Day 2 – Double Visions

Day 2 – Double Visions

Welcome to Day 2 of the WordCrafter Double Visions Book Blog Tour. Today, author Kaye Lynne Booth talks about the characters of LeRoy and Cowboy and the experience of with music. We also have a great giveaway, so leave a comment at each stop for a chance to win one of three free digital copies, and for U.S. residents, one signed print copy of The Rock Star & The Outlaw 2: Double Visions.

The Giveaway

Follow the tour and leave a comment to let me know you were here and be entered

for a chance at one of three free digital copies or one signed print copy of

The Rock Star & The Outlaw 2: Double Visions.

Winners are chosen in a random drawing from my hat. You can visit any stops you missed through the links in the tour schedule below. So, get your comments in now.

Tour Schedule

Mon. – Writing to be Read – Amaryllis, Rock Star & The Pretty Reckless/Undawnted – Interview with the author

Tues. – Poetry by Mich, Hotel by Masticadores, and Masticadores Phillipines – LeRoy, Cowboy & Writing with Music & Review

Wed. – Book Places – Monique, Shaman Woman, & Werner’s Syndrome & Review

Thurs. – Carla Loves to Read – Nick, the Time Device & Writing in Multiple Time Lines & Review

Fri. – Writing to be Read – Catalina and Writing with Multiple P.O.V.s

LeRoy, Cowboy & Writing with Music

Much of the inspiration for The Rock Star & The Outlaw came from the music of The Pretty Reckless and Amaryllis’ chapters are headed with the matching song title for each chapter heading. Of course, LeRoy’s chapters needed to have the proper song titles for each of his chapters, too, but his would go with songs by various artists, which turned out to be an eclectic mixture of rock, country, oldies, and pop. In Double Visions, there are multiple p.o.v. characters, and I used a mixture of music to title each of their chapters. P.O.V. characters in Book 2 include: Amaryllis and Rock Star, LeRoy, Cowboy and Original LeRoy, Monique and Shaman Woman, Nick and Catalina. Each book has a playlist with links at the beginning for anyone interested in getting into the mood as they read the story. Needless to say Book 2’s playlist is much longer than Book 1’s.

For Book 1, since each chapter of The Rock Star & The Outlaw has a song title for each chapter heading, Leroy’s chapters needed to fit not only the events of the chapter, but they also needed to fit LeRoy’s character. Finding the right songs for LeRoy’s character was both fun and interesting. In 1887, he’s a farm boy turned outlaw to save his father’s farm. In 2025, he’s a fish out of water, but he jumps right in with eyes open and a big, “Yahoo!” He may be wanted by the law in his own time, but he’s a gentleman at heart, and he would never leave a damsel in distress. For his music, I had to search for just the right piece for each chapter, and this often led me to explore music I wasn’t familiar with, exposing me to new and different artists. The same with each of the additional p.o.v. characters. I’ll admit, not all the songs fit perfectly with their chapters, but I think they help set the mood for the chapter.

The question posed for LeRoy’s character: Will he be able to save Sissy and still clear his name with the law?

About The Rock Star & The Outlaw 2: Double Visions

In 1887, LeRoy is stuck, bringing trouble down on those around him. Sissy is kidnapped and he’s the only one who can save her.

Amaryllis wakes up in 2030, in a future very different to the one she knows, one in which she may not have been born. She will stop at nothing to find LeRoy fix what went wrong in the past.

She and a version of Monique which is different from the one she grew up with travel back to 1887 to try and make things right.

Add two time travel regulators from the future who are after the time module, and things begin to get wild.

When the time loops are crossed, things change, but not the way Amaryllis intended and pretty soon, everybody is seeing doubles.

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The Kickstarter campaign for book 2 of Kaye Lynne Booth’s Time Travel Adventure Series is still in full swing until the 29th of March, so pop on over to offer your support and check out all the cool rewards. You can get discounted digital copies, exclusive signed print copies, posters, goodie bags and more. I hope you’ll drop in and check it out here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kayelynnebooth-wcp/the-rock-star-and-the-outlaw-2-double-visions

Reading from The Rock Star & The Outlaw 2: Double Visions

https://youtu.be/OIr8WzwGZ0E

About Kaye Lynne Booth

For Kaye Lynne Booth, writing is a passion. Kaye Lynne is an author with published short fiction and poetry, both online and in print, including her short story collection, Last Call and Other Short Fiction; and her paranormal mystery novella, Hidden Secrets; Books 1 & 2 of her Women in the West adventure series, Delilah and Sarah, and Book 1 in her Time-Travel Adventure series, The Rock Star & The Outlaw, as well as her poetry collection, Small Wonders.

Kaye holds a dual M.F.A. degree in Creative Writing with emphasis in genre fiction and screenwriting, and an M.A. in publishing. Kaye Lynne is the founder of WordCrafter Quality Writing & Author Services and WordCrafter Press, where she edits and publishes two short fiction anthologies and one poetry anthology every year amidst her many writing projects. She also maintains an authors’ blog and website, Writing to be Read, where she publishes content of interest in the literary world.

That wraps up today’s tour stop on the WordCrafter Double Visions Book Blog Tour. Thank you for joining us. Tomorrow’s stop will find us over at Book Places with Kay Castaneda, where we’ll explore the character of Monique and Shaman Woman with another guest post, another reading, and review. I hope to see you there, but until then, don’t forget to pop into the Kickstarter campaign to get your copy of The Rock Star & The Outlaw 2: Double Visions.

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