I’m pleased to welcome Catherine L. Byrne today! She’s brought an excerpt from her new release The Minder, and a giveaway. She also agreed to answer a couple of questions–check out every stop to learn more about Catherine and her book!
- Is there anything you find particularly challenging in your writing?
- I struggle with Point of View and writing descriptions which are not info dumps. I think I’m getting the hang of POV and describing scenes related to the character rather than just a plain description. It’s an ongoing process. In the wider view of writing, I struggle with marketing and publicizing my work, I just don’t know what to do or say. I like writing a book, not shouting ‘buy my book! Buy my book!’ The writing is the fun bit.
- Who designs your covers?
- My covers are designed by the Extasy Books’ cover artists, Carmen Waters and Latrisha Waters. Excellent artists. I know so many others though from other publishers or independent ones.
Excerpt:
They sneaked down the stairs and along the corridor like ghosts, the voices of the killers shouting in the distance. Chase went first and they reached the long, white kitchen. The spare sets of car keys were in a box by the back door so people could take or return them on the way out. He had just grabbed one when Jody clutched his arm.
“I have to go back for my phone,” he hissed.
“Really? You little—” But Jody had a point. They needed phones to communicate. “I’ll come with you. Just a sec.” He pointed the key through the window blinds at the parked cars lining the driveway by the garage and the red Ferrari 458 flashed its lights. “Nice.”
“Come on.” Jody pulled his arm again and they crept out of the kitchen towards the stairs and Jody’s bedroom.
They reached Jody’s room and it only took him a few minutes to locate the phone and shove it in his pocket. Then Chase remembered something.
“Quick, come with me.” He steered Jody into Tony’s office, unlocked the safe, took out stacks of notes and put them in his rucksack.
“What are you doing?” Jody glared at him. “Stealing?”
Chase pushed him against the wall—no time for pleasantries. “Listen, we’ve got to go or they’ll kill us too,” he snarled in Jody’s face. “Understand? Come with me or I’ll leave you to them.”
Jody gulped and nodded, his brown eyes wide.
“Good.” Chase let him go and dragged him out of the office and down the stairs.
Rafflecopter Prize: E-copy of ‘The Minder’
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Sales Links:
http://www.extasybooks.com/The-Minder/?author_id=1023
Tour Dates & Stops:
Bayou Book Junkie, BFD Book Blog, Charley Descoteaux, Dawn’s Reading Nook, Havan Fellows, Inked Rainbow Reads, It’s Raining Men, Jessie G. Books, Michael Mandrake, Mikky’s World of Books, MM Good Book Reviews, Parker Williams, Prism Book Alliance, Scattered Thoughts & Rogue Words, The Fuzzy, Fluffy World of Chris T. Kat, The Hat Party, Vampires, Werewolves, and Fairies, Oh My, Velvet Panic, Wake Up Your Wild Side
About the author:
Catherine L Byrne writes stories about relationships which push buttons and provoke reactions from readers. She writes about both gay and straight relationships, depending on which characters in her books shout the loudest to have their stories told.
An inquisitive author, she prefers writing about different situations in each book rather than writing a series about the same one—her stories range from 10th century Viking Britain, to modern educational settings and from mystery to romance.
As she was born and bred in England and lives there with her family, this infuses her books with a distinctly English tone. She has been writing since as long as she can remember and Extasy Books have published her novels since 2014.
Where to find the author:
Facebook Author Page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Catherines-Creations-and-Concerns/235748973239333?ref=hl
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CatherineLByrne
Blog: https://catherinelbyrne.wordpress.com/
Publisher: http://www.extasybooks.com/?route=product%2Fauthor&author_id=1023
Goodreads Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25734866-the-minder?ac=1
Publisher: Extasy Books
Cover Artist: Latrisha Waters
Charley Descoteaux 
Thanks for featuring my book on your blog today 🙂
My pleasure! I hope you reach a lot of new readers on your tour. 🙂
Thanks, I hope so 🙂