BOOK TOUR
I'm so happy to be a stop on the
blog tour for author
Tonya Kappes
and her new book
A GHOSTLY MORTALITY
Book 6 in the Ghostly Southern Mysteries
That ghost sure looks . . . familiar
Only a handful of people know that Emma Lee Raines, proprietor of a small-town Kentucky funeral home, is a “Betweener.” She helps ghosts stuck between here and the ever-after—murdered ghosts. Once Emma Lee gets them justice they can cross over to the great beyond.
But Emma Lee’s own sister refuses to believe in her special ability. In fact, the Raines sisters have barely gotten along since Charlotte Rae left the family business for the competition. After a doozy of an argument, Emma Lee is relieved to see Charlotte Rae back home to make nice. Until she realizes her usually snorting, sarcastic, family-ditching sister is a . . . ghost.
Charlotte Rae has no earthly idea who murdered her or why. With her heart in tatters, Emma Lee relies more than ever on her sexy beau, Sheriff Jack Henry Ross…because this time, catching a killer means the Raines sisters will have to make peace with each other first.
An Interview With
Tonya Kappes
LKBR: Thank you for being here today!
TK: Thank
you for having me!
LKBR: Please
tell us a bit about your Ghostly Southern Mystery Series.
TK: Emma
Lee Raines is an undertaker who sees the ghosts of people she’s stuck six feet under
only their death looked like an accident when they were really murdered and
Emma Lee has to help them get to the other side by solving their murder.
LKBR: How did
you come up with the concept for the Ghostly Southern
Mystery Series?
TK: There
are only so many cozy sleuth’s occupations out there and I wanted something
with a different concept. No one had an undertaker sleuth and I thought it
would be funny to have ghosts help in the sleuthing.
LKBR: Do you
have a favorite character in your book/series?
TK: I’m a
little partial to Emma Lee because she fun, serious, loves her family, and
wants to help people.
LKBR: Is there a certain type of scene
that’s harder for you to write than others? Love, action, death, ect?
TK: Emma Lee dates the sheriff and in
a cozy mystery the romance takes a back seat to plot and the secondary plot. So
it’s hard to not write a big love scene for them when it’s got to be behind the
scene.
LKBR: In your writing, have you ever
used experiences based on someone you know, or events in your own life?
TK: In my Kenni Lowry Mystery
Series, the entire series is based on my hometown of Nicholasville, Kentucky.
If you open up the book, you will feel like your smack dab in my hometown.
LKBR: When you’re in the process of writing/creating a book, do you use a
computer, typewriter, dictate, or use pen to paper?
TK: I write on my laptop as well as
keep a pen/paper next to me at all times.
LKBR: Do you have any writing quirks or
rituals that you do before, during, and/or after writing a new book?
TK: No. It’s a job and I treat it
as such. I get up, get ready and go into my office for a day of work.
LKBR: What does your family think about
your writing? How important is their support?
TK: I couldn’t do it without the
support of my family. When I started writing my kids (four boys) were small and
my husband did a wonderful job helping me get them to and from practices as
well as cleaning and cooking. Now they are 24,19,19, and 17 so they are
practically grown.
LKBR: Who inspired you to write your first book?
TK: My
husband.
LKBR: What
was one of the most surprising thing you learned when trying to get your first
book published?
TK: Just exactly how hard it really
is….man-o-man…thick skin!
LKBR: What
book are you reading?
TK: I’m currently reading Lynn
Cahoon’s Story To Kill for my book club.
LKBR: Do you
have any advice for aspiring cozy writers?
TK: Write, write, write, write,
write, write….write!
LKBR: Where
can readers go to learn more about you and your books?
TK: Visit me at Tonyakappes.com
where you can find many southern recipes, contests as well as sign up for my
newsletter.
There are so many ways to be involved and connect with Tonya!
Facebook at Tonya Kappes Author:
Kappes Krew Group:
Kappes Krew Recipe Group:
Recipe Submission Email: tonyak11.tk@gmail.com
Goodreads Tonya Kappes Author:
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4423580.Tonya_Kappes
Twitter Tonya Kappes
Author: https://twitter.com/tonyakappes11
Amazon Tonya Kappes Author Page:
http://www.amazon.com/Tonya-Kappes/e/B0048NYQLE/ref=sr_tc_2_0?qid=1453516750&sr=8-2-ent
Bookbub Tonya Kappes Author Page:
https://www.bookbub.com/authors/tonya-kappes
Pinterest Tonya Kappes Author:
https://www.pinterest.com/tonyakappes/
Email: Tonyak11@yahoo.com
LKBR: Thank
you so much for letting us get to know you better!
TK: Thank you so much for
having me!
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*****!!!GIVEAWAY!!!*****
Tonya Kappes
is giving away an audio book copy
of one of her books (her choice)
to one lucky winner!
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leave a comment at the end of this blog,
then go to the Rafflecopter form at the bottom of this page and mark it
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A winner will be chosen after March 12
at the end of the tour
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