Author Archives: ptmichelle

About ptmichelle

P.T. Michelle is the NEW YORK TIMES, USA TODAY and International Best Selling author of the New Adult/Contemporary romance series IN THE SHADOWS, the YA/New Adult crossover series BRIGHTEST KIND OF DARKNESS, and the romance series: BAD IN BOOTS, KENDRIAN VAMPIRES and SCIONS (listed under Patrice Michelle). She keeps a spiral notepad with her at all times, even on her nightstand. When P.T. isn't writing, she can usually be found reading or taking pictures of landscapes, sunsets and anything beautiful or odd in nature. Come chat with P.T and other fans on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PTMichelleAuthor Sign up to be informed of new book releases via P.T.'s mailing list: http://bit.ly/11tqAQN

An Interview (in English and Romanian)

I have to say, Andreea (from the Romanian blog Love For Books) sent me some of the toughest interview questions I’ve had to date. LOL! But I’m always up for a challenge, so without further ado, here’s my interview below. If you’d like to read it in Romanian on her Love for Books blog, click here.

Q:  If you could be born into history as any famous person who would it be and why?

A:  I would be one of the famous ancient Irish Druids. I would’ve actually written the “forbidden information” down so that a big piece of Celtic history wasn’t lost.

Q:  You can re-live any point of time in your life. The time-span can only be a half-hour, though. What half-hour of your past would you like to experience again?

A: The first time my husband and I realized we were going to have a baby. That giddy excited feeling is one you can’t relive “for the very first time” ever again.

Q: Do you have a secret talent and what is it?

A:  I can tie a cherry stem with my tongue. 😉

Q:  You discover a beautiful island upon which you may build your own society. You make the rules. What is the first rule you put into place?

A:  You must FOLLOW my rules. 🙂

Q: Rufus appears out of nowhere with a time-traveling phone booth. You can go anytime in the PAST. What time are you traveling to and what are you going to do when you get there?

A: I’d go back to when I was ten and ask my uncle more about his clairvoyant abilities (I was too young to fully appreciate or understand them when he was alive).

Q: Your house is on fire! You have just enough time to run in there and grab ONE inanimate object. Don’t worry, your loved ones and pets have already made it out safely. So what’s the one thing you’re going to save from that blazing inferno?

A: With the understanding my family and pets are safe, I’d grab my laptop. Not only does it have a decade worth of work, but it also has tons of family photos!

Q: If you could be any character in fiction, whom would you be?

A: Cinderella. I love a good rags-to-riches story. Plus there’s a handsome prince, a kingdom, and a happily-ever-after. What’s not to love about that?

Q:  If someone wrote a biography about you, what do you think the title should be?

A:  Loved, Missed & Irreplaceable
(P.T.’s Note: I read this question as “epitaph” (don’t ask me why…must’ve had mayhem and death on the brain. LOL!), but I answered accordingly.)

Q:  If you could be a superhero, what would you want your superpowers to be?

A:  I’d want to have super human strength and speed. Kind of like a vampire, but without the fangs, the blood drinking & the sunlight aversion. *g*

Q: You’re going on a desert island and you can take only one book with you. Which book would you choose (except from yours)?

A: Haha, I’d take a survival guide book. Otherwise, I’d be dead within a day on a deserted island. If I wanted to be entertained, I’d just make stories up in my head. 😉

Q: You’re a ghost and you can visit any person of the world. Which is this person and why?

A: It’s not a person I’d want to visit, it’s a place. I’d love to go inside Buckingham Palace…to visit all the off-limit rooms too. 🙂 I’d want to do this because of the rich history behind the Palace.

Get Your Creep On – YA Book Listing

Get your CREEP on!

YA authors, share your darkest, spine-tingling books!

With Halloween just around the corner, I thought this month would be a perfect time to share some creepy books.

Do you have a Young Adult (YA) book with some awesome creepy or spine-tingling scenes…the kind that will make readers shiver and possibly fall asleep with the light on when they’re done reading? I recently posted on Twitter about how finding YA books with a good creepy factor isn’t that easy, but I know they’re out there. Here’s your chance to let others know about your book. Post your book in the comments on this blog post on or before 9pm EST, Oct 27th (post instructions are below). Then on the Friday before Halloween (Oct 28th), I’ll post a new blog with a list of all the “creepy” books compiled in one place so readers can check out your stories. The blog post will remain “stickied”/highlighted through Oct 31. 

Books will be listed in the order in which they were “commented” on in this blog post, so the sooner you post, the higher up the list your book will be. 😉 I hope you’ll join me in this fun promo opportunity for a chance to share your stories with others!

BASIC REQUIREMENTS FOR PARTICIPATION:

1) Your book must be a YA story (available in either eBook or print on Amazon or B&N). This opportunity is open to traditionally published as well as self-published authors. If you list a book that isn’t classified as a YA on Amazon or B&N, I will not include it. ***UPDATE: I am personally looking up each of these buy links provided in the comments. If your book isn’t listed as a YA on Amazon/B&N (with the exception of NEW YA, ie, college age protagonists–I’ll accept those, but will note it’s NEW YA when I post it) I won’t include it in the listing. This is a YA listing.

2) Does your book contain scary, creepy or spine-tingling scenes?

3) ONE book per author

SIMPLE INSTRUCTIONS FOR YOUR COMMENT POST:

In your comment, provide:

1) Author name
2) Title
3) URL link to your book on Amazon OR B&N (only one purchase link, please)
4) Two keywords to categorize your book (examples of keywords: horror, action-adventure, romance, paranormal, mystery, sci-fi). Please don’t put more than two. Only two will be posted.
5) Price

** IMPORTANT: PLEASE POST YOUR COMMENT IN THE FOLLOWING FORMAT **  To make my life easier and for consistency for potential readers scrolling down the list of books, I’ve provided an example for you below. Just copy and paste my example in the blog comment box, then replace my information with yours and hit “post comment”. It’s that easy!

P.T. Michelle | BRIGHTEST KIND OF DARKNESS | https://amzn.com/B0058J4KSQ | dark-paranormal, romance | $0.99

NOTE: My blog is on moderation to combat spam. I will approve posts in batches so don’t worry that your comment didn’t go through.

I hope you’ll participate and please share this opportunity with other writing loops via Twitter, Facebook, Yahoo, etc. I’d like to compile the biggest “scary/creepy/spooky YA” book listing that has ever been put together!

To show your support, you can put the GET YOUR CREEP ON banner above in your sidebar. Just paste the following code in your sidebar text “widget”:

<a href=”https://www.ptmichelle.com/2011/10/10/get-your-creep-on-ya-book-listing/”><img title=”YACreepLogo” src=”https://www.ptmichelle.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/YACreepLogo.jpg” alt=”” width=”250″ height=”290″ /></a>

 

Best,

P.T. Michelle
https://www.ptmichelle.com

Scenic Sunday – The Sky’s the Limit

Good vs Evil Clouds - P.T. Michelle

The cloud photo above was so unusual because the sun was just hitting the tops of the trees and that one patch of clouds. My kids and I were laughing about the dark vs light because of the extreme colors. We called this one “Good vs Evil” clouds.  Then one of my kids said, “Hey, do you see the dog going after the ball?”  And sure enough it’s there. Do you see it? 🙂

Celestial Heavens - P.T. Michelle

This was the rarest thing I have ever seen… a pitch black night sky with pink clouds. Somewhere behind the dark sky the “already set” sun was still bouncing off the clouds and the bright moon helped reflect the colors. It was 9pm at night when I took this photo. This picture makes me think of celestial heavens. 🙂

Also, I wanted to share three more new reviews I received for BRIGHTEST KIND OF DARKNESS. I’ve posted a new page on my website where I’ve complied all the reviews HERE. The newest reviews will be marked with *NEW* beside them. Thanks so much to The Bookish Babes, The Bursting Bookshelf and Avery’s Book Nook for the awesome reviews!