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Do you believe?

Do you believe in life energies and otherworldly things? In alternative treatments for illnesses?

I don’t know what made me choose such topics for DEVOTION CALLS, or maybe I do. When my mom was diagnosed with lung cancer (and a big KEEP IT UP for all of you who had New Year’s resolutions to quit smoking), we followed all the regular avenues for treatment.

Since then I’ve asked myself, were there others to try . . .

So, Life Energies? Are there such things?

In DEVOTION CALLS, Ricardo Fernandez has learned to augment the gift he was born with — the gift to heal or kill — by using certain meditation techniques. Research showed me what kinds of things people said they experienced in such states and from there, Ricardo’s experiences were born.

Alternative Treatments?

Much like I must have felt, Sara Martinez is willing to try anything to save her mother and so she visits Ricardo and relies on his powers.

So do they work? What do you think?

I know this — I do believe that prayer and meditation can accomplish things if the will is strong enough. If love is present. If you have read DEVOTION CALLS, you know what I’m talking about. If you know the scene to which I’m referring, let me know what you thought.

So, I guess I’m warning you all that there could be spoilers in the comments to this post, but they will not ruin the mystery in the story involving the chupacabra. They will, however, maybe give you something to think about.

As for the procrastination and all your comments to JUST DO IT! Okay, I am (and have been) hard at work on multiple sets of revisions. Right now I’m deep into the last of them which I hope to have ready within a week or two.

But even I need a little break and so while watching HOUSE last night (yes, I do watch TV and work at the same time), I took some of your suggestions and fixed the trailer I had done. Here’s the new one:
[wmv width=”320″ height=”240″]http://home.att.net./~rtsmedicalsystems/calling_2.wmv[/wmv]

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DEATH CALLS Top Fantasy Book of 2006

I am so excited that CATALINA magazine picked DEATH CALLS as the Top Fantasy Book of 2006! Thanks to CATALINA and all the members of the online CATALINA book club.

It’s an awesome club and totally free! Plus, you can chat with the authors of the books for an entire month. Where else can you do that? To join, you can either sign up at http://catalinamagazine.com/book.htm or send an e-mail to Rosa@catalinamagazine.com.

I’m also excited that so many of your recent comments have said that you would like to see more of Diana and Ryder’s story.

You will see more of it in DEVOTION CALLS and as well, in later books. I had hoped to do yet another complete book with Diana and Ryder (#9), but we will have to wait and see what happens with the proposal which as we speak, is with the editor.

As for DEVOTION CALLS and how it impacts on Diana and Ryder’s story, the hero — Ricardo Fernandez — is a psychic healer and that power has a good side and a dark side. It also allows him to sense things about people, particularly illness.

Ricardo’s power will lead to an interesting development with Diana, but I won’t spill the beans and please, if you know already, don’t post a spoiler!! But I intentionally developed the next six books in the series with the continuing story arc revolving around what happened to Diana at the end of DEATH CALLS.

I did that because I thought that all of you would like that Diana mystery to slowly build from book to book. When will that mystery be resolved?

Look for more hopefully in book 9 of the series, although in each of the books coming up, you will get more and more hints as to what is happening with my absolute favorite character (if you hadn’t already guessed!)

Let me know what you think of this or whether you would rather know all at once.

Also, let me know what you think about Sara Martinez, the heroine from DEVOTION CALLS. When she first appeared in DANGER CALLS, there was something about her spunkiness and devotion to Melissa Danvers that said to me Sara had to have her own book.

If you want to know more about Sara, take a sneak peek at the new THE CALLING site we are developing by clicking here!

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Really really procrastinating!

Okay, so here it is again! I’d love your comments on it. There’s a few sections I’m thinking of changing — like the two sections (NYC and graveyard) so that the background isn’t as busy. What do you think?

If you cannot see the video below, then click here to see it at Youtube:

[wmv width=”320″ height=”240″]http://home.att.net/~rtsmedicalsystems/calling.wmv[/wmv]

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Procrastination!

What do you do when you have tons of things you should be doing, but don’t want to do any of them?

You create a video trailer! A first for me, but I think it came out pretty well.

Click here to see the video trailer for THE CALLING vampire novels at Youtube.

We’ll soon be launching a special site for THE CALLING and I’ll be sure to let you know when that happens.

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Sammie’s take on purses

Sammie and her friend at Kutztown Fair in PennsylvaniaPurses. I love all purses but the latest craze seems to be ridiculously large purses. I give it a YAY!!!!

They are an amazing accessory which can go with almost everything. Girls in my school use them as book bags, but they also use them while shopping in the city or going out with friends. I know I do. Guess seems to have the cutest. We sell them in Bakers and I want them. Very expensive, so if you are on a budget I suggest going to PAC SUN.

Big purses are also great for those summer beach days. Ahh global worming seems to be doing New Jersey some good. Cute summer purses you can get away with now in the winter. So BIG purses are a yay!

I also love clutches. OMG! Too cute. These are more classy then the big bag. They are used for nights out or a date. The clutch is for special occasions. I am sorry, when I see someone in school carrying a clutch I say to myself, “What are you carrying in there? A tampon?” seriously, think before you walk out the door.

P.S. Sorry for posting so late. I have been super busy with FCCLA. Don’t ask about that.

P.P.S. — Mom is adding her note as relayed to her by another mom — Skinnies are totally in as well. What’s a skinny? It’s a small ID/Wallet Case that’s big enough to hold ID and some cash. Very big for girls headed to college. Sammie says they’re the latest thing for girls who also go to clubs since the skinnies fit right into their jeans. The skinnies are available in a number of stores and Coach had a wide selection of colors and designs.

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What’s a Chupacabra?

First, here’s the answer the “Who’s the Hunk” question: Benjamin Bratt was the model for Ricardo Fernandez in DEVOTION CALLS.

He appeared in THE GREAT RAID, a WWII story about an Army Ranger raid to save American POWs in a Japanese camp. BB was also on LAW AND ORDER for several years and more recently, in the cancelled E-RING on NBC. I loved that show and boy could BB fill out that uniform nicely.

Congrats to Cathy for guessing the right answer!

The villain in DEVOTION CALLS is a chupacabra and many of you have asked what is a chupacabra?

Chupacabra (or chupacabras) means “goat sucker” in Spanish.

According to the legend (which is actually not all that old), the goat sucker kills animals by draining them of blood, much like a vampire. Sightings of the chupacabras have supposedly occurred throughout the Americas.

One theory as to the origin of the chupacabra is that it’s an alien pet that escaped. Another is that it’s either an alien genetics experiment that got loose or a human genetics experiment.

The chupacabra is described as being anywhere from 4 to 6 feet tall when upright, with green/gray scales, It has quills along its head and neck, possibly a long tail and clawed fingers. In addition, it has large glassy eyes that can be reddish in color.

I’ve given the chupacabra in DEVOTION CALLS a Beauty and the Beast twist as the demon was once human, but slowly became a chupacabra after being bitten by one. The bite occurred because the human lacked any compassion for a poor tinker. The tinker entices the man to look inside a box at something very special and the man gets bitten.

Remember, all of you who comment are eligible to win the tin of Hershey’s kisses.

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To those who dropped by the chat last night, thanks! I hope all those who won books enjoy them!

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Who’s the Hunk?

I always try to picture someone in my mind when I create the characters for the books. I definitely had one Hollywood Hunk in my mind when I dreamed about Ricardo Fernandez, the psychic healer from DEVOTION CALLS.

For today’s blog comments, can you guess who it is?

Here’s some clues:

He’s done at least one big screen movie in the past year — a WWII epic.
He was a regular on various shows on NBC.
He’s Latino and his sexiness grew on me slowly.

For a little bit more information on Ricardo and Sara, the hero and heroine in DEVOTION CALLS, I’m giving you a sneak peek at THE CALLING site that is under construction! Just click on these names (and no that’s not the hunk in the picture. I can’t use his photo on the site. The photo though could be one way that people see Ricardo)

 

Ricardo Fernandez
Sara Martinez
 

Remember, all of you who comment are eligible to win the tin of Hershey’s kisses.

Also, if you would like to subscribe to the blog, check out the various buttons at the bottom right of the blog. You can add this blog to your Google or Yahoo home page, or any of the other pages shown. Just click on the button!

To those who dropped by the chat last night, thanks! I hope all those who won books enjoy them!

I’ll post the answer to Who is the Hunk tomorrow morning!

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