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Today is an exciting day for me as an author...my first novel Daughter of Mine is on tour! If you look to the left on the sidebar, I have a list of the bloggers who will be participating. I will link to their reviews, author interviews, guest posts and giveaways regarding my book. Please visit and comment. I would love your feedback!

So for a change I will be on the opposite end of the spectrum—as the author rather than the reviewer. I have met wonderful bloggers and book reviewers through my blogs and this tour, and I thank you in advance for your support. Writing a book is a little like giving birth, and the more people cheering you on (before, during and after the process) the better the experience.

Laura

I was so honoured when The Quebec Writer's Federation asked me if they could feature me in their Love Ms Julie's Blog—a blog about new Quebec English-language writing. They have a feature called The Writing Room, where QWF members talk about their writing space and writing process.

I'm very excited to share this with my family and friends. Please feel free to visit the post and leave a comment!
 http://lovemsjulie.blogspot.com/2009/10/writing-room.html

Thanks for your support, as usual.
Laura Fabiani

For book lovers, there's nothing that beats getting a free book in the mailbox. I know the feeling. I get free books delivered regularly for reviews. So I decided to give away a brand new copy of my own novel Daughter of Mine in celebration of the great review I got in the mRb (Montreal Review of Books), where few self-published books get reviewed. Here's the review by Margaret Goldik, editor of mRb:


Very few self-published novels make it through the mRb process. However, Laura Fabiani's Daughter of Mine manages to keep the reader's attention with a fast-moving plot and interesting characters, and she also has a strong message about the power of love and forgiveness.

The protagonist is Tiziana Manoretti, a 20-something Montrealer of Italian-English descent, who finds out to her great shock that not only was she adopted from an orphanage in Italy, but that her parents went to great lengths to keep this fact from her. Her mother's illness finally forces them to tell her the truth, and Tiziana sets off for Italy to try to find out more about her birth parents. Meanwhile, Tiziana yearns for a closer relationship with her best friend Christopher. After many adventures, all the loose ends are tied together and there is some possibility of redemption for even the most wicked of the characters.

There are some minor quibbles with plot and a more rigorous editing was in order, but these apart, Fabiani manages the feat of keeping all the plot threads neatly organized, and then skilfully weaves them together in the last couple of chapters.

For more information on Daughter of Mine and to read more reviews or an excerpt, please visit my Web site: www.LauraFabiani.com

For a chance to win Daughter of Mine, just follow the simple instructions below:
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That's it!

This giveaway ends on September 10. Open only to Canadian and US residents.