Today I'm going to be blowing my own horn a little. Jo Ann Hernandez of BronzeWord Latino Authors blog, is running a 'Top Ten Days of Mayra Calvani' (yes, that would be me--moi).
From April 13th until April 23rd, she'll be featuring something different about me each day. There will be interviews, reviews, articles, and excerpts of my books.
Visitors who leave a comment at the bottom of the posts will be eligible to win signed print copies of my books, Dark Lullaby (supernatural thriller) and Sunstruck (satire/woman's fiction), as well as a free copy of my nonfiction ebook, The Slippery Art of Book Reviewing.
Visit BronzeWorld Latino Authors for more information.
Here's a little bit about the books I'll be giving away...
Dark Lullaby
Dream Realm Award Finalist!
Read an excerpt.
At a trendy Turkish tavern one Friday night, astrophysicist Gabriel Diaz meets a mysterious young woman. Captivated by her beauty as well as her views on good and evil, he spends the next several days with her. Soon, however, he begins to notice a strangeness in her--her skin's abnormally high temperature, her obsession with milk products, her child-like and bizarre behavior as she seems to take pleasure in toying with his conscience.
The young woman, Kamilah, invites him to Rize, Turkey, where she claims her family owns a cottage in the woods. In spite of his heavy workload and the disturbing visions and nightmares about his sister's baby that is due to be born soon, Gabriel agrees to go with her.
But nothing, not even the stunning splendour of the Black Sea, can disguise the horror of her nature. In a place where death dwells and illusion and reality seem as one, Gabriel must now come to terms with his own demons in order to save his sister's unborn child, and ultimately, his own soul…
Sunstruck
This novel has its own site at: www.sunstruckthenovel.blogspot.com.
Twenty-four year old Daniella is an architecture student living with her narcissistic artist boyfriend in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Abandoned by her father at an early age, Daniella always falls for the wrong type of man.
Her most enduring male relationship so far is with her 30-pound Turkish angora cat. Thankfully, Daniella's mother is always there to offer a shoulder.
Several strange mysteries are threaded through Daniella's everyday life: her ex-husband, Ismael, has just opened an outlandish hotel for animal lovers that has her distraught; Ismael's wife, a rich woman Daniella fondly refers to as "Lady Dracula," has some gruesome ways to keep her skin looking young; Daniella's mother is founding a revolutionary, feminist society called The Praying Mantises; the island's national forest is being depleted of hallucinogenic mushrooms; meanwhile, young girls are disappearing and there's a nut loose dressed as Zorro slashing the rear ends of women who wear miniskirts.
Oppressed by all these crazed, eccentric characters, Daniella feels herself falling into an abyss. Then something horrendous happens, making Daniella wake from her stupor and take charge of her life.
The Slippery Art of Book Reviewing
Foreword Best Book of the Year Award Finalist
EPPIE Finalist
Currently used in 3 US universities
This book was written not only with the aspiring reviewer in mind, but for the established reviewer who needs a bit of refreshing and also for anybody--be they author, publisher, reader, bookseller, librarian or publicist--who wants to become more informed about the value, purpose and effectiveness of reviews. Visit: Slippery Book Review Blog for more info. Watch the trailer!
I have separate sites for my children's books:
http://www.mayrassecretbookcase.blogspot.com/
http://www.mayrassecretbookcase.com/
Be sure to leave a comment at BronzeWorld for a chance to win one of these books!
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