There’s
Something About a SEAL.
There
are extras all over this site. Mostly book-related extras to enhance the reading
experience, but also some insight into the writer’s experience. This page
is your index to all of my extras. I hope you enjoy!
~ Stephanie
Photo above: Stephanie looks like she is hard at work writing her novel, but what is really going on is a bunch of Extras work: A) She is searching on Google Maps for the perfect fishing village on the Mozambique coast in which to hide a nuclear weapon, B) Uploading photos from Malawi to her Flickr page, C) Determining the difference (if any) between a garter belt and a corset girdle in New York’s dominatrix subculture, or D) Playing Lexulous on Facebook. You decide.
I've always written to - and found inspiration for writing - through music.
Why soundtracks for individual books? Well, I love music - I love how you can
listen to a song you loved ten years ago and immediately, it can bring you back to
where you were and who you were with at that time. It centers you, cements memories
and allows you to recall them immediately.
Music drives me, and I wanted to share the soundtracks for each of my books with you. Follow this link, listen now (through your iTunes) and enjoy!
Why the African settings? I love Africa and have been several times. My husband grew up there and it’s so rich in culture and possibilities for this writer’s mind. I have zillions of photos. I add to my Flickr page all the time.
Too Hot to Hold Maps | Hard to Hold Maps | Sydney's Maps
Too Hot to Hold Maps
The DRC (aka the Congo), Africa
The Congo is where Nick (Too Hot to Hold) first met up with Kaylee's ex-husband
on a mission—and it's where Nick and Kaylee must return to face down their
ghosts.
Hard to Hold Maps
Djibouti, Africa
The Republic of Dijbouti is a country in the Horn of Africa, bordered by Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia. This is where Jake and Nick find Dr. Isabelle Markham, badly hurt, in the beginning of Hard
to Hold.
Virginia
This is where the brothers in the Hard to Hold trilogy live and work, as their
SEAL Team is based out of Virginia.
Africa
This is the setting for many of the plots in the Hold trilogy - from Dijbuoti (Hard
to Hold) to the Congo (Too Hot to Hold) and beyond, this continent is both magical and tragic at once.
Zimbabwe, Africa
This is the country where Sarah Cameron from Hard to Hold and Too
Hot to Hold, grew up.
Sydney's Maps
I love to set my stories in fabulous far away places, usually in various African
spots. Sydney's books all head to New York at some point. Here is a map to help
you find a place in my books. More to come as more books hit shelves.
Catskill, NY
This town is the home of the compound for the ACRO Organization that
houses the X-men types. It stays the same in every Sydney book - although they're
traveling in every book, seeking their enemies. So this is their home base:
I use a lot of military jargon and references in this book. If you are military yourself, or a Mil-Rom fan, then it’s all quite clear. But if you want a little primer, or just some handy references, check out the StephanieTyler.com guide.
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Goodies
If you would like to receive free bookmarks or bookplates signed by Stephanie or Sydney, please send a #10 SASE. You can find the mailing address on the Contact
page. Please also email me to let
me know that you’re requesting goodies so I can be on the lookout for your
SASE.
If you would like one of my titles autographed, please ensure that the return envelope is stamped with adequate postage so I can sign and return it to you with goodies! Please also email me to let me know you’re sending books so I can be on the lookout and let you know that they’ve arrived safely.
Are you a bookseller who would like promotional items to pass out to customers? To request promotional material, please email me.
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reader group - there’s plenty of
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excerpts exclusive to the reader’s group! We’d love to see you there!
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Ione and Stephanie Tyler (and Sydney Croft) Fan Forum. Come
interact with readers and discuss books and much more. Steph and Larissa
try to visit and answer questions on the forum as often as deadlines permit!
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Writeminded
Writeminded brings together five like-minded published authors, Amy
Knupp, Jaci
Burton, Sharon Long/Maya
Banks, Larissa
Ione and me! We blog together, run a reader's
yahoo loop, have tons of giveaways for our readers and we support one another
every step of the way. Please come visit us at www.writemindedblog.com and
join our reader's
loop. We also chat at Writerspace on the third Monday
of every month at 9PM EST - we'd love to talk to you, so please feel free
to pop in!
Sweating with Sven – a writing challenge
On July 6th, 2007, along with my writing friends Alison
Kent, Jo Leigh, HelenKay
Dimon, and Larissa Ione, we launched the Seventy Days of
Sweat Writing Challenge.
The point of the challenge was to rid our writing lives of the solitude of
laboring alone and share the pain and agony with as many other writers as
we could. Two-hundred seventy like-minded authors signed up, taking
on the challenge to write between 60K and 100K words in the allotted seventy
days. The challenge keeps repeating itself.
Interested in participating in the challenge? Want to learn more? Go to www.70daysofsweat.com!
Looking for motivation? Visit Write Attitude.
Articles on writing by Stephanie
I've gone back to school several times for English Lit and creative
writing courses. What does that tell you? I love learning, but only about
what I'm interested in, as my math and science teachers can attest to. Obviously,
that's reading and writing, which is why I taught both before embarking on
a writing career. Here's a collection of articles I've been asked to contribute
over the past few years to various places in the blogosphere -- they range from
my discussing writing process to my first sales and my character blogs.
» Writing
Habits
» Wanting It
» Where Heroes
Come From
» Not Tonight
Dear...I'm in Danger
» My Ideal Reader
» My Journey
into Writing Romance
» Don't Do What I Did
Please feel free to link to these articles or quote from them – just please
credit clearly to Stephanie Tyler with a link to this site, and of course, let
me know