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Author's Note: I can't believe it's been so long since I last posted a newsletter. So much chaos has happened in my life. I started working full time in May of 2008, and I feel as if I am still getting used to it. Most days I enjoy my job, but I do find myself wishing I was a full time stay at home mother and writer. I miss those mid-day walks with the kids, going 'out and about' just because we feel like it. Now I have to plan everything out, and most of you know by now that I like to wing it. I've had some new releases, and also contracted a new book with Changeling Press. I'll tell you all about that and more following my author interview with the lovely and talented Cynnara Tregarth. If you don't follow her blog, I highly recommend it for writers, readers, and pagans. Witchy Woes II - THREE COMPLETE NOVELS, ONE MEGABOOK SERIES LOW PRICE! Books 4, 5, and 6 in the Erotic Paranormal Romance series from Bestselling author Michelle Hasker, including: WITCHY WOES: MACY Ever since the accident on the beach, Macy's been a different woman. She expected to be different. Anyone would be after they'd died and been brought back to life. But somehow, this is more than she could have hoped for, or feared. She's got powers she can't control, and the one man strong enough to help her is the man who broke her heart. With no where else to turn, she's going to have to get him to help her, before it's too late. Trevor knows Macy won't be his. He'd known even before he'd lost her. Now she's back and asking for help. He'll have to keep his emotions in check if he wants to help her before her unleashed magic does more damage than she can even imagine. WITCHY WOES: SANDRA Ever since that one spell backfired, Sandra's world has fallen apart while sisters slowly rebuilt theirs. Although it was so easy to blame Camryn, Sandra knew this happened because the Goddess willed it. Her only fear was that of failing. Failing her Goddess, and her coven. Can she overcome insurmountable odds, or will she succumb to the inevitable? WITCHY WOES: CAMRYN Ever since the spell blew up in her face, Camryn's world has fallen apart while her fellow witches have prospered. Maybe being good isn't all it's cracked up to be. She's lost her job, her apartment and her boyfriend. Her health is suffering and she looks like death warmed over. What good is being ethical if you have to pay for it with everything you have? From Red Rose Publishing - Trapping a Wolf Trapping Malcolm in a mountain cabin for the weekend had sounded like fun at first. She's had the hots for him forever. When Malcolm doesn't return her enthusiasm, the dream weekend turns into the weekend from hell. Between the raging blizzard, and a sulking Malcolm who acts like a caged animal. With it more than obvious they'll never be more than friends, Kristi decides to drown her sorrows in a bottle. But as the night wears on, she begins to wonder if there may be a chance for them after all. Part of the proceeds from the sale of this ebook and the other ebooks of the Sanctuary Moon Anthology will go to the Full Moon Farm a sanctuary for abused and refused wolf-dogs and captive-bred wolves.  Interview with Cynnara Tregarth Michelle: Thanks for agreeing to an interview, Cynn! Cynn: Only because it's you, Michelle. *grins* Michelle: Tell us a little about you. Cynn: I live and work in Florida, the official penis state of the US. Besides that, I also find time to write and occasionally harass my closest friends with flash fiction and other things of a naughty nature. Michelle: Hehe. penis state. What attracted you to writing in the first place? Cynn: Honestly, I've loved writing since I was a child. There's something about creating a world that seems real and plausible- whether it's a sci-fi book or even a mystery. I love to read and it translated into creating my own stories shortly after. Michelle: What books do you have available? And blurb them, please. Cynn: Loose-id- Cupid Shoots, She Scores- Trina's found the perfect mistress for her two trainees. Using everything at her disposal at Plotted Porn Productions (P3), she'll show the threesome just how much they need each other. And everyone knows that when Cupid Shoots, She Scores. Match Game, Ghost Style- Manny Cervantes has passed from this life into the next, but he's not done matchmaking. For Ben and Shari, being told they belong together forces them to face their deepest fears -- and their desire for each other. Treaty of Desire- Tajas, queen of the Cat-Weres, must teach glamour to Adrastai, son of the Seelie king. Adrastai must teach Tajas Fey magic. The treaty between their peoples' depends on it. And so does their personal treaty of desire. Jack's Back- A pagan forensic anthropologist can't keep her mind off the sexy Scotland Yard detective she's working with. But passion may be a lethal distraction, now that Jack is back. Djinn Delight- Mayri's about to lose her store. Then a mysterious medallion brings her a Djinn - who will grant her three wishes, in exchange for being his sex slave for five days and nights. He'll save her store, but can she win his heart? Deck the Djinn- Marek is stranded on earth during the Yuletide. He must heal himself, or his exile from the Djinn will be permanent. Tahra, his One, wants her man whole, before she'll be ready to Deck the Djinn. Games Empaths Play- Astra, empathic scion of House Crysomark meets her match in Noah and Timeon of House Helspawn. In a world where empaths are feared and revered, see the Games Empaths Play. Red Rose Publishing: Shades of Fyre- Charis Windstrom unleashed an ancient killer from its tomb while on excavation in Egypt. What she didn't expect was to find herself back in the arms of the one man she swore to hate. For Nate Tolemy, he hated hiding the truth about himself as Adept of Fire, from Charis, but it was by order of the Ma'at Council. With the killer targeting members of the Elemental Guardians, Nate and Charis must face not only their passion, but also the fact that somehow there's a link between them and the killer. What they discover sends them back to the time of Pharaoh Akhenaten, and the truth about Nate Tolemy will either push Charis away or it might be just what's needed to admit their love and stop an unstoppable killer. Twin Flames of Imbolc (with Sharyn Tregarth)- The Twins, Synthia and Sharyn Tremayne are forced to tell a story from each of their past lives before an audience at Ambrosia Tavern. For each of them, they tell a story of love and passion that ended. However, what they speak offends many, and gets many thinking about what could be if given the chance. For Synthia, it means one night with a heartmate that she thought was gone. For Sharyn, it means a night with two men who attract her thoughts and attentions. Aspen Mountain Press: Mark of the Blood (Book 1 of the Marauders)- Nine druids are wronged by their goddess, who has given them one chance each at finding love and completeness. For Niam, it means accepting his vampiric abilities and helping Kirstie Blake find a serial rapist. If they don't, the rapist won't just progress to killing, he'll unleash an evil the world hasn't seen in millennia. Michelle: Can you tell us more about your latest release? Cynn: My latest release is a Brown Paper Wrapper story at AMP. I'm particularly proud of this story because it's the shortest I've ever written and been happy with the storyline. The story is called Training the Male and deals with something that most women have to do at times-teach their male on how to pleasure them. Michelle: What about upcoming stories? Cynn: Upcoming stories-I'm working on my Pirate Queen story, the next Marauder book, and another Marauder story to be included in the Bardic Tales volume. I'm also trying to rewrite Beg for the P3 world and do the sequel for Cupid Shoots, which would deal with Caren's story. Michelle: Did you choose to write in this genre or did it pick you? Cynn: Oh, it picked me. I discovered that writing a regular contemporary novel wasn't me, though I can write it occasionally. It's just not where I'm best at. Now toss in some BDSM, I can make it flow. Add in some futuristic moments or some paranormal-and I'm SO there. Michelle: What's your favorite thing about writing? Cynn: My favourite thing about writing... getting a chance to see the world come to life. To laugh and love with the characters who've become part of my family. Michelle: What kind of books do you like to read? Cynn: All kinds really. I've got history tomes, fiction, nonfiction, and more. I admit, you'll find a LOT of erotic romance on my pda and my shelves, but there are fantasy novels and more there as well. Don't forget my mysteries either! LOL Michelle: What do you do in your spare time? Cynn: *blinks* There's spare time? When I have an extra minute not spent working the day job or writing-I'm normally playing with my friends online, reading, or doing something with my male. He's been very good lately in handling his less than normal percentage of my time. Michelle: Tell us something we'd never guess by looking at you. Cynn: I have an inner slut wanting to come out. Really. She likes to have her wicked way with people, but if you looked at me- -you'd wonder how someone as wholesome looking at me could have one. LOLOL Michelle: What's your favorite food? Cynn: I don't have one! I have MANY! Steak with baked potato, carrots, corn on the cob with a dinner roll. YUM! Or pizza. Or a good bacon cheeseburger. Or a salad topped with grilled chicken with honey mustard dressing. *drools* I love food-and if I don't have to cook-sometimes that's a good thing! Michelle: What's your favorite book? Favorite genre to read in? Cynn: Favourite book-don't have just one. Recently, I went to the book store and have discovered about 10 new authors to add to my Must Read list. (Ask me how my best friends are now wanting to kill me because I've got them hooked too! BWAHAHAHA) Favourite genre-anything but Western. *shudders* I love anything with paranormal, BDSM, mystery or with romantic elements in it. Give me a good fantasy, a good sci-fi book and I'll be happy. LOL I'm really a book slut in the worst way-but I won't give it up! Michelle: What's your favorite movie? Cynn: Yes. *grins* I have many fave movies. Star Wars is in the top 10 list. The X-Men movies are there. Then the LOTR trilogy is there. *thinks* There are others-Underworld, Neverending Story, Krull, City of Angels. Don't have just one movie. I have favourite genres in movies. LMAO Michelle: Please tell me about the two neat projects on your blog. Cynn: *grins* Well, they correlate with the part of me that not everyone knows about or gets to see. The first is my Pagan posts. Each week, I deal with something metaphysical-explaining it and teaching others on how they can incorporate it into their lives. From shielding to dealing with emotional vampiric leeches, I try to cover basic magick 101 and more. As for the other one, I've been lucky in my life to have been exposed to the world of sex in ways most people dream about. Because of that, I created Sex Ed with Mistress Cynnara. The goal is to introduce sex and sexuality in a positive, healthy light. It helps those who want to know more about sex have a good solid place to come and learn things from sex toys to favourite positions. For me, it's one of my joys- I really love talking about sex. In fact, I do take reader questions to answer each week. Michelle: Where did you get the idea to have those two sections? Cynn: *grins* I’ve been considering them for a while, but my promotion manager, Merri asked me about the two things that I work with or concentrate on that might not be completely fiction focused that I might enjoy writing about. It came to me then-paganism and sex. Two things that I might use in my fiction writing, but I hadn’t really wrote a lot on. For me, it gives my non-fiction writing bug an outlet without interfering much with my fiction writing. Since then, I've been happily blogging on both topics for almost a year now. Michelle: Tell us what your writing area looks like. Cynn: *blinks and looks around* Depends. When at the male's-it's a table with my laptop, light, and various writing stuff around. It's in the bedroom so I don't bother him when I'm typing nonstop. At home-it's a my desktop with the 22" screen taking up most of the desk with my bookshelves with reference material around me. It's also in my living room- -which can be a pain in the arse! Michelle: Thanks for allowing me to interview you! Cynn: Thanks for having me. Just wait til I have you on my interview area. *rubs hands evilly* Cynnara's website www.cynnara.com |