Giveaway & Interview: Tatiana Vila

Hey kids!
 Today we have a special visitor.  Please help us welcome Tatiana Vila, author of The Ylem.

Tati is one of the new kids on the block so please help us give her a warm welcome :)

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BS ♥ Twitter Style: Tell us about your book, The Ylem in 140 characters or less.

It's a rollercoaster! You'll laugh, curse (yes, you heard right), smile, sigh and fall in love. It's YA Paranormal romance at its finest.

BS ♥ What inspired you to write The Ylem?

Masaru Emoto inspired me to write the whole Trilogy. Masaru who? Well, if you haven't read Messages from Water, you should. He's a Japanese writer known for his claim that water's structure can be affected by human thoughts and emotions. I loved his book and was stricken by his discoveries. So I went to one of his conferences and fell even more in love with his knowledge. But it didn't stop there. As I was listening to some experiments he'd done with Magnetic Resonance, an idea started forming in my mind, and that's when the two magic words popped up. What if. In those few minutes, I'd already created a character, Tristan. A few hours later, I already had the story. And that same night, I started writing, with a big smile on my face.  Things always come when you least expect it.

BS ♥ If you could live inside a book/story for one day, which would you choose & why?

I am torn. The first thing that comes to my mind is Harry Potter. I mean, casting spells and living in a magical castle with a cute white-bearded grandpa as a principal? You can't get any luckier than that. But then I think, where's the heart-stirring, good-looking man in the story? I need one. That's when it gets tricky. There's so many I would love to meet and get cozy with. Maybe it's because I've just recently read the Fever series by Moning, but I would love to meet Jericho Barrons. Yes, I have a weakness for bad guys, and Barrons is the crème de la crème of that type of guys.

So, since The Ylem doesn't count here, I choose a version of Harry Potter with Jericho Barrons in it. Oh, the joy…

BS ♥ Besides reading & writing, what do you like to do on your free time?

Reading on my Nook. I am kidding. I love to sing and compose songs. It's mostly pop rock, so if you happen to like Kelly Clarkson, you have a good shot at liking mine. But other than that, I am learning to do Poi, better known as fire dancing (I'll use LEDs though, not fire. I do like my skin so I care for it!)

BS ♥ What is your numero uno, must have snack food/drink?

Mmm. Tough. Really tough. There should be a numero dos and numero tres! But if I can only give one for each, then it would be Ritz bits and Arizona Iced tea.

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 An ancient book, a love-struck teenage girl and an exotic boy from a supernatural world hold the key to freedom for a long-oppressed race, but that freedom could come at the cost of the human world.

Seventeen-year-old Kalista is suffering from a broken heart, so when her playwright father proposes they move their lives from New York to New Mexico because he is in need of inspiration Kalista is 100% on-board with him. New Mexico proves to be the perfect balm for her wounds and she is just starting to feel some of her old spunk when Tristan Winfield comes into her life and pulls all of her barriers down. Kalista is captivated by Tristan's unusual silver eyes and feels an inexplicable connection to him, which begins to manifest itself in her dreams with bizarre images of a waterfall and an orb.

While searching for an explanation for her troubling dreams, Kalista discovers an ancient book which holds the secrets of a supernatural race of creatures. But when Killings hit town, she realizes her finding has come at a high price. She's in the middle of a power struggle now, a struggle that seems to be linked to the secret wrapped within the pages of that book. A secret she and Tristan part of...

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Giveaway
May 4 - May 11

Thanks to the Tatiana, we are selecting TWO winners to receive a coupon from Smashwords allowing them to download The Ylem in any e-book format.

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• Comments are appreciated but you must fill out the form to enter.
• Open to everyone.

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