cat duty). 

 Do you use a spoon or fork to eat macaroni and cheese? I’ll use my fingers if that is all I have. 

What are you currently binge watching/or listening to? I create playlists on my Amazon Music and my iTunes to go with my books. 

What do you think is the perfect girls’ night out? 
Going out to eat somewhere, catching up. It is one of the reasons I enjoy attending Literary Love Savannah each year. I get to go out with readers and authors and eat at great places in downtown Savannah every year! 

When you were little what was your favorite toy that you took everywhere? 
I always had something to write with and on. Even as a little kid, I had notebooks, pens, and pencils. 

What is something your readers don’t know about you? That I have a TikTok account that I am going to do better posting on! LOL. I have a challenge to post every day in February, so…fingers crossed. 

Who is your favorite all time author? Do you own any of their books? 
My favorite of all time author? JD Salinger? Poe? I don’t think I have one favorite, but yes I have their books. Lots of books. 

If you could interview anyone in the world who would you choose? And Why? 
My muse, Jake Gyllenhaal because he is my muse and I think it would be awesome to interview him.


Friday, January 7, 2022

Release Day Once Upon Academy Anthology

I am so excited that the ONCE UPON ACADEMY VOLUME 2 Anthology is available now and that I get to share the news!

If you haven’t yet heard about this wonderful book, be sure to check out all the details below.

This blitz also includes a giveaway for a $25 Amazon GC courtesy of the authors, & Rockstar Book Tours. So if you’d like a chance to win, check out the giveaway info below.

 

About The Book:

Title: ONCE UPON ACADEMY VOLUME 2

Authors: Breezy Jones, Cara North, Elle Klass, Marie Long, Valerie Puri

Pub. Date: January 7, 2022

Publisher: BLK Publishing

Formats:  eBook

Pages: 431

Find it: Goodreads, books2read Preorder for 2.99 before the price goes up to 4.99!

Once Upon Academy, where fairytales are real and princesses really do get happily ever afters.


To kick off the end of our first semester, Once Upon Academy is hosting the annual Winter Ball. A night full of magic, love and happy endings.

Join the descendants of classic fairytale characters as they navigate the prestigious halls of Once Upon Academy. Get boujee on the most magical night of the school year and experience a fairytale kiss under the mistletoe.

It’s a night you don’t want to miss.

 


Grab ONCE UPON ACADEMY VOLUME 1 NOW!

Grab the winter ball teaser chapters free right now here - https://dl.bookfunnel.com/j2167xn78q

 

And anyone that preorders the anthology can get some goodies in the mail like a school map and invitation to the ball! Send your confirmation # and addy to onceuponacademyantho@gmail.com  Limited to the first 50 pre-orders.

Teasers:

MICE AND MAGIC by BREEZY JONES

1. My whole body screamed to jump his bones

2. “You’re not gettin my wand, asshole.”

3. My eyes traveled the length of his rock-hard body and I bit my lower lip.

 

SECRETS OF THE RING by ELLE KLASS

One stroke of a ring could conjure true love.

1. He stared dreamily into her green eyes and watched fondly as she flipped her ginger braid around her pointer finger. It was something she did unconsciously quite often.

2. Grenna slid onto the velvet seat beside Jenn who had beamed tangerine all day. Whatever was eating her up yesterday was forgotten in her exuberance of the ball. The entire school buzzed with excitement and sparkled from the moment she woke up. It was in the enchanted air surrounding the school.

3. Grenna forgot all about the djinn as the werewolf appeared to be coming straight for her. Her feet, frozen in fear, wouldn’t obey her mind’s insistence in running! She pulled her hands over her head and lowered herself to her knees. She was dead. This is what the djinn dragged her out here for. He planned to kill her, not trap her. The bravery she felt moments earlier was replaced with horror as her life flashed before her eyes.

 

PERLE OF LOVE by MARIE LONG

1.The Headmistress widened her eyes. “Zeke! What are you doing? Get out of here now!”

The pang of alarm in the Headmistress’s voice gave him pause as he panted behind the column next to her. Part of him felt obliged to obey, but his wolf empowered him to remain. He shook his head slowly.

     Protect the Headmistress at all costs.

2.  “Watch me.” A tickling sensation traveled up Perle’s arm from the buildup of static electricity. For a moment, she thought back to her final exam, and the little white target on the dummy’s forehead. Ms. Fitcher’s lecture echoed in her mind. “Small target. Center. You see everything.”

 

FEAR NO RAVEN by CARA NORTH

1. “Good grief!” I couldn’t take it anymore. “Hi. I’m Balen. You are asking the same questions a second time around. There is no chance that anyone will access your room without your knowledge. Your room is on the fourth deck in the corner with a single window small enough no one could come through it. You are in one of the single rooms. I even know your room number because you asked three times.” 

2. After unlatching the lock, I pushed it outward and into the morning sunlight. I pulled it back and decided it was indeed a footprint. A large footprint on the outside of my window on the third floor of this building.

 

SHADOWED HEARTS by VALERIE PURI

1.“Looks like you’re free for getting ice cream later, Ryder.” Rebecca said, sweetly behind me.

She was so oblivious. The heat in my chest spread as anger and frustration overtook me. Rebecca had no clue what she just destroyed.

2. Smiling down at the card, I thought about all the new possibilities that opened up with my magic tricks. I didn’t have to fake my tricks anymore; I could actually perform them.



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About the Authors:

 

Breezy Jones

Breezy lives in a small town in Florida with her husband, daughter, son and four furbabies, as a SAHM. If you ask what first got her into writing, she’ll tell you it was over the ending of Divergent. She remembers laughing at the first person to suggest that she could write a book, but chose to give it a shot.

When she’s not writing Breezy splits her time among her many hobbies; reading, repainting dolls, makeup and graphic design, just to name a few. These things don’t come without a cost; coffee and wine. While writing hasn’t always been her goal, she has fallen in love with building a world from nothing and watching it flourish.

 

Links:

Facebook: apiratespleasur

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Breezy_Jones88

Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/Breezyjauthor

 

 

 

Cara North

Cara North is a romance writer, podcaster, and USMC veteran. She enjoys writing a variety of fiction, but always romance.

 

Links:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cara.north.94/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/caranorth_author/

 





Elle Klass

Elle Klass is an award winning author. She currently lives in Florida with her family. To date she has written and published over twenty books, in varying genre's including mystery, suspense, psychological thrillers, fantasy, sci-fi and contemporary fiction. When she's not writing she's spending time with family or friends, traveling, relaxing at home watching ghost and horror movies or listening to an audio book.

 

Links:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ElleKlass

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elleklass/

BookBub: https://www.bookbub.com/authors/elle-klass

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Elleklass

 

Marie Long

Marie Long is a novelist who enjoys the snowy weather, the mountains, and a cup of hot white chocolate. She’s an avid supporter of literacy movements.

Links:

Website: https://www.marielongauthor.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/marielongauthor

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marielongauthor

Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/marielongauthor

Bookbub: https://www.bookbub.com/authors/marie-long

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/author/marielong

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/marie_long

 

 

Valerie Puri

Valerie Puri is an author of Paranormal, Fantasy, and Young Adult.

As an author of both short stories and novels, she enjoys the flexibility of writing tales of any length. Her favorite aspect of writing is the ability to create something out of nothing. She loves building worlds readers can visualize and filling those worlds with complex characters and storylines. Valerie believes that the experiences we have in life are just stories waiting to be written.

When she’s not writing, she enjoys spending time with her family, traveling, or listening to audio books. She is a Florida transplant, but part of her will always call the Midwest home.

 

Links:

Facebook: valerie.tait.94

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/AuthorValeriePuri

 

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