Author Tara Fox Hall Character Interview and $75.00 Amazon Gift Card Contest LIVE Here!
A huge THANK YOU to Bitten By Books for having me here today!
While a strong protagonist or couple is essential to a great novel, secondary characters that are equally well written are a must.
Here with us today to answer a few questions is the half-demon warlock, Terian, of Tara Fox Hall’s Promise Me series.
Q: <smiles> May I have your last name?
TERIAN: <shifting uncomfortably> No. Please ask your questions.
Q: <gives Terian a cool look> It’s required.
TERIAN: <stares at interviewer, the cherrywood color of his eyes turning to red>
Q: <shifting uncomfortably> In your relationships with others, Terian, how are you different with family than you are with friends? Why?
TERIAN: <unsmiling> I had no family except my brother, Keriam. He was killed less than a year ago. I don’t have any friends, either.
Q: You have Sar. Let’s talk about her. How did you decide you could trust her? First impressions? Do you use your magic? Do you test the person somehow? Or are you just generally disposed to trust or not to trust?
TERIAN: <smiles> Sar is easy to trust. My life rested before in her hands and she chose to save my life instead of letting me die. I trusted her from that moment on. Trust has to be earned, always.
Q: But isn’t Sar the one who shot you and put your life in danger in the first place? Saving you afterwards sounds like a ploy.
TERIAN: <angry> It wasn’t a ploy. Sar was confused, and thought she was saving Danial. She shot me only so we’d stop fighting and I wouldn’t kill him.
Q: <aside, behind his hand> The Promise Me series is a romantic series, Terian. Give me a little more to work with, okay?
TERIAN: <stared right back> Is it? I’m not sure. There’s a lot of heartbreak coming. I want Sar to be happy and live a good life. I’m scared for her. She rushes in to help without always looking to see if she has any backup coming at her heels.
Q: <intrigued> Did you look into your crystal ball and see this?
TERIAN: I don’t have a crystal ball. Half-demons as a rule don’t need them. <bares sharklike teeth> But I do know what’s coming, yes. Danial and Theo both love her, and she loves them both, too, even if she and Danial are not together anymore. Theo is still working for Danial. I may not have much experience with women, but I know a love triangle when I see one.
Q: Do you see yourself ever adding to that triangle to make it a square?
TERIAN: No. Last Christmas I used a spell to help me reveal my true feelings for Sar. The spell would have…Sar wouldn’t have been able to hide her feelings for me, if she’d had some. She didn’t.
Q: But people can change their minds in time. And you’re immortal, correct?
TERIAN: <nods> Yes.
Q: <shifts slightly> Describe yourself to me, beginning with your age.
TERIAN: I’m over seventy six years old, but I look about eighteen to twenty, sometimes older if I tied back my straight dark brown hair in a ponytail, or cut it short. I’m a fairly tall man with a slim build, yet I’m quite strong, easily a match for most werecreatures and vampires. As you mentioned above, I fought with Danial and bested him.
Q: Which of your characteristics do you consider to be your strengths?
TERIAN: I’m skilled in magic, and run a shop online selling potions. Nothing harmful, just spells to let someone grow wings, or some other appearance alteration. That’s my greatest asset. I’m also strong, as I mentioned above.
Q: You don’t list your immortality as a strength?
TERIAN: <shakes his head> I didn’t enjoy watching my brother grow old while I remained young. I looked into anti-aging spells, but the ones I found required demon blood. At that time, I didn’t know I was part demon. If I had known, I’d have tried to do something for Keriam.
Q: What is the most important thing in your life? What do you value most?
TERIAN: <shadow passes over his face> Sar, of course. But you already knew that, which is why you keep diverting the questions back to her. You must hope I’ll reveal something new and exciting about our relationship. But there is nothing to tell. She belongs to someone else. All I offer her is my friendship and loyalty, two things she has already given me.
Q: But you have the power to make her love you, don’t you Terian?
TERIAN: <eyes shifting to solid red> I would never do that. If Sar doesn’t ever come to love me, I can cope with that. Besides, I already have—<stops fast>
Q: <smiles hungrily> Yes, I had heard you had someone, a certain person you refer to in the last part of Broken Promise. Tell us about her. I did a little inquiry and learned her name was Sundown.
TERIAN:<blinks in surprise, redness in his eyes fading> No one should know that, not yet. Who did you talk to?
Q: <smiles> Tell us about her. Is it true she’s a stripper? And that she—
TERIAN: <stands and begins murmuring words, with his left hand outstretched toward the interviewer>
Q: <scrambling up from his chair> Stop that! You can’t—!
<Interviewer screams, then falls to the floor, changing into a brown and white dwarf rabbit. Terian walks to the rabbit, and gently picks up the trashing, terrified animal.
TERIAN: I don’t give warnings, human. <pats the rabbit’s head gently, as it trembles> I’d love to take you to Danial’s land and release you into his forest. The werefoxes, if not Theo himself, would make short work of you. But that’s the demon side talking.
<Terian sits in the interviewer’s chair, the rabbit on his lap still struggling madly as he holds it> You forget that Promise Me is written from Sar’s point of view, with every event filtered through her eyes. She views me as harmless, and I am to her, because of what she is to me. <Terian sharply twists the rabbit’s neck, close to the point of breaking. It lets out a shriek> If I were a full demon, I would not hesitate to snap your neck. But I’m only half. You counted on that, didn’t you? Yet you threaten two women I love, and you think I won’t do everything in my power to protect them? What happened to those werebears will be a pale shadow of what I will do to you—
< The rabbit screams again in terror. Terian releases the rabbit, which scurries to the other side of the room as Terian stands> Talk, and tell me you understand what I expect of you <Terian murmurs words, again with outstretched hand, and the Interviewer returns to human form>
Q: <scrambling up from the floor and taking the chair to brandish in front of him> Stay away from me!
TERIAN: If you keep your silence about all you know, Sundown included. Agree and you’ll never see me again.
Q: <nods head frantically> Get out!
<Terian nods once in approval, then leaves. Interviewer slumps to the floor, sobbing>
Excerpt from Broken Promise:
“What is it?” I asked Terian.
“Someone is out there, Sar,” he said angrily. “Someone is out there watching us.”
Blackness coiled out from him as he stood there. I looked out the window, and noticed a figure standing outside, just at the edge of the barn. I knew that familiar silhouette: Theo.
Terian watched for a moment, then headed for the door with a purpose.
“What are you going to do?” I asked.
“I’m going to go and see what he wants,” said Terian, his words hot with anger.
I watched as Terian walked all the way to the barn, but by then he was too far way to see clearly, especially in the poor light with the corral in the way. I busied myself building up the fire tossing out Terian’s empty containers, and putting away my uneaten Chinese food while I waited for him to return.
Ten minutes later, there was a thump as the door opened. Terian came in, knocking a little snow off his boots.
“Well?” I said.
“He was there,” Terian said. “But he took off by the time I arrived at the place he had been.”
“He’s probably watching me for Danial. I don’t think he believes I’m coming back, even though we’re oathed.”
He looked at me for a long moment, then turned and went to the door. “I’d better be going,” he said, putting on his coat. “Thanks for tonight.”
“Terian,” I said, confused. “You don’t have to leave—”
“Sar, I don’t want to get you in trouble. Theo’s clearly watching you for Danial. And you just told me that you are oathed. So I’m better off leaving now.” Terian went out the door.
I followed him. “What’s wrong?”
“Nothing’s wrong,” he said, stepping fast to his truck.
“Something is wrong, Terian,” I said, exasperated. “Tell me why you have to leave?”
Terian turned suddenly, and pulled me into his arms. I looked up at him with wide eyes.
“This is why.”
He brought his mouth down on mine, his hands tangling in my hair. His kiss was not soft; it was full of need and longing. In shock, I stood there and let him kiss me, one moment stretching into the next with exquisite slowness.
Books in the Broken Promise Series in the order they should be read:
Promise Me
Broken Promise
Author Bio:
I’m an OSHA-certified safety and health inspector at a metal fabrication shop in upstate New York. I have a bachelor’s degree in mathematics with a double minor in chemistry and biology from Binghamton University. My writing credits include nonfiction, horror, suspense, erotica, and contemporary and historical paranormal romance. I am the author of the paranormal action-adventure Lash series and the vampire romantic suspense Promise Me series. I also coauthored (with Eric Dietrich) the essay “The Allure of the Serial Killer,” published in Serial Killers – Philosophy for Everyone: Being and Killing (Wiley-Blackwell, 2010). I divide my free time unequally between writing novels and short stories, chainsawing firewood, caring for stray animals, sewing cat and dog beds for donation to animal shelters, and target practice.
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What do you have next to come with your books?
Taken in the Night, Promise Me #3, will release in late January or early February of 2013. The cover was just recently finalized and is up on my FB page
The plot I’m keeping secret for now but will reveal that a major character will vanish in the night while Theo, Danial, and Sarelle are over in Europe for the birth of Theo’s child.
Look for Make Me Behave, a domestic discipline anthology with Nancy Pirri coming in another week from Melange Books, which will include one tale involving the delicious Devlin Dalcon. I also hope to put out a short story called Snake Eyes involving Lash and coauthor Paul Dick’s character Dick Dice, but there is not confirmed venue at this time 
2013 will also see another Lash sequel, this one titled WAR. This book will be far more historically heavy than the previous Lash novels, as it details what happens when Lash enters WWII in a desperate attempt to save his enlisted nephew and also an old flame caught in occupied territory.
I also plan a few more short stories, possibly involving the Promise Me/Lash universe, but have nothing confirmed at this time
Cool! I read Lash when it came out in ebook then I bought it when it was printed. I cannot wait to read the WWII experiences.
Jenn
Jen, that one’s taken so much longer to put together because of all the research I did for WWII. I initially thought a couple books and documentaries would be enough, maybe with some movies made in those years for reference. But once I began digging, I found so much that I never knew about…and then I wanted to include it! Finally I just had to stop, realzing I just couldn’t include any more
Hi Tara,
I really enjoyed both Lash and Promise Me! Do you know when/if Broken Promise will come out in print?
Jenn
Sorry Jennifer for the lengthy wait…my computer is slow today, of all days!
Broken Promise is out now in print, it’s just not linked on Amazon. Here is the buy link for print, and I just called and got them working on the problem (something about the names not being identical).
http://www.amazon.com/Broken-Promise-Book-Me-Series/dp/1612354726?tag=bittenbybooks-20 Amazon
and thank you for your interest in my books! 
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/broken-promise-tara-fox-hall/1112720927 Barnes and Noble
I’m here all day to answer questions, so keep them coming
Oh, I did RSVP for this. I could hardly wait until today. I have had the site open for hours. LOL
LOL!
I take that as an enormous compliment! Thanks!
Hi Tara,
I really enjoyed Lash and look forward to reading this. I have a horrible memory for names. When I saw your name on this event I was banging my head against the wall trying to remember why it was familiar, LASH.
LOL, Koren! I’m the same way
Do you have a favorite storyworld other than your own?
Honestly…no. I do love Tolkien’s world of Middle Earth, and other fantasy realms, but I love my Promise Me/Lash world more.
But I’ll use Middle Earth for your next question!
How do you think you characters (like Terian and Sar, or others) would fare if dropped in it?
What do you think Terian? A favorite story or world? How would you fit in?
Let
AWESOME CONTEST!! THANK YOU!!!!
You’re welcome, Jessica
Yet another book I need to add on my TBR pile!
Hi Mina
Thanks for this. I hope you enjoy my Promise Mebooks! 
Hehe! Character interviews are always so much fun. Gives some neat insight into the character before going in!
Good to see you. Raonaid
I enjoy doing character interviews, especially for secondary characters like Terian that haven’t yet had a chance to really grow or shine in the published books 
Thanks for commenting!
Loved this interview. Loved the magic trick. That will show the interviewer.
Yes it will, Tabitha. Terian is no one to mess with!
I can’t wait to read this! Thanks for the Terian interview because I so did not get enough of him in Promise Me. I know the bunny transformation came off pretty bad, but he can be nice!
I’m curious you always know how the stories of the characters were going to play out or was there anything that was a surprise?
Thanks!
Hi there Rae. To be honest, I had no idea! When i initially thought up Promise Me, I envisioned Sarelle and Terian as her love interest, who would watch her from afar, then save her a few times before they lived happily ever after. But I couldn’t get excited about that book, no matter how I played around with the possibilities. So instead I tried to think about what a normal woman would do if she found a vampire, and from there, the story came pouring out. Once I’d established who Sar, Terian, Danial, Cia, Theo, Devlin, and other characters were (what they would do and wouldn’t do, their pasts, and their hopes and dreams) what would happen next came a lot easier. When a new character was necessary, I made one up, like Sundown that is mentioned above. I’m ecstatic to have written this story and to be sharing it with readers like you
Since the men have such, I suppose the word is ‘complicated’ backgrounds do you think you’d ever do any short stories about their pasts?
Thanks!
Yes, Rae….and I’m pleased to tell you that one will be available next year for your reading pleasure
Book five of the Promise Me Series is called Immortal Confessions, which is Devlin’s story of how he met and oathed to Anna (including what really happened between she, he and Danial), why he left Europe for the shores of America, and what turned him into the charming monster he is now in present day 
This is the full length novel that Surrender to Me, my first published e-novella, was drawn from.
I also plan to write Danial’s back story, but that is still in progress.
I had no plans to do one on Terian, as you’ll be finding out the REAL details of his past in later Promise Me books…all of his family is not dead, as he currently believes…
Therian runs a magic shop? What kind of magic potion would you, Miss Tara, purchase?
From Tara Fox Hall: Yes, Elie, Terian runs an online Magic shop called Witches Brew, per the following excerpt from Promise Me:
That was a great interview. Do you have any problem when with writing some of your characters “not so nice” bits or can you keep them out of your head?
Hi Viki
Define not so nice bits…you mean when they are being bad to others unjustly? Character flaws?
I love character interviews! LOL They give the best insight into the stories they come from. I hope Tara’s okay after her encounter with Terian!
Thanks for doing the giveaway and good luck with your books!
Hi Heather. I’m fine
Terian’s good to those that are good to him, always. Thank you for the good wishes. I appreciate them! You’re welcome, and Happy Halloween! 
Great interview!
Thanks so much for stopping by, Cheryl
Glad you enjoyed the interview!
Hi!
Ooh, math and chemistry… okay, so this will probably be a silly question, but I bet it will be original. 
Anyway, people talk about their favorite word… but for ages, I never had a word I liked (well, other than chocolate…), but a number. For some dumb reason I just love 6.67259×10-11 (or for those that aren’t aware, the gravitational constant of the universe). Do you have a favorite number?
And a comment – my favorite t-shirt is my periodic table t-shirt!
Lois, yep, science nerd… who reads romances too.
Hi Lois
My favorite number? That is original! 
Pi is good (3.14159), but I’m also happy with the rounded off version, just plain #3 
I always liked the periodic table, myself 
Wow this takes me back….
Thanks for visiting 
Always nice to meet a fellow herd. LOL. Did you do well in the local science fair, too? I won a prize one year in middle school for my project on animals…but for the life of me I don’t remember anything beyond that.
Hi,
is there a genre you have not written in yet that you would love to?
Hi Mary
I would like to do a paranormal YA novel. While Lash could loosely be construed as YA, its a very violent book. I’m planning to do one with a girl as the protagonist, and it will have more of a G-rating, something I’d feel comfortable giving to teens and preteens. Hopefully coming within the next couple years 
Good to see you, and thanks for stopping by to visit with me 
Hi Tara! I hope your having lots of fun!! Great interview! It was fun to read.
Definitely cant wait to read this one. Love your books! Thanks for sharing!
Hi Shadow
I’m very glad to see you, and hope your day went well 
Yes, I’ve been having a great time here at BBB. I’m still always a bit surprised–like Terian–that people want to visit with me and chat! It’s very nice to hang out here and do just that! 
I hope you love Broken Promise!
Terian sounds like a great character. I’m interested in his story!
Hi Lesley
Terian is first introduced in Promise Me, when he tries to hold Sarelle hostage to draw out her vampire lover Danial. Here is a snippet:
I drove home, got the mail, and went inside. My dogs weren
Sounds great! Love to read a new book and author I haven’t yet, can’t wait
I hope you enjoy the Promise Me Series, Nanee. And Happy Halloween!
Great interview and awesome excerpt! Look forward to reading the book!
Hi Angela
So glad you enjoyed the interview and excerpt! Happy Halloween!
WONDERFUL!!! I enjoyed getting to know Terian a little bit more! Fantastic, Tara!
Thanks, Tor
I was worried he’d appear too scary, but then thought WTH, it IS Halloween! 
Feel better!
This sounds like a fun read!!!! Thanks for the giveaway!
Hi Donna. So glad you could stop by
You’re very welcome, and best of luck! 
Hi Tara, so enjoyed your post about your book today, will add it to my TBR pile
Hello Dina
I hope that you enjoy Broken Promise. I also hope your TBR pile is not threatening to engulf you, as mine currently is. LOL. thanks for stopping by!
Terian and Sar are interesting names- how do you come up with names for your characters? Do they have to mean something to you?
Hi Bethany
For names, I sometimes browse movies, take names from books, or use names of people checking me out at a local store! I love unusual names.
Terian and Sar do have special meaning to me.
Terian is from the old movie Dragonslayer, in recognition of the captain of the guard that did evil things with good intentions. I thought he was the most complex character in that old movie.
Sar is short for Sarelle. I wanted my heroine to have a very feminine name that could be shortened to a more empowered nickname, emphasizing that she was feminine and capable of taking whatever life threw at her. That’s a tradition in my family. My mom is Christina and called Chris. My aunt’s name was Melanie, and she was called Mel. And I’m Tara and my friends call me Tar
how smoothly did the publishing process go for you?
Hi Linda,
The publishing process has gone fairly smoothly for me, since I gave up trying to find a traditional publisher or agent LOL. It’s a lot more work putting a book out than I believed once. But I now have several indie publishers, and feel fairly certain that if I come up with a work, I can find a home to showcase it. Friends have recently proposed self-publishing to me, but I’m not sure I’m ready to take on all the responsibility myself. I also recently was in two different charity anthologies, and I enjoyed that process, so I plan on doing more of those as well! A Happy Halloween to you
Hi there! I loved that interview, plus the snippets you’ve given above. I like getting things like that cuz it draws my interest more when I know a little more about a book. It sounds really good, it is def on my wish list.
Hi Joani
Since you like snippets, here is one more long one from Broken Promise!
Oooh I like Terian. I have not heard of you before this so I am interested in checking out your books. Love triangles, magic, and all. Thanks for the fun character interview!
Hi Lexi.
It is good to meet you! So glad you found Terian’s interview to be fun…I hope you find the book itself equally thrilling! My Promise Me series is full of magic, love triangles and more than a few captivating men 
Happy Halloween!
what are your thoughts on audiobooks? Are any of yours available? If not, do you think they’d go over good as audios?
Hi again, Joani
Audiobooks….as far as I know, none of my books have yet been made into audiobooks. If you have a kindle, text to speech is enabled for certain kinds of kindles, and all books I ever wrote are on Amazon and available in kindle version, so that is an option. Sure, I’d love to have my novels and novellas made into audiobooks. I think they would be great in that format. I often used to read a few pages to my mom over the phone, to get her opinion if a work was any good (contrary to most editor’s belief, my mom has NO trouble telling me when something isn’t stellar). Lash I read to her over the course of a day during a shared vacation, when she demanded more each time I stopped. Its after midnight, I’m typing away on Lash #2, and she comes into my room and sits on the bed and says “You have to read me a few more pages.” I ended up reading the rest to her on the way home. Yes, I was hoarse for work the next day.
It’s very cool that you and your mom get along so great. My mom is like my best friend.(now that I’m older at least) When I was younger I sure put her thru hell and back.
I haven’t read the first of this series, but after reading the ‘interview’, I see I need to put it on my list.
In the first book, do we find out how Terian finds out he is a half-demon?
Hello Elaine
Yes, in the first book Terian finds out he is part demon in a fight with Danial, who uses the information to distract him.Terian had always believed he was part vampire until that point. Here is the excerpt:
Terian drew a dagger, snarling. Danial sneered, drawing one from his boot. They circled each other, lunging but not landing any strikes.
What do you do to “color” outside the lines?
Hi Lisa
I color outside the lines by always trying to choose unusual twists in my stories. When I come to a spot in the story where it seems what would usually happen is obvious, I try to choose something different, like the excerpt above with Terian. It would have been easy to have Danial kill him, and for him to just be a dhamphir. But instead it’s Sar that saves Danial by shooting Terian in the back. Further, once she’s helped Danial inside, she comes back to help Terian, giving him raw meat so he can heal (she had shot to the side of his heart, injuring him but not killing him). Sar believes Terian was duped into attacking Danial (which is the truth) and doesn’t want to see him die for the mistake. She also helps Terian escape, something that Danial is not too happy about. But Sar is not afraid to stand up for herself, and do what she thinks is right.
Thank you for commenting!
What books are on your nightstand or in your TBR pile right now?
Let’s see, Lisa….on my nightstand is The Business of Crime, a historical evolution of how the Mafia came to America, their origins in Sicilia, and how they became organized crime. I’m also reading Gateways by Paul Wilson, a fiction thriller featuring a fave character of mine, Repairman Jack. I just finished Snowflake Girl, a book about vampires and the fictional Squad V, that hunts them. I reviewed the book for Good Book Alert, and my review will post about that next Monday. I am way behind on books, and just listed a ton on goodreads – all those on my “I want to read” list are in the pile, from westerns to nonfiction to thrillers to horror to fantasy
You woke up this morning and realized you had been reincarnated as a pair of shoes.
Describe yourself.
I would be a pair of steel toed sneakers – comfortable, durable, and ready to kick behinds if need be LOL
I love what I Read so far diffidently adding them to my list of books to read.
I really liked the interview questions.
Thanks Mary. I’m very glad you enjoyed the interview. Happy Halloween!
That is the most interesting interview I ever read. Any chance of getting Terian an interview with Jeremy Paxman?
For those that don’t know who Paxman is, this is from Wikipedia: Jeremy Dickson Paxman[2][3] (born 11 May 1950) is an English journalist, author and broadcaster. He has worked for the BBC since 1977. He is noted for a forthright and abrasive interviewing style, particularly when interrogating politicians. His regular appearances on the BBC2′s Newsnight programme have been criticised as aggressive, intimidating and condescending, and also applauded as tough and incisive.
Jenny, I think and interview with Terian and Paxman could be arranged! Terian could knock him down a peg or two. How about turning Paxman into a vulture instead of a rabbit? Thanks for commenting
What is your favorite childhood book/series?
Hi there Dovile!
My favorite childhood series was Barbapapa, a strange fantasy series with a large blobby creatures that could change their shape to almost anything. I suppose you could say it was my first experience with shapshifters!
For more on the series, see this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbapapa
Have you ever written fan fiction? For what fandom?
This was a new one, Dovile
No, I have never published any fan fiction. But I admit that the very first short story I worked on as a young teen involved me and a friend and what would happen if we met The Lost Boys (Kiefer Sutherland, etc). First we were going to kill Star, then get rid of Laddie and the rest of the vampire hunters, plus the geeky vampire Max. Then we were going to party forever! Admittedly not the best of plots, and looking back, my writing was atrocious, but it was my beginning. Thanks for commenting! 
If your mind were a house, what would it look like inside?
If my mind were a house, it would approach the mind of the protagonist in Stephen King’s Dreamcather movie: a multi-story building with shelves and boxes crammed with pictures, papers and folders. They would be neat, but several items would be misfiled, representing all the things I can’t remember, and there would be a special shelf marked “NEVER FORGET” where my happiest and saddest memories of my life were stored. Ideally there would also be a small dragon skulking about, incinerating my day to day memories of each moment (the stuff in short term memory that doesn’t get saved), and a comfortable, happy librarian, who would be able to bribe the dragon with treats now and again to file away events that were important,so they did not get lost forever. Happy Halloween!
Hi, Tara. Welcome to BBB!
Do you ever attend any fan conventions?
Hi Carol
I haven’t attended any fan conventions yet, but plan to in the next few years, once the Lash and Promise Me series have a few more books out. I am in the process of coordinating booksignings, and will have my first one at Sip of Seattle in Binghamton NY on December 7th. I hope to have at least two more next year, but nothing is confirmed yet. Is there a convention you would suggest I should make plans to attend?
Do your characters and plot come from the ID/inner worlds of creativity or from outer stimulation in the physical world
Hi Trish
My characters and plots and settings come from both my imagination and from the physical world around me. Sar, my heroine from Promise Me, works in a metal shop and lives in the country because I work at a metal shop and live in the country. Alternately, Lash’s gangster/crime-filled world of 1920′s and 1930′s in the two Lash books that are currently out take place in that era because I like movies form that era, and had wanted to explore more paranormal fiction in that setting. Lash’s character comes from all over: movies with James Cagney and Edward Robinson, things the guys at the shop say and do, things my husband says and does, things I say and do, and some from sheer imagination. Sar’s character is a lot more of me in it, but I’d never bring a stranger into my home, vampire or not. Part of me still wonders that deep down she wasn’t carelessly reckless in doing that. But it made for a great story 
Thanks for commenting!
Since I can not get Rafflecopter to load for me. I could not complete all the tasks… Which is a damper.
But I did RSVP
I did put it up on my blog ( http://visionarydruid.blogspot.com/2012/10/tara-fox-on-bittenbybooks.html )
I could have tweeted but I am kinda use to the button that does it for me…
Hi Raonaid, I notified BBB about your rafflecopter problem. Thank you for trying to spread the word!
What was your inspiration for this series? I’ve bought Promise Me, but haven’t read it yet. Do the books need to be read in a specific order?
Hi Julianne
Promise Me is the first book in the series, and Broken Promise is the second. Each subsequent book tells the next chapter in Sar’s story, so you’ll want to read them in order for the more enjoyment. Each book in the series should always say the number in the series on the cover, as well as in the description. 
Inspiration….I didn
Great post. Thanks for sharing!!
You’re welcome
Donna!
What books are currently on your nightstand?
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What is the strangest thing you have ever done in the name of research?
The strangest thing I’ll admit to doing for research to this moment in time was stopping at an adult book store to get some inspiration for erotic spanking stories. I bought a riding crop. The trip inspired the short story “First Time”, “The Second Session” and “Three Strikes” which will be out in a few days from Melange books as part of the Make Me Behave anthology
Do you find that your extensive education background helps you in the writing process? While some would argue that mathematical minds don’t lend themselves easily to creative tasks, I wager your ability to think abstractly helps you immensely as you create in this genre.
Hi Fred
Truthfully, I’m not sure that my bachelor degree in Math or minors in Bio and Chem helped me to write or create. I’d already gotten praise from professors for my papers and essays when I was pursing my associate’s degree in science. But I do think that the discipline of the science and math courses helped give me the tools to handle the other duties expected of a writer. I can make detailed spreadsheets to track submitted review requests for works, short story submission, and also promotion. I also am highly organized, so I can make very efficient use of my time…though I often overbook my days, which is why I’m responding after midnight LOL. But you might argue that the reason my paranormal fiction novels are so in depth is because of my math background. It is very important to me that my characters try to be as logical and believable as possible. If they make a decision that puts them in danger—as Sar does when she brings a wounded stranger into her home–she isn’t oblivious to that danger. Her reasoning for her actions follows a logical course to her, even if her actions are not what most women would do when put in that same position. Thank you for your question 
I really enjoyed the interview with Terrian, thank you.
What genre do you read most often and does it influence your own writing?
Hi Ilona
Very glad you liked the interview!
Thank you for your question, and a happy Halloween to you!
I tend to read thriller and suspense books most of all. Likely that is why even in my romance books there is murder and mayhem, and why I favor writing short horror stories and novels like Lash. But I do also enjoy writing lighter fare, like the free children’s stories up at http://childrens-stories.net/. The Perfect Dog and A Tree’s Dream are decidedly horror and suspense free
Your books sound very interesting.
Hi Janie
Thank you for the compliment! I hope you enjoy them! If you do, please drop me a line. I always love to hear from readers. Have a wonderful Halloween!
What made you originally start writing?
Hi Ember
That one is a long story. Here is The Whole Story, originally published on my blog 6-1-12.
I’m not sure how to put into words the suffering I went through to get Promise Me published. I’m not talking about the editing or crafting of the book cover. Melange made all that easy. Here is the whole story, not the bits and pieces from interviews.
My mom had a drug interaction with some medication she was taking in August 2007. Instead of taking her off it, her doctor of the time instead misdiagnosed her with cancer, and told her she had a year to live, at most. She called me at the fabric store on my cell in tears. It dawned on me on my way home from visiting with her that afternoon that I