Title:
The Ferryman
Author
Name: Amy Neftzger
Author
Bio:
Short
Bio:
Amy Neftzger published her first fiction book Conversations with the
Moon in 2003. Since then she has published books for both children
and adults, including All that the Dog Ever Wanted, Bedtime Stories
for Dogs, Bedtime Stories for Cats, Leftover shorts, Confessions From
a Moving Van, The Orphanage of Miracles, and The Ferryman. She lives
in Nashville with her family and pet gargoyle Newton.
Long
Bio:Amy
Neftzger (born June 23) is an American researcher and author who has
published fiction books, non-fiction books, business articles, and
peer review research. Her works have reached an international
audience.
Amy
was born in Illinois and graduated from Elk Grove High School in Elk
Grove Village, Illinois. She received her bachelors degree from the
University of North Florida in Jacksonville, Florida and her Masters
in Industrial/ Organizational Psychology from Middle Tennessee State
University in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. She graduated from both
Universities with honors.
She
has written numerous business and journal articles, but her fiction
works have been the most commercially successful. In 2003 she
published Conversations with the Moon, which was also translated into
Korean and published in South Korea. In 2005 she collaborated with
her husband, guitarist Tyra Neftzger on a children's book called "All
that the Dog Ever Wanted." The book was designed to introduce
children to jazz music at an early age and included a CD sampler of
jazz tunes. In 2007 she worked as an editor on a business fable
called "The Damned Company." She's also written
"Confessions From a Moving Van" and "Leftover Shorts."
In
2013, Amy released her first Young Adult book called "The
Orphanage of Miracles." The sequel to this book, "The
Orchard of Hope" is scheduled for release in June of 2014, and
The Ferryman (adult fiction) is scheduled for release in October,
2014.
Author
Links -
Book
Genre: Fiction/ Fantasy
Publisher:
Fields of Gold Publishing (Imprint: Fog Ink)
Release
Date: 10/07/2014
Book
Description:
Like
most large career moves, this one happened by accident. Karen spent a
lot of time planning what she was going to do with her life, but Fate
had other plans for her, as she often does for most of us. Karen just
happened to rob the wrong grave.
Excerpt:
Karen
studied the coffin she had just uncovered. The lid, once a shiny
lacquered surface, was now partially decayed and fell apart as Karen
pried it off. Bits of wood turned to dust on her hands as she worked
diligently to make an opening. Her arms were tired from digging and
the fatigue made it more difficult to be gentle with the rotting
wood. She paused to shake her arms vigorously and relax the tension
in her muscles and upper body. As she breathed in the chilly night
air, she could smell her own sweat mixed with the fragrance of the
rich earth and decaying wood. She took a few more deep breaths and
turned back to the task of opening the grave. She worked patiently to
handle the lid with care and managed to remove a large chunk that was
nearly a third of the entire lid. Through the hole she had made she
saw the top half of a well-dressed skeleton.
The
grave was on the edge of the cemetery, in a neglected corner that
looked as if it could be part of the adjoining land. The gravestone
had fallen over years ago and weathered so much that it looked like
an ordinary limestone rock. A few days earlier when Karen recognized
that it was actually a grave, she decided to rob it. She was hoping
that no one had gotten to it before her.
This
particular plot was an older grave from a time when individuals
placed ancient coins over the eye sockets of the corpse, although the
coins weren’t ancient when they were buried. Most of these graves
had already been robbed, but due to the location and lack of distinct
marking or some other mystical reason, this one had gone unnoticed by
robbers until now. It was almost as if the grave had been hidden
until the right person came along. Karen wasn’t the typical grave
robber, and perhaps the corpse found this attractive. Regardless of
how the grave had remained unspoiled for so many years, Karen was the
one who finally opened the casket and plucked up the coins. It was at
that moment that Fate appeared.
Schedule
September 21 - Introduction at VBT Café Blog
September 23 - Guest Blogging at Coffee, Books & Art
September 25 - Spotlight at Deal Sharing Aunt
September 25 - Guest Blogging at The Writer's Revolution
September 25 - Guest Blogging at Mythical Books
September 30 - Guest Blogging at Lori's Reading Corner
October 2 - Spotlight at Black Lilac Kitty
October 7 - Guest Blogging at The Avid Reader
October 9 - Spotlight at Black Coffee, Brown Cow
October 13 - Review & Interview at platypire Reviews
October 15 - Spotlight at 4 Covert 2 Overt A Place In The Spotlight
October 17 - Review & Guest Blog at My Life, Loves and Passions
October 17 - Reviewed at I Feel The Need, The Need To Read
