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Saturday 19 July 2014

Authors’ Cave Grand Launch Festival Blog Train - the K T Bowes Carriage


Authors’ Cave Grand Launch Festival Blog Train




Welcome to the Authors' Cave Blog Train!

You are cordially invited to attend the 

Grand Launch Festival Day!

Join us for what is sure to be a blast with the Most Enticing Book Trailer Contest winner announcement, scavenger hunts, giveaways, Google social hangouts, and our kick off for the 1st Annual Authors' Cave Book Awards where you can win $500 cash, a Kindle Fire or Nook, and free promotion of your book for a year at Authors' Cave!
 

July 22, 2014
(8am to 11pm EST)
 








Back to the train...Get to know the blogger - that's me!
3 sentences about myself:

I write as K T Bowes, although my real identity is a well-kept secret and trusted only to a few. I write The Hana Mysteries based in Hamilton, New Zealand, the Teen Mayhem Series and have published two British based novels, Demons on Her Shoulder and Artifact. Writing keeps me sane in a busy, frenetic life and publishing and actually selling books, justifies my passion for it.




Elevator Speech: 2 sentences to 'sell' my books:

 



Blaming the Child

When teenager, Callister Rhodes discovers an unimaginable secret hidden within the folds of her struggling, dysfunctional family, she becomes a runaway, spending a torturous week in the intimidating New Zealand bush with a chance companion. What happens in the bush should stay in the bush but it doesn’t, following her into the welcome fresh start and tainting everything it touches - because when you can’t blame yourself, you end up blaming the child.




About Hana

It seemed like a random mugging but when Hana is repeatedly followed by two men with sinister intent, it is obvious that something else is going on in the New Zealand city’s dark underworld and it alarmingly involves her. She’s given up on love in middle age having been widowed young, but isn’t prepared for her unexpected attraction to the new Maori head of the English department, whose unusual grey eyes spark a peculiar feeling of deja vu.



The first three words I would use to describe myself are: 

Compulsive, Over-thinker, Dreamer.


I am currently working on this project:

I am writing the seventh in the popular Hana Mysteries, continuing the saga of the complicated Du Rose family. I am really excited about The Secret Du Rose Son, which is fast paced and full of mystery and intrigue.


My favorite thing about Book Review Depot / Authors' Cave...

When I got my first novel onto the Active Review List, I begged the administrator not to tell anyone but to let people find it by accident. I felt self-conscious and sensitive about my writing and was terrified of negative reviews. It felt like standing in a shopping mall completely naked in the fruit section and waiting for people to start pointing, laughing and criticising your stretchmarks. I can honestly say that being sent by another author in the direction of the Book Review Depot was the single most positive factor in my publishing experience and the support, camaraderie and constructive criticism has been essential in developing my skill as a writer. There is a core of solid, accomplished authors on BRD but it’s not enough just to click the ‘join’ button, you certainly get out what you put in. Ask questions, join the discussions and offer your own experience or even referee when it gets passionate. I think I hold pole position for asking the stupid questions so don’t worry about looking an idiot. That spot is already taken!


Enough about me...here are 3 more books from Authors' Cave you might enjoy!






Stay on the train and follow these authors next! See how they responded to the same questions!

The Riddle of Prague by LauraDeBruce

http://theriddleofprague.com/blog/
http://www.amazon.com/Riddle-Prague-QuickSilver-Legacy-ebook/dp/B00FFBNUVA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1404403096&sr=8-1&keywords=riddle+of+prague



Running by Barbara Spencer

http://ablogpd.blogspot.co.uk/

Pawn of Innocence by Chameleon Author

http://chameleon-author.blogspot.com


http://www.amazon.com/Pawn-Innocence-Chameleon-ebook/dp/B00DT99BX6/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&sr=8-1&qid=1405347551


Answer to Grand Launch Festival Day Scavenger Hunt Question #3: Train


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