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Lies I Live By Author Q & A & Giveaway

3/16/2016

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Lauren will be awarding $50 Amazon or B/N GC to a randomly drawn winner via rafflecopter during the tour.

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GENRE: YA Thriller
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 BLURB:
 
These are the facts: My name is Callie Sinclair. I am seventeen years old. I live in San Francisco. I love my boyfriend, Charlie. I work for a secret governmental agency. I am a psychic spy. This romantic, action-packed twist on the classic spy novel is perfect for fans of Ally Carter’s Embassy Row series or for any reader who enjoys cinematic writing and stories of romance and intrigue.
 
At seventeen, Callie is the government’s youngest psychic spy, trained to track dangerous people and weapons in her visions. When another young—and handsome and witty—psychic joins the agency, Callie’s personal and professional lives get messy all at once. If she can’t find a way to change the events she’s seen in her visions, she could lose the people she loves most . . . and her mind. Literally.
 
Richly painted against the backdrop of San Francisco and Berkeley, Lauren Sabel’s enthralling novel captures the thrill of exploring a unique power in a dangerous world.

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Q & A with Lauren Sabel

​I love research.  It’s one of my favorite parts of writing.  To research the psychic spy parts of LIES I LIVE BY, I started by digging into one of my favorite topics: the remote viewing program of the US government during the Cold War.  It led me to all sorts of weird places on the web, which is why I’m sure I’m on the CIA watch list at this point. (I’m innocent!)
 
I read and watched a lot of Ingo Swann’s work. Swann invented a great deal of the remote viewing protocol for the Stanford Research Institute. I named my fictional character Indigo Starr in honor of him.
 
 I also read many remote viewing books written by the remote viewers in both the US Army and the SRI, including Tell Me What You See by Major Ed Dames and Joel Harry Newman, and Remote Viewers: The Secret History of America’s Psychic Spies by Jim Schnabel. The research was fascinating! What evolved out of my research was a mostly fictional book about a fictional character, built on a layer of truth.  That’s what’s great about research – once you find out the facts, you can decide which ones to twist to make good fiction, and which ones to keep to make the story feel grounded and believable.
 
 I also researched topics as wildly varying as the Hoover Tower, astral projecting, salt flats, nuclear waste leaks, and the Sudanese flag.  It is amazing to me that every time I did more research, my book expanded – even if I didn’t use that specific research in the manuscript. Every idea we take in leads to more ideas, when given the chance to daydream.
 
And I do lots of that.

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Excerpt One:
 
These are the basic facts about me:
 
I am 17.
 
I live in San Francisco.
 
I work for a secret governmental agency.
 
I spend many hours a day out of my mind.
 
I am a psychic spy.


AUTHOR Bio and Links:
 Lauren Sabel lives in the quirky dark spaces of her mind, and she tries to shed light on these spaces in her books. After publishing VIVIAN DIVINE IS DEAD in Summer 2014 with Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of Harper Collins, she confronted her lifelong fear of being psychic by writing LIES I LIVE BY (pub May 2016). Since in this YA thriller, teenage psychic spy Callie Sinclair works undercover for the government, forced to hide her real identity from everyone she loves, Lauren is now certain she’s on the CIA watch list.
 
Social Networks:
 
Website: www.laurensabel.com AND http://liesiliveby.com/
Blog: http://laurensabel.tumblr.com
Twitter: laurensabel
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/author.laurensabel/?ref=hl AND https://www.facebook.com/LIES-I-LIVE-BY-1060641787289541/?skip_nax_wizard=true
Instagram: laurensabel  AND liesiliveby
 
Book Purchase Links:
 
LIES I LIVE BY:
 
Kindle: http://www.amazon.com/dp/0062231987/ref=cm_sw_su_dp
 
Nook: http://bit.ly/liesiliveby
 
http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780062231987
 
VIVIAN DIVINE IS DEAD:
 
 http://www.amazon.com/Vivian-Divine-Dead-Lauren-Sabel/dp/0062231952
 
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/vivian-divine-is-dead-lauren-sabel/1117005007
 

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40 Comments
Nikolina
3/17/2016 12:48:09 am

I am really enjoying following this tour, thank you!

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Mai T.
3/17/2016 01:46:44 am

What do you think most characterizes your writing?

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Lauren Sabel
3/17/2016 03:53:52 pm

I think that a strong sense of tension runs through a lot of my work. It compels people to turn the page, which is great, but sometimes I get going so fast I don't let the characters take time to breathe and self-reflect.

best,
Lauren

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Goddess Fish Promotions link
3/17/2016 02:28:13 am

thank you for hosting today!

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Lauren Sabel
3/17/2016 06:46:20 am

Thank you for having me on your blog! You rock!!
Best wishes,
Lauren

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Tim C
3/17/2016 06:59:17 am

Why would you describe it as a lifelong fear not a lifelong suspicion? I found that a very interesting choice of words.

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Lauren Sabel
3/25/2016 08:47:42 pm

I don't have a suspicion that I'm psychic. I know that I'm not. It was always more of a fear, like "what if these terrible thoughts are true?"

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Christina Moore
3/17/2016 10:38:28 am

I would love to read this book, thank you for the giveaway

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Rita Wray
3/17/2016 10:55:45 am

I like the blurb, sounds like a great read.

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Birgit L.
3/17/2016 11:32:37 am

I find the cover design most unusal - who did the design for it?

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Lauren Sabel
3/25/2016 08:48:16 pm

Josh Cochran. He's a talented artist out of Brooklyn. You should check out the rest of his work!

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thea
3/17/2016 02:00:00 pm

How long does it take you to write a book?

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Lauren Sabel
3/25/2016 08:46:59 pm

It took my almost seven years to write my first book because I didn't know what I was doing. This book took two years. I hope the next one takes one. :)

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momjane
3/17/2016 02:58:36 pm

Sounds like fascinating story.

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Victoria
3/17/2016 03:56:38 pm

Sounds like a great book - thanks for sharing!

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Jaclyn Mercer
3/17/2016 07:53:41 pm

Thanks for the giveaway and your dedication to writing.

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Dario Z
3/17/2016 11:39:09 pm

I just love the book cover, it’s amazing!

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Simon
3/18/2016 01:05:23 am

Looks like an interesting book ;)

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Edmond Leung
3/18/2016 02:26:57 am

Wow, prize amazon gc is fab. & splendid. 2 fingers snap. It is tight, fly & off the chain. Thank you for the awesomeness, the contest, and generosity. :) Pick me, pick me! Dear Santa: I’ve been nice. My X-Mas wish this year is to win this contest. Starving artist here desperately needs the gc to shop and eat. A life changing exp.

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Lauren Sabel
3/25/2016 08:48:49 pm

I hate to tell you that Santa has nothing to do with this. :)

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Becky Richardson
3/18/2016 03:32:33 pm

Sounds like a great read.

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Judy Thomas
3/21/2016 01:48:57 am

It sounds intriguing, I love the excerpt!

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Julie Murphy
3/21/2016 02:17:48 am

How many books a year do you write.

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Lauren Sabel
3/25/2016 08:49:41 pm

I've written two full books so far. One took almost seven years because I was learning to write a book, and this one took two. I'm hoping my next one takes one year, but we'll see.

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Nikolina
3/21/2016 06:14:06 am

Judging by the blurb,, book sounds very intriguing, looking forward to reading it!

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Alexandru Rusu
3/23/2016 05:39:21 pm

I like this excerpt of book and cover.It's nice and i will read this.

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Lauren Sabel
3/25/2016 08:50:49 pm

Sorry for not having responded until now. I actually had a baby on March 17th, a St. Patty's Day baby, and I'm just now getting back to work, slowly, slowly, slowly.
-Lauren

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Holly Guerrio
4/6/2016 05:02:20 pm

Great giveaway, thank you!

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Surso S.
4/7/2016 06:33:09 pm

thanks for hosting this giveaway!

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Kimberly Rampersad
4/11/2016 05:57:20 pm

Thanks for the giveaway.

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Kimberly Rampersad
4/12/2016 06:04:25 pm

Is this your first book?

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Josie
4/14/2016 03:28:48 pm

thanks for the giveaway!

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Kimberly Rampersad
4/21/2016 06:18:18 pm

Thanks for sharing the excerpt.

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Dwayne Berry
5/9/2016 09:37:34 pm

Do you plan to always stick to the same genre or do you plan to mix it up in the future?

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Ally Swanson link
5/15/2016 11:07:15 pm

Congrats on the new book and good luck on the book tour!

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Dario
5/24/2016 09:49:18 am

Sounds like a great read, hope I'll have a chance to read it soon!

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Kimberly R
6/7/2016 10:29:08 am

Thanks for the excerpt.

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Dwayne Berry
6/9/2016 07:18:20 pm

Would you prefer your books to start out in hardcover or go straight to paperback?

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debbie
6/17/2016 01:08:47 am

Do you have a muse and if you get writers block how do you get past it? :)

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Tara Gauthier
6/17/2016 10:05:00 am

Sounds like a great book and I especially love the cover design!

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