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I was recently interviewed at The Book Base. Thanks for reading!

How long have you been a blogger?
I’ve been blogging at Bildungsroman for close to 8 years now.

Approximately, how many books do you read every year?

I average about a book a day, so I read around 300 books a year, more if you count scripts and screenplays.

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Starting over in a place that's haunted by death...

As the summer draws to a close, you may feel a little chill. Today, THE WAKING: Dreams of the Dead by Thomas Randall is being re-released with a brand-new cover - and The Waking website has a new look to match. Named one of the NYPL Books for the Teen Age, this thrilling start to a spooky trilogy ( Read more... )

If you think I'm busy, you should see Christopher Golden's schedule. As I type this, he is probably in the middle of writing one book, revising another, and plotting a third, each of which are diametrically different from the others. He has authored or co-authored over 100 novels, novellas, short stories, comics, graphic novels, and more. ( Read more... )

After two weeks of interviews, guest blogs, vampires, and Miley Cyrus mentions, it's time for the Thomas Randall blog tour to come to an end. Last stop: Just Blinded Book Reviews. Here's my favorite quote from the interview:

Thomas Randall: I write smart, courageous, formidable females because that's the way I see them, and that's the way I want ( Read more... )

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The next-to-last stop on the Thomas Randall blog tour is Galleysmith. Have a taste:

Galleysmith: Is there a character in literature you wish you created? Why?
TR: Harry Potter, so I’d be filthy rich. :) All right, no, I’m joking. But it’s not far off. I wish I’d created Hermione Granger, because she’s made a generation of the world’s kids think ( Read more... )

Today's stop on the Thomas Randall blog tour: Presenting Lenore! Take a peek:

Kara and her father move to Japan after her mother dies. Why are authors always killing off mothers?Bad childhoods? :) Just kidding. It's very practical, to be honest. Writers often kill off both parents, forcing the young protagonists to make their own way in the world ( Read more... )