Ariella is the author of the Teen Wytche Saga, a sweet Young Adult paranormal series. Ariella writes about magic, friendship, high school, secrets, and love in Spell Check, Spell Struck, and Spell Fire from Astraea Press.
Here is some more about Ariella:
Ariella spent her childhood searching for a magical wardrobe that would transport her to Narnia. Extreme math anxiety, and taller students who mistook her for a leaning post, marred her youth. Despite these horrors, she graduated summa cum laude from the University of California at Davis. Ariella is a Reiki Master, author, and shaman. She lives a nearly normal life with her extraordinary daughter, two shamelessly spoiled dogs, and an enormous dragon.
Website: http://www.AriellaMoon.com
Now let's meet Lucianna, the heroine of my upcoming
sweet medieval novella.
1) What is the name of
your character? Is he/she fictional or a historic person?
The heroine of my new novella is named Lucianna Fabio. She’s
a fictional character, a woman from Venice who traveled to the county of Poitou
in France to accompany the heroine of my sweet medieval romance novel, Illuminations of the Heart. Now she gets
her own story in Loving Lucianna.
2)
When and where is the story set?
The story is set in the area of
France known as Poitou in 1180, but there are flashback scenes to Lucianna’s
childhood and young adulthood that take place in medieval Venice, as well.
(I don't have a cover yet, so here's a tapestry of medieval Venice where Lucianna was born)
3) What should we know about her?
Lucianna is a medieval woman in
her forties who has never been married and at her age had given up on love
until she meets the fifty-year-old Sir Balduin de Soler. She falls hard in love
with him and accepts his offer of marriage, only to have life throw a roadblock
in their path to happiness.
4) What is the main conflict?
What messes up her life?
Lucianna’s brother arrives from
Venice bringing with him a secret from the past that threatens to destroy
Lucianna’s chance at love.
5) What is the personal goal of
the character?
To protect the people she loves
from her villain of a brother.
6) Is there a working title for
this novel, and can we read more about it?
The title is Loving Lucianna. It’s the first in a
series of romances I hope to publish about older heroines and heroes called
“Hearts in Autumn.” I will be posting the first chapter soon on this blog, but
until then, you can take a look at a Pinterest board I set up to accompany the
story if you’d like to learn more about it: http://www.pinterest.com/jdipastena/loving-lucianna/pins/
7) When can we expect the book
to be published?
Loving Lucianna
will be published in e-format in October 2014, with a print version to follow.
Next stop on this tour is September 1st! Here are five more authors you will meet, along with their characters, that day!
Rachel Rossano
Bio: Rachel
Rossano spends most of her time homeschooling her three rambunctious young
children and keeping their home from falling down around her beloved husband’s
ears. When she isn’t wrangling little ones, she spends time in her personal
fantasy worlds of words talking to imaginary people and writing their stories
down. With a small side business in cover design and book trailer creation, her
schedule is almost always overflowing. Regardless, she is always eager to meet
a new writer or reader and talk about books and writing. Feel free to contact
her on her blog (http://rachel-rossano.blogspot.com),
on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/RachelRossanoRambles),
via her design site (http://rossanodesigns.weebly.com)
or check out her books on Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/Rachel-Rossano/e/B004MV17GE/).
Cheri
Schmidt
Bio: Cheri Schmidt writes fantasy/paranormal romance and is the author of Fateful,
Fractured, Forever, and Fair Maiden. Fateful was published in 2011, and over
100 thousand copies have been downloaded worldwide since then. She is currently
working on The Order of Curse-Bound Knights, The Trapping Club, and her first
nonfiction. Cheri will say that her head is a very crowded place, and she
wishes she could write faster. She will also tell you that if you do not like
glittering fairies, hot vampires with British accents, knights in shining
armor, the dashing Mr. Darcy, girly-girls who wear skirts, or large amounts of
snogging, then perhaps her stories are not for you.
Cheri will be posting about her soon to be released fantasy/paranormal romance The Order of Curse-Bound Knights
Website: http://cherischmidt.net/
Blog: http://cherischmidt.blogspot.com/
Pinterst: http://www.pinterest.com/macheries/
Amazon author page: http://www.amazon.com/Cheri-Schmidt/e/B004VVS8HQ/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1
Twitter: https://twitter.com/cheriaschmidt
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cheri-Schmidt/170239616364397
Blog: http://cherischmidt.blogspot.com/
Pinterst: http://www.pinterest.com/macheries/
Amazon author page: http://www.amazon.com/Cheri-Schmidt/e/B004VVS8HQ/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1
Twitter: https://twitter.com/cheriaschmidt
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cheri-Schmidt/170239616364397
Danielle Thorne
Danielle
Thorne writes from south of Atlanta, Georgia. She is the author of four and
five star sweet romantic adventure books, both historical and contemporary.
Other work has appeared with Espresso Fiction, Every Day Fiction, Arts and
Prose Magazine, Mississippi Crow, The Nantahala Review, StorySouth, Bookideas,
The Mid-West Review and much more. Danielle is a former editor for Solstice and
Desert Breeze Publishing. Her popular blog, The Balanced Writer, focuses
on life and the pursuit of peace and happiness. Currently, she is a freelance
copywriter in-between working on her next book and pursuing a second degree.
Danielle has two new romances due out in the fall of 2014: Cheated and Proper Attire.
Website: www.daniellethorne.com
Amazon
Author Page: http://www.amazon.com/Danielle-Thorne/e/B004E5V0LA
Kurt Kammeyer
Kurt Kammeyer
Kurt's career has been in
the aerospace software industry. He is the author of seven books and three
short stories. Kurt speaks French and has studied Hebrew, Russian, Icelandic
and Hindi as background for his series of otherworld books, "The Clan of
the Stone". He has always had an interest in science fiction and space
travel. Kurt lives with his wife, family and a dog in beautiful Colorado
Springs, Colorado.
Kurt will be posting about his science fiction novel, The Rejuvenated.
Website: http://clanofthestone.appspot.com/
Amazon Author Page:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kurt.kammeyer
RM Alexander
RM
Alexander is an author of Sweet / Clean Romances that are sometimes
contemporary, sometimes paranormal or suspense, but are always ruled by the
heart of true romance.
With characters who look for love in
wrong places and are victims of the worse kind of betrayals while fighting
for what they want and believe in, RM's novels promise a good read with
unexpected twists and turns.
When she's not writing, RM is spending time with
her husband and two small children in Michigan. She loves to travel, especially
to Walt Disney World, and can often be found on Twitter or Facebook chatting
with other authors and fans.
Amazon
Page Link: http://www.amazon.com/R.M.-Alexander/e/B00HY5U1N0
Facebook
Page: http://www.facebook.com/rmalexanderauthor
Twitter:
@rmalexanderauth
Her
newest releases, The Right One and Veil of Secrecy, are available now on
Amazon.
