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By: Laura A. H. Elliott,
on 9/26/2013
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The Storytellers is my latest release and my first adult paranormal romance. It was so much fun to write and came as a bit of a surprise too, when I least expected it. Did you know there are upwards of 50 characters in the book? At E! I had a few opportunities to work on the show E! True Hollywood Stories for eonline.com. I always found the episodes so fascinating. For me it’s really fun to know the story behind the story. I hope you you do too. So, here’s 10 top secrets about The Storytellers, so just keep it between us, ‘kay? 
At the end of the post you’ll find the list of giveaway winners, congrats all!
1. Djucu nuts appear as lucky charms in The Storytellers and are considered lucky charms in the Caribbean. The nuts grow in tall trees deep in the Venezuelan jungles then float down waterways and into the Caribbean Sea and onto the beaches of Aruba & Curaçao.
2. My dad called the islands just off the northern coast of Venezuela the “A-B-C islands.” This is how I first learned about Curaçao. Ever since I heard Dad talk about the islands they captured my imagination and is one of the reasons why I chose the island of Curaçao as one of the settings of The Storytellers. (A-B-C Aruba, Bonaire & Curaçao)
3. I visited Venezuela as a teenager and my experiences there influenced a few of the settings in The Storytellers and also influence my writing in general.
4. Dr. Alexandra Abernathy’s story line about archeology is loosely base upon some of the experiences my daughter had while she was on archeological digs in Israel and Jordan.
5. Because of my love of jade, I wanted to use jade as an important part of the cursed treasure in The Storytellers. In Central America The Mayans and Aztecs prized jadite jade. The name jade comes from the Spanish “piedra de ijada” — literally “stone of the pain in the side.” Early Spanish explorers gave it this name after they saw natives holding pieces of the stone to their sides to cure their aches and pains.
6. I wrote The Storytellers years ago and put it in a drawer and never thought I’d ever publish the story. It was only after some friends asked if I had ever written anything for adults that I was prompted to dig out the manuscript.
7. I set part of the novel in Georgia because I’ve had a wonderful time on book tours there and I used to love to look at the beautiful red soil out my window every year when we’d road trip from Chicago to Florida when I was a little girl. I remember one time we drive through the eye of a hurricane just outside of Stone Mountain, GA, a place we’d always overnight on the drive down.
8. The name of the mysterious character, Dr. Yuri Knorozov, is a nod to the Soviet linguist of the same name, (Nov. 19 1922-March 31, 1999) an epigrapher and ethnographer who is renowned for his decipherment of the Maya script.
9. Logograms make up the Mayan language and they captivate me. Each script is a little work of art.
10. One of the hardest parts of the novel for me to write concerned the naming and powers of the four idols at the heart of the story: Escrito holds the power of the writer, which we know as the power of the truth; Bailador, the power of the dancer, which holds the power of falling in love; Pintador, the power of the painter, which embodies the power of perception; and lastly Músico, the power of music, which transcends time and space and holds the power of emotion.
And the WINNERS are
KINDLE FIRE : drecordova
2 signed copies of Storytellers and swagpack: qwertzuio789 and grandmatinaof2
2 copies of Winnemuca: ddoan_562 & bobbyehopebooth
YAY!!! Thanks so much to everyone who followed the blog tour and took the time to enter the giveaway. Y’all rock!
I’m super excited about the paperback which will be available in the next few weeks. I’ve gotten lots of requests about its availability. And also, the book trailer is coming soon, stay tuned.
So excited about THE STORYTELLERS release-day giveaway CLICK HERE TO ENTER.
Click here to see the dream cast at Reese’s Reviews
Thanks for helping to spread the word about THE STORYTELLERS!
Want more? For every comment on this post I’ll post a page of The Storytellers….thanks for stopping by!
So excited about the release of THE STORYTELLERS on Tuesday, Sept. 10. Here’s a sneak peek at the dream cast and an exclusive journal entry from one of the four storytellers, Julia Fairchild. I hope you can join the tour, enter the giveaway & check out the whole dream cast Monday, Sept. 9 at the fab blog Reese’s Reviews! Also on Monday, Fangirlish.com hosts me for a guest post too. To check out all the exclusive excerpts, interviews, playlist and book trailer click here. Hope to see you on the tour
Scarlett Johansson as Julia (photo credit: wikipedia.com, taken at July 2013 San Diego Comic Con)
“My gut finches. Something mysterious
causes me to question,
haunts me.
I pay attention
and listen, but part of me is blind
and deaf.
Until, I learn to fly
to thrive not just survive.
More unimaginable than leaving,
staying.
Suffering is a choice.”
-From the journal of JULIA FAIRCHILD, author of Desert Demon in THE STORYTELLERS
Bradley Cooper plays Carl (Julia’s husband) and Blake in Julia’s fictional world
The official release day is this Tuesday Sept. 10th….but, pssst. THE STORYTELLERS released a little early on Amazon! #squeeee
Here’s a video from one of the songs on THE STORYTELLERS playlist. The entire playlist will debut 9/20 on the tour.
Congrats to Jodi, Kerri, Diana, Aimee & Daniela, winner of THE STORYTELLERS Cover Reveal e-ARC giveaway! There’s more giveaways on the book blog tour starting next week, and lots of exclusive excerpts, interviews and the book trailer & dream cast reveals too:D I hope you can join in the fun that gets started on 9.9.13. Thanks so much for all your support!
The release is only days away now. Squeeeing about the awesome tour! Click here to get the scoops about the tour &the Goodreads contest. Enter the giveaway here, closes midnight on Sept 1st! Hope you can join the fun starting Sept. 9 with a boat load of exclusive content, dream cast reveal, the book trailer premiere and more giveaways
“If your life ain’t worth living, and your ready to give in…just remember, it’s only love” -Tina Turner
Listen to the rest of THE STORYTELLERS playlist. Blog tour announcement & 1 day left in the Goodreads contest! click here.
Hey all. Welcome to the new feature on Laurasmagicday. I love book trailers. You know that. So I thought, why not highlight ones that I love here and hopefully get some exposure for books you might not otherwise see? So, grab your favorite snack and check out these awesome book trailers! If there’s a book trailer you’ve come across and love post them here. Don’t forget to enter the giveaway at the end
And now for the GIVEAWAY!
HOW TO ENTER:
Check out the new Laurasmagicday blog design. I took the header picture in the Caribbean. One of the settings of the novel is an island in the Caribbean. Tweet your island guesses to:
RT The #suspense is killing me #giveaway! #TheStorytellers by @Laurawriting COVER REVEAL 8/9/13 : YOUR ISLAND GUESS http://ow.ly/nvmWX
The first one to tweet the Caribbean island that appears in THE STORYTELLERS will win! Good luck and HAPPY TWEETING!
UP FOR GRABS: This week I’m throwing in a signed paperback of TRANSFER STUDENT an intergalactic tale of beauty & the geek, a scifi romance, because Ashley is a surfer and there’s lots of beach scenes! and 1 kindle copy each of SACRIFICE by K.A. Last & THE WITCH HUNTER by Nichole R. Taylor.
Want to know a little bit more about the cover design for THE STORYTELLERS? Click here.
The Storytellers, my upcoming adult novel, is about four writers whose stories all come true for each other. Here’s a teaser. Meet Alex:
Alex missed Lars and the power he had over her. Every time she saw him her body reacted viscerally. She longed to be with him. When they had to be apart for a week over the summer, she could barely deliver her lectures in Aman due to the ache she felt inside. A hollowness. An invisibility. She knew the day they met that they’d be lovers. Lars had written her four times in the last two weeks. He had a way with words that brought her to her knees. He’s the only man she ever wrote back.
went on a wildflower walk the other day at Fort Ord. It’s so fun knowing the names of all the wildflowers in my yard! Click the photo to see more photos of the hike if you like.
I’m editing my first adult adventure/romance novel. It’s called The Storytellers and the first scene takes place in Athens, GA where four writers are about to share their first chapters with each other on a steamy August afternoon. The lemonade they drink is the Tasty Thursday recipe today. It’s my grandma & mom’s recipe. I have very fond memories of mom bringing out a cheerful pitcher of this lemonade. She and I would share precious time, just the two of us, sipping lemonade together on our screened porch in Chicago. She’d always have these beautiful silver straws to sip out of too. Mom’s birthday would usually find her drinking her lemonade and swinging in our hammock. I love the lazy days of summer.
Mom & Grandma’s Lemonade:
Scoop some Wylers or any other lemonade mix into a glass pitcher
Mound a lot of ice cubes on top of the mix
Boil a cup of sugar and a cup of water or so until sugar dissolves––pour over ice cubes in pitcher
Squeeze lemons and one orange & pour juice into pitcher. Cut slices of lemon peel and a little orange peel & put into pitcher
Stir very well with a long spoon
Add more ice cubes and chill in refrigerator until ready to use
Add whatever you want to make it good––maybe limes instead of oranges? Add what you wish
What recipe reminds of of lazy summer days?
Love the teaser. This sounds like a sweet book. =)
Hey Heather, thanks! So happy you stopped by
*waves*
Love the teaser. I like paranormal anything,so it’s right up my alley.
Your teaser was an attention grabber. He gets the girl alone and doesn’t even have to use the line, “I ran out of gas!” LOL
I hope a lot of people comment so I can read more!
Congrats on your new release and thanks so much for a chance to win this awesome giveaway!
laura thomas
Ah…so glad you could join the party
Thanks for your kind words. I hope you enjoy Julia, Tamara, Rebecca & Alex’s journey in The Storytellers. <3
*waves* Hey there Laura, thanks for joining the party! Yup, nothing like a horse-drawn carriage to up the hot factor…LOL! Looks like we’re up to three pages so far, we’ll see what the night brings <3
thank you so much
I do too!!! 8 D
Love the teaser, can’t wait to read it!
Adrianna, thanks for joining the party today
Hope you enjoy The Storytellers!