Hi everyone. Today I am featuring a book tour around Randee Dawn's book "Tune in Tomorrow." She has a guest post, sneak peeks, and a giveaway featured in her tour. Please enjoy the read and don't forget to enter the giveaway.
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I got my start writing for money as a music journalist in college, and kept it up for several years afterward (I then transitioned into film and TV writing, which I still do today). One of my most memorable, amazing assignments was to spend several days on the road with Radiohead, following them from show to show, interviewing the band and generally hanging out with them. I did not get to ride on the bus – no girls were allowed on the bus! – though I did get to see what it looked like inside (it looked like a tour bus that needed a good cleaning).
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Those several days were both delightful and educational. Bands – particularly ones from outside the US who are visiting – are strange little cliques. They have a handful of people they know well, who they see every day for sometimes weeks on end. It can get a little claustrophobic, and they're often happy to have someone they believe they can trust, but who is still new to the gang, showing up. I got to be that person for several days, and I had long conversations with each one of them. They were smart, educated, funny and sometimes quite shy. The last member I spoke to was the singer Thom Yorke, potentially the shyest of all (he seems to have grown into himself in the ensuing years). We left the venue together through the front door and fans were trying to smell his hair. Later, he told me he didn't mind that at all. Nearby at a Mexican restaurant we got tequila shots (he hadn't done them before) and we spoke for a good long while about – well, almost anything I wanted to know. Tequila may have helped; I'll never know. It was such an eye-opening experience to see a band's life from the inside, or at least part of the inside. The final article, which published in Alternative Press magazine, was a cover story and they let me run for several thousand words. The band – according to their press rep at the label – liked it so much they sent me a gold record. I have it hanging on my wall.
Their fantasy is her reality.
Tune in Tomorrow
by: Randee Dawn
Genre: Humorous Pop-Culture Fantasy
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Raves for the book:
"I thought I’d seen everything in the galaxy of reality TV, until Randee's book!"
– Andy Cohen, Host / Executive Producer, Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen and New York Times bestselling author
"Randee Dawn has single-handedly created a glittering new genre: the Backstage Comedy Fantasy Romance — and I want more!"
– Ellen Kushner, World Fantasy Award-winning author of Thomas the Rhymer and Swordspoint
"Randee Dawn's Tune in Tomorrow is a wild ride through the world of reality TV, Faerie style. It’s a satire and a romance (of a sort) and a fairytale and a mystery, full of characters I loved (and loved to hate) and situations that had me biting my nails. It’s also hilariously funny."
– World Fantasy Award nominee Delia Sherman, author of The Porcelain Dove and The Evil Wizard Smallbone
"Tune in Tomorrow is a joyride. It takes you on a journey into the make believe world of a soap opera. It dives in and out of what could possibly be fantasy or in fact is reality. As with the sands of time, as you Search for Tomorrow, or you are feeling Young and Restless, get lost in the adventures of Starr and be taken over by all that is Tune in Tomorrow."
– Emmy-nominated actor Gregory Zarian
"Dawn’s witty take on society’s fascination with peering at life through a camera lens spotlights the sometimes-blurred intersection between fantasy and reality, all captured on video. Her playful narrative propels readers into the realm of alternate possibilities while questioning what is real and what is make-believe, and if we can even tell the difference." – BookTrib
"Dawn's Tune in Tomorrow is a ton of fun with a lot of heart, charming characters, and devilish foes. And it's funny as hell."
– Zin E. Rocklyn, author of Flowers for the Sea
"Few authors can open the door to another world as easily as you might turn on the TV, but Randee Dawn has the key and the remote control firmly in her hand. Flip through the fae and the grindylows, let her be your TV guide and psychopomp. You will find yourself howling at the gate for a rerun."
– Meg Elison, author of Number One Fan
"This book is a BOUNCY CASTLE! This book is like a candy store and a screwball comedy had a fling in fairyland and the result was a mythic soap opera! There was no predicting it, there was only riding this dragon all the way to its rollicking rollercoaster conclusion. How dear and joyous it is, how satisfying, and how worthy of praise!"
– World Fantasy Award-winning author of Saint Death's Daughter C.S.E. Cooney
"Dawn balances over-the-top drama and comedy with genuine intrigue to create a fun story with plenty of heart. Fans of Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett will want to snatch this up."
– Publishers Weekly
"Tune in Tomorrow is a hilariously well-constructed story with surprising complexity, and one that uses its reality TV premise not as a destination, but as a jumping off point to create something uniquely interesting that stays entertaining the entire way through."
– Lightspeed Magazine
They twisted and turned so much Starr lost track of where she was, and Jason's strange mixture of delight and nervousness was starting to make her feel anxious. At last, she came to a hard halt in the middle of a hallway.
Jason tilted his head.
"Look, I get it. You're like a big VFX warehouse or something. I'm guessing Tune in Tomorrow is some kind of space opera on the web. But your showing me every nook and cranny and door hinge doesn't give me a clue about what's going on. What is this place?"
Jason took a dramatic pause and his green eyes lit up, "Tune in Tomorrow is many things to so many mythics. We are the longest-running, most-viewed reality TV show ever made in any dimension. We are made by mythics, for mythics—but starring humans. "
"Reality?" Starr twitched. "With dragon puppets and robots?"
Jason started to speak, took a breath and paced up and down. Raised a finger, lowered it, then stopped in front of her. Cleared his throat. "It's been some time since I had to explain this to a human. Bear with me." He pushed open another door and gestured inside.
Starr planted her feet in the doorway. "Jason, this is a toilet."
"Yes, well, needs must. I don't have any other handy water."
He was speaking in riddles—and disappearing into a bathroom with a near-stranger was awkward at best, creepy at worst. Still, she didn't sense Jason was up to no good. He practically vibrated with excitement, or nerves, or both. Swallowing, Starr took the risk and stepped inside. The bathroom door swung closed behind them.
Jason turned on all four sinks in the room. Water cascaded from three; butterflies burst from the fourth. Starr gaped. Jason quickly shut that one off with a sheepish grin and turned his back on the sink. The butterflies disintegrated.
Starr blinked.
"You see," he raised his sing-song voice over the noise of the remaining water, "we adore human to'ings and fro'ings. We are the original fans of stories-without-end. Some hundreds of years ago when the Seelie came up with the idea of telling stories to mythics, they were known as Stories Of All Purpose, or for short –"
"SOAP," Starr realized. The room was starting to heat up and the mirrors fogged; Jason had apparently turned on only the hot water. She wondered where he was going with all this; the fantastical elements of his story were fanciful and charming, but silly. Maybe he was just being very method about the show. "You're making a soap opera?"
"Shh!" he quieted her, glancing around. "Yes—and no. That's how we started. But most mythics are self-cleaning. Bathing is a hobby, not a practice. SOAPs fell a bit out of fashion. Mythics wanted real human stories. Finally, once humans on your side of the Veil began writing their own TV shows, one of us—me, in fact—infiltrated a few writing rooms and discovered that you were doing what we'd been doing for years and calling it 'reality TV.' That fit us perfectly . Our viewers tune in because they believe we are telling real stories, and that's what keeps us going."
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A funny, thrilling and mysterious adventure into the world of alternate reality television... Perfect for fans of Jasper Fforde and Christopher Moore.
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She’s just a small town girl, with big mythic dreams.
Starr Weatherby came to New York to become… well, a star. But after ten years and no luck, she’s offered a big role – on a show no one has ever heard of. And there’s a reason for that. It’s a ‘reality’ show beyond the Veil, human drama, performed for the entertainment of the Fae.
But as Starr shifts from astounded newcomer to rising fan favorite, she learns about the show’s dark underbelly – and mysterious disappearance of her predecessor. She’ll do whatever it takes to keep her dream job – though she might just bring down the show in the process.
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Randee Dawn
Randee Dawn is an author, journalist, and lucky denizen of Brooklyn. Her first novel, the humorous pop-culture fantasy Tune in Tomorrow, published in August 2022 (Solaris/Rebellion).
Randee's short fiction has appeared in publications and podcasts including 3AM Magazine ("The View of My Brother's Profile in the Rear-View Mirror," 2001; "Warm, In Your Coat," 2004) and Well-Told Tales ("Home for the Holidays," 2015; "Can't Keep a Dead Man Down," 2017).
Dawn's stories have appeared in anthologies including Where We May Wag ("The Last Dog," Writing Piazza Press, 2018), Children of a Different Sky ("Can't Find My Way Home," Kos Books, 2018), Magic for Beginners ("Queen Zoe and the Spinning Game," Fantasia Divinity, 2019), Dim Shores Presents ("Rough Beast, Slouching," 2021), Another World: Stories of Portal Fantasy ("The Way Is Clear," SummerStorm Press, 2021), and Horror for the Throne: One-Sitting Reads ("Cat Person").
She has a short collection of dark speculative fiction short stories, "Home for the Holidays" (2014) and co-authored "The Law & Order: SVU Unofficial Companion" (BenBella Books, 2009). She co-edited the speculative fiction anthology of "what if" stories about The Beatles, "Across the Universe: Tales of Alternative Beatles" (Fantastic Books, 2019).
When not making stuff up, Randee publishes entertainment profiles, reviews, and think pieces regularly in outlets including Variety, The Los Angeles Times, Today.com and Emmy Magazine, and writes trivia for BigBrain.
She can be found at RandeeDawn.com and @RandeeDawn (on Twitter).
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Sounds like an interesting read. Thanks for sharing.