Live to Love on the Edge Blog

Join me today for the Wicked After Dark Blog Hop & #Giveaway!

I will be giving away a copy of my e-novella NIGHT OF THE COUGAR, a delicious Halloween-themed reed diffuser and a KISSED BY THE VAMPIRE T-shirt to one lucky winner.

Visit the other stops on the blog hop (listed below) for more fun!

So why do I love being Wicked After Dark?

Well, I’ve actually got a confession to make and some of you who have been doing the KISSED BY THE VAMPIRE blog hop may know what it is: I’m afraid of the dark.

Yep, you read that right. Total chicken, especially in creepy places like cemeteries or on deserted streets. It doesn’t take much to have me jumping or running away.

Why? you wonder. As a kid, my mom and sis would watch all these horror movies on rainy weekends. Not wanting to be excluded, I would join in, but I could not handle the scare and gore the way they could. Inevitably I’d go up to bed that night and pull the covers up over my head in the hopes of staying safe until morning.

What better way to deal with that fear than to write about it? In my paranormal worlds, I have control of those creatures of the night. I can have them do what I want and whether good guys or bad, I can get into their heads to understand them better.

It’s like naming your fear so you can deal with it. Maybe even banish it. It’s much harder to fear something that is concrete and can be identified.

Writing paranormals is like naming that fear. The demons and other creatures have become real on the pages, but I am no longer afraid of them when they are there.

Now if I could only deal with my fear of heights. Maybe I should call it Fred. What do you think?

Take a moment to share your fears or let us know why you love paranormals for a chance to win my Wicked After Dark blog hop giveaway.

I am so excited about heading down to St. Augustine in February 2013 for the Olde City, New Blood Conference.

So visit with me today at Simply Ali’s blogspot where I chat about the conference and offer up a giveaway of some fun items!!’

If you’re in the area, join me at what looks like an awesome conference!

Come with me to the Ramblings From This Chick blog today! I’m chatting about being a history geek and writing about the vampires’ past lives. We’ve also got a giveaway going on for you.

I don’t know about you, but I really need some fun on this wet and dreary Fun Friday! How better to start it off than an interview and giveaway at the wonderful ALL the Fun Starts After Dark blog.

Ever wonder about a writer’s favorite writing space? Or how they handle bad reviews? Just pop on on over to the blog to find out.

On another note, I have a little secret to share with you: It’s hard to get me to laugh.

Seriously. I smile often and am generally happy, but making me laugh takes work. Especially those full belly kinds of laughs that take your breath away and sometimes make you embarrass yourself in one way or another. So when I find a show that does that for me repeatedly and is doing not so hot in the ratings, I feel compelled to share it with you.

That show is . . . ANIMAL PRACTICE on NBC. Seriously. I know. You’re shaking your head and saying, “What? Did you lose your mind?”

No, seriously, I didn’t. Hubby and I sat down to catch up on the episodes we’d missed and we both were laughing as hard as could be.

The lead character isn’t your typical alpha. He’s super smart, but emotionally distant and turning out to be more complex than you first thought.

The heroine, played by Joanna Garcia Swisher, is cute and the perfect foil for the hero and other oddball characters. Did I mention that she and the lead, Dr. Crane, played by Justin Kirk, have a past? Yes, so you’re rooting for them to get back together as attention flares every now and then. They could actually play this up a little more for my taste, but still, it’s good stuff.

Then there is Taylor Labine, minus his Flock of Seagulls hair. He’s cute and a nice sidekick for Dr. Crane. The rest of the cast is fun as well.

Last but not least, there is Dr. Rizzo, the non-human actor on the series. At times he steals the show. Here’s a little bit with Rizzo as a referee. Notice the Tebow.

Coach Ryan, will you give Tim a real chance this Sunday? You’re wasting him!!!

Sadly, as I was researching this blog I discovered the show was cancelled TODAY and WHITNEY will be returning in its place. WHITNEY? Seriously. No comment.

I was also surprised to hear that upwards of 40,000 people had complained about the use of animals on the show and that a PETA spokesman said, “Using animals for cheap laughs on TV shows is archaic and uninteresting to today’s viewers, who are sophisticated enough to know that not only is putting a monkey in a lab coat not funny, it’s also cruel.”

Wow. Call me unsophisticated. I thought Rizzo was fabulous and funny. So NBC if you’re out there, please give this show another chance!!

I hope you all have a great weekend!

I want to apologize if I’ve been late responding to some of you, but I’ve been mad busy at work and putting in some extra hours at night. Thank you for understanding and I hope you all know how much I love spending time with you here and via the e-mails that you send.

I’m off on another blog tour today at the wonderful Romancing the Book blog. I’m sharing a little bit more about Stacia, the very compelling heroine of KISSED BY A VAMPIRE and we’ve got a little giveaway going as well.

On another note – WOO HOO and thank you all for making KISSED BY A VAMPIRE the #1 rated Nocturne Kindle last night. It’s much appreciated and I guess that calls for a big . . .

Thank you so so much to Riverina Romantics for doing a spotlight and giveaway today to help me celebrate the release of KISSED BY A VAMPIRE.

Thank you for helping out!