I'm over at Dayana's today.

I've posted a whole new excerpt of Soul Mate over at Dayana's blog today...

I'm also chatting about some new and exciting stuff coming up this year.

So don't delay... stop on over and wave.

http://dayanaknight.blogspot.com/

New Video 7 & 8 things to do while waiting...

Did you really think it would be here? Okay... You did... I get that. But, I decided to post my 7 & 8 things to do while waiting for your editor - or publisher - to get back to you. If you've subbed a manuscript to a publisher or an agent, there are things you can do while you're waiting for "The Call". Stop on over to multi-published Dayana Knight's blog and view my latest video blog and stay up to date.

If you want me to post # 5 & 6 on your blog... leave a post here and enter into a pool of potential winners.

I'm such a tease.

I finally sat down and recorded my 7th and 8th thing to do while waiting for an editor to get back to you. But you have to wait until Monday to see the video blog. And, you'll have to go to Dayana Knight's Blog and check it out. Be sure and check it out... oh, and if you have a website, be sure and put that link in your comments.

Until Monday... toddles

One Lovely Blog Award ~

Lookie what I have? One Lovely Blog Award sent to me from Dayana Knight... My fellow Black Wolf author and friend.

Thank you so much! Here are the "rules" that go along with it:

1. Accept the award, along with the person's name who gave it to you and their blog link.

2. Pass the award to other blogs.

3. Remember to contact the other bloggers to let them know they've been chosen for the award.

So here we go... I'm going to send this to Rachel and Shelley.

Author Dayana Knight

Today I have a very special guest and fellow Wild Rose Press author, Dayana Knight. Dayana and I have so very much in common it's almost scary. We lean toward the darker side of the garden with shapeshifters and spicy love scenes. She's celebrating her release of Bestial Cravings.

Thanks for joining us today, Dayana.

Tell us about your new book out now:

Bestial Cravings is a stand alone companion, short story contained within the Roma Wolf Tales Series. It also acts as an introduction to some new characters that will appear in Book II of the series.

Blurb:
Vesta Johns has everything going for her—except her health. Desperate to find the answers to her lethargy and her insatiable desire for raw meat and sex, she seeks out the help of her doctor, but Dr. Cohen can give her no answers.
Or can she?
Torrence Simiene is a medical consultant with a unique specialization. As an alpha werewolf, it’s been his job to aid Dr. Cohen’s distinctive patients through their transition from human to shifter, for years. This time, however, it’s different. Vesta arouses his primal lust, and he’s having a hard time keeping her at a distance.
Will the doctor’s plan of care offer the ultimate cure for Tor and Vesta’s bestial cravings , or further drive them apart?

Teaser:

He smiled and turned to her. “Do I make you uncomfortable?”

“No. It’s just…well…it’s more the opposite, really.” She gave him a sexy, little, side glance. “It’s like I belong with you. Like I’ve been waiting for you. But in the same token, the feeling makes me question it.” She stared into the empty hearth for a long minute.

Tor wondered if she would say anything else. His lust for her became increasingly more uncomfortable by the minute, and he needed to get away from her but he also needed to taste her lips just once before he left, though deep down he knew once wouldn’t be enough.


How do you respond when someone says... "Oh, you write THAT kind of book?"

I enjoy writing sensual/erotic stories. Erotic or Sensual Romance is not smut. They are spicy romances filled with emotional imagery. Romance is love and love ultimately moves toward sex with any healthy romantic relationship. So why would I not encompass all within my stories? Everyone has fantasies. And fantasy is wonderful honest fodder that brings stories alive and perhaps bring a common denominator to the reader. Emotional connections make for more fulfillment and excitement trajectory toward that HEA, at least in my opinion.

What are your goals as a writer?

Ultimately to share my stories with anyone interested in reading them. I would love to someday be on the New York Best Seller list but if that never happens, I'm happy to keep putting pieces of myself out there in my work. Hey, a movie deal might be nice too, but honestly I am not writing to get rich, though I wouldn't turn my back on fame or fortune, LOL I feel fortunate that there are pub houses out there that are interested in my work.

I find that each new project is a learning experience. I am amazed at how much my writing improves the longer I pursue my craft. We are always learning and applying new technique.

How many books do you read a month?

I'd say at least 4 or 5 depending on length. Are they all romance? Mostly but I read craft help or self-improvement and history as well. Writers must always do research so much of my time is spent reading informational stuff as well.

Do you have anything new in the works?

Yes, I have a crime suspense that I had pubbed under a different penname I recently pulled from the pub house and am revising for redistribution with another publishing house not yet decided along with a sequel in the works for that. And I am currently working on Book Two of my Roma Wolf Tales Series. For those who are not familiar with my RWT Series, Curse of the Marhime is Book One and now available.
I also have some interesting erotic theme stories dancing around in my head that I will pen to paper and get submitted:)

Where can we find you?

For more information on my books, contests, and me in general please visit me at http://www.dayanaknight.blogspot.com/ or http://www.romawolftales.com/

Your book?
All my books are linked to sales venues from my website or may be purchased at the following links:
http://www.thewildrosepress.com/
http://www.thewildrosepress.com/wilderroses/index.php

Thanks again, Dayana. And if any of you out there missed Dayana's Eternal Obsession, be sure and take a peak.

EXTRA-- EXTRA

Extra - Extra

Tomorrow is my author interview with

Dayana Knight

She's celebrating her release of

Bestial Cravings

from

The Wild Rose Press

Be sure and stop by.

And then there was light...

I thought it was time to lighten it up around here. It being summer and all!
So, yeah? or nay?-- Do ya like the bright background or the darker one?

On another note: This Friday Dayana Knight will be visiting my blog to celebrate her release this week so be sure and stop by and wave.

Kilt Worthy is with a final reader which means I should be hearing from Lori soon about a release date! Whoo hoo!

One last little update and I'm done... promise! Soul Mate (My Red Rose Publishing release) is with the line editor. Still slated for a Fall release but sometimes these things get pushed up in the e-pub world. Which is fine with me!

Oh, and Rachel is giving away a copy of her book today... so quick... Click HERE to run over to her blog and enter to win.

And the winner is...

Congratulations to Abby MacInnis for winning the free download of Having Faith, and Julie Robinson for winning Eternal Obsession. I hope your Christmas glows all the more after reading such wonderful books by two very talented authors. Contact me at catherinebybee@yahoo.com so I can see that Nancy O'Berry and Dayana Knight have your e-mail addresses.

Interview With Author Dayana Knight

Today I’m interviewing Dayana Knight, Paranormal Romance Novelist. And in celebration of her release she is giving away a free download of her Scarlet release, Eternal Obsession. All you have to do is comment on this blog and Dayana will pick a winner at random.

I first started chatting with Dayana back in October during one of her many blogs and contests, and soon found we had a lot in common. In October, her first title with The Wild Rose Press was released, Curse of the Marhime (Roma Wolf Tales Book I). Just by reading the title you have a clear idea of what this book is about. * Rubbing my hands together. I just love curses and wolves. *

Now she has another title being released, Eternal Obsession. Since this story is under the Scarlet label at TWRP, it promises to be one spicy read. *Oh, that hand rubbing thing is happening again. Sounds like obsessive Vampires to me.* But I’ll let Dayana tell you all about her newest book.

Welcome to my little corner of the cyber world, Dayana. Why don’t you tell everyone a little bit about you.

Thank you, Catherine. I am thrilled to be here today and extremely excited about my new release, Eternal Obsession.

Hmm…

Tell you a bit about myself, eh? Okay, here goes…

I grew up in Southern New Jersey, but later picked up and moved to Southern Florida back in ’85 where I will probably die. I love the Florida winters much better than the Northeastern ones, though I do miss the change of seasons, particularly Autumn colors, Winter snow, when you don’t have to go anywhere and can just enjoy it, and let’s not forget Spring and the beautiful burst of color and blooms. I am an avid animal lover, love the beach, the woods, and traipsing through century-old cemeteries, and scarey stories told deep in the night. Ever since I remember, I loved listening to ghost stories, wandering through old abandoned houses/buildings and imagining who lived and breathed within their walls. I read and watched anything paranormal I could get my hands on. I dabbled and studied white magic as a teen (the dark arts or black magic always made me a wee bit nervous) *grin* and I have always been infatuated with the sensual lore of the vampire and werewolf.

I have loved books and reading since a very young age and created my own stories and poems beginning at the age of eleven. I had creative writing classes in Junior and Senior High School as well. However, I hadn’t taken the craft seriously until more recently.

Favorite holidays: Halloween(Pagan) and Christmas(Christian). Conflicting but I love both and go way out for both as far as decorations. And btw, sums up my personality, as wellJ

Favorite movies: Blood and Chocolate, Van Helsing, and the Lord of the Rings Series—Love Aragorn/Viggo *sssshhh…*

Favorite books: J. R. Ward, The Black Dagger Series, anything Laurel K Hamilton writes, both the Faery and Vampire/werewolf series, Katie McAllister and several others I can’t think of at the moment, but you get the idea.


Tell us about Eternal Obsession. How did you come up with the idea for this book?

Eternal Obsession was actually a short story entitled “Of Love, Blood, and Eternity” that I’d put together for a contest back in 2000 and actually won. It is a period vampire short that I dusted off, fleshed out a bit more and spiced up-if you know what I mean-with the idea of breaking into the art of erotic writing. My writing leans toward the extremely sensual end anyway so this particular project is my erotic debut. I was thrilled when Diana Carlile, my editor at the Wilder Rose end of The Wild Rose Press liked and accepted the story. I hope to write many more.


What else are you working on?

I have a companion story to Curse of the Marhime set to release June 2009 at The Wild Rose Press entitled, Bestial Cravings, that will introduce some additional characters into my Roma Wolf Tale series. Book II, currently untitled, is in the works as we speak.


Where else can we find you on-line?

You can find me at my website and my blogspot.

Eternal Obsession by Dayana Knight

Life is precious or so we are told. But what of love? How can one distinguish between immortal love and mortal life?

Tia must discover which is more important, for her lover walks the night and has given her a choice only she can make. Will she agree to be 'turned' or will she watch her love and life walk away forever?

Cursed by a witch long ago, Andres is doomed to wander the night for all eternity, feeding upon the elixir of life and forever alone. Until he finds Tia. But he will not sway his love's decision. She must consent to be his of her own accord, or he will walk forever out of her life.

Is love and lust strong enough to bind them for all time or is eternal obsession all they will ever share?


To order your copy of Eternal Obsession visit The Wilder Roses.

Thank you, Dayana for taking the time to chat with us today. I just love the Rosettes. They fit so perfectly into my busy schedule this time of year.