tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75077434337322857662024-03-05T07:07:58.029-08:00Faith V. SmithAuthor of paranormal and historical romance. Vampire romance and Regency and; Viking time travel.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger160125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7507743433732285766.post-70507704738654916452023-08-28T11:31:00.002-07:002023-08-28T11:31:54.301-07:00<p> </p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: Gabriela;"><b>Exciting News! Out now, To Love or Protect, formerly Presidential Heat , on Amazon!</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Gabriela;"><b>There will be 2 EBook versions and 2 print. One will keep the scenes to sensual without giving out details. The one that is out now in Ebook is spicier.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Gabriela;"><b>Have fun!</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Gabriela;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Gabriela;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Gabriela;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: Gabriela;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN-Z9UBDBXUqqkP5bWoBhjvgJW46REYXyoh7nJZePv1_FrVsZ15GW408c-aq0Zkcng2Cx2E0BYKHyzyT4HyQ6iiyKN0W0wGFFqc7OUmjXlve9pbQrpFtdm_4ujbUk5h85C2-vj8DRv_4FUWWqMiXRb1qOFVbmEI7GW6Kz6puBOnkjmfsnStmAyv0BTt4g2/s750/ToProtectorLove_w15718_750.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN-Z9UBDBXUqqkP5bWoBhjvgJW46REYXyoh7nJZePv1_FrVsZ15GW408c-aq0Zkcng2Cx2E0BYKHyzyT4HyQ6iiyKN0W0wGFFqc7OUmjXlve9pbQrpFtdm_4ujbUk5h85C2-vj8DRv_4FUWWqMiXRb1qOFVbmEI7GW6Kz6puBOnkjmfsnStmAyv0BTt4g2/w426-h640/ToProtectorLove_w15718_750.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><b><br /></b></span><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7507743433732285766.post-69757860752985665312019-11-25T08:31:00.000-08:002019-11-25T08:46:53.225-08:00<div style="text-align: center;">
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<b><i><span style="color: #cc0000;">As you all know I have been a fan of paranormal books for a long time. R E Mullins is an author who does an awesome job with her characters and keeps me hanging on for more. I am so happy she could take time out from her writing schedule to answer some questions for me as well as her fans! </span></i></b></h3>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">My former employers, at the medical lab I where I used to work, probably won’t appreciate knowing I came up with the idea for a romance featuring vampires while I was drawing blood samples. But that’s how it happened. Patients, thinking they were just hysterical, liked to call the phlebotomists ‘vampires’ or they’d tell us really bad vampire jokes. I used a few of these jokes in my debut novel: IT’S A WONDERFUL UNDEAD LIFE. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">I grew up in a four children household so the number seemed perfectly reasonable to me. Their father, Andris Blautsauger was studying for the priesthood before he was turned into a vampire and he named his children after the Angels of Prayer: Gabriel, Michael, Metatron, and Raphael. I, however, put my foot down at four he-vamps and insisted on adding a few she-vamps in the mix. A compromised was reached, two of the names got feminized, and we had Michaela and Metta. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">From the very first, I loved the third child and youngest daughter of the Blautsauger family—I don’t think that has anything to do with the fact I am the third child and youngest sister in my sibling line-up. Metta’s family and friends love her but no one takes her seriously. They have never taken the time to see beyond her happy-go-lucky facade. Unbeknownst to them, however, Metta is filled with secrets and hidden depths.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">Reviews drive a book’s success and every one of them, good or bad, is appreciated. Of course, like most I prefer to read a good review. Praise can have me walking on air for days. Thoughtfully worded criticism from a reader who has obviously read the book is also of great value. I’m still new at writing and I do take their advice to heart. </span></div>
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Looking back over your publishing journey so far, what is the one thing you will always remember?</div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">I first wrote, IT’S A WONDERFUL UNDEAD LIFE in 2008. I submitted it to The Wild Rose Press and the manuscript was accepted with certain changes. At the time life had me a little overwhelmed and I sat on things. Truth be told I wasn’t sure the book was good enough—that I was good enough to be an actual writer. Almost two years later, I re-contacted The Wild Rose Press editor I’d spoken with the first time, and SHE REMEMBERED MY BOOK. To this day I’m amazed at how clearly she remembered the plot.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">Then came the hard part. Like an adult teaching a child to walk, my editor held my hand through all of the re-writes. She remained positive, supportive, and upbeat. This was despite the fact I continually changed my mind and rewrote the entire manuscript so many times it took another couple of years to get it ready for print. Shall I say my editor is a saint? </span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">Metta’s story is a little different as she met and fell in love with another vampire back in the Restoration Period after the Civil War. The ornery minx also insisted I tell her whole story. I fell in love with researching the different eras and showing what shaped Metta’s personality. </span><span style="color: #990000;"> </span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">Michaela. Ah, Michaela, she is the hardest of the siblings to write about as she has a rather prickly exterior along with a know-it-all attitude...every family has one and the Blautsaugers are no different. However, like Metta, Michaela has some hidden depths and might prove to be likeable after all.</span></div>
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If you could give one bit of advice to want to be authors what would it be?</div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">Persevere and stop doubting yourself. That’s the best and only real advice I can give. </span></div>
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I know that once you finish the 4th book, you will have wrapped up the story of all the siblings, so what do you plan to write next?</div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">I think I’ve one more vampire book to revisit. Called WAKING UP DEAD, I wrote it after my debut novel but it needs a complete overhaul. I may add a bit about the Blautsaugers but it will feature an entirely different cast of characters. After that I’m thinking of giving the Contemporary Romance genre a go.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">Some of my favorite characters in A VAMPIRE TO BE RECKONED WITH are the four ministers that ask Metta help them take down a group of human traffickers. The whole time I was writing them, I couldn’t help but think of the Keystone Cops. In this scene the ministers are robbing the Red Cross before going to Metta’s aid.</span></div>
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They stood silently in front of the large refrigerated storage unit. All wore equally perplexed frowns as they regarded the packaged blood inside, neatly stowed into two rows of clearly marked storage bins. The top containers were designated A+, B+, O+, and AB+. The bottom row held their negative counterparts. </div>
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“I didn’t think about the different kinds,” Jacob whispered. “I mean, is blood, um, blood to them,” he wildly gestured, “or…do they need a certain type?” </div>
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“Isn’t O negative the universal blood donor used in transfusions?” </div>
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“I think so, but just because that’s how it works for humans doesn’t mean that’s how it works for her.” When Henry sneezed again, Dahn quietly stepped a little further to the side. </div>
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Do you think one variety tastes like apple pie and another like spinach?” Hayden felt his face heat when he realized the others had fallen silent and were looking at him in disbelief. “Just saying…” </div>
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“If they have taste buds, they must use them. Do you want to hand her spinach when she needs or expects apple pie?” </div>
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“I don’t remember,” Dahn’s brow furrowed as he tried to calculate, “about four to five liters?” </div>
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“Are you asking me because I’m Asian?” Dahn pointedly asked right before he immediately said, “ten. Five liters is ten pints. Does that sound like enough for her? Or too much?” He slid open the large, glass door to the storage refrigerator. </div>
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“She’s a tiny thing. She might not even need that much.” </div>
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“All this conjecture is based on human’s needs,” the priest said worriedly. “What if she’s wounded and bleeding? We might have to keep, er, filling her up.” </div>
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Finally, the mild Methodist swallowed and reached out to gingerly take one of the bags marked with a capital A and followed by a plus sign. “Come on,” his voice seemed to strengthen after he’d picked it up and nothing bad happened. “Since we don’t know how much she might need or which type…don’t be shy.” </div>
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That seemed to break the ice and the ministers began grabbing blood filled bags and tucking them beneath their coats. A few minutes later, four very pregnant looking gentlemen with arms protectively cupped under their swollen bellies waddled out of the Red Cross building and piled into the clearly marked Lutheran Church van. </div>
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to get everything done before the end of the semester and being sick has kicked
my butt. For the good news, head on over to <a href="http://www.theromancereviews.com/" target="_blank">The Romance Reviews</a> for their</i></span></b></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7507743433732285766.post-26019802240116501442015-09-12T19:53:00.003-07:002015-09-12T19:53:51.822-07:00WHAT A CHANGE LESS THAN A WEEK CAN MAKE!<b><i><span style="color: #990000;">Good news for those who might have been horrified that I would not be able to decide on something to write. You were not alone! After a lot of praying and wondering and worrying, one of my characters opened his mouth and said, "FINISH MY STORY!"</span></i></b><br />
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<b><i><span style="color: #990000;">So I am happy to say, I got my <span style="font-size: 12pt;">derriere into my desk chair, looked over what I had previously written, revamped a few things, and now I am pleased to say, "Hawk's Salvation" is moving along. It might not be fast, but I think fans will love the 4th installment in the "Bound By Blood, The Legends" series. </span></span></i></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b><i><span style="color: #990000;">It has been a long time since I truly felt like Hawk was talking to me. When you write, you have to feel a connection to your work, your characters, and you must feel like what you are writing will appeal to readers. I did not feel that for an extremely long stretch of time.</span></i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b><i><span style="color: #990000;">Now, with a new path in mind for my heroine and a peaceful feeling when I think about this book, I am so thankful that God has given me the zeal to write it. I have felt that I let my fans and Hawk down by putting this book on the back burner. I want to give him his story of love and redemption for what happened in "Gideon's Heart" the 3rd book in the series.</span></i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b><i><span style="color: #990000;">So to all the winners in previous contests, where you won the prize of being one of the victims in this book, be patient a bit longer. I am truly blessed with fans who know that an author is human, and events can happen to make it hard to do what you truly want to do.</span></i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b><i><span style="color: #990000;">So in the meantime, read a good book, be blessed, and hugs!</span></i></b></span><br />
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<i><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Okay, those of you that know me know I seldom take time off from
editing, school, and the full-time job. Well this weekend was supposed to
be my weekend, to write, and only write. However, my awesome ladies and
gentlemen, vampires and immortals and Highlanders, what-have-you have decided
to go on hiatus. It is my own fault, for so long I have shushed them to leave
me alone. I told them, I have to finish doing this or that before I can get back to you, and now they are paying
me back in kind. So here is hoping and praying they will let bygones be bygones!</span></i><o:p></o:p></h3>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7507743433732285766.post-57044917735010808192015-06-25T11:18:00.000-07:002015-06-25T11:22:42.128-07:00I HAVE A QUESTION, SO LET'S CHAT, SHALL WE?<div class="MsoNormal">
<b>Okay, who doesn't enjoy an awesome mystery or an edge of
the seat thriller? I </b><b>know that I do. I
have been a fan of mysteries since my first "Nancy Drew" novel </b><b>decades ago. I
remember begging my mom and dad for more books for my tenth </b><b>birthday. As I
got older, I moved on to Victoria Holt and Daphne du Maurier. </b><b>For a while I got out of the mystery genre and went
totally to Medieval romance. Not a bad change, but when I truly want something
to take me away from everyday troubles, I will go for the serial killer on the
loose type of book in a Georgia second!</b></div>
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do you want to read about the main characters in different scenarios in
different books such as Eve and Roarke in J.D. Robb's "Death Series"
or would you prefer to have secondary characters from the first book to take
over in subsequent books, with a different hero and heroine every time, like
Karen Rose?</b></div>
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<b style="text-align: justify;"><i>To whom it may concern: I HAVE BEEN WRITING! I am so
thrilled to </i></b><b style="text-align: justify;"><i>actually have managed to work up a schedule that
works. What I mean is </i></b><b style="text-align: justify;"><i>I can keep to it. As many of you know authors are a
split group. Some work </i></b><b style="text-align: justify;"><i>from home and some have outside jobs.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>There are some who would say working from home is
easy, that it is a piece of </i></b><b><i>cake compared to a job in a outside environment.
However, I have author friends </i></b><b><i>who do work from home and it is hard work! Balancing a
family, obligations, and </i></b><b><i>housework in order to be able to write is not always
easy.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>I work outside the home, and I can tell you finding
the time to do anything when I'm </i></b><b><i>home has been hard.
But with this new schedule I can take care of my full and part </i></b><b><i>time jobs and still be able to write! Now when school starts back I will have to
revise </i></b><b><i>that schedule, but I am firm in my commitment to keep
writing! I owe it to my fans and </i></b><b><i>to myself!</i></b></div>
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<b><i>This is something I have prayed about and I feel that
with God's guidance it will happen! I love to write, I have been making up
stories in my head since I was a small child. In the sixth grade, the librarian
at my school told me I could and should be a writer. It has always been my
desire to write and be published. And now I have the best of one of my dreams.
I can daydream and put it on paper without feeling guilty.</i></b></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7507743433732285766.post-1493130923153065922015-06-18T03:00:00.000-07:002015-06-18T03:00:02.480-07:00PLEASE MAKE WELCOME THE INTRIGUING AND LOVELY KYANN WATERS!<span style="color: #b45f06;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Kyann is one of the most talented and kind authors I know. She always has time for her fans! I was totally thrilled to have her </span></b></span><b style="color: #b45f06;"><span style="font-size: large;">come on my blog!</span></b><div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #cc0000;">I live in Utah and have been married more than half my
life, and have two sons. I hate to be idle so I have lots of hobbies.</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #cc0000;">Young, elementary school, but what I wanted to write
changes a lot over the years. At one point I wrote poetry and even had the
opportunity to work on greeting cards.</span></i></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #4c1130;">You write a hot as heck erotic story, did you plan to
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<b><i><span style="color: #cc0000;">No, in fact I wrote mainstream romance for years. It
was Jan of 2006 when I first decided to publish one of the many novels I’d
written. Friends and family had read them but I’d never believed the stories
were good enough for publication. I went to my first small RWA chapter
conference in February, met and signed with an agent in March and had my first
contract in April of that same year. It wasn’t until I met an erotic romance
writer, who shared with me her style, that I was tempted to the naughty side of
writing.</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #cc0000;">Um, well, not what some might think. I read several
erotic books to find where I want to fit in with the heat scale. At the time,
Ellora’s Cave was the place to be in erotic romance, so I wrote to the level
that they were publishing.</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #cc0000;">I don’t have any limitations now. If a story develops
for me, I write it. My current works in progress are a Contemporary BDSM and a
sexy mainstream Scottish Historical.</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #cc0000;">Super easy for this one. I am in love with Theron, the
master vampire from my Blood Slaves books. He’s in all three books. You’ll hate
him in Ice Man, begin to like him in Iron Man, and fall in love with him in
Dark Man. These stories are currently unavailable. They were with a publisher
but I have since had my rights to publication returned. So look for them to be
coming back out late this year.</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #cc0000;">Submitting to the Cowboy’s Command will be out later
this year, and hopefully the Scottish Historical will also be out later this
year. I have received rights back on about a dozen books, so those are getting
a new cover, a few tweaks and will be out soon! </span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #e06666;">That I would have more time for writing. It seems when
the stories are running through my mind, I’m somewhere where I can’t write. And
when I have the time to sit down and write, the motivation and muse aren’t with
me. LoL. So I do what I can.</span></i></b></div>
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give me a good book. And I love to read cookbooks.</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #cc0000;">Writing is pleasure, publishing is work, so don’t
forget why you started this writing journey. It’s about the story and feeding
your author soul. Always write for yourself.</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #cc0000;">Thank you. Thank you for the wonderful emails, the
reviews, and the support all these years.</span></i></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #bf9000;">I have long been a fan of this talented lady who is way more braver than I am when it comes to experiencing life! Her books take you up close and personal to places I can only imagine!</span></b></h3>
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<span style="color: #b45f06;">Please tell us a bit about yourself!</span></div>
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<i><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Hi Faith, and thank you for inviting me to your blog today.
I was born and raised in Illinois, but have lived in beautiful Colorado for
over forty years. I live on a little patch of land, and I take in abandoned
farm animals. Currently my Noah’s Ark is shared by two ducks, a goose, two
rabbits, two goats, two donkeys and three cats. Having been raised with only a
hamster and a small dog, it’s been quite an amazing learning experience.</span></b></i></div>
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<b><span style="color: #b45f06;">How old were you when you knew you wanted to be an author? </span></b></div>
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<i><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">I think the desire was always there subconsciously, waiting
to be born. I had diaries as a young girl and wrote poetry almost as soon as I
knew what to do with a pencil and paper. I can’t imagine, or remember, not
writing.</span></b></i></div>
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<b style="color: #b45f06;">I noticed that the first books you have had published
through The Wild Rose Press are historicals. </b><b style="color: #b45f06;"> Has this been a genre you've always wanted
to write? And if so, why?</b></div>
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<i><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">In Illinois, we lived near Blackhawk State Park, and I think
my love for history started when my folks would take us there. Then as I grew
older and began reading romance novels I went for the knights in shining armor.
But I find many types of history interesting, so I guess it naturally followed
I would begin my writing journey with historicals.</span></b></i></div>
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<b><span style="color: #b45f06;">What type of research do you do when you write historical?</span></b></div>
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<i><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">I do a lot of it, and I love it. It leads me down many
interesting paths, often times offering a twist to my stories I didn’t see
coming. I use the internet of course, a wonderful convenience compared to
driving to the library, as we did in the old days! And I have a fairly large
collection of research books on English history and the American West. My
husband and I also did Mountain Man re-enacting for many years so I have
hands-on experience for that era. I was
getting pretty good at the frying pan toss and the tomahawk throw.</span></b></i></div>
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<b style="color: #b45f06;">Where do you come up with your plot lines and your
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<i><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Just about anything can trigger a storyline for me. The Dragon and the Rose came from a
picture on a calendar, Iron Heart
because I always wondered who wrote Beowulf, Lady Gallant because I was interested in Florence Nightingale and
the Crimean war. And Special Delivery
came about when I was asked to write a short story involving a letter. Ideas
are lurking everywhere.</span></b></i></div>
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<b style="color: #b45f06;">Do you have a favorite character from one of your books?</b></div>
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<i><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Well now, that’s like asking a mother who’s your favorite
child, but I suppose it would be Josephine Posey from Lady Gallant. I hope I would be as brave and resourceful under the
same circumstances. And as for heroes, I love them all for different reasons.</span></b></i></div>
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<b style="color: #b45f06;">And have you ever based a character on a real life person?</b></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #cc0000;">My stories offer cameo appearances by William II, Florence
Nightingale, Alfred the Great, and Samuel Colt, to name a few, but all main
characters are fictional. Of course,
there is a bit of my husband in each hero.</span></i></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #b45f06;">You are now in the process of finalizing the last few
details of a new book, that book is </span></b><b><span style="color: #b45f06;">out of the norm for your historicals and westerns. Care to tell us what prompted you </span></b><b><span style="color: #b45f06;">to write a fantasy?</span></b></div>
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<i><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">No one was more surprised than I. My two medieval romances
have a touch of fantasy, however, and the Tarot is featured in A Cowboy’s Fate, so these elements are
not unfamiliar to me. It really wasn’t as huge leap as it may seem. I believe
faeries and dragons and magic must have commonly existed at some time, or I
don’t think we would have all the wonderful tales, myths, and legends to which
we cling to today. </span></b></i></div>
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<b style="color: #b45f06;">Now, please tell us how you came up with the concept for
your Fae Warriors series featuring " Solace" the first of a triplet
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<i><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">It all started when I purchased a statue by Nene Thomas. It
features a faerie dressed in armor, carrying a spear, riding a horse, a sleek
snow leopard at their feet. She looked the epitome of beauty and strength.
Because she was on a horse I pictured her as six feet tall and nobody's flower
faerie. Other than the color of their hair, their weapon of choice, and the
type of man their looking for, the sisters are identical. I think Solace, the
middle sister, is the most in-tune with modern day Earth, so I started with
her.</span></b></i></div>
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<b style="color: #b45f06;">Can your fans expect you to go back to your roots of writing
historicals?</b></div>
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<i><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Yes, I have one western near completion, and outlines for
more.</span></b></i></div>
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<b><span style="color: #b45f06;">What type of advice would you give a wannabe published
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<i><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">The best advice I received was “as soon as you finish one
book start the next.” I’m a learn by doing type of person, each manuscript has
taught me something about the craft of writing. Read what you’d like to write,
take classes whether in person, on-line, or self-taught. And most of all,
believe in yourself—never let age or other people’s opinions determine your
dreams.</span></b></i></div>
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<i><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Yes, THANK YOU. Fans are a beautiful gift, much sought after
and greatly appreciated. Knowing you are out there inspires me to keep
writing. </span></b></i></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">Visit me at </span><a href="http://ginirifkin.blogspot.com/">http://ginirifkin.blogspot.com</a><span style="color: #cc0000;"> </span><a href="http://www.ginirifkin.com/">www.ginirifkin.com</a></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">VIKING,
GO HOME<span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">“If ye do
not quit thrashing around, woman, I will not be responsible for taking you.”<span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">“Taking
me where?”<span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">“Thor’s
hammer, I meant as a man takes a woman.”<span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Raven
didn’t have to see the blush on her face—she could feel it. The man must think
her bonkers to not know what he meant. She could only blame it on an
overprotected childhood and a desire to start and keep her career moving.<span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Mortified
beyond belief, she tried again to escape. Her hand brushed something hard
against her thigh. Her gaze caught and then fell into dark silver spheres
staring back at her.<span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Before
she could open her mouth, his lips locked on hers, the covers disappeared, and
a firm but gentle hand found and then slid under her gown. Her breath caught,
held, and then released into his warm mouth as his fingers climbed higher. His
tongue swirled deeper and taunted her until she reciprocated.<span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Wulf’s
foray to find and tease all her trigger points made Raven burn with need. Her
hips rose off the mattress when his hand found her breast.<span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">His mouth
released hers. “Easy, Raven. There is so much more I want to do to you. I do
not want to hurry and your need is reaching out to me too fast and too hot.”<span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">“Too bad,
Viking. You started this, so don’t complain to me if you can’t keep up.” <span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">SEMPER FI
MAGICK<span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">“Derek, I
assume there’s a reason you ruined my song, and treated me like you were from
the caveman era.”<span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">“Why? You
have to ask why?” Derek glared down at her. What was his problem?<span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">“Are you
dense as well as rude?” Cat slung back at him.<span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">“Lady,
you were this close to being booed off the stage for sounding like a scalded
cat. Then you start acting like a stripper with an itch to scratch. This is a
family restaurant. You can’t act that way in public.” The last of his tirade
came out on a sigh. Cat looked, really looked, at his face. The lines around
his eyes were deeper; he looked like he didn’t sleep enough.<span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Instead
of the tongue-lashing she wanted to give him, she found herself reaching up and
touching his face. “You need more sleep.”<span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">As she
watched, his green eyes turned darker. His previously stiff lips thinned into
somewhat of a smile.<span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">“Princess,
you pull out all the stops.” He slid his arm around her and sat her on the back
of the car. She liked it. This way she could look in his face without craning
her neck.<span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">“In what
way?” She asked her question, curious as to what he meant by stops.<span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">“You blow
hot and then cold and then you look like a spitting cat and turn into a kitten
who needs to be petted.” Derek just stared at her while she tried to figure out
his words. For some reason she didn’t think he meant them derogatively. It
seemed he was as confused by her as she was by him. Maybe her first estimate
that he was just a snobby mortal was off base.<span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">“I
wouldn’t mind being petted by you.”<span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS';"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #990000;">Kristi and I both have worked for Romantic Times Book Reviews and now as published authors, we also have a connection. Kristi is awesome and such a wonderful and unique person. So pull up a chair, and let's see what she has to say, shall we?</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #b45f06; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="background: rgb(246, 247, 248);"><i><span style="color: #990000;">Have you always wanted to be a writer? If so,
why? </span></i></span></b></h3>
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<b><i><span style="color: blue;"><span style="background: rgb(246, 247, 248);">I’ve always wanted to be a writer. When I was younger, growing up, I’d
re-write the stories endings to the books I’d read that I thought hadn’t
produced the right amount of “drama.” </span><span style="background: rgb(246, 247, 248); font-family: Wingdings;">J</span><span style="background: rgb(246, 247, 248);"> I was all about being caught up in the fantasy of the
story and would tweak things to my satisfaction.</span></span></i></b></h3>
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<b><span style="background: #F6F7F8; color: #373e4d; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><i><o:p></o:p></i></span></b><span style="background: #F6F7F8; color: #373e4d; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><b><i> </i></b></o:p></span></h3>
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<span style="background: #F6F7F8; color: #373e4d; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><b><br /></b></o:p></span><span style="background: rgb(246, 247, 248);"><i><span style="color: #990000;">How do
you come up with the characters you do? </span></i></span></h3>
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<span style="background: rgb(246, 247, 248);"><span style="color: blue;"><i>To be honest they come to me fully
formed and yammering at me. I’ve yet to set out and craft a character
purposely. I prefer it when they come to me, their background all ready sorted
and my knowing exactly who they are and why. Makes it easier to tell their
story and for me makes the character seem a little more realistic.</i></span></span><span style="background: rgb(246, 247, 248);"><o:p><b><span style="color: blue;"> </span></b></o:p></span><span style="background: #F6F7F8; color: #373e4d; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></h3>
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<span style="background: rgb(246, 247, 248);"><b><i><span style="color: #990000;">Do you
plot out your books or fly by the seat of your pants? </span></i></b></span></h3>
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<span style="background: rgb(246, 247, 248);"><b><span style="color: blue;"><i>Up until my recent full on
suspense, I was a pantser for sure. I knew how the story started, how it ended
and what the big dramatic challenge would be. I’ve only recently started
storyboarding and that’s been an immense help in keeping all the story elements
sorted out and clear for me. I’ve also used this method for my latest project
that is a three book series set pre WWI.</i></span></b></span><span style="background: rgb(246, 247, 248);"><o:p><b><span style="color: blue;"> </span></b></o:p></span></h3>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="background: rgb(246, 247, 248);"><o:p><b><br /></b></o:p></span><span style="background: rgb(246, 247, 248);"><b><i>Has
any one person influenced your writing career? </i></b></span></span></h3>
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<span style="background: rgb(246, 247, 248);"><b><i><span style="color: blue;">Heather Graham and Patricia
Grasso and Brenda Joyce have all three influenced me in one-way or another.
They have all been super supportive and Brenda even gave me a cover quote for
my historical romance Gabrielle.</span></i><br /> </b></span><span style="background: #F6F7F8; color: #373e4d; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><b> </b></o:p></span></h3>
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<span style="background: rgb(246, 247, 248);"><b><i><span style="color: #990000;">Do you have a favorite genre to write
and to read? </span></i></b></span></h3>
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<span style="background: rgb(246, 247, 248);"><b><i><span style="color: blue;">I’ll read just about anything. Love the classics like Les
Miserable. I read it every year, such an amazing collection of dynamic
characters. I’m also very partial to romance and the happy ending. As for my
writing life, I try to write every day, even if it’s just a few hundred words.
I get my chores done, so I don’t feel guilty…lol…and then I sit down with my
coffee or tea and dive in for a few hours. I love writing historic
fiction/romance the most. Although I find writing suspense to be a challenge from
the other stories I’ve written in the past.</span></i></b></span><span style="background: #F6F7F8; color: #373e4d; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><b> </b></o:p></span></h3>
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<span style="background: #F6F7F8; color: #373e4d; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><b><br /></b></o:p></span><span style="background: rgb(246, 247, 248);"><b><i><span style="color: #990000;">At one
time you were a Romantic Times Book reviewer, what did you find to be the
hardest part of that job?</span></i></b></span></h3>
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<span style="background: rgb(246, 247, 248);"><b><i><span style="color: blue;"> Honestly, being given a book I wouldn’t have
naturally gravitated to. At the same time it did open my mind to different
stories and genres. I also HATED not liking a book. I know what goes into the
writing and heart and effort it takes to start and finish a book. This is why I
always made sure I found something positive to say even as I gave a low rating.</span></i></b></span></h3>
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</b></span><span style="background: #F6F7F8; color: #373e4d; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><b> </b></o:p></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #f6f7f8; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><b><i><span style="color: #990000;">If you
could live in any time and any place, when and where would it be?</span></i></b></span></h3>
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<span style="background: rgb(246, 247, 248);"><b><i><span style="color: #373e4d;"> </span><span style="color: blue;">I love the
Edwardian era, or Downton Abbey time frame, in England. I’ve always wanted to
write a series during this time period but have constantly been told no one
would read it. Well I’m working on something now so we shall see. There is something about this time period
that just calls to me.</span></i><br /> </b></span><span style="background: #F6F7F8; color: #373e4d; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><b> </b></o:p></span></h3>
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<span style="background: #F6F7F8; color: #373e4d; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><b><br /></b></o:p></span><span style="background: rgb(246, 247, 248);"><b><i><span style="color: #990000;">What
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<span style="background: rgb(246, 247, 248);"><b><i><span style="color: blue;">I’m currently finishing Her Highlander’s
Kiss, which is book 3 in my Clan Ross series. After that I’m working on a three
book series set prior to the outbreak of WWI. Three strong women, facing life’s
impossible choices during a wartime situation. I’ve had an incredibly great
time researching the series and I’m really excited to start writing it.</span></i></b></span></h3>
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<span style="background: rgb(246, 247, 248);"><b><br /> </b></span><span style="background: #F6F7F8; color: #373e4d; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><b> </b></o:p></span><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="background: rgb(246, 247, 248);"><b><i>D</i></b></span><b><i>o you have any sage advice for aspiring authors? </i></b></span></h3>
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<b><i><span style="color: blue;">DON’T GIVE UP! If telling a story is your passion, something you want to do, don’t let anyone get in your way, make it happen. Only person standing in your way is you.</span></i></b></h3>
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<span style="background: rgb(246, 247, 248);"><span style="color: blue;"><b><i>THANK YOU SO MUCH! If it wasn’t for my readers, I wouldn’t be doing this. I love hearing how much they love my characters and my stories. I’m so glad I’ve been able to touch lives and give a little downtime to a stranger through my own fantasies.</i></b><b>D</b></span></span><span style="background: #F6F7F8; color: #373e4d; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b><br /> </b></span><o:p><b> </b></o:p></h3>
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<i><span style="color: #b45f06;">For those who
have been asking for print books for two of my time-travels, you will have your
chance on April 29th. "Viking, Go Home" which was released back
in 2010 and "Semper Fi Magick" in 2011 will be out in print
form. My awesome publishing house "The Wild Rose Press" has
combined both these previously only ebooks into one book under the title of
"Soul Of A Warrior."</span></i></h3>
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she's a faery princess of the Seelie Court. Now she's not only getting under
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This book and "Tiernan's Punishment" for those who know who Tiernan
is from the second book will be with me in Dallas at the RT Booklovers
Convention. I will also have copies of "Immortal Justice."</i></span></b></span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Please tell us a bit about yourself.</i></span></h4>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><b><span style="color: #38761d;">My dad, as it
happens was a regional rep for a large magazine publisher, so I grew up
perusing such classics as Vampirella and Monsters, Inc. magazine. I love Alfred
Hitchcock stories as well as Poe, so it’s a wonder that I don’t write more
paranormal I suppose.</span><g><span style="color: #38761d;"> My reading tastes, like my music has always been
eclectic. But the one aspect of my writing that I attribute to my formative
years is the delight I take in investigating the darker side of my storytelling,
with lots of twists and turns added in;)</span></g></b></i></span></h4>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><b>How did you fall into writing and becoming a
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><i><b>I think I’ve
evolved into a storyteller. I am an artist and my dream was to be an cartoonist
for Disney, but life happens (as it often does) and I like to think that I now
paint pictures with words.<br /> </b></i></span><span style="color: #38761d;"><i><b><br /></b></i></span><span style="color: #38761d;"><i><b>I was the last person
in our house to think we needed a computer. (Ha!) I started out writing a
weekly newspaper column on the importance of the Fine Arts in schools…from
there, I found Lori Soard, then president of the online chapter of RWA (Romance
Writers of America)and she was a wonderful tutor. I took some writing classes,
and eventually did some reviewing of many genres before the writing bug bit me.
That was about 14 years ago and the journey has been amazing.</b></i></span></span></h4>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><i><b>Not at all. I loved to
read. I loved to express my storytelling by way of my sketches and painting. I think having kids also gave me greater
incentive to write. We surrounded our kids with books—fiction and
non-fiction—when they were growing up and too the newspaper column opened my
eyes more to what was out there. Once I
began to let my imagination run free, I began to pen stories as though painting
a picture. I’m still a very visual writer.</b></i></span></span></h4>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><b>Out of all the books you’ve written, do you
have a favorite and why?<br /> </b></i><i><b><br /></b></i><i><b><span style="color: #38761d;">I don’t have a
favorite. Each one is like a literary tattoo on my soul of where I was in my
life at that time.</span></b></i></span></h4>
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for one of your books which book would it be? </b></i></span></h4>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><b><span style="color: #38761d;">None of them. LOL Is
that weird?<br /> </span></b></i><br /><i><b>Where do you get your plots and your
characters from? </b></i></span></h4>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><b><span style="color: #38761d;">Everything…one
line in a song, observing people in real life, a news clip…its often said
authors are like sponges absorbing the emotions around them…so true.</span></b></i><i><b><br /></b></i><i><b><br /></b></i><i><b>I know you’re one busy lady, so tell me what
you do when you have some downtime.</b></i></span></h4>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">I </span><span style="color: #38761d;">love spending
time with family and friends. Getting back to nature, walking, traveling the
backroads of this country, being near the Great Lakes-(yes, any of them, I’m
obsessed)<br /> </span></b></i><br /><i><b>Do have any particular authors who are your
favorites? </b></i></span></h4>
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reading, I have many. As far as who they are as people, there, too, I have
many. </b></i><i><b>I do make it a rule
not to read in the genre that I’m currently writing and actually researching is
one of my favorite reads!</b></i></span></span></h4>
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III in the Kinnison Legacy series. I also have another series in the wings and
a possible few more books to spin-off from the Kinnison books. I will be
releasing my time-travel duet—Tales of the Sweet Magnolia-Wild & Unruly,
Book I and Fallen Angel, Book II—on March 20(first day of spring!) as a boxed
set! There may yet be more tales from the Sweet Magnolia as well!</span></b></i></span></h4>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><i><b>There is
tons of advice out there. Learn your craft. Nurture your imagination. Be kind.
Be tenacious. Understand there will be hills and valleys, it’s about doing what
you love.</b></i></span><span style="color: #38761d;"><i><b><br /></b></i></span><i><b><span style="color: #38761d;">And is there anything you would like to say
to your fans? My heart is
full of gratitude when I hear that someone has enjoyed one of my stories. My
readers are my greatest inspiration!</span></b></i></span></h4>
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legacy.</b></i><i><b>Meet the Kinnsions
and the women who will tame them!</b></i></span></h4>
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><b>Amanda has been
referred to as a "true artist in the writing realm' and her zest for life
inspires her "character-driven" stories. Her passion is to take
ordinary people and place them in extraordinary situations, delving into the
realm of potential and possibility as she watches them become the heroes and
heroines of their own stories. She counts herself fortunate to be able to do
what she loves, aspires to stay fresh and unique to her voice and listen to her
readers.<br /> </b></i></span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i><b><br /></b></i></span><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><b><br /></b></i></span></h4>
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<![endif]--><span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>I live in Texas, in the Hill Country which of course
is why cowboys are so prominent among my heroes!). I live in a typical small
Texas town and you’ll find snippets of it in a lot of my books. I’m a voracious
reader and own more than 2,000 titles. I’m also an avid football fan. Oh, maybe
rabid would be a better word, especially where my Michigan Wolverines are
concerned. Maybe because my first writing job was as the first female sports
reports at The Michigan Daily. I love to watch movies, either action/adventure
or a good love story, and I love hanging out with my kids, all of whom are
adults making their own lives. </b></i></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"></span>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><b> Have
you always wanted to write?</b></i></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b></b></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b> </b></i></span></span><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span><span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>Yes, but I didn’t really get the chance until I
finally retired. I did some newspaper work, writing s a stringer for several
local weeklies, and for the magazine at both universities where I worked. I
also did a lot of public relations copy, but not much fiction. But I kept
notebooks with ideas scribbled in them, and as soon as I was retired I went to
work on them and haven’t stopped!</b></i></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b></b></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b> </b></i></span></span><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>Was
it hard to write erotica?</b></i></span></span><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b> </b></i></span></span><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span><span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>Not as much as I expected. When the opportunity
presented itself my husband suggested I buy a few books, read them and see if I
felt comfortable. And I did, more than I expected. I think it’s because all my
stories are character-driven, and sex is a natural progression of the
development of a relationship. I don’t believe in gratuitous sex just for the
sake of sex. It has to be meaningful and part of the story. So if I concentrate
on my characters it’s a lot easier than you might think. </b></i></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b></b></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b> </b></i></span></span><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>And
do you have a favorite genre you like to read?</b></i></span></span><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b> </b></i></span></span><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span><span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>Two,actually-contemporary romance and
action/adventure. </b></i></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"></span><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"></span><i><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">What
can you tell us about how you felt when your first book was contracted?</span></b></span></i>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i><b><span style="color: #a64d79;">I was so excited I could hardly stand it. The word
came through an email from the publisher. I oriented it out and sat staring at
it for so long my daughter, who was at my house at the time, said, “Mom, it
won’t disappear. I promise.”</span></b></i></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"></span><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>Is
there anything you would like to say to your readers?</b></i></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b></b></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>I love all my readers. They are the people I write
for. I love hearing from them, talking to them, meeting them and getting
feedback. Even not for them, writing would be a very solitary, unrewarding
occupation. I want them to know I am always accessible and always listen to
them. I have actually written books based solely on requests from my readers so
keep those emails coming.</b></i></span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>
</b></i></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b> </b></i></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b></b></i></span></span><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>And
what advice would you care to give to aspiring authors?</b></i></span></span><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span>
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>Learn
your craft. Join a critique group and soak up the feedback. Search on line for
any sites that give hints on the do’s and don'ts of writing. Love what you do
and do what you love. But above all, stick to it, even if you only write a page
a day. This is a very competitive business and it’s very easy to get
discourage. But if you stay with it, set goals and keep to a schedule, success
can be yours.</b></i></span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>
</b></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b> </b></i></span></span><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>What
is the one book you feel the closest to?</b></i></span></span><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b></b></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>I’d say Do You
Trust Me. It’s set in San Antonio and uses a lot of background from the
city. It also has some great scenes in Maine, where I grew up, so I was able to
combine two of my favorite places. Plus I was able to combine my favorite
genres—action/adventure, romance, erotic romance. And I am still in love with
my hero, Connor McCall. I keep hoping he’ll show up at my front door. </b></i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b> </b></i></span></span><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>And just in case you didn't know this about Desiree...</b></i></span></span><span style="background-color: #a64d79;"><span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b></b></i></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>Referred
to by USA Today as the Nora Roberts of erotic romance, Desiree Holt is the
world’s oldest living published erotic romance author. A graduate of the
University of Michigan her earlier careers include agent and manager in the
music industry, public television, associate vice president of university
advancement, public relations, and economic development. </b></i></span></span></b></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>She
is three times a finalist for an EPIC E-Book Award (and a winner in 2014), a
nominee for a Romantic Times Reviewers Choice Award, winner of the first 5
Heart Sweetheart of the Year Award at The Romance Studio as well as twice a
CAPA Award winner for best BDSM book of the year, winner of the Ellora’s Cave
Golden Ankh and winner of the Holt Medallion for Excellence in Romance
Literature. </b></i></span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>
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<span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>She
has been featured on CBS Sunday Morning
and in The Village Voice, The Daily Beast, USA Today, The (London)
Daily Mail, The New Delhi Times, The Huffington Post and numerous other
national and international publications. Currently she has signed on as a
blogger for The Huffington Post. She
is also the Authors After Dark 2014 Author of the Year.</b></i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b> And here are just a few reviews about her work...</b></i></span></span></div>
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</b></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b></b></i></span></span><span style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>“Desiree Holt is the most
amazing erotica author of our time and each story is more fulfilling then the
last.” (Romance Junkies)</b></i></span></span><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span>
</span></div>
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believable story and characters you care about. “</span></b></i></span></span></span></span><br />
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Rodzilla, Emerson Univ., Boston The
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hot romances.” Lea Franczak, USA Today
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have read many stories by this author and she never disappoints. She knows how
to bring out the best in her characters that help you connect with them.”</span></b></i></span></span></span></div>
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<a href="http://nancyjcohen.com/"><span style="color: #e06666;">Nancy J. Cohen</span></a></h3>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: blue;">Do you love theme
parks, or do you consider them scary places? Some people view these tourist
traps with distaste, similar to circuses with their creepy clowns, dangerous
acrobatic acts, and animal abuse. Others love the fantasy presented in their
rides, familiar characters, and whimsical scenery. I’m one of the latter,
although I am a fan mainly of the Orlando parks and not others. I view the
neighborhood carnival through the same wary lens as I do the circus.</span></b></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: blue;">The bigger theme
parks, however, hold an attraction for me. They can be fascinating places,
magically transporting you to a realm of happiness, peace and joy. I’ve gone to
Walt Disney World to celebrate my engagement, the release of my first published
book, and recently our thirty-eighth anniversary. We’ve brought our kids there
every year almost since they born. </span></b></span></i></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Because these
places elicit strong emotional responses, I’ve gravitated to using theme parks
as a major element in my romantic fantasy Drift Lords series. But here I have
turned them to a dark purpose, sort of like Ridley Pearson’s “Disney After
Dark” books.
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<span style="color: blue;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><b>In my stories,
the evil Trolleks—invaders from another dimension via a rift in the Bermuda
Triangle—have turned theme parks and other tourist attractions to a nefarious
purpose. Each of my three installments that are currently available uses this
innate fear to create a sinister atmosphere in a place we look to for fun and
frivolity.</b></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Warrior Prince contains Drift World, an
adult role-playing theme park in Orlando where you can live out your dream job.
Nira, our heroine, visits the attraction while on an information-gathering
mission. She hears an odd buzzing in her head in the presence of her guide, a
lovely blonde woman named Algie, whose secrets Nira means to unravel.</b></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Her ears tuned in to the buzzing noise in
her brain. Beyond the omnipresent sound rose the splash of water, the droning
of an airplane overhead, the flap of a flag in the breeze. Absent were the
happy chatter and laughter of families like at other theme parks. Why this
struck her as odd, she didn’t know. But something wasn’t right about this
place.</b></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>In Warrior Rogue, the action takes place in
Hong Kong at an attraction called Dragon Balm Gardens. What’s our hero’s quest?
Why, to find the dragon, of course. This place is even less appealing than the
one above. Drift Lord Paz Hadar and his lady friend, Jen, visit the park.
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<span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>“What’s inside that place?” He stopped
beside a mural featuring an azure sky and fluffy white clouds. Against this
placid background, two dragons spewed cords at each other. The cords made a
symbol in the center that looked a bit like the mansion on the hilltop.</b></i></span></span></div>
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Jen perused the pamphlet. “The pagoda contains Buddhist relics and the ashes of
monks.”</b></i></span></span></div>
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Further along, they came to a scary statue of a husky man with big eyeballs, a
wide sneer, and a muscular body. He carried a curved blade and looked as though
he could come to life in an instant. The next path wasn’t much better. Paz
glanced in horrified fascination at ancient punishments depicted by<span lang="EN">
grind stones to press a person to death, body stretchers to pull limbs apart,
and tools to cut out tongues from gossipers and to sever hands from thieves.</span></b></i></span></span>
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"></span><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"></span><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span style="color: blue;"><span lang="EN">Ugh. Can it get any worse? In Warrior Lord, we’re back to a happy land called Jolheim Gardens in
Copenhagen. Our heroes, Magnor and Erika, are searching for a clue to the
fabled Book of Odin. They enter the Grote Mine ride, which seems innocuous. Or
is it?</span>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span style="color: blue;">Short fellows with big eyes and funnel-like
ears waved at them on their journey along the track. The small folk, busy
digging for glowing rocks, wore friendly smiles under their miner’s helmets.</span></b></i></span></div>
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They got so close to one that she could see its eyelashes. Admiring the detail,
she noted the sad look in his eyes, the smile that appeared more like a
grimace, and the tear that streamed down one cheek. A tear? Water must be
leaking from somewhere above.</span></b></i></span></div>
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these people more real than visitors were led to believe?</span></b></i></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: blue;">It’s so much fun
to create these places where guests go for fun and find frightful happenings
instead. I’ve even included a derelict theme park in my latest work in
progress, #13 in my Bad Hair Day mystery series. It seems I gravitate naturally
to these tourist attractions.
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: blue;"><span lang="EN">So what about you? Do you adore theme parks or hate them with a passion?
Which one is your favorite?</span></span></b></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: blue;"><span lang="EN">All commenters will be entered into a drawing for a free ebook copy of Warrior Prince.</span></span></b></span></i></div>
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hit comedy, The Middle. As a music
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ranging from The Muppet Christmas Carol, The Father Of The Bride, to Northern
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story called “Does The Shoe Still Fit You Now?”, a sequel to Cinderella, in
Marion Zimmer Bradley’s Sword & Sorceress Anthology. Walking Through Fire is my first novel,
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selling Walking Through Fire was my very first “call”. I don’t think there’s a single author out
there who doesn’t find her/his call special, but mine might be one for the
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upon me. I always excelled in my
English classes, and wrote for a few school papers, but it wasn’t until a
friend showed me the open submission for Sword & Sorceress, I decided to
try and get paid for my writing. There
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I wasn’t quite asleep but wasn’t awake and a very vivid scene in full color
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was very detailed. So I wrote it down
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Simon steals my heart. It was so much
fun writing a ghost, but making it an original/different take on ghosts. Plus he ran the gamut of emotions of
bitterness to kindhearted; it was great being inside his head. And of course there was the fabulous
conundrum of Simon’s: If he fulfilled
his family’s legacy he would lose the one thing he had wanted most in life—a
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one. I’m addicted to all the ghosting
hunting shows on TV (which I made my heroine and her best friend fans of). I even went ghost hunting a time or two, but
sadly had no luck. My favorite time was
in San Diego’s Old Town, which is famous for the Whaley House, the most haunted
house in Untied States. It was major fun
writing the ghost-hunting scene in Walking Through Fire. At first I was having trouble writing it
until a critique partner suggested I write it from Simon’s POV, then everything
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published author. They instilled my
love a books and reading through example.
I can’t remember a time when they didn’t have a book in hand. I have three older sisters and they always
read as well. I was reading well above
my pay grade by the time I entered school.
My mother was an avid romance reader and my father loved all those
military suspense books by Dale Brown, Tom Clancy and Clive Clusser. I have quite the eclectic reading list. Currently I read mostly paranormal romance,
urban fantasy and straight fantasy, I suppose leaning toward what I like to
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While I was waiting to see if anyone wanted to publish, Walking Through
Fire, I decided to challenge myself in my next endeavor and write in first
person, which lent itself to an urban fantasy.
It stars a snarky, kick-ass time cop heroine, and might even be series
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your editor tells you she loves a particular character in my novel and I should
tell that person’s story, who would be crazy enough to say no? So I put my thinking cap on, needing to
solve a few tricky problems and have come up with, Forged In Fire, a spin-off
starring a certain character from Walking Through Fire (I can’t tell you or
there will be major spoiler alerts!).
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If you want to be an author, first, write, and keep on writing. It’s easy to throw in the towel when all you
get are rejections. I’m super glad I
didn’t else I wouldn’t have a novel published today. You <i>can</i> do it. Perseverance is the key.</b></span></span></span></h2>
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author a chance. I have received some
lovely reviews I cherish, since people not only took the time to read my story,
but then decided to share their opinions and get the word out about Simon and
Laurel. It means a great deal to me. Thank you!</b></span></span></span></h2>
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keeping up my end of the blog. I am so
sorry! I have been slammed with school
stuff, and working out a plot for a new book, and getting over being sick.</b></i></span></span></span></div>
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fantastic author Lil Gibson who does an awesome Feline Predators of Ganz series
did not happen. Both my daughter and I
came down, she a day before and myself the evening before we were to leave, with
something akin to the flu. Not fun at
all. We had to make an emergency run to the grocery store for food, since the
cupboards were bare due to our planned trip.
There we stocked up on munchies, food for Thanksgiving dinner, and meds.</b></i></span></span></span></div>
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together with Eliza March, who ya’ll know is an extraordinary author, as well
as queen of the freelance articles, Jen Akers and her darling husband and
sister. Oh well, we are going to try the trip again in the Spring. </b></i></span></span></span></div>
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is going to be on my blog, yes right here, on the 18<sup>th</sup> of this
month. Her fabulous ghost romance “Walking Through Fire” is totally awesome!</b></i></span></span></span></div>
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birthday. Not saying how old, but old
enough to take it easy…lol. However, I
had to take a Criminology Final today and Praise the Lord, I made 97! I am thrilled since I was exempted from my
History final due to an A in that class.
I had to stand in line to get car tags and then developed a headache,
but headache be gone in the name of Jesus. I want to celebrate my life. God has
been so good to me, and I want to get caught up so I can get back to writing
and not just plotting.</b></i></span></span></span></div>
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latest book, book two in her Dragon Knight’s Series, called, “Dragon Knight’s
Medallion.” </b></i></span></span></span></div>
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recaps. And if I don’t, then send me a
note and tell me to get the lead out!</b></i></span></span></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7507743433732285766.post-13269440657480181092014-11-16T19:08:00.000-08:002014-11-16T19:08:01.999-08:00SATURDAY & SUNDAY RECAP!<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>Greetings everyone! This weekend was a bit frantic. We had a lovely but intimate birthday party for my mother-in-law. Then I spent time on homework, reading, and then hit the mattress for some sleep. Today, it has been homework again. I will be so glad for this semester to be over.</b></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>The diet has not been too bad. I did lose about 3 pounds. And I have not starved! So, I will be trying to maintain the watching what I eat this week also. </b></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>Thanksgiving is almost on top of us. Why not stop off here and tell me what you are thankful for this year.</b></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>Until next time, read a good book, enjoy life, and don't forget to tell those you love, you love them!</b></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>Faith</b></i></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7507743433732285766.post-29203382227394641822014-11-13T03:00:00.000-08:002014-11-13T08:11:57.422-08:00BE PREPARED TO BE MESMERIZED AS WE WELCOME GUEST AUTHOR SHARON BUCHBINDER<h2>
<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><b>I met Sharon years ago, and not only is she a good friend, but a most talented author. So, let's all get comfy and see what inroads we can make into the mind of this one awesome lady!</b></i></span></span></h2>
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My husband and I live in beautiful Baltimore, Hon, and live in purple clothes
during the Ravens season (no, there are no other teams!) Dem O's are beginning
to grow clothing in my closet, as well. We have a handsome son, beautiful
daughter-in-law, a darling grandson and a menagerie of cats and dogs.</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Faith: I know that you write text
books, but when did you decide you wanted to do creative writing?</span></b></span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>
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<i>I have always been a story-teller. As a child, I got into a lot of
trouble for "making things up." Now, I get rewarded for making things
up. I love being able create heroes and heroines readers can relate to—even
crazy cat ladies. I've been writing fiction since I was in middle school and have
the rejection slips to prove it. In high school, I even submitted a script to
"The Man from U.N.C.L.E." on yellow-lined paper in pencil. Not
surprisingly, that was rejected, too. I wanted to be a novelist, but my stomach
always wanted to be fed, so I went into healthcare, a career choice I do not
regret. I met my husband at a hospital (he was medical student and I was an
intravenous therapist) and I've had a great career in healthcare and higher
education. When I turned 52, I had my mid-life crisis. Some people buy sports
cars. I "ran away" for a month to our second home in Florida and
wrote the first draft of Some Other Child, which is now (almost ten years
later!) in the Crimson Line of The Wild Rose Press</i>. </span></b></span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>
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Did you know that you wanted to write
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Sharon:</span> <i>Not right away. After I
published some short stories in horror and mystery, a friend recommended I join
the Maryland Romance Writers (MRW). I joined in 2005 and found friendship,
support and the opportunity to develop as an author with MRW and the Romance
Writers of America (RWA). I published my first short story in romance in 2007
with the Wild Rose Press, and I've been pecking away at the keyboard ever
since, like one of Skinner's rats, going after the pellet of publication,
blending my love of mystery, suspense, and the supernatural under the broad
umbrella of romance.</i></span></b></span> </div>
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everyday life, how did you manage to find time to write?</b></span></div>
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<i>I confess, I write my fiction in sprints. I love research, and can fall
down that rabbit hole pretty easily. However, I like to think that the end
result justifies my deep dives into research. After I spend a lot of time in a
subject area, I try to weave the material into the story without lecturing the
reader. My best time to write, honestly, is on a long plane ride or in a hotel
room when I have no distractions. The second best time is when we spend weekend
or vacations in our home in Florida and I have mornings to write, and the
afternoons to play. The rest of my life, I do sprints on weekends. And since my
novels tend to run long (80-85K), that means it can take me a while to finish a
novel.</i></span></b></span><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Faith: Tell us out of your
romance books which is your favorite and why.</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b></b></span><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sharon:</span></span><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Obsession is my favorite published novel. <g> I
enjoyed the research and the writing of that book. The ripped from the
headlines human trafficking theme, combined with the cartel versus cult
scenario, gave my heroine and hero a great romantic suspense plot plus the
internal and external conflicts required for a good read. I also loved writing
about the angels in the story.</g></span></i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Faith: Do you have a favorite
character and if so why?</b></span><br />
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<i>The hero and heroine in Obsession. Alejandro Torres is tough, smart,
sexy, and kind--all while under cover playing a cartel thug. Angie Edwards has
overcome many obstacles in her life to become a strong person. Angie is
motivated to be the best person she can be for the sake of her son, Jake,
something every woman can relate to.</i></span></b></span><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Faith: What was your reason for
writing <i>Obsession</i> what type of
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<i>Social justice is very important to me and human trafficking, i.e., modern
day slavery, is truly women's issue. Bringing this out of the shadows and into
the light of day was one of the reasons I wanted to write this story. Women and
children are the most vulnerable. We often think of men as the perpetrators of
this transnational crime, however, women can be ringleaders and operators of
trafficking syndicates, too. The feedback on the book has been excellent.
Amazon and Goodreads reviews average over 4 stars, with 35 and 30 ratings,
respectively. It was a finalist for an EPIC award for romantic suspense in 2014
and won second place in the 2013 Paranormal Romance Guild's reviewer's choice
award. </i></span></b></span><br />
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do you like to do for pleasure?</span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Sharon:</span> <i>When attempting to make students, colleagues, and
babies laugh, I can be found herding cats, waiting on a large gray dog,
fishing, reading, going the movies (3D preferred!) or wining and dining with
good friends</i></span><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">.</span></i></b></span></div>
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you tell your fans anything about yourself that they don't already know?</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sharon:</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #cc0000;"> </span><i>Fun fact: My husband and I used to
breed and show cats. In 1982, we had the best Egyptian Mau (a spotted cat) in the
United States. Her name was Tiye and she was a bronze Egyptian Mau. She loved
to be shown and charmed judges all over the country. Here's a link to a photo
of her <a href="http://www.egyptianmau.org/stars/grands/grands80_81.html">http://www.egyptianmau.org/stars/grands/grands80_81.html</a></i></span></b></span></div>
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<i>In addition to Winston Churchill's line, "Never, never, never give
up," I would add "Don't try to be another author. Have your own
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Sharon:</span> <i>When my novella, Kiss of the Silver Wolf, came
out, I wept for joy. I first wrote the story in 2005, then re-wrote and
re-wrote it. It was finally published by The Wild Rose Press in 2010. The cover was breathtakingly beautiful and
fit the story perfectly. It felt so wonderful and validating to have a good
home for my book baby. </i></span><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br />
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Faith: Can you give us an insight
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of the Virgin Queen, a retelling of the story of the relationship between the
King Solomon and Makeda, the Queen of Sheba, and the impact of that epic
romance on their current day descendant, jinni hunter Eliana Solomon and her love
interest, jinni exorcising psychiatrist, Artie Shahani. It is under review now (fingers crossed!) </span></b></span></div>
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working on</span> </span></i></b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">Kiss
of the Burmese Prince, the story about a jinni hunter retracing her
"crazy" grandmother's bedtime stories about her journey into the
Jinni Realm during World War II in the China-Burma-India theatre. The jinni
hunter follows her grandmother's journal and discovers the truth of her own
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