Author Marie Treanor Release Party and $50.00 Amazon Gift Card Contest
Hello! Lovely to be back at Bitten at Books!
Funnily enough, the last time I was here was to celebrate the end of a series (the release of Blood Eternal, finale of the Awakened by Blood trilogy). Today, I’m celebrating the start of a new one!
Blood Guilt opens the Blood Hunters series, so I had all the thrill of writing something fresh and new… and yet I felt as if I were greeting old friends. Well, that’s because I was. ☺. Although Blood Guilt should be able to stand alone, it does continue the story begun in Awakened by Blood. The new series focuses on the vampire hunters who first appeared as Elizabeth’s friends and mentors in Blood on Silk- brave, strong, dedicated people, sacrificing personal happiness to duty. But I found I couldn’t bear to leave them unhappy and unfulfilled, and it was they who continued telling the story in my head.
So writing Blood Guilt, seeing my familiar world through the eyes of the feisty yet tragic Mihaela, made it seem very different! Unlike Elizabeth, Mihaela’s been fighting the undead all her life. She watched a vampire slaughter her family when she was seven years old. So, now that that the world is changing and vampires are beginning to step out of the shadows, how is she supposed to adjust to the new alliance imposed by her superiors and the vampire overlord Saloman? Worse, how is she meant to deal with her appalling attraction to the mysterious and treacherous vampire Maximilian, who saved her life at the end of Blood Eternal, and whose help she needs in Blood Guilt?
Only one way to find out !☺
You can read excerpts on my website: http://www.marietreanor.com/BloodGuilt.htm#excerpts
Reader Questions:
The other thing that made me think of old friends while I was writing Blood Guilt, was the setting of the story: Scotland, Hungary and Malta – all countries I’ve visited (or, in the case of Scotland, live in!). So I have a few questions for you:
Have you ever been to these places, and what did you think of them? If you could visit anywhere in the world, where would that be?
Secondly, where do you imagine the ideal home for a vampire would be?
And thirdly, how do you feel about spin-off series? Are you glad to catch up with old friends? Do you obsess about reading books in order, and so leave the spin-offs until you’ve read the original series? All views and comments welcome ☺.
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Prize: A $50.00 Electronic Amazon Gift Card
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Good afternoon, all! In fact, it’s evening here, a bit grey and dull, just the weather to be inside, partying on the computer
. What’s it like where you are?
Thrilled to be back, and ready to chat!
Marie
Hi Marie!!! Welcome Back!!! Unfortunately, I have never visited any of those places, but at least reading let’s you mentally travel there.
I have been to London, and I’ve love to go to Italy & Greece. I’m a bit of a history geek, so I’d love walk among the ruins.
As for spin-offs, I have to read a series in order, so any spin-offs usually come second. Question for you, playing in the same world as before, do you find it hard to write from another point of view when you were so in tune with the characters from the original story line?
Best place for a vamp to live – assuming they still love the shadows – someplace with lots of nightlight: NYC, New Orleans, Vegas.
How many books are planned for this series? Is it another trilogy?
Thank you, Heatwave
I’m so with you on ruins! I’ve been to Greece and Italy, but only seen tiny parts of both! I lived in London for a couple of years – great fun but BUSY!
To answer your question: yes, I did find it hard to adjust to Mihaela’s and Maximilian’s POV! Everything is different through their eyes – familiar to them, but not the reader, and yet you can’t assume the reader knows as much as they do – tricky
.
I was originally planning a series, but now it’s expanding in my head – maybe four books now. Maybe more!
Marie
Contest stuff:
+25 – RSVP
+5 – Q&A
+1 – tweet – https://twitter.com/Heatwave316/status/217815884926959618
+200 – donated money to help BBB
+5 – this weekend Fandom Fest
+1 – tally
total = 237
Maria D. – United States
Answers to Marie Treanor’s Questions:
1. No, I have never visited Scotland, Hungary or Malta – though I think it would be fun to visit any of these countries.
2. I think the ideal home for a vampire would depend on whether or not the vampires can go out in the daylight and summer heat. If they can go out in the daylight – then I would say the tropics would be a great place to live because of the climate and people running around in swimsuits (more places to bite). If not, then someplace where it’s dark more days than not and cooler.
3. I love spin off series – it’s the best of both worlds because we get to catch up with old friends and see what’s taking place in their lives and at the same time we get to make new friends and find out new things that are going on the world the author has created.
lol – good answers, Maria. More places to bite
.
Marie
Maria D – USA
Question for Marie:
What was it about Mihaela that made you want to tell her story first in this new series and for you to pair her up with Max?
I liked Mihaela because she was feisty and humorous and yet had this sadness and secret longing subsumed in duty. I couldn’t bear to leave her so sad
.
Marie
Forgot to say, I also felt for Maximilian’s tragedy – and it became important to match up two such damaged creatures and give them a chance of happiness
.
Marie
Maria D – USA
Question for Marie – Will we get to see much of Elizabeth and Saloman and how their relationship is going or will we only see them in “cameo” type appearances?
Well, they’re still very much central to the ongoing story, so you will get glimpses of their relationship growing, but they’re at a quiet stage just now and for the time being, other people’s relationships are probably more exciting
.
Marie
Maria D. – USA
I Tweeted the Post and Giveaway:
https://twitter.com/crazymidwestgal/status/217671557093396482
Nancy G-United States
1-Have never visited any of these places, but would dearly love to visit Scotland and also Ireland.
2-The ideal place for a vampire to live would be any area with a large population-more to feed on without the temptation of killing, and more variety to choose from.
3-Spinn offs are great, because it gives the reader a chance to revisit old friends or locations while meeting new characters and places. The best of both worlds, as it were.
Marie, where did the Blood Hunters originate-what is their full philosophy and how do you see them growing or changing as time goes by?
Hi Nancy!
Between you and me, there are MANY places in Scotland I still have to see! And most of Ireland
.
The hunters came into existence originally to control the unruly hybrid vampires which began to proliferate as the pure bred Ancients died out. So they’ve been around since the dark ages/early medieval period. Originally,the hunters allied with the Ancients to control the hybrids, but with time, this has been forgotten, and the hunters came to regard all vampires as the enemy. So Saloman’s bid for world domination which Elizabeth’s influence commutes to alliance with humanity, churns their world upside down. They have to develop an understanding of the undead rather than simply hunt and kill them.
I could ramble on for ages, but maybe that’s enough for now
. Thanks for asking, Nancy!
Marie
Rachel Flesher / Raonaid Luckwell
You never know, Raonaid! You might get to see all the places you want to one day – hope you do
.
New Orleans seems a popular choice – is than Anne Rice’s fault, do you think? As Transylvania is Bram Stoker’s
.
Ooh, difficult question! As a writer, I think I get the best of both worlds – living in my fantasy worlds without any of the dangers
. I think I’d have to be a different person in a literary world – more forceful and decisive 
.
Marie
Maria D – USA
Point Tally:
1. RSVP = +25
2. Answered Marie’s Questions = +3
3. Asked Marie 3 Questions = +3
3. Tweeted = +1
4. Purchased book via link =+500
5. Commented on Screen Bites = +5
6. Commented on post about this weekend(Fandom Festival in Louisville, KY)=+5
7. Added Points = +1
Total Points= 543
I have never been to these places. If I could visit anywhere in the world, I would visit Australia.
Ideal home for a vampire would be at least at winter anywhere up north, where the sun won’t shine even at day time.
I like spin-off series and I like finding out how old friends are doing. I don’t obsess about reading books in order.
1. RSVP = +25
2. Answered Marie
Hi Minna,
Australia would be fascinating, wouldn’t it?
And that’s a good point about vampires living in the far north… although it might be hard for them in the summer in the lands of the midnight sun
. Maybe they should migrate like birds 
.
Glad you don;t obsess about reading books in order – I do! – but it must be fun fitting the continuing story together like jigsaw puzzle
.
Marie
Total Points=29
Minna P. Finland
Hi Marie,Love your books:)
Regina R
US
reginamayross@gmail.com
+25 rsvp
+1 tally
Thank you, Regina! That’s lovely to hear
.
Marie
Hi – You are new to me but I love vampire books so I should love yours too
.
+1
I’ve never been to those locations and if I could go anywhere it would be New Zealand. +1
Perfect home would be somewhere rainy and cool like the Pacific North West – I love it there. +1
I really enjoy spin offs. Having characters come back and visit always makes me happy
Who was your first paranormal vampire read? +1
Tweeted: https://twitter.com/Jovial_1/status/217709810248986624 +1
RSVP’d +25
Tally +1
Viki S. USA
vsloboda(at)gmail(dot)com
Total = 30
Hi Viki – I hope you do like mine too
.
My first vampire read was Bram Stoker’s Dracula – blew me away! I’ve never looked back
. What was yours?
Marie
Mine was also Dracula and then I didn’t read another for years. It wasn’t until I was Kelley Armstrond’s Tales Of The Otherworld books that vampires came into focus for me again. I’m glad they did
.
I don’t think I’ve read those, Viki – thanks, will look out for them! I think my second was Interview with the Vampire – wow
.
Marie
Donna N, USA
RSVP- +25
Answered questions +3
Have you ever been to these places, and what did you think of them? If you could visit anywhere in the world, where would that be? I haven’t been to any of those but always wanted to go to Scotland and Ireland. I have been to Italy when I was about 5(dad was in the army).
Secondly, where do you imagine the ideal home for a vampire would be? I think one of the perfect spots would be Alaska, how many months out of the year is it dark? But is there a huge population so there would be the downfall in that too.
And thirdly, how do you feel about spin-off series? Are you glad to catch up with old friends? Do you obsess about reading books in order, and so leave the spin-offs until you
Hi Donna,
Scotland and Ireland seem to be popular
.
Who would I write with? Well, I very much like writing with Bonnie Dee, my partner in the Fairytale Fantasy series at Samhain. Thanks for asking!
Marie
Hi, Marie. Welcome back to BBB!
I have not been to any of the places you mention, but would love to go, especially to Scotland. The one place in the world I want to go is the UK/Great Britain.
I think of coties and other places with a lot of history as the perfect place for vampires to live. Of course, the ideal location for particular ones depends upon the series and mythos.
I do like spin-off series, and though I would prefer to read the originals first, I don’t have to do so.
Marie, what kinds of things do you enjoy doing for relaxation?
(USA, I did RSVP, 25 + 2, shared on FB +1 = 28 points
Hi Marie! I’ve always enjoyed vampire stories so your newest series has caught my interest. Mihaela sounds so vulnerable even though she’s a vampire hunter and I think I’m going to like her a lot. I definitely want to cheer for her.
I have never been to the places you mentioned but I would love to visit Scotland one day.
If I could visit anywhere in the world my choice would be Scotland or Ireland. There is so much history there and I would love explore the castles.
I’ve always thought places full of history (old world) suited vampires better. They are used to time passing so a timeless and classic place might make them more comfortable.
I don’t mind spin-offs at all. Often I look forward to seeing old characters come to visit just so I can see how they are doing in life.
Na S., Canada
+25 RSVP’ed
+4 Answered questions
+100 Used Amazon link to order book – email sent
+200 Things to help BBB – used link
+1 Tally
Total = 330
Hi, Na – you’re a girl after my on heart
. Thanks for your answers!
Marie
Thanks, Carol – fun to be here again!
For relaxation, I read, watch tv, hang out with friends… and go on holiday! My family and I are off to Turkey for three weeks, in eight days now. (Yes, I’m counting
)
Hi, Marie – Have you ever been to these places? Sadly, no. I’m shackled to either the writing desk or the work desk. But if I could visit anywhere in the world, it would be Scotland — it’s at the top of my list. The Highlands, the castles, the history. And I do love those men in kilts.
Where do you imagine the ideal home for a vampire would be? Anywhere they want. Today’s society allows for it. They can be as bold or recluse as they choose and we, as authors fuel the fires.
How do you feel about spin-off series? I’m thrilled to catch up with old friends from the stories I’ve fallen in love with. Some are like coming home – whether I’ve read them or written them.
And absolutely I obsess about reading books in order. You might miss something important. I’m even rententative enough to go back and start over before the next one comes out — just for the refresh. You know, it’s like drinks with old friends.
Very excited for you on your new release! Sending you many blessings.
K.A.
Hello, K! Thanks for coming! I hope you do make it to Scotland one day soon – though I should warn you, you might not see QUITE so many kilts as you’re hoping for
.
You seem to regard series much as I do K. Weirdly, writing this one felt like coming home!
Marie
Kimbeley C USA
Congrats on the new release! I love your books.
I think the best place for vampires would be a city that is alive and busy at night…New York City or Las Vegas.
I lived in Ireland when I was 6 (we moved there when my dad was doing a tour in Viet Nam).. I would love to go back someday and also visit Scotland and Wales.
I love series….I enjoy learning what is going on in characters lives that I have read about in previous book….I started reading series romance and was spoiled by authors like Diana Palmer, Iris Johansen, Debbie Macomber, Joah Holh, etc.
Marie – how many books will be in this series and what is the next series we have to look forward to!
RSVP 25
answered 3 ? 3
asked 1? 1
Tweeted 1 (http://www.bittenbybooks.com/?p=54406)
Facebook 1 (Kimberley Coover)
Support BBB purchase 200 (email rec to Goddess)
order Blood Guilt 500 (email rec to Goddess)
tally 1
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total 732
Hi Kimberly,
Thank you! That’s very kind
. And thanks for your answers. I suppose when you do get back to Ireland it will feel a bit like coming home – how long did you live there for?
To answer your question, I’m not sure how many books there will be in this series. Originally I thought three, but now I’m thinking at least four
.
The next series coming up from me is called SERAFINA’S. It’s centred on a unique Psychic investigation agency based in Edinburgh. The first book is called SERAFINA AND THE SILENT VAMPIRE, and it should be released at the end of August. It’s a very different world to the Blood Hunters world, but I’m finding it great fun too!
Marie
hi Marie,
enjoyed reading your post
+25 rsvpd
+5 left comment fandom fest
+5 left post screen bites
+1 want to go to Scotland and England
+1 anywhere, but cool like Transilvania And thirdly, how do you feel about +1 I sometime like spinoffs, but not always
+1 tweeted
+1 FB post
+500 bought BLood guilt thru link sent email
+1 tally
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thanks,
Dina S
USA
dlsmilad@yahoo.com
Thanks, Dina, glad you liked it
.
Transylvania for the vampires, eh? You’re a traditionalist like me!Hope you make it to the UK one day soon!
Marie
Firstly, I have to say I am so jealous that you live in Scotland! That is one of the places that I’ve always wanted to go. Besides some neighboring states, I’ve not really been anywhere. I would also love to go to Japan. Frankly I’d love to go anywhere!
Secondly, where do you imagine the ideal home for a vampire would be?
I’ve always wondered why vampires wouldn’t migrate. If they were to go somewhere like Greenland or Russia where the nights can get really long. Of course Romania also has a certain ring to it when you mention vampires.
And thirdly, how do you feel about spin-off series? Are you glad to catch up with old friends? Do you obsess about reading books in order, and so leave the spin-offs until you
Hi Rae,
The grass is always greener on the other side of the Atlantic
. I’d love to see America!
Hey, I LIKE your book reading rules
. We all have them, even if we don’t list them 
.
To answer your questions with another! – do you mean do I have plans for characters besides the hunters? Or which hunters? The three official east European hunters, Mihaela, Istvan and Konrad will all have their say. Plus those unofficial hunters, Cyn and Rudy from America and John Ramsay from Scotland. Plus a few vampires that I’ve grown fond of… Maximilian, Angyalka, Dmitriu, Bela, Travis… And even a messed-up human prostitute that never even had a speaking part -I’ve been worrying about her and decided she needs a bit of rehabilitation.
.
Marie
Lisa R smalltown Foothills of NC
I love spin-off series! It’s the best way as a series can end but the author can take us on a new ride through a world that we are already familiar with
+1 question/answer
+25 RSVPed
+1 https://www.facebook.com/LisasLovesBooksOfCourse/posts/168570476609467
+1 https://twitter.com/alterlisa/status/217776631853494272
+5 this week
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Hi Lisa! Yes, I like that too
.
Marie
Lisa R smalltown Foothills of NC
+1
Planner or pantzer?
DO you follow a “formula” when you write? DO you outline your ideas, write in a specific order
I’m a bit of a mixture, Lisa! I used to be a complete pantster, but you can get yourself into writing difficulties that way that take a lot of sorting out! When I got the contract with NAL for the Awakened by Blood trilogy, I had to write much more detailed plans than I was used to, and that taught me the value of them!
However, I’m still a pantster at heart! Nowadays I tend to write vague, flexible plans, and when I come to a complicated bit, I plan it out in more detail, to make sure it makes sense to a reader as well as to me
. Of course my characters can still mess it up, but that’s their privilege 
.
Marie
Lisa R smalltown Foothills of NC
+1 Tell us about a typical writing day for you.
total=41
This will sound dull! But, I wake up around 6am and write in bed over a first cup of coffee before everyone has to get up. (Unless I’m partying at Bitten by Books, obviously, in which case I use the time to chat to you guys
).
Then, after I’ve nagged everyone out of bed, my husband’s off to work, my sons have caught the bus to high school and I’ve dropped my daughter off at primary school, I come back and write until I have to collect her from school again. I only break to make coffee or lunch, and drink/eat while I’m writing.
Occasionally I’ll get in an extra hour after school, but that depends on my kids
.
Marie
Lisa R smalltown Foothills of NC
+1 Night owl, or early bird?
+1 https://twitter.com/alterlisa/status/217780562188976128
+1 https://www.facebook.com/LisasLovesBooksOfCourse/posts/334104336667064
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oops, missed this question on the first pass! I used to be a night owl, Lisa, but the years and the kids have changed me and now I’m pretty much an early bird
.
Marie
Lisa R smalltown Foothills of NC
+1 Do you have any unusual or special talents excluding your storytelling abilities?
total=45
No, I don’t think I do
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I’m told I’m a good listener. And can exert a calming influence on a fraught situation. Do those count?
Marie
Lisa R smalltown Foothills of NC
+1 What is your favorite thing about the writing experience and why?
total=46
Hmmm – I love the whole thing, to be honest, living in my fantasy world
. But I suppose I love most when my characters talk back and change the direction of my story. It can be a real pain, but weirdly exciting 
.
Marie
Lisa R smalltown Foothills of NC
+1 What five characters from other authors would you invite to a dinner party?
total=47
Dracula, Louis (Interview with the Vampire), Bones (Jeaniene Frost), Ian (Marta Acosta’s Castle Dracula), and Jennifer Estep’s Gin Blanco to keep them all in order
.
Marie
What a place to live! I hope you still enjoy seeing the beautiful scenery and check out some castles =)
Scotland is on my list of places to visit, so is New Zeland. They each have their own savage beauty that I can’t wait to explore.
I can imagine how much fun it is to write a spin off, you work so long on your characters and get attached to them. Just as we readers do, so I always enjoy a spin off series. If I love the characters in a series I hate to see it end, and rejoyce when an author finds a way to keep it going.
Do you have an idea in mind on how long this spin off will go? Maybe it has been asked already, I should try reread the other questions.
Lexi H. USA
RSVP +25
Answer +1
Question +1
Tally +1
Total = 28
Hi Lexi,
New Zealand’s on my list too – ever since Lord of the Rings
.
How long will the series go on? Not sure yet! If I go for four books, let’s say eighteen months to two years? Unless I add more books to the series, of course
.
Marie
MARY P
AUSTRALIA
I’ve never been to Scotland, Hungary or Malta. I would love to visit NEW YORK CITY.
The ideal home for a vampire has to be a castle somewhere. The older, the better.
I do enjoy spin-off series. I would have to read the original first, because I MUST read the books in order.
+25 RSVP
+3 Answered questions
+1 Tally
TOTAL: 29
Hi Mary,
Good answers
. New York’s on my list too – not least because I did set part of BLOOD SIN there and I hadn’t actually been. Felt like cheating 
.
Marie
Lisa R smalltown Foothills of NC
+1 What five characters from other authors would you NOT want to be trapped in an elevator with?
+1 https://www.facebook.com/LisasLovesBooksOfCourse/posts/382520061809217
+1 https://twitter.com/alterlisa/status/217786013148385280
total=50
Good question
Marie
Okay Marie –
Almost halfway through Blood Guilt – does that mean I’m going to have to start begging for the next book in the series soon? And yes, having fun with the new toy.
As for travel – never been out of the US, not even to Canada or Mexico.
I like Maximillian’s lighthouse – that seemed a pretty cool place for a vampire.
Spin-offs are okay – where would CSI and NCIS be without them
Sorry – got distracted by this book I’m reading
kk
Hi kk!
Glad to hear the Kindle – and BLOOD GUILT! – are occupying you
. Vaguely planning on the next book – BLOOD OF ANGELS – for January, because I’ve a couple of other new series in the queue 
.
Marie
Wow – wish I was closer to Louisville – that is one impressive lineup they’ve got there at the Fandom Fest! Always thought Marsters was a cute kid.
kk
Okay
RSVP – 25 pts
1 quest & 3 answers – 4 pts
Famdon Fest visit – 5 pts
tally pts – 1 pt
and one more question for 36 pts
Marie – do you have a Scottish burr? Trying to imagine how that would change the pitch of the story if you did.
kk
Well, I definitely have a Scottish accent. My parents were Scottish and I’ve lived here most of my life. But that’s normal to me, so it doesn’t sound like a “burr”
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When I’m writing dialogue, I try to write the pattern of the speech as I hear it, rather than changing the spelling of the words, whether my character is Scottish, American, Romanian or whatever. Not sure how obvious that is, unless I throw in the odd native word (like with Robbie in BLOOD GUILT)
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Interesting question!
Marie
As my mother’s family is basically from Germany I’d like to go there. But on my father’s side there’s some definite English, Irish, and I suspect some Scotts so I’d like to go there too. I’ve tracked his side back to Pennsylvania USA so I’d like to go there as well. Just wish I could get them jumped over the pond, genealogically speaking.
Now 37 pts
kk
Interesting, kk – good luck tracking them down. Do you use that geneological website? Ancestry.com, or something like that. Keep meaning to use it myself, but other things get in the way
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Marie
I have in the past and it was a lot of help but it’s not cheap. But I also have to give a lot of kudos to the GenWeb project http://www.worldgenweb.org/
it’s free and volunteer based.
kk
Thanks for that! I’ll check it out…
Marie
In case you didn’t notice I added a website where you can find me and mine
kk
How is Angyalka pronounced?
38 pts
I believe it’s pronounced An – jyalka
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Marie
Sounds like a fun read, I liked the excerpt!
I’ve never been to Scotland, Hungary, or Malta but I think all three would make fabulous vacations!! I think Romania and the Ukraine always make believable homes of vampires.
Can’t wait to read this!
2 questions answered – 2pts
RSVP – 25pts
Tally – 1pt
Total- 28pts
Hi Stephanie – glad you enjoyed the excerpt! Hope you enjoy the rest too
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Marie
1. Alas I’ve never been to any of the countries. I would love to go to Scotland.
2. The ideal place for vampires to live in this age would be anywhere they would be happy. Also if they were day walkers they could really enjoy the life without the fear of getting dusted.
3. I love to read about old friends in new situations, so spin offs are some of my favorite reads.
How many people do you have talking in your head most of the time when you are writing?
I think it could get very crowded, or do you only alow a certain number at a time?
I RSVPed for this event, asked and answered questions, commented in Screen Bites and FandamFest, tweeted at https://twitter.com/purplepoodle58/status/217828897411178497
bought earrings and bracelett to help out BBB,
Lisa D. USA
Total points = 241
Lol, Lisa, it DOES get crowded in there sometimes, but the truth is I have no control over who or how many
. My heroes and heroines do most of the talking, I suppose, but other characters do insist on their say now and then. When these lesser characters become particularly insistent, like Maximilian and Mihaela, I begin to think of spin-offs 
Marie
Hi Marie. I look forward to this new sereis. I am sneakin tis in between med and family so I can’t stay long. I have been to Europe, Canada and Central and South America and I enjoyed them all. At this time as I lay around recovering from 2 icky surgeries, I wish i was in Tahiti surrounded by pearls.
I rrsvp’d 25
I bought an ebook 100
total 125
Hi Koren, thanks for coming amidst your troubles! Sorry to hear about your surgeries, but hope you’re well on the road to recovery. You’re a well-travelled person! And I have to say Tahiti and pearls sounds very attractive…
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Marie
Hi Marie
* Scotland is on the top of my list of places to visit +1
* I Think the idea Home for Vampires would be Los Vegas it’s always awake day or Night! +1
* I Love Series and do read them in the order thay came out will some time wait to get all of a series before read it! +1
* I RSVPed to be here with Marie +25
* I Spread the new at twitter https://twitter.com/sasluvbooks/status/217853717821669376 and facebook https://www.facebook.com/sasluvbooks/posts/292251907540388 +1
* Fandom Fest 2012 is Happening the weekend of June29-July1=+5
* I Tallyed my Points +1=35
* Stacey S USA
saslivbooks at yahoo dot com
Hi Stacey,
Glad to hear Scotland’s up there
. Hope you get here soon! Glad you dropped in!
~~Marie
I am so glad that you have spin offs!
I had to fix the hair and makeup of a good friend that had passed away 2 days ago and then went to her funeral yesterday. Do you think this is the reason that vampires were invented, to let our friends live on in someway or other?
I tweeted at https://twitter.com/purplepoodle58/status/217949538340708352
I bought as usual too many books
Asked question
Lisa D. USA
Total points = 2543
Hi Lisa – I’m very sorry to hear about your friend. But I think you have a point: we don’t like thinking of death as the end; we want to be able to see our loved ones again. I believe Anne Rice wrote Interview with the Vampire to help her deal with her daughter’s tragic death. ~Immortality is definitely intriguing…
Marie
Hi,
I haven’t been to these places you mentioned, but I’d really like to visit Scotland someday, as well as Japan and New Zealand.
I think Antarctica would be the perfect place if the vampire has an outside supply of blood – it’s uninhabited and nights are long there for about half a year, so it’s very safe. Or maybe somewhere in Siberia would be suitable too.
I like spin-offs as they means more stories in a fictional universe I like, especially if they have cameos by characters from the parent series. I hate spoiling myself by reading books out of order, so I always read the original series first.
Have you ever written fanfic? In what series?
Thanks!
Dovile P., Lithuania
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+25 RSVPed for this event
+4 for questions
+5 This weekend is Fandom Fest 2012. I wish I could be there!
+1 tally
Total: 35
Hi Dovile!
Interesting idea
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No, I haven’t written fanfiction since I was a kid, when I used to write my own stories based on my favourite TV series. Non one but me ever read them
And I found in time that I preferred to write about my own characters. I can see that it would be fun, though… 
Marie
Where did you go to college and what was your major?
I did the facebook thing
https://wwwfacebook.com/#!/lisa,diel55/posts/1492638751
Lisa D. USA
Total points = 2545
I went to St. Andrews University in Scotland and got my MA in a mixture of medieval and modern history
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Marie
Good morning lady’s. I would have to say I’ve never been to any of the places you’ve listed. But I would love to visit France and Italy, Paris for dessert and italy for the food. Lol!! Well the perfect setting for vampire I’d say is forest area they would own a alot of land and be kind of isolated. I mean they need there privacy. I hate reading a book out of sequence I feed lost and like I’m cheating. I think it just messes up the flow of a story.
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Hi Tameka,
Can’t quarrel with any of that
. French pastries, Italian meals, books in series order – oh yes 
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Marie
Leni K., USA
I haven’t traveled to any of these places. I’ve only read about them and watched programing about these locals.
I want to go to Paris and would love to travel around France with someone who knows the country well.
I love spin-offs. Finding out what older characters are up to and discovering new ones while seeing how their stories connect is fun to read about. It’s a way of continuing a read that I don’t want to put down.
RSVP’d +25
Answered three author questions +3
Tally + 1=29
Hi Leni!
Thanks for answering! I think you’re right that you probably get more out of your travels if you have a native guiding you. Good luck with your French ambitions!
Marie
-) (+03) – Hiya folks!
Q1) Oh lordy, no, never been outside the US… if I could, London… Paris… Egypt… back to Disney World!
Q2) Well, my very first thoughts are based on the original ideas of Dracula – cold, dark castle in a creepy area of Europe, where he lives in the basement with a coffin as a bed, and we only see him at night. After that… that anymore, they live anywhere, do anything, can be just as normal as anyone else. Just have that whole undead thing going on behind closed doors.
Q3) That’s why I love series in general – we know whose story is coming up, and we might see at least glimpses, if not more, return visits from old friends. And yeah, most of the time I tend to obsess with reading order, regardless of the fact that it might be utterly unnecessary to do so, but, hey, I’m nuts that way. But if it’s a new to me author, and I’m interested in one story, but it isn’t the first book, I’ll read it to see if I like them, and then go for the other books. If it’s an autobuy author, yep, guaranteed read them in order. LOL
-) other stuff –
(+25) RSVPed for this one
(+02) Twitter, OV_099/Facebook – Lois Merritt
-) total should be = 1 + above = 31
Lois M., USA
Hi Lois, glad you made it! It seems most romance readers are obsessive in this way – myself included
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Marie
What would you like written in your obit? I hope it is 90 years or more from now of course!!
Your college sounds lovely. I went to Oklahoma State University and graduated with a MS in Wildlife Communications.
I tweeted at https://twitter.com/purplepoodle58/status/218170021891936257
Lisa D. USA
Total points = 2547
I also am going to start ordering my amazone stuff thru you Rachel to help the BBB as much as I can.
Hello again, Lisa!
My obit?? Guessing I won’t care by then
. I suppose I would just liked to have been loved and made a difference to a few people’s lives. Of course, I wouldn’t mind being called the greatest, bestselling author of all time, but hey, I’m a realist 
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Yes, St. Andrews is a lovely university – the oldest in Scotland, and in the whole UK after Oxford and Cambridge. Very picturesque! I made Elizabeth in the Awakened by Blood novels study and work there
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Wildlife Communications sounds interesting! Is that communicating with wildlife or about wildlife? Or have I got completely the wrong end of the stick?
Marie
Well, guys, I’m happy to keep answering your comments as long as you make them
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But since I suspect my party time must be up, I’d just like to say a big THANK YOU at this point to Rachel and BBB for hosting us, and to all of you for joining in and making it such a fun party. Great talking to you all – I’ve had a blast
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All the best!
Marie
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