A Vampire Haiku

I had mentioned that VampChix is having a cool scavenger hunt this week. Today is a guest blog by Ryan Mecum, author of Vampire Haiku and Zombie Haiku. Our challenge is write a vampire related haiku. I took up the challenge and composted the following:

Draws me in slowly
His natural charisma
Staying despite fear

Hold your applause. I haven't written haiku since high school. I may start doing so now that I'm on a roll. Perhaps, I'll write Werewolf Haiku next:)

~Moonsanity

Halloween Goodies For Readers

It's Halloween week, and for fans of Paranormal fiction there are a lot of goodies out there for the taking.

The first one I found today and just finished reading. It's a cool little short story from Christina Dodd. This story takes place after the last Darkness Chosen book, Into the Flame. IF you haven't read all four books you'll want to save the short story until you do because it has spoilers. You can read it here: http://www.christinadodd.com/paranormal_scene_wilder.html

Writerspace is hosting the 2009 Halloween Mash Chat. It's on Wednesday, October 28th from 8 pm to 11 pm Eastern Time in the Writerspace Readers Chat Room. You can register here: http://www.writerspace.com/halloween/. They have authors galore and prizes too!

Kim Harrison is throwing her Annual Halloween Costume Contest! Category winners received a signed cover flat of a Hollows book. Grand prize winner is pulled from the category winners, and will receive a signed ARC of BLACK MAGIC SANCTION. All the details on entering are here: http://www.kimharrison.net/Halloween09.htm Isn't that fun?

VampChix are having a Vamp Bash this week! It's a scavenger hunt with author interviews and prizes through Friday the 30th. Vamp fun for all:) It's here:http://vampchix.blogspot.com/ (I'm multi-tasking and doing their hunt as I type this. *snicker*)

~Moonsanity

Musical Interlude: Lacuna Coil

I'm heading out to my inlaws for the weekend, books in hand, and a notebook to jot down any fiction ideas I have while there because I won't have internet. Yikes!

My little musical interlude today is from an Italian band called Lacuna Coil. This video has a paranormal feel. It's a little creepy, a little Goth...



~Moonsanity

It's Been a Good Day...

Today I received two awards today; which are the first ones I've received. Two in one day makes for a good day folks. The first one is the Blog With Bite Top Reviewer Award. I'm so pumped about this because the book review I wrote was my first one with them, the first one on this blog and it was for Covet by J.R. Ward, which I loved. I'm taking this as a sign that I should get in gear and start writing reviews for all the books I've read since Covet!

The second award was giving to me by Book Whisperer. You can visit her blog here: http://book-whisperer.blogspot.com/. She gave me The Honest Scrap Award, which is for those bloggers who write from the heart. The rules: pass it along to seven bloggers and then list 10 honest things about yourself. Thank you SO much for giving me this award!



Let's do my list first because I'm a list person:

1. I'm turning 50 this summer, and a part of me really hates that I will be that old. I don't feel old, but 50 seems more traumatic for me than 30 or 40 did.

2. I would rather read than watch television.

3. I own boxed DVD sets of ALL seasons of: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel and Firefly.

4. I buy wine based on how cool the bottle looks

5. I hate reality television. ALL reality TV, even American Idol. Sorry folks:(

6. I don't like talking on the phone or texting. I'd rather email.

7. I like space around me. A lot of space. We have ten acres, and most of it is straight back from my deck sliders. I used to feel closed in when we lived in the city. Here, just knowing I have ten acres of my own space makes me feel less stressed.

8. I love wearing my husband's t-shirts after they are all worn and comfortable. I'm wearing his black AC/DC tee right now.

9. I love books. Old books, new books... I have a 6 foot tall monster of a bookshelf of garden and herb books, plus another large book shelf of fiction that I'm currently reading or going to read. Then there are the plastic tubs in the basement with more books. Yes, I'm addicted.

10. When I was a new writer on my college internship I LOVED doing feature articles for the small town newspaper I worked at. Once I interviewed the president of the local La Leche League (back in 1981) and I quoted her as saying "You can't prop a breast!". This freaked out my family and they still make fun of me when it comes up. I thought it was funny, and still do:)

It's so hard for me to pick winners of awards, and I'm suppose to pick seven. Instead, I would be thrilled to offer it to any of my commenters who have blogs and haven't received this award yet. It would help me get to know you better, and you DO touch my heart just by leaving a comment for me.

~Moonsanity

Snicker For Today

I swear my humor becomes more warped each day:)

What I'm Reading This Week

This week I am finishing up my third read of Lover Awakened by J.R. Ward. I love this book more every time I read it. If you haven't read this series and like your paranormal romance on the edgy side with some sarcasm thrown in, you should pick up Dark Lover, the first book in the Black Dagger Brotherhood series.

Two books I ordered from ebay were in my mailbox today. Crimson City by Liz Maverick and Stray by Rachel Vincent. I'll start Stray next after I finish Lover Awakened tonight.

I also joined Paperback Swap yesterday after finally hearing so many good things about it that I couldn't resist. Some books I won't part with, but I have a lot of paperbacks that just didn't make my "Keeper Shelves". I have the first two swaps packaged and ready to go to the post office tomorrow, plus I ordered two for myself. I put in for Full Moon Rising (Riley Jenson, Guardian, Bk 1) by Keri Arthur and Fantasy Lover (Dark-Hunter, Bk 1) by Sherrilyn Kenyon. Since I started reading paranormal romance later than most readers, I have a lot of catching up to do on series like these.

I will try to post reviews this week of several books/series that I've read recently.

I'm hanging out at the Barnes and Noble website this week where J. R. Ward is the featured author. It's set up as a forum where fans can ask questions, and she answers them, or not, depending on what they are trying to squeeze out of her:) It's here: Barnes and Noble Center Stage from 10/19-10/23: http://www.bn.com/centerstage

~Moonsanity

Book Giveaways & Contests: Vamps Galore!

There are so many cool give-aways going on in October. Spend a little time going to these blogs and have some fun. Good Luck! (A new window will open for each one.)

If you haven't seen the button or heard about it yet, Bitten by Books is having a 31 Days of Dark Events and it's crazy! Each day they give away multiple prizes to a few bloggers, not just one. You can enter all or some of the daily contests on the blog. It's easy, it's fun and while there head on over to their author interviews. MORE prizes given away on some of those. It will make your head swim! Here is the main page with details: http://bittenbybooks.com/?p=11197

Here are more contests going on around Blog Land:

The Story Siren: The Vampire's Assistant Prize Package. Ends 10/22/2009
http://www.thestorysiren.com/2009/10/cirque-du-freak-vampires-assistant.html

The Book Smuggler: The Vampire's Assistant Prize Package. Also ends 10/23/2009.
Double your chances to win this cool package!
http://thebooksmugglers.com/2009/10/cirque-du-freak-the-vampires-assistant-giveaway.html

Anna's Book Blog: Box O' Books Give way. Ends 10/31/2009
Cool book lot of paranormal fun!

Plus, guess what other giveaway she has? Yep, another Vampire's Assistant package!
http://annavivian.blogspot.com/2009/10/box-o-books-giveaway.html

Fantasy Book Critic: Riyria Revelations book set Ends 10/232/2009
They also have a (go ahead and say it) Vampire's Assistant Giveaway!
http://fantasybookcritic.blogspot.com/2009/10/giveaway-win-3-book-set-of-riyria.html

Last one for today is the first giveaway for Blog With Bite! They are giving away 4 sets of VAMPIRES by Joules Taylor and WEREWOLVES by Jon Izzard. Ends 10/31/2009
http://blogwithbitereviews.blogspot.com/2009/10/contest-with-bite.html

~Moonsanity