Monthly Archives: March 2015
BOOK TO MOVIE ADAPTATION: DIVERGENT TRILOGY
Veronica Roth was 22 when her debut novel Divergent was published. It was just few months before her graduation from Northwestern University with a degree of creative writing, when she received a contract proposal from HarperCollins. What a nice natural advertisement for the Illinois’s educational facility. In the next years Veronica became a star. Huge royalties, book signings with thousands of fans and two more books in the series are just some of the new entries for the writer from New York City.
S.L. ROSS: I DREAMED TO BE THE NEXT ANNE RICE
Land of Books published almost 200 interviews with famous and not so famous authors. Probably the most interesting question for our guests is “Who are you”. Some of the writers answer with one sentence. Others are more generous in their description. For the first time I was really touched by the answer of that question in our next interview with S.L. Ross. She is the author of Immortal Island series. Land of Books is the first stop of Making connections blog tour of her book Spellbound.
– Sabrina, What is your book Immortal Island: Spellbound about?
– My book Spellbound is the first book in the series of Immortal Island, and it is about Sarah Daniels a young woman who doesn’t know the secrets to her or her families past. She soon discovers these secrets when she runs into Chase Gavenport, her soul mate for the past few centuries. He is a vampire but she doesn’t know that right away. He brings her into a world that her real family has been trying to protect her from every time she is reborn. Confused and alone she learns to adapt to this new life she is forced into.
DEBRA WEBB: I KEEP WRITING BECAUSE I HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO MY READERS
Debra Webb is one of the most productive authors on the planet. In 1998 she sold to a publisher her first novel. 17 years later the master of romantic suspense’s books are highly respected by the readers and critics. Her series Colby Agency and Faces of Evil are well known around the literary world. We’ve got a chance to speak with USA Today bestselling author about her latest projects, self-publishing and herself.
– Your last book Bone Cold is about missing children. You are specialist in crime thrillers, but what is the different in this one?
– Bone Cold leans more toward romantic suspense. I’ve done a number of missing children stories and this one is particularly close to my heart.
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AMALIA CAROSELLA: HELEN OF SPARTA IS INSPIRED BY MY LOVE OF CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY
Amalia Carosella’s history fiction novel Helen of Sparta will be released on April 1. The book is part of Kindle First program and found his place among the Kindle’s Top 10 most wanted titles. Our next guest is known also for writing under the pen name Amalia Dillin. Let’s join her for the following pleasant chat.
– Helen of Sparta will be officially released on April 1. Did you expect the book to be featured as Kindle First and how it happened?
– I did know it was chosen for Kindle First, thanks to my editor Jodi, who championed the book, and I was on pins and needles waiting for the launch! When I discussed the program with Amazon, I just couldn’t even believe it was happening. I’m so, so grateful that they gave HELEN this opportunity!
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CD REISS: READERS CARE ABOUT THE STORY, NOT THE SENTENCES
USA Today bestselling author CD Reiss recently published the full pack of her erotic series Submission. All eight books, up to now, are available on promotional price on Amazon. All the novels are very highly evaluated by the readers of this very special genre. We’ve got a chance to take a look behind the curtain of the famous erotic writer in our next Land of Books interview.
– Christine, your complete Submission series are now published as a pack. Did you expect such a big success of your erotic creation?
– I didn’t. I used to write mysteries and I did the erotic romance as kind of an experiment, just for fun. Then I fell in love with the characters and readers did as well. It was a very strange experience, but I had to adjust quickly!
LAURA MCBRIDE: I HAD LONG WAITED TO WRITE A NOVEL
We Are Called to Rise is the debut novel of Laura McBride. The book was published last summer and soon found a lot of fans. The average Amazon rating of the story is 4.5 stars from almost 200 reviews.
Laura is working as community college teacher and already received nice recognition from different book clubs, critics and specialized literary forums. It’s great honor for Land of Books to host quick Q&A with Laura McBride.
– Laura, what is your book We Are Called to Rise about?
– We Are Called To Rise is a contemporary novel set in Las Vegas, and having almost nothing to do with the Strip. It’s a story about a young boy who is an immigrant from Albania, a Hispanic American soldier injured in Iraq, and a middle-aged woman. Their lives collide in a single tragic moment, and the story is first about how that happens, and then about how they move forward from it.
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FIONA CARNARVON: I HAD TO WRITE LADY ALMINA WITHIN 2 ½ MONTHS
Lady Fiona Carnarvon is the wife of George Herbert, 8th Earl of Carnarvon. She is a former auditor for Coopers & Lybrand and currently manages affairs at Highclere Castle, home of the worldwide television drama Downton Abbey. Lady Carnarvon’s books about Lady Almina (av. 4.4 stars from almost 1000 Amazon reviews) and Lady Catherine were received very well by the readers. We’ve got a chance to speak with our next guest about her writing and many other interesting things.
Lady Fiona
– Lady Almina and the Real Downtown Abbey became a big hit. Did you expect such a positive feedback when you start writing?
– I thought Almina was an extraordinary woman, but I have been very lucky in terms of the reception the book has had. I simply wanted to tell a story and thought I had some good characters, who would make people laugh and cry.
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BOOK TO MOVIE ADAPTATION: THE GUNMAN
Sean Penn is returning to the big screen after two years pause. The 2-time Academy award winner will play the main character in the film The Gunman. The script is adaptation of late French author Jean-Patrick Manchette’s book The Prone Gunman (La Position du Tireur Couché”).
TONY BERTAUSKI: CONNECTING WITH READERS IS SOOO GRATIFYING
Halfskin by Tony Bertauski was published in December 2012. The story was billed as “Excellent sci-fi novel”, “This book will make you think”, “New subject that I have never read before” by the reviewers (av. 4,3 Amazon).
Making connections blog tour is a well deserved reward for our next guest, who agreed to stop by Land of Books, and to share some thoughts about his writing.
– Tony, what is your Halfskin series about?
– Medical technology has developed artificial stem cells called biomites that replace the body’s organic cells and allow us more control over our emotions, intelligence and even looks. But how many is too much? To prevent abuse, the government established the Halfskin Laws that prevent people from having more than 50% of their body converted to biomites. Otherwise, they would be more artificial than real More machine than human.
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AMAZON TOP 10 BESTSELLERS: FEBRUARY 2015
The February chart of the most wanted books in Amazon was very exciting. The battle for the top places was decided in the very last week of the month. Just three points separated the first three books. Once again the dominance of Kindle First Choice selection proved that Amazon’s marketing machine is working very strong.
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