Meet C.K. Volnek

Meet Tara Cummings

Hello. Oh, I thought we were meeting C.K. Volnek today to discuss her book, A Horse Called Trouble.



Sorry. C.K. asked me to take her place today. She’s busy getting ready for her book birthday on Friday, Dec. 16. She’s really excited and is going to give one lucky reader who leaves a comment on her blog-a-thon a FREE e-copy of her new book, A Horse Called Trouble. I’m Tara and this is the story of how Trouble and I met.



Oh, how wonderful. Can you tell us a little bit about A Horse Called Trouble?

Sure. As I said, my name is Tara, Tara Cummings. I was so happy when C.K. decided to write A Horse Called Trouble. It’s a horse story…of course. Lol. I’ve always loved horses, though until I was sent to this horse therapy program I’d never been around one in real life. Now, after everything Trouble and I have been through, I don’t know how I could live without him. He’s taught me so much.



How old are you, Tara?



I’m 13. I’ll be starting high school in the fall. I used to be afraid to go to high school. I just knew I would be miserable. Now, after meeting Trouble, I think I can handle it. I’ve made some friends and feel confident I can do it.



Good for you. Where are you from, Tara?



I used to wish I lived somewhere beautiful and green, like some place out of a travel magazine. But I’ve always lived in this dirty city. With it being in the mid-west, one would think there would be more green. But not so in the part I grew up in. It was all concrete and garbage. If something did try to grow, it was choked out by car exhausts and people tramping it.



Once, I found a bunch of ‘Little House on the Prairie’ videos in the dumpster out behind our apartment and I watched them over and over at Grandma Kay’s. (She wasn’t my real Grandmother, but I loved her as if she was. She took care of me when Mom was gone or drunk.) Anyway, I used to dream about running in the tall grass like Laura Ingalls does in the show. I never thought I would ever see that much grass. But going out to Freedom Farm was like a dream come true. There is so much grass and tons of trees. It’s the most beautiful place in the world.



At first I didn’t want to be at the farm. I was sent there because I’d been set up. I didn’t take Alissa’s purse…and she knew it. But it was just like her to get me kicked out of our school for it. I learned a long time ago to just keep my mouth shut and try to stay as low as possible to keep off everyone’s radar. Everyone expects me to be trouble. Partly because Mom was a drunk and partly because she dumped me, leaving me to fend for myself in foster care. I quit trying to prove to everyone I wasn’t bad. I couldn’t win. Then I met Trouble. Kind of funny, him being named Trouble. But we had a lot in common. And it’s because of him that I can hold my head high now. I never thought I’d ever feel confident or find happiness.



Freedom Farms sounds like a wonderful place.



Sigh. It is. It’s beautiful. I’d never smelled lilacs before I went there. Oh my gosh, I loved it! My first day, all the kids were gagging because of the smells. It was pretty bad. A guy was cleaning out some really raunchy stalls. But once I got past that, the smells grew on me. I even found myself liking the smell of horse sweat. Ha!



The farm is just outside the city, though it feels like it’s light-years away. It’s fresh and green, with tons of open spaces. Wide open pastures and white rail fences. Horses of all colors and sizes. Peaceful. And quiet. You can even see a million stars from there.



You talked about a Horse Therapy Program. What is that?



It’s a really neat program. In this particular program, they bring troubled kids and horses together. The horses are our teachers. I thought the instructor was so stupid the first day when she said that. How was I going to learn anything from a horse? But they do teach us—a lot. Horses could walk all over us if they wanted to, but instead they choose to work with us…if we work with them. They teach us about teamwork, respect and trust. I’ll never forget the first day Clancy tried riding. Clancy is one of the other kids in our program. He was not working with Homer and Homer let him know it. I couldn’t help but laugh. Yeah, that didn’t go over so well with Clancy. I thought he was going to kill me.



What did Clancy do?



You have to understand, Clancy ruled Marvel’s. Or so he thought. I accidently kicked him where no guy likes to get kicked the first day I got to Marvel’s. I didn’t mean to. He dumped me out of ‘his’ chair and my leg just kicked him there. Anyway, ever since, he’s been after me. I tried to stay out of his way and hoped he’d forget. Except Alissa wouldn’t let that happen.



Who is Alissa?



Alissa is a girl from my other school. She hates me. And I don’t know why. And she is so mean to Trouble, too. That was one of the things we had in common. I had to stop her from hurting Trouble.



Tell us about Trouble.



Trouble is a great horse. And he’s so beautiful. He’s what they call a bay—red with a black mane and tail and a white blaze down his face. At first I was scared of him. He was wild and crazy, ready to kill anyone in his path. But I can see why, knowing Alissa. If I hadn’t met him, there’s no telling what would have happened to him…or me for that fact. He saved me as much as I saved him.



Well, I need to go. Feeding time will be here soon and Trouble likes his oats. C.K. told me to tell you thanks for letting me stop by today. She also wanted to let her readers know where they can find her.

They can contact her at ckvolnek (at) yahoo (dot) com.

They can join her on her web page: www.ckvolnek.com, or visit her at her blog: www.ckvolnek.com/blog.html.

They can also find her on Facebook (C.K. Volnek) or Twitter (CKVolnek), Good Reads and Jacket Flap. Her book trailer is on YouTube- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyJ1J9wESEY.

A Horse Called Trouble can be found at the MuseItUp Bookstore: http://tinyurl.com/7s7asu2

At Amazon: http://tinyurl.com/7vhdo6e

As well as other great on-line bookstores.



So, on behalf of C.K. Volnek, thanks again. And remember to leave her a comment for your chance to win a FREE copy of the e-book of A Horse Called Trouble.

Tara Cummings


Book trailer  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyJ1J9wESEY

I love this time of year

I mean really. I love everything about it. The hustle and bustle of shopping - okay, I'm not doing much of that this year and truthfully, I miss it. Really I do. I used to love shopping for my kids, trying to remember what I bought and for which one and making sure I didn't buy one child too many gifts. I always kept the packages even. It wasn't fair if one child got five gifts and one got six, or worse four. Yes, I also tried to spend the same amount on each child, but no way was one going to have more packages to open. So sometimes one got something that cost less. In later years, when I bought them mostly clothes, I often got them the same things. My daughters used to laugh because they all got the same sweater only different colors. No one could say I wasn't fair. Now all my children get the same gift. One year I made them all flannel quilts, once I made them home made noodles and perogi. My son said that was his favorite gift. Last year my husband made his spaghetti sauce and canned it. This year I have other homemade gifts. Being on a fixed income, we can't purchase many gifts anymore. It's   enough to make sure the grandchildren get gifts. Four of the grandchildren have moved into the adult category since they have spouses. They get the same thing my children get.
Truthfully, I think they all appreciate these homemade gifts more than the ones I purchased.
I love the Christmas music on the radio. It cheers me up and brings back memories. Memories of my childhood and early days of marriage and when the kids were young. What happy days. I loved waking up Christmas morning and watching the kids open their gifts. Now Christmas morning is just me and hubby and we have to wait until later in the day to enjoy the grandchildren.
This year, my oldest daughter will be alone for the first time on Christmas morning. I remember that first year. So I invited her and my son in law to breakfast and decided it would be fun to make it and take it to my son and his wife who don't have any children. I hope we can start a new tradition and I hope as each of my children experience the first year alone, they'll join us. It'll probably be a few years before that happens.
I love the Christmas lights too. Everything looks so cheeerful. I dread taking down the tree and turning off the outdoor decorations. It all looks so bleak and boring. I don't look forward to that at all.
So as I said, I love this time of year and hope everyone has a Merry Christmas and Happy Holiday season.

AND THE WINNERS ARE:

Wow, what a great turnout we had. Sorry it took longer than we anticipated to count the points.  But without further ado: The Winners of the Muse Family Feud Game are:

First Place: Larriane

Second Place: Jenna Storm

Tied for Third: JoAnna Becker

Tied for Third: Kristin T.

The top answers were:

1. Name something a woman might do to drive her husband crazy.

 a. Tell him how to drive

2. Name something a woman wears that a man doesn't.

  a. a bra

3. Name a man's body part that is bigger now, than when he was 16.

 a. his belly

4. Name a reason a man might send his wife flowers. 

 a. guilt

5. Name something women borrow from each other. 

 a. clothes

1. Article of Clothing You Can't Wash in the Wash Machine 

 a. jacket

2. Name a Recreational Activity Traditionally Done in Hot Weather 

a. swimming

3. How would you know your real life Prince Charming?

a. his smile

4. Name something that a Man Had Better Not Take Along on His Honeymoon 

a. his mother 

5. What might a customer do to Annoy a Waitress?

 a. small tip

1. Name a food that has one or more holes in it. 

a. swiss cheese

2. Name something you mount. 

a. a horse.

3. Name something you lose when you get older. 

a. memory

4. Name something you would play with in the bath. 

a.  a rubber ducky

5. Name something a man reaches for after he climbs into bed. 

a. his wife

Name something a woman might leave her lipstick mark on.

a. a cheek

Again, Thanks to everyone who played. It was fun reading all the answers. Karen will send the gift certificates to the winners. 

Muse Family Feud

IT’S TIME TO PLAY…..THE MUSE FAMILY FEUD!

Okay all you game-player lovers,  Karen Cote’& I  decided to take the Family Feud on the road and bring it home to our own family to create the very first Muse Family Feud. In light of keeping it all-in-the-family, we polled the entire Muse-Staff, i.e. editors, cover artists, and yes we pulled in the big fish, Ms. Lea, to get her answers as well.

Our design, since we are one-big-happy family here, is to create something fun and inviting. So…what do you say? Wanna play? We’re giving away some big prizes…or at least, Lea is. LOL. Three lucky winners will win a book of their choice from the MuseItUP Publishing Bookstore.

All you have to do is look at the questions below and then visit www.karencote.tv/call-me to privately leave your answers (the answer link will be provided below the questions). Each question has a corresponding score and the three people who score highest in the answers polled, wins a book of their choice in our fabulous bookstore.

Are you ready? Set… Go!

For a total of 150 points, we polled the Muse Staff for the top 5 answers on the board.

1. Name something a woman might do that drives her husband crazy. (50 points)

2. Name something women wear that men don't. (40 points)

3. Name a man's body part that is bigger now, than when he was 16. (30 points)

4. Name a reason a man might send his wife flowers. (20 points)

5. Name something women borrow from each other. (10 points)

Double the points for a total of 300 points we polled the Muse Staff for the top 5 answers on the board.

1. Name an article of clothing you can't wash in the wash machine (100 points)

2. Name a recreational activity traditionally done in hot weather (80 points)

3. If you met the real life Prince Charming, how would you know it was him? (60 points)

4. Name something that a man had better not take along on his honeymoon (40 points)

5. Name something a customer might do to annoy a waitress (20 points)

Triple the points for a total of 450 points: We polled the Muse Staff for the top 5 answers on the board

1. Name a food that has one or more holes in it. (150 points)

2. Name something you mount. (120 points)

3. Name something you lose when you get older. (90 points)

4. Name something you would play with in the bath. (60 points)

5. Name something a man reaches for after he climbs into bed. (30 points)

Bonus question worth 100 points: We polled the Muse Staff for the top answer on the board:

Name something a woman might leave her lipstick mark on. (100 points)

DO NOT PLACE ANSWERS HERE! Visit www.karencote.tv/call-me to list your answers. Good luck!  Winners will be notified and announced on Roseanne’s blog Dec. 105h.

Comments are welcome as long as they’re not answers. You don’t want to give anyone hints.

An interview with editor, Tanja Cilia

Today, I'm interviewing Tanja Cilia. First of all, Tanja, thank you for being here today.  

1.    A question many authors used to ask me -What qualifies you to be an editor?

It’s a combination of things – an eye for detail; the ability to enhance a writer’s voice rather than stifle it; an extensive vocabulary; General Knowledge; a reasonably good memory; a sound knowledge of syntax… and practice, practice, practice.

2.  All of that is very important. I know you work for MuseItUp Publishing. Tell us,  how much input do you have in accepting a story that’s submitted to MuseItUp Publishing?

Manuscripts are placed in a loop and we editors each give our points of view about them. What is interesting is that something that screamsyes! to me may be inane or a total loss to someone else.  It may need a total change of point of view, or a drastic re-write and re-submission, according to someone else.

3.    Who decides which editor gets which story?

Again, it’s a combination of things. If it’s YA or MG Science Fiction, I will ask for it upfront – other editors have their own preferences. Sometimes, writers have their preferred editors, and vice-versa. However, Lea sometimes says “You’ll love this!” to one of us.

4.    What do you like best about being an editor?

The fact that I get to read both the raw book and the finished version; the friendships I have forged with writers over the years; and that I learn new things from my authors all the time.

5.    How do you handle a situation where you suggest a change and the author refuses?

If it’s a question of coherence, logic, anachronism, flow or unity, a regional or time-restricted word, the writer usually concedes the point. Sometimes, my suggestions would be at odds with the universe (in Science Fiction) in which the story is set; so minute details to clarify this would have to be inserted elsewhere into the story.  If it’s a deadlock, Lea gets the last word.

6.    Do you have a particular genre you prefer editing?

Definitely – it’s Science Fiction. I was weaned on the Gollancz Yellow Jacket series, you know! The fact that the Public Library was ten minutes away from my childhood home was a bonus.

7.    What’s the one thing you wish authors would avoid?

Some authors think that writing a book is just like writing a long essay – that a beginning, a body, and a conclusion to tidy up loose ends ought to do it. So they jump through loops to make sure that stock characters behave according to (what they think is) type, and woe betide anyone who dares point out that deep sea divers, for instance, do not necessarily pepper their speech with puns about salt and fish and seas non-stop.  Murderers do not consider each person they meet a potential victim.  I also wish authors would stop relying on spell-check.

8.    Do you have a job other than editing? If so, what do you do?

Since I was 14 years old, I have been writing for Allied Newspapers (Malta).  Apart from that [see elsewhere in this interview] I do several other writing-related matters, in Maltese and English, online and in print.

9.    What do you like about editing? What don’t you like about editing?

It’s nice when an author says “Good catch!” or “I never thought of that!” I like it even more when they say I helped them polish their book to as near enough perfection as does not matter. I do not like it when they sleep on the edits although they know that a deadline is looming, in the hope of panicking me into letting awkward bits in the manuscript through because time is short.

10.  What’s the difference between a content editor and line editor? Which would you rather do?

This is a tricky question – for me, at least, when I do content edits. Since I am also a proofreader for magazines, a translator (Maltese to English, English to Maltese), a ghost-writer and a journalist, I tend to tweak language, offer suggestions, check for redundancy and repetition, correct grammatical errors, punctuation and spellings, and point out inconsistencies (including indicating whether the reading level is readership-appropriate) as I go along with content editing – which I prefer. I know that strictly speaking, some of these are the province of line editors. When I do line edits, on the other hand, I cannot resist pointing out some things that are content editor territory.

Tanja has graciously given us one of her flash fiction pieces.

The Stranger at The Crossroad

You know what they say about truth being stranger than fiction?  Well, you can believe it’s true. 

So there I was, convalescing in Rome, reading Murder on the Orient Express, while on one of those buses that have the middle like an accordion so they can go round corners. Bendy buses, I think they call them.

I was thinking that this would have been the ideal vehicle on which to kill someone – you just sit at the back, with a potential victim, when all the people are in the front half, and do the deed. Then you alight from the door serving the hind part of the vehicle, and Bob’s your uncle.

And then it happened. You know how in another book - or was it another film? - Miss Marple saw a man strangle a woman on another train, and since a body was not found the police assumed she was rambling, what with being old and all? We were just nearing Le Quattro Fontane (the Four Fountains) – that group of four Late Renaissance fountains located at the intersection of Via delle Quattro Fontane and Via del Quirinale, the most famous crossroads of the world – or so the Italians say.

Well – I happened to look out of the window and I saw a bus coming the other way, and – suddenly – I saw a woman stand up thump a man on the head with what looked like a frying pan, and then, she just rolled him out of the emergency door.  I gasped, and followed the body with my eyes.

Suddenly, from behind the sill of the Fountain of Diana (the only one of the four, as I recall, designed by the painter and architect Pietro da Cortona, for the rest were the work of the fortuitously-named Domenico Fontana), up jumped a man dressed in black from head to toe.  He sneezed, and put his little fingers to his lips – I am assuming he whistled in that shrill chav ways I hate so much. A Black Maria-like car drew up, the driver hopped out, and together they half-pulled, half-lifted the man into the back.   Hecate would have been proud of them.
Our bus rounded a corner - I rang the bell but the driver did not stop.  I ran to the front of the bus, but I could not make the driver understand what I wanted him to do.  My Italian is patchy at the best of times, and he kept saying something like “Espresso, diretta, non posso fermarmi”.  I couldn’t have cared less about his offer of coffee when we got to the terminus - I just wanted him to stop, so I said “Polizia” and he said something that sounded like “My my my!” and I thought he was telling me I was making a fuss.

Of course, the nuns at the Convent of Saint Elisabeth, at whom I was staying, saw how shaken I was, and they understood what I was saying because a couple of them spoke almost perfect English.  They explained that I had inadvertently caught the direct line that did not stop. What the driver had really said was “Mai!” which means “never”.

So they drove me to the police station where I made a report about what I had seen. They found the body a week later, when they dredged the section of the Tiber nearest the place I indicated, weighted and dumped. Later on, the full story was splashed across the papers, on all three RAI television stations and on the Mediaset ones too. The woman was an Albanian hooker, and the man she attacked had been her pimp. The man at the crossroad was her boyfriend – an ex-client who wanted to give her a better life and had hatched the plan. The pimp had been threatening to have her deported, because she was not earning him enough money, and she did not want to go back home.

I had to stay in Italy longer than I planned, but since I was a key witness I was given free board and lodging for the extra fortnight I remained; and of course, my Italian improved no end, in that short period.  For a time, I was quite the media star.

This is weird, considering that I am a Maltese nun.

Welcome, Christi Barth

Making Waves at Sea – a character interview from Cruising Toward Love!

Welcome to my blog, Callie’s Cogitations.  I founded the largest search engine in the world, WhoWhatWhy.  Running it kept me waaaaay too busy to even daydream about a trip.  But now that I took the company public, made a gajillion dollars and retired at the ridiculous age of twenty eight, I’m off to see the world.  My friends back at my old company want to keep up with my super-exciting first vacation in a decade.  Personally, I think none of them believe I’ve left the country and want proof.  Plus, none of them ever take vacations. In order to live vicariously through me, they convinced me to write a travel blog.

To bring you up to speed, I’m on board the luxury cruise ship Amphitrite, somewhere in the middle of the Caribbean.  I promise I’ll upload photos soon – my pal Reed is the ship’s photographer.  His shots will wow you almost as much as his bulging biceps wow me!  He claims ship rules prohibit him from fraternizing with guests.  Hmm.  The brochure I got said, and I quote, this ship will cater to your every need. And my need is for a tall, slightly nerdy hunk.  When I tried to kiss him last night, he freaked out.  But stay tuned – I intend to find out what’s underneath that uniform of his.

Right now I’m in the solarium.  I thought it would be a soothing place to meet my new bestie, Zoe.  She’s nursing a wicked hangover, and doesn’t look pleased with my choice of locale.  The pale green glass of the ceiling filters the sun’s direct glare, but it still glints powerfully off the swimming pool.  I told her to stare at the wall of bright purple bougainvillea instead.  She brought this misery upon herself.  Sure, Zoe was shocked to discover she’s stuck sharing a cabin with the guy who broke her heart ten years ago.  Is that any reason to guzzle good French champagne like it’s tap water?  I don’t know why she’s so upset.  Apparently the combination of moonlight and a romantic deck stroll got to her, and she planted one on Nate, and then it became mutually hot, amazing smooches.  Huh.  From loathing to lip lock in one day. Might be a world record.

Anyway, Zoe’s got her panties in a twist about what to say to Nate. Should she wait for him to bring up the smoochfest? Or pretend she was so drunk she can’t remember what happened?  All excellent questions, so we need more input. Additional data always clarifies the correct option. Sorry, the computer geek in me typed that last sentence. 

Whoops!  Zoe just snagged my iPad and now is all in a lather that I’m taking notes on her, and I quote, ‘wreck of a life’.  But since we haven’t hit any ports yet, this drama between she and Nate is one of the most exciting parts of the trip.  Let me know what you think in the comments section.  Should she ignore ten years of bitterness and hurt to keep up the lip lock with Nate?  Or find a way to leave him stranded on a tiny island?

Can an unexplained breakup and ten years of heartache be cured by the romance – and endless buffets – of a tropical cruise?  When her sister is left at the altar, small town librarian Zoe Balis jumps at the chance to take the bride’s unused ticket for the honeymoon cruise.  But she didn't count on sharing a cabin with the man who broke her heart ten years ago!

 Army medic Nate Hyatt never told Zoe goodbye when he enlisted - or the real reason why he dumped her on prom night after a year as high school sweethearts.  And he never stopped dreaming about the girl he left behind.  Could this voyage be his chance to fix the worst mistake he ever made?  After all, a Caribbean cruise should be romantic… if he can convince her to move past ten years of bitterness and hurt.  

 Once aboard the luxury liner, Zoe befriends a bored Internet mogul with more heart than tact.  Nate vents his problems to a ship’s photographer battling PTSD.  The four team up on an island hopping treasure hunt.  The stakes grow higher with each of Zoe’s mysterious brushes with death.  They race to discover why she's a target and who's behind it, while still competing in the treasure hunt. Zoe’s never gotten over her first love, and is tempted to let Nate back into her life.  But she already lost him once.  She’s not willing to risk loving a man whose career keeps him in a combat zone.  Can Nate breach her defenses and suture her broken heart?  Grab a deck chair and see if they survive the stormy relationship seas as they cruise toward love!

For more information on all of Christi’s books, please visit www.christibarth.com or swing by her blog at http://christibarth.blogspot.com .

Welcome, Kristin Battestella

Fate and Fangs: Tales from The Vampire Family

Feel Love, experience Punishment, know Struggle, indulge the Debauchery, crave Lust, learn Humanity, faceResurrection, and choose: Fate or Fangs?

It's been a whirlwind literary year for me as you can imagine thanks to my new 7 book series with Muse It Up!  The themes, thoughts, and emotions of the collection run the gauntlet of desire, pain, excess, and immortality. I've been swept up by it all all over again thanks to the editing process with Muse Owner Lea Schizas and our sweet, sweet cover art designs by Suzannah Safi, in addition to all the virtual and real world promoting and appearances.  I've had a great time visiting with my fellow Muse Authors, meeting paranormal fans, and discussing with horror readers- and we've had some really wild chat room sessions along the way, too!!




The Best part? Its not over yet!  I find it both ironic and fitting that our next Fate and Fangs tale, Book 5, Lust: James at the Sundowner, is Now Available (!) for December.  I mean, really, lusting and kinky speakeasy vampires for Christmas? Not what most of us think of for the holiday season!  However, there's also a certain loneliness and melancholy to Lust, and I find the timely of Tale 5 for the holidays quite fitting in many ways.  So many people are unhappy during the festivities, Blue Christmas, winter blues.  Whatever you want to call it, for many this time is the most depressing of the year.  Now then, imagine that kind of brooding for all eternity! 

The Sundowner offers steamy Welshire vampires Jessica, Pamela, and Slava for underground vampire sex and biting fetishes in this mid-century tale from Professor James. Victoria’s twin brother James, however, is content with his gig as piano player at the club owned by their brother Stephen.  James’ own love Catrina is the alluring singer at The Sundowner, but can he keep his longtime vampire companion away from the tempting, exciting young clientele?  

Thus far in Fate and Fangs, we've had the romance, horror, extremes, and pouty, yes- but it has mostly involved the lady fangful. In Lust, we spend some time now with the unhappy male vampire perspective.  Can the unwilling vampire of the family stick to the status quo and lose himself or his lady love? How does one hang on after centuries of blood and mayhem when one's heart isn't really in it? I confess, I've always had a soft spot for James, dating back to my original novel in the franchise- The Vampire Family, now on kindle with Eternal Press- and I think he might capture a few more hearts with his soulful tunes!

" Unfortunately, after five centuries or so, the comfortable vampire enchantment can, in fact, wane. Sometimes I think Catrina is longing for something more-just like her fooled admirers.  I enjoy my music.  I have to occupy myself with some post-war Goodman ‘Moonglow’ and Miller ‘Serenade in Blue’ in order to control my Welshire urges.  These dark gifts cannot and shall not rule me.  I will not succumb to animal anarchy the way Stephen does. For myself, I am content in my respectable role here until the next war comes calling. Can I admit to myself that I know Catrina is not content?  How could she be?  My voluptuous love has the predatory power of the wolf and all her fun feline charm.  I enjoy watching her exude the dark magic allure as I play the music for her.  Her exotic and spooky look brings the silver screen to life-curly black hair and white skin stamped with a perfectly deadly pout of red lips.  I love her, I always have.  I could not bring the vampiric gifts to anyone I did not love.  I expected to spend the rest of my unnatural life with her. Although I don’t doubt Catrina loves me and will always have a space for me in her black heart still; deep down I know she intends to leave me for new vampire lusts. ...."


As always, you can find us online just about anywhere, and we're still going strong with Fate and Fangs into 2012!  Thank you again so much Roseanne for having us stop by for a little holiday horror!