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Reckless
Beginnings
by
Tina Hogan Grant
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GENRE: Women’s Fiction
(Based on True Events)
(Based on True Events)
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BLURB:
Tammy
Mellows, a fourteen-year-old native of England, was shocked when her father and
troubled older sister, Donna, moved to the States.
With
her family now separated by divorce and divided by an ocean, Tammy felt
helpless when she learned Donna had run away and couldn’t be found.
Thanks
to her father insisting she stay behind in England to finish school, Tammy
could do nothing for the next three years but pray that Donna would be found
safe.
When
Tammy’s lifelong dream of moving to the States was finally fulfilled, she had
high hopes of looking for Donna. But with no leads and faced with turmoil in
her own life, there wasn’t much Tammy could do.
After
a forbidden secret love affair and a catastrophic dispute with her father, Tammy
eventually meets Steven, settles down and has his child, only to discover he is
a heroin addict. Thrown into a life of drugs and violence. Shadowed by his
addiction, she becomes the silent and forgotten one. Living in fear of what
Steven might be capable of and struggling alone to provide for her young son.
What
consequences might she face if she leaves Steven? Is she ever going to find her
sister alive? Will she have enough courage to conquer the impossible challenges
of her twisted world and still come out on top?
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EXCERPT ONE:
“What
do you mean she’s gone, John?”
Who
was gone? Tammy wondered.
Her
mother became angry. “She can’t just disappear, John! Someone must know where
she is!”
Glued
to the railings, Tammy was dying to know who and what they were talking about.
Then
her mother began to cry hysterically while she held the phone tight and
screamed into it, “She’s still a child, John. She’s just seventeen. You should
never have put her in that home! She isn’t an object you can just discard
because she’s in your way. She’s your daughter!”
Tammy
remembered how her heart sank to the floor when she suddenly realized they were
talking about Donna. Her sister had run away and was now missing. She wanted to
race down the stairs and snatch the phone from her mother’s hands and ask her
father WHY? Why had he put her in that awful place?
Donna
had written a letter to Tammy and Jenny, telling them how much she hated being
in the home. How no one wanted her anymore and she was going to run away.
Frightened by what she had read, Tammy showed the letter to their mother. As
upset as she was by both the letter and the fact that Donna had written to her
sisters and not her, Rose never believed Donna would actually run away. “I’m
sure she’ll be okay. She just needs time to adjust. It’s all new to her. We
have to trust your father’s judgment. He said this would be good for her. I
have to believe that. She is a very troubled young girl and needs help,” her
mother had told her. But she had run away, and now no one knew where she was.
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BOOK TRAILER:
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GUEST POST:
It Takes Courage to Publish Your First
Book
Many people have an idea for a book but very few actually write
one. Why?
Finding
The Courage To Publish Your First Book Can be extremely hard. We often hear
people say: “That would make a great book! I should write a book.” Sadly that
is the beginning and end of the book idea for most people. You have to have the
passion, the drive, and the commitment and be willing to dedicate hours and
hours of your time to write your story. You want others to hear what you have
to say. It’s important to you, that you are heard. It’s a long grueling process
that most aren’t willing to take unless you have that PASSION. Most often your
first book will take years of dedication. Mine took seven years once I began
putting pen to paper. Before then it waddled around in my head for fourteen
years.
Letting go is hard
During
those years, your book becomes your baby. You know everything about it. It’s
your creation. You gave it life and you are watching it grow as you feed it.
Like a child you have raised, you don’t want to let it go. It’s been just you
and your book. You’ve protected it from the outside world. No outside
influences, no possible negative feedbacks. No one has seen it but you. But now
the book is finished. There is no more to write. You read and re-read. You
edited, over and over again. You have given it all you have to give. It is your
best work and you are proud of what you have accomplished.
But
now the book is finished. There is no more to write. You should be feeling
proud! You actually started and finished writing a book! Now it’s time to
let it go and watch it blossom into the world. You realize this is harder than
writing the book. Suddenly you start asking yourself a bunch of “What if?” questions. You start doubting
your work.
● What if I could have done better?
● What if it gets bad reviews?
● What if I picked the wrong names for my characters?
● What if I had ended it differently?
● What if I fail or succeed as a writer? How will I handle
the pressure of failure or success?
You
realize that once you let go. You are opening up, not just your book to be
judged, criticized and actually read by others, but yourself as a writer also.
Will you be able to handle it?
These
are all emotions and fears that we experience when publishing our first book.
Emotions I am dealing with right now as I anticipate the debut of my first
novel “Reckless Beginnings.”
Why do we put ourselves through this and find the courage to
publish our book?
Our
passion is what gets us through this. We have this deep passion for writing and
telling a story. It guides us through the journey from beginning to end. It is
this passion that we gain courage and strength to see our book in print for the
world to see.
From
this passion, we are able to overcome any obstacle or handle any negativity. We
learn to stand tall, own our passion and stand up to our fears. We are able to
let it go and realize our work is not for everyone. We have accomplished what
we set out to do. We told a story, one that was important to us to tell and we
had that passion for sharing.
Through
the turmoil and emotional roller coasters of printing your first book, the end
result is priceless. You get to see and hold the book you created in your
hands, with an actual cover and your name as the author. Now ask yourself. Was it worth it? I think I know the
answer.
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AUTHOR BIO:
Tina Hogan Grant was born in England and grew
up in a small town on the Yorkshire Moors. She is the youngest daughter of
science fiction author, James P. Hogan. After moving to California, she became
a commercial lobster fisherwoman, fishing off the coast of Southern California
for ten years with her husband Gordon.
For
fourteen years, she’d had a notion of writing her debut novel “Reckless
Beginnings”. But it wasn’t until the sudden death of her father in 2010 and a
battle with breast cancer a year later that she made the decision to get it
done. Seven years later, she finally completed it. She is now working on a
sequel titled, “Better Endings.”
She
currently resides with her husband in the small mountain community of Frazier
Park in Southern California. Together they enjoy anything that involves the
outdoors, fishing, hiking, kayaking and riding quads.
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Tina ~ It is so great to have you here! Congrats on your new book and good luck on the book tour! :)
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DeleteCongrats on this tour and thank for the opportunity to read about another great book out there to read. It helps out so I can find books I know my family will enjoy reading. Thanks as well for the giveaway.
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