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Friday, March 15, 2024

WOW! WOMEN ON WRITING READER REVIEW TOUR OF "What Was Never There" BY Elizabeth Maria Naranjo

Elizabeth Maria Naranjo’s

 

WOW! WOMEN ON WRITING

READER REVIEW TOUR

 

OF

 

What Was Never There

 

Tour Begins May 3, 2024

 

 





 Book Summary


A mother and daughter lost in the woods must overcome their worst fears to find their way back. A father going through a divorce witnesses a seemingly impossible motorcycle accident, which forces him to question the truth of his own perceptions. A little boy with a terrible secret routinely steals away at night to meet a girl beneath a willow tree—only to discover she has a secret of her own.

What Was Never There is a collection of short stories with the common theme of memory, or rather, the way memory haunts us.

Includes Pushcart Prize nominated stories “We Never Get to Talk Anymore” and “The Dinosaur Graveyard" and the award-winning "Windows," selected for Best Microfiction 2023.

 

  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0CQSTX8WT
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Independently published (December 21, 2023)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 276 pages
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 979-8866571697


What Was Never There is now available to purchase in print and as an e-book at Amazon.com. Add it to your GoodReads reading listing as well.

 

About the Author Elizabeth Maria Naranjo

Elizabeth Maria Naranjo is the author of The Fourth WallThe House on Linden Way, and What Was Never There. Her stories and essays have been widely published and nominated for the Pushcart PrizeBest American Essays, and Best of the Net, and her short story, “Windows,” was selected for Best Microfiction 2023. She lives in Tempe, Arizona, with her husband and two children.

 

Buy links:

 

Amazon Kindle:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0CJWVFTDD/ref=x_gr_bb_amazon?ie=UTF8&tag=x_gr_bb_amazon-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B0CJWVFTDD&SubscriptionId=1MGPYB6YW3HWK55XCGG2

 

Amazon Paperback:

https://www.amazon.com/What-Was-Never-There-Stories/dp/B0CQSTX8WT/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

 

Website: https://www.elizabethmarianaranjo.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/emarianaranjo

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/199240146-what-was-never-there

Hashtag:  #naranjowhatwasneverthere

Physical copies available in the U.S.  or PDF available for all!

I'd love to have you for this Blog Tour!
Questions? Send me an email: crystaljotto@gmail.com or call/text: 920-645-7529

 

 

If you’ve never participated in this type of tour before – here’s how it works:

·        Read the book

·        Leave a review on at least ONE promotional site (such as Amazon – preferred) and/or Goodreads (required)

·        Be entered to win a $25 gift card

 

Reviews need to be posted by June 3, 2024 and the launch day is May 3, 2024.

 

Thanks for joining us!

 

 

 

-- Launch Date

May 3 @ The Muffin

What goes better in the morning than a muffin? Join us at the WOW blog to celebrate the launch of author Elizabeth Maria Naranjo's  “What Was Never There”.   You can read an interview with the author and enter to win a copy of the book.

https://muffin.wow-womenonwriting.com/


If you’re ready to participate – here’s a link to the google form I need you to fill out:

 

https://forms.gle/NooFgfy6FSNvrNxw6

 

Thanks in advance!

 

Hugs,

~Crystal

 

**OFFICIAL INSTRUCTIONS WILL BE SENT TO ALL PARTICIPANTS!

 

 


Thursday, March 14, 2024

WOW! WOMEN ON WRITING READER REVIEW TOUR OF "WE BURNED OUR BOATS" BY KAREN JONES GOWEN

 

Karen Jones Gowen’s

 

WOW! WOMEN ON WRITING

READER REVIEW TOUR

 

OF

 

We Burned Our Boats

 

Tour Begins May 6, 2024




 

 

 Book Summary

Bruce and Karen Gowen are facing a retirement that neither one wants. Bruce can't imagine life without employment. Karen wants change, adventure, a chance to spread her wings and fly away after thirty years of raising their large family.

Their opportunity comes in a way they can both support: helping their daughter and son-in-law with a hotel project in Panajachel, Guatemala.

Never ones to do anything half way, the Gowens sell everything, including one of their businesses. What they can't sell, they give away. With their worldly possessions down to two checked bags and two carry-ons each, they fly one way to Guatemala City. Then on to Panajachel, a tourist town on scenic Lake Atitlan, in the southern highlands of Guatemala.

Here they begin their new life, a time filled with incredible experiences, tough challenges, and unexpected adventure in one of the most beautiful settings on earth. A place where the Maya culture permeates the land. A land and people that will transform anyone fortunate enough to encounter the magic of these hills in Guatemala.

 

·         Publisher ‏ : ‎ WiDo Publishing (January 18, 2024)

·         Language ‏ : ‎ English

·         Paperback ‏ : ‎ 306 pages

·         ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1947966685

·         ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1947966680



We Burned Our Boats  is now available to purchase in print and as an e-book at 
Amazon.com.  Add it to your GoodReads reading listing as well.

 

About the Author Karen Jones Gowen




 

Born and raised in central Illinois, Karen Jones Gowen attended Northern Illinois University in DeKalb and the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana. She transferred to Brigham Young University, where she met her husband Bruce, and there graduated with a degree in English and American Literature.

Karen and Bruce have lived in Utah, Illinois, California and Washington, currently residing in Panajachel, Guatemala. They are the parents of ten children. Not surprisingly, family relationships are a recurring theme in Gowen's writing.

 

 

Hashtag:  #gowenburnedboats

Karen Jones Gowen can be found online:

https://www.amazon.com/stores/Karen-Jones-Gowen/author/B007FQDG8A?ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true

 

https://karenjonesgowen.com/

 

 
Physical copies available in the U.S.  or PDF available for all!

I'd love to have you for this Blog Tour!
Questions? Send me an email: 
crystaljotto@gmail.com or call/text: 920-645-7529

 

 

If you’ve never participated in this type of tour before – here’s how it works:

·        Read the book

·        Leave a review on at least ONE promotional site (such as Amazon – preferred) and/or Goodreads (required)

·        Be entered to win a $25 gift card

 

Reviews need to be posted by June 6, 2024 and the launch day is May 6, 2024.

 

Thanks for joining us!

 

 

 

-- Launch Date

May 6 @ The Muffin

What goes better in the morning than a muffin? Join us at the WOW blog to celebrate the launch of author Karen Jones Gowen’s “We Burned Our Boats”.   You can read an interview with the author and enter to win a copy of the book.

https://muffin.wow-womenonwriting.com/

 

 

 

If you’re ready to participate – here’s a link to the google form I need you to fill out:
https://forms.gle/u3eZ5UBhWoj2eJWJ6

 

Thanks in advance!

 

Hugs,

~Crystal

 

**OFFICIAL INSTRUCTIONS WILL BE SENT TO ALL PARTICIPANTS!

 

 

Invitation to the WOW! Women on Writing Book Blog Tour for "Murder by Milkshake" by Elizabeth Maria Naranjo

 

Elizabeth Maria Naranjo’s

 

WOW! WOMEN ON WRITING TOUR

 

OF

 

Murder by Milkshake

 

Tour Begins September 9, 2024


Book Summary

 

Life is sweet for high school senior and ice cream slinger Genevieve Winterland. Her father owns Sweet Dreams Ice Cream Parlour, the cutest confectionery shop in their little town of Pinewood, Arizona. Genevieve loves her job, but when her father hires a broody newcomer with a dark past to provide extra security on her closing shifts, Genevieve bristles. Is this part of her father’s plan to send her away to college, when all she wants is to stay in Pinewood and run the family business?

 

Meanwhile, everyone’s favorite new teacher at Pinewood High, Miss Love, is receiving death threats, and then she goes missing. Genevieve suspects the crabby substitute, Ms. Pierce, who seems murderous about being passed over for the position. Or is the culprit Mr. Garcia, the longtime instructor who Miss Love replaced after he was fired for assaulting a student? Just when Genevieve thinks she knows the answer, she stumbles across the dead body of another missing faculty member.

 

Can Genevieve find the killer terrorizing the teachers in her beloved hometown—before someone else gets iced?

 

Print Length: 195 “ish” Pages (ARC’s are available, but the final is not quite complete)
Genre: Cozy Mystery, Mystery, YA Mystery
Publisher:  

ISBN:  

Murder by Milkshake  will soon be available to purchase in print and as an e-book at 
Amazon.com.  Add it to your GoodReads reading listing as well.

 

 

 

About the Author Elizabeth Maria Naranjo

 

Elizabeth Maria Naranjo is the author of The Fourth WallThe House on Linden Way, and What Was Never There. Her stories and essays have been widely published and nominated for the Pushcart PrizeBest American Essays, and Best of the Net, and her short story, “Windows,” was selected for Best Microfiction 2023. She lives in Tempe, Arizona, with her husband and two children.

 

 

Hashtag:  #murderbymilkshakenaranjo

Elizabeth and Murder by Milkshake can be found online:

https://www.elizabethmarianaranjo.com

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8124819.Elizabeth_Maria_Naranjo

https://twitter.com/emarianaranjo


 

The Blog Tour will begin on September 9, 2024  and last into mid October! You can participate by reviewing the book,  spotlighting the book, choosing a guest post written by the author, or interviewing the author.

 
Physical copies available in the U.S.  or PDF available for all!

I'd love to have you for this Blog Tour!
Questions? Send me an email: 
crystaljotto@gmail.com or call/text: 920-645-7529

 

 

If you’ve never participated in a tour before – here are a few options:

·        If you don’t have your own blog, you can read the book and we will find a blog where you can post your review (you’ll also be asked to post the review to Amazon and Goodreads if you are able)

·        If you have your own blog or website, you can read the book and post your review on your blog (or website) and you’ll also be asked to post the review to Amazon and Goodreads if you are able

·        If you have a blog or website and you don’t have time to read the book, you can participate in the tour by hosting a guest post by the author. There are several guest post topics you can choose from if you open the google form found as a link at the end of this document/email

·        If you have a blog or website and you don’t have time to read the book, you can participate in the tour by hosting an interview with the author

 

**some of our hosts choose to do an interview AND a review – don’t limit yourself!

 

 

 

-- Blog Tour Dates

September 9 @ The Muffin

What goes better in the morning than a muffin? Join us at the WOW blog to celebrate the launch of author Elizabeth Maria Naranjo’s cozy mystery “Murder by Milkshake”.   You can read an interview with the author and enter to win a copy of the book.

https://muffin.wow-womenonwriting.com/

 

 

 

 

If you’re ready to participate – here’s a link to the google form I need you to fill out:
https://forms.gle/aF292ieAb3TR62tc7



 

Thanks in advance!

 

Hugs,

~Crystal