Cover Reveal from Annamaria Bazzi!

And here is another wonderful new release from a talented independent author previously featured here on the bloggy! Enjoy! The day has finally arrived. I would like to present to all of annamaria's readers the wonderful cover for:

Book: Incantation Paradox

Author: annamaria bazzi

Cover Designer: Natasha Brown

Genre: Urban Fantasy

Release Date: Undetermined

Blurb:

A car accident cuts Dolores Reynard’s life short, leaving her with a long list of unfulfilled dreams. When she awakens in a strange bed, inside a much younger body, and living with a new family—she can’t worry she might be going insane. How can she be a teenager again?

Jason Richmond understands the danger awaiting his new houseguest. Wanting to ease her concerns, he works to earn Dolores’ trust. But attraction flares in the most unexpected way, and he finds himself caught between setting the situation right and following his heart.

An enduring evil threatens not only the blossoming love but their lives as well. As Dolores and Jason struggle to unravel the truth behind her resurrection, they find themselves tangled in a web of murder, intrigue and magic. Only together can they hope to overcome the incantation paradox holding them captive.

Dolores:

Hello, my name is Dolores and I'm a forty-something mother of two high school girls, Ella and Chloe. On my way to their recital, I was in a car accident that changed my life forever. We all desire to be young again, but never in someone else's body. If you think magic doesn't exist, think again. There truly are people in the world who can wield magic, and I'm not talking the illusion kind we see on stage, I'm talking real magic, the magic you read in books with wizards and sorceresses. You don't have to take my word, read my story and find out for yourself the ordeal I had to go through to find my way back home.   Author Bio: Although born in the United States, annamaria bazzi spent a great deal of her childhood in Sicily, Italy, in a town called Sciacca. Italian was the language spoken at home. Therefore, she had no problems when she found herself growing up in a strange country. Upon returning to the states, she promised herself she would speak without an accent. She attended Wayne State University in Detroit Michigan, where she obtained her Bachelor of Science in Computers with a minor in Spanish. annamaria spent twenty years programming systems for large corporations, creating innovative solution, and addressing customer problems. During those years, she raised four daughters and one husband. annamaria lives in Richmond Virginia with her small family where she now dedicates a good part of her day writing. You can visit annamaria at:

Blog - website - Facebook page - twitter - Amazon - email

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A New Release for Annamaria Bazzi

A new facebook friend, Annamaria Bazzi, is very excited about her new release and I am happy to help her make the announcement.  Two more days!  Check her out!


Book Release Announcement

Book Title : Revelation of Abaddon

Author : annamaria bazzi

Genre : Paranormal Romance

Expected Release Date : February 8, 2013

Photographer : Owen DeValk

Cover Designer : Amanda Bazzi

Book Blurb :

Freelance programmer, Mia notices two men moving into the house across the street. She’s immediately attracted to Andrew. Handsome and charming, he sweeps her off her feet—yet there’s something else about him, too. Whenever she’s close to him, her mind and body crave pain. Confusion overwhelms her senses. Will falling in love with such a strange man be worth it?

About the Author :

Although born in the United States, Annamaria Bazzi spent a great deal of her childhood in Sicily, Italy, in a town called Sciacca. Italian was the language spoken at home. Therefore, she had no problems when she found herself growing up in a strange country.

Upon returning to the states, she promised herself she would speak without an accent. 

She attended Wayne State University in Detroit Michigan, where she obtained her Bachelor of Science in Computers with a minor in Spanish.

Annamaria spent twenty years programming systems for large corporations, creating innovative solution, and addressing customer problems. During those years, she raised four daughters and one husband. Annamaria lives in Richmond Virginia with her small family where she now dedicates a good part of her day writing.

You can visit Annamaria at:

Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/Author.annamariabazzi

Blog : http://www.annamariabazzi.com

Twitter : @AMBazzi

Book Links :

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00APCB9N0?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B00APCB9N0&linkCode=xm2&tag=annascorn02-20

New Author Annamaria Bazzi Joins the Bloggy

I've always been very gratified to help indie authors and aspiring authors on their personal road to publication.  Many people were there for me when I was just starting out and their advice and suggestions and experiences have been invaluable to me.  I'm thrilled that my blog has become a place where the aspiring writer can get critically needed information on how to do what it is we do....after we type the words "the end".

Therefore is is always such a pleasure for me when an indie author I know gets her first taste of publishing.  My friend today on the blog is just such a person.  Annamaria is likely still walking on a cloud from her first ever publication and she is just revving up.  Please join me in welcoming newly-published AUTHOR, Annamaria Bazzi to the bloggy.  

Hello Samantha’s readers, before I even start, I’d like to thank Samantha for having me as a guest on her wonderful blog.

I’m Annamaria Bazzi and have wanted to be a published author since the age of eight. Go figure! It took a lifetime to get here. That’s only because real life took over and I had to stop dreaming and writing to raise four daughters and one husband. No, I’m not done raising all of them, but after a twenty-some-year career as a systems analyst in computers, writing software for large corporations, I had enough of long nights, no weekends and short vacations.

I used to dream of contracts with Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins, or Random House, but the big six aren’t interested in new authors anymore. Their strategies have pushed many serious writers to the Indie world.  I’m proud to say I’m releasing one of the two short stories for the readers to sample before releasing my first novel, an urban fantasy.

The voyage has been very interesting and at times frustrating. The hardest part of this journey has been finding an editor that would be a perfect fit. One that would push me to my limits and help me to grow while making sure the plot has no holes, inconsistencies, no character flows, etc.  it’s very important to find someone I could work with, someone that would be honest and one I could build a relationship with. It’s very important to me to publish quality—a well edited story with an interesting plot and characters the reader can relate to.

I don’t have a specific genre I write in, although the short story ‘A Simple Matter of Justice’ is a paranormal story. I had fun writing. 

Here is a small blurb:

Brutally murdered, Samantha discovers her life doesn’t end with her death. While in spirit form, she speaks with a wolf, which offers her a chance to bring her killer to trial…but there are strings attached. Even so, she accepts his proposal, and together they hunt the city. However, when the man responsible can’t be located, she worries the wolf’s proposal might be more than a simple matter of justice.

My daughter designed the cover for me, and it was a pleasure working with her. Thank you Amanda.

Someone once asked me if I’ve ever fallen in love with one of my characters. I think that sometimes it is impossible not to fall in love with your characters. Some have a distinct way of entrenching themselves deep in your heart and it becomes difficult to let them go when the novel is completed. I have two such characters I still can’t let go, so I’ve gone off and designed a small series around them once I completed the initial novel. I don’t think I ‘m alone in this.

A Simple Matter of Justice will be followed by another short story to give the readers a taste of my style before I release my novel, Trapped in a Nightmare, an urban fantasy.

I also enjoy writing YA fiction, and will be releasing a short story I hope they’ll enjoy.

Thank you Samantha, this was fun.

And it was fun for us to meet you as well, Annamaria.  I wish you all the best in your publishing journey and all I ask is that you pay it forward for all the as-yet-unpublished authors you know.

If you would like to connect with Annamaria, she'd love to hear from you.

Connect with her here:

Website: http://annamariabazzi.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/annamaria.bazzi

Twitter: @AMBazzi