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Author's After Dark Featured Author Interview: Leigh Ellwood

AAD Featured Author Interview: Leigh Ellwood



Welcome Authors After Dark 2014 featured author Leigh Ellwood!
Is this your first year attending AAD?
No, this is my third AAD, I think. I attended the first one in New York and I know I went to
the one in Philly. Actually, this is my fourth one, because I went to the second one, too.


What made you want to come to AAD?
I like AAD because it is more intimate than other romance cons I’ve attended. There are
panels that discuss LGBT romance, which you don’t find in other places, that feature actual LGBT authors. I like, too, that it’s reader-focused and gives readers the chance to meet the authors they admire.

So where will attendees be able to find you at AAD? Do you hang out in the bar? The
lobby? Or are you the one who throws parties in their room?
I am co-sponsoring a lunch, so definitely look for me there. I have a few panels as well, but
basically you’ll find me all over the place, checking out the hotel and other happenings at
AAD. Feel free to tap me on the shoulder and say hi.
If an adoring fan wanted to buy you a drink at the bar, what’s your poison?
Scarlett O’Hara – Southern Comfort and cranberry with a twist of lime.
SWAG. We all love SWAG! What cool stuff are you bringing?
For the lunch I’m making knitted coffee cup sleeves. Take them to Starbucks or wherever
and you don’t have to worry about those cardboard things. Drink your coffee, help the
environment, and hopefully the button attached will remind you of me.    We’re all excited about the book signing. What books willyou have on hand to sign
and sell?
I have copies of my latest paranormal duology, LOVE IS BLISS, available. Panther shifters!

Where can readers find you?
Website - http://www.leighellwood.com
Blog - http://leighwantsfood.blogspot.com
Twitter - http://twitter.com/LeighEllwood
Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/LeighEllwoodA...

Authors After Dark Featured Author Interview: Brandy Walker

AAD Featured Author Interview: Brandy Walker

Welcome Authors After Dark 2014 featured author Brandy Walker!Is this your first year attending AAD?No but it is my first year coming as an author and a featured author at that! What brings you back to AAD?A lot of things bring me back. A chance to hang out with my friends, see a new city and meet new people. I always have a great time at AAD. There are a tons of parties, panels and people. This year, for me, it is all about the readers and getting to know them.Do you have a book coming out before AAD you want the attendees to know about?Fingers crossed I will have the next Tiger Nip book, FINDING MORE, completed and ready for the masses. I’m attempting to get it written while doing a military move. WA to VA. Its long and grueling. House hunting, unpacking, finding all of my goodies.   If you were to suggest one of your books to the AAD attendees, which book would it be?If you haven’t read me, then CRAVING MORE. If you have but you’ve only read my paranormal then I suggest checking out my contemporary romance CAUGHT IN THE MOMENT. My husband is Airborne qualified and has been since the early days of his Army career (he’s been in for just about 21 years now). I had that brilliant idea to set up a contemporary world involving skydiving. The first book introduces you to the Chute Shack and gang.Tell us about the party you’re hosting at AAD!I’m joining the always fabulous Melissa Schroeder Open Bar. If you’ve been to AAD before then you know the open bar I’m talking about. The one where you get drinks and a chance to hang out with other readers and the hostess with the mostest. This year Mel invited other authors to join her and I’m one of them. I’ve heard word that Tilly Greene will be one of the hostesses as well. What panels will you be on at AAD? Panels….let me think. I’m doing the Sports panel and will be talking about my Freefall series. I’m also doing the Cover Art panel. Before I started writing I was doing personal assistant work for Melissa Schroeder, Heather Long and Lissa Matthews. I started working up promo and doing covers. My biggest client being Mel. You may have seen some of my work; The Santinis, the Semper Fi Marines, the Sinfully Supernatural box set, to name a few. I’ve also done all of my self-published books. If an adoring fan wanted to buy you a drink at the bar, what’s your poison?Jack & Coke. It is my drink of choice. My poison. My most favorite ever. If it was a shot though then I love Buttery Nipples.  SWAG. We all love SWAG! What cool stuff are you bringing?Remember that move I talked about earlier….I’m hoping I’ll have time to order a few things before the conference. Right now I have Tiger Nip trading card packs and pens.  We’re all excited about the book signing. What books will you have on hand to sign and sell?As of right now I’ll have Craving More, Claiming More, and the con only book Dallas & Kacie. I hope to have my first two Freefall books there as well.Where can readers find you?I’m all over the place and not just in my daily life.Website | Facebook Author Page | Facebook Tiger Nip | Facebook Mystic Zodiac
Facebook TEZ Graphics | Twitter | Pinterest

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Authors After Dark Featured Author Interview: Marianne Morea

AAD Featured Author Interview: Marianne Morea

  Welcome Authors After Dark 2014 featured author Marianne Morea

What brings you back to AAD? 
Last year Authors After Dark Savannah Nights was my first real convention. I say my first REAL convention because I had no idea how a convention could truly be when readers are the main focus! RT is fun, but it seems more author-centric…kind of like RWA. I attended UndeadCon in New Orleans, hosted by the Anne Rice Vampire Lestat Fan Club, but that was more ball-oriented, with author stuff thrown in as an aside. AAD IS AMAZING! I was floored at how engaged the readers were at AAD last year so I had to come back! Last year I was lucky enough to land a last minute sponsorship and hosted a table at the Vampire Ball, BUT this year I am all over…panels, parties and readers to hang with! **shivers** I can’t wait! 
So where will attendees be able to find you at AAD? Do you hang out in the bar? Lobby? Or are you the one who throws parties in their room?
Hell yes, I hang out in the bar, the lobby…anywhere you can find people! I love to laugh and talk, so look for me and my signature Lemon Drop Martini and join me for a drink! I’m also a big time foodie, so come on down! The more the merrier!
Do you have a book coming out before AAD you want the attendees to know about?
I do. I have the 2nd bridge novella in my Cursed by Blood Series! The new novella is entitled, Power Play, and it will release the weekend of AAD. There are four full novels to the series, and these ‘bridge’ novellas give readers an off-page sneak peek into lives of my characters— what makes them tick, giving an added value look into the scenarios readers find in the novels. We first meet Rissa Leighton, sister-in-law to the Alpha of the Brethren at the start of the Cursed by Blood Series, and although her story progresses along with that of the main characters, it remains in the background. In Power Play, the story line focuses Rissa and how she must leave the life she knows and the family she loves to follow the man of her dreams into his world…a world as cold and inhospitable in terrain as it is to those they consider outsiders.

Normally available in eBook only, the novellas will be available at AAD in a Limited Edition Paperback Bundle that includes the four full novels! Plus, if my muse decides to cooperate, I may also have another stand-alone book debuting, a Paranormal Romance called, My Soul To Keep. Here’s the teaser tagline: Temptation. A powerful trap while trying to redeem your soul and storm the gates of heaven.
If you were to suggest one of your books to the AAD attendees, which book would it be?
That’s a hard question to answer since my series is linked… If readers want an adult story line I would suggest reading both Hunter’s Blood and Twice Cursed of my Cursed by Blood Series…the first is the short introduction to the series and the other is book two which picks up right where the first leaves off. But if readers enjoy Teen/YA, then I would suggest Hollow’s End…it’s my Teen Romantic Suspense that builds on the Legend of Sleepy Hollow with an added historic twist.

 Tell us about the party you’re hosting at AAD!
Parties! Parties! Yup…I am hosting a couple! Come hang out and grab some fun swag at the Paranormal Party, but don’t forget to come and join me at the Girls Night Out Vegas Pre-Party highlighting the bundles books and sizzling stories of the GNO Bundled Series! Lots of games and swag for those who attend! I’ll also be at the Mad Tea Party... in costume, of course!

I heard through the grapevine you’re sponsoring a table at the Sins & Virtues ball. Tell us...
Yes I am! I have been peppering the Attendee Page with my plans for my WRATH Table! Lots of specialty swag for my table of fans, plus you know the old saying…Hell Hath No Fury? Anyone is welcome to bring a pic or a name of someone karma forgot to bitch-slap and we’ll be happy to do the honors for her! Do you Voodoo? Yes we do! LOL!

What panels will you be on at AAD?
 I am lucky to be participating on four terrific panels this year: Urban Fantasy, Humor, Young Adult, and Romantic Suspense… I have to say I think my favorite is going to be humor, because I LOVE to build my quirky sense of humor into my characters…
If an adoring fan wanted to buy you a drink at the bar, what’s your poison?
Like I said earlier…Lemon Drop Martini! Extra Sweet with a big kick!

SWAG. We all love SWAG! What cool stuff are you bringing?
Voodoo Dolls, Anger Management mugs, Logo’s cups and bags, soaps, lotions, candles, drawstring backpacks…LOTS OF STUFF!

We’re all excited about the book signing. What books will you have on hand to sign and sell?
I will have all my books with me PLUS the limited edition bundle just for AAD… readers can treat themselves to one or two, or they can get the whole series in a specially priced bundle!

Where can readers find you?
http://www.mariannemorea.com/
http://www.goodreads.com/search?utf8=...
https://twitter.com/MarianneMorea
https://www.facebook.com/mariannemore...

Authors After Dark Featured Author Interview: Kallypso Masters

Monday, July 14, 2014
Welcome Authors After Dark 2014 featured author Kallypso Masters!

Is this your first year attending AAD?
No, I first attended in 2012 NOLA, but not as a featured author. However, I hosted a brunch for 16 fans on Sunday and had a great time having readers fangirl on me thru the week. (The first book in the Rescue Me Saga had only been published a year earlier and I kept pinching myself that anyone had read my books. ) In 2013 Savannah, I had the honor of being a featured author and had a blast. This year will be my last for a few years (I’m on a mission to go to all regions of the country to meet as many readers as possible), so I plan to make it the best one yet.

AAD is one of my favorite reader/author get-togethers. I love that the panels are all Q&A and reader-driven and that there are so many opportunities to just hang out with readers informally. This year, tho, I’m stepping out of my comfort zone and hosting one of the Patience “virtue” tables at the Sins and Virtues Ball. I’ve got all kinds of goodies and swag lined up for those who signed up to join me at my table! I plan to go out with a bang! I’ve also just signed on for a fun event after the Bookies with nine other BDSM Romance authors which will be held Thursday night on the Terrace--lots of prizes there, too!

So, you’re sponsoring a table at the Sins & Virtues ball. Tell us more!
Yes, I chose Patience. Ha! I think I chose that one because I have the MOST patient readers in the world and wanted to reward some of them. Lord knows Kally doesn’t have any patience! (Just ask my awesome assistant Charlotte or my ever-patient hubby if you catch him Tuesday night or Wednesday morning before he heads off to hang out with a friend that week.) But Damian Orlando (Nobody’s Perfect) has patience galore, so I think the table will have some elements reminding me of themes and symbols from that story.

Charlotte and I started shopping for the table decorations on December 26 (when all that glittery Christmasy stuff was half off!). I still spent more than $500, I think. (I had a new release and no concept of money at the time. Haven’t looked at the receipts since.) Most of what we plan to decorate with will be given away that night--including the centerpiece which is a three-foot (or so) tall sparkly and lighted tower. It’s totally over the top as far as decorating goes, so I’ll be on my feet all evening so I can talk with everyone at my table because I sure won’t be able to see all of them. lol But I remember last year’s decorations and don’t want to be found lacking! (NOTE: This centerpiece needs to go home with someone who drove to the event unless they want to ship it home!

Everyone at my table will receive a special napkin holder (a kissing crystal!) and there also will be some special giveaways pertaining to my books. It will be an awesome evening! Now if only I knew what to wear to signify Patience! I could come in Savannah’s Princess Slut tank and short-shorts outfit, but, um, no. Just no. Time to do some more shopping! Everything I have is black, but I’m guessing I need to go with white or pastel for a virtue. Please send suggestions to me via private message on Facebook or at my e-mail (kallypsomasters @ gmail.com)! I’d much rather decorate the table than myself!

So where will attendees be able to find you at AAD? Do you hang out in the bar? The lobby? Or are you the one who throws parties in their room?
Um, Savannah police were called to my hotel suite three times last year because my in-room party held too many people laughing and talking in my room. (It was only at 10 p.m. or so--yeah, I had a party pooper next door). This year, I am planning on sticking to the bar or lobby areas (or having meals with readers when time permits). I’m also one of 10 BDSM authors who will be having a fun event Thursday night (after the Bookies) on the Terrace. Come up and see me after any of my panel sessions for some premium swag and to say hello! I also try to hang out in the hallways after a panel for anyone who couldn’t chat with me during a session (unless I have another event to rush to). And my readers can PM me on Facebook or via Charlotte Oliver, my awesome assistant, if they can’t find me. I’m still making plans for my “down” time during AAD, but those times always include hanging out with readers! I’ll be there until we load up on Sunday morning to head home!

If an adoring fan wanted to buy you a drink at the bar, what’s your poison?
Any fruity drink with rum. Or fruity margaritas. Or sangria. Okay, anything fruity with rum or tequila or sweet wine. But I wouldn’t turn down a Sex on the Beach, either (after it was made popular with my readers by Damian in Nobody’s Perfect).

SWAG. We all love SWAG! What cool stuff are you bringing?
For free swag, my backscratcher/shoehorn pervertible has been all the rage at other events this summer. They’re red with the saying “Kallypso Masters--perverting one vanilla reader at a time.” Also new this year is my red stylus that reads “Ka-thunk!(™).” And the pink pens emblazoned with “Embrace your Inner Princess Slut.” I also will be giving away pens, Masters Brat buttons, Kally’s friend buttons (only given to readers I meet face to face, but sometimes you have to remind me if I get caught up in the conversation), “Eyes on Me” hand fans, and whatever else I decide to order between now and then! And for sale at $15 each, I’ll have my “Ka-thunk” basic tees in red and black and my red “Master Marc can put me in culinary bondage anytime” tees and aprons.

We’re all excited about the book signing. What books will you have on hand to sign and sell?
My books are very much entry-level kink (and the Rescue Me Saga doesn’t so much revolve around a kink club as is does around the people who happen to belong to or run a club but focuses on their lives outside the club). I’ll be signing the first four books in my Rescue Me Saga: Masters at Arms & Nobody’s Angel, Nobody’s Hero, Nobody’s Perfect, and Somebody’s Angel. Sorry, Nobody’s Dream won’t be out yet.

Where can readers find you?
Web site: kallypsomasters.com
Newsletter sign-up: http://blogspot.us2.list-manage.com/s...
Facebook Author Page: https://www.facebook.com/KallypsoMast...
Facebook Timeline: https://www.facebook.com/KallypsoMasters (PM me if you want to engage with me on my timeline; otherwise, just follow me because just about everything I post is Public.)
Twitter: @kallypsomasters
Google Plus: as Kally Masters
Blog site: kallypsomasters.blogspot.

Authors After Dark Featured Author Interview: Carly Phillips

AAD Featured Author Interview: Carly Phillips


Welcome Authors After Dark 2014 featured author Carly Phillips!
 Is this your first year attending AAD?
Yes and I am so excited! And beyond overwhelmed and nervous.

What made you want to come to AAD?
I’ve heard so many great things about the conference itself and the readers who attend, I wanted to go and experience it for myself. That and since becoming an all Indie author, meeting with readers is another goal of mine. I appreciate that they spend their hard earned money on my books and this is a way to give back.

So where will attendees be able to find you at AAD? Do you hang out in the bar? The lobby? Or are you the one who throws parties in their room?
Hiding in a corner! OK seriously … when I’m not babbling somewhere nervous and overwhelmed, I’ll be at the Erotic Authors Panel, and I’m hosting an event with Julie Kenner, Erika Wilde, Rebecca Zanetti and Stacey Kennedy! Beyond that … just come find me! 
Do you have a book coming out before AAD you want the attendees to know about?
Yes! I have DARE TO LOVE, the story of Ian Dare and his single minded pursuit of the woman he can’t get out of his head, and DARE TO DESIRE out now, a hot hot hot story about Alex Dare, the professional football player who finds out there’s more to life than the game and has to pull out all the stops to go after the woman he loves (and hurt before). This Dare to Love series is as close to erotic romance as I’ve ever written and I love writing it. Then on July 15, DARE TO SURRENDER, an Invitation to Eden release AND a Dare to Love series book comes out. The cool thing is this book stands alone in both series it’s part of - so no worries about reading what came before or after. Same for all my books.

If you were to suggest one of your books to the AAD attendees, which book would it be?
DARE TO LOVE or DARE TO DESIRE - both out now, both can introduce you to my newest series and give you a taste of where Carly Phillips’ writing is headed now. It’s a stretch from my small town SERENDIPITY series for Berkley which were hot but not smoking/burning/sizzling as these are. I’m hoping new readers will give these new ones a chance!

If an adoring fan wanted to buy you a drink at the bar, what’s your poison?
Club soda.  DONT’ JUDGE ME, LOLOL! I’m not a big drinker. Migraines if I do. But I’m all for bar hanging and having fun.

SWAG. We all love SWAG! What cool stuff are you bringing?
Well, Erika Wilde and I are donating the conference bags. I also plan to bring luggage tags, DARE TO LOVE / DESIRE/SURRENDER to pins … bookmarks, pens, lots of things! 
We’re all excited about the book signing. What books will you have on hand to sign and sell?
I’m still deciding but I will definitely have DARE TO LOVE and DARE TO DESIRE. I’m not sure about DARE TO SURRENDER. Probably!

Where can readers find you?

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Authors After Dark Featured Author Interview: Dawn Marie Hamilton

AAD Featured Author Interview: Dawn Marie Hamilton

Welcome Authors After Dark 2014 featured author Dawn Marie Hamilton!
Is this your first year attending AAD?

Yes, and I’m super stoked.

What made you want to come to AAD?
I’ve heard such wonderful things from other authors about the event. I’m looking forward to meeting and interacting with readers.

So where will attendees be able to find you at AAD? Do you hang out in the bar? The lobby? Or are you the one who throws parties in their room?
You’ll find me in the bar, hanging in the lobby, at the paranormal party, anywhere there is good conversation and laughs.

Do you have a book coming out before AAD you want the attendees to know about?
I’m between releases. Sea Panther, the first book in my new Crimson Storm series, released in late March and is the book I’m really excited about. “Vampire shifters, curses and time travel, combining them all together and you get a thrilling and refreshingly different paranormal romance.” ~ Night Owl Reviews top pick.

If you were to suggest one of your books to the AAD attendees, which book would it be?
So hard to suggest just one. Sea Panther if they like smexy Scottish vampire shifters. Just Beyond the Garden Gate if they like alpha-male Highlanders, faeries, and time travel.

If an adoring fan wanted to buy you a drink at the bar, what’s your poison?
Red Wine. I adore pinot noir, and also like cabernet and merlot. Add a piece of Belgian chocolate and I’m in heaven.

SWAG. We all love SWAG! What cool stuff are you bringing?
I’ll have the usual postcards and bookmarks and chocolate and such. There also will be some darling beaded and beribboned bookmarks for special giveaways--the Sea Panther bookmarks have little Florida panther charms. The rest will be a surprise. I love good surprises. Don’t you?


We’re all excited about the book signing. What books will you have on hand to sign and sell?
Two from the Highland Gardens time travel romance series with faeries--Just Beyond the Garden Gate and Just Once in a Verra Blue Moon. And the first book in my new Crimson Storm paranormal series--Sea Panther.

Where can readers find you?
Blog: http://dawnmariehamilton.blogspot.com/
Website: http://www.dawnmariehamilton.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DawnM_Hamilton
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/DawnMarieHamilton
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/authorDawnMarieHamilton
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Dawn-Marie-Hamilton/e/B00CW1W742

Authors After Dark Featured Author Interview: Sasha White

AAD Featured Author Interview: Sasha White


Welcome Authors After Dark 2014 featured author Sasha White!Is this your first year attending AAD?Nope. It’s my third, and I love it more and more each year. What brings you back to AAD?It’s the perfect sized event. Large enough that there are always new attendees, yet small enough that I get a chance to really connect with people. Stella makes sure to stack her events with authors who truly care about readers, and this makes the events very personable, with a close-knit community feeling. I love that I get to see many of the same readers and authors each year, as well as always meet new ones. Do you have a book coming out before AAD you want the attendees to know about?A couple actually. *grin* Wicked Game and Too Close are novellas that were recently released and that I’ll be signing. They’re my first forays into romantic suspense, each with a super sexy edge.

I’m also one of the authors in the MASTERED box set, and will have print copies of my story (Chrysalis: a Dungeon Novella) from that to sell & sign at AAD. Tell us about the party you’re hosting at AAD!On Wednesday Night Joey W. Hill and I are doing our Erotic Trivia Hour again this year. It’s sort of a cross between Jeopardy and Family Fued with volunteers from the audience. Everyone has a chance to win stuff, and it was so much fun last year we had to make it an annual event. It’s it’s only an hour long, but it’s a blast (and we give the first 75 people in the door a goody bag they’ll enjoy)   What panels will you be on at AAD?I’m super excited about all the panels I’m on this year.  The Romantic Suspense and  Anti-Heros panels are new for me and I can’t wait to talk about my latest releases ( Wicked Game and Too Close  ) as well as share some exclusive snippets for what’s to come in the next year.  I’m also part of the BDSM:Different Strokes for Different Folks, and I always have a good time talking naughty stuff with the authors and readers at those. ;)   If an adoring fan wanted to buy you a drink at the bar, what’s your poison?Patron or Don Julio. I love me some tequila. Where can readers find you?Website: www.sashawhite.netFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/SashaWhiteTwitter: https://twitter.com/SashaWhite
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/104557.Sasha_White

Authors After Dark Featured Author Interview: Normandie Alleman

 


AAD Featured Author: Normandie Alleman
 
Welcome Authors After Dark 2014 featured author Normandie Alleman! 
 Is this your first year attending AAD?
Yes!

What made you want to come to AAD?
I live in the South, and I first heard about this event when it was in New Orleans a couple of years ago. It just sounded fun, and I remember dreaming that one day I’d be a published author able to attend events like AAD.

Do you have a book coming out before AAD you want the attendees to know about?
Yes, at the end of July my second book in the Pirates of the Jolie Rouge Trilogy, Bound by the Buccaneer, will be released. It’s a great series for those who like some BDSM with their historical romances.


If you were to suggest one of your books to the AAD attendees, which book would it be?
Daddy Morebucks. It’s my most popular title and the first in my series of books about “Daddy Doms”, or as I like to call it - “the lighter side of BDSM.”.

What panels will you be on at AAD?
I signed up late so I missed the chance to officially be on a panel, though Stella says there’s a possibility she can squeeze me onto “Historicals Unlaced” at the event. I’m crossing my fingers!

SWAG. We all love SWAG! What cool stuff are you bringing?
“Who’s Your Daddy?” t-shirts promoting my Daddy’s Girl Series. Come find me and I’ll hook you up!

We’re all excited about the book signing. What books will you have on hand to sign and sell?
Both print books in my Daddy’s Girl Series - Daddy Morebucks and my latest release Daddy’s Game.

Where can readers find you?
Twitter at @NormandieA  https://twitter.com/NormandieA
Pinterest at http://pinterest.com/NormandieA
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NormandieAll...
Amazon Author Page: http://www.amazon.com/Normandie-Allem...
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
Website: www.normandiealleman.com

Authors After Dark Featured Author Interview: Annabel Joseph

AAD Featured Author Interview: Annabel Joseph
  
Welcome Authors After Dark 2014 featured author Annabel Joseph! Is this your first year attending AAD?This is my second year. I jumped in headfirst last year as a featured author. It was my first ever conference! What brings you back to AAD?The READERS! Being new to conferences last year, I was soooo nervous, but the readers were so warm and welcoming. I had incredible conversations with complete strangers about love, and life, and my books, and just...everything. Now those strangers are my friends! This year I’m not going to spend one second being nervous. I’m going to talk with people, go to all the parties, and hopefully see a lot of familiar faces. So where will attendees be able to find you at AAD? Do you hang out in the bar? The lobby? Or are you the one who throws parties in their room?I’m planning to attend every party and event I can, and yeah, my suite will be open for impromptu cocktail parties like last year. I’ll be the one walking around in the black “I Like Naughty Books” shirt, with the long red curly hair.   If you were to suggest one of your books to the AAD attendees, which book would it be?I’d tell them to read my Cirque Masters series: Cirque de Minuit, Bound in Blue, and Master’s Flame. The books have got mega-hot BDSM, tension and romance, and a lot of visual and physical beauty since they take place in the world of the arts. Definitely a new and different setting for kinky romance.I heard through the grapevine you’re sponsoring a table at the Sins & Virtues ball. Tell us more!HA! I am sponsoring one of the CHASTITY tables, along with Jenn LeBlanc. If you read my books you know that one of my fave kinks is orgasm denial and control, so being at the Chastity table is kind of a wink to that. If I get drunk enough, I might wear a chastity belt under my ball gown.  SWAG. We all love SWAG! What cool stuff are you bringing?This is the year I give EVERYONE who wants one an “I Love Naughty Books” tee shirt. Seriously, just come up to me and ask. And of course, I’ll continue my $5 book pricing at the book signing. That’s right, any signed paperback, five bucks! Where can readers find you?Annabel's website: http://annabeljoseph.com/Annabel's twitter: http://twitter.com/annabeljosephAnnabel's facebook: http://www.facebook.com/annabeljosephnovelsAnnabel's instagram:  http://instagram.com/annabeljosephAnnabel’s Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/annabeljoseph/Sign up for Annabel’s Newsletter: http://wordpress.us7.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=9fede62992868ca7b5cdc3dc2&id=c24d7c4ca2
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Authors After Dark Featured Author Interview: Nina S. Gooden

AAD Featured Author Interview: Nina S. Gooden
  
Welcome Authors After Dark 2014 featured author Nina S. Gooden!

 Is this your first year attending AAD?
Nope, this is my second time.

What made you want to come to AAD?
The authors! I’ve gotten to meet so many fabulous people at this convention. Even though I came as an author myself and did my best to act professional I ended up totally fangirling it up a few times. I may or may not have stalked some of my favorite authors, so if you see a moving potted plant or a giant cardboard box, please don’t mind it.

If you were to suggest one of your books to the AAD attendees, which book would it be?
I’m here to promote a new series of mine, which is completely focused on a clumsy fledgling cupid who hooks people up with candy magic. I will deny all claims that this idea sprung out of my obsession with sweets and anime. Deny, deny, deny.
Tell us about the party you’re hosting at AAD!
I’m hosting the Game Parlor with the help of the fabulous Rita Sawyer. It’s a lot like the carnival we did last year but with better prizes and less booze. Oh, there wasn’t booze last time? I guess that was just me.

If an adoring fan wanted to buy you a drink at the bar, what’s your poison?
So! I...super, super enjoy being drunk. It’s a problem. I’m a dirty lush. =( Therefore, I should not drink at cons. I should remain professional at all time and carry myself with dignity, poise, and grace. Pfft. I’m not doing any of that! Lemon drop shots all the way!

Everyone loves the conference costumes. Can you give any hints about what to expect?
I would just like to say that last year I didn’t know there would be contests. I. Didn’t. Know.
This year, even though I can’t actually win anything...I will. I hope you feel the fire in my tone here. I really like to win things and dress up. Winning something for dressing up sounds like something I need to be all over like me on cake. Yeah, I went there. I like cake too.
SWAG. We all love SWAG! What cool stuff are you bringing?
Swaaaag! I’m bringing the usual bits: pens, bookmarks, and a free book. However, I wanted to add a little of my own stank for my readers so I’m also offering a ton of candy (going back to that new series I was talking about) and some very special Mason Jar goodies. Because Pinterest is evil.

Where can readers find you?
I’m all over the place! You can find me on:Website: NinaSGooden.com
 Twitter: https://twitter.com/nsgooden
Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/nsgooden
Blogger: http://nsgooden.blogspot.com/
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