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DAY 2 / Chick-Lit author MINDY HAIG takes over BHB! - INTERVIEW EXTRAS!

5/8/2013

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A quick get to know the author!

Five facts about you that people won’t know about you. Can you juggle? Ride a bike with no hands? Drink beer upside down? Something unusual… GO!

Well, most of the unusual things about me are the reason people who know me, know me!

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I Have amazing recall for names and places. 

2. I can find someone I know everywhere I go. (Seriously) Airports, other states, Disney world...

3. I was a DJ in college, also technician for college basketball broadcasts at Rutgers

4.  If you tell me something can't be done, I will go to great lengths to prove it can.

5.  I can jump rope pretty darned good!

Five facts about your newest book that people won’t know. Some background history on one of your characters maybe? Maybe it was going to be called something completely different to start out with? Is it the same genre it started out as?...

1. Nick's early chapters are based on my son Who was almost 9 when I started writing it - not the character himself, but his speech patterns.

2. The Wishing place itself is based on a recurring dream I had when I was a child.         

3. My favorite character was Levi Bonham.

4. Apache Velasquez got his name from an email I was copied on at work.

5.   The sequel to The Wishing Place, called:  The White Room is about Nick and Valerie's children.

Five facts about your next book… Name, genre, expected date of release…

1.
The novella prequel to Glory, called: The Messenger, is going to be available for free download this month!

2. I am a mythology lover, so there are a lot of references to various myths and folk lore in my books.

3. The flashback to Bethany is based very loosely on the Gospel, supposedly written by Judas.

4. In Glory, the house Dominic lives in is a real house, one town away from my home town.

5. In Glory, every name Sammael uses has meaning to him. Arrio Dominic Thanos roughly means warlike prince of death.

Three tips that you think might be useful for other authors… anything you want. It could be, to write a certain amount every day, only write after midnight and never get Gizmo wet (Sorry, that’s Gremlins not writers! My bad.) Maybe it’s some information that was given to you that has helped your process…

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Write about things you are interested in.  Doing the research helps ward off writers block.

2. Jump around in the story as you write it.  If you have a great idea for a later chapter, draft it!  If you wait until you get to that point, you're likely to forget the ideas, but if you write them when you have them, you can build the story up to that event.

3.  Do your homework.  Small details draw the reader into the story.

To enter The Wishing Place, click the link below to Amazon.com.

The Wishing Place

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The Wishing Place was magical. You went to sleep and you could be there, if it chose to take you. On those lucky nights you could do anything you wanted. You could have anything you could think to ask for. You could even see the future. But what if you had to wait 16 years for the vision to become reality?

Valerie Porter was a lonely little girl. Her world fell apart when Granny passed away and her parents troubled marriage ended in a bitter divorce. Her only solace lay in Granny's fairy tales and the secret Granny had shared with her alone - the secret of the Wishing Place.

Granny said what The Wishing Place showed was real and would happen. She promised Valerie that there was true love out in the world meant for her. But a promise wasn't much to hold on to when Valerie became an unwelcome stepchild.

One night, Valerie asked The Wishing Place to show her something special - something  really important. What she got was an eight-year-old boy named Nickolas Rossi  who was everything she could want in a friend. But was he just a dream or could  he fulfill Granny's promise and make happily ever after a reality?

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DAY 1 / Chick-Lit author MINDY HAIG takes over BHB! Interview!

5/7/2013

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About you.

 

Name:  Mindy Haig

Contacts/social media sites: 

Facebook:
  https://www.facebook.com/mindy.haig

Twitter: @mindyh101

Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00CJF2UY8

Amazon UK:  http://www.amazon.co.uk/-/e/B00CJF2UY8

 

Links to Amazon page and or any other place that The Wishing Place can be purchased:

The Wishing Place is available in the iBooks store for Apple

Amazon:  http://www.amazon.com/The-Wishing-Place-ebook/dp/B00BNHQ9FE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1366979407&sr=8-1&keywords=The+wishing+place

Smashwords:  https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/291257

Barnes and Noble:  http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-wishing-place-mindy-haig/1114821406?ean=2940044363649

Kobo:  http://www.kobobooks.com/ebook/The-Wishing-Place/book-V8r31uCxjEan9VfR4dLWBg/page1.html?s=86ph2bumekaRly5hR7jkWg&r=1

Sony eBookstore: https://ebookstore.sony.com/ebook/mindy-haig/the-wishing-place/_/R-400000000000000988391

 

Where did you grow up?

I grew up in Saddle Brook, New Jersey, just 15 minutes from the George Washington Bridge so I spent a lot of time in New York City.

When did you start writing?

I started writing in High School.  I had a few poetry pieces published in our school paper.  I used to write stories in notebooks all the time, but I had not considered writing for publication then.  When my husband and I were first married, I started writing again, but my job didn't leave a lot of time for  my hobby and then kids came along and my stories were pretty much all bedtime/bath time stories for my kids.  In 2009 I decided I was going to give it an honest effort, and I haven't stopped since.

What made you start writing?

I don't think there was a defining moment.  When I would make up stories for the kids and they would laugh, that was my best motivation.  When I started writing novels, I wrote about things I was interested in.  Writing is a great learning experience! I have researched history, mythology, physics, ballet, psychology, so many things to keep my work accurate.  It keeps my mind sharp and my vocabulary expanded!

Is it something that you have always wanted to do?

Yes, but I also wanted to be a Chemist and a Radio DJ!  (I was a DJ in College- loved it!)

What is your favourite genre to read, and do you have any favourite books or authors you would like to recommend?

I love to read fiction, particularly comedy with an element of romance.  Christopher Moore and Douglass Adams pulled it off fabulously!    I also love a good plot twist!  Guy Gavriel Kay is the master of the 'I did not see that coming' ending!  I like books that are character driven, that days or weeks later I am still thinking about them.  I read the Harry Potter series after it was completed, all seven books back to back.  By the end I felt like they were my family so when it was over I missed them!

What about to write?

I like to write books with an element of the fantastic:  fate, angels, the reincarnation of Paris of Troy.  Imagine him falling in love again with the woman who's face launched a thousand ships and how the modern world would burn.  Imagine the last angel made from the Glory of God being banished to walk the earth until the Judgement Day and wonder what he would do to make that day happen.  Imagine if you had a journal and every time you wrote in it someone wrote back.

Do you write full time? If not, what do you do?

No, I do not write full time.  I work as a contractor for Applied Materials in the Global Trade Division.

Do you ever base your characters on anyone that you know, or are they solely from your imagination?

I don't base my characters on people I know, but I tend to write stories about things that inspire me.  A lot of The Wishing Place is based around a song from my childhood. 

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Mindy Haig's DEBUT ROMANCE/CHICK LIT NOVEL, THE WISHING PLACE, has released for NOOK at Barnes&Noble.com!

3/18/2013

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Breakwater Harbor Books is excited to announce the release of Mindy Haig's debut Romance/Chick Lit novel, The Wishing Place at Barnes&Noble.com in Nook format! To discover a wonderful new book, read the pitch below, and then follow the link to Barnes&Noble.com or Amazon.com!

The Wishing Place was magical. You went to sleep and you could be there, if it chose to take you. On those lucky nights you could do anything you wanted. You could have anything you could think to ask for. You could even see the future. But what if you had to wait 16 years for the vision to become reality?

Valerie Porter was a lonely little girl. Her world fell apart when Granny passed away and her parents troubled marriage ended in a bitter divorce. Her only solace lay in Granny's fairy tales and the secret Granny had shared with her alone - the secret of the Wishing Place. 

Granny said what The Wishing Place showed was real and would happen. She promised Valerie that there was true love out in the world meant for her. But a promise wasn't much to hold on to when Valerie became an unwelcome stepchild. 

One night, Valerie asked The Wishing Place to show her something special - something  really important. What she got was an eight-year-old boy named Nickolas Rossi  who was everything she could want in a friend. But was he just a dream or could  he fulfill Granny's promise and make happily ever after a reality?

Barnes&Noble.com

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-wishing-place-mindy-haig/1114821406?ean=2940044363649

Amazon.com

http://www.amazon.com/The-Wishing-Place-ebook/dp/B00BNHQ9FE/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1362371918&sr=1-1&keywords=mindy+haig


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Mindy Haig's DEBUT ROMANCE/CHICK LIT NOVEL, THE WISHING PLACE, has just released for KINDLE!

3/3/2013

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Breakwater Harbor Books is excited to announce the release of Mindy Haig's debut Romance/Chick Lit novel, The Wishing Place! BHB is excited to have a talent like Haig onboard. To discover a wonderful new book, read the pitch below!

The Wishing Place was magical. You went to sleep and you could be there, if it chose to take you. On those lucky nights you could do anything you wanted. You could have anything you could think to ask for. You could even see the future. But what if you had to wait 16 years for the vision to become reality?

Valerie Porter was a lonely little girl. Her world fell apart when Granny passed away and her parents troubled marriage ended in a bitter divorce. Her only solace lay in Granny's fairy tales and the secret Granny had shared with her alone - the secret of the Wishing Place. 

Granny said what The Wishing Place showed was real and would happen. She promised Valerie that there was true love out in the world meant for her. But a promise wasn't much to hold on to when Valerie became an unwelcome stepchild. 

One night, Valerie asked The Wishing Place to show her something special - something  really important. What she got was an eight-year-old boy named Nickolas Rossi  who was everything she could want in a friend. But was he just a dream or could  he fulfill Granny's promise and make happily ever after a reality?


For more of this wonderful Romance/Chic-Lit novel please follow the link below to Amazon.com!

http://www.amazon.com/The-Wishing-Place-ebook/dp/B00BNHQ9FE/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1362371918&sr=1-1&keywords=mindy+haig

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