A Beacon in the…well whenever!

For nearly a decade I have had the pleasure of knowing and working with Pamela Ripling aka Anne Carter. I may wax on a bit about her, but in all honestly, she is one of the neatest people I know. We ended up friends after meeting at a romance convention and I have never been sorry a day since. Our acquaintance eventually developed into a professional relationship when Echelon Press began publishing Pam’s short stories. We then took on Pam’s larger works. Since then we have published numerous stories by her, as well as three novels, Point Surrender, Cape Secuction, and her young reader novel Locker Shock!

Today is the final stop on Pam’s Blog Tour and I thought we would do something a little different. I am going to post a series of questions here for Pam, and I am going to entice her to hop on in here and answer them. I assure you she has not seen these questions, so her answers will have to be honest and off the cuff. So, here we go.

1. We know that you love lighthouses and are becomming quite an expert on them, with all your travels and adventures to the lighthouses you write about. I would like for you to give us a snippett of one of your personal fantasies regarding any lighthouse. Nothing wild and outrageous, but I now you well enough to know there is something you would love to do.
2. What is the one story that has stuck in your mind forever that you would love to write, but just haven’t been able to pull it all together to get it on paper. or screen?
3. I have places in my mind that are very special to me, kind of inspirational places. If you could run away for a month, 30 days, where would you go, what would you do, and why there?
4. What have been your best and worst experiences since becoming a published author?

Okay, that is all I wanna know for now, but perhaps if anyone else has any questions they will pop in and ask you here.

**For those of you who are not aware, Pam has written two novels in her Beacon Street series. Point Surrender and Cape Seduction are both set at beautiful lighthouses. I whink everyone should read them. I promise you won’t be disapointed. And since you took the time to read this post, I would like to give you a special treat.

If you order directly from Echelon Press, you will get both books for the special price of $20.00 and this includes shipping. That is a great savings of at least $8.00! Send your order and PayPal payment to pay.echelon@gmail.com and we will mail you your set!

You can also get Pam’s books at Kindle, Amazon.com, and OmniLit.

Point Surrender:

Amy Winslow isn’t looking for a mystery; she doesn’t even like secrets. In fact, secrets have nearly destroyed her life. So, when a terrible accident forces her to take control of her brother’s mysterious California lighthouse, Amy finds herself immersed in its shocking past and uncertain future. Enchanted by the mystery, she refuses to rest until she finds out who died in the aging white beacon, and why.

Case McKenna hasn’t quite reconciled his own painful history when he sails his crippled boat into Newburg Harbor, intending to stay only long enough to make repairs. His plans change when he becomes entangled with a local couple intent on restoring a long-shuttered lighthouse. Despite an overwhelming urge to flee, Case follows intrigue and passion, as he, too, finds himself drawn in by Point Surrender…

Cape Seduction:

After being the backdrop for 1948′s critically acclaimed tragic romance, Cape Seduction, Northern California’s Dragon Rock Lighthouse sat shuttered and abandoned for decades-and it also happened to be the last place up-and-coming Hollywood starlet Darla Foster was seen alive. When photojournalist Rebecca Burke locks horns with Los Angeles attorney Matt Farralone while trying to gain access to the derelict off-shore beacon, she encounters the spirit of the sassy, once-promising Oscar-hopeful Foster, and uncovers a 60-year-old secret that sets her world on end.

It’s all about the author!

Acclaimed author Anne Carter aka Pamela Ripling is about to finish up her really cool blog tour. If you ahven’t had a chance to check it out, you really should.

Pam is a really cool chick who is quite an expert on a lot of things, like lighthouses, and eBooks, and photography, and all kinds of other stuff.

I hope you will take a little bit of time and go visit with her at her tour stops. we also appreciate your support of the hosting authors.

**Don’t forget about the contest! All you have to do is read the CAPE SEDUCTION excerpt and leave me a relative comment—you’ll be in the drawing for FIVE Echelon Press eBooks of your choice, downloaded onto a really cool 2GB flash drive! (Or a $25 gift card to B&N, your choice.) Drawing will be on my last blog tour stop.

To make this more interesting, you’ll get an additional chance to win for every comment you leave at my tour stops! Whoa! Dude! So here’s the sched:

Monday, Aug 30:  Sean Hayden’s Blog

Monday, Aug 30:  The Romance Studio Blog

Tuesday, Aug 31:  Legendary Lighthouse

Wednesday, Sept 1:  Enjoying the Waves

Thursday, Sept 2:  Beth Fish Reads

Monday, Sept 6:  JFHilborne’s Blog

Tuesday, Sept 7: Mysteries and Margaritas

Wednesday, Sept 8:  A Writer’s Jumble

Thursday, Sept 9:  Lighthouse Musings

Friday, Sept 10:  Life as a Publisher

As an added publisher *Bonus* if you purchase a copy of POINT SURRENDER from Amazon or Kindle and send the receipt to me [echelonpress@gmail.com] as verification and I will send you a FREE eBook version of CAPE SEDUCTION.

A Beacon of Light to Shine at 2010 Printers Row Lit Fest

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June 6, 2010–Laurel, Maryland–When it comes to engaging readers, Romantic Mystery author and California resident Anne Carter is a master. Ms. Carter will join several of her Echelon Press colleagues for two extraordinary days of books in Chicago at the 2010 Printers Row Lit Fest. Anne Carter will sign copies of her Lighthouse novels, POINT SURRENDER and a limited number of Advance Copies of her next release, CAPE SEDUCTION. Readers can meet Anne Carter at Booth “FF” at the festival in Chicago, IL. You can find more information on Printers Row online or contact the Chicago Tribune.

Anne Carter says, “I’ve been a storyteller since 7th grade, when I began dreaming up romance stories to tell my younger sister at bedtime.” Raised in Southern California where she, her husband and three children make their home, Anne runs a small bookkeeping business when she is not fleshing out the next scene to her current book.

Recently, writing under her “other” name–Pam Ripling–Anne ventured into teen fiction with the release of LOCKER SHOCK! published by Quake. “Having raised two teenage boys, writing middle grade fiction seemed like a natural. After significant nagging on the part of fans, a follow up to LOCKER SHOCK is in the works. OLD ENOUGH will focus on Ben’s friends Zack and Alyssa, and will deal with new problems at Midland School.

“I was a fan of Anne Carter’s before she became an Echelon author. She has such a beautiful style of writing that it is impossible not to feel every bit of emotion she pours into a story. As far as storytellers go, you’ll be hard-pressed to find better than her,” says President and CEO of Echelon Press.

CAPE SEDUCTION is her best book yet.

After being the backdrop for 1948’s critically acclaimed tragic romance, Cape Seduction, Northern California’s Dragon Rock Lighthouse sat shuttered and abandoned for decades—and it also happened to be the last place up-and-coming Hollywood starlet Darla Foster was seen alive.

Other Echelon authors readers will enjoy chatting and getting autographs from include L.J. Sellers (SECRETS TO DIE FOR), Joel Fox (LINCOLN’S HAND), Margot Justes (A HOTEL IN PARIS), Marc Vun Kannon (A WARRIOR MADE), Beth Solheim (AT WITT’S END), and Chicago favorites Luisa Buehler (THE INN KEEPER) and Nero Wolfe author Robert Goldsborough (A PRESIDENT IN PERIL).

For more info on Echelon Press, Quake, or any of its authors contact Karen Syed at echelonpress@gmail.com or 301-490-2507. On site Interviews can be arranged for the Printers Row Lit Fest.

Tuesday Talent

Check out Life as a Publisher!

Echelon Press is pleased to welcome J.S Farthing to our team of authors. Echelon will be publishing her novel Deacon’s Deception. You can get to know a litte bit more about this up and coming author by visiting her web site at http://www.jsfarthing.com.

We also welcome Rob Tobin, author of the upcoming God Wars. We will also publish novels by Jon Gibbs, author of Fur-face in our Quake Division. In our Explorations division you will meet Marian Allen, author of Eel’s Reverence, and Ralph Hieb, author of Feeders (a vampire novel), and Jeanette Angell, Assignment Nepal.

Over the last couple of months we have also contracted works from Stephen Brayton, author of Beta, Una Tiers, author of Judge vs. Nuts, Gale Borger, author of Totally Buzzed, Pat Dueson, author of Superior Longings, Elaine Abramson, author of Thursday’s Child, Verna Clay, author of :11 ‘Countdown to 2012′, and The Theory of Everything, Jeremy Trible, author of Dream Runner, and J.F. Hilborne, author of Madness & Murder  and No Alibi. In our Quake division you’ll also see the publication of Empty Houses by John Paultis, The Wrong Guy by Claudia Whitsitt,  and Snowstorm by Connie Hullander.

If you are waiting for something from your Echelon favorites, you’ll be glad to know that we have new releases scheduled from several of our current authors. You’ll get Cape Seduction by Anne Carter (this is the follow-up to Carter’s Lighthouse novel Point Surrender). We’ll have Outwitted by newcomer Beth Solheim, Passions of the Dead, the fourth installment of the Detective Jackson mysteries by L.J. Sellers, Reunion, book two in the Jack Marston mysteries by the beloved Carl Brookins, as well as St. Martin’s Moon by our favorite fantasy author Marc Vun Kannon. And for those of you who need a touch of romance we’ve got The Key by Lois Carroll.

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Amy Winslow isn’t looking for a mystery; she doesn’t even like secrets. In fact, secrets have nearly destroyed her life. So, when a terrible accident forces her to take control of her brother’s mysterious California lighthouse, Amy finds herself immersed in its shocking past and uncertain future. Enchanted by the mystery, she refuses to rest until she finds out who died in the aging white beacon, and why. Case McKenna hasn’t quite reconciled his own painful history when he sails his crippled boat into Newburg Harbor, intending to stay only long enough to make repairs. His plans change when he becomes entangled with a local couple intent on restoring a long-shuttered lighthouse. Despite an overwhelming urge to flee, Case follows intrigue and passion, as he, too, finds himself drawn in by Point Surrender…