Kaylin McFarren's Blog Tour Stop For Buried Threads #giveaway

Today we're a stop on Kaylin McFarren's blog tour for her latest release, Buried Threads. Kaylin is a true lover of bacon and has an interesting writing quirk that would make any organized girl envious. 

Pump Up Your Book and Kaylin McFarren are giving away a $100 Amazon Gift Card/Paypal Cash! It's a tour-wide contest so you can visit her other tour spots for more chances to win. 

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Interview questions for Kaylin McFarren 

Quick round:
Coffee, tea or…what’s your vice?
Red wine…and lots of it. Especially after I finish writing a book. I figure it’s well deserved…and who’s going to argue with an intoxicated woman when she’s on top of the world? Or dining room table?

Favorite Movie:
There are lots of movies I’ve enjoyed, but my favorite would probably be the one I’ve seen the most. This hands down is Pirates of the Caribbean – mainly because Johnny Depp is so damn cute and entertaining to watch.

Favorite Color:
I’m a purple kind of girl.

Favorite book/author:
Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult. Unfortunately, this book is timely but it’s captivating at the same time. Picoult turns a phrase like no one else I’ve read.

How do you feel about bacon?Watch out arteries! This one’s a real weakness, especially when I can smell it cooking or devour it after baked with brown sugar.

What’s under your bed?
Goodness, I don’t know if I can get down that far. Being spoiled with an amazing cleaning gal, I’d probably venture a guess and say itty bitty dust bunnies squeezing together in the crevasses in my wood floor.

What comes first, plot or characters?
In a wonderful literary world, character-driven plots rule. Which means, characters are my priority as they help move my stories along.

Pantser, plotter, or hybrid? Tell us about your writing process.
Okay, I admit it!! I’m a pantser…and definitely by choice. I’ve tried workshops, storyboards, sticky notes, journals and the like. But ideas and plots just seem to come to me, especially in my dreams. I’ve been known to write a complete synopsis in a few hours and work strictly off of this. On occasion, new characters come to mind. They detour me a bit, due to their independent thinking. But before we end up in Kalamazoo, I rein them in during my four-hour-a-day routine and bring my episodes full circle.

Oddest thing on your desk?
That would be my chipped coffee mug. I was gifted this ugly red thing by my literature professor in college. It has a printed slogan on it – work like a fiend – and somehow I just can’t seem to part with it.

What’s your most interesting writing quirk?
I have a few, but I guess the fact that I create a character book before I start writing ranks way up there. I sit down and cut out pictures of actors and models from magazines and gossip rags. Then I chose their birthdates and use a horoscope book to determine their traits and flaws. This is all assembled, along with their “new” names and addresses, into a notebook, which I use for a reference guide while I’m writing.

What’s your favorite thing about the genre you write in?
Disclosing unlikely villains and killing them off in the most unexpected way.

What is the hardest thing about being an author?
Criticism is probably the toughest and this occasionally comes from book reviews. Like an visual artist, you’ve cut open your wrists and allowed your passion to flow onto pages. Then you have no choice but to stand back quietly and listen to reactions, which might not always be to your liking. My solution? Push it aside and try to move on.

What’s the easiest thing about being an author?
Looking back on a day-to-day basis, writing didn’t always come easy for me, but at least I’m doing what I love and hanging in there for the long haul. When it’s completed, I can marvel for a short while at my beautiful book cover before moving on to the next project.

Tell us about your latest release!
Okay…here’s the crux of the story. Rachel Lyons and Chase Cohen work together as the successful owners of a treasure hunting company. But a seemingly simple assignment – to track down a priceless gem that is believed to buried in a shipwreck deep within the Sea of Japan – takes a startling, and dangerous, turn.

Faced with a monk’s dark prophecy that a natural disaster will soon strike Japan, killing millions, Rachel and Chase must embark on the mission of a lifetime in order to uncover the three cursed samurai swords that can avert the catastrophe.

Chaos ensues as their adventure takes them from shark infested waters and creepy caves to haunted hidden tombs and a confrontation with Yakuza gang members. Time is running out as the prophecy’s day of reckoning draws near. But will Rachel and Chase succeed before disaster strikes?

Hmmm…guess you’ll have to read Buried Threads to find out.

Buried Threads Blurb...

Rachel’s mouth sagged. “You mean you’re really a monk? But how’s that possible? You’re not even wearing a robe, and your hair…”

He simply smiled.

A disturbing prophecy sends a treasure hunting duo on an urgent race to rescue a country in Kaylin McFarren’s heart pounding new novel, Buried Threads. Full of erotic suspense and wild adventures, this is one trip that readers will never forget!

Rachel Lyons and Chase Cohen work together as the successful owners of a treasure hunting company. But a seemingly simply assignment – to track down a priceless gem that is believed to buried in a shipwreck deep within the Sea of Japan – takes a starling, and dangerous, turn.

Faced with a monk’s dark prophecy that a natural disaster will soon strike Japan, killing millions, Rachel and Chase must embark on the mission of a lifetime in order to uncover the three cursed samurai swords that can avert the catastrophe.

Chaos ensues as their adventure takes them from shark infested waters and creepy caves to haunted hidden tombs and a confrontation with Yakuza gang members.

Time is running out as the prophecy’s day of reckoning draws near. Will Rachel and Chase succeed before disaster strikes?

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About the Author:

Kaylin McFarren is a California native who has enjoyed traveling

around the world. She previously worked as director for a fine art gallery, where she helped foster the careers of various artists before feeling the urge to satisfy her won creative impulses.

Since launching her writing career, McFarren has earned more than a dozen literary awards in addition to a finalist spot in the 2008 RWA Golden Heart Contest. A member of RWA, Rose City Romance Writers, and Willamette Writers, she also lends her participation and support to various charitable and educational organizations in the Pacific Northwest.

McFarren currently lives with her husband in Oregon. They have three children and two grandchildren.

Her latest book is Buried Threads (Book 2 of the Threads series).

Visit her website at www.kaylinmcfarren.com.

Connect & Socialize with Kaylin!

TWITTER | FACEBOOK | GOODREADS

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Pump Up Your Book and Kaylin McFarren are giving away a $100 Amazon Gift Card/Paypal Cash!

Terms & Conditions:

• By entering the giveaway, you are confirming you are at least 18 years old.
• One winner will be chosen via Rafflecopter to receive one Amazon Gift Card or Paypal Cash.
• This giveaway begins October 7 and ends December 31.
• Winners will be contacted via email on Monday, January 3, 2013.
• Winner has 48 hours to reply.
• Only U.S. citizens can win the Kindle Fire.

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