Posted in Uncategorized on December 30, 2006 | 2 Comments »
TJ said… I am so excited to read it… it’s the next on my list!Teri
TJ, if you can email me at shilohwalker@gmail.com, I’ll get you in touch with Jaci.
Thanks everybody!
PS..Blogger is being a pain and won’t let me load the cover pic of Surviving Demon Island. Guh.
Posted in Uncategorized on December 28, 2006 | 46 Comments »
She’s all curves and combat boots.
He’s six feet of lean, dangerous male.
Join them in a game of survival
That’s as real—and hot—as it gets.
What’s America’s top female action star doing on a tropical island shrouded in secrecy? To Gina Bliss, competing in a survival-type reality show is a nice change from fending off on-screen villains. Until she meets real-life action hero Derek Marks. A survival specialist in a tight black T and sexy stubble, he’s arousing every bad-boy fantasy she’s ever had…and testing her survival skills to the max.
Martial arts, jungle warfare—Derek’s done it all. But his latest mission is more dangerous than a stick of dynamite. Try telling that to the sexy, adrenaline-pumped actress who’s got his libido racing off the charts. As the heat rises between them and real-life violence erupts, suddenly Derek and Gina are on the run…and when they uncover a secret so explosive it could blow the lid of their so-called reality show, these two unlikely heroes are about to discover what surviving’s really about….
Did I tell you that I got to read SDI early? :O) It’s excellent.
If you’re wondering what SDI is about, I talked to Jaci about it and here is some of what she told me.
(shi)
Where did the idea for SDI come from?
(jaci)
I actually got the germ of the idea when I was watching an HBO special on the the making of Mr and Mrs Smith. Angelina Jolie did her own stunts in that movie, and thought…hmmm, what if an actress who was very physical, did her own stunts and loved action and adventure was put on an island for a reality show and came up against something paranormal, like demons? Then I matched her up with a demon hunter, and Surviving Demon Island was born.
(shi)
How many books are in the series?
(jaci)
Not sure yet. It depends on how well the series does, but there are a LOT of demon hunters, so it could be a lot of books. *grin*
(shi)
Can you tell us what the next one is about? And naturally… when do I get it…*G*
(jaci)
wellllll, I don’t want to give away too much about the second book or the characters in that book until people have read the first one. But the second book takes place in Australia, one of the demon hunters is a lead character, and you’ll get it when it finishes copyedits, of course *g*
(shi)
You’ve written some books with your husband. How did that come about?
(jaci)
I made him write the first one with me, with encouragement from some of my readers. We really enjoyed it so wrote another one together. Despite the constant nagging and fighting, it’s fun to write with Charlie.
(shi)
What else are you working on right now?
(jaci)
Too many things to count. I’m doing revisions on the second Demon Hunters book, working on a single title Berkley Heat, and a novella for Samhain Publishing. Ack
Thank you, Jaci!
Jaci has generously offered to give away a $10 gift certificate to Amazon, so if anybody has any questions or comments… I’ll draw a winner from those commenting sometime in the next day or so. Jaci will drop in to answer any questions! You can check out her site here
Posted in Uncategorized on December 26, 2006 | 3 Comments »
Merry Christmas!
A day late…hope all of you enjoyed a wonderful holiday with your families and loved ones.
The last of the faves contest, $15 to My Bookstore and More and a free download of any of my Samhain books…
The winner was Ddiane
I love ebooks because I can buy it now and don’t have to wait or go to a bookstore. I have them all on my palm handheld which is a godsend because with multiple doctor appointments, I’m never without a book.
Ddiane, email me at shilohwalker@gmail.com and I’ll get the info for your prizes to you.
Thanks everybody for playing and make sure you check back periodically~alot of free books given away here.
Posted in interviews on December 24, 2006 | 9 Comments »
Hey Peeps! Merry Christmas Eve!!!!!!!!!
Hope you all enjoying family and friends. I want to wish you all a terrific Christmas season and thank you all for the wonderful support. Your enthusiasm for my O’Fallon series overwhelms me. Thanks a bunch!
As a real treat today…
Here is an interview by our own Lucy Monroe. Gives you a chance to see what makes Lucy tick and find out about her great family and faith. Lucy Monroe is a real inspiration and very neat author.
1.) What inspired you to start writing paranormal stories?
I had this scene in my head. It’s the final scene of Ty and Frankie’s story in UNLEASHED. And anyway, I couldn’t let it go. I knew I had to write their story. So, I carved some time out of my writing schedule and did it. Once I got going in their world I realized it was a place I wanted to spend a lot of time and pitched the idea of writing paranormal historical romance to Berkley and my editor was really keen for me to do so and that’s how MOON AWAKENING came about.
2.) Now that you have released books in three different genres, which is your favorite?
I really love them all. Each sub-genre of romance gives me an opportunity to explore different themes, characters and storylines. If I had to give one of them up I’d cry. I really would. LOL
3.) If you could switch places with one of your heroine who would it be and why?
Amanda from The Real Deal, because Simon reminds me so much of my dh and he’s the only man I want to be with. 
4.) What is the most fascinating paranormal creature for you and why?
Definitely the shapechanger because there’s this wonderful mix of human sophistication and the primitive. My alpha hero has a reason for being so instinctive and not always led by logic. My heroine can be stronger physically than normal and still vulnerable to her mate. It’s all just very delicious to me.
5) Lucy, are you going to write any more historicals?
My current plan is to write historical paranormals. However, I do have one last straight historical release to be published by a smaller press at the end of next year. Annabelle’s Courtship is about a feisty bluestocking and the rather clueless (but incredibly sexy) Scottish nobleman that decides she’ll make the perfect wife.
6) How do you juggle the diff genres that you write?
I try to take some time off between each book, though that doesn’t always work. The hardest thing to juggle is time spent promoting the books, not the writing itself. I’m always telling stories in my head and writing them is such a joy to me – but the business side of writing can overwhelm me sometimes.
7) How many hours a day do you write? How many hours do you devote to promo?
Not enough any more and too many. Not kidding.
8) What does your family think of your writing?
They’re very supportive and proud of me. It’s an absolute blessing!
9) What is the thing you love most about writing? What do you like least?
I love most spending time with my characters and seeing their stories unfold in my head. I like least not having enough hours in the day to write all the stories I want to.
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Posted in Uncategorized on December 22, 2006 | 9 Comments »
A lot of you know Kathy Love and I have created a fictional vampire band, The Impalers, http://www.vampireband.com/. The band will be written into our future books, and the character Ren D’Antoni will actually be the hero in Kathy’s fifth vampire book, due out in early 2008. We both absolutely love music, and are thrilled to be able to play in our fictional world of musicians, but generally speaking, there is resistance from publishers to have musicians as heroes in romance novels. They also aren’t always thrilled to see professional athletes, artists, models, celebrities, and things like chefs.
Yet if you’ve read Susan Elizabeth Phillips, Rachel Gibson, or Lori Foster, you know athletes make amazingly sexy heroes!
The reason usually given to steer clear of the above is that it’s hard for the reader to relate and empathize with someone in such a different lifestyle, and that creative professionals tend to be moody and difficult to live with. I suppose there is also a fidelity issue, since musicians and athletes are on the road so much. Personally, I see it as more of a challenge to write heroines in the above professions- it’s a little hard for the average woman to dredge up sympathy for the rich and beautiful model who just can’t be happy. Or is that just me? LOL.
But on the flip side, one of my favorite books I’ve written, and one of the best received by readers, is Heiress For Hire, where the heroine is rich and beautiful and spoiled. But I think what Amanda showed was that it’s easy to be a brat when you’re raised the way she was… but at the core of it, she is a very loving and giving person. That is her achievement as a human being.
So for me, I think it’s all in the execution, and all in who the character shows themselves to be as a person. I don’t care what they do for a living.
Are there certain professions or settings you just wouldn’t want to read about? Would a musician or athlete for a hero turn you off a story? What about a hero in a traditionally female profession?
Have a great holiday everyone!
Erin
Posted in Uncategorized on December 21, 2006 | 11 Comments »
And I forgot it was Thursday and time for the Thursday 13.
1) Stardoc by SL Viehl
2) Irish Jewels Trilogy by Nora Roberts (yeah, that’s 3 books, I know)
3) Endurance by SL Viehl
4) Natural Law by Joey Hill
5) Elizabeth’s Wolf by Lora Leigh
6) Dream Shadow by Mary Wine
7) Lover Eternal by JR Ward
8) Mage Winds trilogy by Mercedes Lackey (yeah, that’s another 3)
9) Stephanie Plums books (okay, that’s… 12? yep, 12 books)
10) Blue Moon by Laurell K Hamilton
11) Dream Man by Linda Howard
12) Ceremony in Death by JD Robb
13) Passion by Marilyn Pappano
If you want me to add your blog to today’s 13, just leave a link to your 13 in comments and I’ll add you in.
Other TT places to visit…
Erin (the not so innocent… *G*)
Posted in Uncategorized on December 21, 2006 | 46 Comments »
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Mornin’ Scamps and Vamps… this is a momentous occasion. 
My last blog of 2006. When I write this next time it will be January 1, 2007. Hard to believe!
We have a houseful of company right now… I’ve included a photo of our immediate clan at the top of this blog. We were going to open presents tomorrow morning, but there was a mass revolt… I was outvoted, and now we’re opening all the loot in just a little while.
But first we have to eat the coffee cake that’s getting ready to come out of the oven. Yum!
This blog goes out with a special wish to all my online and “in the flesh” friends for a very Merry Christmas…
And to my Jewish friends – a Happy Hanukkah…
Part 2: Well, I didn’t get finished… had to stop for opening presents. Now the livingroom floor is buried under paper.
It is beautiful here today… blue skies and very warm. Doesn’t feel like a white Christmas, but it’s great for “playing” outside.
Hope everyone gets lots of good books for Christmas, and more importantly – lots of time to read them!
Happy Holidays to one and all!
Janice Maynard
