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Werewolf month continues with Shannon Delany

I didn't get to see Trueblood,like Judith. I'm currently without HBO. (I'm trying to remedy that quickly, otherwise I'd be in Trueblood withdrawl, wait, too late, already there.) I did however, get my werwolf fix by renting The Wolfman. It recently went to DVD. I do like how the movie stayed true to the tradional werewolf lore, bitten, full moon, set free by one who loves you...yadda, yadda, yadda, however I do enjoy a good werewolf twist. That leads me to a conversation I had with Shannon D...

Werewolf June: Shannon Delany

After watching the season 3 opener for True Blood, I was frustrated by the teaser scene with the werewolves at the very end. Just NOT enough of them! Can't wait to see how Bill gets out of that hair-raising situation. In the meantime, BEWARE - there be werewolves afoot. That's right, because it's Werewolf June - which rhymes with MOON and that could be force to rhyme with Shannooon Delany. :) (Okay, lame segue, but I tried.)

Kitty and I had the fortune (hey, that rhymes with...ner'mind) to...

Shannon Delany

When Judith and I started this blog Wolfy Chicks, we had an idea to chat about werewolves and other paranormal beasties and basically share the YA author's journey to publication. Some of you have been there from the beginning of that bumpy road, you saw us sell to a publisher only to have that house close on us and rejoiced in having our titles purchased by a new and in my opinion better house! Yeah, Leap! We shared a lot in our little pack haven't we?
But one HUGE thrill is to have one of t...

Sarwat Chadda

Judith and I are continuing our chat with the very talented author Sarwat Chadda. It always fascinates me how people can take a similar topic (werewolves) and twist it, bend it, reshaping it into something totally new. I'm really enjoying chatting with fellow writers of werewolves, wolves and shape shifters. I just added four new authors to my TBR pile. Who needs food right? It's Top Ramen for me for the next couple of weeks.

So without further interruption the chatting with Sarwat continues.....

Werewolf June: Sarwat Chadda

Welcome to Werewolf June and our first feature from our pack of were/shifter authors, Sarwat Chadda. While Sarwat provided us with a very slick pic, I'm kind of partial to the ones of him dressed as a Knight Templar, or sharing a moment with Buffy - wanna see for yourself? Get thee to his website.

An engineer turned author, Sarwat debuted with Devil's Kiss and is now promoting the second book in the series, Dark Goddess. Having just discovered his brilliance myself, I'm off to order copies of ...

Werewolf Month Line-up...meet the pack.

Howls to everyone. Here's the line-up for Werewolf month. Our Pack is full of writers of the furry and fanged. No vamps here, well not as the leads anyway. So join the pack this month as we sink our claws into some wolfy tales. (Sorry I couldn't help the puns...must punish my computer.)

Sarwat Chadda, his novel Devil's Kiss. www.sarwatchadda.com







Judith Graves, her novel Under My Skin. www.judithgraves.com













Karen Kincy, her novel Other. www.karenkincy.com

























Shannon Delany, her novel 13 to Life. www.s...

Silver Bullets...

Silver bullets and werewolf lore are like peanut butter anf jelly, they just go together, right?
Digging through "werewolf historical information" I came accross a tale of a wolf-like creature, the Beast of Gévaudan, that terriozed a small town nestled in the Margeride Mountains in south-central France from 1764 to 1767. From the accounts, it was a wolf with manlike quilties. One of the first reported tales with use of silver being used to kill a werewolf.There's been a few books and films tha...

Werewolf June: Windigo

Ah – Werewolf June. How lovely to hang with you. We're a few wolfy authors celebrating werewolves/shifters for an entire month! Tres fun. I'd like to feature a creature that has a small but important role in my book, Under My Skin (UMS). The beast in question is…..windigo.

Windigo derive from First Nations lore, they are shapeshifters and were once human – hunters who get lost in the woods during winter storms and resort to cannibalism to survive. Legend has it that the moment they feed on hum...

June is werewolf month...

The month of June is werewolf and shifter month. Bet you didn't know that, eh? We are kicking off the month in celebration of all things furry and fanged. Several authors of werewolves and shifters have joined the pack; Shannon Delany, Sarwat Chadda, Karen Kincy,Jordan Deen and Leah Cypess, they share our passion for werewolves and shifters. Each week we will be hosting an author for a couple of days. So stay tuned for more info and give-a-ways.


To kick off the week I thought it would be fun t...

BEA...visions of Spike and enmass book signings

Subway, more than a sandwich, eh?
Sorry to my Canadian travel buddies I had to toss that "eh?" bit in. We rode the subway today, and I have to confess it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. I did have flashes of Spike fighting that seventies slayer chick, in the subway, where he commandeers his trademark leather trench coat. Alas, no Spike.
We traveled to Central Park with a group of the Class of 2K10 authors including Alexandra Diaz, Shari Maurer, Irene Latham, Shannon Delany (and...