A Book and a Chat with "Christa Allan"

My guest on tonight's book and a chat is mother of five (plus two grandchildren), English teacher an author Christa Allan whose debut novel "Walking on Broken Glass" was released this year.

Christa has been called "A true Southern woman who knows that any cook worth her gumbo always starts with a roux and who never wears white after Labor Day". And while I come from the south as well, in Christa's case it's not the south of England, rather Louisiana.

During the show Christa shared with us from her earliest writing exploits to how her own life experiences have helped her to write this powerful book about alcoholism, SIDS, and facing up to the realities of life.

Christa went on to explain how the book nearly was lost when she had to leave her home with a half completed manuscript stuffed into zip-lock bags thanks to hurricane Katrina. However like her own life the Christa's writing could not be stopped even by not one but two hurricanes.

Eventually with the help of a fellow author, Christa linked with Rachel Gardner of WordServe Literary. Rachelle's blog, Rants & Ramblings on Life as a Literary Agent, has won the Writer’s Digest 101 Best Blogs for Writers award for two years.

A year later Abingdon Press, a Methodist publishing house launching fiction for the first time, bought her novel, and started this talented lady on the path to literary success.

So sit back and listen to show or else download it's mp3 file and listen later to "A Book and a Chat with Christa Allan"

Barry

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You can find out more about Christa and her book at:
"Christa Allan - Walking on Broken Glass"

Barry Eva (Storyheart)

A BOOK AND TWO CHATS

Anybody who has heard my radio programs or read my blogs, including my 5 days "Book Promotion on a Budget" will have heard my great beleive in online book promotion. One of the really great ways for getting your book out there and meeting other people along the way is a "Virtual Book Tour"

There are many companies and groups that run virtual tours. Tours where you visit locations, blogs, radio programs to share with readers and hosts about your book. This enables a writer to visits all parts of the world without leaving their desk. In the case of my virtual tour without leaving my sick bed.

Of all the companies I have known the best and one of the most reasonable virtual tours is with "Pump Up Your Book Promotion". A great group of ladies who go that extra mile to help an author promote their book.

http://virtualbooktours.wordpress.com

Now after months of negotiations, badgering and down right blackmail I managed to get two of the founders of "Pump Up Your Book Promotion" or "PUYB" as it is easier to type, one my radio show tomorrow.

So many authors, have not only passed through the tours of PUYB many like myself staying friends with the group even after the tour is over, that the show has had to be extended to one hour. Also it looks like being to much for one person, so my fellow radio show host, writer and friend "Kim Smith" is co-hosting with me.

Join me tomorrow on "A BOOK AND TWO CHATS" as we talk to these ladies about their lives, writing, PUYB, and the special "Twelve days of Christmas tour."

"A BOOK AND TWO CHATS" - Tuesday 7pm EST http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Across-the-Pond

It will be fun!



Author of Young Adult Romance/Fiction book
"Across the Pond"