Denise
Alicea will be awarding a $10 Amazon or Barnes and Noble GC to a randomly drawn
winner via rafflecopter during the tour.
If your book were
made into a movie, who would you want to play your main characters?
If
Fireworks was made into a movie I would love
How do you come up with the titles of your books?
It’s
a process of looking at the story and of course asking my peers what they think
of certain titles.
What does your writing space look like?
I
write on my laptop so I can be in any room I like. I like to sit up on a couch
with my feet up.
What do you enjoy doing when you’re not writing?
I
love reading YA and Romance books. I also love drawing, watching movies and
learning new technology.
What is your favourite color?
Blue
is my favorite color as it’s a calming color.
What is your favourite pleasure food?
Pizza.
It’s my guilty pleasure.
What is your favourite season?
The
fall because of the leaves and the colors during these season. It’s beautiful in
Connecticut.
What is your favourite television show?
I
have many favorite shows, The Flash, Supergirl, Arrow, Timeless, American
Horror Story.
What is your favourite movie?
I
have many, but I love The Last Unicorn.
Who is your favourite actor?
I
have many, Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Michael Shanks, and more.
What is your favourite song?
C.S.
Lewis Song by Brooke Fraser. The song and lyrics are beautiful.
What is your favourite comfort clothing attire?
What books might we find on your bedside table?
Right
now I’m reading a lot of the villain books by Disney. I’m also re-reading the
R.L. Stine Fear Street series.
Describe yourself in three words.
Geeky,
Reader, Loveable.
After
Sarah’s grandfather passes away, it’s up to Sarah to pack up a lifetime’s worth
of his possessions as she comes to terms with her grief. As she goes through
his possessions, she finds a picture. The faded black and white picture seems
innocuous at first, but something draws her towards it. As she studies the
picture and the man inside it, she forgets her grief momentarily.
However, there’s more to the faded picture of a soldier in 1940s New York than she realizes, and soon she unexpectedly meets him—but he hasn’t aged a day. As they get to know each other, Sarah’s feelings begin to grow…
However, there’s more to the faded picture of a soldier in 1940s New York than she realizes, and soon she unexpectedly meets him—but he hasn’t aged a day. As they get to know each other, Sarah’s feelings begin to grow…
Excerpt
Hours later, a huge crash woke her up and she found herself
sitting straight up in her bed. Moving the hair away from her face, she slowly
crawled out of bed slowly and tip toed to the door. Before she opened the door,
she grabbed the wooden bat gripping it firmly as she opened the door. Cursing
under her breath as she hears the door creaking. Seeing a huge shadow in her
living room, readying the bat in her hands Sarah swings it. Instead it slips
her hands flying across the living room with a resounding ding.
“Grenade!” James shouted as he ducked hoping that his helmet
and the object in front of him protected him. He looked again in the dark, why
does this object look like a sofa. He huddles down to the ground and waits, but
nothing happens. Slowly holding onto his helmet, he gets on his hands and knees
only to be confronted by yellow eyes and a wet nose. It swipes and hisses at
him, a cat! James falls back and hits a table, knocking a lamp into the floor.
He turns around and sees it in pieces.
Cursing under her breath and no time to call the cops, Sarah
charged at him in full speed. Jumping on him and punching him in the face. “Who
the hell are you and why are you in my home?” Sarah yelled at the tops of her
lungs. Blinking, James took a second after the punch to recover to look at his
attacker. Who was this woman and where was he?
Grabbing her hands and holding back from his face, “I was
fighting Nazis five minutes ago and now I’m. Where the hell am I lady?”
“You are in New York and how would you be fighting Nazi’s?
It’s 2013 and I know Nazi’s still exist but not in the form you’re talking
about. You got the wrong house buddy, so I suggest you get up and leave,” Sarah
said getting up and walking away from him to compose herself. Why did he look
so familiar? She found a good lamp, praying that it would turn on and it did.
She could see this man a bit better. He looked like someone who came out of a
convention.
James composing himself the best he could, stood up and
could see all around him. He went from the battlefield and suddenly was in a
place that looked like something out of one of those science fiction books he
read. “This is some kind of joke,” he
said standing up and looking around him, in a trance like he was in a dream.
“This is all a dream and I’m going to wake up.”
AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Born to the great lively city of Manhattan, NY, and raised
in quiet Connecticut. Denise started writing when drawing and painting
were not enough. Deciding to try a new type of medium, she thought to start
with poetry. After her first success and first reading at the age of fifteen.
Her writing began to take on new life with her own worlds of fantasy, time
travel, action, adventure and of course romance. She draws inspiration
from her favorite childhood cartoons and experiences to her current day ones.
A member of Romance Writers of America
and several of its chapters since 2005, Denise has won two awards for her
short stories and several finalist nominations. She always finds the time to
help others through RWA and also her book review blog, The Pen & Muse Book
Reviews.
When not writing, Denise loves
technology, reading (romance, YA, anime, nonfiction, fiction, Technology,
Social Media) , watching movies and TV shows.
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