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WOW! Women On Writing announces Elisa Lorello's blog tour!
Blog Tour dates:
February 1, 2010 - February 26, 2010
Come and join the fun! Meet Elisa and visit her fabulous blog hostesses.
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Should you know exactly which category your book falls into before you write it? Will this knowledge help you pitch your book to agents and editors?
Elisa Lorello, author of Faking It and Ordinary World, kicks off her blog tour today by discussing genres! Chick lit vs. women's fiction, literary vs. popular--the debate goes on. And what in the heck is a "dramedy"? If you're wondering how to categorize your novel, or if you should categorize it at all, join in on this fascinating discussion at The Muffin and voice your opinion.
How the discussion started: For the past 18 months, Jodi Webb, WOW's blog tour manager, has been writing a World War II novel and telling people it's "historical fiction." Imagine her surprise when her agent told her that books only qualify as historical fiction if they take place before World Ward II! So, to gain some enlightenment, Jodi decided to ask Elisa a few questions about book categories, shelf placement, and genres. Elisa was the perfect person to ask. She's the author of 2 novels, both Amazon Kindle bestsellers, which fall into the categories of contemporary romance, chick lit, women's fiction, humor: love, sex & marriage, and even genre fiction (according to Amazon). She shares her personal experiences and knowledge today with WOW! readers.
 We also share a fantastic video of Elisa reading from her novel Ordinary World. After listening to the excerpt, you'll definitely want to read the book! She's such a great writer--funny, too--so be sure to stop by The Muffin today and ask her a question or leave a comment. Those that comment will be entered to win a signed copy of Ordinary World. Elisa will be checking in to answer your questions, so be sure to take advantage of this opportunity!
Also, be sure to check out the blog stops in the section below. We received so many requests to host Elisa that her tour is now completely booked--and the participating blogs are phenomenal! But if you have a blog and want to join in on our blog tours, check out our upcoming authors in the section below and e-mail us with your request.
Let's meet the author, shall we?
~ Angela & Jodi ~ (Your Hostesses)
** Feel free to copy any part of this e-mail and share it on your own blog or in your newsletter.
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 About Elisa:
Elisa Lorello grew up on Long Island, NY as the baby to six older siblings. Growing up during the '80s, Elisa covered her walls with Duran Duran posters and used lots of hairspray. She explored many passions, including drawing, tennis, and music, but in her early 20's, exercised her gossiping skills while working as a manucurist.
In 1995, Elisa left Long Island to attend the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth for both her bachelor and master's degrees. In 2000, as part of her graduate education in Professional Writing, she became a teaching associate, and met two professors of rhetoric and composition who took her under their wings. This union of teaching, rhetoric, and writing ultimately became Elisa's calling, and remains so to this day. She now lives in North Carolina where she teaches academic writing at North Carolina State.
In 2004, Elisa began her first novel Faking It. Since then, Elisa has written a sequel, Ordinary World, and is currently co-writing a third novel with friend and former student S.R. Paquette. That is, when she can tear herself away from her favorite form of entertainment--Facebook.
Website: www.ElisaLorello.comBlog: I'll Have What She's HavingTwitter: twitter.com/ElisaLorelloFacebook: Faking It Fans
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 Ordinary World
A novel by Elisa Lorello
Andi Vanzant had everything she wanted--a husband, a home, a job she loved, a cat named Donny Most. Then a drunk college student plowed into her husband's car and she lost everything...except the cat.
Andi's faced with a nightmare world and the work of trying to transform it into an ordinary world. She's certain that life will never be ordinary again but begins to find her way with the help of an unlikely support group that spans the world--a widowed mother on Long Island, a supportive boss in Massachusetts, an old boyfriend in Italy, and a fortune telling housewife in Peru.
Ordinary World is the story of a woman accepting losses and embracing gifts. To some degree it is the story every woman fears and every woman must some day live.
Genre: Chick Lit/Women's Fiction
Paperback: 295 pages
Ordinary World is available through Barnes & Noble, Amazon as a Kindle Edition, on LuLu as a print edition, and in independent and chain bookstores. You can also read some chapters from Elisa's books by downloading a FREE e-book sample from her LuLu Store.
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Do you want to participate in our blog partnership program?
Email Angela & Jodi, your tour guides.
If you'd like to host one of our upcoming authors on your blog, Email Angela & Jodi with your request.
If you're an author interested in promoting your latest book with WOW! Women On Writing Blog Tours please email us for more info.
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Let's Kick Off the Blog Tour!
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Ready to go traveling around the web? The following are the tour dates for Elisa Lorello. Make sure you check out each listing--each of them explore a different topic and many include book giveaway contests! As you view the listings, make note of these wonderful blogs. Each one of them, a treasure, and a place that many readers call home. In a noisy online world, you will find sanctuary in these true gems.
February 1, 2010 Monday (Today!)
The Muffin
Elisa will be chatting with WOW! Women On
Writing at The Muffin. Stop by and share your comments! One lucky commenter
will win copy of Elisa's novel!
http://www.wow-womenonwriting.com/blog.html
February 2, 2010 Tuesday
Write for a Reader
What makes you a book lover? Today
novelist Elisa Lorello, author of Faking It and Ordinary World, shares
her thoughts on books and reading in the "Because of a Book" feature
on Write for a Reader.
http://www.writeforareader.blogspot.com/
February 4, 2010 Thursday
Misadventures with Andi
What do you collect? Share your hunting
and gathering instincts with Elisa Lorello, a novelist who gave the characters
in her novels Faking It and Ordinary
World collections of art and...bobbleheads!
http://www.misadventureswithandi.com/
February 5, 2010 Friday
The Urban Muse
The blogosphere is alive with opinions about e-books. Good, bad, or ugly? Elisa
Lorello, who is releasing her second novel in both print and e-book, shares her
opinions about Kindle and print books with Susan Johnston today. What are
your thoughts on e-books?
http://www.urbanmusewriter.com/
February 8, 2010 Monday
Fiona Ingram
Don't you just love book reviews? Stop by Fiona Ingram's blog today for her
take on Elisa Lorello's novel Ordinary World.
http://www.fionaingramauthor.blogspot.com/
February 9, 2010 Tuesday
Writer Unboxed
Could you bow to another's muse? Elisa Lorello, author of Faking It and Ordinary World, writes
today about her experience collaborating on her third book with a former
student. Readers also have a chance to win a copy of her latest novel--print
or e-book--winner's choice!
http://writerunboxed.com/
February 10, 2010 Wednesday
Hell Or High Water Writer
Today novelist Elisa Lorello shares her tips on leaving the humdrum behind
and making your next bookstore reading fun, fun, fun! Elisa's latest novel Ordinary World is the sequel to her debut novel Faking It.
http://hellorhighwaterwriter.blogspot.com/
February 12, 2010 Friday
Writers Inspired
Novelist Elisa Lorello will be writing on "How to Mix Comedy with Grief" at Writer Inspired today--something she's done in her latest book
Ordinary World. Stop by for a chance to win
a copy of Ordinary World.
http://writerinspired.wordpress.com/
February 15, 2010 Monday
Fresh Fiction
Elisa Lorello will be visiting Fresh Fiction for a surprise guest post! Stop by
today for a chance to win a copy of Ordinary World.
http://www.freshfiction.com/
February 16, 2010 Tuesday
Meryl's Notes
The interesting people from Elisa Lorello's debut novel Faking It have returned in Ordinary World.
Elisa talks about "The Evolution of Character" in today's post. You also have a chance to win a copy of Ordinary
World.
http://www.meryl.net/section/blog/
February 17, 2010 Wednesday
A Book Blogger's Diary
Today novelist Elisa Lorello writes about e-books and print books--can they
co-exist? Stop by to tell us what you think!
http://abookbloggersdiary.blogspot.com/
February 18, 2010 Thursday
Selling Books
Get a peek into the world of novelist Elisa Lorello with an interview by Cathy
Stucker.
http://www.sellingbooks.com/
February 19, 2010 Friday
Words By Webb
Stop by for reviews of Elisa Lorello's Faking It and the sequel Ordinary World.
http://jodiwebb.com/
February 22, 2010 Monday
Bleeding Espresso
Novelist Elisa Lorello will be writing about e-books and, in celebration of
blog host Michelle Fabio finally getting on the e-book bandwagon, Elisa will
be giving away an e-book of Ordinary World and one of Faking It.
http://bleedingespresso.com/
February 24, 2010 Wednesday
Ink Thinker
Elisa Lorello calls her latest novel Ordinary World a 'dramedy'. Find out why she thinks a combination of comedy and
grief can make a book stronger. Also,
don't miss the last chance to win a copy of Ordinary World! Elisa's giving away a
print and e-book copy and an e-book or her debut novel Faking It.
http://inkthinkerblog.com/
February 26, 2010 Friday
Romantic Journey
Elisa Lorello, author of Faking It and Ordinary
World, guests posts about how characters go
from a wisp of an idea to full fledged people.
And this is your last chance...drumroll please...to win an e-copy of Ordinary
World. This is Elisa's last stop. What fun we've
had!
http://romanticjourney.wordpress.com/
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Want to host one of our touring authors?
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 Upcoming Author Tours: If
you have a blog or website and would like to host one of our authors below, we are still accepting a few choice blogs to participate in our
Partnership Program.
Come and join the fun! Please email Angela & Jodi at blogtour@wow-womenonwriting.com
and put "Blog Tour Partnership" in the subject line. Please tell us the author you are interested in and your available
dates. We'll get back to you with the details if you are accepted. We
look forward to hearing from you!
Content for your blog: All of our touring authors are available for interviews, or they will provide a guest post on a topic relating to the writing process or their book.
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 Tour Dates: February 8, 2010 - March 8, 2010
Title: The Complete Guide to Hiring a Literary Agent
Author: Laura Cross
Genre: How To/Writing Business
Synopsis: This book
is for every prospective author who has sought to have their manuscript
transformed into a printed book. It guides you through the process of
contacting a literary agent and convincing them that you are in fact the next
great bestseller. From formatting a query letter to ensuring your manuscript
looks presentable, every step of the process from inception to execution will
be laid out in vivid detail for you.
Both published writers who have successfully found and acquired an agent and
literary agents who are inundated with manuscripts and requests in the
thousands every year, have been interviewed for this book and have provided
their personal stories, tips, and tricks as to how you can get into the
publishing industry through an agent. Finally, once you have found your
literary agent, you will learn how to read contracts, accept offers, and
understand what details will be handled exclusively by your agent.
 About the Author:
Laura Cross's family and friends in Detroit, Michigan knew she would
move on to bigger and better things when she began writing and performing plays
for them as a child. Actually they hoped she would move on to bigger and better
things--they were tired of being her only audience!
When Laura packed up the moving van it was to head to California
where she earned Certificates in Writing and Feature Film Writing for the UCLA
Writer's Program. Laura's writing life has included magazine writing, script
reading for production companies and literary agencies, leading writing workshops
and blogging about screenwriting and non-fiction writing. She's also written
some absolutely fabulous non-fiction books but sadly, as a ghost writer, she
has to keep the titles under wraps! Laura divides her time between Los Angeles
and Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Author's Websites:
http://www.scenariowritingstudio.com
http://www.truestoryink.com/http://www.aboutascreenplay.com/
Goodies:
You will receive a copy of Laura Cross' book, The Complete Guide to Hiring a Literary Agent.
Participate! Please email us
with "Blog Tour Partnership" in the subject line and your available
dates. We schedule 2-3 stops per week from February 8th - March 8th. We look forward to hearing from you!
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 Tour Dates: April 19, 2010 - May 21, 2010
Title: Book by Book: The Complete Guide to Creating Mother-Daughter Book Clubs
Author: Cindy Hudson
Genre: Parenting/Lit Reference
Synopsis: Mothers and daughters share a special bond...why not further this bond through reading together? Book clubs have been growing in popularity over the past ten years, started by a variety of people with various interests and goals. Mother-daughter book clubs offer a great way for families to grow and share--with each other and with other mother-daughter pairs. In Book by Book Cindy Hudson offers all the how-to tips mothers need to start their own successful book clubs. Hudson offers her own firsthand experience as the founder of two long-running successful mother-daughter book clubs. Hudson offers suggestions on book topics, club guidelines, and how to keep the club going as daughters grow older. How big should the club be? Whom should we invite? How often should we meet? How do we make sure we actually read the books? Hudson has all the answers. With recommended book lists (divided by four age groups), online resources, and suggested recipes for book-club treats, Book by Book is a great resource for helping moms and daughters form new memories and traditions.
 About the Author:
Cindy Hudson grew up in Brusly, Louisiana, where she nourished her
early love of reading while wandering the cubbyhole rooms of her local
library, a converted Victorian mansion. Wandering the aisles of
bookstores and libraries are still two of her favorite things, and if
she can do that with her husband and daughters she's even happier. Hudson writes from her home in Portland, Oregon. Author's Websites:
Website: http://www.motherdaughterbookclub.com
Blog: http://motherdaughterbookclub.wordpress.com/
Facebook: Mother-Daughter Book Club Fan Page
Twitter: www.twitter.com/momdtrbookclub
Goodies:
You will receive a copy of Cindy's book Book by Book: The Complete Guide to Creating Mother-Daughter Book Clubs (Seal Press).
Participate! Please email us
with "Blog Tour Partnership" in the subject line and your available
dates. We schedule 2-3 stops per week from April 19th - May 21st. We look forward to hearing from you!
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I hope you'll join us on Elisa Lorello's book blog tour. It will be a fun journey! Mark your calendars, and save these dates.
Either Jodi or myself will be personally attending each and every blog
stop on the tour. And I have to say, I'm truly excited! We'd
love for you all to get involved and join us in a virtual vacation.
Take a trip across the globe by participating in this tour. Each stop
shares a different point of view, a new topic, and has its own unique
voice. We'd love to hear yours too, so come along for the ride, and
we'll be looking for your comments!
And don't forget to visit The Muffin today and comment for a chance to win a signed copy of Elisa Lorello's novel Ordinary World!
Write on!
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Warmest,
Angela, Jodi, & Team WOW!
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