RABT Book Tours and PR Blog: Tour Kick Off - Meet and Greet - The Burning of Isobel Key by Jen McConnel

Friday, November 23, 2012

Tour Kick Off - Meet and Greet - The Burning of Isobel Key by Jen McConnel

Contemporary New Adult

Date to be Published: October 1, 2012

When Lou travels to Scotland, she’s a mess. She’s twenty-six, unemployed, and unsure of herself. It doesn’t help that she’s traveling with Tammy, her best friend, who is everything Lou is not.

At first, the trip pushes Lou towards the brink of depression, but then she meets Brian, a handsome local tour guide. When Brian tells the tourists about the countless witches burned in Scotland, Lou starts to listen. And when she discovers information about Isobel Key, one of the victims of the seventeenth century, Lou finds renewed purpose.

Lou has begun exploring the Neo Pagan faith, a dramatic shift from her wealthy Catholic upbringing. Despite her fears of being too “hocus pocusy”, Lou turns to her new faith as she struggles to unravel the mystery surrounding the death of Isobel Key. But faith or not, Lou must face her demons if she has any hope of righting the wrongs of the past.

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Jen McConnel first began writing poetry as a child. Since then, her words have appeared in a variety of magazines and journals, including Sagewoman, PanGaia, and The Storyteller (where she won the people’s choice 3rd place award for her poem, “Luna”).

She is also an active reviewer for Voices of Youth Advocates (VOYA), and proud member of SCBWI, NCWN, and SCWW.

A Michigander by birth, she now lives and writes in the beautiful state of North Carolina. When she isn't crafting worlds of fiction, she teaches writing composition at a community college. Once upon a time, she was a middle school teacher, a librarian, and a bookseller, but those are stories for another time.

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Reading Addiction Blog Tours MEET and GREET

#1 – Do You See Writing as a Career?

Absolutely! To me, a career is the work of your heart. It’s not about money: it’s about being happy. Without the “heart work”, it’s just a job, and I don’t want writing to ever be just a job.

#2 – What was the Hardest Part of Your Writing Process?

Revisions. I’ve learned to enjoy this step more, especially now that I have a system that works well for me, but I still love the freedom of the first draft.

#3 – Did you have any One Person Who Helped You Out with Your Writing Outside of Your Family?

Many, actually!! I’ve got great Betas and CPs, not to mention good editors and brainstormers. I’m thankful to be a part of such a rich literary community.

#4 – What is next for your writing?

I’m juggling a few projects: a book that will be out next spring, a few first drafts, and some ideas that want to be born. Right now, I just want to finish NaNoWriMo!

#5 – Do you have an addiction to reading as well as writing? If so, what are you currently reading?

Absolutely. I’m between books right now, but I’ve got over 90 loaded on my Kindle and waiting for me (and that doesn’t even take into account the STACK on the coffee table). Next up? HAPPIER AT HOME by Gretchin Rubin. Can’t wait!

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#2 – Chocolate or Vanilla? ALWAYS chocolate.

#3 – Mashed Potatoes or French Fries? Mashed potatoes.

#4 – Comedy or Drama? Can’t it be both?

#5 – Danielle Steel or Nicholas Sparks? I’m actually not a big romance fan, but I guess Sparks since he sets his tales in NC.

#6 – Fantasy or Reality? Fantastic reality.

#7 – Call or Text? Text

#8 – Public School or Home School? Public: teachers ROCK!

#9 – Coffee or Hot Chocolate Depends on the day, but usually coffee

#10 – eBook or Paperback? I love all my books equally. J

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