Blaze

3 Month Anniversary of DESCENT

~ Kristina Stanley ~ 10 Comments

My Facebook launch party is set and the date is special to me. BLAZE will be published on the 3 month anniversary of DESCENT.

When: October 25th, 2-4 PM EST

Where:  https://www.facebook.com/events/1630121803934943/

A special group of authors will be giving away their books. All you need to do is join the party, be the first to answer a trivia question correctly, and you win. I’ll announce the author list closer to the date… Can’t give you all the information at one, now could I?

If you want information on how to host your own Facebook launch party, click here. And if you do host one, be sure to let me know. I love attending them.

Early praise for BLAZE is just a thrilling to me as the early praise DESCENT received. The first I received was from Phyllis Smallman.

“Evil in a beautiful landscape—Blaze is an inferno of action and tension. ‪Its sizzling plot will keep you guessing until the end.” —Phyllis Smallman, award-winning author of the Sherri Travis murder mysteries

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If you’re looking for something to read and you haven’t read DESCENT yet, now is your chance before BLAZE comes out. Find it at: myBook.to/Descent

And if you have read DESCENT, I’d be very excited if you pre-ordered BLAZE.

Thanks for reading…

The Dark Side of Alpine Skiing: Guest Blog with Donna Galanti

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Reblogged from The Element Trilogy…

The Dark Side of Arson
 by Kristina Stanley

October 6, 2015 by 

KS bwI’m excited to have Kristina Stanley guest posting again! She’s on a hot topic today with the dark side of arson, featured in her newest book, BLAZE, the second book in the Stone Mountain Mystery Series with Imajin Books. 

Check out Kristina’s earlier post on the dark side of alpine skiing and check out BLAZE, releasing October 25th!

Please welcome Kristina….

See The Element Trilogy for full blog post…

Farley’s Friday: Who chews a purse?

~ Kristina Stanley ~ 17 Comments

Farley here,

I don’t know what I was thinking. Well, I guess I wasn’t thinking. Look what I did today. I chewed Kristina’s purse. And not just any purse. Her mom gave her this purse, and she loves it.

Farley Chews Purse

She walks into the room. She’s surprised. I never chew anything, so at first she doesn’t understand what’s going on. Then I see the light go on, and she knows I’ve been misbehaving.

She takes the purse away from me, gives me a loving pat on my head, and says, “Really, this is your new thing?”

I wag my tail.

She hugs me.

I lick her face.

She takes me for a walk. She sure is tough with discipline 🙂 Now I just feel guilty. Couldn’t she have been even a little mad at me?

She gave me a starring role in her second novel, BLAZE, and to thank her I try to eat her purse. How do I make this up to her?

Woof Woof.

Guest Posts: Are they valuable?

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Guest blogging can be a great way to expand your online network, meet new friends, and share your work with others, but it’s hard work if you want to do it right. I believe anyone who offers me a spot on their blog deserves my full attention, meaning they get a unique blog, my comments during the day to interact with their readers, and shares on my social network, both for my guest post and for other guest posts they host.

Below is an awesome group of sites where I’ll be guest blogging. I’d like to grow this list and am looking for people to  host me on their blog.

If you’re interested, please contact me via my contact information page. I’d love to hear from you and be part of your network.

What I offer:

  • A unique blog for every site that I am a guest on
  • My best effort at driving traffic to the blog via my social network
  • Interaction with the readers of the blogs I guest post on

What I hope to get:

  • New readers
  • Exposure for my work
  • New connections with others online
  • Writing about a topic I love

Here is my current guest blogging schedule:

2015

September 25th Interview with Awethors

October 2, Mysteristas

October 6, Donna Galanti

October 18, Debra Purdy Kong

October 20, Luke Murphy

October 22, Catherine Astolfo

October 25, Chris The Story Reading Ape – This  is BLAZE release day.

October 29, Melodie Campbell

November 2, Judith Barrow

December 18, Judy Penz Sheluk

2016

January 19, James M. Jackson

If you haven’t read DESCENT yet, now is your chance before BLAZE comes out. Find it at: myBook.to/Descent, and of course, BLAZE is available for pre-order in eBook format. Trade paperback is coming soon.

Thanks for reading…

BLAZE Available for Pre-order (Stone Mountain Mystery #2)

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Working with a modern publisher such as Imajin Books has advantages.

I counted on the Imajin Books website, and the company currently has 26 authors including me. This means each author gets individual attention and a fast track to publication.

So let me define fast. DESCENT was released July 25th, 2015.

BLAZE is now available for pre-order on Amazon and will be released October 25th, 2015.

Screen Shot 2015-09-15 at 7.31.28 AMDoes this mean I wrote two books in one year?

No. I wrote four novels during the five years I lived on a sailboat. I’m currently working on the 5th. I think I needed to write four books to learn how to write a book. When I finished the fourth, I went back to the beginning of the series and rewrote all four novels. Only then, did I feel ready to submit to the first two.

It takes time to create fiction, but now that The Stone Mountain Mystery series is underway, I’m glad to be with Imajin Books and get the novels published quickly and professionally.

Forest fires are a hot topic this year in North America, and I’ve brought it close to home for Kalin Thompson…

Instead of exchanging vows, Kalin Thompson spends her wedding day running from a forest fire near Stone Mountain Resort, and the pregnant friend trapped with her has just gone into labor. Meanwhile, Kalin’s fiancé, Ben Timlin, hangs from the rafters of a burning building, fighting for his life. Can the situation get any hotter?

When the fire is declared as arson, finding the firebug responsible becomes Kalin’s personal mission. In the course of her investigation as Director of Security, she discovers that some people will go to extreme measures to keep her from exposing their secrets.

If you haven’t read DESCENT yet, now is your chance before BLAZE comes out. Find it at: myBook.to/Descent

And if you have read DESCENT, I’d be very excited if you pre-ordered BLAZE.

Thanks for reading…

Announcing BLAZE: A Stone Mountain Mystery #2

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Pageflex Persona [document: PRS0000040_00071]New Release: October 25th, 2015 by Imajin Books.

QUESTION: What’s more exciting than announcing the release of your first book?

ANSWER: Announcing the release of your second book.

I wrote DESCENT and BLAZE while I was sailing in the Bahamas, and my lovely publisher (Imajin Books) decided to release both novels this year. These are the first two novels in the Stone Mountain Mystery series…with more to come of course.

BLAZE: shortlisted for the 2014 Crime Writers’ Association

Debut Dagger.

Instead of exchanging vows, Kalin Thompson spends her wedding day running from a forest fire near Stone Mountain Resort, and the pregnant friend trapped with her has just gone into labor. Meanwhile, Kalin’s fiancé, Ben Timlin, hangs from the rafters of a burning building, fighting for his life. Can the situation get any hotter?

When the fire is declared as arson, finding the firebug responsible becomes Kalin’s personal mission. In the course of her investigation as Director of Security, she discovers that some people will go to extreme measures to keep her from exposing their secrets.

Early Praise for BLAZE

“Filled with entertaining characters and as fast-paced as the conflagration that gives Blaze its title.” —Joan Barfoot, Scotia Giller Prize and Trillium Book Award shortlisted author

“Evil in a beautiful landscape—Blaze is an inferno of action and tension. ‪Its sizzling plot will keep you guessing until the end.” —Phyllis Smallman, award-winning author of the Sherri Travis murder mysteries

“Kristina Stanley’s latest novel, Blaze, is a fast-paced, hang-on-to-your-seat kind of mystery that will keep you reading until the wee hours of the morning.” —R. J. Harlick, author of the Meg Harris Mysteries

“Gripping action scenes and an engaging heroine make BLAZE a terrific read. Great insight into the risks and dangers of outdoor life by an author who’s been there. The forest fire fighting scenes are especially vivid. Don’t miss this!” —M. H. Callway, Arthur Ellis Finalist, Best First Novel

“Stanley captures the unrelenting brutality of a fire’s ruthless nature. The action and suspense doesn’t end with the blaze.” −Billy Stewart, Professional Firefighter.

If you haven’t read DESCENT yet, now is your chance before BLAZE comes out. Find it at: myBook.to/Descent

Thanks for reading…