Janice Seagraves is visiting nd talking about her recent works of feature. #MFRWAuthor Paranormal Weather Witch

 c1. Tell me about your latest release or the book you wish to feature? Genre?

I’d like to talk about three of my paranormal romance books, if that’s alright.

Weather Witch about a woman who can control the weather set in Rengency England.  This story was originally published in a short story collection as Pheromone’s Song which is still available.

In Regency England, Lord Godfrey negotiates for a wife, when Meredith, the weather witch, storms in she provides Godfrey with interesting possibilities, but will she embrace a chance to let go of her past and find happiness for her future?

Year of the Cat is about Jared Catterick, a werecat. I had this idea about a werecat and only had bit and pieces to the story. I slowly built it up and it also ran in a short story collection. After I received my rights back, the characters let me know that their adventures were far from over, so I lengthened the original story into a book.

Morgan isn’t expecting romance when she accompanies her friend for a week of skiing, but when she meets Jared, all bets are off.
Haunted by the loss of his parents, werecat Jared Catterick earns his keep working for the Catclaw Clan. Jared has secrets that he doesn’t mind sharing with a special lady, and he hopes Morgan is that special someone. When his past and present collide it’s worse than he imagined, and he’s forced to fight for his life.

Empath’s Ranch about brother and sister Max and Gwen Dréville. Both are empaths in the same family. I plan on adding to the Empath’s series with Empath’s curse. It’ll be about Gwen and Author’s daughter and her romance.

Finding love is hard when your family has psychic gifts you have to hide. Just ask Max and Gwen Dréville. Max talks to animals. Falling for the local dairy farmer's daughter was probably not his best plan. Then there's Gwen. Will she let handsome playboy Arthur Castiel seduce her, or will she turn her gift on him, tossing him into a nightmare of his worst fears? Three related short stories of the Drévilles.

2. Where did the idea arise?

I love paranormal romance books and I’m starting to write books of my own into that genre. The ideas take a while to germinate. I get a hint of something; a dream, something I read, or a talk I had with my husband or daughter, and then it must marinate in my brain for a few months or maybe even years before it’ll take root and grow into a story.

3. How much research was involved? Did you stay on point or be distracted by wanting to look at just one more thing?

I do a ton of research. I don’t use everything I find during my research since that would be overwhelming and an information dump. So, I just use enough that it sounds like I know what I’m writing about.

4. How long did you take to write the book?

Each book takes its own time. Some only take a month for the first draft and others take a bit longer. And revising the stories can take a year or three. NaNoWriMo was a great influence on me cranking out a rough draft in a month, but I’ve since suffered from writer’s block after losing two family members. Two years later, I’m writing again, but it’s slow going.

5. Now a bit about you. How long have you been writing? What is your Sun Sign?

I started writing at age twenty. Just a bit here and there. Then when I was in my forties, I decided to write with an eye toward publication. I’ve been writing for forty-three years.

I’m a Taurus. Stubborn and goal motivated.

6. Do you write in a number of genres or stick to one?

I write mostly in the romance genre with various subgenres. I'm currently working on four different series. Chronicles of Arcon is a science fiction romance, Dragon Magick is a fantasy series the first one Dragon Mirror has been published and I’m already working on the next one in the series, Empath's ranch is a paranormal romance and the next one will be Empath’s Curse. I have a new series that’s called Magic Surge, an urban fantasy series, but it hasn’t been published yet. It’ll have three books in all, two are finished and I am working on a third.

7. Where on the internet can you be found?

Janice Seagraves website: https://janice-seagraves.org/

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Seducing the Doctor is featured today as Thursday's Opening Scene #BWLAuthor #MFRWAuthor

 

“You’re next.”

Matt Blakefield choked on the piece of wedding cake he’d been about to swallow. “Not in a million years. Why don’t you pick on one of our unmarried friends like Tony or Jules?”

“They aren’t here,” his sister Allie said.

Matt’s gaze slid around the long table in the inn’s dining room spearing each couple with a glare. Friends and family had gathered to celebrate this morning’s wedding of his brother to the mother of his nine year old son.

“I have a friend who you would like,” Allie said.

Meg grinned. “She would be perfect.”

Matt pretended to shoot his sisters. “No sale.” He dropped his napkin on the table.

“Remember the curse.” Mark’s sly smile teased. “None of us has escaped. Maybe there’s a woman from your past you can’t forget.”

Was there? Yes. But the reason he couldn’t forget her showed him in a bad way. Time to hit the road. With this decision made he wondered how he could flee before his sisters set up a date. As if in answer to his wishes his cell vibrated. Salvation.

“Matt here. Sorry you missed the wedding…I’ll tell him.” He looked up. “Jules said congrats. Sorry he was on a hunt and couldn’t book a flight in time… So what did you learn?”

His friend and investigator’s news was all Matt wanted to hear. “I’m on my way. Yes, today.”

As if he’d stay here where plans he wanted no part of were being laid. He’d been present for the important event. He had no reason to linger and a huge need to escape. Although he wasn’t to meet Jules until Monday morning the opportunity was perfect.

He rose. “Have to leave. Jules has info I need on this year’s makeover house.”

“On the weekend?” His father, CEO of the Good Magazine Group and recently married to his teenage love arched an eyebrow.

“Yeah, it’s the Smiton house. You know the one I’ve always been interested in. I want to use this as the project for converting a house from energy sucking to energy efficient. Jules has a line on the owner’s location. I want the contract signed so we can start work soon.” He didn’t mention how his mother had loved the house and talked about the mystery of the heir’s disappearance. There’d been no thought of the man’s death, just that he had gone to Europe to live.

His father’s forehead wrinkled. “If there’s a problem, find another house. Who knows what condition the Smiton house is in. No one has lived there for more than twenty five years.”

“I’ve checked. The house is solid.”

“Find one with the owners in residence. They’ll appreciate the free upgrade.”

Matt groaned. “And spend hours suggesting changes that won’t work or constantly complain about the inconvenience. Not on a bet.” Matt rose. Another thing he failed to mention was his plan to live in the house.

He kissed his new sister-in-law’s cheek. “Let Mark spoil you and Davy. My brother has 

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The four teens, led by the mysterious birds they believe are their parents seek a place of safety where they can learn to control their affinities. They find a place of refuge with Doma Jandia, grandmother of their friend Zand. The doma plans to take them to the highlands but news of the capture of two of their friends by Dom Senet, sends them on a rescue mission. Their powers are not strong enough to defeat the evil dom. They must find a way to succeed or their friends will be corrupted forever.

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WRETCHED EXCESS PLOT

Doing too  is the key here. Often the characters here live atthe fringesof civil behavior. One must convince the reader, that the character's actions are really those of a normal person. This plot often borders on a living nightmare . This plot is about characters who have lost vaneer of   civilization

        

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Meandering on Monday with Janet Lane Walters #BWLAuthor #MFRWAuthor #Readign #writig #thoughts

 Meander 1 Reading - Finished the three new releases from BWL. A change from Last months. This time I've read and enjoyed all.

Meander 2 - Thoughts. The repos are already ahead if their game. Seems they really like no one. There was their trip to New Your Work. If thatwill work is only for a day

Meander 3 Writing - Still tying Keltio but have begun workign ao the Horror'swriter's Demise

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Seducing the Attorney is featured today as Sunday's Book

Lauren Grant’s first meeting with Tony Carlin happened four years ago at her sister’s wedding to his older brother. There’s been an attraction but a wary one. The handsome arrogant attorney had showed disdain. At that time Lauren had been a troubled teen with streaked hair and piercings. Now, she’s working toward her Master’s in OT and has no time for more than school and her infant nephew. The death of Jamie’s parents has left Tony and Lauren as joint guardians of the baby.

Tony makes assumptions about Lauren’s current life-style. He’s as attracted to her as he was four years ago. But he’s a player and has no thought of making any commitments other than having sole custody of his nephew. He is grieving for his brother. Lauren grieves for her sister and Tony’s brother. A moment of mutual comfort sends them on a spiraling course.

Will they solve the problem of the custody and come to admit their feelings for each other?

The meeting and the party. The sparring, with ease.

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Fire and Redemption

Shunned by his kind and expelled from the dragon isle, Medraut is forced to shed his wings and take on human form to live amongst the people of the mainland. His problem? There are slayers, sworn to kill all dragons.

Brial has one chance to stop the fever ravaging her kin, but her healer powers have not yet awakened. To have the future she desires, she must survive the fever, raiders, and most of all, Medraut’s dragon ability to control minds.

Karst, son of the head slayer, was disowned and sent on an impossible quest to kill a dragon. Rather than return to his village and be subjected to the deadly justice of the Goddess, he made himself a home in the trading wagons of Clan Vreis. His newfound happiness is threatened when the caravan stops to help an injured man lying in the middle of the trail.

Three men and a dragon desire the same woman. One wants her for power, one for her beauty, and one for love. The dragon just wants her.

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Windmaster Golem

Action and adventure rule when a rogue mage plots revenge. With a magical army of clay soldiers under his control, Reliq means to take over the mythical city of mages hidden beneath a lake—and to rule all mages including the one he wanted most—Kiansel.

Kiansel, sister to the current Oracle of Givneh, is expected to one day assume the mantle and lead the temple’s followers. Her emerging powers force an impossible decision. Turn her back on her family and heritage to study the way of magic or follow the teachings of the oracle.

Brodie, weaponsmith for the School of Mages, couldn’t refuse the archmage’s request to act as escort for a healing team fighting a curse upon the land. He soon learns the dangerous quest requires both sword and sorcery. But how can a man without any magic of his own fight a curse or protect a friend from an invisible stalker.

Love has a magic of its own. But will it be enough to defeat a rogue mage and his army of enspelled golem.

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Hatchling’s Vengeance

Vengeance has two paths. The cult leader, the Parant, means to have his. No matter how long it takes or how many innocents die, he will kill all dragon shifters. For the last two unattached dragon shifters, their only weapons to save their kind are their swords—and love. Sometimes not even dragon fire and talons are enough to overcome the mind control wielded by the one called—the Parant.

For those who the Parant commands, will vengeance yield to love and provide a path to redemption? Or will retribution decree the punishment for past acts be death?

Dragon shifter and follower alike stand on the knife’s edge with happiness and loss fighting to control the balance.

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Helen Henderson is Visiting and Talking bout being a Panster or Plotter. #BWLAuthor #MFRWAuthor Fantasy #dragons

 

Panster or Plotter

Day 1

1. Are you a panster or a plotter or perhaps a bit of both?

I would say that I am more of an explorer, which is a combination of plotter and pantser. Each project starts off as a plotter and the creation of a storyboard. The scene notes contains a check-off for the purpose of the scene such as characterization, enhance the setting, or advances the plot. The storyboard is not the numbered structure of a traditional outline. It’s format is bullet points and it contains dialog, setting, and is in essence more a first draft than a true outline. At some point, the characters take over and the plotter submerges beneath the more free-wheeling pantser and the storyboard turns into a second draft.

2. Which comes first - characters or plot for you?

 

Although I need to know at least some aspect of the main characters, I work the plot first, letting the characters develop as they will.

3. What are you working on now? Is this a book in a current series or something totally new?

 

The release of Fire and Redemption last month means I am in the middle ground between projects. I had thought a third book to tell the final chapter in Trelleir’s search to find the homeland of his dragon kin was the next logical project. However, a different land has been nagging to be explored. Whether it is a fantasy world or a science fiction exploration, adventure and some amount of romance is promised.

4. Do you have some kind of object or place that figures in most of your books? I use gems a lot, hospitals and caves.

Caves have appeared in all three of my series. The uses varied from travelers’ shelters to an underground temple, a dragon’s lair and hatching cave, and the hiding place of a magical relic. Gems have also made a few appearances, especially in the Tear Stone Collectors. When a dragon cries, their tears fall as precious jewels. Each tear stone is imbued with the magic of its creator. And for special humans, the jewels can enhance the person's natural powers or even provide the ability to take on dragon form. However, I admit to one thing appearing in al the fantasy books – magical breeds of equines. One word of warning, the horses chose their riders. Those who try to get into the saddle when they are not the animal’s chosen one will measure their length in the dirt.

5. Do you write every day or just when the spirit hits?

I would like to say I write every day. And for a good number of years I did. Now, even though I am no longer a full-time caretaker, life and age get in the way My resolution this year was to write every day even if it is a blog post, a hop, or a writing prompt challenge.

6. Where can we find you?

 

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7. Who are your favorite authors? What about a book you’ve enjoyed?

Over the years I have devoured Kathrine Kurtz’s Adept series, and have gone through phases where I read adventures written by Leslie Charteris, the 007 books by Ian Fleming, and westerns by Louis L'amour. Then throw in some science fiction by Asimov to round out the genres. But the number one favorite author is the queen of Dragonhold, Anne McCaffrey. In addition to riding a dragon, you can explore outer space and encounter strange creatures in the Talent Universe series.

Books by Pia Manning are featured at https://wwweclecticwriter.blogspot.com on Saturday's Blurbs #MFRWAuthor #Hometown Spirits #Caveman Creek

 

The Caveman Creek Series:

Hometown Spirits: Caveman Creek 4

Menage, Erotic Romance, Contemporary, Small Town, Spanking, MFM, HEA

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Short blurb: 

Emily Slater has a new life, friends, and home. Romance? Maybe later. But Mike and Paul Lambert want Emily as their forever woman. Now.

Mid-length blurb:

Pinecone Creek charmed Emily Slater with its small-town friendliness and welcoming atmosphere. She jumped at the chance to be the town’s Nurse Practitioner and make friendships that last a lifetime. She even bought a cabin.

Dairymen Mike and Paul Lambert want more than friendship, they want their forever woman. Could that be Emily?

Long Blurb (Synopsis): 

Nurse Practitioner Emily Slater wants a home of her own in a welcoming community. She fell in love with Pinecone Creek and hopes to connect with the people she serves and give back to her town. Emily needs the kind of relationships that last a lifetime.

Brothers Mike and Paul Lambert have always called Pinecone Creek home. They need a woman to share their lives and their bed. One look at Emily sends their hopes soaring, and they spin dreams of having a family and children. Their protective instincts roar to the surface whenever they’re close to her. Even though they’ve been disappointed before, they’re willing to risk their hearts again.

But Emily hasn’t finished unpacking and her ‘to-do’ list is a mile long. The men are panty-dampening hunks, and they make her feel safe, but she isn’t ready to commit to the brothers quite yet. And that cabin she just bought? Someone or something doesn’t want Emily there. 

 

         Finding Home (Caveman Creek Book 1)

        Newly licensed vet Elizabeth Faulkner only needs two things: New clients for her practice and a decent place to live for herself and her disabled little sister. When her sister inherits an old farmhouse in Pinecone Creek, Wisconsin, Elizabeth thinks at least one wish has been granted. But a greedy land developer will stop at nothing to get her land, and her new clients, Brent and Luke Callahan, are more interested in a relationship than her vet skills. Brent and Luke have waited years for their forever woman. They know their wait is over once they see Elizabeth. But can she love two men? Can Elizabeth provide a home for her sister before the little girl becomes

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      Coming Home (Caveman Creek Book 2) 

         Bounced around from place to place as a child, Sherry Evans is seeking a town to call home. She also needs an affordable place to realize her dream of opening a daycare center. What Sherry is not seeking is a romance. But Matt Bauer, Chris Carter and Eric Simmons have other ideas. The men, building contractors, own and operate MCE Construction in Pinecone Creek, Wisconsin. When they meet Sherry, they know she’s the woman they’ve been waiting for. They are more than willing to renovate a building for her daycare – as long as it’s in Pinecone Creek. The men agree that they want a lasting relationship with Sherry and plan a campaign to convince her that they are the only guys for her. But an old girlfriend has other ideas. She wants her men back and Sherry gone. How far will she to destroy Sherry’s dreams? Can Matt, Chris and Eric convince Sherry to love three men?

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Pia Manning is visiting and talking about Who She Was Before #MFRWAuthor #Event planner, #contemporary small town #romance #Star Brides

 

1. What were you before you became an author? Did this influence your choices as a writer?

I was many things before I started writing – we moved around quite a bit, and that necessitated career changes. I worked as an event planner for a hotel and conference center, supervised operations for a couple of banks, taught pre-K (four-year-olds could rule the world!), and was the community development coordinator for a large medical system’s hospice affiliate. Whew!

Making up stuff for a living tugged at me – always. But adding four kids to the mix, all the moves as well as career changes made doing that almost impossible. It wasn’t until a kind guy in a white coat informed me I was medically unable to continue working in a traditional way, that I was able to write.

Over the years there have been a lot of people, towns, and jobs. I’m sure they influence my world view just as anyone’s life experiences do – but there’s not one specific thing that stands out. Rather all the years have come together to form a rich tapestry. Every so often I walk through those memories when I need inspiration.  

2. Are you genre specific or general? I don’t mean major genres but subdivisions or romance, mystery or paranormal.

These days I write more contemporary small-town romances (the where-I’m-at-today factor) set in the Northwoods territory of Wisconsin. I find plenty of inspiration in the rich tableau of characters, settings and situations that are found here..

I also love creating new worlds, hence the creation of the Star Brides universe of futuristic sci-fi romances. There’s something freeing when writing about the future because there are no known rules or societal expectations to observe. There’s no historical commonality to weigh me down. It’s exciting as a writer because I can let my imagination fly freely in the atmospheres.

3. What is your latest release? 

Hometown Spirits Caveman Creek 4 is my newest. As with my other books in the Caveman Creek series, it’s an erotic romance that’s set in the beautiful little town of Pinecone Creek, Wisconsin.

4. What are you working on now?

Cleaning my house, lol! Seriously, I have plans for Caveman Creek 5, tentatively titled ‘Daddy’s Home.’ My website desperately needs some updating, so that’s on the list as well.  

5. Does your reading choices influence your choice of a writing career?

Kinda sorta, but not always. How’s that for a definite answer?  I do read a great deal of romances books: contemporary, menage, sci-fi, paranormal, etc. While I enjoy feasting at the literary banquet available, I don’t necessarily write in those imprints.

I also read horror, crime/mystery, dystopian, sci fi, paranormal etc, but I don’t necessarily write in those genres. 

 

 

6. Where can we find you?

If you’d like to just chat, my email is best: https://www.pia.manning@yahoo.com  NOTE: I don’t have a newsletter, I’m not collecting emails. That said, if you do email me and want me to answer, then yes, I’ll need your email.

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