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Taryn’s Answers

 Yep, that's me.

Considering I've spent the better part of the year asking others to answer these few questions, I thought it might be nice to also answer them myself, to share a glimpse into me, as a writer and a reader, so here we go. (I'm not including site links or buy links, as I'm certain you can find them easily anywhere on this blog or my website.)

Okay- And AWAY WE GO....

What book(s) most influenced you as a writer? 

Any by V.C. Andrews. The Secret Garden, Little Women, but as I’ve gotten older- Tanith Lee, D.H. Lawrence, Clive Barker, H.P. Lovecraft, Yasmine Galenorn- any that are really well-written and capture the heart of the story. I like fiction that reads real, because real means the author knows how to reach you with raw emotion.

What book do you read over and over again?

 

I don’t reread a lot of them because I simply don’t have time, but I have reread several by V.C. Andrews, Snow Queen by Linda Wisdom, The Guarded Heart by Robyn Donald, The Tales from the Flat Earth by Tanith Lee, and The Thief of Always by Clive Barker.

Tuesday Trio-

1)      Movie- Grease 2

2)      Music- anything by Maroon 5 or Ben Taylor or Pink

3)      Decadent Dessert- Better than Sex Cake

What’s the most interesting or bizarre bit of trivia you’ve learned from researching for a novel?

In my recent research for the current WIP I’m writing for NaNo, Heart of the Surf, I discovered that authors Mark Twain and Jack London both surfed in Hawaii.

Novel on your Nightstand:

Who/what are you currently reading?

At the moment in print, I’m reading Night Seeker from The Indigo Court Series by Yasmine Galenorn and Everdark from The Dark Ink Chronicles by Elle Jasper. I’m eager to get my hands on Shadow Rising, also by Yasmine Galenorn, that just came out a few weeks ago that’s part of her Otherworld Series and the next two books in Elle Jasper’s series. On my Kindle, I’m reading Laments, a collection of short stories by Michael Embry, Salt of the Earth by Jesse V. Coffey. I’m also looking forward to time when I can start reading Kallypso Masters’ Nobody’s Angel in her Rescue Me Series.

Whom would you cast as your Hero & Heroine if your book became a movie?

In Castaway Hearts, I saw Dawson as James Scott, who plays E.J. Dimera on Days of Our Lives and Catherine as a young Kate Beckinsale. In my current WIP, I would cast Jared Padalecki from Supernatural as Mark Pryce and Kaley Cuoco, who plays Penny on The Big Bang Theory as Alexa Stevens.

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Thanks for stopping by and feel free to share some of your answers to these questions if you'd like.


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Help welcome @ednahwalters E.B. Walters to Thursdays with Taryn

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E.B Walters

Please help me in welcoming fellow author E.B. Walters to Thursdays with Taryn. Keep reading to find out more about her and also go check out the contests she has going on her blog and Goodreads (see below) 

What book(s) most influenced you as a writer?

I’m an avid reader who reads everything from Tom Clancy and Robert Ludlum to contemporary, paranormal and urban fantasy romance. I started with Janet Dailey way back…hehehe, way, way back, Amanda Quick, Jude Deveraux and Johanna Lindsey, but the author whose works I loved the most, moved me to tears and made me run to the store to buy her next books was Jude Deveraux.

What book do you read over and over again?

Whitney My Love by Jude Deveraux

Thursday Trio-

1)      Movie- The Notebook

2)      Music- pop (I love to dance)

3)      Decadent Dessert- cheesecake

What’s the most interesting or bizarre bit of trivia you’ve learned from researching for a novel?

In almost every mythology, from Europe to Africa, Americas to Asia are tales of giants who once roamed the earth and either fought for the good of mankind or with the demons. Makes you wonder.

Novel on your Nightstand:

Who/what are you currently reading?

Touch of Death by Kelly Hashway (an ARC)

Whom would you cast as your Main Characters/Hero/Heroine if your book became a movie?

 Hmm, FOREVER HERS, I’d have Eliza Dushku as Amy and Channing Tatum as Eddie

FOREVER HERS (book 5 of the Fitzgerald Family)

She wants her past hidden...

Amy Kincaid is running from her controlling ex-husband, who will stop at nothing to find her. With a new identity and a new job as a housekeeper, she just wants to be left alone to raise her daughter. Then Eddie Fitzgerald rolls into town and turns her world upside down.

He’s in the business of exposing the truth...

Eddie Fitzgerald, L.A.P.D.'s finest, lives for his job and nothing else, until he decides to take a break at the family summer home and is held at gunpoint by the most annoying, sassiest woman to ever cross his path. But something is off about Amy, and the more he learns about her, the more he’s convinced she’s a fugitive.

When her past catches up to her, Amy has no choice but to trust Eddie. Unfortunately, Eddie has demons of his own, and struggles with the decision to protect her or uphold the law.

The truth takes them down a deadly path, and only love can save them.

You can find out more about E.B. Walters on her

Website 

Blog (contests ongoing)

 Goodreads

E.B. has 3 signed copies she's giving away on Goodreads.
Contest ends November 15th- a week from today!

You can find her books at the following-

 Amazon

Barnes and Noble

  Smashwords

Help Taryn Raye Welcome Cat Shaffer @catromance to #TuesdayswithTaryn

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Cat Shaffer

What book(s) most influenced you as a writer? 

Oh, I ran the gamut from Issac Asimov to Rebecca DuMoire. Living in the country, going to the library was a big deal -- and we could get 10 books each time. Even then I loved stories with strong characters and a feel-good ending. 

What book do you read over and over again? 

Gone With the Wind -- there's just something about it.

Tuesday Trio-

1. Movie- Close Encounters of the Third Kind 
2. Music- Newer Johnny Cash (in his older years)
3. Decadent Dessert- New York cheesecake with cherry topping

What’s the most interesting or bizarre bit of trivia you’ve learned from researching for a novel?

While writing my vampire Ancient Shadows series (as Cammie Eicher) I did a whole lot of research on the Mafia code of honor and killing with liquid mercury, followed by ancient rituals. I am so glad the cops didn't seize my hard drive then.

Novel on your Nightstand:

Who/what are you currently reading?

The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson

Whom would you cast as your Main Characters/Hero/Heroine if your book became a movie?

Emily Deschanel as the heroine - Silas Weir Mitchell (from Grimm) as the hero.


Keeping Secrets (clicking image below will take you to the Smashwords book page)

When Miranda Coulsen accepts a summer assignment that takes her to Colorado and away from her daughter, she doesn’t expect to encounter the sexy Rik Hallowell. He’s even hotter now than a decade ago, when they had a brief, sizzling relationship that fell apart once she returned to Michigan and Rik went back to the family ranch.

Rik has returned just long enough to get the place back in shape and hire a manager. His father’s death and his brother’s decision to take off without giving the ranch a thought has trapped him there for at least the rest of the summer. When he encounters Miranda, he realizes the sparks are still hot and he’s quite willing to engage in another summer fling…or more.

But they’re no longer the kids they used to be. And the secrets they’ve harbored for ten years may be far stronger than the passion they both feel and the love neither is willing to confess.

Keeping Secrets is currently available in eBook on Turquoise Morning Press and will soon be available through all other retailers!

You can find out more about Cat Shaffer and her other work on the following-

Website/Blog

Amazon Author Page

Turquoise Morning Press

Smashwords Author Page

Taryn Raye has @MonaKarel on #ThursdayswithTaryn Awesome #booktrailer

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Mona Karel

Please help me in welcoming one of my Tribemates to Thursdays with Taryn where she answers some Q&A and shares with us about her novel My Killer My Love, her paranormal romance. Check out the book trailer! It's awesome!

What book(s) most influenced you as a writer?

My Brother Michael, Mary Stewart

Nerve, Dick Francis

The Witch World, Andre Norton

What book do you read over and over again?

You don’t believe in easy questions do you??  Right now, it’s Wolfsbane and the Alpha and Omega books, by Patricia Briggs. I have NO idea why, except they comfort me.

Thursday Trio-

1)      Movie- Ladyhawke

2)      Music- soundtrack from National Treasure.  I didn’t realize how amazing it was until my husband pointed it out.  That was an expensive Christmas present, VERY hard to find

3)      Decadent Dessert- Now, it would be low carb fudge, homemade, masses of cocoa powder.  Before now, probably a fudge brownie with vanilla ice cream, caramel sauce, and toasted salted pecans. DAMMIT now I’m food imagining.

What’s the most interesting or bizarre bit of trivia you’ve learned from researching for a novel? Aaaaah, I collect bizarre trivia as a matter of course!  Ummm, for the books. Oh, yeah, Atrahasis.  I wanted a special title for the Overlords in My Killer My Love, so I started going back in history. Akkadian was pretty cool, and helped with Mykhael’s Language.  But I went down a few more levels and came across Atrahasis, which links to the creation of humans.

Novel on your Nightstand:

Who/what are you currently reading? Black Tiger by Greta van der Rol

Whom would you cast as your Main Characters/Hero/Heroine if your book became a movie?  I have them set for a series I’m planning, but you mean for the book I’m featuring, which is My Killer My Love.  Mykhael is physically patterned after someone I met at a Saluki show, who was an extra in Last of the Mohicans.  So I’d say Daniel Day Lewis for Mykhael and for Kendra, oh, this is make believe so Kate Blanchette (as a blonde) or Morgan Fairchild. Neither one is perfect but both have that air of innocent wisdom.

MY KILLER MY LOVE

She came to the woods to heal and found evil lurking among the trees....

Upon her grandmother’s death, Kendra inherits a cottage deep within the sequoia forest, along with the powers given only to certain women in her family—powers she doesn’t know she has. Recovering from a vicious attack in Phoenix, Kendra returns home to the remote cabin determined to heal both her body and her spirit. But the forest is ailing, too. Evil lurks in its dark places, turning its quiet glades into a battlefield. When a strangely beautiful man appears at her cabin intent on punishing her for a crime she didn’t commit, Kendra needs all her strength to protect her forest, her life... and her heart. Can she learn to use her powers and to trust Mykhael in time to save the ancient forest?

He came to the woods to redeem himself and found innocence that would be his undoing....

Throughout his long life, Mykhael has struggled, often in vain, to please the Atrahasis, immortal overlords of the sacred places in the universe. Now they have given him one last chance to redeem himself. He must punish the person they think desecrated an ancient forest in Northern California. But when he meets Kendra, he realizes he’s doomed to disappoint them yet again. Not only is she innocent of the crime the Atrahasis have accused her of, Kendra is the missing part of the soul he didn’t know he still possessed. Can he defy the Atrahasis yet again and live long enough to save the only thing in his life that matters?

My Killer My Love is available at the following:

Amazon

Barnes & Noble

Smashwords

I LOVE LOVE LOVE this book trailer- just so you know!

Gonna have to see if I can buy that song and I'm definitely getting this book!

You can find out more about Mona at her

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 I'm adding this pic and I hope Mona doesn't mind...

Just a nice looking man with a sweet little behind.

She said he was as nice as he was HOT!