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Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Book Review of Tilda Pinkerton's Magical Hats



Book Review of Tilda Pinkerton's Magical Hats
Sponsored by Virtual Author Book Tours

Welcome to Books, Books, and More Books.  I am pleased to share this book with you.  Thank you for visiting and please come again.

Publisher: Quiet Owl Books  April 1, 2013)
Category: Children's Literature/Fantasy/Magic
Tour Date: July- Early August, 2013
Available in: eBook and Print,  196  Pages, including a 344 Word Glossary
Illustrated by James Murry
Blurb : 

Eleven-year-old Madison Mae and her younger brother, Albert, want to help save the family farm during troubled times. When a mysterious Magical Hat Shop appears by their grandpa's red tractor mailbox, the children meet Tilda Pinkerton who presents them with one-of-a-kind hats, causing new ideas and talents to suddenly burst forth. As a flood of harm comes rushing towards the farm, Tilda Pinkerton teaches the children how they can accomplish much more than anyone ever imagined.

Increase your child's vocabulary, self esteem and awareness of social issues, while they enjoy a great story!  Tilda Pinkeron's Magical Hats does it all. Grades K1-4.
  
Praise For The Adventures of Tilda Pinkerton:

"INCREDIBLE! WOW! AMAZING! I'd go on but I think you'd get tired of it but I also don't want you to think that I'm being overly promotional or something. I truly fell in love with The Adventures of Tilda Pinkerton.
This book had me smiling and laughing. What makes it so unique? Well, there are great characters and such, but it all comes down to the words. Yes, words! The names of the characters are based on what they do and their personalities.  My mind was flying off in ways it could help kids learn new words and enjoy doing so
."-Rebecca Graf, A Book Lover's Library 

"Once I dived into the book  I have to say it did not disappoint! The Adventures of Tilda Pinkerton is so well written and entertaining from start to finish.  It was one of those books that I hated to put down and definitely want to share. The story line is so well thought out and put together that I was pleased  see that this book is just one of many that will come from Tilda Pinkerton.  I love the fact that Angela Shelton wrote a book that is a suitable for both children and adults.  Young and old will both love this book and rest assured if you are looking for a gift for a birthday or for Christmas coming up this book would be perfect!!"- 
Jayda, Two Children and a Migraine

"This is a truly lovely story.  If Dr. Seuss had written a novel it would be just like this-whimsical, charming, colorful as an artist's palette, with moral values wrapped in parables like peaches in whipped cream, with epic struggles of good against evil and full of the wonder and wisdom only ever comprehended by the heart of a child.  This story will speak to every child heart aged 8 to 88."-Joy Renee Davis, Joy Story

"The characters are colorful and quirky, the writing style easy and fun. And, word geek that I am, I absolutely loved that the story is also a bit of a dictionary: for "big" or "new" words, there are footnoted definitions.  Also, most characters have surnames that reflect their personalities. The vocabulary is amazing, and you learn without consciously learning (the best kind). I was sucked into the story, trying to work out the tangles on my own - piecing together clues, and trying to figure out the bad guys versus the good guys before all was revealed. There's adventure, suspense, a little romance, and a dash of space-y goodness; I look forward to future adventures of Tilda."- Rebecca, A Word's Worth

"Finally a character in a book that loves words as much as me.  I love Tilda and her zany way of talking. So exciting to have a book so entertaining and enlightening.  I highly recommend this book.  Read it to yourself, read it out loud, read it to your kids, watch your vocabulary grow.  And the best part is no one will know you had so much fun with words."-Mindy, Books, Books & More Books

About the Author:

Angela Shelton is an author, actor, blogger and public speaker. She has been writing since she was eight years old. Her first novel was adapted into the movie Tumbleweeds. Angela won a regional Emmy award for her portrayal of Safe Side Superchick in The Safe Side video series created by Baby Einstein's Julie Clark and America's Most Wanted's John Walsh. After living in Los Angeles for over a decade, Angela left the big city for a one-light country town to marry her first love and fulfill her dream of writing books in a barn house.

Contacts:

Find out how Angela has incorporated the character of Tilda Pinkerton into an entire line of book projects, each geared towards a different age group at  www.MagicHatShop.com

Review:

I loved the Tilda book for older children and my son, age 14, thought it was fun also.  I love that Tilda can reach children of all ages.  I cannot wait to get a Tilda book for my 6 year old, first grade niece.  Sharing a love of words in a fun way is the best gift of all.

I cannot wait to see what Tilda does next.  I give this book 5 out of 5 clouds.


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Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Dark Fashion, Dark Music: Inspirations for ‘Cinderella: A BDSM Retelling’




Dark Fashion, Dark Music: Inspirations for ‘Cinderella: A BDSM Retelling’
By Lula Lisbon

Writing Cinderella: A BDSM Retelling wasn’t just about erotica or romance for me; I wanted to paint an overall atmosphere of edgy dark, of glittering luxury, and, for light-hearted contrast, of brightly-colored levity. I drew upon my own interests and expertise in the fields of fashion and music, both in which I have been (and continue to be) intimately involved.
I studied Fashion Design in college; my concentrations came to be corsetry and costume, and I was very interested in designing stagewear for bands. In fact, I won several awards for my work, which was described on the whole as elegant, complex, and avant-garde, with a touch of whimsical grace. I think you could, in fact, say the same about Cinderella.
I allowed myself quite a bit of free rein when it came to luscious descriptions of silk and leather corsets, stiletto heels, froths of lacy skirts and the gleam of gold-painted bare skin. Historical fashions and the goth scene, as well as a love of the technical aspects of garment construction, are what drew me to major in fashion in the first place. In Cinderella, I indulged my wildest fancies, describing in detail garments and jewelry which I might well design myself. Like black diamonds studding intricately worked gold, my love of fine fabrics and high drama highlights the raw, pulsing sexuality in a vivid and unique setting.
In addition to fashion, I’m also an accomplished musician as well as a lifelong fan of dark music genres such as gothic, metal, and industrial. I took inspiration from the moody, pulsing beats, painting a smoky backdrop for the ballroom scene much like Fangtasia, the vampire club in HBO’s True Blood. If you’re not familiar with the cocktail of genres I had in mind, I suggest you go on a radio site such as Pandora and make a station comprised of bands such as The Birthday Massacre, Pain (Metal), UnSun, Theatre of Tragedy, Type O Negative, Nemesea, and Fear Factory. If you listen to said station while reading Cinderella, so much the better. It will set the stage for the action in just the way I intended.
My prince in the story is a world-famous rock singer called Kink-Bottom Prince, known for his gothic style and his submissive sexual preferences. With his long black hair, sleekly muscled body, and piercing blue eyes, I imagined him something like a blend of François TElombre de Chalier, who is a fashion icon with a large following on Facebook, and Marilyn Manson. Kink-Bottom is charismatic and influential, beautiful and powerful, with a feminine nature that is yet not mincing nor effeminate. He is not a pushover, and will not submit for just anyone — but for the right woman, he falls easily into subspace, eager and willing to please his Mistress.
Cinderella: A BDSM Retelling glitters darkly, but also does not always take itself seriously. Humor shines through, providing comfortable places to rest an elbow and catch your breath while the rest of you is throbbing. Fashion, music, luxury, humor, drama, magic, destiny, and lots and lots of sex… what more could you ask of an erotic novella?


EXCLUSIVE EXCERPT:
Cinderella was usually there to assist the Ravyn sisters before assignations to dress: lacing corsets, buckling harnesses, and attending to their hair and makeup — in addition to setting up the dungeon room as each scene required. They were capable of doing such things themselves, certainly, since they had done without apprentices before; but they seemed to gain sadistic pleasure from snapping at her for the tiniest infractions. Of course, she had no such assistant herself, and when she asked for help with her corset strings she got nothing but a meaningful roll of the eyes in her direction.
Struggling to twist her body around to see her back in the full-length mirror, with much contortion and no little cursing, she got herself laced into Domina Arabelle’s cast-off corset. It was too big, as Arabelle was fuller in the bust and hips, but at least the waist cinched in pleasingly. To fill in the gaps, Cinderella stepped into a short tulle skirt, tucking it up underneath, and slid a silk scarf into each bust cup to round out the top. The corset was finely made, though, despite its cast-off status. It was sewn of a shimmering dupioni silk in a deep mossy hue like the floor of a northern pine forest, echoing the green of her eyes, and the steel bones made a beautiful smooth line over the sleek curves of Cinderella’s body.
Her hair gleamed like ripe wheat in a sleek fall over her delicate shoulders, cheeks flushed an attractive pink with anticipation, emerald eyes flashing. Stepping into a sheer pair of black silk panties, Cinderella stroked the smooth mound of her pubis through the fine fabric, enjoying the eroticism of her labia confined by the silk. Sensation through the fine lingerie wasn’t at all diminished. She watched herself in the mirror, lightly petting her clit through the panties with one finger, and her nipples constricted into tight points. Her cunt was already swollen and soaking through the black silk.
Her legs were slim and smooth, and though Domina Druscilla had suggested a pair of knee-high boots, Cinderella didn’t want to cover her her best assets. She thought wryly that perhaps that was exactly why Druscilla had made the suggestion. The sisters were petite and curvy, while Cinderella was tall and willowy, towering head and shoulders over the pair of them like a sleek wild lily between two little rosebushes.
With the Ravyns, Cinderella assumed a submissive manner because to do otherwise was to suffer dire consequences, but it was not truly natural to her. Shunning the boots, she slid into a pair of platform stiletto heels instead, enjoying the twinge of rebellion in her stomach. She admired the emphasized curves of her calves and ankles in the mirror.
In that moment, as she looked at herself, Cinderella felt herself slipping into top-space as easily as opening her eyes after welcome sleep, refreshed and excited. Her nipples tingled, and she could feel her clit pulsing as she imagined Lord Raleigh under her thumb. Once seated in the plush velvet chair on the dais at one end of the large dungeon, she sat as erect and self-assured as the empress of a vast country. Cinderella didn’t hear the voices out in the hall; she was concentrating intently on squeezing her thighs together, relishing the erotic sparks of electricity that rushed from pussy to nipples to toes.

BLURB:

Dominas Arabelle and Druscilla Ravyn’s talented apprentice, Cinderella, wants to become a Mistress, but the cruel stepsisters thwart her at every turn. When famous rock star Kink-Bottom Prince is seeking a new Mistress from all those in the City, poor Cinderella doesn’t think she stands a chance. But a kind Fairy Kink Mother magically appears to help Cinderella win her Prince’s collar — and heart.

This 21,000+ word erotic novella contains menage, femdom, a submissive rock star getting fucked in front of his fans, spanking, whipping, magical strap-ons that come to life, pegging, face-sitting, forced feminization and sissification, a self-satisfied Fairy Kink Mother, squirting, fisting, exhibitionism, comedy relief, and much more!

AUTHOR BIO:
A femme queer-identified woman residing in Philadelphia, Lula Lisbon enjoys penning LGBT erotica and romance. Lula’s interests include historical fashions, dark music, and craft beers. She loves to bicycle as much as possible, and stays tight and toned with a grueling regime of pole dance fitness classes.
Lula’s femdom story “Icing on the Cake” is her first to be included in a print anthology — editor Rachel Kramer Bussel’s The Big Book of Orgasms. It will be released by Cleis Press in October 2013.
Lula loves to hear from her fans, and they can find her on Twitter: @LulaLisbon; on Facebook: www.facebook.com/authorlulalisbon; on her website: www.lulalisbon.com; or they can email her directly at Lula.Lisbon@gmail.com.

Cinderella: A BDSM Retelling is now available at Smashwords, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Kobo, Rainbow eBooks, and soon available on Sony, Diesel, and iTunes.

As for Lula’s entire catalogue, it is available at Amazon, Smashwords, Barnes and Noble, iTunes, Sony, Kobo, Diesel, and Rainbow eBooks.

GIVEAWAY:
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Sunday, June 30, 2013

Today, The Moon Dwellers by David Estes turns 1 year old!

Today, The Moon Dwellers by David Estes turns 1 year old!
It was 1 year ago today (June 30th) that David Estes first published the first book in his first ever YA dystopian series, The Dwellers Saga, and changed his life forever. Since then, The Moon Dwellers has outsold and drawn more hype than any other of his 13 published books, and has risen to the top 10 of many YA dystopian lists on Listopia, finding a place amongst bestselling books such as The Hunger Games, Delirium and Divergent. The birth of The Moon Dwellers also changed David’s life forever. As he’s gone from struggling Indie author to fulltime writer, he’s watched in amazement as his Goodreads fan group has swelled from 300 members to over 1,300. Since writing The Moon Dwellers, David has gone on to write and publish two sequels, The Star Dwellers and The Sun Dwellers, as well as three books in a sister series, The Country Saga (Fire Country, Ice Country, and Water & Storm Country). He plans to release the 7th and final book, The Earth Dwellers, in the combined series on September 5th later this year.
So what did David Estes want to do to celebrate The Moon Dwellers book birthday? His answer: “Give away as many free ebooks of The Moon Dwellers as possible!” So if you’re like so many others who are obsessed with YA dystopian novels like The Hunger Games, Delirium, and Divergent, and haven’t yet read the growing phenomenon that is The Moon Dwellers, now’s your chance to do so FOR FREE.
You can grab your free ebook of The Moon Dwellers from Smashwords.com using the coupon code below. And please feel free to share with your family and friends and pets, the more ebooks are given away the happier David will be. The only thing David asks for in return is that if you enjoy the read and continue on with the series, to please leave a positive review on Amazon.com for each of his books that you read.

Where you can find The Moon Dwellers: SMASHWORDS

Coupon Code: AQ92E

 Please note, this code expires on July 31, 2013
 
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And for those of you planning on reading The Dwellers and/or The Country Saga, here’s a special note from the author, David Estes:
The Earth Dwellers will cap off an eighteen month journey that has taken me from unknown Indie author to still-mostly-unknown fulltime Indie author. The change is a subtle one for most people, but for me it’s a dream come true. To the hundreds (and now maybe even thousands!) of readers who have come along for the ride with me, either by reading the Dwellers Saga, the Country Saga, or both, I thank you from the bottom of my heart. 
Now down to business. There may be some of you who have only read the three books in the Country Saga or only the three books in the Dwellers Saga, and are now thinking you’ll read The Earth Dwellers, which is supposedly the 4th book in BOTH the Country Saga and the Dwellers Saga. Well, that’s awesome! However, I must highly recommend that before reading The Earth Dwellers that you read the three books in BOTH series. Trust me, doing so will greatly enhance your experience, as The Earth Dwellers will be taking significant characters from both series and crashing them together (yes, like a water country wave) into an action-packed tale of struggle and loss and hope and friendship…and maybe a little love, too.
Anyway, that’s my advice, it’s up to you what to do with it. In any case, thanks for being a part of my own adventure, I’m a better person for having written stories for you!

Recommended Reading prior to The Earth Dwellers

Other YA Books by David Estes!
The Evolution Trilogy:
Children’s Books by David Estes
The Nikki Powergloves Adventures:
Nikki Powergloves vs. the Power Outlaws (Coming soon!)

David Estes was born in El Paso, Texas but moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania when he was very young. He grew up in Pittsburgh and then went to Penn State for college. Eventually he moved to Sydney, Australia where he met his wife and soul mate, Adele, who he’s now been happily married to for more than two years. 
A reader all his life, David began writing novels for the children's and YA markets in 2010, and has completed 13 novels, 11 of which have been published.  In June of 2012, David became a fulltime writer and is now travelling the world with his wife while he writes books, and she writes and takes photographs.
David gleans inspiration from all sorts of crazy places, like watching random people do entertaining things, dreams (which he jots copious notes about immediately after waking up), and even from thin air sometimes! Recently he’s been inspired by some of his favorite authors, like Suzanne Collins, Veronica Roth, and Maggie Stiefvater.
David’s a writer with OCD, a love of dancing and singing (but only when no one is looking or listening), a mad-skilled ping-pong player, an obsessive Goodreads group member, and prefers writing at the swimming pool to writing at a table.  He loves responding to e-mails, Facebook messages, Tweets, blog comments, and Goodreads comments from his readers, all of whom he considers to be his friends.
Where you can find David Estes hanging out: 
David Estes Fans and YA Book Lovers Unite
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