Cynthia Eden's Blog, page 112
June 18, 2010
Are you FATED to win a new Kate Spade Tote from Deadly Guest Rebecca Zanetti?
June 17, 2010
Deadly Guest: Stephanie Julian
Stephanie Julian will give one commenter a free download of choice from her catalogue.
I love summer and this one promises to be an exciting time for me. I'm only two months away from the deadline for delivery of the first book in my three-book, erotic romance series for Sourcebooks Casablanca. 
The Forgotten Goddesses are part of my Etruscan Magic series, which include the Lucani Lovers and Magical Seduction series from Ellora's Cave.
In WHAT A GODDESS WANTS (July 2011), I'll introduce...
June 16, 2010
Deadly Guest: Wynter Daniels
Today's guest is the talented Wynter Daniels–and she has offered to give one commenter a copy (download) of the Wynter Daniels book of his/her choice! So read on, learn what Wynter hates most about being a writer–and you might be today's Deadly winner!
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What I hate most about being a writer
I've read tons of blog posts where authors enumerate the many perks of the trade. Things like working from home, making your own hours, doing what you love, having an outlet for your creativity. I'm...
June 15, 2010
A Tale of Two Demon Slayers–Deadly Fun with Angie Fox
Hi, my name is Angie Fox and I write a series about a preschool teacher turned demon slayer who has to run off with her grandmother's gang of geriatric biker witches. But what cracks me up is that nobody ever asks me about that.
Biker witches? Sure! Demon slaying preschool teachers? Why not? What readers most want to know is why the hero of the books, Dimitri, is a shapeshifting griffin.
My answer is always – why not? Don't get me wrong – I love werewolves and vampires and all kinds of heroes. ...
June 14, 2010
Talk About Deadly…
Shadow Bound
Thank you so much for having me on your blog during Deadly Days in June. I'm giving away not one, but TWO books… Shadow Bound, my July release, and Shadow Fall, my August release, to a lucky, random commenter.
The world I've created for my characters is pretty dark and twisted (my poor parents) and it got me thinking about influences. How writers, particularly of fantasy or paranormal romance, come up with their worlds, and then enact stories of passion, mayhem, and magic in that s...
June 13, 2010
Oh No You Don't, You Good Good Bad Guy
Hello everyone! Thanks so much for having me here today! My erotic romance RIDING DOUBLE was just published and although it's a hot cowboy story, I also love everything paranormal. I'd like to talk today about my latest bad guy: an emotionally damaged alpha werewolf named Stephan Donaldson. Stephan is the right hand guy of the villainous Luna Werewolf Leader. Stephan was taken as a child from his pack and convinced he was going "forest crazy" and the only person who could save him is my...
June 12, 2010
Rules and Regulations When Writing Urban Fantasy by Liz Kreger
Hi Everyone … and in particular you, Cyn. Thanx for having me as your guest blogger today and letting me play on your website. This is an awesome way to celebrate June and I'm all over it.
Being fairly new to the whole urban fantasy genre … i.e., been reading it for a bit over a year (almost exclusively) and now writing my own urban fantasy, I'm really interested in learning the "rules" … if there is such a thing.
I started out writing romantic science fiction. There were at least two (maybe...
June 11, 2010
Interview with the GEP
I wait patiently while Echo Adams pours a glass of my most expensive white wine, a Sirius '45, and then strolls over to the most comfortable chair in the room. A purple-feathered dragon bird decked out in gaudy jewelry settles onto the chair arm beside her and peers at me in curiosity.
"Okay, I'm ready," Echo says, and then sips from her glass.
"So," I begin. "You're a vampire."
She snorts. "Of course I'm not a vampire. Vampires don't exist. I'm a GEP."
"I'll bite. (no pun intended.) What's a...
June 9, 2010
Bad hero! Bad, bad hero!
Posted by: Jessa Slade
Currently working on: Revisions on Book 3
Mood: In praise of gritted teeth
Hello, Cynthia and friends! Thanks so much for letting me come enjoy your Deadly Days of Summer. And may I say that once again, your heroes for I'LL BE SLAYING YOU and DEADLY FEAR are looking hot, hot, hot! Just right for the season 
I'm glad to take this break from launching the second book of my Marked Souls series (FORGED OF SHADOWS June 2010) and revising the third book (VOWED IN SHADOWS...
Grounding Fantasy in Reality
One of the tricky issues in writing urban fantasy is finding the appropriate balance between fantasy and reality. Urban fantasy, by definition, includes fantastical elements (including paranormal ideas or magic) in a mundane setting. Fantastic elements make a story interesting, and realistic elements make a story believable. Too much fantasy makes the magic less special, drowns it in a sea of fantastic characters and places. Too much realism makes the world too gritty or dull. But how much...
