Hello lovelies! It gives me great pleasure today to
host Jeremy T. Ringfield and his new book, “51 Love”! For other stops on his Goddess Fish Promotions
Book Tour, please click on the banner above or any of the images in this post.
Be sure to make it to the end of this post to enter to
win a $50 Amazon or Barnes and Noble Gift Card!
Also, come back daily to interact with Jeremy and to increase your
chances of winning!
Thanks for stopping by! Wishing you lots of luck in this fabulous
giveaway!
51 Love
by Jeremy T. Ringfield
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GENRE: New
Adult Contemporary Romantic Suspense
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BLURB:
This
story is about Abram, a hopeless romantic who enrolls into college and begins
leaving love notes for the girl, Jec, who works at the front desk of his
student apartments. About why they know each other when neither have even met.
That's right, she had seen his face only two weeks earlier, when he tossed his
book bag in the middle of the street, holding up traffic like a mad homeless
man. But what she doesn't know is that just before he came to grab his keys to
move in, the handsome albeit strange eyes and the person they belong to had
just been released from the county jail.
The
jail cell talk without any cameras around to record make his last 51 minutes in
the pen with a sketchy bunkmate a do or die conversation that may explain why
he became homeless, why he wrote the love letters in the first place, and if
both were random at all.
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EXCERPT FOUR:
Chapter
9
The same day in August, 2015
I
think, for the price of a pizza, the experience of the novel is priceless.
A
literary ecstasy, this was not a book I wanted to lend. I had to have it.
My
co-worker interjects my thoughts, “Is that lighter fluid? What is he burning
out there in our fire pit? I’m telling you Jec, that dude killed somebody. You
haven’t seen him around as long as I have. The way he’s always scrunching his
face, looking like a stone cold killer with all that stinking thinking. Some
people struggle with who they really are. And when it goes foul, you know they
don’t always catch these people.”
He
picks up and holds out the book I am reading titled Wait For You, and says,
“Some novels you have to read twice to really see all the beauty in the
nuances, but these plots don’t always end beautifully Jec. You should start
reading more of them.”
I
take a bite out of an apple and stop scratching my thumb across a squiggled
smear on my permanent marker to look out the window as I reply to my front desk
co-receptionist, “Bobby, you’re being ridiculous. It just looked like he pulled
some papers from a box and threw them into the pit. Hey, where’d he go?”
Bobby
answers quickly, “No really, have you seen him using his hands on the street?
He’s probably practicing some lethal judo that nobody knows right now.
Hi-yah!—”
Ding-Ding.
At
the sound of the front door bell I tried to smother my giggle in
professionalism, but I no longer found it necessary to suppress as the blurry
silhouette of the person entering the front door became clear and my laughter
came to a sudden halt.
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INTERVIEW:
Good morning Jeremy! Welcome to Fabulous and Brunette! We are thrilled to have you here and can’t wait to learn more about you and your new book, “51 Love.”
Good morning Jeremy! Welcome to Fabulous and Brunette! We are thrilled to have you here and can’t wait to learn more about you and your new book, “51 Love.”
What is your favorite ice cream flavor?
Birthday cake
Great choice! I LOVE
Birthday Cake flavored ice cream too!
Which mythological creature are you most like?
So wish it were true, but
I would like to think that I am most like a fairy. Fly with discreet powers.
First book you remember making an indelible impression on you.
Captain Underpants. Those books still make me want to
jump into the page.
How do you develop your plot and characters?
I design my plots and characters to have an emotional
justice in mind for the end. I usually listen to a song first to get myself
almost emotionally irritated. I don’t use much of an outline. I have enough
going on in my head to let it fall onto the page where I feel it is supposed
to. I just bounce off dots to rationalize which direction they are going in.
That’s probably one of the main reasons I enjoy writing, because I get to live
through it.
Describe your writing space.
I love this question. My writing space is very open. I
like a lot of space around me because I am very animated when I write, bobbing
my head and waving my arms to a beat every now and then. I use a pen/pencil
often because I like how much my mind roams when I doodle. It gets weird sometimes
too I suppose. LOL I have to keep a notepad with me at all times because it
will just come out. I remember the first time I woke up and out of a dream in
the middle of the night in sheer laughter, and ran to my notepad. I’ve come to
accept this as my new normal now.
Thank you so much for spending time with Fabulous and Brunette readers and sharing your exciting new book with us! We wish you all the best on your book tour!
Thank you so much for spending time with Fabulous and Brunette readers and sharing your exciting new book with us! We wish you all the best on your book tour!
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AUTHOR BIO:
Jeremy
lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He grew up in the south Atlanta area,
where he eventually earned a football scholarship to Duke University. After
experiencing enough life to form his own opinions, he enjoys sharing some with
friends, reading, watching fantasy thriller and romance films, listening to
music, and jogging when he is not writing. He writes new adult fiction.
Jeremy
would love to hear from you. Follow him on Twitter @JTRingfield, friend him on
Facebook, or visit his webpage at www.jeremytringfield.com.
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GIVEAWAY INFO:
Jeremy will be awarding a $50 Amazon or Barnes
and Noble Gift Card to a randomly drawn winner via Rafflecopter during the
tour.
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Congrats on the tour and thanks for the chance to win :)
ReplyDeleteLisa ~ Thanks for stopping by and good luck in the giveaway!
DeleteJeremy ~ It is great to have you here! Congrats on your new book and good luck on the book tour!
ReplyDeletethank you Ally : ) I love your blog! Thanks for hosting
DeleteThanks for hosting!
ReplyDeleteHi GFP ~ Absolutely! My pleasure :)
DeleteThis sounds like a great read! How does the author develop his characters?
ReplyDeleteThanks for the question Angela : ) I wanted my characters to be flawed. I wanted real, down to earth personalities who show signs of being morally enigmatic.
DeleteGreat interview! Thanks for sharing and have a great weekend :)
ReplyDeleteHi Victoria! Great to see you again! Can't believe it's Monday already! Hope you had a great weekend and have an even better week! :)
DeleteHi Jeremy!
ReplyDeleteWhich scenes are the hardest to write and why?
Hi Betul : ) I think the hardest scenes to write are the crying scenes. Its sometimes difficult, because I want to put as much emotional detail in the story as I can, and that requires me to feel those emotions too. And I cry. lol But there's always some joy that comes after, which is why I love to write. GREAT question, I appreciate that one.
DeleteWhat is the best book you have read in 2017 so far? Thanks for the giveaway. I hope that I win. Bernie W BWallace1980(at)hotmail(d0t)com
ReplyDeleteHi Joseph! I am falling head over heels for Rainbow Rowell's Eleanor & Park. I really want to get into YA because there's a certain disregard for prestige associated with that age range, and Rowell's E&P is so raw, I can't put it down. Like, she's definitely flicking cigarette's at rules in that book, and it is truly inspiring.
DeleteWhere is your favorite place to vacation?
ReplyDeleteHello Lisagee. Hmm...I went to a place located on the bay, in Saint Leonard Maryland a couple years back. It was really fun because they have this annual Tiki Bar opening in the spring, and in an otherwise small town year round, the city comes to life for this particular weekend when thousands of people show up from up and down the coast. It was Ah-mazing, and I'd like to go back with a bigger group of friends.
DeleteCongratulations on your tour.Sounds good can't wait to read it.
ReplyDeleteHi Jean! Thanks for stopping by! Yes, indeed! This book is definitely on my TBR List as well! Good luck in the giveaway!
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