I have something special today. Over at Scorching Book Reviews I have an interview with Devonn and Mitch my couple from In the Heart of Darkness.
I think they’re a cute couple and Devonn can be an incurable flirt.
Stop on by and check them out. I’m giving away a free copy over there, so comment to win.
I’ll be announcing the winners FRIDAY, so you have plenty of time to comment and win.
Have a great week.
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For your amusement I have decided to reenact how my story, Memory Kick (working title and still out on submission) came to be.
Strangely enough, it all started right after one of my subs got that shiny acceptance email that makes every writer’s heart get a little giddy to see.
I had been pondering SFR for awhile. I have a bunch of crap on this computer and 60% is SF and SFR, the rest being everything else. My first subs to be accepted might have been paranormal and horror, but who can resist space bunnies?
Without further ado, Episode V.
Chrissy sat down at her computer trying hard not to fidget while she waited to tell her friends the fantastic news of a sale. This was always squee worthy in her small writerly world and best celebrated with friends who knew just how grand these things were.
She twitched with excitement and pulled up a blank landscape to have some writers’ play time before friendly faces joined hers at the writers hub. She eyed the land-loving bunnies a long moment before she turned her eyes to the sky.
Stars twinkled overhead but she couldn’t quite make them out. Squinting she could just make out the blurry outline of a bunny. It had an odd sort of shape, and she took off her glasses to see if it was just a smudge on the lenses.
Wiping the glasses clean, she put them back on and looked back at the sky.
The bunny leaped out, catching her by the arm and took off. Against the back drop of the sky she could barely see two feet in front of her.
The bunny jumped through space, dragging her with him. Stars kept hitting her in the head clouding all thoughts of the past. Fur tickled her nose and she sneeze and the both careened down the dark hall of a space station. She barely had time to look around before he was dragging over heavy steel grates, causing more than a few friction burns along the way.
By the time the trip was over Chrissy was exhausted and sprawled out on the grass of the terraformed world around her. The sun was just cresting over the horizon and for the first time she really got a good look at the bunny that attacked her.
Oh, he was a good looking little critter and she was glad he abducted her and told her his story.
The moral of the story.
Don’t stop and clean your glasses unless you’re prepared to dragged away by persistent bunnies.
… What do you mean that’s not a moral?
Eh, you take what you want from my story, I’ll take mine. 
Have a great week everyone.
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I swear if my head wasn’t attached I’d leave it in a shelf at home.
I’m blogging at Scorching Book Reviews April 16st for this months LGBT Event. There are all sorts of giveaways including mine, so do not for get to check back often.
There are some really fantastic authors this month and you don’t want to miss out on all the goodies they have in store for you.
I’ll be interviewing Devonn and Mitch, the main characters of In the Heart of Darkness and having a little fun while I’m there. So be sure to say hi.
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The 17th of April I’ll be at Amber Quill Press’s, Amber Heat and Allure Authors Blog chatting about Horror and Romance. Yes, I swear you can have both in a book. I’ll have some sneak peeks for everyone to check out.
If you haven’t checked out the blog yet, you’re missing out on some great snippet from new releases from Amber’s hot authors.
That’s my news and have a great week everyone.
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I’m going to be at GRL this year, not as an author but as a fan. And for those who haven’t seen the author’s list you need to check it out (GRL Author List). OMG, I’m fan-girling and its not even October yet. I can’t imagine how my nerves will hold up once I get off the plane. I need to make sure I bring an extra bag or something just to hold the books I buy. Next year, if I can pull off the money needed, I can hopefully go as an author. But that means selling more books, so I need to write faster or something.
Friday, I entered, In the Heart of Darkness in the Rainbow Awards as a debut novel. *gasp* Wish me luck.
I’m also working on Book 2 of the In Darkness series. I should have something to show off in a few months.
Also, sent a submission in recently. My m/m SFR, Memory Kick. I really like the characters in this. But then again, I fall in love with all my characters so I’m not a good judge. If a writer doesn’t fall in love with their characters there’s something wrong. We’ll see how things go and I’ll keep everyone updated.
Anyway, that’s all for me. I’m a busy-busy. And to quote a good friend, “Must write all the books faster, and take over the world”. The second part I think is optional. Politics just isn’t my thing.
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I’ve recently been bunnied. *sigh* KK is lucky I like her, and the bunny is a little one. I might just be playing with a bunny today.
Here’s how my afternoon went.
Episode IV
“I’m writing a zombie bunny for an antho call. Wanna see?” KK pulled a small bunny from behind her back and set it out on display between us. It winked, grinned and started making inappropriate zombie jokes while we sat drinking tea and coffee.
Chrissy laughed. “It looks like a fun bunny. When’s the Antho due?”
“Its not until May. You know, I see several over there behind you.”
Chrissy looked over her shoulder at a crop of bunnies springing up from the brush. Their eyes glinted with mischief and they were all so very small, harmless really.
Chrissy picked up one bunny and studied him a moment. “This is a Frankenstein’s Monster bunny. I’m not sure I can make this one smexy. Maybe that witch resurrection zombie bunny over there.”
Putting him down Chrissy started browsing the others that began sniffing much too close. (She really should have known better than to be bunny browsing with KK. There’s no such thing as window shopping with her around.)
“No-no, look at him,” KK said, picking up the Frankenstein’s monster bunny. “All those wonderful silvery scars, each bit a part to make a whole perfect man.”
Chrissy eyed the bunny KK had in her hands. The more she looked at it, the more interesting he seemed. She could almost picture him in his own story.
“Damn.”
KK grinned. “You’re very welcome. I retain my title as the Enable.”
Chrissy chuckled. “Was there ever really any doubt?”
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Drum roll please…
And the winner of the $20 Amazon Gift Card is Sasha! Congratulations hon! Random.org picked your name out of the hat.
And the winner of the plot bunny contest is….
Man this was hard, I had to put my favorites in a hat and have the generator pick for me. Some of these were too hard to choose from.
Lana A, you are the winner of IN THE HEART OF DARKNESS ebook! You should be getting an email from me shortly asking you which format you’d like.
Thanks for playing guys, I hope everyone had fun.
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In the Heart of Darkness is the first in a series featuring Devonn and Mitch in a world gone all to hell. If you can name a creature that lurks in the dark, its probably slithered through the tears and made its way to Earth.
This series is dark, and I mean dark. I have a high tolerance for the grim, but parts of this made me cringe just writing it. An m/m horror with a splash of romance. Allow me to introduce you to Mitch as he spies one hell of a Banshee, and maybe get a hint of his love interest, Devonn while we’re at it.
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Mitch fell hard into a magazine rack and a shower of paper fell over top of him. He scrambled out of the magazines and scanned the area for the stranger, but his eyes were quickly drawn up to the ceiling.
She had to be the biggest banshee he’d ever seen. Her black vaporous form filled half the ceiling and she lashed out with her sheer tentacles, inching closer to his friends. All five had spread out to surround her, but she tossed them aside like toys. Greg and Travis stood closest to the beast, slashing at her with their machetes. The tentacles grew back, reforming almost as quickly as they were chopped off. Mitch brought his shotgun up and hit her with two solid rounds to the chest.
She whipped her head around to face him, and his heart stuttered a beat. Her pale face was like ash, lips still stained with the blood of her meal. She twisted, moving faster than he expected. He backpedaled and magazines slipped under foot. Staggering, he fought to keep his balance as a tentacle reached for him.
A glitter of metal caught his eye. The blond stranger whipped out a long, thin chain. It caught the moonlight through the windows and flew through the air, slicing off the tendrils before they reached Mitch and his companions. The man used the chain like a ribboned blade, twisting and slashing at the beast. Mitch had never seen anything like it in his life. The chain rippled in the stranger’s hands, and each movement seemed effortless, like a dance. His blue eyes focused so intently on his prey he seemed to see nothing else. It was the most beautifully lethal thing Mitch had ever seen.
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