Today I am so pleased to welcome Aisling Mancy to Joyfully Jay. Aisling has come to talk to us about A Solitary Man, his latest release with Shira Anthony. The authors have also brought along some great giveaways! Please join me in giving Aisling a big welcome!
Countdown to the release of A Solitary Man by Shira Anthony and Aisling Mancy!
A very special thank you to Jay and all the folks at Joyfully Jay Reviews for hosting Shira Anthony and me for the release of A Solitary Man! It’s great to be here!
I’m Aisling “Ash” Mancy and my name may be new to you. But my writing may not be. I write young adult works for Dreamspinner’s Harmony Ink Press label under C. Kennedy.
When authors write, we can’t help but to inject elements of our personality not only into the story we write, but into the characters we create. No matter how hard we try to avoid it, even if we’re writing characters who we view as diametric to ourselves in personality, who we are, how we act and react, and how we view the world infuses our writing. In order to write a dissimilar cast of characters, you must know yourself well. You must be able to identify, isolate, and consciously use, or refuse to use, certain of your traits in order to create differing characters.
One of the biggest benefits of co-writing is: if you agree that you will each write separate characters, those characters will, in fact, be inimitably different. Further to this end, you want the characters to either compliment each other for the benefit of friendship or romance, or be contrary in order to achieve a true good versus evil arc in your story. Shira and I are unique. We have vastly different personalities and prefer to write different sorts of works. These factors were true advantages in writing A Solitary Man.
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Thanks for celebrating the release of A Solitary Man with us! We’re counting down to the release at midnight tonight (EST)! We hope you enjoy reading A Solitary Man!
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Thursday, October 29th Aisling is at The Novel Approach Reviewswith A Brief and Frank Discussion of A Solitary Man
Friday, October 30th Aisling is at Jo & Isa Love Bookswith the Notes Behind the Music Playlist for A Solitary Man
Blurb
Sparks fly when Chance meets tall, sexy Xav at a Wilmington bar and they have the hottest one-nighter of their lives. But Chance doesn’t do repeats, Xav seems detached, and they go their separate ways without a word. Two months later, when closeted Assistant District Attorney C. Evan “Chance” Fairchild meets Dare’s Landing’s newest deputy sheriff, Xavier “Xav” Constantine, Evan isn’t only wary. He’s irritated as hell.
Xavier is a former FBI agent turned deputy sheriff who is hot on the trail of a South American child prostitution ring. Evan is fighting to put an end to rampant cocaine trafficking and chafing under the thumb of an election-hungry boss. When someone tries to kill the thirteen-year-old witness who holds the key to both their investigations, they’re forced to work together as they put their lives on the line to protect him. As Chance and Xav collide in heat of a sweltering North Carolina summer, dodging bullets and chasing bad guys isn’t the only action going on.
Bio
About Shira Anthony
Shira loves a great happily-ever-after and never writes a story without one. She’s happy to write what her muse tells her, whether it’s fantasy, sci fi, paranormal, or contemporary romance. She particularly loves writing series, because she thinks of her characters as old friends and she wants to visit them even after their stories are told. Shira writes about the things she knows and loves, whether it’s music and musicians, the ocean, or the places she’s lived or traveled to. She spent her middle school years living in France, and tries to visit as often as she can.
In real life, Shira sang professionally for 14 years, and she currently works as a public sector attorney advocating for children. She’s happy to have made writing her second full-time job, even if it means she rarely has time to watch TV or go to the movies. Shira and her husband spend as many weekends as they can aboard their 36? catamaran sailboat, “Lands Zen,” at the Carolina Coast. Not only has sailing inspired her to write about pirates and mermen, her sailboat is her favorite place to write. And although the only mermen she’s found to date are in her own imagination, she keeps a sharp lookout for them when she’s on the water.
Find Shira on blog, Twitter @WriterShira, Facebook, and Goodreads and subscribe to Shira’s monthly newsletter for updates, free fiction, and subscriber-only contests!
About Aisling Mancy
Aisling is an author who lives, most of the time, on the West Coast of the United States. Aisling writes adult fantasy, adult LGBTQIA romance, and fiction for gay young adults as C. Kennedy.
Raised on the mean streets and back lots of Hollywood by a Yoda-look-alike grandfather, Aisling doesn’t conform, doesn’t fit in, is epic awkward, and lives to perfect a deep-seated oppositional defiance disorder. In a constant state of fascination with the trivial, Aisling contemplates such weighty questions as If time and space are curved, then where do all the straight people come from? When not writing, Aisling can be found taming waves on western shores, pondering the nutritional value of sunsets, appreciating the much maligned dandelion, unhooking guide ropes from stanchions, and marveling at all things ordinary.
Find Aisling on blog, Twitter @AislingMancy, Facebook, Goodreads, Booklikes, Amazon and
Aisling does respond to emails because, after all, it is all about you, the reader.
Giveaway
Aisling has brought along a signed copy of either A Solitary Man or Slaying Isidore’s Dragons for one lucky Joyfully Jay reader. Just leave a comment below to enter. The contest closes on Monday, November 9th, 2015 at 11:59 pm ET. Plus…
TWEET, COMMENT, AND VISIT A SOLITARY MAN’S FACEBOOK PAGE TO BE ENTERED TO WIN A TOTE BAG, SIGNED BOOKS FROM SHIRA & AISLING, AND SWAG!
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Can’t wait to pick this up! Just need to wait for the book budget to grow again!
Thank you so very much for dropping by and commenting, Sabrina! We can’t wait to hear what you think about it!
This sounds enticing! Thanks for the post and the opportunity to win.
Thank you so very much, Karen! We can’t wait to hearing what you think of it! Good luck with the chances to win!
Congratulations Aisling and Shia on your upcoming book it sounds like a very Intriguing story and I’m looking forward to reading it.
Thank you so very much, Shirley! We can’t wait to hearing what you think of it! Good luck with the chances to win!
Oops so sorry I spelt Shira’s name wrong!
Awwww, thank you for double-checking, Shirley! You are the BEST!
I’ve tweeted, googled shared and Facebook shared. Even if I don’t win. I want this book to do well.
I love Aisling Mancy. Hope you and Shira get the recognition this book deserves ??
Awwww, thank you sweet Joanne! With wonderful people like you at our sides, the book can’t help but achieve its purpose in raising awareness! Thank you for dropping by and commenting!!! And good luck with the win!
I’m definitely intrigued by the collaboration!
Thank you so very much, Trix! We can’t wait to hear what you think about it! Good luck with the contest!
I’ve always wondered how co-authors work, so this was a great interview! Thanks for the opportunity to win too.
Thank you so very much, Susan! We can’t wait to hear what you think about it! Good luck with the contest!
This book looks great!!!! Can’t wait to read!!! Congratulations on the new release!!! Thanks for the review and giveaway
Thank you so very much, Amy! We can’t wait to hear what you think about it! Good luck with the win!
Book sounds great, it’s on my TBR list
Thank you so very much, Nanee! We can’t wait to hear what you think about it! Good luck with the contest!
I love following Aisling Mancy because I always learn something from his posts! Very interesting reason to have more than one author! Almost time for release!!!
Awww, thank you, Kerry!!! You are the best!!!
I like Shira’s books a lot, I really enjoy her Mermen of Ea series… I’m looking forward to reading her new book. The fact that it is a collaboration makes it even more interesting… 😉
Shira’s Mermen of Ea Series is fantastic, Susana! We’re so happy you’re interesting in A Solitary Man! We can’t wait to hear what you think about it!
This sounds like a great read with a lot of action. I definitely want to read this one. 🙂
Thank you so very much, Barbra! We can’t wait to hear what you think about it! Good luck with the contest!
Co-writing is such an interesting process! A Solitary Man sounds like it was quite the success.
Thank you so very much, Ashley! We can’t wait to hear what you think about it! Good luck with the contest!
Congrats on the release of A Solitary Man, i love the blurb of this book and the cover is just gorgeous 🙂
Thank you so very much, Angela! We can’t wait to hear what you think of the book! Good luck with the win!
Thanks for the interesting post. I love learning about how authors create stories. And having each co-author create separate characters makes sense and sounds like it adds some more diversity.
I have A Solitary Man on my TBR list.
Thanks so much for following the tour, Jen!!! We can’t wait to hear what you think of the book!
What a gorgeous cover. I enjoyed the post, thanks. I’m looking forward to reading.
Thanks so much for stopping by and commenting, Flutterfli! We can’t wait to hear what you think of the book!
Bought it! Can’t wait to curl up and read it.
We can’t wait to hear what you think of the book, Meghan! Thanks for dropping by and commenting!