The Saturday Showcase with Guest Author Debra J. Edwards
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Welcome to
The Saturday Showcase
featuring
Marvin's Curse
by
Debra J. Edwards
Book Genre: YA Paranormal
Book
Blurb:
How would you
handle the dead? After losing his dad, 17 year old Marvin finds he can see and
talk to the dead, an inherited 'gift'. Bonus, you might think, but Marvin hates
it. It makes him different and he just wants to be 'normal'. He meets Stella in
the graveyard that backs onto the house he's just moved into.
'My name is
Stella, Stella McCartney. It says so inside my trousers.' (!?!)
A mysterious business card reveals that Stella has lost her memories and all signs point to Moghador, a gateway to hell where a pawnbroker holds the answers. And Stella is DEAD! She just doesn't know it... yet!
Book Buy links:
Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/325225
Author
Bio:
Debra J
Edwards is a full time writer living in Surrey, UK. She lives in a rambling
Victorian house with husband and pyscho staffy, Buster.
Debra currently has four books published. A trilogy about stroppy teenage tooth fairies; Aggie Lichen; Pilp Collector, the sequel, Aggie Lichen; Pilp Collector - Arty's Revenge with Hero Required, the third book in the series.
Marvin’s Curse is her fourth novel although the first for YA readers. For this latest book, Marvin’s Curse, she worked under cover as a ghost whisperer in order to bring that something extra to her central character. Debra feels this has paid off well and is now training to be a dragon slayer for her next novel…
Debra currently has four books published. A trilogy about stroppy teenage tooth fairies; Aggie Lichen; Pilp Collector, the sequel, Aggie Lichen; Pilp Collector - Arty's Revenge with Hero Required, the third book in the series.
Marvin’s Curse is her fourth novel although the first for YA readers. For this latest book, Marvin’s Curse, she worked under cover as a ghost whisperer in order to bring that something extra to her central character. Debra feels this has paid off well and is now training to be a dragon slayer for her next novel…
Your
Links:
Website:
www.purpleraypublishing.co.uk
Facebook
fan page: https://www.facebook.com/MarvinsCurse?fref=ts
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/debra_J_edwards
Book
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpNB65nYyRM
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Publish
date: July 2013
Publisher: PurpleRay Publishing
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Book
Excerpt:
He’d never had a teenage ghost come to
him before, let alone a girl. He felt his face flush as a wave of excitement
rose through him. But she was still a ghost. She would still want something.
Didn’t they always? No, she had to go.
‘What do you really want?’ he said.
‘Only I’m rather busy, as you can see.’
‘And rather rude!’ said the girl,
retreating to the back of the bench. She wore a black jumper with a glittery
skull motif on the sleeve that sparkled in the fading light.
‘Just tell me what you want then I’ll
send you on your way,’ said Marvin.
‘And rather patronising too!’ The girl
made her way round to the front of the bench and sat down, crossing one leg over
the other.
‘Look, this always goes a certain way,’
said Marvin, trying not to stare at her. ‘You want me to do something. I refuse
to do it and then send you away.’
‘What if I don’t want
anything?’
‘Sorry?’
‘What if I don’t want anything from
you?’
‘Well, that would be a first! First
time in a year that any sp…’ He stopped suddenly. No unfinished business? They
always have unfinished business! Oh god! She doesn’t know. She doesn’t know
she’s dead. A slight panic came over him. How the hell was he going deal with
this? Within seconds he had his answer.
‘Do you see a light?’ he asked, pushing
his hands towards the sky. ‘Do you see a very bright light?’
‘At this time of day?’ said the girl.
‘Don’t be stupid!’
No, she definitely doesn’t
know.
‘And you’re sure that there’s nothing
that you want. Nothing you need to find out. Nothing you need to have
finished…’
She stared at him, widening her eyes.
‘Just this conversation!’ She turned to leave, but Marvin was quick to jump in
front of her.
‘Hey!’ he said as she stopped walking.
‘Sorry, I’m just not good with sp… er, people.’
‘Understatement! You are rubbish with
people!’
Marvin led the way back to the bench
where she sat and he leant against a tree.
After a short awkward silence the girl
spoke, ‘So what are you doing here – in my graveyard?’ She pulled at the hem of
her jumper. ‘I’m Stella by the way.’
‘Marvin,’ said Marvin. ‘So how is it your graveyard?’ He waited, hoping she’d
find a way of answering, a way of acknowledging her deadness, but nothing. He
continued, slipping in the odd comment where possible. ‘Surely you share it with
other people.’
‘Well, it’s not exactly mine,’ said
Stella, ‘but I like to hang out here. It’s always so – peaceful.’
Marvin grunted in agreement and edged
his way onto the bench ensuring there was a good distance between
them.
‘Have you always lived here? I don’t
remember seeing you before,’ said Stella pulling her knees up under her chin.
‘And why are you here?’
‘You ask a lot of questions,’ said
Marvin. The last thing he wanted to do was to talk about his family to a
complete stranger, a completely dead
stranger. He decided to go for the simple explanation. ‘Just moved in,’ he
said then added. ‘And I’ve come here to draw.’
Stella threw back her head and laughed.
‘What rubbish! No one really comes to a graveyard to draw! People come here to
escape life.’ She paused. ‘Is that what you’re doing – escaping?’
Marvin tapped his fingers on the bench
handrail. ‘So what are you escaping
from then, huh?’
‘Nothing! I just like it here.’ She
jumped up and ran towards a tree, hugging it. ‘I love the trees, I love the
grass. I even love the gravestones.’
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Give-Away:
Debra has very kindly offered my readers the chance to get a FREE copy of YA Novel Marvin's Curse.
For your chance to get your hands on one of the 5 e-books available, in either mobi or
PDF format.
All you have to do is answer a quick question:
Which of the following would you pick and why?
In the Grave yard on Halloween?
or
In the Forest on a Full Moon?
Leave your answer in the comment form below, the winners will be notified by the author.
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I'm back again tomorrow with Debra on
The Sunday Spotlight
Where we'll continue the Give-Away Competition and on to Part II of my Weekend Author Showcase.
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