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Today’s Featured Author: Marie Lavender
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Today I have with romance author Marie Lavender on my blog. Her latest book, Upon Your Return, is a historical romance.
Interview
Tell us a bit about yourself.
I am a romance author. I have published 16 books. I have been writing since I was a kid.
Where were you born and where do you call home?
I was raised in a small town in Indiana, so small they actually consider it “Small Town U.S.A.”. At the moment, I still live in Indiana, though I have plans to move eventually.
When did you first consider yourself a writer?
I feel like I’ve been writing forever. So I pretty much always considered myself a writer. I never considered myself an “author” until I published a book in 2010.
How much of yourself, your personality or your experiences, is in your books?
Oh, I think quite a lot is. Sometimes when I…
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Interview: Marie Lavender!
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A unique approach to an author interview, when Gloria Weber interviews me about superheroes! 🙂
Welcome to my first ever evil experiment author interview! This is something I’m hoping to do more often around here. In the secret liar today we have superhero author Marie Lavender. Marie, please introduce yourself!
Hello! My name is Marie Lavender, a.k.a the Mystic Mindbender, and I live in a small town in Indiana. I love writing about aliens, vampires, witches, ghosts, other beings and humans with super psychic powers. I believe that there’s a little “superhero” in all of us. I am also a book nerd and a total shopping freak.
Oh, I like that bit, “there’s a little ‘superhero’ in all of us.” Might have to steal borrow it. But, on the superhero note, who is your favorite hero?
One of my favorite superheroes from a book is Merit from Chloe Neill’s Chicagoland Vampires Series. I can totally identify with her quirky, kick-ass approach to things. And a former…
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Tags: adventure, Authors, blog, Books, Fiction, fun, Gloria Weber, Marie Lavender, preferences, readers, superheroes, Writing
Author Interview – Marie Lavender
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Check out a cool interview on Ch’kara Silverwolf’s blog! 😀
Today I have an interview for you with author Marie Lavender about her book A Little Magick.
Short author bio: Bestselling multi-genre author of UPON YOUR RETURN and 20 other books. Nominated in the TRR Readers’ Choice Awards for Winter 2015. Poetry winner of the 2015 PnPAuthors Contest. Honorable Mention in the 2014 BTS Red Carpet Book Awards. Finalist and Runner-up in the 2014 MARSocial’s Author of the Year Competition. Honorable mention in the January 2014 Reader’s Choice Award. Liebster Blogger Award for 2013 and 2014. Top 50 Authors on AuthorsDB.com. Winner of the Great One Liners Contest on the Directory of Published Authors.
Marie Lavender lives in the Midwest with her family and three cats. She has been writing for over twenty years. She has more works in progress than she can count on two hands. Since 2010, Marie has published 21 books in the genres of historical…
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Tags: author, author interview, author spotlight, book spotlight, Books, children's books, children's fiction, fantasy, interview, kids, lighthearted, magick, Magick Series, readers, spotlight, witchcraft
Marie Lavender – Insights from Experience.
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Welcome Marie and thanks very much for joining us on atime2write.
Q. You have over 19 books to your name, which is fantastic. When did you first publish your work? Was it self or traditionally published?
It was actually self-published at first. I published my first book in 2010. It was a literary fiction/poetry anthology titled Express Café and Other Ramblings. I went on to publish two subsequent literary fiction/poetry anthologies, all of which will be revised and re-released as Miss Lavender’s Anthology of Ramblings. So, look for that as a future release.
Q. So some of your work is traditionally published – how did you manage to get picked up by a publisher or agent?
Though I tried self-publishing, I held onto one manuscript for dear life, reserving it for traditional publishing. In 2011, I began submitting the manuscript to literary agents and publishers. In August of…
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Posted in Authors, Books, Children's Books, Contemporary Romance, Fiction, Interview, Paranormal Romance/Urban Fantasy, Readers, Romance, Writing
Tags: A Little Magick, author interview, blog, Blood At First Sight Series, children's books, children's fiction, Fiona Tarr, interview, Magick Series, Marie Lavender, paranormal romance, readers, Romance, Second Nature, spotlight, urban fantasy, Writing, writing process, writing tips
Join me on Twitter on Tuesday!
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Tomorrow, May 12th at 10AM pacific/1PM EST, Solstice Shadows will be hosting a live author chat with me on Twitter! How exciting!
Check us out, and find us @marielavender1 and @SolsticeShadows! We’ll be using the hashtag #authorchat. Feel free to drop by and ask any questions you like!
This should be a fun experience! I look forward to seeing you all on Twitter. 🙂
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Guest Post: Author Marie Lavender
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Find out about my journey and writing process here on Michael Aronovitz’ blog!
My Note: Marie Lavender is a phenomenal writer of romance fiction. She is the consummate professional, and I am quite fortunate to have made her acquaintance. I find romance and horror to be strangely similar actually, first by way of structure. The hiding of things, whether for the purpose of seduction or suspense, plays similarly. Also, the biggest motivation for both genres is love, as romance stories tease with what you can’t have and horror tales toy with what you are terrified to lose.
So Marie, I am proud to have you visit The Author’s Graveyard, and I would ask that you pick a plot. Put up a marker. Etch something into the stone!
A Writer’s Journey and Process by Marie Lavender
Hi, readers! I met Michael when he stopped by my guest author blog, Writing in the Modern Age, for an interview early this month. I’d like to…
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Posted in Authors, Books, Fiction, Historical Romance, Interview, Paranormal Romance/Urban Fantasy, Readers, Romance, Romance Novels, Romantic Suspense, Writing
Tags: A Misplaced Life, a writer's journey, anthology, Blood At First Sight Series, Books, contemporary romance, Express Café and Other Ramblings, Heiresses in Love Series, Historical Romance, journey, literary fiction, Magick & Moonlight, Magick Series, mystery, paranormal romance, poetry, publishing, readers, reading, romance books, romance novels, romantic fantasy, romantic suspense, Second Nature, Solstice Publishing, suspense, thriller, Upon Your Honor, Upon Your Return, urban fantasy, works in progress, Writing, writing process
LOVIN’ THE VAMPIRE: MARIE LAVENDER
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Check out a fun interview on A.B. Funkhauser’s site as well as a spotlight for SecondNature!
LOVIN’ THE VAMPIRE: MARIE LAVENDER.
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The Next Best Thing Blog Tour – My WIP
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I want to thank Lois W. Stern for this neat marketing idea and to pass it along to all of you. Here is a way to help market yourself while helping your fellow authors.
The basic idea is to respond to ten questions about something you’re currently writing or a book or story just published or to be published soon. Here are the rules:
1. Post your responses to the interview questions below on your own blog page.
2. Add my name and my book cover montage (image) to your blog page and link them both back to this page.
3. Send this blog to five or more other writers.
4. Each time you forward this message to someone, start with the “I want to thank . . .” sentence as seen above, substituting her name, Lois W. Stern, for the one currently appearing in that first sentence.
5. Ask them to substitute your name…
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Marie Lavender on Her Blood At First Sight Series: Clever Title! Clever Girl!
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My author interview on Geri G. Taylor’s blog!
I want to all to meet Marie Lavender, the Bestselling Author of UPON YOUR RETURN and 19 other books. 2014 BTS Red Carpet Review Nominee. Finalist and Runner-up in the 2014 MARSocial’s Author of the Year Competition. Honorable mention in the January 2014 Reader’s Choice Award. Liebster Blogger Award for 2013 and 2014. Top 50 Authors on AuthorsDB.com. Winner of the Great One Liners Contest on the Directory of Published Authors.
Is she awesome or what?
Marie Lavender lives in the Midwest with her family and three cats. She has been writing for over twenty years. She has more works in progress than she can count on two hands. Marie has published twenty books in the genres of historical romance, contemporary romance, romantic suspense, paranormal romance/fantasy, mystery/thriller, literary fiction and poetry.
Lavender just released Second Nature, a paranormal romance/urban fantasy, in December of 2014. She released Magick & Moonlight
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Marie Lavender – An Interview From Her Latest Release – Second Nature.
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A character interview with Desiree from SECOND NATURE on Fiona Tarr’s blog!
Marie Lavender – An Interview From Her Latest Release – Second Nature..
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