Today is the Kick Off of the RJ Hore - The Dark Lady Virtual Book Tour!
A young girl, Nefasti, wakes to discover her father, the King of the ancient kingdom of Vadio, has been poisoned and her mother, the Queen, is near death, leaving her the sole heir to the crown. Princess Nefasti has three uncles who feel otherwise. Two uncles believe the solution to controlling the kingdom is to betroth her to one of their sons, the third thinks that by marrying her himself he will secure the crown. To compound Nefasti’s problems, Vadio is surrounded by three hostile kingdoms, the remnants of the days when Vadio ruled most of the known world. These kingdoms plot to take control, whether through an arranged marriage, or war, or by whatever manner they can.
Princess Nefasti has two main goals, to survive, and to discover who is responsible for the death of her parents. Surrounded on all sides by plots, in order to save her life, is she destined to the side of darkness, or is she simply a misunderstood child? She must find allies and use her wits while trying to hold on to the throne. If I had to look at what prompted the idea for this novel, it was first wondering how certain individuals in fiction or history obtain their reputation, and second, looking at the life of Queen Elizabeth the First as a young girl in a precarious position surrounded by scheming nobles.
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A reader of genre fiction since a very early age, got down to serious attempts at writing over thirty years ago, although employment kept getting in the way.
I did write a considerable amount of non-fiction during my business career, enough to be listed as a professional writer by the Canadian Authors Association.
Hobbies include trying to keep on the good side of my wife, keeping track of my children and grandchildren, and wrestling the blasted cat off of the keyboard. In my diminishing spare time I sail on Lake Winnipeg and try not to get lost.
My writing history includes:
Winning first prize in a National Canadian Authors short story contest (a romantic ghost story) and having that published in an anthology, and having a modern vampire tale published in an anthology that seems to be doing quite well.
A current member of three writing organizations, for several years I was in charge of the judging for a national Canadian history book contest, and chaired a writer’s workshop in Winnipeg that self-published an anthology, including three of my pieces: a sci fi piece, an attempt at an epic poem, and a true tale of how I almost drowned my brother and his wife in a storm the first year I owned a sailboat.
I currently review science fiction and fantasy genre novels and anthologies for an on-line magazine aimed primarily at school libraries. I’m losing track, but I have done somewhere over 60 reviews so far.
In 20I0 co-authored a non fiction history: “The Rotary Club of Winnipeg-100 Years of Service”.
Through BURST Books, writing as R.J.Hore, I have a medieval fantasy tale of murder and intrigue entitled “The Dark Lady” that came out in February 2012 and a fantasy detective story scheduled for December 2012 called “Housetrap”. Housetrap is designed as the first in a series of novellas; I have three others in the set already completed, but not scheduled, as of this date: “Dial M for Mudder,” “The House on Hollow Hill,” and “Hounds of Basalt Ville.” Already scheduled for publication, I have a novella “Knight’s Bridge” another medieval tale arriving in March 2013, and a full length novel, again a medieval fantasy, working title “Pawn, Queen, Checkmate,” coming out in April 2013.
And of course, I also have a large stack of completed manuscripts in various stages ranging from a “What If” — the North Americans discovered Europe first, set in 1215AD – to a contemporary bickering married couple swept away to an alterative universe, or a futuristic tale of a lady archeologist set in outer space.
I did write a considerable amount of non-fiction during my business career, enough to be listed as a professional writer by the Canadian Authors Association.
Hobbies include trying to keep on the good side of my wife, keeping track of my children and grandchildren, and wrestling the blasted cat off of the keyboard. In my diminishing spare time I sail on Lake Winnipeg and try not to get lost.
My writing history includes:
Winning first prize in a National Canadian Authors short story contest (a romantic ghost story) and having that published in an anthology, and having a modern vampire tale published in an anthology that seems to be doing quite well.
A current member of three writing organizations, for several years I was in charge of the judging for a national Canadian history book contest, and chaired a writer’s workshop in Winnipeg that self-published an anthology, including three of my pieces: a sci fi piece, an attempt at an epic poem, and a true tale of how I almost drowned my brother and his wife in a storm the first year I owned a sailboat.
I currently review science fiction and fantasy genre novels and anthologies for an on-line magazine aimed primarily at school libraries. I’m losing track, but I have done somewhere over 60 reviews so far.
In 20I0 co-authored a non fiction history: “The Rotary Club of Winnipeg-100 Years of Service”.
Through BURST Books, writing as R.J.Hore, I have a medieval fantasy tale of murder and intrigue entitled “The Dark Lady” that came out in February 2012 and a fantasy detective story scheduled for December 2012 called “Housetrap”. Housetrap is designed as the first in a series of novellas; I have three others in the set already completed, but not scheduled, as of this date: “Dial M for Mudder,” “The House on Hollow Hill,” and “Hounds of Basalt Ville.” Already scheduled for publication, I have a novella “Knight’s Bridge” another medieval tale arriving in March 2013, and a full length novel, again a medieval fantasy, working title “Pawn, Queen, Checkmate,” coming out in April 2013.
And of course, I also have a large stack of completed manuscripts in various stages ranging from a “What If” — the North Americans discovered Europe first, set in 1215AD – to a contemporary bickering married couple swept away to an alterative universe, or a futuristic tale of a lady archeologist set in outer space.
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Reading Addiction Blog Tours MEET and
GREET
#1 – Do You See Writing as a Career?
Yes. A second career!
I have been writing non-fiction for several years, but work used to interfere
with my fiction writing.
#2 – What was the Hardest Part of Your Writing Process?
Finding a publisher,
that has been solved, and now the Marketing. No shortage of ideas or problems setting
stories down … never had writer’s block … but getting off my butt and promoting
them is another matter! Technology is my main bug-bear.
#3 – Did you have any One Person Who Helped You Out with
Your Writing Outside of Your Family?
For several years I have
belonged to a writing critique group that has commented on my writing, but the one
person would be the young woman who is my Beta Reader and one-on-one critic.
She is probably my biggest motivator. We swap writings once a month and try to
motivate each other.
#4 – What is next for your writing?
I am working on
sequels for The Dark Lady as well as looking ahead to promote the three other
novellas and novel that are coming out in the next seven months. Will probably
attend a couple of conferences in 2013 and join a writer’s panel or two at
each.
#5 – Do you have an addiction to reading as well as writing?
If so, what are you currently reading?
I volunteer as a
genre book reviewer for an on-line magazine, mainly science fiction and fantasy
with some horror. That ties up a lot of my “spare time” reading! Recent authors
that I read on my own, and enjoyed, include Guy Gavriel Kay, Scott Westerfeild and
George R.R. Martin.
This or That?
#1 - iPd or Mp3?
Radio! (sorry about
that)
#2 – Chocolate or Vanilla?
Chocolate.
#3 – Mashed Potatoes or French Fries?
Mashed Potatoes.
#4 – Comedy or Drama?
Drama 60% Comedy 40%
#5 – Danielle Steel or Nicholas Sparks?
Nicholas Sparks
#6 – Fantasy or Reality?
Fantasy
#7 – Call or Text?
Call
#8 – Public School or Home School
Public School
#9 – Coffee or Hot Chocolate
Coffee in the am, Hot
Chocolate in the pm
#10 – eBook or Paperback?
Hate to admit this
since I’m being published first as ebooks, but I still prefer Paperbacks.
Trying though, I own an ereader.
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