Hey Peeps!!
I have got some reading pleasure for you on this Sunday. I have a guest post from Jason McIntyre, author of many books and novellas. I heard about Jason through a good friend of mine, Natalie, over at Purple Jelly Bean Chair Reviews (http://www.booksfromthepurplejellybeanchair.blogspot.com/). She has read a few of Jason’s books and she really enjoyed them all. So when she contacted me and asked me to help this author out, of course I said yes!

I’ll admit, I have not yet read Bled (his newest novella) but it isn’t because I don’t want to. I’ve just been crazy busy (more to come on that later) and I haven’t had time to read anything. But, this book is on my list!

In addition to this fabulous guest post, Jason has agreed to a GIVEAWAY!! Woo Hoo! So what’s up for grabs? Not one, but TWO books! That’s right. A Duo Pack!!! The Duo Pack includes:

A copy of Bled and the second book in the Dovetail Cove series, Sled. They are both novellas and they both read as stand alone stories but two is better than one! Don’t you agree?

*Note: some of Jason’s titles contain some mature content. (This includes Bled)

 All you need to do is leave a comment and your name and email at the bottom of this post and you will be entered to win. I will announce the winner on Thursday, Septemeber 22.

So let’s find out a little more about Jason McIntyre and Bled with his guest post.

First off, here is Jason:

And here are the covers for the books up for grabs:

And now the guest post:

Bleeding on the page: An introduction to the new book ‘Bled’
I started writing the untitled short story which became Bled for an upcoming anthology called Nights Gone By. When I passed 10,000 words on it, I realized I had something way bigger and more involved than a short. I also realized that some of the characters from a previous novella called Shed had crept into the cafe where the main character works in this book. Uh oh, I thought. This means we’ve started a series!
And, sure enough, as the word count grew, I saw how things needed to evolve on the island where these two stories take place. And, I saw more stories beginning to form. Bled will not be the last book, novella or short tale to take place in the same universe as Shed.
There are more to come.
As for Teeny McLeod, her mom and the patrons of the Highliner Cafe, I’ll be honest when I say it all occurred to me when I was sitting at a cafe inside a big box store near where I grew up. Since memories of where I grew up mingle freely with the world of Dovetail Cove and Shed, the two worlds became mentally entwined.
I recognized the sixty-something waitress from when I was a kid and used to visit the same cafe with my grandparents. They would get their sixty-cent coffees and I would get a slice of pie and ice cream. Here was this waitress, all these years later, still pouring the coffee, still bringing out the dessert. I wondered what her life would have been like if, say, one thing had gone differently a long time ago.
I began on Bled, still without a title at that point, only an image of this waitress as a young woman. What might the world have looked like for her, I wondered. And away I went.
Bled: About the Novella
She only wanted to leave. But he took that option from her. Now she wants it back.
Set on the same island as the reader favorite Shed, the latest literary suspense novella from bestselling author Jason McIntyre picks up the Dovetail Cove saga with this story of one lonely woman…trapped.
Tina McLeod is on the cusp of a new life. Extraordinary change is rare in her world but this newsflash means she can finally leave her small island town for good. No more pouring coffee for townsfolk in Main Street’s greasy spoon, no more living under the weight of her born-again mother. That is, until Frank Moort comes in for his usual lunch and dessert on an ordinary Friday in May.
Bled sees things turn backwards and upside down for each of them. Their encounter is prolonged and grotesque, the sort of thing splashing the covers of big city newspapers. Both are changed. And neither will come out clean on the other side.
A story about taking what’s not yours, Bled explores pushing back when you’ve been pushed too far. It paints in red the horrors from our most commonplace of surroundings: right out in the open where nothing can hide behind closed doors and shut mouths.
About the Author
Jason McIntyre has lived and worked in varied places across the globe. His writing also meanders from the pastoral to the garish, from the fantastical to the morbid. Vibrant characters and vivid surroundings stay with him and coalesce into novels and stories. Before his time as an editor, writer and communications professional, he spent several years as a graphic designer and commercial artist.
McIntyre’s writing has been called darkly noir and sophisticated, styled after the likes of Chuck Palahniuk but with the pacing and mass appeal of Stephen King. The books tackle the family life subject matter of Jonathan Franzen but also eerie discoveries one might find in a Ray Bradbury story or those of Rod Serling.
Jason McIntyre’s books include the #1 Kindle Suspense, The Night Walk Men, Bestsellers On The Gathering Storm and Shed, plus the multi-layered coming-of-age literary suspense Thalo Blue.
Bled: Teaser Trailer
 

And finally, here is a link to all of Jason’s goodness:

 
 
Thank you Jason for being here today! Now everyone go and enter to win the duo pack!

16 Comments

  3. Haha, Katy, I hope you win them — if not, they're only 99 cents each.

    Ana, I'm not sure you DO want to live there — read the book and you'll see what I mean. 🙂

    Thanks both of you for commenting!

    j. //

  4. Ana and Katy- thanks for entering!! And yes Ana the cover for Shed is beautiful!!

  5. Both books look amazing!! I'm getting a vibe.

    marypres(AT)gmail(DOT)com

  6. Oh yea, I think I would love both of these! Great post!!

    Please put me in for the giveaway…Pretty please with a cherry on top? Or with this type of book, would a cherry be to cheery? Maybe a severed head on top?

    amy@theeyesforediting.com

  7. Marybelle you are entered! Thanks for stopping by!
    Dranea- u are entered as well but I dont do severed heads here at The Unlocked Diary- i find its bad for my image. How about a rotted, squished cherry on top some worm filled ice cream?? Lol

    Thanks ladies!

  9. You are now entered Orsayor!! Thanks for dropping by!!

  10. See, this who rotten, squished cherry combo you have going on MAY work out ok…We shall have to wait and see.

  11. I'd love to win a copy of these. Jason, the covers are great!

  12. Sara ypu are now entered!!! And i agree the covers are awesome! 🙂

  13. yay! Thanks for having my favorite writer on your blog! I am trying to keep up with the whirl wind cyber tour….the covers ARE fabulous. Jason is a creative to the core!
    Love the blog, love the comments.
    Kimberly

  14. Please enter me in the draw, and thanks for the giveaway!

    darlenesbooknook at gmail dot com
    GFC Darlene

  15. Kimba and Darlene– rhanks so much for being here and supporting this author you ladies rock!!

  16. SO…who is the winner??? I'm biting my nails here!! 🙂

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