Frannie's Connections (A Guest Post from Authors Gwen Gardner and Angela Brown)

Gwen and Angela are taking over today!
(Scroll down to the bottom for my IWSG post)

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We over at Partners in ParanormYA really enjoy interacting with our characters, and the characters from our books enjoy crossover interaction with each other as well. Our characters are very strong-willed and quite capable of taking over the show. They have their own opinions, likes and dislikes. So sometimes, we just have to let them take over the stage…

“Franny Bishop here. I appear in both Givin’ Up The Ghost and A Guilty Ghost Surprised, as well as the Afterlife series which comes out next year. If you’ve read any of the books, you’ll know that Indigo is always worried about my connections. You know a nineteenth century ghost madam is bound to have connections. I was quite, erm, social, both in life and after. I’m still in my youth, relatively speaking. I’m 125 years old, but that’s an infant compared to some of the folks I know.

Anyway, what was I saying? Oh yes. About my connections. I’m very active in the spirit community, so of course I know a lot of ghosts and such. Some are--were--very good people. So when Indigo needed protection for Bryan (in A Guilty Ghost Surprised), I called in a few favors. A group of watchers were called for. Watchers are spirits, of course, but they did double duty as nurses during Victorian times. They are more evolved than regular spirits. The strength of their love lends them powers that keep the grim away.

Of course, the grim includes unnatural beings like that dratted soul collector who’s after Indigo. But Indigo has her own sort of power, she just hasn’t realized it yet. But Bryan, he’s just an innocent little spirit soul who needs looking after, so when that soul-sucking shadow threatened him, I called in the best people for the job.”

“The watchers? I am familiar with them. Busybodies, all of them,” said a sarcastic voice. The former Father Quanon (of Neverlove fame), now known only as Q, the new Devourer from They All Fall Down, steps up to the stage.

Franny narrows her eyes at him. “You dare show your face here after what you did to Tegra? What you tried to do to Abby and Basil?”

“Come now, Franny. You know I didn’t really do those things. It’s just a part I play as the star of They All Fall Down.”

“The star? Now I’ve heard it all. Abby and Basil are the stars, not you…”

“So you do admit it’s just a part I play…” Q countered.

“I’m admitting nothing.” Franny's cheeks flamed. “All I know is that when trouble shadow jumps into town, you’re too often behind it.”

“You do look lovely with your eyes blazing like that,” said Q. “You’re quite attractive for a 125-year old.” He looks her up and down. “If only you’d lose that Victorian get-up…I wouldn’t mind connecting with you, at all. Why don’t you come on over to my place? Say, around eleven?”

The stage explodes with Watchers. Q backs into the shadows and shadow jumps away…

If you liked this little bit of character interaction, check out the books:

Indigo Eady and gang are back with a  feather and a Chance setting off another twisting-turning investigation to bring a cold case, and loved ones, closure at last.

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Free of their duties as Cleanser and Harvestor, Abby and Basil try to move on with their lives. But some secrets remain. And what is done in the dark won’t be good when it comes to light.

TAFD buy links: Amazon and Barnes & Noble

About Partners in ParanormYA

 

Gwen Gardner and Angela Brown - YA paranormal authors embarking on the adventure of a lifetime. Share with us as we take the Indie journey to bring our works to the world. Buckle up! There'll be mystery, mayhem, action and emotional roller coasters...oh, and a few things that go bump in the night.

Hauntings are scary but we love interaction:

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My insecurity today?
A few hours ago, I uploaded ebook versions of the completed The Faerie War, entered all the email addresses of people who've signed up to post reviews, and clicked SEND!
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So now I wait. Anxiously. Wondering what people are thinking of the conclusion to Violet's story...

Double Cover Reveal: GIVIN' UP THE GHOST & NEVERLOVE

Mystery and mayhem teamed with heartache and overcoming. Follow PIP here.

Gwen Gardner and Angela Brown have undertaken an exciting indie publishing adventure - Partners in ParanormYA. Fun, right?! And today is the day they reveal the covers for their books, GIVIN' UP THE GHOST and NEVERLOVE. Here's what they're about...



Corona Zschusschen

Friend or Foe?

Murder victim Bart Bagley is not content to merely roll over in his grave. He wants his murderer caught and he wants teenage ghost whisperer, Indigo Eady, to help him.

It becomes obvious that Bart’s temper lead to more than one disagreement, but is it enough to want him dead? With nothing but a cold trail and a hot list of “friendly” suspects, Indigo and her friends race to find the killer before they become the next victims.

Indigo Eady is not clumsy. At least, that’s what she keeps telling everyone. Can she help that the overactive spirit community of Sabrina Shores causes her psychic abilities to short-circuit? It’s unfortunate that her cute new friend Badger is often on the receiving end of her mishaps. At times, she is positively hazardous to his health. Even so, sparks start to fly in more than one direction...

Heather McCorckle of CP Designs

For seventeen-year-old Abigail, one rash decision leads to an unexpected chance for redemption. At V'Salicus Academy, a unique institute where she trains to become an agent of heaven, she struggles with the pain of her past, the changes of the present, and accepts a loveless future until her path – and heart – crosses with Basil’s.

Basil's off-chance slip of the tongue binds him to a life of servitude to the Devourer, the master of hell. His existence has no upside until a chance meeting with Abigail brings new perspective.

Keeping the truth of their present lives from each other brings disaster when secrets are brought to light and the life of Abigail’s mentor is put on the line.

Can Abigail and Basil save her mentor and salvage their love amid the chaos? Or will they lose it all, destined forever to NEVERLOVE?

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About the Authors

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Gwen Gardner

Running, writing and reading are my favorite things.

I am also a dreamer.

Have you ever told yourself that "some day" I'm going to travel or write or whatever it is that you are passionate about but can't do right now for whatever reason? You can go for years and years and keep telling yourself that "some day" you'll do it. Too often "some day" never comes. But mine did. I am a former Administrative Manager and Vice President of a successful swimming pool plastering company - until I woke up one day and realized that my "some day" had arrived. I quit my job, moved to the mountains and began to write. Crazy, I know. But even crazier? Is when you get to the end of your life and realize that your "some day" is too late. Life is much too short for that! So the adventure has begun.

GIVIN' UP THE GHOST is a YA paranormYA cozy mystery, the first in the Indigo Eady series, due out October 8, 2012.

Haunt me: FB, Blog, Goodreads

Angela Brown

Reading and writing have been lifelong passions. It was around the time I gave birth to my forever-love, nicknamed Chipmunk, that I really took writing seriously. After all, how could I teach my child to follow her dreams if I hadn't tried myself?

As a YA fantasy/sci-fi reader and author, I favor the magical, mysterious, the darker side of life...even harbor a secret fright for things that go bump in the night.

NEVERLOVE is a special project spawned from a blog-challenge-turned-blog-opera, the Abby and Basil affair. It is the first in the Shadow Jumpers series and due out October 8, 2012.

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Sounds like October is going to be a fun and busy month for these two ParanormYA ladies ;-)