I’m over at the Alinar Publishing Blog today talking about my Night Breed Series. There’s a small glimpse at how this series was created as well. Go give it a read! http://alinarpublishing.blogspot.com Lily All material ©2005-2012 to Lily Graison
My grandfather used to say…If March comes in like a Lion, it will go out like a lamb. Well, yesterday, the last day of February, went out like a lion. Do you think that counts? We were under a Tornado watch for much of the evening. I was on yahoo IM with writer friend Candy Nicks when the wind started howling and a glance out the window showed a black sky, trees leaning til their branches reached the ground and the sound whistling past the house caused my heart to skip a beat! I ran. LOL Ran like Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz. There was no ‘Auntie Em’ for me to scream for but I did yell for my son. When I made it downstairs and looked out the French doors, I watched the rug on my back deck take flight. Well, not completely. My swing held one end of it in place. The grandkids had left their kite outside and I saw that little nylon kite rise up off the ground and go flying. Too bad the kids couldn’t see it. We never were able to get it to fly. When the wind burst had ended and the rain finally started, the backyard was a mess, the deck furniture was shifted from their original positions and…my privacy fence was on the ground. I dislike severe weather. I’m sure I’m not alone. For this to happen in February makes me wonder what this summer will have in store for us. There were 2 confirmed tornados in the area. No where near me, thankfully, and no deaths. Personal property damage, although a pain, can be easily fixed. A life can’t be replaced. Today was beautiful. Not a cloud in the sky and it was fairly warm. As much as I … Keep Reading!
Originally posted on the Alinar Publishing blog – March 1, 2011 Enter, Gannicus. Season 2 started as a Prequel to Season 1 (very clever, I might add) and we get a chance to see the cast of the original season and how they became the men we knew. It was an interesting ride! Especially when we were offered a deeper look into Gannicus’ character. I won’t offer any spoilers for those who haven’t seen the show, but I will say, its hard not to be sympathetic to a guy who longs for something that can never be. On the surface, these men, these Gladiators, are hard, tough, kick-butt and take names kind of men but deep down, they’re the stuff romance hero’s are born of. Tormented, alone, looking for a small piece of happiness that may never find them. I kept looking for the heroine to come sweeping into a scene and stealing their hearts but, this isn’t a romance. Not really. I guess the writer in me will forever search for that Happily Ever After, even while blood is spilled in the name of sport. I don’t watch much TV or movies anymore. I can certainly find better thing to do with my time. I would rather immerse myself into an imaginary world (and characters) than sit like a lump on the sofa. When I ‘do’ hunt a movie to watch, I have to have my romance, even in those epic battles I love so much. If there’s no romance, what’s the point? If you can’t cheer on the hero and wait impatiently along with the heroine for his return, then there isn’t much point in watching. Well, there isn’t for me. The classic love story will never grow old and I’ll continue to watch them until I’m … Keep Reading!
Originally posted on the Alinar Publishing blog – Feb. 24, 2011 For the last year, I’ve been participating in a living history group, complete with 1800’s clothing. I even bought a new sewing machine and tried to make my own ‘southern bell’ dresses. Surprisingly, I managed to do that, quite successfully. I even made my daughter an 1800’s wedding dress. I find myself reading historical novels with a ‘new eye’ now. I know what’s correct and what isn’t and the situations I see those heroines in, knowing what they have on under their dresses sometimes make me lift a confused eyebrow wondering, ‘Did they just fall out of their corset?” It’s not possible most times to do the things they do while in that get-up but I love a great adventure so I ignore more often than not. Is there anything in a book you’ve read that made you think, “That’s not possible!”
I’ve survived 4 days of complete time-suck activities and have finally made it back to my computer! I should be happy with the small break but my ‘To Do’ list is so long now, I’ll be playing catch up for a week. Of course, if I had enjoyed all of those 4 days it wouldn’t be so bad. I’ve helped ‘move’ someone from one house to another (wasted my entire Saturday doing that), watched my grandbabies Sunday so my kids could move the last of the things we didn’t get on Saturday, Hubby has been home and for some reason, when he’s off work, I get nothing done (he’s off work today as well but I’m ignoring him at the moment. It won’t last long.) and I’ve been given another task to perform before the day is out. I feel like a trained monkey…just doing whatever task those around me tell me to do. I’m a month away from deadline and at this rate, I’ll be up in the wee hours of the morning to finish this book. Editing takes time and my time is getting sucked up before my day even starts. Nothing to do for it other than ‘Grin and Bear It’ but its getting harder to do that. And, now I’m whining – something I loathe doing but – this is my blog and I figure I’m due a good whine once a year, right? Right. So, moving on now. I’m going back to editing The Gathering. I can at least get a few chapters finished before my ‘task’ today. For those of you interested in the story, I have a 2 chapter ‘sneak peek’ posted over at my website. I’ll be posting a new chapter every Saturday up until the release date. So, go read the … Keep Reading!
I’m holding a contest over on Facebook! All you have to do to enter is ‘Like’ my Fan Page. I’ll pick 2 winners on Valentines Day for their choice of books from my back list. You have 4 days to enter! http://www.facebook.com/authorLilyGraison All material ©2005-2012 to Lily Graison
In preparation of the release of THE GATHERING (sequel to my werewolf romance novel, THE CALLING) I’ve added the first 10 chapters of THE CALLING in the Files section on my Lily Graison Yahoo!Group for those of you who have not read the book yet. For those of you who ‘have’ read THE CALLING, in the coming weeks, I’ll beexcerpting chapters of the new book, THE GATHERING, before its release in April. The book is in ‘edits’ now and as soon as I have ‘ready’ chapters to post, those will also go up on the Group as well. In the meantime, grab your copy of THE CALLING and revisit Garrett, Rayna and all the preternatural creatures who take up residence in Wolf’s Creek! If you would like to find out more about what I’m working on, or chat with me, you can find me on Twitter and Facebook procrastinating on a daily basis! Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/lily.graisonTwitter: http://twitter.com/#!/LilyGraison Lily Graison Yahoo!Group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lily_graison/ (you can find the 10 chapter excerpt in the FILES section of the Lily Graison Yahoo!Group menu. Look under STORY EXCERPTS when you get there.) All material ©2005-2012 to Lily Graison
I have several contests I’m running for the month of December, the first of which has been posted over on the Contest page. There will be (4) winners for our first contest, so head on over, check out the prizes, and enter. I’ll draw a winner on Sunday, Dec. 12th and post a NEW contest directly after. Good Luck! All material ©2005-2012 to Lily Graison
