Guest Author M.J. Rose

CMash October 27, 2011 2 Comments

Hi all!! I sure hope you are sitting down because you won’t believe who is stopping by today!! Not only is she an International Best Selling Author and Publishing Innovator, she can now add to the list, the Creator of the First E-Fan Fiction Book to Have Been Written by Published Author. So without further ado, Ms. M.J. Rose!!

M.J. ROSE HAS DONE IT AGAIN!

The first e-fan fiction book written by a published author!

International bestselling author M.J. Rose, a publishing pioneer who wrote the first e-book to be published by a mainstream New York publishing house, is once again thrilling the book world with another innovation – the first ever e-fan fiction written by an accomplished author called, IN SESSION where characters from major thriller writers’ bestselling novels are psychoanalyzed by one of Rose’s most unforgettable characters, the sex therapist Dr. Morgan Snow.

Fan fiction stories, usually written by fans of an original work, rather than by the author, are rarely commissioned or authorized by the author and almost never published professionally. This is the first time a well-known published author like Rose has sought and received permission to include popular characters of bestselling writers from the thriller genre, in three short stories tied together through one of her most popular heroines.

“With this fan fiction, you don’t just write it, you get it published,” said Rose. This is also a philanthropic effort on Rose’s part as proceeds from the audio book and a share of the proceeds from the e-book will be donated to David Baldacci’s Wish You Well Foundation, supporting

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

M.J. Rose, is the international bestselling authorof 11 novels;Lip Service, In Fidelity, Flesh Tones, Sheet Music, Lying in Bed, TheHalo Effect, TheDelilah Complex, The Venus Fix,The Reincarnationist, TheMemorist and The Hypnotist.

Rose is also the co-author with Angela Adair Hoyof How to Publish and Promote Online,and with Doug Clegg of Buzz Your Book.

She is a founding member and board member ofInternational Thriller Writers and the founder of the first marketing companyfor authors: AuthorBuzz.com. She runs two popular blogs; Buzz, Balls & Hype and Backstory.

Getting published has been an adventure for Rose who self-published LipService late in 1998 after several traditional publishers turned it down.Editors had loved it, but didn’t know how to position it or market it since itdidn’t fit into any one genre.

Frustrated, but curious and convinced that there was a readership for herwork, she set up a web site where readers could download her book for $9.95 andbegan to seriously market the novel on the Internet.
After selling over 2500 copies (in both electronic and trade paper format) Lip Service became the first e-book andthe first self-published novel chosen by the LiteraryGuild/Doubleday Book Clubas well as being the first e-book to go on to be published by a mainstream NewYork publishing house.

Rose has been profiled in Time magazine, Forbes, The New York Times,Business 2.0, Working Woman, Newsweek and New York Magazine.

Rose has appeared on The Today Show, Fox News, The Jim Lehrer NewsHour, andfeatures on her have appeared in dozens of magazines and newspapers in the U.S.and abroad, including USAToday, Stern, L’Official, Poets and Writers andPublishers Weekly.

Rose graduated from Syracuse University and spent the ’80s in advertising.She was the Creative Director of Rosenfeld Sirowitz and Lawson and she has acommercial in the Museum of Modern Art in NYC.

She lives in Connecticut with Doug Scofield, a composer, and their veryspoiled dog, Winka.

GUEST POST

What’s the worst that can happen?

One day I started to fantasize what would happen if my character from The Butterfield Institute series (http://www.mjrose.com/content/books_butterfield.asp) , Dr. Morgan Snow got some of my favorite tough guys in suspense on her couch. What twisted pasts, what traumas, what mysteries would she discover?

How much fun would it be to try it, was my first thought.

What a crazy creative challenge, was my second.

But could I ever get up the nerve to ask Lee Child Steve Barry or Barry Eisler to let me borrow their bestselling characters? No less put them in compromising positions.

And even if I could pull it off and write in their voices, what possible reason would any of them have for saying yes?

The most important thing my mother taught me was not to be afraid of trying something out of my comfort zone. “What’s the worst thing that can happen?” she’d ask when something made me nervous. Together we’d go through all the possible results. Talking them out one by one- they never seemed as bad as they did in my imagination.

So I took a really deep breath and asked Lee Child first. He said he couldn’t imagine Reacher ever going to see a sex therapist but if I could pull it off, it sounded like fun. Steve Berry was next. He said pretty much the same thing. Eisler was no different.

The stakes got higher when Phil Gigante – who along with Natalie Ross –said they’d narrate the stories if the project came to fruition came up with a marvelous idea. What about asking Dick Hill – Reacher’s Voice, Scott Brick – Malone’s voice, and Eisler – who does Rain – to do their own dialog in the audio version?

I spent a good part of the summer writing the stories. Alternating enjoying the hell out the challenge, agonizing and cursing my hubris. Why had I thought I could do this? These are well established heroes. They have their unique ways of talking, thinking and acting. Not to mention the possible really awful rejection.

When it was time to send them off, have the authors read my efforts, do some editing if they wanted and hopefully give their blessing, I totally froze.

I’d written 11 novels. Had my share of nice accolades and reviews. Felt fairly good about my career. But suddenly I was as nervous as a the proverbial (and virginal) bride on her wedding night.

Why was I actively courting rejection and embarrassment? Why was I putting three writers who I respect and admire in the uncomfortable position of having to tell me I’d failed?

For an entire week I thought about scrapping the whole idea and not showing any of them the stories.

Finally I got to the core question. Really, what was the worst thing that could happen?

Amazingly, I never found out. And boy, did I have fun!

You can visit M.J. Rose here.

ABOUT THE BOOK

INTERNATIONALBESTSELLING AUTHOR M.J. ROSE

GETSJACK REACHER, COTTON MALONE, JOHN RAIN

ONTHE SEX THERAPIST’S COUCH

How doyou get a stoic drifter, a former covert agent and an international assassin tosee a sex therapist? That was the challenge faced by international bestsellingauthor M.J. Rose when she proposed setting up appointments for Jack Reacher,Cotton Malone and John Rain with Dr. Morgan Snow of the Butterfield Institutein her new e-book IN SESSION (October17, 2011, Kindle e-book, $1.99).

Theprotagonists’ of New York Timesbestselling authors – Lee Child, Steve Berry and Barry Eisler – swore thattheir men of mystery would never agree to therapy – unless Rose found a way toget them there. By slipping Dr. Snow out of her office, Rose delivered some ofAmerica’s favorite male characters to a place they’ve never been before – intherapy.

IN SESSION contains three racy andrevealing short stories by M.J. Rose:

· KNOWING YOU’RE ALIVE with LeeChild’s Jack Reacher resultsin revelations for the injured Dr. Snow and her unexpected savior/patient. Whatsecrets from the past are contained in an unexpected gift?

· EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES withSteve Berry’s Cotton Malone features a woman who seeks help for her lover,and sends Dr. Snow overseas on a most unusual house call. Can a rare book in a plainbrown wrapper be the medicine her patient needs?

· DECISIONS, DECISIONS with BarryEisler’s John Rain forcesDr. Snow out of her own comfort zone, and into the world of a former patient’sworst nightmare. Does protecting what she loves most require a dance withdarkness?

Theaudio version, narrated by award winners Phil Gigante and Natalie Ross willfeature Dick Hill, Scott Brick and Barry Eisler reprising their roles Reacher,Malone and Rain.

In honor of these amazingly generous authors who shared their heroes with me a share of the e-book proceeds and all the audio proceeds of In Session will be donated to David Baldacci’s Wish You Well Foundation, supporting family literacy. (wishyouwellfoundation.org/)

The e-book and audio book will go on sale Oct 17 but the e-book is available to pre-order at Amazon now. http://www.amazon.com/Session-Morgan-Reacher-Eislers-ebook/dp/B005OLJ3VC

DISCLAIMER

No items that I receive

are ever sold…they are kept by me,

or given to family and/or friends.

ADDENDUM

I do not have any affiliation with Amazon.com.

I am providing this link solely for visitors

that may be interested in purchasing this EBook.

I do not receive any monetary compensation from any parties

Booking Thru Thursday

Booking Through Thursday

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Today’s question:

What’s the hardest/most challenging book you’ve ever read? Was it worth the effort? Did you read it by choice or was it an assignment/obligation?

My answer:

It didn’t take long for the answer to come to mind even though it was close to 35 years ago. It was definitely not by choice. The book was by William Shakespeare and I am almost positive it was Hamlet. I was an avid reader even back then but enjoyed books by Danielle Steel, James Patterson, Fern Michaels, V.C. Andrews, etc, not Shakespeare. That to me was pure torture at that time in my life. Thank goodness for Cliff Notes lol.

What about you? What book was your challenge?

W.W.W. Wednesdays

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What are you currently reading?

What did you recently finish reading?

What do you think you’ll read next?

W.W.W. Wednesdays

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What are you currently reading?

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Winners

And the winners are……….

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…….of LOVE AND CAPITAL by Mary Gabriel

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bored2quickly said…Communism! Thanks so much for the fantastic giveaway! Renee Walters 26

Patricia said…I follow via GFC. 35

Maureen said…I follow on GFC 7

An email has been sent to the winners and they have 48 hours to respond with their mailing address or another winner will be chosen. Thank you to all that entered.

Teaser Tuesday

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Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

*Grab your current read

*Open to a random page

*Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page

*BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)

*Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

It has been quite a while since I have read a Sandra Brown book and even though I have just started it, I realize why so many years ago, I became a fan of her work.

Overpowering him would be impossible, especially since one jerk of his index finger would fire a bullet straight into her.

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