Sunday, January 11, 2015

Featured Author: Mariah Dietz

Welcome Today's Featured Author
Mariah Dietz!!




Synopsis: Sometimes life’s unforeseen paths lead us to discovering sides of ourselves we never knew existed. Home has always been Ace Bosse’s place of solace, but returning home for the summer from college, she finds herself building an unexpected relationship with Max Miller, who’s recently returned home from Alaska. Max has lived next door for ten years, and she knows of his reckless reputation, and nothing more.

Max realizes he never knew he had left so much behind, when he left three years ago to find what he thought he’d lost.

Max teaches Ace that sometimes a little crazy is exactly what life needs, while learning that some risks are worth taking, regardless of the risks.

But how do you know when you’ve met the right person? And will they be prepared to experience one of life’s biggest obstacles? 

Falling in love isn’t easy, but holding on to it is where the real challenge lies.


****This is the first book in the series of three, and does end with a cliffhanger. Book two will be released March 1, 2015****

Blurb: Life is full of hurdles; both big and small- we all know this. What I didn’t know, was my next door neighbor, Max Miller, was about to change my thoughts, my fears, my everything.  I thought falling in love was hard, but life proved that was the easy part; holding on to it— is the real challenge.



Excerpt:
“Let’s go!” Kendall cries as she jumps up and tugs on my arm.
The entire yard spins as I stand up. Our Sister Sunday ended here at the house, where Mindi ordered Chinese takeout and we sat around the backyard discussing Kendall’s relationship with Jameson, which drifted to Jenny’s relationship with Paul, and later transformed into my relationship with Eric. I decided that the conversation required alcohol because although I was ready to end things with Eric a couple of weeks ago, I stopped telling my sisters that I am and have even been defending him again lately. I just didn’t want to deal with it, and it gave me an additional reason to avoid Max and his judgment.
Savannah decided that each time I used the phrase, “I don’t know,” I had to take a shot. Trying to explain my relationship with Eric and why I was staying in it while trying to be vague included three shots, which only made it more difficult to avoid those three cursed words. They were relentless and asked several questions knowing I’d respond with the key phrase, leading me to drinking too much.
Mindi, Savannah, and Jenny left Kendall and me to the lounge chairs in the backyard after ensuring we weren’t too drunk to pass out and drown, but apparently not to question that we’d be just drunk enough to do something stupid.
“Go where?” I ask.
“TP Marshall’s!”
I instantly laugh at the thought as I shake my head.
“Come on!” She wraps her fingers around mine and tugs once again, and I willingly follow her through the house. I’ve definitely drank too much, because I can hear a teeny tiny voice in the back of my head telling me that this is a bad idea, but a much louder voice in the forefront of my mind giggles and discusses strategy. That louder voice is my voice, as I help load Kendall’s arms.
“You look ridiculous.” I laugh at the sight of my sister in her neon green bikini bottom with toilet paper rolls bulging from her arms.
“We have to stay down so no one can see us,” Kendall whispers conspiratorially. I try to keep a straight face, but all I want to do right now is laugh. Everything seems funny, from the fact that we’re about to TP a house to Kendall wearing my bikini top because she thought it would make her boobs look bigger—it doesn’t, but by the time we finished swapping tops she was ready to go.
“You dropped one!” I stop in front of the fallen roll.
“Leave it!”
“I can’t. We need all of them!” I slowly bend to retrieve it and drop three more in the process.
Kendall’s giggles fill the air. “Stop, stop.”
I laugh as I work to pick up the four rolls of toilet paper. As I get the last one in my arms, it squeezes too tightly against one another and two more fall out of my arms. My laugh follows them rolling down the street.
“Oh my god, I think I just peed!” Kendall cries between squeals of laughter as she presses her forehead to my shoulder.
We decide to abandon the two rolls, and Kendall starts humming the Batman theme as she straightens and bolts down the middle of the road, surprisingly fast for how drunk she is and being in a pair of flip flops I know from experience are stiff and uncomfortable to walk, much less run in.
I chase after her feeling but not really caring about the sharpness of the road against my bare, pool-pruned feet.
We duck behind a large azalea bush that lines Mr. Tucker’s walkway, which is only three houses down from Marshall’s, as a pair of headlights turn toward us.
“Shhh!” I whisper as Kendall leans heavily against me, still giggling. The small voice in the back of my head instructs me to look back and ensure it isn’t our parents. They’re supposed to be gone overnight, but catching us would definitely invoke a “Harper Jo.”
I stand to watch where the vehicle’s going, and Kendall levels me as she attempts to run forward. The rolls of toilet paper fall from our grasps as our arms fly out to catch ourselves. We lie on the cool grass, bursting into shrieks of laughter.
After a few minutes we slowly stand up. A stitch burns in my side from giggling as I dust dried grass off my exposed skin and begin picking up the fallen rolls.
When we get to Marshall’s we dump our collection under the large weeping willow that sits on the corner of his property and each grab a roll. We race around, throwing them to drape trails of toilet paper as quickly as possible.
“What are you doing?” The words are hissed from behind us making me jump and Kendall scream.

 









Author Bio:  
Mariah Dietz lives in Eastern Washington with her husband and two sons that are the axis of her crazy and wonderful world.

Mariah grew up in a tiny town outside of Portland, Oregon where she spent the majority of her time immersed in the pages of books that she both read and created. 

She has a love for all things that include her sons, good coffee, books, travel, and dark chocolate. She also has a deep passion for the stories she writes, and hopes readers enjoy the journeys she takes them on, as much as she loves creating them.

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Interview:

Can you tell us a little about your book? 
Becoming His is a New Adult Contemporary Romance that follows a girl that has always been viewed as having things together, and learning about her vulnerabilities and fears about not only love, but life. Ace becomes your best friend, your sister. You also fall in love with her large family and with Max Miller, her next door neighbor. Ace has always seen him as being confident, but learns that he struggles with his own demons. You fall in love with the characters individually, and with what they share.


Using one sentence, describe Becoming His (His, #1)? 
 A journey.


Do you have a have release day for Losing Her? 
March 1, 2015



 
Do you have a favorite spot to write? 
Anywhere that it's quiet :)


Do you listen to music while you write? 
No. I love music but I get easily distracted and start connecting songs to scenes that I've already written, or other books that I love, and get completely off task.
 
 
When did you know you wanted to write a book? 
I've loved reading and writing since I was little, however, I didn't consider actually publishing until Becoming His was nearly written, and the last book of the series, Finding Me, was complete. I fell in love with the story and the characters, and truly had a difficult time reading other novels because their story was so loud in my head, I had to get it all finished.



 
Where has been your favorite place to travel to?
 Austria and France. I loved the French culture, food, views, people, everything about it I fell in love. It's what inspired Ace to have some French in her.


What's one random fact about yourself that you can share?
 If I didn't love writing so much, I would want to open my own bakery. Baking is one of my favorite pastimes.  

 
Are you attending any author signing in 2015? 
I will be attending Passion in Portland, which is in Portland, OR September 12, 2015.



 
 What are writing projects are you currently working on? 
Finding Me, the third and final book of the His Series is going through edits now, and I have five WIPs. I hope to release one in September or October of 2015, and the others next year.
 
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