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Authors – The Winey Reader http://thewineyreader.com Sun, 23 Jun 2019 13:11:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.6.28 Haunted U by Jessica Gibson “New Year’s Resolution” http://thewineyreader.com/haunted-u-by-jessica-gibson-new-years-resolution/ http://thewineyreader.com/haunted-u-by-jessica-gibson-new-years-resolution/#respond Mon, 06 Jan 2014 16:15:43 +0000 http://thewineyreader.com/?p=711 Ezzie Lovegreen lives in a world where witches and ghosts are real. That doesn’t mean she’s not surprised when she’s suddenly being haunted by one at school.

With the help of her best friend Stella, her boyfriend Beau, and her grandmother Winifred, Ezzie must find out what happened to the ghost and set her free.

Secrets will be revealed that could change Ezzie’s life forever. Will Ezzie be strong enough to face the challenges set in her path?

 

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I never have been one to make a New Years resolution, the tradition of it always seemed sort of silly to me. Like why are we all waiting until the new year to change things in our lives that need changing?

 

This year I decided to make a resolution. I have decided to take more time for myself and my family, and to realize that I am not Wonder Woman, and that I cannot in fact do it all at all times. I’ve had a problem with saying yes to everyone when they ask me to do things, and this year it’s really become a problem for me.

 

Saying yes in itself is not bad, I still plan on saying yes a lot, but not at the expense of time with my family, or time allotted for writing. I want my son to remember doing fun things with me, not watching mommy on the computer all of the time. I’ve already started Sunday Adventure day with him. This past week we went on a hike by the beach, and he was soaking wet and filthy, but the smile on his face as he climbed on rocks and saw tide pools made it all worth it.

 

Also, I will…..go to the gym at least 4 times a week! I have the membership, and I actually like going, I’m just lazy when it comes to making myself go lol.

 

Are you making a resolution this year???

 

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About Jessica Gibson

Jessica Gibson is a recovering bookaholic, she’s down from four books a week to a more reasonable one. It was that love of words and creativity that made her dream about writing her first book. That dream was hidden for years, always put on the back burner, filed away in the “someday” section, until her husband Matt gave her the kick in the pants she needed to actually get off her butt and write.
Jessica and Matt live in Southern California and have a serious addiction to reality tv shows like Pawn Stars and American Restoration. They have one son and hope to add to the family in the near future.

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Best Served Cold by Tawdra Kandle #ReleaseDay http://thewineyreader.com/best-served-cold-by-tawdra-kandle-releaseday/ http://thewineyreader.com/best-served-cold-by-tawdra-kandle-releaseday/#respond Thu, 07 Nov 2013 12:05:42 +0000 http://thewineyreader.com/?p=652 BSCbanner2

Sometimes, revenge is your only choice. . .

Julia worked for weeks planning the perfect surprise birthday party for her boyfriend, Liam, but that night, she was the one who got the biggest shock. He broke up with her in front of all their friends, humiliating her in the process.

Clearly revenge was in order.

The plan is simple. Make him jealous, win him back, and then crush his heart. Fair is fair. However, there is one little hiccup and he has curly brown hair and dimples.

Jesse is everything she wants. With him, she could almost forget her bruised heart. Almost. Julia has one choice: let Liam walk away after everything he did, or lose a chance at love in pursuit of payback.

 

Best Served Cold - Tawdra Kandle

 

 

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Cover Reveal! Best Served Cold by Tawdra Kandle Coming Soon! http://thewineyreader.com/cover-reveal-best-served-cold-by-tawdra-kandle-coming-soon/ http://thewineyreader.com/cover-reveal-best-served-cold-by-tawdra-kandle-coming-soon/#respond Fri, 11 Oct 2013 12:45:07 +0000 http://thewineyreader.com/?p=610 Releasing soon: BEST SERVED COLD, a new adult contemporary romance by Tawdra Kandle!

Julia worked for weeks planning the perfect surprise birthday party for her boyfriend, Liam, but that night, she was the one who got the biggest shock. He broke up with her in front of all their friends, humiliating her in the process.

Clearly revenge was in order.

The plan is simple. Make him jealous, win him back, and then crush his heart. Fair is fair. However, there is one little hiccup—and he has curly brown hair and dimples.

Jesse is everything she wants. With him, she could almost forget her bruised heart. Almost. Julia has one choice: let Liam walk away after everything he did, or lose a chance at love in pursuit of payback.

The beautiful cover for this book was designed by Stephanie Nelson of Once Upon A Time covers. She’s an artist. . .and here it is.

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Dressed in White by Jessica Gibson – Book Tour/Guest Post http://thewineyreader.com/dressed-in-white-by-jessica-gibson-book-tourexcerpt/ http://thewineyreader.com/dressed-in-white-by-jessica-gibson-book-tourexcerpt/#respond Mon, 30 Sep 2013 10:00:03 +0000 http://thewineyreader.com/?p=588 Dressed In White

Lorelei Peters had everything she had ever dreamed of. Amazing friends, a sexy boyfriend, and a job that she absolutely loved. Dillon Brockwell was all she had ever wanted. Handsome, successful, and he loved her as much as she loved him. Life was going along the way it was supposed to, until someone from Dillon’s past shows up and shatters everything to pieces. Can Lorelei and Dillon get through all the craziness and make it down the aisle? Or will lies of omission be enough to derail them forever.

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What is love?

When I was a little girl, I always thought love was this warm and fuzzy feeling that would encompass me when I found the man I Would marry. How funny is that? As I got older, I learned that love isn’t really an emotion or a feeling at all, it’s so much more than that. Love is a choice.

I met the man who would become my husband in 7th grade, we were both awkward and unsure of ourselves. I didn’t even give him a second glance until sometime in high school. Something changed right after we both graduated, and we embarked on a journey that would lead us down the aisle a few years later. I promised God and all of our family that I would love him for all of my days.

8 years after that short walk down a flower strewn aisle we’re still together. I’m not saying it’s always easy, but I wake up every morning and make the choice to love him. Does he still give me butterflies in my stomach? Yes, he really does. I still get the warm fuzzy feeling when he smiles at me, or holds my hand.

I have found that as we grow together, my feelings for him have grown as well. The things about him I used to think were sexy, those are still the same, but there are new things as well. Seeing him with our son, that melts my heart. Watching him clean the kitchen? That gets me all hot and bothered lol. I am so proud of the man he has become, and I thank God that he chose me for his wife.

I know that life will throw challenges and roadblocks at us, but as long as we have each other to lean on, nothing can tear us apart. I’m a bit sappy when it comes to my husband, I am so blessed to have found him. He is the best part of my life, I honestly don’t know where I would be without him.

What are your thoughts on love? Have you met the other half of your soul yet??

 

Where can you find me??? Feel free to stalk lol.

email: gibson.jessicaj@gmail.com

Website: www.releasedaydiva.com

Blog: www.thisauthorslife.blogspot.com

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Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jessica-Gibson/120212814747940

Twitter: @jessicajgibson

 

About Jessica Gibson

Jessica Gibson is a recovering bookaholic, she’s down from four books a week to a more reasonable one. It was that love of words and creativity that made her dream about writing her first book. That dream was hidden for years, always put on the back burner, filed away in the “someday” section, until her husband Matt gave her the kick in the pants she needed to actually get off her butt and write.
Jessica and Matt live in Southern California and have a serious addiction to reality tv shows like Pawn Stars and American Restoration. They have one son and hope to add to the family in the near future.

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Apocalypse Cult by Alex Siegel – Guest post http://thewineyreader.com/apocalypse-cult-by-alex-siegel-guest-post/ http://thewineyreader.com/apocalypse-cult-by-alex-siegel-guest-post/#respond Thu, 18 Jul 2013 10:00:33 +0000 http://thewineyreader.com/?p=388 Apocalypse CultAPOCALYPSE CULT is the first book in the Gray Spear Society series. They are God’s secret warriors, His henchmen, His assassins cloaked in shadows. When lives and souls are at risk, He sends the Gray Spear Society to save mankind. This time the enemy is the Church of One Soul, a cult that intends to kill thousands of unsuspecting tourists in Chicago. But this is merely the first step in plunging the world into a devastating war. The Society has only a few days to destroy their elusive foe, despite interference by overzealous federal agents.

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I’m a pipeline writer. I usually have three books in the works at any given time. One is in the final stage of production which means tedious proofreading and cover art. When I’m waiting for my editor or artist to do their jobs, I work on the first draft of the next book. It’s refreshing to bounce back and forth between old and new work. This strategy also helps me maintain continuity between books. While that’s going on, I’m also thinking about the book I haven’t even started yet. I take notes as ideas occur to me. Gradually, I build up an outline. After I publish, the pipeline moves forward and I go straight into the next project without a break.

About Alex Siegel

Alex Siegel

Alex Siegel grew up a math and computer geek. At the age of twenty-five, he received a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Cornell. He continues to make a good living as a software developer in Chicago. In his late twenties, he took up creative writing as a serious pastime with the intention of eventually making it his career. This goal has been elusive, but failure is not an option. In 2001, his wife gave birth to triplet boys. People often ask him how he still finds time to write. In 2009, he began the Gray Spear Society series, and he hopes it will be his key to literary fame.

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Crushing by Elena Dillon – Guest Post http://thewineyreader.com/crushing-by-elena-dillon-guest-post/ http://thewineyreader.com/crushing-by-elena-dillon-guest-post/#respond Thu, 11 Jul 2013 22:42:54 +0000 http://thewineyreader.com/?p=381

Crushing

As a pampered and adored daughter of a wealthy Southern family Rory’s life was seemingly perfect until her troubled childhood crush moves back in across the street forcing her to choose between him and the life that has been chosen for her.

As if that isn’t enough, her quiet island town has turned dangerous. A good friend has gone missing, lending truth to the rumors of a serial kidnapper. In her quest to help she becomes a target and will have to make choices about love, friendship and the inevitable sacrifice that they both require.

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Heroes

I write a lot about heroes. In my books and on my blog. I have always had a fascination with them. What makes a hero, a hero? What makes someone a hero? I’ve spent a good part of the last couple of years thinking about it and this is what I’ve come up with.
A hero sacrifices. He or she puts someone or something before themselves. They care about something else more than they care about themselves. To me that’s the definition. A hero doesn’t have to lay down their life but they have to do it at least metaphorically. They have to be willing to give up something big.
Why do people love heroes so much? Well, we want to be important. We want to matter. We want to be impressed. Heroes accomplish all of those things.
We also want to be like them. I know I fall very short of the mark but when I read about somebody, a soldier, a parent, a friend who sacrificed something big for the love of someone or something else? I’m impressed.
Who are the heroes in your life? I’ve had many. My dad, my husband, the boy my daughter graduated with who gave his life for our freedom in the war in Afghanistan. They are all heroes to me.
There are a few heroes in Crushing. I love creating admirable, strong characters and a few of them had a lot to say and I want to hear more. I never know which ones will be my favorites until the end. I may have to give a few of Crushing’s secondary characters their own heroic story sometime soon.
I love to hear hero stories. Who’s your hero?

Elena lives and writes in a suburb North of Los Angeles.  She has never lived anywhere besides California which is probably a good thing since she hates being cold and is terrified to drive in the snow. She loves being a wife and a mother to her two kids and three dogs, although really the bulldog is the fourth child who has never matured beyond the toddler stage.

A self proclaimed nerd, she has been writing since she was a child. She has only recently, however, come out of the closet about this to her family and friends.  They now understand better, but not completely, why she talks about characters in stories as if they are real people.

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Embracing the Wolf by Stephanie Nelson – Guest Post http://thewineyreader.com/embracing-the-wolf-by-stephanie-nelson-guest-post/ http://thewineyreader.com/embracing-the-wolf-by-stephanie-nelson-guest-post/#respond Thu, 11 Jul 2013 10:00:01 +0000 http://thewineyreader.com/?p=342

Embracing the Wolf by Stephanie Nelson

For the first time, Anna Avery was looking forward to the future. She’s mated to her soul mate. The pack has become her new family, and she has friends she can confide in. She had every reason to look ahead, until a vision put her future happiness in jeopardy.

Someone is set on destroying her mate, Adam, and only Anna can prevent this possible future. While trying to unravel the hazy web of her premonition, she finds out the annual pack conference will take place on her mountain. And Adam’s parents will be attending. As only a “made” wolf, Anna will have to face their prejudice and possibly make the hardest decision she has ever had to make. Because saving Adam’s life might just mean walking away from him for forever.

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A lot of people ask me who I would pick for actors if my stories were ever made into movies. This is a very difficult question because no actors truly fit whom I imagine in my mind, but these people come closest.

maggie
Maggie Grace as Anna Avery

chris
Chris Hemsworth as Adam Everwood

luke
Luke Guldan as Sawyer

red
I’m not sure who she is, but when I saw this picture I instantly thought of Anna’s best friend, Elle.

wade
Wentworth Miller as Wade

joe
Again, I’m not sure who this guy is, but he made me think of Adam’s second in command, Joe.

About Stephanie
Stephanie resides in the Midwest with her husband and furry children. When she’s not cooking up Gwen and Anna’s next adventures, she enjoys reading, traveling and watching movies.

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