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Saturday, May 10, 2014

Author Interview: Pamela Labud



EQ Welcomes Pamela Labud

EQ: Welcome to EQ! Tell us a little bit about yourself!

Pamela: Hi!  I’ve been a huge reader since I was a kid back when there were only three TV channels and kids programming was only on Saturday morning.  Reading fast became my refuge and later, dreaming about stories I would write later on.  I started out reading the Gothic romances my mother gave me, then science fiction and fantasy.  Later, when I was grown with my own young children, I fell in love with the romance genre.

EQ: Tell us a little bit about your most recent release.

Pamela: Grave Danger is the first book in my Blue Star Baby Trilogy.  Essentially the first book in a ‘post apocalyptic zombie killing love story.’  Nineteen years old, Maverick Dunne was one of a select group of babies born under a radioactive ‘blue’ star in the midst of a nuclear winter.  A ‘re-animator’ she is able to bring all sorts of nasty dead things back to life.  She is kidnapped by her ex-boyfriend, mutant destroyer, Daniel Wolfe.  Together they travel to the site of the first nuclear blasts to stop the development of virus created zombie soldiers. 

EQ: What has been the most exquisite moment of your life?

Pamela: I’m so blessed.  Actually, I’ve had three.  The moment I realized my husband and I were in love, and at each moment my daughters were born. 

EQ: What was your defining moment as a writer?

Pamela: The day I got the calls for my book Spirited Away by the RITA coordinator—I’d finaled in 2 categories: Best First Book and Best Paranormal. 

EQ: Pick out one of the best lines in your novel. What do you love about it?

Pamela: “Two knives, a long sword at his side, and an ion blaster hanging low on his hip—the evidence was clear and my throat dried up to dust—the love of my life was a killer.”

EQ: What are your top three guilty pleasures?

Pamela: Dark chocolate
Playing solitaire when I should be writing
Benedict Cumberbatch as BBC’s Sherlock (totally)

EQ: Which of your characters do you connect with the most and why?

Pamela: In Grave Danger, Maverick Dunne is totally me (if I were nineteen again, could bring stuff back to live and be a kickass heroine!)  She’s had a rough life but compassion still thrives in her.  (As a nurse for many years I have to say, compassion is the one thing that has guided me and I’m so thankful for it.)

EQ: What kinds of male characters do you prefer to write?

Pamela: Broken.  I like guys that need the heroine to save/heal them.  A combination of Alpha when they need to be and Beta when the heroine needs them to be, too.  Stubborn to a point, but forgiving when they need to be.  Oh and hot.  Totally hot.  (wink!)

Find Pamlabud at these places:
www.pamlabud.net

Read these titles by Pamela Labud:
Pam also writes Historical Paranormal Romances for Resplendence publishing:

She also writes historical western romance under pen name: Leigh Curtis
She has several titles available on Kindle and Nook.
You can learn more about her at:
www.leighcurtss.wordpress.com

Thursday, May 8, 2014

The Genesis of a Book - An Enduring Love by Wareeze Woodson #equills



Genesis of An Enduring Love
The heroine loves her husband with all her heart, and through no fault of your own, the couple is separated. He falls in love with another woman. Consideration was given to the emotions of the heroine, wounded enough to pull her soul from her body, leaving only a shell, not dead but completely empty inside. Dying would seem a blessing, but the heroine remains alive, racked with pain, almost devastated beyond recovery. Still, women had few choices two hundred years ago.

Falsely informed of his wife’s demise, the hero eventually moves on with his life. When the heroine reenters his life, he does the honorable thing and accepts her, but his emotions are tangled as well. With great difficulty, he tries to school his wayward feelings.

Remember, the setting is two hundred years ago where men were not belittled in every commercial as they are today. Gentlemen controlled everything, the money and the guardianship of any children. He had to fight his confidence in himself to include her again. How many more mistakes could he make? I admire a woman with the fortitude to stick it out and fight for her love and her life.

The genesis of this story is the emotional turmoil each had to face on the long trip home.

 Blurb for An Enduring Love
 Born and raised in Latvia, Rebecca Balodis marries Rhys Sudduth, an English diplomat. Shortly thereafter, he is summoned home to attend his father’s death-bed. Rebecca cannot accompany him at the time and becomes trapped in the turmoil plaguing her country. He is informed she died in the upheaval. 

Nearly four years later, she escapes and arrives in London with their son in tow. Arriving in the middle of his sister’s ball is very awkward, especially since Rhys plans to announce his betrothal to a young debutante later in the evening.

Trouble, tangled in suspense and danger, follow her from Latvia. Can this pair ever find or even recognize an enduring love? Is it worth keeping?



twitter -  twitter.com@wareeze



 
Bio:

 
I am a native of Texas and still live in this great state. I married my high school sweetheart, years and years ago. We raised four children and have eight grandchildren, and grandchildren are Grand. At the moment, all my children and my grandchildren live within seventy miles of our home, lots of visits. My husband and I still love each other after all these years the stuff romance is made of, Happy Ever After!

 

Tuesday, May 6, 2014

Tickle Us Tuesday!




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make us laugh out loud. Don't forget your buy link and website/blog link. Have fun!


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Monday, May 5, 2014

Mystery Monday!


Theft, secrets, lies, intrigue, murder, espionage, or the unexplainable. Does your novel have something to hide? Post a 300-word teaser to keep us guessing, but don't give too much away! Be sure to add your website/blog link and one link to where your other books can be found. Example: Your Amazon Author's Page.
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Sunday, May 4, 2014

Sunday Preview!

The Sunday Preview is a chance to post a juicy 300-word snippet from a work in progress or to help get a buzz started for your soon-to-be released novel. Be sure to add your website/blog link, a release date if you have one, and one link to where your other books can be found. Example: Your Amazon Author's Page.
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