Armchair BEA: Author Interaction

Since becoming a book blogger at Fiction Dreams, I have obviously found myself interacting a heck of a lot more with authors around the world. Some have contacted me and asked if I'd be interested in featuring them and others I have approached myself. I must say, I still get butterflies in my tummy when a particularly well known author (or her PA) gets back to me or my colleague Eloise Walton!

Image by Jennifer Robertson

This has happened with various including two amazingly famous authors last year. The first was Joanne Harris (left), yes you know her. She wrote that little book that was made into the Johhny Depp movie, Chocolat! Eloise interviewed her and was thrilled.

The other was Gena Showalter! I know, cool huh? I've since tweeted with Joanne but have never had any real interaction with Ms. Showalter. I'm sure she's incredibly busy, mind you! 

Sadly, with me living in the Algarve, Portugal, I never have the opportunities to meet many authors in the flesh. There are no author readings anywhere locally so I have to make do with getting to know them online.

I've have become online pals with a number of amazing authors, some are better known than others but to me they're all in the same boat. They (we!) are all authors looking for readers, wherever they may be. And if I can help them widen their audience, then I'm thrilled.

Read more author interaction stories via the Armchair BEA.

THE QUEEN OF ZOMBIE HEARTS Cover Reveal

Today is the day! The cover of Gena Showalter's THE QUEEN OF ZOMBIE HEARTS is here! We're so excited to be able to share this with you as it joins an already stunning set! Ready to see it? Not quite yet lets take a look a the first two covers in the series!

First there was ALICE IN ZOMBIELAND...

Then came THROUGH THE ZOMBIE GLASS...

Now get ready to EAT YOUR HEARTS OUT!!!

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Official White Rabbit Chronicles website

On-sale date: Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Add it to your TBR!  Goodreads

Pre-order your copy! Amazon, Barnes & Noble

        

         

  Official book description:

I have a plan.

We'll either destroy them for good, or they'll destroy us.

Either way, only one of us is walking away.

In the stunning conclusion to the wildly popular White Rabbit Chronicles, Alice "Ali" Bell thinks the worst is behind her. She's ready to take the next step with boyfriend Cole Holland, the leader of the zombie slayers…until Anima Industries, the agency controlling the zombies, launches a sneak attack, killing four of her friends. It's then she realizes that humans can be more dangerous than monsters…and the worst has only begun.

As the surviving slayers prepare for war, Ali discovers she, too, can control the zombies…and she isn't the girl she thought she was. She's connected to the woman responsible for killing—and turning—Cole's mother. How can their relationship endure? As secrets come to light, and more slayers are taken or killed, Ali will fight harder than ever to bring down Anima—even sacrificing her own life for those she loves.

About Gena:

Gena Showalter is the New York Times and USA Today best-selling author of the wildly popular White Rabbit Chronicles, the Angels of the Dark, the Lords of the Underworld, and the Otherworld Assassins series.  In addition to being a National Reader's Choice and RITA nominee, her romance novels have appeared in Cosmopolitan and Seventeen magazine, and have been translated in multiple languages.  She lives in Oklahoma with her family and menagerie of dogs, and truly believes love conquers all.

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Giveaway Details:

1 complete set of The White Rabbit Chronicles (first 2 sent as soon as the giveaway is over and the winner will get the first hardcover of book 3 when it's available!) US/Canada Only

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Exclusive interview with the one and only Gena Showalter

I'm squealing with delight today as I have an exclusive mini interview with the totally awesome bestselling author Gena Showalter!!

Hi Gena! Its such a pleasure to have you on Fiction Dreams today. Thank you so much for taking the time to visit.

GS: Thanks for having me over!

1. You write in several different genres: Paranormal Romance, Young Adult and Contemporary Romance. Do you have a favourite?

GS: I tend to enjoy whatever I’m working on at the time. The characters come alive for me, and the sittings and scenes are vivid in my mind. For that reason, I’m enjoying both paranormal romance and young adult. I just finished revisions for Burning Dawn (Angels of the Dark) and was reminded of just how sexy I find the hero (he is merciless and fierce, yet he’s putty in the heroine’s hands.) Talk about sizzling chemistry! But I also just finished the rough draft for the third White Rabbit Chronicles novel (no official title right now), and had so much fun with the gang of slayers determined to eradicate spirit-eating zombies. Not to mention Cole Holland. He goes full throttle on the seduction.

2. When I first read your Atlantis series, I blushed throughout (my sister called me a prude - but it's probably because I was reading so many kids books at the time!), do you find sex scenes difficult to write?
GS: I thought of them as any other scene. A way to show character development, to move the plot forward, and to basically just complicate the crap out of the hero and heroine’s life LOL

3. Which of your books would you most like to see made into a movie? Who would you cast?

Image courtesy: Gage Skidmore

GS: I would love to see the White Rabbit Chronicles made into a movie. I think it’d be super cool to see the spirits of the slayers step out of their bodies to fight the zombies. I think Alex Pettyfer would make a great Cole – I know he no longer looks like he’s in high school, but wow, he’s hot and intense. I think Lilly Collins would make an excellent Alice. (though in my mind, Alice looks like Taylor Swift)

4. What are you working on at the moment? 
GS: I’m about to dive back into the third White Rabbit Chronicles book and fix the rough draft. I’m excited! It’s going to be fun, and I’m expecting the words to flow as easily and sweetly as water.

5. Who would play you in the movie about your life?

Image courtesy: Caryn Loveless

GS: Zooey Deschanel. I know I don’t look like her (dang it) but I like her style. She makes me smile.

Thank you so much, Gena. It's been such an honour! 

For more information about Gena Showalter and her books, visit her website.