What inspired you to become a writer?

It seemed a natural progression from reading. Stories all seemed magical and perfect, but the moment I became dissatisfied with a children’s book, I began to think I could do it better and needed to try!

When did you attempt your first story? What length was it? What’s become of it?

I wrote my first story at age 6, and I still have it in a box of old mementos. It is safely tucked away with the stories I wrote at 7 and 8, and each was progressively longer. Ten pages, twenty pages, and hundreds of pages by the time I was ten.
How many stories did you complete before you sold your first?

I wrote dozens of stories and uploaded them onto the internet for feedback. I didn’t want to sell a novel until I was certain that I was good enough to warrant doing so.

What’s your favorite genre of all to write in?

While experimenting in contemporary romance, I prefer to write fantasy/science fiction, because that is what I most enjoy reading and experiencing. I love escaping to worlds where more is possible. Bending the laws of physics is fun!
What is the best piece of writing advice you ever received?

The best advice is easy: Write. You can’t imagine how tedious and difficult it is to set aside thousands of hours to just sit in one spot and write, when there are so many other fun things and people I could be doing.

How do you deal with negative feedback?

By drinking myself into oblivion, of course! Alternatively, I do a carefully choreographed happy dance when I receive positive reviews.

Would you/have you own(ed) a snake or some other exotic pet?

Ideally, I’d love to have a dragon, but I would settle for a tiger.

Which do you prefer: rain or sun & warm weather or cold weather?

I enjoy the cold, because I love wearing fancy fur coats.

If you could live anywhere in the universe, where would it be and why?

Anywhere in the universe? Well, I would definitely choose somewhere off the planet, and I’d like to sample all the intergalactic hotspots carefully before making my decision. Ideally, a planet where they worship me and give me manservants.

Alaskan Nights by Nadia Scrieva
Publication date:  April 2013
Genre: New Adult Contemporary

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When Brynne left Alaska, she promised herself she would never go back.

The day after graduation, she got in her beat-up Honda Civic and drove down the west coast to pursue her dream of becoming a Hollywood makeup artist. Growing up in a rural fishing village with dirty, rundown buildings, and dirty, rundown men, she longed for the glitz and glamour of the silver screen. She had no qualms about leaving behind her dysfunctional family and her nowhere-job at her mother’s fishing tackle shop. She didn’t even think twice about leaving behind the cute boy who came in to buy gear almost every day, shamelessly flirting with her and always leaving a generous tip. Well, maybe she thought about it twice; but she knew that a relationship with Callder Murphy would only be bound to lead her deeper into nowhere. She was sick and tired of being nowhere—and no one.

Brynne set out, determined to prove to the world that she was much more than just a fisherman’s daughter. Unfortunately, her luck and tip money ran out in Seattle when her car broke down. Exhausted from the stress of travel, she decided to take a waitressing job in the city for the time being. “For the time being” ended up being far longer than she would have liked. That was four years ago. Now, a call from home has alerted Brynne to some bad news. She needs to get back to Soldotna promptly, but she has been living paycheck to paycheck and can’t even afford a plane ticket home. Enter a ghost from her past as her knight in shining armor. Unexpectedly showing up outside her restaurant in a red Ferrari, Callder is determined to take her home with him, and keep her there for good.

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Perpetually drunken playboy, Callder Murphy, is currently loaded. Of course, that’s only because he stole his big brother’s credit card. He was off in Vegas, doing what he does best (absolutely nothing) when he received the call from home. A name he hasn’t heard in years pulls him out of his mindless haze of stumbling from one wild party to the next: Brynne Ambrose needs his help. Pleasant memories of the rude, tomboyish, and completely adorable girl-next-door come rushing back to him with a vengeance. He drops all of his shenanigans and cleans up his act instantaneously. He uses his brother’s credit card to buy an impressive car, and sets out to win over the girl of his dreams. He knows he’s no good for her, but he can’t stay away.

Callder has been waiting his whole life for the opportunity to be her man, and he’s not going to let her slip away again.

Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17481780-alaskan-nights

Title: Caged Heat (Black Meadow Pack 2)

Author: Milly Taiden

Genre: Erotic

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After five years travelling through third world countries to teach impoverished children, Samira Suarez has returned home to Black Meadows. What Sam didn’t expect was to be instantly overwhelmed by the desire to be with the one man she’s wanted since she was a teen, Riel Karven.

Riel has been patiently waiting for Sam’s return. For five long years he’s backed off and watched her come and go. This is it. His mate is back, and he’s taking a stand.

Sam’s need for Ry grows to unimaginable proportions. It’s almost as if she were in heat. But she’s a human…isn’t she?

There’s more at stake than Sam and Ry’s future relationship when she inherits her grandmother’s estate. One of her many relatives wants her out of the way.

It’s going to take all of Ry’s determination and help from his friends to keep her alive.  And it’s going to take delving into her past to find out why a human is going into mating heat.

Author Bio:

Want to know about me? Milly Taiden (aka April Angel) was born in the prettiest part of the Caribbean known as the Dominican Republic. She grew up between New York, Florida and Massachusetts. Currently, she resides in New York City with her husband, bossy young son and their little dog Speedy.

She’s addicted to shopping for shoes, chocolate (but who isn’t?) and Dunkin Donuts coffee.

A bookworm when she can get her hands on a good story, she loves reading all Mina Carter, Cynthia Eden, and Dianne Duvall among others

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Title: Naughty Girl

Author: Scarlett Metal

Release Day: April 11, 2013

Genre: Erotic

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Description:

Alexandra loved the hot sex she experienced as a submissive in the bedroom, but would never give her heart to any man.

After getting hurt by his sub and wife, Paul swore he would never make that kind of commitment to a woman again.

They meet at the club that Alex frequents and quickly become play partners. The sex is amazing, but despite their reservations, they begin to fall for each other. Will they be willing to admit their feelings for each other?

Bio:

Scarlett lives in the Midwest with her family. When she’s not busy writing steamy stories, she can be found with her nose in a book, camping, or geocaching with her family. She loves Diet Coke, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, and 80’s hair bands. You can find more at http://scarlettmetal.com.

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Title: LOST AND FOUND

Author: Nicole Williams

Expected release date: May 7, 2013

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Age Group: Mature YA, NA/Adult crossover

Cover Designer: Sarah Hansen from Okay Creations;

Cover reveal organized by: AToMR Tours

Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17336849-lost-and-found

Book Description:

There’s complicated. And there’s Rowen Sterling.

After numbing pain for the past five years with boys, alcohol, and all-around apathy, she finds herself on a Greyhound bus to nowhere Montana the summer after she graduates high school. Her mom agreed to front the bill to Rowen’s dream art school only if Rowen proves she can work hard and stay out of trouble at Willow Springs Ranch. Cooking breakfast at the crack of dawn for a couple dozen ranch hands and mucking out horse stalls are the last things in the world Rowen wants to spend her summer doing.

Until Jesse Walker saunters into her life wearing a pair of painted-on jeans, a cowboy hat, and a grin that makes something in her chest she’d thought was frozen go boom-boom. Jesse’s like no one else, and certainly nothing like her. He’s the bright and shiny to her dark and jaded.

 Rowen knows there’s no happily-ever-after for the golden boy and the rebel girl—happily-right-now is a stretch—so she tries to forget and ignore the boy who makes her feel things she’s not sure she’s ready to feel. But the more she pushes him away, the closer he seems to get. The more she convinces herself she doesn’t care, the harder she falls.

 When her dark secrets refuse to stay locked behind the walls she’s kept up for years, Rowen realizes it’s not just everyone else she needs to be honest with. It’s herself.

About the Author

I’m a wife, a mom, a writer. I started writing because I loved it and I’m still writing because I love it. I write young adult because I still believe in true love, kindred spirits, and happy endings. Here’s to staying young at heart *raises champagne glass* . . . care to join me?

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Julius Caesar wrote of the Celts: The Celts were fearless warriors because they wish to inculcate this as one of their leading tenets, that souls do not become extinct, but pass after death from one body to another. Seven Sisters. The infamous collection of stars align with the full moon on Halloween, alighting the sky for a destiny that s waited centuries. Dru, a gifted, but tormented witch living alone on the coast of Ireland wakes to find Ty, her long-time love, mysteriously disappeared. In Paris, Katerina, an oppressed but talented dancer bravely takes the stage in one final performance before escaping a life of tyranny, looking for a freedom she d only known in dreams. Aodh, The Dagda, a man made of ancient legends, has slumbered for two millennia. Tonight, when the moon is full and the stars are aligned, he rises from his temporary grave to find the world is not as he remembers. His people, his family, his tribe have vanquished, along with the majority of his considerable power. Chance takes him to Dru, and together they set out to find the key to reopening his world, whilst forming a bond of friendship neither has ever previously known. During their search, Dru learns Ty was no mortal man, but a god with a prophecy to fulfill. Ty died before fulfilling that prophecy, setting off a chain of events that would forever alter the future. Devastated, Dru abandons Aodh and the life that should have already been hers, and finds herself in the company of the worst sort. She begins a sordid affair with Kas, a daemon whose insatiable lust for power is only outdone by his lust for Dru. Separated from the only friend he knows, Aodh is left to search the world alone for answers. He meets the beautiful dancer, Katerina, and is instantly smitten. He stays near her, pretending to be mortal, gaining her friendship. On Katerina s birthday, just as Aodh is ready to concede to a life of mortality, Katerina is ripped from him by Kas. Aodh’s ideas on remaining mortal are no more; he has to unlock the secrets to his world that will open a trove of unimaginable power to save the two women he loves, before time is no longer in his favour, and he loses everything.

 Author Bio:

Dayna Ranelle was born late July, 1976 in Ohio. A born and bred writing gypsy and veritable vagabond, she called cities like Pittsburgh, Boston, Washington D.C. and London home before sinking her feet into southern soil. Dayna now lives in Dallas with her husband and three children.

A prolific writer, she has nearly twenty unfinished manuscripts collecting dust. One-by-one she is dusting them off and adding a coat or two of polish for publication.

The first novels to come out of the fold are: Tuatha and the Seven Sisters Moon, Serpentine Souls and Niles.

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Crystal Donahue has been fortunate to live all over the US, including but not limited to Arizona, Hawaii, and Georgia but she currently resides near the Iowa/Illinois border with her tornado obsessed son and their mischievous cat, Brownie. She is a procrastinator of epic proportions, finds humor in almost everything, loves sarcasm and loathes washing dishes.

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My favorite quotes: I had a lot but I had to take some out because of the plot.

Last annotated on April 1, 2013
Although I was sober enough to know what I was doing was wrong, I was too drunk and caught up in the moment to care. I’ve never wished so hard not to remember something in my entire life. Is a simple location 33 •

alcohol induced blackout really so much to ask for right about now?Read  location 34 •

“You’re so naive, Cass. How many guys do you know that would willingly have dinner with a girl if they’re embarrassed about a drunken sex fest?”location 237 •

“What the hell for? If he really wants you to choose a relationship over friendship he should be ripping your clothes off and making you scream until your voice goes hoarse.” location 1441

Tina places her head on her hands and props up her legs, bending them at the knee. She stares up at the sky for a few minutes before speaking again. “They’re okay, I guess. In bed he knows all the right buttons to push, but trying to have a meaningful conversation with him is like watching paint dry.” location 1449 •

“What exactly did you have in mind?” Will asks as he drops his coat to the floor. “Everything,” I say as I pull his mouth to mine. location 1559 •

“Maybe a little, but I’m a nurse so if you end up with food poisoning I’ll know what to do.” location 1981 •

of the hardest parts of my job isn’t taking care of the patients; it’s taking care of the patients’ family. Helping them come to terms with the decisions their loved ones make can either be very rewarding, or in instances like this, very heart breaking. location 2492 •

Always know that when the sunlight touches your shoulders and warms you, that it is us smiling down on you. Love, Nana and Papa location 3313 •
“Everyone else calls you Cass, and I don’t want to be just like everyone else to you.” location 3445 •

Cassel Bailey is so amusing. location 3572 •

Screw self-restraint, the best thing I ever did was get drunk and sleep with him! location 3797 •
“What happened to Mr. Self-restraint?” I tease. “He took the day off. Instead you’re left with Mr. Easily Corrupted.”

“Gee, Cassel,” he says as a wide grin unfolds across his lips, “you’re the bestest girlfriend ever.” “Did you seriously just say bestest?”R

“You’re such a jerk sometimes,” I say, trying to hold back my laughter, but failing. Will turns the volume up and spends the rest of the ride to the hospital serenading me, loudly and off key, along to Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off     location 4818 •

“So does that mean you’re still not over Kevin?” I ask as we climb into her car. “No, I’m over him,” she says with a devilish grin, “I’m just not under anyone else yet.” location 5387 •
“Not just any king,” he says with a smirk, “I’m King of the Cassel.” location 5454 • 

My favorite quotes

“Are you telling me that you weren’t in love with me?” “Collin, I do love you, I always will, but the way I feel about Nolan is like nothing I’ve ever felt before. It’s just different…I’m sorry.”Read more at location 1376
Standing here, watching Alexa with Nolan, I can see it; I can see the pure and honest love that they share.Read more at location 1389 •
Amanda started dating Nolan’s friend, Trevor. I know, right? Amanda have a boyfriend? I didn’t believe it at first, myself. I don’t even think she did, either. Seeing them together, though, you would think they’ve know each other forever. They are both equally crazy, and perfect for one another. Life is much easier with our best friends dating. Instead of having to divide our time between us and friends, we all hang out together. We’re the quad squad!Read more at location 1588
Now I think we need a book about Amanda and Trevor

Thanking God for every answered prayer he has given me since the day I met Alexa and thanking God for giving me this beautiful angel, for making her love me the way I love her, for not taking her away from me too soon; I thank God for all of it.Read more at location 1755

This was book #2 in the Forever Series. They say it is a stand alone or spin off I say NOPE you have to read book1. When you do you will see the growth of the characters and the author. This book was smarter and sexier if that is possible. I so enjoyed when Collin and Summer came to visit Matt. It brought the first book and the characters right back to you. So see don’t skimp, buy book one. Parties, sororities and getting drunk are the opposite of Leah Bennett. Leah is cute and comes equipped with a smart mouth. She is not the typical football player’s girlfriend. The day she meets Matthew Jacobs, is the day her future is sealed. She doesn’t know it and she is so secretive that her coy attitude doesn’t give the “real” Leah away. Her room-mate Kayla is the polar opposite. She lives College life for her self and puts studying second. Leah explains Kayla “Although Kayla is completely harmless and would never hurt a fly, she is dumber than a box of rocks, and I would rather listen to her nails dragging on a chalkboard then have her chatting my ear off about nothing at all.”

She realizes that Matt is not at all what she thought him to be. Just because he is in a frat house and the star wide receiver, doesn’t mean he has no standards. Apparently  Matt shows he is a little bit of an alpha male. Leah thinks she has him pegged and is confused by his actions then it becomes clear. “Now hearing him say that, this picture I’ve drawn of him is false”

Another hilarious quote, that doesn’t give plot away is “Holy fin Mother Theresa! He did not just say that me bowling a perfect game is a turn on!” 

Last night it happened! “Finally feeling like a true college student, I didn’t go home last night” How cute is that? I think really cute.

Location 1413 “What the hell? Am I a dick-a-holic now?” Another laugh and spit on the kindle!

So they are cute and the entire story has it’s ups and downs. There was a reveal that sort of blew me away because it explained Matthew’s family. Just the right amount of everything boiled in a pot and served up like a 5 star meal! Read it and enjoy the story, it continues with Promising Forever in May and then in July Giving You Forever. Get in line now this author rocks and I want more already!

Through my addiction for reading, I’ve discovered my passion for writing. I’ve written two books, Planning on Forever and Summer Rush. I’m a hopeless romantic, and love reading and writing about it.
~Read to love, and love to read~
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