Silver Dagger Book Tours is now 2
years old this month!
Believe it or not, Silver Dagger Book
Tours was created and is mainly operated by just one person!
I used to be just an internet crawler
looking for new books and giveaways and stumbled upon book tours.
After indulging in many dozens of tours, I decided I'd like to try my
hand at blogging in my spare time (with absolutely no blogging
experience at all!) I was a book blogger for several companies (and
still am) and stuck with it for over 3 years. In that time, I learned
all the ropes and became a pretty efficient blogger, but there was
still something missing- I wanted to make my posts stand out a bit!
So, I started creating small graphics like “about the book” and
the other standard graphics that you see in all my tours nowadays and
started jazzing my posts up.
I became pregnant with my second child
in the fall of 2015 and me and my hubby decided to try to purchase
our first home finally, so I quit my waitressing job to pack up
everything for the move and never looked back!
It took several months of trying to get
the ball rolling and was quite difficult at first to get authors to
tour with me. Thus, I had an idea to let everybody pay what they can
comfortably afford instead of set rates as I thought what some other
companies charged were just outrageous!
Since then, I have done over 1000 tours
and worked with hundreds of amazing authors – many who come back
for repeat tours! I have 2-3 tours kick off every weekday with
occasional tours on the weekends and EVERY tour is required to have a
giveaway so readers can gain a little something and have fun while
they enjoy learning about new books.
I have an absolutely amazing group of
bloggers that share my tours on their sites and really couldn't have
gotten this far without their continued support and would like to
thank each and every one of them! Ya'll are amazing! I also have two
assistants that help me check links and keep up with blogger activity
– Janet, who's been with me over a year, and Laurie, who is a new
addition. Ya'll ladies are spectacular and I couldn't do it without
you!
Absolutely everything else is
completely run solely by me though and I really enjoy organizing
tours and helping new authors get discovered. I don't discriminate
and host ALL fictional genres in ALL age ranges as me and my bloggers
have a broad range of readers that enjoy many different genres.
After two years of astronomical tours,
I am going stronger than ever now and growing on a daily basis with
plans to continue hosting tours for many many years!
If you are an author interested in
booking a tour with me, you can see a general FAQ page and booking
HERE!
If you are a blogger interested in
joining some of my tours, you can see my current sign ups HERE!
And sign up for email invites HERE!
A third generation local of the
historic town of Fredericksburg, TX, I was born and raised among the
rolling hills of the Texas Hill Country where the beauty of the
landscape is breathtaking and town is famous for the Main Street historic
shopping district, the best peaches in the world, wildflowers and
wine. I really can't imagine living anywhere else!
A country girl through and through, I
grew up hunting, fishing and digging for Indian artifacts, all the
while enjoying the many rivers and swimming holes around town. I'm a
stay at home mom with three beautiful boys, ages 9, 2, and 1 that
encompass my entire world!
A bookaholic from birth, I have always
had a deep passion for reading and spend many late nights devouring
books into the wee hours of the morning. My “real” book
collection numbers over 3000 books and take up an entire small room
in our house with custom bookshelves built by my husband that I call
my “book cave”. I've been building this collection since my
childhood and will keep on adding to it for the rest of my life. Of
course, I also have a similar collection of ebooks as well as I
finally went digital a few years ago.
In my spare time, I enjoy reading,
playing with my kids, doing DIY renovation projects with my husband,
cooking, and relaxing on my back porch with a good cup of coffee
while I watch the massive axis deer herd come through the yard.
I see you have been a bookaholic since birth. I remember reading as a young girl and read Charles Dickens, "A Christmas Carol" when I was 9 years old. While traveling as a young military child with my parents I would always read on car trips to new Army bases.
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My favorite author currently is Jessica Strawser. I am enjoying her new book Not That I Could Tell
ReplyDeleteMy favorite book is Wicked by Gregory Maguire.
ReplyDeleteReading was my favorite pastime as a child. I remember enjoying the original Grimm's Fairy Tales. I don't think my parents had any idea how dark they were, but I loved reading them.
ReplyDeleteYour story is so inspirational about how you got started into blogging! I don't think I could ever do it, but I really admire successful bloggers
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My favorite book is Firefly Lane. It brings you on an emotional roller coaster and the reader can really connect to the characters
ReplyDeleteMy favorite author is danielle Steel
ReplyDeleteMy Favorite Author is Stephen King...and his son is a close 2nd! :)
ReplyDeleteMy favorite book of all time is Pride and Prejudice.
ReplyDeleteHappy 2nd Anniversary!
ReplyDeleteI have lot's of favorite books, I can't pick just one :)
ReplyDeleteThe Mouse and the Motorcycle--a children's novel written by Beverly Cleary
ReplyDeleteI love to read mysteries and romance books in General!!!
ReplyDeleteWow, truly thank you for all of the work you do for Silver Dagger Book Tours! It is amazing that you have been so devoted, but then again it is certainly something worth being passionate about. My favorite book ever, Jane Eyre. I even introduced my wife to the book when we were merely starting to date.
ReplyDeletecongrats! i love your blog and book tours! keep up the great work!
ReplyDeleteI love this blog!
ReplyDeleteI am loving anything these days by Louise Penny! Think she is great!
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ReplyDeleteMy favorite book so far is Red Tent
ReplyDeleteI like any books by James Patterson.
ReplyDeleteI like any books by Debbie Macomber.
ReplyDeleteI like Thomas Mann. The books are long but, I love his humor and his characters are interesting.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite author is Usula K. LeGuin. She lived in the same city as I.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite book author is Stephen King
ReplyDeleteI love everything written by Tom Robbins. So quirky and strange, but with such interesting insight into the human psyche.
ReplyDeleteI love the Lord of the Rings series!
ReplyDeleteI like Steven King and Danielle Steele
ReplyDeleteMy favorite book is 1984. Thanks for the giveaway!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite author is Debbie Macomber! My email is traciemcooper0515@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteI enjoy way too many authors and genres to say that any one book or author is my favorite. About the only things I steer away from are horror and erotica.
ReplyDeleteI am an author, can I be bias and say myself ;)
ReplyDeleteMy favorite author is Richard Adams and a child I was forever changed by reading Watership Down and The Plague Dogs.
ReplyDeleteJames Patterson is my favorite author and the Women's Murder Club is my favorite series.
ReplyDeleteJessica Strawser - Not That I Could Tell
ReplyDeleteLove your interesting books to read
ReplyDeleteLove this blog
ReplyDeleteMy favorite book of all time is thinner by Stephen king I also love the movie and I’m a huge fan of Stephen King
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My favorite book is Good Omens. It's one of those books that I can just pick up and enjoy, time and time again.
ReplyDeleteOne of my favorite authors is Lisa Scottoline.
ReplyDeletemy favorite author is RA Salvatore
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ReplyDeletei love to read stephen king books. they are my favorite.
ReplyDeleteDiehard Sci-Fi fantasy fan, Dragon Riders of Pern trilogy Anne McCaffery
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ReplyDeleteI love reading almost anything, but my favorites are Joseph Murphy's 'Power of Your Subconscious Mind' and Anne Tyler for her slice of real life novels.
ReplyDeletethanks for the chance and i love mystery books.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely Stephen King - his writing is very good!
ReplyDeleteI like Tom Clancy novels!
ReplyDeleteI used to read a lot.. I love the classics.. Homer's the Illiad is one of my favorites
ReplyDeleteNicholas Sparks is one of my favorite authors!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite paranormal author is Charlaine Harris.
ReplyDeleteI have been always a reader thank goodness and probably my favorite book is The Stand.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite author is Nicholas Sparks and my favorite is The Notebook
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My favorite author is Ray Bradbury, because I enjoy the horror/mystery touches he has in his science fiction novels.
ReplyDeleteWell, my fave religious book is the Bible, but I also like the Anne of Green Gables series of fiction books. Thanks and God Bless! ILuvTheEucharist @ aol dot com
ReplyDeleteMy favorite author is Jane Austen.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite author is Kathleen Woodiwiss. She wrote my favorite book The Wolf and the Dove.
ReplyDeleteLove John Grisham!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite is danielle steel she is awesome writer
ReplyDeleteWondering what types of artifacts you found? There are arrowheads around here and other stuff with the rich history of this area close to the water in Port Lavaca, Tx!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite book is Wicked by Gregory Maguire. Louis Davila
ReplyDeleteI don't have a favorite author or book but I've been reading cozy mysteries like crazy this year.
ReplyDeleteJohn Marsden is one of my favorite authors. I love the Tomorrow series.
ReplyDeleteI love every single jodi picoult book. Most dean koontz. watership down. so many good ones
ReplyDeleteMy reading patterns vary greatly, but Danielle Steele has always held my attention.
ReplyDeleteHAPPY ANNIVERSARY ! I ENJOY READING YOUR BLOG AND ALL THE GREAT BOOK REVIEWS !!!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite author is Debbie Macomber. They are cozy romances, with a mysterious twist at times. Thank you for the awesome giveaway.
ReplyDeleteI like historical fiction and have many "favorite" authors. I am reading Clive Cussler and Elizabeth Peters now.
ReplyDeleteA really good book I read recently was Julie Murphy's Dumplin'! Puddin' by her is also very good!
ReplyDeleteI love Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum series!
ReplyDeleteA Tale of Two Cities is my favorite book.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite author is Nicholas Sparks
ReplyDeleteMy favorite author is Danielle Steele, love reading all of the books!
ReplyDeleteits hard to pick a fave, but Donna Tartt's writing blows me away.
ReplyDeleteI love Nora Roberts.
ReplyDeleteKaren Kingsbury is one of my favorite authors.
ReplyDeleteTHANKS SO MUCH FOR THE CHANCE TO WIN!
ReplyDeleteStephenie Meyer is my favorite author.
ReplyDeleteKresley Cole!
ReplyDeleteSo many books I have loved; Dean Koontz's Intensity, David Baldacci's Absolute Power. So many Authors, so many titles....also loved the Twilight series. Sorry just can't choose one author or one book. :-(
ReplyDeleteThank you for a great giveaway! :-)
I love to read and have read a lot of books in my lifetime. There is so many good books and authors out there. I do love reading Stephen King's books and also like reading westerns. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI likewise like a lot of books, and a lot of them are non-fiction, too hard too just pick one.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite book is "The Last Dragon" by Fleming Lee Blitch.
ReplyDeleteI do love Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, but Sender Unknown by Sallie Lowenstein is too cute not to mention.
ReplyDelete3000 books! I'm impressed. I've been reading anything and everything since childhood, but the books were usually from the library. I only have a couple of hundred that I've kept since adulthood.
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