Today I’d like to welcome a timely author. Erika Robuck’s publisher timed the release of Call Me Zelda to happen alongside the new Great Gatsby film. Smart! Today Erika is giving away a copy of both her latest book and her last book, Hemingway’s Girl, please help me welcome her!
Introducing Erika Robuck
Erika Robuck self-published her first novel Receive Me Falling. Her novel, Hemingway’s Girl, was a Target Emerging Author Pick, a Vero Beach Bestseller, and has been sold in two foreign markets to date. Her next novel, Call Me Zelda, publishes on May 7, 2013, and begins in the years “after the party” for Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Erika writes about and reviews historical fiction at her blog, Muse, and is a contributor to fiction blog, Writer Unboxed. She is also a member of the Historical Novel Society and the Hemingway Society. Learn more about Erika at www.erikarobuck.com.
Learn about Call Me Zelda from NAL/Penguin, May 2013
From New York to Paris, Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald reigned as king and queen of the Jazz Age, seeming to float on champagne bubbles above the mundane cares of the world. But to those who truly knew them, the endless parties were only a distraction from their inner turmoil, and from a love that united them with a scorching intensity.
When Zelda is committed to a Baltimore psychiatric clinic in 1932, vacillating between lucidity and madness in her struggle to forge an identity separate from her husband, the famous writer, she finds a sympathetic friend in her nurse, Anna Howard. Held captive by her own tragic past, Anna is increasingly drawn into the Fitzgeralds’ tumultuous relationship. As she becomes privy to Zelda’s most intimate confessions, written in a secret memoir meant only for her, Anna begins to wonder which Fitzgerald is the true genius. But in taking ever greater emotional risks to save Zelda, Anna may end up paying a far higher price than she intended….
Check our Erika’s YouTube trailer for Call Me Zelda.
Learn about Hemingway’s Girl from NAL/Penguin, September 2012
In Depression-era Key West, Mariella Bennet, the daughter of an American fisherman and a Cuban woman, knows hunger. Her struggle to support her family following her father’s death leads her to a bar and bordello, where she bets on a risky boxing match…and attracts the interest of two men: world-famous writer, Ernest Hemingway, and Gavin Murray, one of the WWI veterans who are laboring to build the Overseas Highway.I asked Erika three questions about our giveaway’s theme topic, self-expression:
1. Is self-expression an important part of your life today, why or why not?
It is. For better or worse, we are all the stars of our own Facebook pages, Twitter accounts, blogs, websites, Instagram feeds… It’s no substitute for human interaction, but it can be a valuable tool to share ourselves with our friends, our family, and other writers and readers. I’ve made new connections from the ways I share myself online. When the connection is true, it almost always leads to face to face meetings and real bonds, and I value the way self-expression through social media has enhanced my life.
2. What does self-expression mean to you and how do you do it in the world?
To me, communication is at the heart of self-expression. As a writer, words are my first and most comfortable form of expression. From notes to novels, I like the time and thought that go into writing, the chances we have at revision, and the way words on paper create permanence.
Second to writing, I enjoy photography. I love being able to snap photos of little moments of wonder with my children, my friends, or nature. When a single photo can communicate what a paragraph would, I prefer to let the images speak for themselves.
3. How does your self-expression impact the world—your family, your friends, your readers, and everyone else?
Specific to my writing, I’ve been surprised by and pleased with its impact on my relationship with other writers. Whether someone further on the path is reaching back to help me along, or I’m able to inspire and assist another who isn’t where I am, I’ve found a lot of generosity and willingness to help in my writing circles that inspires me to pay it forward.
And Now, Your Turn…
You remember how this works right?
Please read the complete rules at least once!
I ask you a question.
You answer in the comments for your chance to win a book each day.
Please just respond once, even if you make a typo. 
Answer in the comments in 50-200 words (no less and no more to qualify to win one of today’s books).
Who is your favorite author who is no longer with us? If you could meet one deceased author and have a conversation with them, who would it be?
Ready, set, comment! I will hold the drawing tomorrow and post the results here in my blog.
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