Hop a blog

I enjoyed my first blog hop so much I decided to keep on hopping.

The rest of the month is dedicated to:






Next Big Thing Blog Hop  









One of my good friends, Audra Middleton, an amazing author,
emailed to tell me she was getting in on the Next Big Thing Blog Hop and asked if I'd like to jump on. I figured,
since I've been seeing this hop on several of the blogs that I follow , I'd fang up
and give it a try. Hope you visit Audra's blog: http://audramiddleton.weebly.com/ and leave a comment. 









Meet Lily, half demon and half vampire. She's a character I introduced in book 3 of The Grateful Undead series and will be featured in Coffin Fit, book 4. 




If you would like to meet the rest of the family, click here:  http://thegratefulundead.weebly.com/










































Without further ado, here are the answers to the Next Big Thing Blog Hop questions:




1) What is the
working title of your current/next book?

Coffin Fit, the
4th in The Grateful Undead series




2) Where did you get
the idea for that book?

The women in my family. I wanted them to live, laugh and
stay young forever, so I gave them fangs in book one, The Grateful Undead: They're So Vein. And as long as I was
fantasizing, I also turned everyone 25ish. Unfortunately, they all retained
their senior citizen mentalities.




3) What's the genre
of the book?

Paranormal humor that morphed into a paranormal romance
crossover by the end of book one and definitely into book two in the series, Gator Baitin'. But still, it's all about
the humor.




4) If you could pick
actors to play the lead characters in your story, who would you pick?

The five women in my family could be any of the female cast in:
Hocus Pocus, Death Becomes Her, The
Witches of Eastwick or Terms of
Endearment. Oh, and I have to add Anjelica Huston and Betty White because I
love them.

I don't care who they cast in the male roles – it's all
about the three generations of crazy women.




5) How would you
describe your book in one sentence (10 words or less)?

Zany, loud, bitchy, funny, um... bloody, and a little naughty.




6) How will your book
be published, submitted through the traditional route to a traditional
publisher or will you be handling it yourself through Indie Publishing methods?

I went the small publisher route with the first book in the
series, but when I finished Gator Baitin', and Blood
Sweat and Demon Tears, I decided to Indie publish.  Coffin Fit will be Indie published as well.




7) How long did it
take you to write the first draft of this book?

They're so Vein
took 141,000+ words and1 year to write (another year to edit out over 60,000 words). Gator Baitin' and Blood, Sweat and Demon Tears, around 3-6 months each.

I've just started Coffin
fit this month, only half a chapter written, but then I'm also working on
last round edits for two YA books and a very dark novella.




8) What other books
within your genre are similar to yours?

I'd like to think, wish and hope:  Christopher Moore, HP Mallory and JR Rain. Someone mentioned that Stephanie Plum could be a distant relative. A publisher
told me it was like the Sookie Stackhouse series, but I sure didn't see that. Charlaine Harris has a method to her madness. My writing is just plain madness.




9) Who or what
inspired you to write this book?

The women in my life. I know
them so well that when I put these crazy girls in a situation, they write the
story. I gave up on outlines during my first book. I now start with a plot idea
and an ending. They do the rest. Crap! I have a plethora of vamps, a fairy, dragon, werewolf, demons, zombie dog and the vamp-kid from hell living in my head and they won't go home!




10) What about your
book will pique the reader's interest?

By the reviews, I'd say the laugh out loud humor is what
seems to be drawing the readers in. All ages, men and women.




From here you will want to check out the Next Big Thing Blog Hop participant: DelSheree, author of The destroyer Trilogy, Twin Souls Saga and Escaping Fate, blogger  and reviewer extraordinare. http://theediblebookshelf.blogspot.com/












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