VS Grenier ~ Award-Winning Author, Speaker & Podcaster

About Iain Reading Iain Reading is passionate about Root Beer, music, and writing. He is Canadian, but currently resides in the Netherlands working for the United Nations. Iain is currently working on the fourth book in the Kitty Hawk Flying Detective Agency Series, which will be released in 2014. For more information, go to http://www.kittyhawkworld.com/ VS: I want to thank you for being my guest here on The Writing Mama today.   Iain, How long have you been writing? Iain: I have been writing for just over a year now, although I now realize that I wish I'd started with it long ago. VS: What inspired you to write your book (if this is a personal story about you, please share about the decision to open up about your life)? Iain: The inspiration for writing my book comes entirely from the main character herself - Kitty Hawk.  The idea of a female teenaged seaplane pilot who wants to fly around the world just seemed so perfectly inspiring to me that

About the Book: Ten-year-old Andy Smithson is magically brought to the Land of Oomaldee while he is doing dishes one night. Unbeknownst to him, he is there to break a 500-year-old curse.   Andy learns that his quest is the Dragon’s Lair to find an ingredient critical to breaking the curse - the scale from an elusive red dragon, the fiercest of all dragon species. Andy nearly destroys the castle amidst adventures battling fire-breathing dragons, fighting vicious vulture attacks, escaping people-eating giants and more. A middle grade (5th & 6th grade) fantasy adventure that entertains while teaching uncommon life changing narratives. Publisher: Createspace ISBN: 978-1482312645 ISBN -10: 1482312646 Available in eBook and Print Publication Date: April 2013 Genre: Middle Grade Adventure Overall Thoughts: Those who follow or know me already understand my love of fantasy novels, especially middle grade and YA. I have always found myself drawn to these type

Riptide Author: Amber Lea Easton Publisher: Siren-Bookstrand Length: 98,000 words Genres: Contemporary Romantic Suspense (Adventure) Heat Level: Steamy BLURB: One violent night shatters Lauren Biltmore’s life. As an anchorwoman, she's accustomed to reporting the news rather than being the lead story.  She escapes the spotlight by fleeing to her brother's home in the Cayman Islands. Haunted by nightmares, all she wants is a distraction from reality. Distraction arrives via sexy screenwriter, Noah Reynolds. His take-me-to-bed looks mask a past ripe with scandal. He knows he should stay away from Lauren, especially when the worst night of her life unlocks his writer's block and while he's dealing with a stalker of his own, but ethics are his weakness. Attraction sizzles beneath Caribbean sunshine. As their relationship grows, Noah's stalker intensifies her torment. Lauren wonders if her paranoia is justified or a carryover from her