Tuesday, April 15, 2014

WHEREWOLVES: John Vamvas and Olga Montes



APRIL 15TH GIVEAWAY! 

Morning All You Nocturnal Beasties! And if you are nocturnal beasties, what the heck are you doing up this early in the morning? Just getting in? Well, nevermind! Today I am so jazzed about our giveaway. I’m jazzed about all our giveaways, but this one is written about one of my favorite creatures ever — WEREWOLVES!!! Or in this case WHEREWOLVES!!!

Danse Macabre is giving away two ecopies (in the format of your choice) of WHEREWOLVES, the sensational, fast and furious novel about those mind-bending, shapeshifting, hairy-faced bad boys!!! Written by the writing team of John Vamvas and Olga Montes, man, are you in for a treat if you’re lucky enough to win!!! Not convinced? Here’s more!

WHEREWOLVES

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 A group of high school seniors and their teacher, The Sarge, go on a survival training weekend and must face their biggest enemy: themselves.

A fresh take on bullying told using a fun, rapid-fire style; with edgy, layered characters and plot twists that will keep you guessing.

What is out there? Can it really be werewolves?

Thought provoking. Intense. Action packed.

"KEPT ME ON THE EDGE OF MY SEAT. GETS YOUR PULSE POUNDING." Author and award winning investigative journalist, Victor Malarek

AMAZON REVIEWS:
"5 stars. A MUST READ!"
"5 stars. It reminded me a bit of Lord of the Flies versus Silver Bullet but only way cooler."
"5 stars. Finally! A thriller that is unpredictable. A real page turner that expertly knows how to balance dialogue and description."
"Chillingly terrifying... This is one horror novel that will have you thinking long after you've finished reading."
"5 stars. Great keep-you-on-the-edge-of-your-seat writing! Love the depth of the characters."

ABOUT JOHN VAMVAS AND OLGA MONTES


“BANG-ON DIALOGUE. Vamvas and Montes make it look, sound, smell real.” The Edmonton Journal

“IMPRESSIVE TALENT in this writing/producing/acting team”, The Winnipeg Free Press

“Montes and Vamvas continue to demonstrate their skills with SWITCHBLADE-SHARP EARS FOR DIALOGUE and hard, thoroughly believable plot lines.” The Sunday Journal

“A SEXY and EXPLOSIVE style that pulls the patrons forward to the edge of their seats”, The Edmonton” Journal

“RAZOR-SHARP LINES” SEE Magazine


Together for over 20 years, John and Olga started as an acting team but soon began to write their own scripts for lack of finding two-person plays they could tour across North America. They wrote and toured four full-length critically acclaimed plays to packed houses across Canada and the United States, including, Bad Boy, which they performed Off-Off-Broadway at New York’s Creative Place Theatre in the heart of Times Square.

In 2001, they were approached to star in and rewrite the short film, Things Never Said in Playa Perdida. Playa won the audience award at the New York Short Film Festival in 2002 and tied first place at the Festivalisimo festival in Montreal.

WHEREWOLVES was written as a screenplay in 2010. They wrote the novel, edited by award winning Canadian author/poet, Shelley A. Leedahl, to get the story out while they wait for it to hit the screens.


ABOUT JOHN VAMVAS

John Vamvas grew up in one of Montreal's (Canada) roughest boroughs. His high school teachers always told him that he'd be in jail or dead by eighteen. Thank God for the Arts. Actor, playwright, screenwriter and now novelist, he has been writing with his writing partner/wife, Olga Montes, for over twenty years. He loves words, especially dialogue, and has a lot of fun coming up with new ways to say the same thing.


ABOUT OLGA MONTES

Mother, preschool French teacher, avid reader, Olga dreamed of being a writer as a child and spent many high school lunch hours working on her writing with her English teacher. She has a college degree in Professional Theatre and a university degree in Spanish and French grammar and literature. She was on her way to becoming a translator for the UN when she heard of an open audition at one of Montreal's biggest English theatres. She almost didn't get the role, though, because the director and co-star, John Vamvas, was scared of falling in love with the actress and ruining the play. That was 1992. She and John have been writing and working together on stage, screen, and in life ever since.




5 comments:

  1. Sounds really interesting, I love werewolves! The cover rocks!

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    1. Kim, it does!!! And I love the cover!! Really grabs your attention!!!

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    1. Oh, no!!! Freddie you have to post on the FB Event page!!! That pic at the bottom is linked to the page. But since you didn't know, I'll gift you a copy!!! Are you on Twitter? You can DM me your email and I'll gift it to you! I'm @WPotocki. I'm also on FB. You can DM me there also!!!

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