Category: Character Inspiration
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An Angels vs. Demons Blog Hop!
If you’ve come here via the Angels vs. Demons Blog Hop, welcome! If you just stumbled in here by accident, read on. Authors Leia Shaw and Carrie Ann Ryan are hosting the blog hop in celebration of their new paranormal romance releases, Destiny Bewitched and Dust of My Wings, and they want to know which…
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More March Madness – Interview and giveaway
Today I’m over at Elise Rome’s site as part of her March Madness Blog Party. There are prizes galore, so check out the March Madness rules first, then hop over to my author interview and answer the reader question for a chance to win an ebook copy of The Fallen Queen. There’s also an extra…
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Fun with firespirits – and a Fallen Queen giveaway
Today I’m blogging at Layers of Thought about creating angels. Stop by for a chance to win an ebook of The Fallen Queen. Note: I found this interpretation of a seraph online. Mine are a bit less…benevolent. ;)
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Happy Birthday, Anazakia!
Today is the Grand Duchess Anazakia Helisonovna Arkhangel’skova’s birthday. I’m not saying how old she is, because angels age differently and that’s her business. But if The Fallen Queen were made into a movie, here’s who I’d pick to play her: In honor of Anazakia’s birthday, check out my interview today on Supernatural Snark. And…
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Coming up for air (and fire)
In the midst of my preparations for harakiri—er, I mean, deep in revision mode, I received today’s Shakespeare-a-Day sonnet, and it was just perfect for the section I was revising last night: Sonnet 45 The other two, slight air and purging fire, Are both with thee, wherever I abide; The first my thought, the other…
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Scenes from Arkhangel’sk
Researching the landscape and the layout of the city of Arkhangel’sk for my latest WIP, I came across this photo via Google Earth that just took my breath away: This is actually near Mezen, but still in Arkhangel’sk Oblast, and perfectly fits the setting of the middle of The House of Arkhangel’sk. The photographer, Andrey…
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Saturday evening post: Recalcitrant demons and tattooed males
So I’ve gotten to that point in my latest work in progress where all the pieces have fallen into place, and I know exactly what’s going to happen from here to the end…except for One. Little. Thing. It’s a fairly crucial thing. My demon character Belphagor is supposed to have a plan that he unveils…
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Saturday evening post: Rumers of Ola
Last spring, while I was still writing up my ideas for The Demons’ Daughter, Book 1 of the Queen of Hell trilogy, the main character Ola Vasilyevna suddenly informed me—very insistently—that this is what she looks like: This is Rumer Willis, daughter of Demi Moore and Bruce Willis. And it is also, as I have…
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Saturday evening post: Rusalki
Last summer while working on rewrites for The House of Arkhangel’sk, I briefly veered off onto a storyline where Anazakia meets a rusalka before I realized it had nothing to do with the story. I was sad about it, because I really liked my rusalka Lyudmila, but she had to go. Today Lyudmila surprised me…