 | 29 Oct 05 |
Hi there!
Come on in and we’ll all chat about murder, writing, sex, books, how Natalie and I had the blinding realization that stalking is not our forte, or any hot topic that catches our interest.
Allison, Natalie and Deb have all said hello, Karin will once she is finished with her in-depth research on hot cops (she CLAIMS to be on vacation but I’m thinking she’s traveling the country, undercover, looking for hot cops to use in her books 
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I’m delighted to be here with my fellow murder-chicks. Between the five of us, we have quite a variety of experience and backgrounds…
I’m the boring one. Seriously. Just a soccer mom who quickly realized writing about murder was much more fun than, well, anything else. Okay, truthfully, I’m a little slow. I actually tried writing historical romances for seven or eight years. After several books were rejected all over NY, I began to wonder if the dead bodies in the manuscripts were the problem.
Maybe dead bodies aren’t romantic? Sheesh, who knew? Out of frustration, I wrote a mystery and let me tell you, when it sold, I thought for sure they were kidding. For months afterward, every time the phone rang, I was sure NY was calling to tell me they’d made a mistake.
But here I am, four books and a novella later. Another book comes next year. These days, I’m sticking with the theory that as long as I don’t kill off a character and call it romance, I’m okay.
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Award winning author, Jennifer Lyon, always wanted to be a witch. Since her witch-powers never materialized, she went onto Plan B and now she creates magic in her books. In her new series, the author of the acclaimed Samantha Shaw Mystery Series (written as Jennifer Apodaca) introduces the Witch Hunters, legendary men who must overcome a curse to team up with witches and fight evil.
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ROFLOL! After my agent called me about the offer from Ballantine, I was sure it was a joke. Then for the longest time I had the feeling they were going to pull the offer because everything happened so sloooooooooow. Actually getting paid helped alleviate some of these fears.
Hmmm. I kill off a lot of people and I still call it romance. I guess as long as you don’t kill off the hero or heroine, you’re okay.
by Allison October 29th, 2005 at 9:24 amYou are not the boring one. It’s all a facade. Do NOT believe her. Jen is trouble, with a CAPITAL T.
by Natalie October 29th, 2005 at 1:31 pmBut Allison, sometimes I WANT to kill off the hero…you know, when he annoys me while I’m writing the book. So far, I’ve resisted. Note to Self–no herocide (is that a word?). Hey, Allison, can you believe they actually pay us to do this stuff????
LOL, Natalie, my name is spelled with a captial J, not a captial T. I’m a very nice woman who never, ever suggests things like “Killing Them Softly, One Mo**** F***** at a Time,” like you did! When I read that, I laughed until tears ran down my face. My husband was watching TV in the other room and called out, “Are you talking to your friends online again?” I considered answer, “No I’m talking to the voices in my head.” But I was laughing too hard to answer the poor man.
by Jen October 29th, 2005 at 4:15 pmLOL, you’re a hoot, Jen!
I had a different problem with New York. My agent kept telling me to soften up on my lead female characters before readers started confusing them with Super Woman wannabes.
My agent: “Put a little romance in your character’s life, Deborah.”
Me: “Why?”
Agent: “Because it’ll fill out the character, and more people will relate to her. In case you have noticed, there are women out there who can’t do everything on their own. They need a man in their life.”
Me: “Why?”
Agent: “Look, people just want a little romance now and then. It’s what they like to read, especially women.”
Me: “Why?”
I swear I could almost hear her eyes rolling back in her head over the phone.
So anyway, I’m trying to add a little fluff and tickle to my stories, but it’s hard dangit. I’ve got authenticated, notarized documentation that proves I’m romantically challenged.
Or I was until I saw the cover to THE HARD STUFF…
Oh, wait a sec..is there a difference between romance and lust?
by Deb October 29th, 2005 at 5:45 pmNo, no, no difference Deb. None at all. And don’t let Jennifer try to lead you astray. I’m telling ya, SHE’S TROUBLE. And if she says anything at all about PeeWee Herman, it’s ALL A LIE!! A baldfaced lie.
by Natalie October 29th, 2005 at 6:22 pmDeb, quick–get Karin’s cover up on the wall over your computer. You will be inspired! I cracked up at your conversation with your agent. I’ve met some of those women who can’t do everything on their own. Oh wait, I am one of those women, LOL! Just kidding. Mostly.
Natalie, Natalie, Natalie…you don’t have to hide your Big Huge Crush on PeeWee Herman. We’re all friends here, we’ll put up with your eccetricity
Now when are you going to free those hunky FBI agents from of your basement? Surely someone at Quantico has noticed a few missing employees?
by Jen October 29th, 2005 at 6:59 pmWho the HE%& is PeeWee Herman? Is he that baseball player? Jen, you really need to get your MIND out of my non-existent basement. I DO NOT HAVE FBI AGENTS HIDDEN THERE. Hmm, perhaps a guilty conscience is what keeps you inferring these things. Do YOU have FBI agents hidden in YOUR basement??? Hmmm? Inquiring minds want to know….
by Natalie October 29th, 2005 at 7:04 pmUh, Natalie, I live in Southern California, otherwise known as Earth Quake County. We don’t have basements. Well, some people probably do, but they belong to the Fruits and Nuts Clan that roam free in So Cal. So inquiring minds will be disappointed, maybe even disillusioned!
Talk about a guilty conscience, and protesting too much…you know who PeeWee Herman is. Come on, fess up, you have his posters covering the walls in your office. You have DVDs of all his movies. Your a Fan with a Crush!
by Jen October 29th, 2005 at 7:13 pmA CRUSH on PeeWee Herman? Surely you jest. You’d best watch your step there, Missy, or I’ll alert the media that Ms. Big Stuff Author Jennifer Apodaca is really the pen name for Hulk Hogan. Oops. Did I just say that out loud?
by Natalie October 29th, 2005 at 8:32 pmWhat? Did I say Natalie has a crush on PeeWee Herman? No, no! I misstated things! I meant to say that Natalie…uhhh…hmm…once was in a lovely upscale cafe with a famous, successful man who had a crush on her, and when they took a break from gazing into each others eyes, they noticed that PeeWee Herman was in the cafe. Yeah, that’s it. I don’t know how I mixed that up!
I’m no Hulk Hogan but I might be talked into wrestling around with The Rock under the right circumstances. Or the cover model on Karin’s book! But I think I’ll just keep that information to myself.
by Jen October 30th, 2005 at 7:11 amyou guys are having way to much fun, and that of course leads to light hearted reading. Please blog on, I’ll get another cup of coffee – fresh pot blog a lot. Please.
by Cele October 30th, 2005 at 10:40 amWhat have I gotten myself into?
by Allison October 30th, 2005 at 1:35 pmSpeaking of stalking, where’s Karin?
Dan and I watched a documentary about five people who were transporting a yacht that crashed and they drifted to sea for 5 or 6 days in shark infested waters. Only two survived. It was awful. Two of the guys drank sea water (big no-no) and they became delirious. The sharks got them.
Then I thought of Karin on the high seas.
Then I thought of a good way to dispose of a body. I mean, if it’s eaten any evidence is . . . gone.
by Allison October 30th, 2005 at 1:38 pmSharks, hmm. What would CSI do? Not the fictional show, but the real Crime Scene Investigators? The ones who don’t wear guns and stage make-up?
Allison, you’re kind of scary! Does your husband get nervous when you starting “thinking?”
My husband picked up a crystal book award that I have and said, “This is really heavy, you could kill someone with this.” I shrugged and said, “So don’t annoy me.”
Poor guy. I probably don’t deserve him.
by Jen October 30th, 2005 at 2:40 pmSharks? Poor Karin, she’s out drinking cosmos and we are thinking of ways she could DIE out there. Just goes to show how jealous we really, really are.
Allison, I like the way your mind works….
by Natalie October 30th, 2005 at 2:46 pmOK smarties, just for the man eating sharks lost at sea comments, I’m off to have crab cakes (and not that nasty west coast crap, real Maryland blue crab) with a nice bottle of chardonnay.
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