Nocturnal Journal–Mandy M. Roth

Let the record state I wore rented shoes on this day to make you happy. If that’s not love, I don’t know what is.

Hitting the playlist again.

Muuwwhhhaaaa… I love this song and this video!

She gonna get hers before I get…

I miss this Young MC…

Wed. March 26, 2008
Raven Radio takes a week off to bask in the… umm… snow?

Behind the Story: Touch Me by Beverly Rae

“Oh, my. Now she’s not only reading those weird kinds of books, but writing them, too.”

Yep, that was the first thing my mother said when I told her my first book was under contract. My mother, bless her eighty-one year old soul, has never understood my obsession with the paranormal and supernatural. As soon as I could, I began watching shows like The Twilight Zone and The Outer Limits. Then came the movies I craved like Planet of the Apes, The Exorcist, The Omen, Dracula and Ghost. Whenever I couldn’t get to the movies, I scoured the library for Stephen King books like The Stand and Misery. Yet even all the movies and books weren’t enough. I needed more. I needed a missing ingredient in these stories. I needed romance and the paranormal all rolled up into one great tale.

Then one day my daughter gave me an idea. As we sat on the sofa watching a romantic movie, my daughter turned to me and asked, “How do you know when you’re in love? How do you know he’s the one? Is it like magic?” I paused, considering my response. After explaining that love can indeed be magical, I had to tell her there was no sure way of knowing. She frowned at me and answered, “Too bad you can’t just touch them and know.”

Just touch them? I smiled. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if someone could simply touch a person and name that person’s true soul mate? Would love be easier to find? Would lovers stay together forever knowing they’d found their one true love? But would there be a price to pay for such a gift? While my daughter watched the rest of the movie, my mind began wondering, formulating the plotline.

Four months later, I’d written my first book. Combining the supernatural with the romantic, I’d penned a tale of magic, love, loss and happiness entitled Touch Me.

Beverly Rae
Giggle, Gasp & Sigh with a Beverly Rae Romance

TOUCH ME - eBook
In print 03/25/08 (Amazon.com)

Hope your day is a good one!

Another playlist favorite of mine.

Flagpole Sitta by Harvey Danger
Lyrics

i had visions, i was in them
i was looking into the mirror
to see a little bit clearer
rottenness and evil in me
fingertips have memories
mine can’t forget the curves of your body
and when i feel a bit naughty
i run it up the flagpole and see who salutes
(but no one ever does)
i’m not sick but i’m not well
and i’m so hot cause i’m in hell
been around the world and found
that only stupid people are breeding
the cretins cloning and feeding
and i don’t even own a tv
put me in the hospital for nerves
and then they had to commit me
you told them all i was crazy
they cut off my legs now i’m an amputee, god damn you
i’m not sick but i’m not well
and i’m so hot cause i’m in hell
i’m not sick but i’m not well
and it’s a sin to live so well
i wanna publish zines
and rage against machines
i wanna pierce my tongue
it doesn’t hurt, it feels fine
the trivial sublime
i’d like to turn off time
and kill my mind
you kill my mind
paranoia paranoia
everybody’s coming to get me
just say you never met me
i’m going underground with the moles
hear the voices in my head
i swear to god it sounds like they’re snoring
but if you’re bored then you’re boring
the agony and the irony, they’re killing me
i’m not sick but i’m not well
and i’m so hot cause i’m in hell
i’m not sick but i’m not well
and it’s a sin to live so well

(pasted from)

Paranormal authors Mandy M Roth and Michelle M Pillow talk books, industry, paranormal, and take reader calls.

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Wed March 19, 2008
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Experience the magic…

Twenty-five years ago Dell Renfield’s father started a revolution. Dell plans to finish it. Sorcerer, sexy vampire, secret weapon, he’s spent his entire life training for what he believes to be his fate. The one deterrent he isn’t equipped for? Special Agent Alexandria Sanchez.

Alex is quick-witted, hot-tempered, and strikingly beautiful. Normally focused on getting the job done, she’s completely unprepared for her new partner, Dell, and his mysterious ability to drive her to distraction.

Posing as lovers, Alex and Dell infiltrate a dangerous culture where the macabre seems mundane and passion is power. Unable to deny their attraction or resist temptation they begin a journey, entering into a torrid affair that will forever change their destiny.

An age-old secret, a consort held hostage, a curse demanding to be broken, and an unforgettable battle with a mercenary master mage will have you holding your breath. Let Samantha Sommersby lead you into a world like no other, a world where vampires are real, where magic is possible, and where love still conquers all.

Indulge in the Forbidden, because sometimes giving in to temptation can be a good thing.

What inspired the Forbidden series?

The Forbidden series, which I’ve been working on for the past couple years, was conceived during a flight back from London. I’d ended up having to extend my stay there because I’d fallen terribly ill. I’d thought at the time that it was food poisoning or a horrible flu. I was still in a very bad way during the flight home. I slept on and off. I was in the middle row on the plane and there were a bunch of seats across so I could stretch out. There was only one other passenger sharing the row with me and he was busy watching gay porn on his portable DVD player. Orlando Bloom was on the cover of the American Way magazine and I started thinking that he’d make a great mild-mannered vampire. Between naps I jotted down notes. By the time I landed in San Diego I had the series laid out. It turned out I didn’t have food poisoning. I was severely anemic and ended up in the hospital for blood transfusions. Did my anemia inspire my vampire series? Hmmmm.

Behind the Story… 10 randomly weird facts about Forbidden: The Revolution

1. The cover inspired a scene in the book rather than being based on a scene in the book. After seeing it I had to go back and add the scene.

2. The spells are poorly translated ancient Sumerian. I figure that there aren’t a lot of folks out there that speak Sumerian, so I’m probably safe.

3. Originally the villain of the book was supposed to be Malcolm, but he wasn’t evil enough. The book was 80% finished when I realized Malcolm wasn’t up to the task and I created Basta.

4. Basta’s name came from a timeline that I saw at the San Diego Museum of Man’s exhibit on the Copper Age.

5. Dell’s conjuring of Sparky when he was around six was told in a short story that I wrote for a free read titled It’s Magic on ARe. You can read it on my website

6. My husband’s favorite scene in the entire book is the first shower scene. Guess why?

7. I drove to Las Vegas and spent a couple days there so I could get the feel of the place. Part of the story is set in a hotel/night club in Vegas and it had been a few years since I’d been there. None of the hotels there seemed right and in the end I made the hotel and nightclub setting up.

8. I wrote much of the story at a local coffee shop in San Diego called Lestat’s and named the virus that Dell and Alex insert into Raif’s computer after the coffee shop. I drink their tea—Earl Grey is my fave.

9. The book is dedicated to my son, Max.

10. The werewolf that Dell’s father tries to recruit, Jake, is going to get his very own book – Forbidden: The Temptation. I’m hoping it will be released in the winter of 2008.

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I love these guys! Really, really watch them. The time, care and precision they put in each routine is amazing. They combine the hip hop and so much art and humor that I watch them over and over finding new things each time. I love the car scene in all that jazz, along with the ending of that one where they form the band. Ayotechnology and the jeweled mask, then putting their hands on their head–cute touch! PYT–come on. They killed that! I loved it! Apologize, the opening where they create the illusion of wind blowing–nice. I really like the move they do for the “get me down” part as well. If you watch close, the closing of Ice Box (the stance/position they’re all in) is the same as the start position for Lean Wit It. That’s something that’s not exactly easy to catch, but it a damn cute “easter egg” to nestle in for fans of their performances. And come on.. the superman thing! OMG… its crazy! Again, I love it! Can’t wait to see what they’ll do next!

(all it took to get me to watch TV was a dance show on MTV.com that’s broadband so I can watch it from my computer… LOL… oh, and a group of guys I’m totally addicted to watching dance)

Rob Thurman’s Cal Leandros Series

Nightlife
Moonshine
Madhouse

This is one of those series that I devour. From the end of chapter one in book one, I’ve been hooked on Cal’s and Niko’s adventures. The action is intense, the plot thick/rich and the characters are flawed yet totally loveable. I love the dialogue its snark at its finest.