Monday, May 28, 2012

Blog Tour: Tempest Unleashed by Tracy Deebs

I'm thrilled to be kicking of The Teen Book Scene's blog tour for Tracy Deebs's Tempest Unleashed. Today I have Tracy on the blog to talk about her upcoming release! 


Hi Tracy! Thank you for stopping by Mundie Moms today!
Thanks so much for having me, Mundie Moms!  I love your blog 

How would you describe Tempest Unleashed in 5 words or less?
A kick-ass mermaid roller-coaster ride

Which character did you enjoy getting to know more about in Tempest Unleashed?

I really enjoyed getting to know the queen in this book—she’s a lot more evil and diabolical than I gave her credit for in the first book.  Also, Mark is pretty amazing in this book and I really enjoyed getting to know who he is and what he wants from Tempest and from life.


Were you surprised with a particular character in terms of how much they changed from your draft of this series to Tempest Unleashed's published copy? 
Actually, yes.  Queen Hailana originally started as an old but sweet merQueen trying to keep her clan together.  She morphed into something else entirely—something much more evil and cunning—in Tempest Unleashed.

Is there a particular place/beach that inspired your setting for your series?  
Absolutely.  I grew up in San Diego and the beaches of La Jolla, which Tempest surfs, are real beaches that I hung out on and surfed when I was her age (without the mermaid tail, of course)

In Book Three, Tempest, Mark and Kona spend some time off of Hawaii and I can’t wait to start writing that.  Although I keep telling my husband I think we need to plan a trip to the islands since I haven’t been there in years.  For research purposes only, of course ;)

Are you a sands between your toes beach goer or playing in the ocean one?
Oh, I am totally a playing in the ocean one.  Though I am deathly afraid of sharks (note who the bad guys are in the Tempest series) I love to swim and surf and snorkel.  I’d also love to scuba dive some time soon.

Thank you Tracy for stopping by today! Be sure to keep reading to enter Tracy's GIVEAWAY!

Now, it’s my turn.  What’s your favorite kind of nature place to hang out?  The beach?  The mountains? Somewhere in between?  Leave a comment to be entered to win an autographed copy of Tempest Rising.

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Tempest Maguire is happy with her decision to embrace her mermaid nature and live among her mother’s clan within the ocean’s depths. Even though training to one day ascend the throne for the aging mermaid queen is rigorous, she finds refuge in the arms of Kona, the selkie who first opened her up to her mermaid side. 


But when word comes that one of her brothers has been gravely injured on land, Tempest immediately rushes to his side—which also brings her back to her old flame, Mark. And in her absence, a deadly battle begins raging at the hands of Tempest’s old nemesis, the sea witch Tiamat. 


As the dangerous war erupts, Tempest’s two loves—Kona and Mark, sea and land—will collide for the first time, both to protect her and to force her to choose -quoted from Goodreads

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