giveaway: fade to blue by sean beaudoin (US)

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Heyya!

In celebrating the release of Author Sean Beaudoin next book, Who Killed Wesley Payne, BRS is kindly offer a book from the same author for a giveaway!

Fade to Blue is acclaimed author Sean Beaudoin's wildly innovative novel combines uproarious humor with enough plot twists to fill a tube sock. Part thriller, part darkly comic philosophical discussion, and accompanied by a comic book interstitial, Fade to Blue is a whip-smart romp that keeps readers guessing until the last paragraph.

About the book

Sophie Blue started wearing a black skirt and Midnight Noir lipstick on her last birthday. It was also the day her father disappeared. Or spontaneously combusted. Which is sort of bad timing, since a Popsicle truck with tinted windows has started circling the house.

Kenny Fade is a basketball god. His sneakers cost more than his Jeep. He's the guy all the ladies (and their mommas) want. Bad. Sophie Blue and Kenny Fade don't have a thing in common. Aside from being reasonably sure they're losing their minds.

A new friend, Ammy Belle from The Book Fort highly recommend the book. You can read her review HERE.

Giveaway details;

1. One lucky reader will win a signed copy of Fade to Blue by Sean Beaudoin.
   
2. Giveaway is open to US mailing address only (sorry International peeps!).
3. Leave a comment on this post with your email address so that I can contact if you win. No email address, no entry!
   
4. Giveaway ends January 31st, and the winner will be announced on February 1st.
5. The prize will be shipped directly from BRS.
   

Extra entries (it's not compulsory but leave the the entry in one comment);

1. +2 twit/share on Facebook the giveaway and leave the link in the comment
2. +2 comment on Sean Beaudoin's guest post HERE
3. +1 link to your blog sidebar
   
4. Max 6 entries including comment
   

Good luck everyone!

guest post: Author Sean Beaudoin

Sean Beaudoin is the author of Going Nowhere Faster, Fade to Blue, and the latest; You Killed Wesley Payne. I'm glad to have a chance to ask him how he got all those ideas of writing his novel's characters. Whether it's from his experience, someone he knows, or he just made it up. And this what he told me;

Creating Characters and Choosing Favorites:
How You Killed Wesley Payne Was Cast

As to the question of how I go about creating a character, I would say that I pretty much don't. I usually just start writing. I'll have a situation and notes and ideas about how the chapters will lay out. I'll know what the character looks like, and what he wants and if he's going to get it or not. But I find that the circumstances end up defining the character as I go along. We sort of meet each other sentence by sentence, trading jabs, ducking behind paragraphs, until I feel like I know them pretty well. Once it seems like we've hung out at the mall for a while, they can begin to sort of speak for themselves. I don't have to try very hard to "create", I just need to get out of the way and let them opine. The strange thing is, most characters want to talk and talk. Sometimes you can't get them to shut up, they're so in love with the sound of their own voices. They want to be in every scene. It's my job as the author to let them know when to pipe down and stay on point.

I love all my characters equally. It’s not fair to play favorites with them. But I would say one of the most interesting to write was Sophie from Fade to Blue. It was a lot of fun seeing the world, or at least her world, from a female perspective. She discovered her voice very quickly, and I always knew what she was thinking. A lot of times I wished I could call her up and see if she wanted to go see a movie or head over to the park and toss the Frisbee around. She was clearly a girl who knew how to kill an afternoon in an entertaining way.

I almost never base a character on anyone I know in person. It just doesn’t seem like that much fun. But I do think most characters are usually amalgams of all the people an author has ever met. Then it’s just a matter of cherry picking tics or tendencies, little snatches of dialog or funny anecdotes.

But don’t tell that to Wesley Payne, who the best man at my wedding was.

About the Author:

Sean Beaudoin is the author of Going Nowhere Faster, Fade to Blue, and You Killed Wesley Payne. His stories and articles have appeared in numerous publications including Glimmer Train, The New Orleans Review, The Nervous Breakdown, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Onion, Instant City, The Rumpus, Opium, Barrelhouse, Redivider, Narrative, and Spirit: the In-flight magazine of Southwest Airlines. He is currently working on a collection of short stories and a crime fiction novel.

Visit Author at: Website | Blog | Twitter | Facebook | YouTube


Thanks Sean for stopping by at Darlyn & Books!

Come back tomorrow for a book giveaway in courtesy of Sean Beaudoin =)

book release: you killed wesley payne by sean beaudoin

Title: You Killed Wesley Payne
Author: Sean Beaudoin
Series: Stand Alone
Category: YA, Mystery, Crime
Publisher: Little Brown Books
ISBN: 0316077429 (ISBN13: 9780316077422)
Release Date: February 1, 2011

You Killed Wesley Payne is a truly original and darkly hilarious update of classic pulp-noir, in which hard-boiled seventeen year-old Dalton Rev transfers to the mean hallways of Salt River High to take on the toughest case of his life. The question isn't whether Dalton's going to get paid. He always gets paid. Or whether he's gonna get the girl. He always (sometimes) gets the girl. The real question is whether Dalton Rev can outwit crooked cops and killer cliques in time to solve the mystery of "The Body" before it solves him.evokes the distinctive voices of legendary crime/noir authors Dashiell Hammett and Jim Thompson with a little bit of Mean Girls and Heathers throwin in for good measure. This smart, slick, and alluring detective novel that will tease you, thrill you, and suck you in.

Buy it now at: Amazon | Barnes&Noble | TheBookDepository.uk

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Official Book Trailer

He's come to do a job.

A job that involves a body.

A body wrapped in duct tape found hanging from the goal posts at the end of the football field.