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Indelible Blog Tour- Playlist and ARC Giveaway

09 Sep, 2011 by in pendrell 55 comments

Fire and Ice is thrilled to be participating in two stops on the Indelible Blog Tour hosted by Once upon a Twilight and Lani Woodland. Today we are talking about the music that inspired Lani in her writing process…

She says “Intrinsical had a playlist, but Indelible really didn’t. I think music can be really important while writing. It can totally help set the mood. In high school, I did a science fair project on if music really affected us. It did. Listening to music raised and lowered the blood pressure. Sometimes it triggers the emotions that I need in the scene I’m working on. That is one of the reasons I like to have music on while I’m writing. For Indelible I had my whole music library play or I would sometimes select a random song that I was in the mood for in the moment. Of course all of the songs that I had on my Intrinsical playlist were part of what that larger library, so here are a few of the songs from Intrinsical’s playlist. I would be interested to know if any of you have heard songs that made you think of Indelible or its characters.”

1) My Immortal by Evanescence
2) Iris by the Goo Goo Dolls
3) Home by Michael Bublé
4) Sympathy by the Cranberries
5) Fire and Rain by James Taylor
6) You are My Sunshine
7) It Had to Be You by Harry Connick Jr
8) Wonderful World by James Morrison
9) You Make it Real by James Morrison
10) Bleeding Love by Leona Lewis
11) Follow You Into The Dark by Death Cab For Cutie

Click here for a pop out player of the playlist.

About the Book

Yara is beginning to understand just how much her life will change now that her Waker abilities have emerged. She has come to terms with the fact that seeing ghosts is part of her life, but she isn’t ready to let being a Waker dictate her choices. All she wants is a ghost-free senior year with her boyfriend, Brent, and her best friend, Cherie. But Yara soon discovers that there are more dark secrets in her school’s history than just the curse she broke. While an angry ghost makes Yara question everything she thought she knew about spirits, she and Brent learn that there are long reaching consequences to last year’s adventures. As new enemies emerge and old ghosts resurface, Yara finds herself in the center of another deadly mystery, and this time she has to contend with the living as well as the dead

About the Author: Lani Woodland has been an avid reader since elementary school when she first discovered the Babysitters Club and Sweet Valley Twins series. In sixth grade she began writing plays and recruiting (with force when necessary) her friends to act them out. Most of these early works were inspired by She-Ra, the epitome of girl power to her young self.

She graduated from BYU with a BS in Family Science. Lani has always loved scary stories, and has a hard time enjoying any book without at least a little romance in it. She lives in Southern California with her husband, their two children and a large collection of board games. She has worked as a spot-welder, babysitter, janitor, photographer, gymnastics coach, and movie extra. She enjoys bonfires at the beach, hole-in-the-wall restaurants, speed talking, chocolate as a cure-all, and the word “precisely”.

Visit Lani at her Website / Blog / Facebook / Twitter / Goodreads

The Giveaway: As part of the blog tour we are giving away one advanced reading copy of Indelible to our readers. It has been read by us as reviewers (so has minor shelf wear) but we wanted to pass it on to you, our loyal followers. To enter to win, simply comment below. Open Internationally and ends October 9, 2011.

Intrinsical Interview and Name Giveaway

09 Dec, 2010 by in Uncategorized 10 comments

Intrinsical
Yara Silva Trilogy #1
Author: Lani Woodland
Released: August 17th 2010
Publisher: Pendrell Publishing

Summary: Sixteen-year-old Yara Silva has always known that ghosts walk alongside the living. Her grandma, like the other females in her family, is a Waker, someone who can see and communicate with ghosts. Yara grew up watching her grandmother taunted and scorned for this unusual ability and doesn’t want that to be her future. She has been dreading the day when she too would see ghosts, and is relieved that the usually dominant Waker gene seems to have skipped her, letting her live a normal teenage life. However, all that changes for Yara on her first day at her elite boarding school when she discovers the gene was only lying dormant. She witnesses a dark mist attack Brent, a handsome fellow student, and rushes to his rescue. Her act of heroism draws the mist’s attention, and the dark spirit begins stalking her. Yara finds herself entrenched in a sixty-year-old curse that haunts the school, threatening not only her life, but the lives of her closest friends as well. Yara soon realizes that the past she was trying to put behind her isn’t going to go quietly.
Lani Woodland has been an avid reader since elementary school when she first discovered the Babysitters Club and Sweet Valley Twins series. In sixth grade she began writing plays and recruiting (with force when necessary) her friends to act them out. Most of these early works were inspired by She-Ra, the epitome of girl power to her young self.

She graduated from BYU with a BS in Family Science. Lani has always loved scary stories, and has a hard time enjoying any book without at least a little romance in it. She lives in Southern California with her husband, their two children and a large collection of board games. She has worked as a spot-welder, babysitter, janitor, photographer, gymnastics coach, and movie extra. She enjoys bonfires at the beach, hole-in-the-wall restaurants, speed talking, chocolate as a cure-all, and the word “precisely”.

Lani was kind enough to answer some interview questions for us about her book…

The best way to tell you about Intrinsical is to give you the jacket flap. I came up with the idea for Intrinsical, not the whole plot but the general idea for the book at the Queen Mary in Long Beach, CA. It’s an old cruise ship that is now a hotel/museum. While
taking the guided tour there the guide informed us the first class pool was rumored to be haunted. Standing on the second floor of the pool room looking down over the pool I totally believed it. It was an eerie room. It was cold and there was an unsettling feeling that crept
over me as we were there. That moment of feeling watched and creeped out is where the first idea for Intrinsical was formed.

What books have inspired you and who are your favorite authors?
Almost every book I’ve read has inspired me. I can usually find something in it I liked and take away with me. My list of favorite authors is huge and varied. I read a little bit of everything (mysteries, paranormal, fantasy, urban fantasy, romance, classics and historical) so I have authors in almost every category that I love.

How did you choose Brasil as the setting for your book?
I chose Brazil to be part of Yara’s heritage because my husband lived there for a while and loved it. I wanted her to have an interesting background and I could just picture her grandmother in the places my husband described, so I thought it would be cool to have Yara’s father be from Brazil.

What advice would you give to aspiring writers?
I think the best advice I can give is to never give up and to listen to the feedback you’re given. When I first started submitting Intrinsical it was radically different than the book that got published. At a writer’s conference I went to, the agent asked if I could get rid of one of my
three main characters. She thought he was too confusing. If I could, then she would be interested in reading more. I had no idea how I was going to do that but I said yes. Then I brainstormed with my friends and came up with a way to make that happen. The agent didn’t end up offering representation but her one suggestion was the catalyst for a major revision and helped improve the whole story. Also for Intrinsical there were many times when I was tempted to give up but kept working on it and submitting until it was picked up.

Have you taken any retreats or paranormal trips lately?
In the past, I visited the Queen Mary and the Whaley House in San Diego, both rumored to be haunted, but that was several years ago. Both were fun to visit and creepy!

What is a waker?
A Waker is someone who can see and communicate with ghosts. There are different levels of Wakerness. Some Wakers, really strong ones, develop other abilities, as well.

Any new books in the works and is there a sequel planned? I
I’m currently working on the next book in the Intrinsical series. I’m also working on another YA series and just submitted two stories to an anthology.

Lani’s website can be found at http://www.laniwoodland.com/

As a giveaway, author Lani Woodland has offered to write YOUR NAME into the sequel for Intrinsical. This contest is international and ends Decmber 15, 2010. Enter here for a chance at your name in print!

Tell us a little about Intrinsical. Where did the idea for the book
come from?