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Authors Interview YOU...Talk to Melissa Bradley & Win a FREE Book!

Today, I continue my new series...with a twist. Instead of the standard author interview, where you read all about the author, I thought it would be cool to turn the tables and let the authors interview you.

Here's how it works:
1. Read and respond to the questions from the author below (just put your answers in the comment section).
2. Leave a way to contact you should you win a FREE book.

That's it! This week Melissa Bradley, author of the bestselling sexy horror romp, Maxie Briscoe: Werewolf, ...

Why I Don't Want to be a Vampire

So I woke up this bright and sunny Seattle morning thinking about vampires. While you may think about coffee, the person lying next to you, what to wear to work, or how close you now are to Friday and the weekend, I think about vampires.

I never claimed to be normal.

Anyway, maybe the reason I'm thinking about vampires so much is that I am reading two Sookie Stackhouse novels in a row ( Definitely Dead and All Together Dead and, at the same time, watching season 3 of True Blood on HBO).

I am...

NEW RELEASE! And Win Your FREE Copy of A DEMON INSIDE!

Well, it's finally here and available both in e-book and paperback editions: my fifteenth book (and fourth with MLR Press), A Demon Inside .

This book continues my goal of combining both the horror and the romance genre into one compelling read. A Demon Inside is as much a romance as it is a chilling horror novel. I believe it will satisfy readers of both genres equally.

So here's a little bit about the book, along with an excerpt.

BUY A Demon Inside

Blurb:
Hunter Beaumont doesn't understand...

Authors Interview YOU...Talk to Keta Diablo and Win a FREE Book!

Today, I continue my new series...with a twist. Instead of the standard author interview, where you read all about the author, I thought it would be cool to turn the tables and let the authors interview you.

Here's how it works:
1. Read and respond to the questions from the author below (just put your answers in the comment section).
2. Leave a way to contact you should you win a FREE book.

That's it! This week m/m romance author Keta Diablo is offering a free ebook copy of her steamy erotica...

What Does One Do With 100 Whores?

Today, I'm proud to announce the release of an unusual new book, 100 Whores , by my friend and Lambda Literary Award winning author, Mykola Dementiuk. The book excited me because it reminded me of the output of one of my all-time favorite authors, Charles Bukowski.

This is what Mick himself has to say about this very unusual collection:

In the fall of 2006 I began working on a Christmas present for Sally Miller, my editor at Synergy Press, who had published three of my books, Times Queer, Baby D...

Authors Interview...YOU! Talk to Sandra Cox & Win A FREE Book!

Today, I begin a new series...with a twist. Instead of the standard author interview, where you read all about the author, I thought it would be cool to turn the tables and let the authors interview you.

Here's how it works:

Read and respond to the questions from the author below (just put your answers in the comment section).

Leave a way to contact you should you win a FREE book.

That's it! This week paranormal romance author Sandra Cox is offering a free ebook copy of her chilling YA vampire bo...

Mystery Author Neil Plakcy on Why He Writes

Today, I'm thrilled to give you successful mystery author, Neil Plakcy cluing us in on what makes him tick...
WHY DO I WRITE?By Neil Plakcy

Writing is the way I filter the world, the way I organize and make sense of my experiences. It's what I do with all the people and places and ideas that crowd my head.
I was driving home from work one day, feeling cranky about my students, my colleagues, my partner, and the pressure of constantly grading papers. I started spinning a little fantasy to...

Top Ten List of Things I MUST Do Before Writing

One of the gifts my dear mother left me was the art of procrastination. Nowhere is this gift more evident than each morning when I sit down to write.

Here then are my top very important, essential things I simply must take care of before I can put one word down on paper:

1. Post a new blog, like this one
2. Update my Facebook and Twitter status
3. Play a game of Spider Solitaire
4. Walk the dog
5. Empty the dishwasher
6. Play another game of Spider Solitaire
7. Accept/reject Facebook friend requests
8...

A DEMON INSIDE Giveaway!

I was surprised and thrilled to see that writer Jamie Craig is today giving away a FREE ebook copy of my latest novel, A DEMON INSIDE today on her blog. All you have to do to enter is go to the site, click on "speak" and leave a comment. Winner will be selected at random on Sunday. Here's the link to enter:

http://community.livejournal.com/jamiecraigbooks/59769.html

The new book is available right now only in ebook format directly from the publisher, MLR Press, but will be available...

Author Ashley Ladd Likens Writing to Breathing

Today, I'm happy to give you romance author Ashley Ladd, pontificating on why she puts pen to paper, or fingers to keyboard...

Why I Write
By Ashley Ladd


That's like asking why I breathe? I can't not write. If no one else was ever to read another word I write, if I was never to earn another dime writing, I'd still write. I'm an obsessed writer.I also write to get the voices out of my head - oops! Don't tell the men in the white coats I said that.

Seriously, many characters live in my head...