Wednesday, December 26, 2007

Devon of Biblio paradise Reviews Rue the Day

I hope you will join me for a 2-day stop with Devon at Biblio Paradise. He is reviewing Rue the Day December 27th and interviewing me the 28th. Please stop by and add a comment so that you'll be eligible to win

Devon enjoys cooking, as I do. Check out a couple of his recent posts and you'll be drooling!
Plus he asked me some extremely insightful questions, so I'm sure you'll find the interview intriguing.

I gave 2 prizes to people subscribed on my list. I did do the drawing yesterday but didn't get to a computer. Too much fun relaxing with family and friends to sit at a keyboard! But you may recall that Will one the Celtic music CDs. I am pleased to announce that another one of my subscribers, Sandra, has won a goal setting CD.

Hard to believe my month of taking a virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book Promotions is
almost at an end. What fantastic contacts and friends I've made along the way!

Now the Undercover Heir has made her debut. The Undercover Heir blog will keep you up to date on what is happening next. I'll be starting Book 2 in early 2008.
Cat

Saturday, December 22, 2007

Characters in Rue the Day: The Undercover Heir Book 1 by Cat Muldoon

Characters and plot are both important in a story, obviously. Without the characters, there is no action and thus no plot.

Rue the Day Characters – Faerie unless otherwise indicated

Principal protagonist
Lynne / Aislinn (Ays-LEEN):Does not learn until partway through that she is Princess of Faerie. She was raised in the mortal world because Queen Neala wandered into the boundarylands when the mists that allow passage between Faerie and the human world were up. She suffers from a constant headache and learns that it is because her innate psychic gifts were blocked. Her mother disappeared when they were trying to cross through the mists and Aislinn got stuck on the human side. She was shuffled to over a dozen foster homes and as a result is extremely observant and just as wary.

Mistress Meave (MEE-uv): Premier of the order of the Anointed Hand (healers), cunning, melancholy, and talented with herbs, scents, etc.
Master Cian (KEE-an Master Healer, brother of the Queen who swore a vow to bring Aislinn back somehow; prone to wandering out in nature, disdains court life, highly empathic
Lord Rhoedrie (HROAD-ree): former apprentice under Cian’s mentorship, now a full healer, highly empathic, loves to be in nature, loves animals
Mistress Eliatha (elli-A-tha):Royal Bard and Principal of the Order of the Gilded Harp (the order of bards), trusted advisor of the Crown, loves Cian
Queen Neala (Nee-AH-la), got caught in the mortal world while pregnant with Aislinn, managed to return, but without her daughter, she spends most of the book in a coma-like state induced by treachery and poison
King Nevin (NE-vin): King of Faerie
Lord Callum (KAL-lum):Lusty warrior who Aislinn bests, vying for higher position and conquest of women
Ultan: Skilled warrior, recently wed with pregnant wife, cheerful disposition
Ardal: Warrior
Captain Eogan (EE-gun): Captain of the Guard, makes/uses whips, attempts to kill the King with a blowdart
Sharla: (Elderly human) woman who offered Lynne a tiny shepherd’s hut to live in as exchange for tending her land, taught her Tai Chi
Master Bryan: Master Silversmith, buoyant personality, member of an influential group bound by blood to serve the Crown called the BloodBound
Lady Fiona (Fee-OH-na): Posing as Lady in Service (ladies maid basically) to Aislinn but really her Guard, member of elite security, bloodbound, works undercover on various missions for the Crown
Grand Master Fargal (Leaf): Leaf is a nickname for the ancient Master Gardener
Nyssa (NIS-sa): Novice healer, jumpy and easily influenced, appears to be about Aislinn’s age, kinswoman to Meave
Holy Mother Orla: High Priestess who tests Aislinn, stern and officious
Diarmid: Announces proceedings at High Court

Selkie, the Sealfolk, who take on a humanoid appearance on land but are by nature seals
Khadri (KHa-dree): BloodBound, heavily pregnant Selkie (not faerie)
Suhtri: Selkie healer who helps heal Aislinn after she is attacked by Meave's magical device
Corlath: Selkie guardian assigned, to his distain, to protect Aislinn while she is with the Selkie for healing. He comes to appreciate and befriend herand to love her, though he will not admit such a thing until book 2.

Horses
Faylani and Grayston: Horses who mind-speak

Cat
Bree (cat)– Aislinn’s old cat

You can order Rue the Day on Amazon or through my website.

Thursday, December 20, 2007

Poison, treachery, attempted murder, hypnosis, magic gone bad -- just another day in Faerie! And their only hope is someone who has never even been in her homeland and knows nothing of magic.

Enjoy the trailer.

Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Rue the Day: The Undercover Heir, Book 1 by Cat Muldoon


Isn't this a fabulous cover!
Here's the 1 sentence teaser:
Faerie – more sordid than surreal: Poison, treachery, deceit, secret identities, hidden agendas, love, betrayal, and attempted murder abound in the suspenseful fantasy romance Rue the Day: The Undercover Heir, Book 1.
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Magic is dying. The only person who can restore it is the Queen, but she is in a coma. Everyone believes that grief over the presumed death of her only child, causes her mysterious condition. But the child - now a woman - lives, and she is their last hope.
When Aislinn is retrieved from her unintended exile the mortal world, she discovers that treachery, not grief, is the cause of the Queen’s condition. Someone has been poisoning and spellbinding people in power, but whom? The keen observer soon finds her own life in peril as she tries to discover and stop the culprit before anybody dies – and before Faerie falls into evil hands.
Get chapter 1 delivered to your inbox by visiting my website.

Video: Cat Muldoon talks about the fantasy suspense novel Rue the Day: The Undercover Heir Book 1 on Today's Author

Listen as David K. Ewen interviews me about Rue the Day, the first volume in the Undercover Heir series.




I enjoyed this interview and appreciated how often he mentioned my website. David K. Ewen has a lot of radio experience, and it shows. He interviews authors live each weeknight on his Blog Talk Radio show.

Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Cat Muldoon: Magical Worlds Made real


Cat Muldoon is an award-winning author of magical tales that envelop you in new realities. Many of her stories are suspenseful, some are romantic; few are mundane. You can read some of her tales on her AuthorsDen site http://Authorsden.com/catmuldoon. She has stories in two anthologies and a couple of magazines. She wrote her first novel in four months; this spring Wings Press released Rue the Day: The Undercover Heir Book 1. She will write the next two books in the series in 2008 and hopes to release them as a set. Read excerpts of her book and register to receive stories and other goodies at her website http://CatMuldoon.com. Purchase Rue the Day from her site or http://www.wings-press.com or at Amazon.com.
Cat says:

I adore writing, because it gives me the opportunity to share the strange and wonderful worlds and characters that come into my mind. I love talking (in person or virtually) with my readers and with other authors. My belief is that by prospering you, you have more to enjoy and more to pass along to prosper someone else.
I am a trained massage therapist and energyworker with a keen interest in aromatherapy, chakra and energy balancing and other …shall we say rare forms of healing. Naturally, I’ve held a load of perfectly boring jobs in my life as well.

Monday, December 17, 2007

The Undercover Heir: An Epic Fantasy Suspense Series

Who Is the Undercover Heir

The Undercover Heir is about a woman who has a secret. At first even SHE does not know her secret. That is where Rue the Day begins.

She knows of herself as Lynn, a woman of about 20 years old who has experienced a difficult past. She is abused, ridiculed, and alone since her mother's disappearance when she was a toddler. Now as the book opens, she is at the brink of a huge change.

Where a character meets change, there is a story.

If nothing is changing, there is no story. Think of a newspaper with a single headline, "Everything's perfect today." Did you ever consider the saying, "No news is good news"? It is when things get tough that life gets interesting.

I will share reviews and more about the first book, which Wings published in May of 2007.

Would I Enjoy This Series?

If you like these things, you will be interested in Rue the Day:

A story you can sink your teeth into
A story with a theme
A story that is entertaining AND makes you think

Suspense
Drama
Treachery
Rich iagery
Feeling as if you are there
New worlds

aromatherapy
telepathy
mythical creatures

Fantasy --
A lot of people who do not like fantasy stories enjoy Rue the Day. Pam said, "Your story pulled me in and normally I hate fantasy."

Romance --
The first book has a splash of romance. Just that.
The second book has a bit more.

You will never get a sappy romance novel from me. I don't like them that way.


What Are People Saying about Rue the Day?

Will Blakely said, "Your writing style is a combination of J. K. Rowling and J. R. R. Tolkein."
What lovely praise, thank you.

I will be sharing reviews as we go along.

Who Are the Characters?

I'll put character descriptions up on this blog so you you know who you'll be meeting.
Stay tuned.

Where Can I Read an Excerpt?

on my website http://CatMuldoon.com
You can hear me read from the book and also you can read excerpts as they come into your email inbox.

MagiCat