Joey W. Hill

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I’ve always had an aversion to reading, watching or hearing interviews of favorite actors, authors, musicians, etc. because so often the real person doesn’t measure up to the beauty of the art they produce. Their politics or religion are distasteful, or they’re shallow and self-absorbed, a vacuous mop-head without a lick of sense. From then on, though I may appreciate their craft or art, it has somehow been tarnished.

Therefore, whenever I’m asked to provide personal information about myself for readers, a ball of anxiety forms in my stomach as I think: “Okay, the next couple of paragraphs can change forever the way someone views my stories.” Why on earth does a reader want to know about me? It’s the story that’s important.

So here it is. I’...more I’ve always had an aversion to reading, watching or hearing interviews of favorite actors, authors, musicians, etc. because so often the real person doesn’t measure up to the beauty of the art they produce. Their politics or religion are distasteful, or they’re shallow and self-absorbed, a vacuous mop-head without a lick of sense. From then on, though I may appreciate their craft or art, it has somehow been tarnished.

Therefore, whenever I’m asked to provide personal information about myself for readers, a ball of anxiety forms in my stomach as I think: “Okay, the next couple of paragraphs can change forever the way someone views my stories.” Why on earth does a reader want to know about me? It’s the story that’s important.

So here it is. I’ve been given more blessings in my life than any one person has a right to have. Despite that, I’m a Type A, borderline obsessive-compulsive paranoiac who worries I will never live up to expectations. I’ve got more phobias than anyone (including myself) has patience to read about. I can’t stand talking on the phone, I dread social commitments, and the idea of living in monastic solitude with my husband and animals, books and writing is as close an idea to paradise as I can imagine. I love chocolate, but with that deeply ingrained, irrational female belief that weight equals worth, I manage to keep it down to a minor addiction. I adore good movies. I’m told I work too much. Every day is spent trying to get through the never ending “to do” list to snatch a few minutes to write.

Despite all these mediocre and typical qualities, for some miraculous reason, these wonderful characters well up out of my soul with stories to tell. When I manage to find enough time to write, sufficient enough that the precious “stillness” required rises up and calms all the competing voices in my head, I can step into their lives, hear what they are saying, what they’re feeling, and put it down on paper. It’s a magic beyond description, akin to truly believing my husband loves me, winning the trust of an animal who has known only fear or apathy, making a true connection with someone, or knowing for certain I’ve given a reader a moment of magic through those written words. It’s a magic that reassures me there is Someone, far wiser than myself, who knows the permanent path to that garden of stillness, where there is only love, acceptance and a pen waiting for hours and hours of uninterrupted, blissful use.

If only I could finish that darned “to do” list. (less)

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RT Continued - EC Jungle Party and Signing!

Ready for more bits and pieces of RT trivia from my perspective? Okay, let’s talk the EC Jungle Party. EC parties are always such fun, and the annual RT fantasy party has the added treat of the cover models coming up with an impromptu dance routine in the course of an afternoon. This time the boys were in khaki shorts, doing a primitive tribal dance against a jungle backdrop including volcano s...

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Average rating: 4.11 · 10,224 ratings · 1,258 reviews · 47 distinct works

	The Vampire Queen's Servant (Vampire Queen, #1) 3.84 avg rating — 1,127 ratings — published 2007 — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Mark of the Vampire Queen (Vampire Queen, #2) 4.28 avg rating — 654 ratings — published 2008 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Rough Canvas (Nature of Desire, #6) 4.43 avg rating — 588 ratings — published 2007 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Natural Law (Nature of Desire, #2) 4.26 avg rating — 567 ratings — published 2004 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Beloved Vampire (Vampire Queen, #4) 4.34 avg rating — 504 ratings — 5 editions	My rating:
	A Vampire's Claim (Vampire Queen, #3) 4.22 avg rating — 478 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Ice Queen (Nature of Desire, #3) 4.38 avg rating — 440 ratings — published 2006 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Holding The Cards (Nature of Desire, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 464 ratings — published 2004 — 3 editions	My rating:
	A Mermaid's Kiss (Daughters of Arianne, #1) 3.82 avg rating — 459 ratings — published 2008 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Mirror of My Soul (Nature of Desire, #4) 4.44 avg rating — 397 ratings — published 2006 — 3 editions	My rating:

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“With our limited life spans, we mere mortals have to figure out what best to do with our time so that when it ends we aren't ashamed to put our name on it, call it our life.”
― Joey W. Hill, A Mermaid's Kiss

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“Death's wisdom is finding, at the end, that you think only of those you loved, and why you didn't love them more. Love is the only true force that endures.”
― Joey W. Hill, Vampire Trinity

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“When you love someone completely, you'll do anything to protect them, even if you sacrifice your soul. Because if you don't, you destroy your soul anyway.”
― Joey W. Hill, A Mermaid's Ransom

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