Tomorrow please join me in welcoming paranormal romance and Young Adult author Maureen McGowan to the blog. Maureen’s blogging on the topic Publishing is No Fairy Tale and will give away a copy of THE MAMMOTH BOOK OF TIME TRAVEL ROMANCE (Running Press, December 2009), which includes her story, Lost and Found.
About Lost and Found:
“Lost and Found” is a mash up of Groundhog Day, The Time Traveler’s Wife and Life on Mars. In 1967, Jake falls asleep on a bench in New York’s Central Park and becomes trapped in a seemingly endless time loop. Every day he wakes in the same place, in the same clothes, on the same date—just in a different year. Can finding love give him an anchor in time?
About THE MAMMOTH BOOK OF TIME TRAVEL ROMANCE:
Time has no meaning for true love.
Twenty tales of swashbuckling adventure and passionate romance from some of the most exciting names in romantic fiction. Join the heroines in this delightful anthology as they step backwards—or forwards—in time, transported to the Scottish Highlands of yesteryear, the Wild West, or the distant future. Propelled through time into situations rich with possibility and fraught with danger, these sexy, sassy heroines each seek their dreamed of happy ending.
Will souls separated by time be reunited—or kept apart—forever?
About Maureen:
Maureen McGowan has twice been a finalist in the prestigious Golden Heart® Competition, (2007 and 2010), and in 2008 was a finalist in the Amazon Breakout Novel Competition. Her short story, “Lost and Found”, was published in THE MAMMOTH BOOK OF TIME TRAVEL ROMANCE in December, 2009. Her first two young adult novels, CINDERELLA: NINJA WARRIOR and SLEEPING BEAUTY: VAMPIRE SLAYER will be hitting the shelves in Spring, 2011.
Maureen has always been making up stories—her mother called it lying, her teachers creative talent—but sidetracked by a persistent practical side, it took her a few years to channel her energy into writing novels. Before seeing the light, she was: an auditor, a knowledge engineer, a software development manager, a product development director and a hedge fund CFO.
She finally pummeled her sensible side into submission to let her creative side run free. Aside from books and writing, she’s passionate about art, dance, films, fine handcrafted objects and shoes. She lives and writes in Toronto, Canada.
To learn more about Maureen and her writing, please visit her website.