The Book Landers: Blog Tour+Interview+Giveaway: Flawed

About the Book

Title: FLAWED

Author: J.L. Spelbring

Publisher: Spencer Hill Press

Pub. Date: August 12, 2014

Find it: Goodreads|Amazon|Barnes& Noble

In a world where Hitler won the The War, and perfection is constantly sought, Ellyssa has broken free from her austere life and has found another meaning for her existence.

Family, friendship, and love.

But her happiness is short lived. Ellyssa finds herself on the run, again. Her father's work didn't die with him, but lives on in her siblings, Aalexis and Xaver, and they are determined to complete his unfinished dream.

About the Author:

J.L. Spelbring lives in Texas, where she wanders out in the middle of the night to look at the big and bright stars. Besides knocking imaginary bad guys in the head with a keyboard, she enjoys being swept away between the pages of a book, running amuck inside in her own head, pretending she is into running, and hanging out with her kids, who are way too cool for her.

Her novel, Perfection, released in July, 2013 and the sequel Flawed releases August, 2014.

To contact J.L, try:

Website | Facebook | Twitter | Goodreads

Let Us Please Welcome JL for an Author Interview!

The Book Landers: What inspired you to write? (I know, I know, you probably get asked this a thousand times--but it's an author Q&A staple:-)

JL: I wanted to write a book, so one day, I sat down and started. My first book was a fantasy and not very good, but I learned so much. There was nothing better than sitting down and creating.

TBL: If you could meet any character, what would it be?

JL: Oh, any character. That’s really hard to pin down. There are so many interesting characters. I might have to say Lestat from INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE by Anne Rice. He is dark, uncaring, and wicked. If you read PERFECTION, then you know I love wicked.

TBL: Would you say things that happen in real life influence your novel?

JL: I would say things that I researched had an influence. During WWII and the beliefs of Hitler were a great inspiration of where and how I wanted things to develop.

TBL: Is there something you *must* have in order to write (ie. coffee, tea, music)?

JL: Music really can influence a specific scene.

TBL: How do you beat a writer's block?

JL: I make myself sit down and write. As a matter of fact, I suggest for every writer to do that. What you write might not be great, but it inspires creativity that could help break through that wall.

TBL: What draws you to the YA genre?

JL: I like the YA genre because there are so many firsts. First love, first kiss, first true best friends, etc.

TBL: What is one thing writing has taught you?

JL: There is always room to improve. Writing is an unending process of learning.

TBL: Do you outline?

JL: Nope. I just start on the first scene and go from there. When I think of an idea, I usually have the beginning and the end, so all I need is how to get from point A to point B.

TBL: What is one song that describes your novel?

JL: That’s another hard question. There were so many songs that influenced certain scenes, characters and such.

TBL: Anything else you would like readers to know about you?

JL: My real goal is with each sequel or new novel I want it to be better than the previous. I truly try to improve, which goes back to question number 7.

I would like to take a moment to thank you for the blog invite. It was fun. I like fun, too. Wicked fun is even better.

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