Month: December 2012
Arrived at the New Orleans Airport near Rush Hour. All I can say is that the New Orleans airport has a lot in common with LaGuardia, if you’ve ever flown from it. Now, I’m at the Hotel Monteleone in the French Quarter, and spent some time in the bar making friends with the locals. The gentlemen in the top hat, John Smith, is a card trick and Elvis impersonator who is having his birthday tomorrow. A native of Colorado, he was a dealer in Vegas for many years downtown and also began his Elvis impersonating there. He moved to New Orleans and is scheduled to sing at the Hard Rock Cafe (as Elvis) in January. John has also had bit parts in several films, including the recent “Looper” and the most distant film with Kevin Costner dressed as an Elvis impersonator involved in robbing a casino. I spoke with a couple from Chicago introduced to me by “Bernie” who is pictured here with her girlfriends. Bernie also introduced me to ANOTHER couple, also from Chicago, and when he said his last name was Stompanato, I had to ask. Yes, Johnny Stomapanato (Lana Turner’s ill-fated boyfriend) WAS a relative. The young couple pictured here, Anita Shah and Mike Dapolo, were on vacation..maybe even their honeymoon, although that may well be a different couple. People kept sitting down and then drifting off and they were from Idaho and elsewhere. Finally, here is one of me, ready to go forth and do something worthwhile, in front of the gorgeous Christmas trees.
As mentioned in this space, “The Color of Evil” and/or “Hellfire & Damnation II” are going on a Virtual Tour effective December 10th (four days from this posting). The novel (first of four) “The Color of Evil” will be FREE December 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 as part of the tour.
One of the first reviewers, jumped the gun and posted a review on Amazon Kindle.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R2WFEFEVU49HZL/ref=cm_cr_dp_title?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B006WNOZ5U&channel=detail-glance&nodeID=341677031&store=digital-text
If you don’t want to click away from this page to see what Miss Suzanne Mann had to say, here are a few excerpts:
“Connie Wilson is an author I had never encountered before. Where she has been hiding, I have no idea…The author does a wonderful job of keeping this story active. Every time I stopped reading, I felt myself hankering to get back to the book to see what would happen next. There is a lot of suspense and some gruesome, gory moments that keep the reader enthralled…The last chapter was brilliantly written. Short and to the point—quite shocking really, because the reader is slammed with details about the main characters that they perhaps did not know. At the present moment, I am impatiently waiting to find out what is happening with the characters I have become so attached to! If you like horror (of the type that can really happen!) , then you will enjoy this book immensely. It is an extremely well-written book.”
Gee. Thanks, Suzanne. And if you read this, contact me to become a BETA reader for “Red Is for Rage,” which should be out no later than February, 2013. Just write me at [email protected]. And all the rest of you, who have not (yet) read “The Color of Evil,” your chance to read it for FREE is to download it either to your Kindle or to your computer on December 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14.
“The Color of Evil” will be FREE on December 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14, just in advance of the release after the first of the year of the second book in “The Color of Evil” series, entitled “Red Is for Rage.”
Be sure to download it for free on those dates and keep your eyes peeled for Book 2 in what looks like it is going to be a four-book series.
The Color of Evil and Hellfire and Damnation II Virtual Book Publicity Tour Schedule
Monday, December 10
Interviewed at Digital Journal
Interviewed at Review From Here
Review at FreeBookDude.com (COE)
Tuesday, December 11
Book reviewed at Emeraldfire’s Bookmark
COE reviewed at ZombieACRES.com
Interviewed at The Writer’s Life
Wednesday, December 12
Book reviewed at Emeraldfire’s Bookmark
Interviewed at Broowaha
Thursday, December 13
Interviewed at American Chronicle
Interviewed at As the Pages Turn
Friday, December 14
Interviewed at Literal Exposure
Interviewed at Pump Up Your Book
December 17
“H&D II” reviewed at My Cozie Corner”
December 18
“H&D II” reviewed at My Cozie Corner
December 19
“H&D II” reviewed at A Girl and Her Kindle
December 20
“H&D II” reviewed at Cabin Goddess
December 21
COE reviewed at Mallory Heart Reviews