tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27285590779985445162024-03-12T18:25:34.723-07:00The Paris Secret BlogAngela Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10918197922316003539noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2728559077998544516.post-58072665557140889242012-08-22T12:52:00.000-07:002012-08-22T12:52:42.121-07:00GOODREADS GIVEAWAY<div id="goodreadsGiveawayWidget31661"><!-- Show static html as a placeholder in case js is not enabled -->
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I hope every one's having a wonderful summer. Yeah, I know it's almost over and I've been a MIA blogger for most of it. But that's because I've got lots of writing projects going. I recently signed with a new literary agency and have a top secret project on submission as we speak. I'm working like a fiend to finish my 5th Kendra Clayton mystery, <i>Sly, Slick, and Wicked</i> as well as putting together a proposal for <i>The Paris Lament</i>, the sequel to <i>The Paris Secret</i>. I've also been working on my first urban fantasy novel as well as two other mysteries, one featuring a female homicide detective of Afro-Cuban decent and another that I'm calling Runaway Bride meets Eddie and the Cruisers. Whew! Is it any wonder I have no time to blog these days? I am planning to start doing regular vlogs starting next month to keep everyone up-to-date-about what I'm working on and maybe even read some excerpts of upcoming books. So stay tuned! And if you'd like to see what I'm working on, please check out my story boards on <a href="http://pinterest.com/angelahenry66/">Pinterest</a>!<br />
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Later,<br />
Angela ; )</div>
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The Paris Lament<br />
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I'm a couple of chapters into the sequel for The Paris Secret, which is tentatively entitled The Paris Lament, and decided to put together a Pinterest board for the book. Can you tell what it's going to be about?<br />
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<a href="http://pinterest.com/angelahenry66/the-paris-lament/">The Paris Lament Pinterest Board</a><br />
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Angie ; ) </div>Angela Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10918197922316003539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2728559077998544516.post-81089199276748221892012-03-16T12:55:00.001-07:002012-03-16T12:58:50.619-07:00The Paris Secret Nominated for Best Action/Adventure-Romantic Suspense!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gNshEeahTF0/T2OaaHmW-qI/AAAAAAAAANY/boAxTzXpPJU/s1600/2011nominee.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gNshEeahTF0/T2OaaHmW-qI/AAAAAAAAANY/boAxTzXpPJU/s1600/2011nominee.png" /></a></div><span lang="EN-US">I'm so happy to announce that. . . </span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">The Paris Secret</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> has been nominated by TRR reviewers for <b>Best Action-Adventure/Romantic Suspense (2011) </b>at The Romance Reviews! </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Voting takes place <a href="http://www.theromancereviews.com/bookvote.php">here</a>! </span><u><span lang="EN-US">Voting officially starts today, March 16, until March 31</span></u><span lang="EN-US">. Results will be announced on April 2.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Thank you!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Angela </span></div></div>Angela Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10918197922316003539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2728559077998544516.post-48977943054303219412011-11-12T09:34:00.000-08:002011-11-12T09:34:39.598-08:00Ooh Shiny!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-36kxeckJby4/Tr6tdzEd3ZI/AAAAAAAAAMI/yA4-O_B6yPU/s1600/111111115907.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-36kxeckJby4/Tr6tdzEd3ZI/AAAAAAAAAMI/yA4-O_B6yPU/s320/111111115907.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Looky what I got in the mail! Don't forget to <a href="http://parissecretnovel.blogspot.com/2011/11/paris-secret-ring-giveaway.html">enter</a> The Paris Secret Ring Giveaway!</div></div>Angela Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10918197922316003539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2728559077998544516.post-41719215225523000502011-11-01T05:59:00.000-07:002011-11-01T05:59:15.304-07:00The Paris Secret Ring Giveaway<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <style>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KR9M4C8xKbI/Tq_qDIWetwI/AAAAAAAAAMA/Ps7BNgvwDTI/s1600/heavenlytreasuresjewelry_2182_386189625.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="195" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KR9M4C8xKbI/Tq_qDIWetwI/AAAAAAAAAMA/Ps7BNgvwDTI/s200/heavenlytreasuresjewelry_2182_386189625.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">In celebration of the release of the print version of The Paris Secret, I’m giving away a replica of the beautiful, sterling silver, French poesy ring featured in the book and pictured above. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 200%;"> </span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0.5in;"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 200%;">From inside her shirt she pulled a thin silver chain from which hung a silver band ring. She</span></i><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 200%;"> </span></i><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 200%;">unfastened the chain to retrieve the ring and handed it to me. The ring was slightly domed and etched with a chain of interlocking figure eights circling its circumference.</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0.5in;"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 200%;"> </span></i><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 200%;"><span></span>“What is this?” I asked.</span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0.5in;"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 200%;"><span></span>“It’s a posy ring. They were quite popular with couples from about 1400 through the seventeenth century. The silver ones were used as engagement rings and were replaced with a gold one upon marriage. Posy comes from the term <span>poesy. </span>It refers to the secret messages of love that were engraved inside each one.”<span> </span></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0.5in;"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 200%;"><span> </span>I held the ring up and turned it so I could read the message. It read: <span>de m'amour soiez sure.</span> </span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-indent: 0.5in;"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: 200%;">“Of my love be sure,” translated Dr. Hewitt.</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Click <a href="http://www.heavenlytreasures.com/r4477.html">here</a> for more information about the </span><span style="font-family: Times;">"Of My Love Be Sure" French Poesy Ring</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> ring from Heavenly Treasures.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #555555; font-family: "Times New Roman";">So how do you enter for your chance to win? Easy. Just purchase a print copy of The Paris Secret from the Harlequin website and email a copy of your receipt to: angelar.henry (at) gmail.com with the words <b><i>The Paris Secret Ring Giveaway</i></b> in the subject line (include your contact info in the body of the email) by December 31, 2011.<span> </span>I’ll draw one random winner from all entries on January 2, 2012.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Congratulations, Saskia! I'll be putting your prize in the mail this weekend! I hope you enjoy it! And a big thank you to all of my tour hosts and the readers who entered the giveaway.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Don't forget to stop by my tour stops for your chance to win a cool Paris secret Prize Pack!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">Monday July, 4th – <a href="http://reelswellblog.com/" target="_blank">Julie, That’s Swell</a> / Guest Post, Maya’s Map of Paris<br />
Tuesday, July, 5th – <a href="http://paranormalopinion.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Tishia, Paranormal Opinion</a><br />
Wednesday, July, 6th - <a href="http://www.bewitchedbookworms.com/" target="_blank">Heather, Bewitched Bookworms</a><br />
Thursday, July, 7th – <a href="http://thegreatthegoodandthebad.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Jules, The Great, The Good and The Bad</a> / Guest Post, Visitor Tips for Paris<br />
Friday, July, 8th – <a href="http://mysteriousrose.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Mysterious Books</a> / Interview with Angela</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Monday July, 11th – <a href="http://deeas-journal.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Deea, Deea’s Book Journal</a> / Guest Post, The Paris Secret Playlist<br />
Tuesday, July, 12th – <a href="http://www.workadayreads.com/" target="_blank">Sarah, Workaday Reads</a><br />
Wednesday, July, 13th – <a href="http://baffledbooks.com/" target="_blank">Lisa, Baffled Books</a> / Guest Post, What’s In Maya’s Bag<br />
Thursday, July, 14th -<a href="http://splashofourworlds.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Yiota, Splash of our Worlds</a><br />
Friday, July, 15th – <a href="http://romancingthedarkside.blogspot.com/?zx=29d1684daa445004" target="_blank">Lori, Romancing the Darkside</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Monday July, 18th – <a href="http://thereadingfever.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Penelope, The Reading Fever</a> / Guest Post, A Day in the Life<br />
Tuesday, July, 19th- <a href="http://www.wellreadwife.com/" target="_blank">Mandy, The Well Read Wife</a><br />
Wednesday, July, 20th- <a href="http://bookish-delights.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Divya, Bookish Delight</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Thursday, July, 21th- <a href="http://www.theunreadreader.com/" target="_blank">Missie, The Unread Reader</a> / Guest Post, When I’m Not Writing</div><div style="text-align: center;"> Friday, July, 21th – <a href="http://thegreatyaescape.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Crystal, Elegantly Bound Books</a> / Interview with Angela</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;">Today it's my pleasure to welcome author Elyse Mady! Elyse's latest novel, LEARNING CURVES, releases today from Carina Press. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>About The Book:</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Leanne Galloway has no time for dating; her focus is on launching her academic career. Dragged along to her childhood frenemy Gillian's bachelorette party at a male strip club, she just wants to get through the evening—but she can't help interfering when Gillian sends a note to a sexy dancer proposing a hot hookup.</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><br />
</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Brandon Myles is working backstage at the Foxe's Den to fund his post-graduate studies in dance, but he's forced onstage when the headliner fails to show up. He feels a surprisingly strong connection with a quiet woman watching from a table full of tipsy bridesmaids, and he's delighted when she appears backstage after his set.</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><br />
</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>After a scorching spontaneous encounter, Leanne and Brandon agree to go their separate ways. But they're both grad students on a small campus, and avoiding each other and denying their attraction won't work for long, especially when a jealous rival appears, determined to ruin both their academic careers.</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Welcome, Elyse! Tell us a little about yourself.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Writer. Mom. And as of this coming Thursday, married for a whole 10 years to a wonderful guy. (Seriously, don't know how that happened. I swear, I was finishing school and looking for my first job yesterday. Now, we're hitting double digits?! But they've been a great ten years and I'm looking forward to a bunch more :) I live in Hamilton, Ontario and wear several different writing and working hats: in addition to my contemporary and historical romance with Carina, I also write magazine articles for a half dozen or so different publications and teach literature and film at a local college.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Describe Leanne Galloway and Brandon Myles the hero and heroine of Learning Curves, and what inspired you to create them.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Leanne and Brandon are wonderful characters who are completely convinced that romance is something that other people need. It's not that they have anything against falling in love but they've both got really definite reasons for why it can't be them. Of course, disabusing them of that notion entails lots of steamy encounters, some hard personal realizations and sacrifices on both their parts before they can learn differently.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The germ of the story appeared when I was thinking about applying to do my doctorate a couple of years ago. For those of you who haven't had the pleasure, applying for a graduate degree is almost a full time job. 20 million forms (and each university has their own process), grant applications to fund your research (the universities pay their grad students a very small amount to cover tuition but they like you better if you bring your own research money!) reference letters, interviews. It's craziness, like filing your annual taxes times about....a gazillion. It becomes all-consuming, and people legitimately get very invested in the process because it is their future career on the line. At the same time, I started wondering about what some of the students I was talking to would do when they were done being professional students? What else would there be for them outside of their books and the rarefied experience that an academic life can become because they were pouring everything into this one goal and it seemed like a very limited way to live a life?</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Leanne marched into my mind a little bit later, very determined to convince me that she was fine, thank you very much, and I should go write someone else's story. So of course I didn't. And then I bumped into Brandon, who was rambling around my subconscious and I knew that they would be perfect together. Leanne thinks she's very logical and focused but in reality she has this really tender heart while Brandon is a dancer who relies on his body for expression but has cut himself off from his emotions. I had way too much fun twisting them into pretzels until their HEA, I tell yah!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>How much research was involved in writing Learning Curves?</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">A lot of the story is based on personal experience, rather than research per say. Not, mind you, that I met my husband while he was dancing at a strip club. Lovely fellow, adore him to pieces, but lets just say he dances like the farm boy he once was. A lot of Robot Chicken, in other words! But I've lived as a graduate student, done the late nights and the non-existent budget and the lengthy papers and I know the world well. I wrote this story over the course of a couple of years, and actually wrote the first draft while I was doing my Masters so a lot of the small elements: the crummy office Leanne shares with her friend, the bad student essays, the campus layout, the atmosphere in other words, are cobbled together from a wide range of my own experiences, just reordered and shaped to fit the story. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">But as I've assured several of my friends that I went to school with, all my characters are fictional. Unless, of course, I didn't like you and then absolutely, the girl in chapter three who gets run over by a Mac truck? Yeah, totally based on a real person! LOL Because I'm the author and I can smite you as I please (Disclaimer: no one *actually* gets run over in the book, in Chapter 3 or otherwise! :))</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>What appeals to you about writing romance?</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I like writing about people who feel things. Although I enjoy a wide range of book styles and am a big science fiction fan, I tend to gravitate towards real life situations in my own stories. So no alternate universes, shapeshifters, sparkly vampires or the like. And as of yet, no ultra-rich sheik billionaires or English venture capitalists. I like to explore the challenges inherent in any successful relationship and see how people balance all of the competing pressures in their life successfully.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Are you a plotter or a pantser?</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Panster all the way, baby. I don't even write my books in order. I build out from a scene, connecting them together very organically as I write. Of course, once I have a completed draft, I'm a little more conventional but I find that letting the story tell itself works best for me.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>What is your writing schedule like?</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I try and write four afternoons out of seven. My mornings are generally given over to exciting things like laundry and shifting the family detritus around. Evenings are often very busy with activities and it can be hard to be creative when I'm tired so the routine gives me a chance to write something regularly and keeps my characters front of mind.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Can you tell us what you're working on now?</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I'll have my third Carina Press title released at the end of September. "Something So Right" is another contemporary, set in Northern Canada. It's a friends-to-lovers storyline that explores the lingering effects of surviving an abusive relationship and the vulnerabilties inherient in falling in love again. I'm really excited about it. Then I'm 2/3rds of the way through my fourth novel, which will be coming out early in 2012. It's a departure for me. Although my first novella was set in the Regency, it was completely fictional. This is historical fiction. It's based on a notorious gay brothel raid; the men who were arrested and tried were known as the Vere St. Coterie. I've found it very exciting balancing the need for historical accuracy with a story that respects the characters as I've imagined them.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Then I've got a few more pots boiling for future stories: a prequel to "The Debutante's Dilemma", a linked pair of Regency novels with a very distinctive hero and a couple of new contemporaries.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Do you have a website or blog?</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I do. And I tweet.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Readers can find me at <a href="http://www.elysemady.wordpress.com/">www.elysemady.wordpress.com</a> and on twitter at @elysemady. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>What good books have you read recently that you'd like to recommend?</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I really enjoyed "The Mistress of Nothing" by Kate Pullinger. It's historical fiction set in 1860s Egypt and the writing is gripping. It explores a time and place in history I knew little about.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">What advice do you have for aspiring writers?</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Write, write and then write some more. And when you're not writing, read. Workshops and connections and a great blog are all important elements to a successful career, but in the end, your work is what your reputation will sink or fail on.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Thanks for stopping by, Elyse! Congrats on your new release ; ).</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Thanks so much for having me today, Angela. I really enjoyed having a chance to talk about my new book. I'd love to give one of your readers a chance to win a copy of "Learning Curves" in their choice of eformat. Before they get together, both Brandon and Leanne have a lot of trouble living a well-rounded, balanced life. And that's something not just fictional characters have trouble with. I'd like to know what they do to balance work and life? How do they find time for themselves? Family? Romance? </div></div>Angela Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10918197922316003539noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2728559077998544516.post-81564072885596744992011-06-13T04:22:00.000-07:002011-06-13T04:22:52.212-07:00Interview & Giveaway: JB Lynn<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;">I'm so excited to welcome the awesome JB Lynn to my blog! JB is a fellow Carina Press author and today is the release of her romantic suspense novel, THE FIRST VICTIM. I've been looking forward to reading this book since I first heard about it and I'm so happy she agreed to let me interview her.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>About the Book: </b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Fifteen years ago, Emily Wright barely escaped from a serial killer dubbed the Baby Doll Strangler. She wants nothing to do with the small town where she was abducted, but when her father is hospitalized she reluctantly returns home to care for her teenage sister. </i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>When her sister's friend is killed and left in front of Emily's house, Emily begins to relive the nightmare she endured long ago. Soon she realizes that her sister, too, is in danger from the killer—and the only person who can help is the man Emily left behind: Deputy Bailey O'Neil. Together, Emily and Bailey must discover the killer's identity before he claims his next victim...</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jdqYkLUSNPs/TfVuV4GyZzI/AAAAAAAAALc/dEq2e0stZTw/s1600/jb+lynn+author+photo+small.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jdqYkLUSNPs/TfVuV4GyZzI/AAAAAAAAALc/dEq2e0stZTw/s200/jb+lynn+author+photo+small.jpg" width="150" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Welcome, JB! Tell us a little about yourself. </b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Thanks so much for having me! I’m a voracious reader, an obsessive writer, a long distance walker, and someone who drinks way too much coffee. When I was a little girl I pretended to be Nancy Drew…or when I was feeling particularly adventurous, The Hardy Boys (didn’t matter to me if I was Frank or Joe…their adventures were equally thrilling). As I got older, I thought it would be pretty cool to be Alex Cross from the James Patterson novels. Now I’m resigned to the fact that I’m most similar to Isabel Spellman from The Spellman Files by Lisa Lutz. Except I’m older, married, and I’m not a P.I.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><br />
</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Please tell us about The First Victim and what inspired you to write it.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I wrote the kind of story I like to read. I have a soft spot for really creepy villains. I’m a fan of victims becoming victors. And, of course, I’m a sucker for love conquering all, lol. I wanted to explore all those things and that’s just what I got to do in THE FIRST VICTIM.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>How much research was involved in writing The First Victim? </b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I consulted with a former FBI agent and a forensic psychologist – don’t those sound like two really cool jobs? I mean, they’re the closest thing to Alex Cross I could find in real life, lol.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><br />
</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>What appeals to you about writing romance suspense? </b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I think a romantic storyline enhances the suspense in a novel. It raises the emotional stakes for the hero and heroine and allows the reader to root for them (not just against the villain). The romantic suffering of the hero and heroine results in something more than the defeat of the villain. It results in a loving relationship…and I don’t know about every other reader out there, but that’s the part I can identify with (having never hunted down a psychotic serial killer myself).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Are you a plotter or a pantser?</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I’m a plantser…I do some plotting and some pantsing. I plot out all the major turning points and I don’t start a project without knowing how it’s going to end, but I don’t do a fifty page outline the way some writers do. Hence my “plantser” status.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>What is your writing schedule like? </b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Ha! In a perfect world I’d say that I write Monday thru Friday and edit on the weekends. Or maybe I’d say I write five thousand words five days a week. Or maybe I’d say I work on one project at a time. But those are all delusions. Most weeks I end up writing about ten thousand…and then deleting at least five thousand when I sit down to edit. Really it’s a miracle I ever finish anything.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Can you tell us what you're working on now? </b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I could tell you but then I’d have to kill you! Only kidding. Maybe. I’m working on a new humorous crime series. It’s sort of Carl Hiassen meets Lisa Lutz…with a healthy dose of JB Lynn’s warped bent thrown in. I’m a big fan of old movies like ARSENIC AND OLD LACE and THE THIN MAN series that managed to integrate humorous elements into crime stories, so in some ways, this is an homage to them (although my books are considerably darker). I’m also developing a novel featuring FBI agents Chase Morgan and Sebastian Black from THE FIRST VICTIM. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Do you have a website or blog? </b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://jblynn.com/">http://jblynn.com</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://killerchicks.org/">http://killerchicks.org</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>What good books have you read recently that you'd like to recommend? </b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I thought Kate Brady’s ONE SCREAM AWAY was a great read and I loved Allison Brennan’s LOVE ME TO DEATH (then again, I love all of Allison’s suspense novels). And I highly recommend Emma Donoghue’s ROOM.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>What advice do you have for aspiring writers?</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Learn how to finish writing a book. It’s relatively easy to start a book, but getting through the middle and to “The End” is a real challenge. And from the wonderful wisdom of Galaxy Quest “Never give up. Never surrender!”</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Thanks for stopping by, JB! </b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Thanks so much for having me, Angela. I’d like to give away a copy of The First Victim to one of your followers. To enter all they have to do is leave a comment telling me their favorite villain(s) of all time. I’ll announce the winner (who will be chosen at random from the entries) in the comments section on June 17th!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">To celebrate its release, I’m running multiple contests this week, so everyone should check out my blog to find other ways to be entered to win a copy of The First Victim.</div><br />
</div>Angela Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10918197922316003539noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2728559077998544516.post-64680927370651817092011-06-07T09:08:00.000-07:002011-06-07T09:08:55.003-07:00In Print and on Tour!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: justify;">Some of you have emailed me asking if The Paris Secret will ever be available in print and I'm happy to finally be able to say, YES! <a href="http://is.gd/CqawSQ">The Paris Secret</a> has been chosen by Harlequin's DTC (Direct to Consumer) program! That means that subscribers of the DTC mystery/suspense program will receive a mass market paperback edition of The Paris Secret in their December shipment. The paperback version will also be available for sale on the <a href="http://www.eharlequin.com/">eHarlequin</a> website, though I'm not sure exactly when. Click <a href="http://is.gd/cFJyrZ">here</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> for the official announcement and to win some fun stuff in celebration of the <a href="http://www.carinapress.com/">Carina Press </a> one year anniversary! I'm also doing a summer blog tour in July with <a href="http://www.kismetbt.com/">Kismet</a> Book Touring and giving away a cool Paris Secret <a href="http://www.kismetbt.com/archives/555">prize</a> pack to one lucky winner ; ). </div><br />
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Monday July, 4th – <a href="http://reelswellblog.com/" target="_blank">“That’s Swell”</a><br />
Tuesday, July, 5th – <a href="http://www.yabibliophile.com/" target="_blank">“YA bibliophile”</a><br />
Wednesday, July, 6th – <a href="http://www.bewitchedbookworms.com/" target="_blank">“Bewitched Bookworms”</a><br />
Thursday, July, 7th – <a href="http://thegreatthegoodandthebad.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">“The Great, The Good and The Bad” </a><br />
Friday, July, 8th – <a href="http://mysteriousrose.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">“Mysterious Books”</a><br />
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Monday July, 11th – <a href="http://deeas-journal.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">“Deea’s Book Journal”</a><br />
Tuesday, July, 12th – <a href="http://www.workadayreads.com/" target="_blank">“Workaday Reads”</a><br />
Wednesday, July, 13th – <a href="http://baffledbooks.com/" target="_blank">“Baffled Books”</a><br />
Thursday, July, 14th -<a href="http://splashofourworlds.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"> “Splash of our words” </a><br />
Friday, July, 15th – <a href="http://romancingthedarkside.blogspot.com/?zx=29d1684daa445004" target="_blank">“Romancing the Darkside </a>”<br />
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Monday July, 18th – <a href="http://thereadingfever.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">“The Reading Fever”</a><br />
Tuesday, July, 19th- <a href="http://www.wellreadwife.com/" target="_blank">“Well Read Wife”</a><br />
Wednesday, July, 20th- <a href="http://bookish-delights.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">“Bookish Delight” </a><br />
Thursday, July, 21th- <a href="http://www.theunreadreader.com/" target="_blank">“The Unread Reader”</a><br />
Friday, July, 21th – <a href="http://thegreatyaescape.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">“Elegantly Bound Books”</a></div>Angela Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10918197922316003539noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2728559077998544516.post-58577962909620026802011-04-14T04:48:00.000-07:002011-06-26T14:30:00.990-07:00The Paris Secret Playlist<img style="visibility:hidden;width:0px;height:0px;" border=0 width=0 height=0 src="http://c.gigcount.com/wildfire/IMP/CXNID=2000002.0NXC/bT*xJmx*PTEzMDkxMjM1NzAwNjcmcHQ9MTMwOTEyMzYzOTU*MiZwPTY5NDMwMSZkPSZnPTEmbz1lZTAxY2M4ZDA4NDE*MWU4OTVh/MjFhMTRiMjcyNGY4MyZvZj*w.gif" /><div style="text-align: center; margin-left: auto; visibility:visible; margin-right: auto; width:450px;"><object width="450" height="470"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.playlistproject.net/mc/mp3player_new.swf"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="never"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="flashvars" value="config=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.indimusic.us%2Fext%2Fpc%2Fskins%2Fconfig_white_noautostart.xml&mywidth=450&myheight=470&playlist_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.playlistproject.net%2Fpl.php%3Fplaylist%3D83379449%26t%3D1309123569&skinurl=http%3A%2F%2Fi1125.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fl587%2Fanghenry%2FTheParisSecret52.jpg&wid=os"></param><embed style="width:450px; visibility:visible; height:470px;" allowScriptAccess="never" src="http://www.playlistproject.net/mc/mp3player_new.swf" flashvars="config=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.indimusic.us%2Fext%2Fpc%2Fskins%2Fconfig_white_noautostart.xml&mywidth=450&myheight=470&playlist_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.playlistproject.net%2Fpl.php%3Fplaylist%3D83379449%26t%3D1309123569&skinurl=http%3A%2F%2Fi1125.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fl587%2Fanghenry%2FTheParisSecret52.jpg&wid=os" width="450" height="470" name="mp3player" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" border="0"/> </object> <br />
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</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;">I'm so thrilled to welcome author Amy Plum today! I met Amy on twitter and she graciously agreed to an interview about her first YA novel, Die For Me. The book is set in Paris and releases in the UK on May 5th and here in the states on May 10th. And check out that gorgeous cover!</div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>About the book:</b> </div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><i>“In the City of Lights, two star-crossed lovers battle a fate that is destined to tear them apart again and again for eternity.”</i></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><i>“When Kate Mercier’s parents die in a tragic car accident, she leaves her life—and memories—behind to live with her grandparents in Paris. For Kate, the only way to survive her pain is escaping into the world of books and Parisian art. Until she meets Vincent.</i></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><i>Mysterious, charming, and devastatingly handsome, Vincent threatens to melt the ice around Kate’s guarded heart with just his smile. As she begins to fall in love with Vincent, Kate discovers that he’s a revenant—an undead being whose fate forces him to sacrifice himself over and over again to save the lives of others. Vincent and those like him are bound in a centuries-old war against a group of evil revenants who exist only to murder and betray. Kate soon realizes that if she follows her heart, she may never be safe again.</i></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">1. </span></b><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Welcome, <span class="il">Amy</span>! Tell us a little about yourself and your new book.</b><br />
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Hi Angela! Well, I’m an American living in France with my handsome French husband and two young children. We moved from NYC to the Loire Valley to live near my husband’s father when I found out I was pregnant with my first child. It’s great having the grandparents around, but I sure miss the big city!<br />
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DIE FOR ME is actually my second book. The first, a memoir about living in the French countryside, is unpublished. So I got a bit of practice with that one before throwing myself into a YA paranormal novel. I set the book in Paris, where I lived for 5 years when I was in my twenties. Maybe it was my isolation here in the countryside that made me want to visit Paris every day in my mind!<br />
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<b>2. Describe </b><b>Kate Mercier,</b></span><b><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;">the heroine of Die For Me.</span></b></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
Kate is sixteen when the book starts, and for her age she is pretty strong and mature. But she starts out at a disadvantage: her parents have just died, and she is suffering. She and her sister Georgia move to Paris to live with their grandparents and that is where the story begins. <br />
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<b>3. How much research was involved in writing the book? </b></span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
Most of the book was written from my own memories of Paris. But for some of the older characters, I did a bit of research to make sure their names were appropriate for the period they came from.<br />
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<b>4. You used to live in Paris. What was that like? </b></span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> </b><br />
I lived in Paris for five years. And even though I was working, commuting, and living a normal life, every day that I stepped outside my front door into the street I looked around myself in wonder and couldn’t believe how lucky I was. Paris is a magical place.<div class="im"><br />
<b>5. How much of the book is based on your own experiences in Paris?</b></div><div class="im"><br />
</div>Many of the locations are taken from places I know or lived in in Paris. And a lot of the activities that Kate and the others take part in are from my own experiences.<br />
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<b>6. Can you tell us what you're working on now? </b></span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
I am in the editing process for Book 2 at the moment, and am working on an idea for a completely different YA series!<br />
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</span><span style="font-size: small;"><div class="im"><b>7. Do you have a website or blog? </b></div><div class="im"><br />
</div>My website (and blog) are at <a href="http://www.amyplumbooks.com/" target="_blank">http://www.amyplumbooks.com</a> <br />
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</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span><span style="font-size: small;">Thanks for stopping by, <span class="il">Amy</span>!</span></div><div class="im" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"></div><div class="im" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Amy sent me some autographed bookmarks for Die For Me! Just leave a comment below before April 30th for your chance to win one.</b></span></div><div class="im" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/Rrq-5kNSV5U?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="im" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"></div></div>Angela Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10918197922316003539noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2728559077998544516.post-20241589250770015802011-03-15T07:41:00.000-07:002011-03-15T07:48:20.224-07:00What Authors Earn<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-DZ_sceZyyuk/TX9zbP8xb8I/AAAAAAAAAJ8/X8xjLyd0N0o/s1600/spotlight-john-krasinski.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="187" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-DZ_sceZyyuk/TX9zbP8xb8I/AAAAAAAAAJ8/X8xjLyd0N0o/s320/spotlight-john-krasinski.jpg" width="320" /></a>In January I was approached by the PR company who puts together Parade Magazine's annual <a href="http://www.parade.com/what-people-earn/index.html"><i>What People Earn Issue</i></a>. They wanted to feature a novelist and someone--I've no idea who-- suggested me. I was very flattered to be asked but also a little apprehensive about sharing my earnings from writing. There seems to be an assumption that authors earn a lot of money. And there is certainly the potential to earn a lot of money from writing. But 99.9% of authors, myself included, don't earn enough from writing to support ourselves full-time. Most of us have day jobs. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">My day job is in a college library, where I've worked for the past 16 years. For me, writing is a supplemental salary at best and I'm actually proud of every dime I've earned from doing something I love. Most of what I earned last year was from my self-pubbed novel Schooled In Lies. It's the fourth book in my Kendra Clayton mystery series, which I took over publishing when the series was dropped by my former publisher. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">So I signed the release form and sent in two pictures of myself with no guarantee that I'd be chosen for the WPE issue. I was! The issue came out on Sunday the 13th. Click <a href="http://is.gd/IUuavB">here</a> if you want to know how much I earned from writing last year ; ).</div></div>Angela Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10918197922316003539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2728559077998544516.post-21057808599164650502011-03-06T11:06:00.000-08:002011-03-07T08:15:58.093-08:00Read an E-Book Week: March 6 -12, 2011<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-rl4OUAD-aeg/TXO4iL2FSUI/AAAAAAAAAJ4/1zpmY2MReFo/s1600/Pale+banner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-rl4OUAD-aeg/TXO4iL2FSUI/AAAAAAAAAJ4/1zpmY2MReFo/s1600/Pale+banner.jpg" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">This week, March 6 - 12, I'll be giving away a free ebook edition (PDF) of my most recent Kendra Clayton mystery, <a href="http://www.angelahenry.com/schooled-in-lies.php"><i>Schooled In Lies</i></a>, to everyone--<i><b>yes, everyone</b></i>--who "likes" <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Paris-Secret-Novel/117737431624494">The Paris Secret Facebook</a> Page. At the end of the week, I'll choose one winner from all of this week's "likes" to win The Paris Secret <a href="http://c.itunes.apple.com/us/imix/the-paris-secret-playlist/id421303263">Playlist</a> from iTunes!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">There are tons of other giveaways this week as well as discounted e-books to be had. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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Authors <a href="http://nataliedamschroder.blogspot.com/">Natalie Damschroder</a> and <a href="http://www.blogger.com/%20http://mjfredrick.wordpress.com/2011/03/01/the-month-of-the-hero-continues/">MJ Fredrick</a> are giving away $25 Amazon gift cards this month.<br />
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</div>Angela Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10918197922316003539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2728559077998544516.post-53448682085739427222011-02-25T04:37:00.000-08:002011-02-25T04:37:56.489-08:00Interview & Giveaway: Carolyn Moncel<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TQusEW-WPug/TWcIYxsq6VI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/HUh07lO4DEw/s1600/51pIEW-40hL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TQusEW-WPug/TWcIYxsq6VI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/HUh07lO4DEw/s320/51pIEW-40hL.jpg" width="207" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Today it's my pleasure to welcome author <a href="http://www.carolynmoncel.com/">Carolyn Moncel</a>! Carolyn is an entrepreneur and the author of <i><b>Encounters in Paris</b></i>. I met her through <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4427353.Carolyn_Moncel">Goodreads</a> and she was nice enough to stop by and tell us about her book. Carolyn has also graciously agreed to give away an eBook of <i><b>Encounters in Paris </b></i>to one lucky commenter!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>About Encounters in Paris</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i>Life is filled with random encounters and Ellery Roulet, a 35-year-old American PR executive living and working in Paris, has experienced enough of them to last five lifetimes. When betrayal, loss, mistakes, regrets and even acceptance enter Ellery's life at different times, she learns it is not what one experiences, but how one chooses to deal with those experiences that shapes the soul within. This bittersweet collection of tales shows just how messy and complicated life can be, and that sometimes there just aren't any neat and easy solutions at all.</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Welcome, Carolyn! Tell us a little about yourself.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">At night I write but during the day, I own two companies, MotionTemps, LLC, a digital project management company; and also Mondavé Communications, a media relations training company. I’ve been living in Lausanne, Switzerland since 2007 with my husband Philippe, two daughters Chloe and Jillian and a very, very old cat called Poeme.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Describe Encounters in Paris and what inspired you to write it.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Encounters in Paris is a collection of short stories. Since all of the stories are connected, it almost reads like a novella instead of a collection of short stories and that was a deliberate decision.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The inspiration came from observing life in general while living and working in Paris. Expatriate life is hard, and I wanted to address some of the more common scenarios but through the eyes of this one character. There are five stories that all center around Ellery Roulet, a 35-year-old African-American who lives and works in Paris. Ellery thinks she has everything. She is married to handsome French guy, Julien, has twin daughters and runs a successful bilingual PR firm in one of Paris’ trendiest parts of the city. Unfortunately, Ellery soon realizes that life isn’t always so perfect. In one story she loses her job, in another she finds out her husband is having an affair, and yet in another she deals with the death of her mother. She realizes that life can be quite messy; some problems can be solved while others can’t and that’s okay.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>You once lived in Paris. What was that like?</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">My family and I lived in Paris for exactly five years, from 2002 until 2007. In the beginning, I did not enjoy living there. We moved there very suddenly due to my husband`s job. When we arrived I had two small daughters (five and two weeks old) and everything (language, culture, city, country) was completely new. Gradually I found my footing. I learned the city, made friend and my business took off. After about two years everything was fine. There were plenty of days when I was ready to leave, but I would wake up and see a beautiful sunrise or sunset and think to myself, “Well, I think I can stay just one more day!”</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>How much of Encounters in Paris is based on your own experiences?</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I would say that these stories are about 25 percent real and 75 percent imagination. I take my inspiration from everywhere. For example, there are some aspects of my own life represented here, but only a tiny bit. I spend a great deal of time watching other people and observing how they behave or react in different situations. I also get ideas from watching television programs or reading books and magazines. My family and friends tell me some outrageous stories at times as well.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Are you a plotter or a pantser?</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Most of the time I am a pantser to be sure. I tried to be a plotter and all I got out of it was procrastination. I really try to follow George Orwell`s advice “…Write from the heart and then edit with your head.”</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>What is your writing schedule like?</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I write every night from 9 pm until 11 pm. I write a bit more on the weekends. On the weekends I write between 6 am and 9 am. By then my children are up and about and the real day begins.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Can you tell us what you're working on now?</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I just finished my next book called 5 Reasons to Leave a Lover. It will be released in September 2011. One day recently, I was walking down the street and heard Paul Simon’s song, “50 Ways to Leave a Lover.” I thought, well that song is only half right. The ways in which to leave a lover are infinite, but the reasons are pretty finite. At the end of the day, it usually boils down to death, divorce, cheating, deception, and ambivalence. So I decided to write a fresh batch of stories surrounding these themes and Ellery and Julien Roulet from Encounters in Paris return in this series, providing further explanation into their story, but there are new characters as well.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Do you have a website or blog?</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Yes, I do. My website is: www.carolynmoncel.com.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>What good books have you read recently that you'd like to recommend?</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Currently, I seem to be spending a lot of time on the African continent! I am reading some really good books right now. I just finished Baking Cakes in Kigali by Gail Parkin. I am also really enjoying The Memory of Love by Aminatta Forna and Strength in What Remains by Tracy Kidder.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>What advice do you have for aspiring writers?</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I know it sounds like a cliché but aspiring writers should persevere and never give up. All of us have experienced rejection but you just have to keep going. Over time, you learn to distinguish between bad luck or timing, cruelty and constructive criticism. Take the positive and negative feedback and use it to become a better writer, and keep reading! </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><b>Thanks for stopping by, Carolyn! </b></i><br />
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<i><b>You have until Tuesday March 1st to comment for your chance to win the Encounters in Paris eBook! </b></i></div></div>Angela Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10918197922316003539noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2728559077998544516.post-37633044315588381722011-02-14T04:35:00.000-08:002011-02-14T04:36:08.700-08:00Valentine's Day Interview & Giveaway: Rae Renzi<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GFHPN9Pcj7A/TVgkvN8Hl_I/AAAAAAAAAJo/YL9wrAAWbNU/s1600/rivertime_270x427_bh37.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GFHPN9Pcj7A/TVgkvN8Hl_I/AAAAAAAAAJo/YL9wrAAWbNU/s320/rivertime_270x427_bh37.jpg" width="202" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;">Happy Valentine's Day! It's my pleasure to welcome fellow Carina author <a href="http://www.raerenzi.com/">Rae Renzi</a>! Rae's debut romance, RiverTime, releases today and she's been gracious enough to stop by and answer my nosy questions. She'll also be giving away a copy of RiverTime to one lucky commenter! </div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><b><br />
About RiverTime:</b></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><i>Casey Lord needs a break. Her great-on-paper boyfriend, Reed, is pressuring her to marry him—but she's not sure if he sees her merely as an asset to help his political career. A river-rafting trip in the remote wilderness provides the perfect opportunity to clear her head. Until a flash flood sweeps Casey away from her group—and straight into the arms of Jack, a mysterious man also stranded by the flooding river.<br />
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Jack won't tell Casey his last name, and her innocent questions about his life are met with evasive answers. Yet they have to trust each other to survive, and as the pair await rescue, their uneasy truce slowly blossoms into friendship—and love. They agree to keep secret whatever differences may separate them in the real world.<br />
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When rescue finally arrives, will it spell an end to their budding relationship or can they find a way to stay in RiverTime?</i></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><b><br />
Welcome, Rae! Tell us a little about yourself.</b></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;">Talking about myself doesn't come easy, but the basics are that I (mostly) grew up in a tiny town in Oklahoma, although my parents were quasi jet-setters (literally-- my father was an experimental test pilot for McDonnell-Douglas), which made for a two-sided childhood: we were familiar with the cosmopolitan, but intimate with rural small town. I now live in Texas, where I'm an associate professor of cognitive neuroscience. I have written science for years ("publish or perish" is not a myth!), but only recently decided to delve into writing fiction. </div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><b>Describe Casey Lord and Jack Raines the hero and heroine of RiverTime, and what inspired you to create them. </b></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;">RiverTime is my debut novel, and also the first novel I penned (not always the same thing). To create the heroine, Casey Lord, I confess that I took the easy route: she is more-or-less autobiographical. Jack Raines, though, was wholly imagined. He was assembled from bits and pieces of various people I've known, and tweaked towards an ideal. His family background was inspired by the (real) stories I heard from friends who work with children and youth raised in acute-risk circumstances. I loved bringing to life someone who had surmounted significant obstacles, but was not untouched by them.</div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><b><br />
<b>How much research was involved in writing RiverTime?</b><b></b></b></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;">Most of the research I did related to getting the physical details right for the river and the canyon scenes. A six-day river-rafting trip down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon provided me with a multitude of experiences and sensory impressions to translate to the page, including nearly capsizing in whitewater rapids, brushes with snakes, scorpions and hypothermia, and breathtaking views from the bottom of the mile-high Canyon. </div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><b>What appeals to you about writing romance?</b></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;">Everything! Writing (and doing) science is about breaking things down, tearing them apart to gain understanding. Writing romance is about creation, about building a relationship that ends in love. In my case, there is usually some adventure thrown in for fun. It's fantastically uplifting. In fact, after a really hard day at work, I can't wait to get home and create something on the page. It's like going to a super-duper spa. </div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><b>Are you a plotter or a pantser?</b></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;">I think that most of these categorical designations are probably better described as a continuous line. In this case, if dedicated plotters are at 1, and complete pantsers are at 10, I would be around a 6. </div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><b>What is your writing schedule like?</b></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;">Every morning—and I do mean every--I wake up, get a cup of hot chocolate and crawl back into bed with my laptop. Weekdays, I usually stay there for a couple of hours before heading for the halls of academia, and I write again in the evening if I can. On weekends (bliss!) I write as long as I like, or until the mundane world intervenes. </div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><b> Can you tell us what you're working on now?</b> </div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;">I'm currently working on an adventure story with dogs, in which the romance between two of the secondary characters from RiverTime (Ditsy and Nocona) is developed. I've also just about wrapped up a very different kind of story—a love story with ghosts staffing a dating service. </div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><b><br />
Do you have a website or blog?</b> </div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;">Yes! My website is <a href="http://www.raerenzi.com/">www.raerenzi.com</a>. I'm also on Twitter: @RaeRenzi.</div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><b><br />
What good books have you read recently that you'd like to recommend? </b></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;">I just finished The Time Weaver by Shana Abe´, which is a wonderfully romantic fantasy, and The Vet's Daughter by Barbara Comyns, which is a powerful literary novel. Along the lines of fun non-fiction, I'm reading Bats Sing, Mice Giggle, which reveals some of the extrasensory (extra to humans, that is) abilities of animals and plants, by Drs. Shanor and Kanwal. It's loaded with surprises and delights, and a few kind of scary facts.</div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><b><br />
What advice do you have for aspiring writers?<b></b></b></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;">There is some research out there that suggests that people who get pleasure from engaging in a process are happier than those who get pleasure from achieving a goal. This makes a lot of sense: you can wallow in goal success only so long, but the writing process never stops. My advice is to write for the pleasure of writing. If it isn't fun for you, think again. </div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><br />
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Over at the Carina Press site, I did a virtual <a href="http://carinapress.com/blog/2011/01/from-paris-with-love-murder-a-virtual-tour/">tour</a> of Paris.<br />
I blogged about my favorite fictional librarians at <a href="http://freshfiction.com/page.php?id=3111">Fresh Fiction</a>.<br />
I was interviewed at <a href="http://fierceromance.blogspot.com/2011/01/guest-interview-angela-henry.html">Fierce Romance</a>.<br />
I blogged about why I love mysteries at the Not Your Usual Suspects <a href="http://notyourusualsuspects.blogspot.com/2011/01/why-mysteries.html">Blog</a>. <br />
I was featured in <a href="http://www.thebigthrill.org/2010/12/the-paris-secret-by-angela-henry/">The Big Thrill</a>, the International Thriller Writer's Webzine. <br />
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As for reviews, I was thrilled that The Paris Secret was chosen as a "Top Pick" by <a href="http://www.theromancereviews.com/viewbooks.php?bookid=1155">The Romance Reviews</a> and <a href="http://www.nightowlromance.com/nor/Reviews/Christy-Carlyle-reviews-The-Paris-Secret-by-Angela-Henry.aspx">Night Owl Reviews</a>! <br />
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I'll be stopping by the <a href="http://www.killerchicks.org/">Killer Chicks</a> Blog on Friday the 28th.<br />
Next month, I'll be participating in 30 days of Danger & Secrets at fellow Carina author Katie Reus's <a href="http://www.katiereus.blogspot.com/">blog</a> as well as guest blogging at <a href="http://www.bookloversinc.com/">Book Lovers Inc</a>.<br />
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<a href="http://www.lillycain.com/">Lilly Cain </a> </div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/">Goodreads</a><br />
<a href="http://aamysteries.blogspot.com/">MystNoir</a><br />
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<a href="http://notyourusualsuspects.blogspot.com/">Not Your Usual Suspects</a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://raerenzi.com/">Rae Renzi</a><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">Next Monday, January 17th, is the official launch day for The Paris Secret. Since the book has a few similarities to The Da Vinci Code, I will be launching an online scavenger hunt. If you're wondering what that strange orange thingy is above. It's a QR code and I think they're pretty cool! You can read up on them <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QR_Code">here</a> and see them in action <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-_YtbaIUZo">here</a> and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IphTJHiKGos&feature=related">here</a>. QR codes can be scanned like a barcode with any smart phone and will take you to linked info embedded within the code. Go ahead and scan it! I will be hiding these codes on various sites and blogs. And some of my fellow Carina Press authors will also be hiding codes on their sites as well. The codes will lead you to info about The Paris Secret so that you can answer questions and be entered to win a Nook. Check back next Monday for more details!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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<div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">He took off running, pulling me behind him. I tried my best to keep up but the pain in my side slowed me down. A bullet whizzed past my head and another hit the fencepost near me. Tattoo Man was firing a gun as he staggered behind us.</div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">“He’s got a gun!” I screamed at my rescuer. </div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">“No shit! Shut up and keep running!”</div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Writing</b>-Duh! That's a no brainer ; ). I'm going to be really ambitious and try to get 3 books done in 2011. I'm going to finish Clipped, the first book in a new urban fantasy series, begin the sequel to The Paris Secret, and a YA novel that has been percolating for two years. I'm a slow writer so this will be a challenge to say the least. Oh, and the fifth book in my Kendra Clayton series but technically that doesn't count because it's finished and just needs editing.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Meet New Authors</b>-I'm very shy. This is something I've struggled with all of my life. But the Internet is made for people like me. I've met some really great people online (I'm looking at you <a href="http://www.shirindubbin.com/">Shirin Dubbin</a>!) and I hope to meet many more.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Reading</b>-I didn't get as much reading done this year as I would have liked. But I was happy to discover some great new to me authors this year and hope to discover many more next year. Here's who I enjoyed reading this year in no particular order:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Ernessa</b><b> T. Carter</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Jennifer Donnelly</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Shirin Dubbin</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Karen Marie Moning</b> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Meljean Brook</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Lee Carroll</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Kirsten Miller</b><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Change My Eating Habits</b>-I refuse to diet. But I know I need to lose weight. I need to find a way to make permanent changes in my eating habits that can live with for the rest of my life. I'm not getting any younger and being overweight is just not healthy. I'm not trying to be a size six but a big change is in order.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Have a Positive Attitude</b>-It's true! I'm not always the most positive person. I tend to hold on to old hurts and grudges. I need to learn to let the negative stuff go and move on. I truly believe like energy attracts like energy but sometimes it's so hard for me to put that into practice. Going to really try next year.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>AH: Welcome Ciaran! Please tell us a bit about yourself. For instance, how do you pronounce your name?</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">CL: Hullo Angela! Thanks for having me. It’s KEER-un, from the old Gaelic, and means “little dark one”. [holds out arms] Well, mum hit that one on the head.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I have two jobs. During the day I manage an up market hotel. Through the night I carry out psychopomp duties and ferry the dead to the otherside. It’s freaky, I know, but it’s meaningful. The best bit is the “last hurrah” where a soul does something exhilarating before departing. Souls are always joyous in that final moment.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">CL: Shirin and I aren’t similar at all, although we are cousins. She’s slow to anger and I’m quick tempered. She’s a true southern American and I’m a London girl for true. We have a lovely relationship though—lots of laughs and love.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>AH: Oh, I didn’t know you were cousins! That’s so sweet! How did you become a soul conductor? </b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I actually have no idea. [she laughs] I think it’s a right of birth. Something to do with spiritual proclivity, but I’m postulating ‘cause I’ve never meet another psychopomp/soul-conductor. Have you? </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>AH: Nope. You’re the only one!</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">CL: There you have it. I wouldn’t mind meeting someone who understands the life. The Dreaming started pulling me in around the age of ten. Can you imagine dreaming you’ve escorted Mrs. Braithwaite—from down the road—to her final reward only to wake up and find she choked on a toffee during the night? Terrifying. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>AH: I’ll bet! As well as conducting souls to the other side, your day job is managing a London hotel. What do you find appealing and unappealing about both of your jobs? </b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">CL: Ah, well, working with wealthy clientele invites all manner of eccentricity: rockers and diplomats strolling the halls in the nude (you’d be surprised how often that happens); heiresses playing call girl for the weekend. But there are just as many perks. I’ve been loaned villas in Tuscany for holiday and given luxury thank you gifts. One client, a princess, sent me an Alexander McQueen silk kimono jacket. God bless her soul.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The dead are eccentric as well. I’ve witnessed several last hurrahs that had me blushing like a smacked arse. Thank goodness, I don’t work with the baddies. I don’t know who escorts them over but I wouldn’t like to have that job. Actually, before I met Keoni and ran into the banes (nightmarish beasts) there were no drawbacks to soul conducting. Once I got old enough to understand the job I quite enjoyed it. Of course, meeting the literal man of your dreams changes everything.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>AH: Okay, you knew this nosy question was coming? What's up with you and Keoni?</b> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">CL : [she smiles, blushing like the smacked bottom she mentioned earlier] He’s lovely. Better than lovely. I can’t tell you much more. Shirin’s got me under a gag order. My life has become a reality series and I can’t reveal the winner until the episode has aired. But, yes…Keoni is…lovely. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">You wouldn’t have a crush on him would you, Angela?</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>AH: Who me? Um…(blushing)…no! Moving on! Should the waking world be worried about what goes on in The Dreaming? </b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">CL: I shouldn’t say. I don’t want to cause a panic…and really, where would you run? </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>AH: Okay. Good point. What's next for Ciaran? </b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">CL: I’ll have to tell you the details off the record, but [whispers] I’m on a quest.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>AH: A quest, huh? Sounds exciting! Can’t wait to hear about it. Do you know if Shirin plans to give Archer...oops…I mean Keoni's other Somnian brahs their own stories? </b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">CL: Ah ha, you fancy Archer. He’s nice (and I mean that in the British since).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I’m not sure about Shirin’s plans. I know she stalks the boys at, For Whom the Tale Tolls, their favorite pub. They don’t seem to mind though. She’s a funny girl.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>AH: Is there anything else you'd like readers to know about you?</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">CL: I drone on at times and might be a bit pedantic but in this story I expose my deepest pain, shortcomings, failures, regaining laughter and falling in love. I couldn’t be more raw than I am in Dreams’ Dark Kiss. I’m not bothered a bit though. I fought back from the worst time in my life, through the scariest things I’ve ever faced, and came out on the other end—not only intact but better. [she blushes again] Keoni is lovely, isn’t he?</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>AH: Er, yeah, that’s one word for him ; )! Thank you so much for stopping by, Ciaran! </b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">CL: [grins] Thanks to you. I’ll tell Archer you said hullo.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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<small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/ciar"></a></small></div></div>Angela Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10918197922316003539noreply@blogger.com10