Today I have the privilege of welcoming my special guest, D.L. Finn! She is an author who is responsible for wonderful stories, across various genres! In this blog, she will be discussing her upcoming publication.
I want to thank Mark for inviting me on his blog! Since becoming a member of Rave Reviews Book Club I have been lucky to meet a lot of extraordinary authors, including Mark, and develop friendships along the way. Mark’s book Vanished is high on my TBR list for this summer’s reading.
Besides all the amazing books I’ve been lucky to read, I’ve been working, too. One project has been my first short story Bigfoot: A Short Story for “The 90-Day, Alpha / Omega (Beginning to End) Short Story Writing Contest” RRBC is hosting.
This has forced me to flex those unused short story muscles I haven’t used in a while. Luckily it came back to me quickly and I found a new freedom that writing novels doesn’t allow. My inner child took over and began to soar. The idea for “Bigfoot” came from a newspaper article a few years back when a local lake was being poisoned a second time to remove pike fish from it. The reasoning was the pike would kill the local species of fish–especially the trout. Aside from how I felt about pouring toxic chemicals into Lake Davis twice, I began to wonder what if. Then my what if laid around for many years until this contest where it became Bigfoot. This story is different than anything I’ve written before, but within my X-File type interest. Here is a short blurb:
Can you believe everything you read? Steve must answer that question when he finds a strange blog while searching for his friend’s address. It was crazy to consider the government would poison a lake to find Bigfoot–and Steve wasn’t crazy. But, there were also some truths weaved into this unbelievable tale. Steve began to question his comfortable reality as he kept reading.
Bigfoot: A Short Story is available for pre-order now on Amazon with the release date of June 21st–for the first day of summer!
D.L. Finn is an independent California local, who encourages everyone to embrace their inner child. She was born and raised in the foggy Bay Area, but in 1990 relocated with her husband, kids, dogs and cats to the Sierra foothills in Nevada City, CA. She immersed herself in reading all types of books, but especially loved romance, horror and fantasy. She always treasured creating her own reality on paper. Finally, being surrounded by towering pines, oaks and cedars, her creativity was cradled until it bloomed. Her creations vary from children’s books, young adult fantasy, adult paranormal romance to an autobiography with poetry. She continues on her adventure with an open invitation to her readers to join her.
Please click on the links below to see what D.L. is up to.
Thanks Vashti! I look forward to hearing what you think:)
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Hello! I’m intrigued, Denise! I pre-ordered my copy. Best wishes with your new release! Thanks for hosting, Mark. 😀 xx
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It does sound intriguing. Thank you for purchasing a copy and supporting Denise.
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It’s my pleasure, Mark!
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Thanks Vashti! I look forward to hearing what you think:)
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I look forward to reading it. 😀 xx
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love this post – wishing you both success with your books!
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Thank you for your kind words!
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Thank you:)
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This sounds great! Good luck with the release! Another entry on my sooo looong TBR list 😀
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Best wishes with the new release, Denise – awesome topic!
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Thanks Teri.
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Thank you, Teri:)
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SOLD!!!
Bigfoot? Being the crazed creature/crytipd girl that I am, I immediately hopped over to Amazon ad pre-ordered. I am looking forward to this Denise. Congrats! If you’re looking for blog promo space, just give me a shout. I am all about the cryptids and creatures 😉
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Thank you for supporting Denise.
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Thank you Mae! I’m a fan of the same thing and why I love your stories so much!
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😀 It’s great to meet another “crypto” girl 🙂
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Denise, you clearly love to write and your mind works overtime coming up with new ideas. It’s a great gift to have.
I’m looking forward to your upcoming release.
Congratulations!
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I agree with you, Shirley, Denise is a very talented author!
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Thanks, Mark:) You have me blushing.
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Thank you Shirley, my mind never shuts down that is for sure:)
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What a fun topic, Denise. Wishing you all the best with it!
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What’s not to like about a story about Bigfoot!
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Very true! I’ve been watching all the Bigfoot shows this weekend:)
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I’m a huge fan. Even had my own Bigfoot story published.
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Thanks Staci. What was the name of the book you published.
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My story was called “The Den” but it’s in an anthology called Bigfoot Confidential. A friend of mine published two novels related to Bigfoot (her author name is Pamela Foster) and her publisher asked her to ask her network to contribute Bigfoot stories to an anthology as a marketing gimmick. I’m one of the people she asked, and well, you can connect the dots from there. 😉
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Thanks for asking, Mark.
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Thank you Staci! It was a lot of fun to write.
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I ordered mine, Denise. Sounds like a super story.
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Mine is on order too!
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Thank you John. I’m looking forward to hearing what you think of it!
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It is on my kindle. I have to get to it.
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Thank you, John, for supporting Denise.
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Just noticed this was a year ago. Ah well.
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No worries, John. 🙂
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This is my kind of story! I’m all set now, pre-ordered and ready for the read. Congrats D.L. 🙂
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Mine too!
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Thank you Gwen. I’m very glad we had a contest to push me to do it!
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I appreciate you having me on your blog Mark. Thank you:)
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It was my pleasure! All the best with the new book!
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Thank you!
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