Thanks to EVERYONE for your valuable input! Congratulations, Lis! 

Chey

I’d love to hear everyone’s thoughts, so jump in–and you’ll have a chance to win a copy of MOVING TARGET! Everyone who posts today will go into a drawing and I’ll draw the winner first thing in the morning.

Question:

What do you look for in a blog? What are your favorite things about visiting any blog?

 Just post an answer and you’re in the drawing!

 Chey

Mary, if you’ve read the “Magic” books, you’ll be able to choose 3 of my other books in print. :o)

Please email contests@cheyennemccray.com and we’ll send you your prizes!

Congrats!

Chey 

Alexis Morgan   (alexismorgan@alexismorgan.com)

So as usual, I’m behind on even announcing exciting things in my career.  First of all, the reissue of Fangs For The Memories was out the beginning of this month.  I love the new cover.  :)

I also want to post the trailer for my book, Any Way You Want It, coming in January 2008.  This is my first trailer, and I think it is fantastic.  NovelTeaser made it for me, and they are good!  I wanted to upload it to this page directly–but it ain’t workin’.  So please go here and check it out.  Any Way You Want It Book Trailer

The rock portion of the music was performed by The Sonny Kane Project, who also act as The Impalers for Erin McCarthy and me.  They actually played Heather Graham’s Writers for New Orleans conference for us–and were a big hit.   Erin and I were so pleased.

So for the last of my announcements, Erin and I are actually celebrating the success of The Impalers LIVE by running a contest at The Impalers site.  It’s a fun trivia thing with the winners receiving advanced copies of Any Way You Want It, and Erin’s Sucker Bet, neither of which are available until January–and you also get a CD of The Impalers singing Any Way You Want It and I Want You To Want Me. 

Free books and great 80’s tunes sung by vampires.  You got to check this out, right??  Just click to learn more…The Impalers Contest.

There I got a little caught up.  ;)

Cheyenne is starting out with a few questions for Jaci. Now behave, Jaci. (If that’s possible ;-)

Chey: What do you do to celebrate when you finish writing a book?

Jaci: I nap. Then I shop. Then I nap some more. Then after a few hours have passed, I start the next book. ;-)

Chey: Do you do anything special the day your book is available in stores?

Jaci: Um, I hyperventilate a whole lot. Then I go stalk the bookstores and take pictures of my book on the shelves (Yes, I am that geeky *g*)

Chey: Do you just write in your home, or do you go to coffee shops or other places to get some writing done?

Jaci: I always write at home. It’s quiet here. I’d people-watch at coffee shops, then I’d never get any writing done

Chey: What are your biggest distractions?

Jaci: Naps and General Hospital

Chey: What is your biggest addiction?

Jaci: Naps and General Hospital

Chey: What’s your favorite kind of food?

Jaci: I love Pizza. And a really good steak. Oh and Lobster. Hmm, I guess I don’t have just one favorite.

Chey: Tell us about HUNTING THE DEMON.

Jaci: Nic Diavolo has been kidnapped by the Realm of Light, a team of demon hunters sworn to defeat the Sons of Darkness, demon lords in service to the Great Evil One. Nic and his brother Derek are sons of one of the demon lords, and it’s up to Shay Pearson, another demon hunter, to determine how much demon blood Nic possesses, and whether he can be trusted to join the Realm, or whether he’ll choose the Sons of Darkness. It’s a fun and sexy story with lots of secrets.

Chey: Where did you get the idea for the series?

Jaci: I wanted to write a paranormal series, but not the same old, same old. When I started worldbuilding and creating characters, demons and demon hunters came to mind and the first book, SURVIVING DEMON ISLAND, was born. It’s a twist on reality television with demons in the mix, and characters who all bring something very special to their roles as demon hunters.

Chey: How many books will there be in the series?

Jaci: As many as Bantam Dell will let me write. I don’t have a set number of books—at least not yet. Right now I’m contracted for four books. I hope there’ll be a lot more.

Chey: Let us know the URLs for your website, blog, and any other link you’d like to provide.

Website: http://www.jaciburton.com

Blog: http://www.jaciburton.com/blog

Okay, Turnabout is fair play, right? So Jaci gets even with Cheyenne:

Jaci: What do you do to celebrate when you finish writing a book?

Chey: A couple of chocolate martinis will always do the trick for a good celebration. Oh, and jewelry. Jewelry is good.

Jaci: Do you do anything special the day your book is available in stores?

Chey: Freak out. Go see my book in the stores. Want to jump up and down, but manage to restrain myself. Um, most of the time. :-)

Jaci: Do you just write in your home, or do you go to coffee shops or other places to get some writing done?

Chey: I tend to go to coffee shops and the bookstore cafe. I put on my headset with some great writing music and go to town. I find I work best when I get out of the house because I’m away from home distractions. And the internet. That’s a big distraction. But I have a BlackBerry, so now I can still be distracted by email…

Jaci: What are your biggest distractions?

Chey: The internet, my kids, my dogs. Lately eBay. Not good.

Jaci: What is your biggest addiction?

Chey: Er, eBay the last couple of weeks. :-) I love (toooo much) cake batter flavored ice cream. Cold Stone Creamery has the best, mixed with their homemade brownies… What, a pound gained every time I have some, no doubt.

Jaci: What’s your favorite kind of food?

Chey: Thai. Loooove Thai food. Also seafood is big on the list. And fillet mignon. Mmmmmmm.

Jaci: Tell us about WICKED MAGIC.

Chey: Rhiannon Castle is a D’Anu witch whose Coven sisters know nothing of the Shadows that lurk within her. Rhiannon is afraid to reveal the truth to anyone. Keir’s Tuatha D’Danann brethren are the only real family he has ever known. He trusts no one—until he is sent to San Francisco and meets Rhiannon, the one woman with fire enough to tame him. They face a new threat that rises from the depths of Underworld. When a demon goddess unleashes her evil upon our world, Rhiannon’s secret could be the ultimate weapon in this epic battle—or forge a pathway to destruction for the only man she’s ever loved.
Jaci: Where did you get the idea for the series?

Chey: Monique Patterson of St. Martin’s Press, the best editor in the world, asked me to submit a proposal for contemporary suspense, and one for paranormal. When she asked for an urban paranormal series, I wanted to do something I hadn’t seen done before. Witches came to mind because I just happened to have been studying Paganism for a young adult novel that I was writing under a different name. There’s a ceremony called “Drawing Down the Moon.” When I was trying to think up ideas for the “Magic” series, that was the first scene that came to my mind, fully developed–when in FORBIDDEN MAGIC Silver performs the ceremony “skyclad” (which = naked) on a private stretch of beach in San Francisco, and summons Hawk of the Tuatha D’Danann from Otherworld to help save the city from Demons. I really got into bringing in Celtic mythology and twisted it to use in my own wicked way. *g* I hadn’t heard of or read any witch books when I came up with the idea for my series.
Jaci: How many books will there be in the series?

Chey: Five. SHADOW MAGIC comes out next May, and then DARK MAGIC in Oct or Nov. I’m writing DARK MAGIC now. It’s going to be tough leaving my D’Anu witches, but the series has an arc and comes full circle in the fifth book. Every book is absolutely a stand alone–you don’t have to have read any of the previous books. But of course you get to learn more about the other characters when you do. :-)

Oh! And then there’s what I call book 3 1/2. It’s a “Magic” novella, BREATH OF MAGIC, with D’Anu witch Sydney and a hunky D’Danann warrior named Conlan. They get in on in the anthology, No Rest for the Witches with MaryJanice Davidson, Lori Handeland, Christine Warren, and yours truly. The anthology is due out October 2nd!
After this 5th and final “Magic” book that I’m writing, I start a new contemporary suspense continuity series with a kickass heroine named Lexi. Then next I’ll start a new urban fantasy continuity series with a half-Drow heroine (Dark Elves). Nyx is all attitude and then some. She’s beyond kickass. I think she’s going to need *her* ass kicked a few times.

Jaci: So give us your URLs:

Website: http://cheyennemccray.com/

MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/cheyennemccray

Hope you’ve enjoyed our badgering each other! Remember, everyone who posts goes into the book drawings for autographed copies of Cheyenne’s FORBIDDEN MAGIC and for Jaci’s SURVIVING DEMON ISLAND!
Have a great week!

Jaci & Chey

I was called out of town unexpectedly, and well, I didn’t get a chance to tell you.  So to make up for the delay, I’m picking three winners.  Two will get books from Erin McCarthy and me.  And the third will get an Impalers t-shirt.

And the winners are…

Of the books-
Joel Berger
and
Ellie Lewis
Of the t-shirt with the rockin’ Impalers logo-
Jennifer Yates
Please send your mailing addresses to me at kathy@readkathylove.com, and we will get these in the mail to you. Congratulations and thank you for your patience.  

And for all the people who entered, thanks for playing and for checking out The Impalers’ site.  I hope you enjoyed the vampire boys!

Best,
Kathy

I know I’ve told you about this really cool project that Erin McCarthy and I are doing together, which is the fictional vampire rock band, The Impalers.

Well, The Impalers have updated their website.  They’ve added new bios, new blogs, music of them playing live, even video.  It’s all very cool.

And to celebrate The Impalers being such an industrious group of fictional vampires, I’m going to run a contest today.

I’m going to ask three questions which can be found on The Impalers site.  Email me personally at kathy@readkathylove.com with the answers, and you will win a signed copy of my newest release I Only Have Fangs For You and a signed copy of Erin’s High Stakes.

Here are the questions…

1. Which two members of the band are related fictionally?

2. Which two are related in real life?

3. What is the first song Ren sings on the video of them performing live?

Easy, huh?  Also please sign the guestbook and all that fun stuff.  That includes the ladies of The Midnight Hour, too.  :)

Now, go on, get Impaled.  ;)