Monday, August 19, 2013

Guest Post with April Genevieve Tucholke


Book Nerd Guest Post

April Genevieve Tucholke digs classic movies, redheaded villains, big kitchens, and discussing murder at the dinner table. She lives in Oregon at the edge of a forest. Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea is her first novel.
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The inspiration for Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea came from this article I read while living in Edinburgh: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/8574484.stm

It’s September 23, 1954. Glasgow, Scotland. Hundreds of kids, age 4 to 14, start patrolling the city’s necropolis, armed with sharpened sticks and knives. The kids claim they are hunting a 7-foot tall vampire with iron teeth who has already kidnapped and eaten two boys. Parents become concerned and eventually the police have to be called in to break up the hunt.

This really happened. The kids hunted the vampire for three nights. What inspired me about this story was the idea that it probably came down to one kid. One magnetic kid who told a lie about a vampire in the cemetery and made all the other kids believe him. Fascinating. Why did the kid do it? Where is he now? What kind of person did he grow up to be? Eventually these thoughts formed themselves into a kids-with-stakes, devil-hunting cemetery scene in my book. And the lying kid who started it all? That became the foundation of River.




You stop fearing the Devil when you're holding his hand...

Nothing much exciting rolls through Violet White's sleepy, seaside town...until River West comes along. River rents the guesthouse behind Violet's crumbling estate, and as eerie, grim things start to happen, Violet begins to wonder about the boy living in her backyard. Is River just a crooked-smiling liar with pretty eyes and a mysterious past? Or could he be something more? Violet's grandmother always warned her about the Devil, but she never said he could be a dark-haired boy who takes naps in the sun, who likes coffee, who kisses you in a cemetery...who makes you want to kiss back. Violet's already so knee-deep in love, she can't see straight. And that's just how River likes it.

A gothic thriller romance with shades of Stephen King and F. Scott Fitzgerald, set against a creepy summertime backdrop--a must-read for fans of Beautiful Creatures, The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer, and Anna Dressed in Blood.

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40 comments:

  1. Gosh, I really have no idea. Send my husband a message on Match.com?

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  2. I've got in a train with my best friend and gone to the sea for the weekend

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  3. Getting my first tattoo.....My mother just randomly came into my room and said 'Lets get tattoos' and I said 'HELL YES, lets go' and a few hours later we both had tattoos :) I got the mockingjay logo from The Hunger Games and my mother got my nieces names and date of birth

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  4. I haven't really been spontaneous lately. But when I was younger I would say I did everything spontaneously, lol. I would go away for a few days, to the beach, or when I decided to go to California with a friend. I would also constantly change my hair on a whim.
    Thanks for the giveaway!

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  5. Long story short....I joined the Navy.

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  6. When I was young, I spontaneously filled the travelling bag with my course books and took it to school :D

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  7. Pick up and travel nurse around the country ;)

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  8. Fifteen years ago when online dating was just getting started I met and married my husband. We met on AOL and lived almost 400 miles apart at the time.
    Thank you for the giveaway.

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  9. I totally jumped into a pool with clothes on. It was the best thing ever.

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  10. The most spontaneous thing? Starting my blog! I had the thought, and the same day, I started it. It was scary, and pretty much the best thing I've ever done. Thanks for the chance to win!

    That story is uber-scary, but I love when a real incident sparks a story. Can't wait to get my hands on this one!

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  11. Travel by my own, it was scary but so worth it in the end.

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  12. I think hopping into my car and driving to another state--8 hrs. away..

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  13. At 18, my best friend and I decided to drive to Canada for the weekend! Little did we know, you had to be 19 to get into the casino :(

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  14. Going to a party with friends on a ranch house - nothing was planned and it was very good xD

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  15. The most spontaneous thing I ever done was hop on the bus and head to Vegas alone for the weekend.

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  16. I once took a friend of mine for a ride the night before her wedding, and drove her halfway to Vegas because she was having second thoughts and wanted to run away. She finally decided that she really did want to get married, and we just made it back in time for it.

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  17. Last minute trip to New Orleans for Mardi Gras. Thanks for the great giveaway!

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  18. ummm... when I first my ex-boyfriend ;) thanks for sharing!

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  19. Took the day of work & went to the beach.

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  20. Hopped on a train to surprise my girlfriend on our anniversary.

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  21. Spray my dad in the face with the hose one hot summer day when he wasn't looking and still fully clothed in his work uniform. It was hilarious. :D

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  22. I don't remember any spontaneous thing i'd done. I usually forget it.

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  23. Does buying a book just because I liked the cover count as spontaneous? lol :P

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  24. I decided very last-minute-sh to go to New Jersey with an aunt. Just me, my sister, and the aunt. I went without my parents, and I was like, 13, or something. It was a big deal!

    Thank you!

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  25. I haven't done anything spontaneous... quite boring like that

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  26. Happens sometimes on a daily basis. Lately accepting to share a hotel room with a friend I see twice a year. Should be interesting

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  27. Hmm. My friends and I piled in the car one night and drove five hours to San Francisco just for take-out.

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  28. Too many to pinpoint one...most end in disaster! I usually think things through first. I am not a spontaneous shopper either.

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  29. I really don't know... maybe bought a book or something just because I wanted it. I'm not a very spontaneous person really :P

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  30. I'm not the spontaneous person, but I asked my best (guy)friend to slow dance with me even though I was pretty sure he would turn me down. He didn't though.

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  31. I would have to go with starting my own business! Thanks!

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  32. Happened once but I will never forget...it was just a normal day and I suddenly decided to take a road trip. Alone. I really don't know what I was thinking back then but it was fun.

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  33. I moved to California from the East Coast.

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  34. Ummm...the most spontaneous thing? I pretty much do a lot of things on the spur of the moment, because plans sometimes does not work out...circumstances always changes plans.

    Most recently, the most spontaneous thing I did was take my daughter to L.A. to camp out for a movie premiere!

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  35. I dyed my hair a dark red purple! :D I loved it so much thats been my hair color since!
    Mary G Loki

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  36. Ask a guy out. totally embarrasing!

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  37. I haven't done anything spontaneous in so long that I can't remember when last I did :(

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