Five tribes. One leader. A treacherous journey across three continents in search of a new home.
Hey, everyone! I’m excited to host author Jacqui Murray today, as she launches her newest novel in the prehistoric fiction genre, Survival of the Fittest.
Jacqui is a prolific writer, a tech teacher, and a whirlwind of energy in the blogging world and on social media. On top of all that, she is a voracious reader. If you’re a writer too, I suggest you follow her blog WordDreams for a wealth of info and tips to help you on your writing journey.
Here’s what her latest book is all about:
Chased by a ruthless and powerful enemy, Xhosa flees with her People, leaving behind a certain life in her African homeland to search for an unknown future. She leads her People on a grueling journey through unknown and dangerous lands but an escape path laid out years before by her father as a final desperate means to survival. She is joined by other homeless tribes–from Indonesia, China, South Africa, East Africa, and the Levant—all similarly forced by timeless events to find new lives. As they struggle to overcome treachery, lies, danger, tragedy, hidden secrets, and Nature herself, Xhosa must face the reality that this enemy doesn’t want her People’s land. He wants to destroy her.
Title: Survival of the Fittest
Series: Book 1 in the Crossroads series, part of the Man vs. Nature saga
Cover by: Damonza
Available at: Kindle US Kindle UK Kindle CA Kindle AU
Q. Is there a goal to writing this story, Jacqui?
A. All the books in this series, Man vs. Nature, will be written with a goal of explaining how man’s essentials–art, music, culture, body adornments, religion, counting, spoken language, critical thinking, and abstract thinking—bloomed from our earliest roots.
Author Bio: Jacqui Murray is the author of the popular Building a Midshipman, the story of her daughter’s journey from high school to United States Naval Academy, the Rowe-Delamagente thrillers, and the Man vs. Nature saga. She is also the author/editor of over a hundred books on integrating tech into education, adjunct professor of technology in education, blog webmaster, an Amazon Vine Voice, a columnist for TeachHUB and NEA Today, and a freelance journalist on tech ed topics. Look for her next prehistoric fiction, Quest for Home, Summer 2019. You can find her tech ed books at her publisher’s website, Structured Learning.
Social Media contacts:
http://twitter.com/worddreams
http://pinterest.com/askatechteacher
http://linkedin.com/in/jacquimurray
https://worddreams.wordpress.com
https://jacquimurray.net
Congrats on your latest release, Jacqui!
The biggest of congratulations, Jacqui!
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Thank you so much, Raimey! I know I missed #authorstoolboxbloghop this month but I’ll be back in April. This has been a kick!
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Great to see Jacqui and her book here! Congratulations, Jacqui on your book – I really like the idea of prehistoric fiction. Very original!
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Thank you so much! There’s not a lot in this genre. I ended up writing the trilogies in an effort to figure out who exactly we were way back when!
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Prehistoric anything is quite fascinating to me, Barbara and Jacqui!
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Jennifer, it’s lovely to see Jacqui on your blog as part of her book tour! 😀 Jacqui, I’m taken with your vision for the series of books and the deep themes and topics you will explore.
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Thanks, Annika. For several decades, I’ve been obsessed with how we are who we are. It consumes me and makes for many delightful hours of research.
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I love hosting fellow authors, Annika. 🙂
And I’m quite taken with her vision too. She’s a dynamo!
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Absolutely! Jacqui’s energy is boundless and a consummate professional throughout! 😀Btw I’m happy to host Jacqui and her book today!
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Oh! I will pop over to see you guys later. 😊
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That is one ambitious goal, Jacqui!! Your launch is going well. Congratulations.
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It’s wonderful when you have so many supportive bloggers!
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Thanks, Darlene. I don’t know what I’d do without my efriends. No one would know I published a book for starters!
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Congratulations to Jacqui!
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Thanks, Connie. This is a fun day!
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Connie, I will be reading your latest very soon, just so you know!
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Without a doubt, Jennifer, you’re a warmhearted person!
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And an avid reader! 😉 Thanks.
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Thank you so much for hosting me, Jennifer. This will be fun!
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A pleasure, Jacqui. I’m always happy to support my writerly colleagues. Looking forward to reading this one – perhaps more than any of your other books! 🙂
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Congratulations, Jacqui! Are you tired yet? 🙂
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I don’t think she ever runs out of energy, Jill. 🙂
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Luckily, I sleep eight hours in between hops so I’m doin’ good! Well, I did skip the dog walk yesterday…
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You sleep eight hours, Jacqui? I’m so jealous!
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I need it. Otherwise, I feel fuzzy. I used to do fine on 4. Another downside of getting older.
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My lack of hours isn’t by choice, so I stay in a perpetual state of fuzziness!
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I need at least seven hours to be at my best.
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