tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8535414384309157179.post774717775290350142..comments2024-03-28T00:48:35.441-05:00Comments on .@VickiBatman: Author Interview with Alisha Paige, June 19th!Vicki Batman, sassy writerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13846704675542248648noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8535414384309157179.post-17154387343374580092009-06-22T14:14:39.585-05:002009-06-22T14:14:39.585-05:00Misty~so sorry we missed you last Friday. Come bac...Misty~so sorry we missed you last Friday. Come back next month, okay?Vicki Batman, sassy writerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13846704675542248648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8535414384309157179.post-32032548222879719332009-06-22T12:13:18.193-05:002009-06-22T12:13:18.193-05:00Thanks for stopping by, Misty! Nothing like some g...Thanks for stopping by, Misty! Nothing like some good girl talk. Have a great day!<br />~AlishaAlishahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03344425510934073606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8535414384309157179.post-52632330495609047262009-06-21T13:27:17.305-05:002009-06-21T13:27:17.305-05:00Hi Alisha and Vicki. I'm late getting here, bu...Hi Alisha and Vicki. I'm late getting here, but wanted to say I enjoyed the interview, blurb and all the comments. Nothing I enjoye more than a hot hero, a fabulous bag and girl chat!<br />Misty<br />www.readmistyevans.comMisty Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01234289226913401133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8535414384309157179.post-81903600939130734712009-06-19T19:37:11.699-05:002009-06-19T19:37:11.699-05:00Ooops, I just now saw Loretta's comment. How d...Ooops, I just now saw Loretta's comment. How did you get over handbags? Hang around here and you might start your collection again. And you're right, Vex is a great name for a determined man.<br /><br />I'd like to thank Vicki for having me as her guest today! I had a blast! <br /><br />Thank you to everyone for stopping by! Thank you Kelly, Chris, Cathy, Liese and Loretta!Alishahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03344425510934073606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8535414384309157179.post-63954234636891474082009-06-19T17:41:59.477-05:002009-06-19T17:41:59.477-05:00It's getting to be closing time. I'd like ...It's getting to be closing time. I'd like to thank Alisha and bloggers for coming by. I had fun, as always, and am greatly humbled when an author says she would like to do an interview.<br /><br />We'll notify our winner soon.Vicki Batman, sassy writerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13846704675542248648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8535414384309157179.post-63542507175889261792009-06-19T17:01:11.332-05:002009-06-19T17:01:11.332-05:00Yep, awesome friend.
That's some fantasy ther...Yep, awesome friend.<br /><br />That's some fantasy there.<br /><br />And some wild 3 things. <br /><br />However, the cake thing--welcome to the club, girl. I love it too.Vicki Batman, sassy writerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13846704675542248648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8535414384309157179.post-56774801281530782322009-06-19T16:50:24.765-05:002009-06-19T16:50:24.765-05:00Wow, your friend sounds like a great inspiration. ...Wow, your friend sounds like a great inspiration. Where would we be without our wonderful friendships?<br /><br />Fill in this blank: My ideal fictional hero would think I'm gorgeous if I hopped on the back of his Harley and went on a night ride with him.<br /><br />What are 3 things we don't know about you?<br /><br />I won a scholarship to SMU for voice. It was only a half scholarship so I could not afford to go. I also was awarded a scholarship for voice to UNT but chose to take the scholarship for journalism instead. I still love to sing and sing in the Garland Chorale and of course, the shower..lol!<br /><br />I've worked as medical assistant for a plastic surgeon. Boy, the tales I could tell! <br /><br />When I was little, I wanted to become an elephant trainer more than anything. I love the gentle beasts.<br /><br />How much do you like cake? Cake! I adore cake, especially wedding cake. That's my favorite part of the wedding and I'm not kidding. I will sneak two or three pieces while others are happily dancing at the reception. I also love making cakes. Yum! All that frosting!Alishahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03344425510934073606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8535414384309157179.post-79371993477245840262009-06-19T16:49:26.263-05:002009-06-19T16:49:26.263-05:00Oops, reading over the posts in case I forgot some...Oops, reading over the posts in case I forgot something, I Did! <br /><br />A big shout out to Liese. Hey, sweetie.Vicki Batman, sassy writerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13846704675542248648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8535414384309157179.post-87449811140539497362009-06-19T15:57:53.898-05:002009-06-19T15:57:53.898-05:00Hi, Loretta, and so sorry about your handbag loss....Hi, Loretta, and so sorry about your handbag loss. I actually have some from high school.<br /><br />I agree, Vex is a cool name. <br /><br />Do you write? Are you a fan of Alisha's?Vicki Batman, sassy writerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13846704675542248648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8535414384309157179.post-22963731891413228202009-06-19T15:55:36.110-05:002009-06-19T15:55:36.110-05:00We were playing car games and she said write a par...We were playing car games and she said write a paragraph with the word "window". I had nothing and felt awful. She noticed and said to send something later. Two days later, I had eight chapters. She read it and said to keep going. So I have. She's been a huge supporter, sorta like Mrs. Caldwell. <br /><br />Now back to our regular program...<br /><br />Fill in this blank: Your ideal fictional hero would think you gorgeous if you _________________.<br /><br />What are 3 things we don't know about you?<br /><br />How much do you like cake?Vicki Batman, sassy writerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13846704675542248648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8535414384309157179.post-38831657260324392292009-06-19T15:53:15.593-05:002009-06-19T15:53:15.593-05:00Vex Savaker now that is a name for a determine man...Vex Savaker now that is a name for a determine man. I love the authors you name also,<br /><br />I used to love hangbags and had many but I got over that.LORETTA CANTONhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11565717709469489851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8535414384309157179.post-69741902715759387392009-06-19T14:44:18.100-05:002009-06-19T14:44:18.100-05:00Oooh, challenged by a friend? Interesting. Tell us...Oooh, challenged by a friend? Interesting. Tell us more. Sometimes a dare or a challenge is just the kick in the pants we need.Alishahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03344425510934073606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8535414384309157179.post-31856961670126421432009-06-19T14:42:04.978-05:002009-06-19T14:42:04.978-05:00You were very lucky, Alisha, to have a teacher lik...You were very lucky, Alisha, to have a teacher like Mrs. Caldwell. I remember doing assignments and making good grades, but no said anything special. But I did write good research papers and astonished a teacher with poetry. She didn't believe I'd written it, but I had. Which I wrote until I had kids. <br /><br />In a college club, I edited, wrote and published a newsletter which was very well received. I did that for three other organizations through time until I was challenged to write by a friend.Vicki Batman, sassy writerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13846704675542248648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8535414384309157179.post-30343363609222901522009-06-19T14:17:52.355-05:002009-06-19T14:17:52.355-05:00Cathy and I met at Wal-Mart and she saw that I had...Cathy and I met at Wal-Mart and she saw that I had picked up a book she had read and loved. The friendship started from there. <br /><br />I hope your story is going well, Cathy.Alishahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03344425510934073606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8535414384309157179.post-72560733521173398792009-06-19T14:10:03.967-05:002009-06-19T14:10:03.967-05:00I guess I've always had stories in my head. I ...I guess I've always had stories in my head. I had a great English teacher in high school. She inspired me to keep writing. Did any of you have favorite teachers that really pushed you? She called me up to her desk one day and told me I had a spark. If it wasn't for her encouragement, I doubt I'd be writing today. Thank you, Mrs. Caldwell!Alishahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03344425510934073606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8535414384309157179.post-68588931976150312672009-06-19T14:01:05.309-05:002009-06-19T14:01:05.309-05:00Good luck with your story, Cathy. Keep us posted.
...Good luck with your story, Cathy. Keep us posted.<br /><br />Alisha, what a fertile imagination you have. Did you always sit around and play like this?Vicki Batman, sassy writerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13846704675542248648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8535414384309157179.post-4360048697237371682009-06-19T13:26:42.163-05:002009-06-19T13:26:42.163-05:00I'm also inspired by people I know. I wrote a ...I'm also inspired by people I know. I wrote a novella based on a good friend of mine. She's this beautiful, petite lady covered with tats. She also loves rock and roll and motorcycles so I made her the main character in Voodoo Moon, another novella to be released soon in The Brood series at NCP. My friend Tammie is one of those people so interesting, her personality just begs to be written about so I had to do it. Here's the blurb for Voodoo Moon. And again, I chose the setting first because I'd been to Jamaica and visited Rose Hall Plantation. <br /><br />Voodoo Moon<br />When London rock star, Tammie Palmer inherits the historic plantation, Rose Hall in Montego Bay, Jamaica, she decides to make it her new recording studio, moving her band, Witch Storm, to the haunted mansion. Tales of her ancestor, Annie Palmer have been floating around Jamaica for nearly two centuries. Horrifying acts of slave torture, black magic, Haitian voodoo and murder are part of the legend of the White Witch of Rose Hall. <br /><br /> <br />Ancient spells conjure a powerful houngan from the 1800's. A voodoo priest who performed black magick to shift into a wolf in order to save his wife, Daisy from the White Witch. Now he's alive again, hell-bent on revenge against the witch's ancestor. But how can the shifter voodoo-king punish a woman whose scent reminds him of his former love? Can he confront his past and survive in this new world as a beast, without falling in love with his enemy?Alishahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03344425510934073606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8535414384309157179.post-78565220461115343352009-06-19T13:20:39.401-05:002009-06-19T13:20:39.401-05:00Hi Cathy! Thanks for stopping by today! I've a...Hi Cathy! Thanks for stopping by today! I've also used family names for some of my books too. It's always fun to honor family members in our books.<br /><br />Liese ~ That's a very interesting way to write a story. I think I may try that one day. It does seem like it would propel the writer forward, eager to complete the story.<br /><br />Vicki~ Writing after you workout seems like a great way to unwind and dive into your imagination. I'll have to try that too. Music always helps get me in the mood as well. Lately I've been listening to Stevie Nicks.Alishahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03344425510934073606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8535414384309157179.post-13538931681012997342009-06-19T13:14:22.453-05:002009-06-19T13:14:22.453-05:00HI Vicki! I am writing a Sci-Fi story although tha...HI Vicki! I am writing a Sci-Fi story although that is not a genre I have really been into, LOL! This just kind of tumbled out and is really writing itself! I met Alisha at Walmart a few years ago...long story, LOL!<br />My email is clm_77@verizon.netCathynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8535414384309157179.post-60420152609709525622009-06-19T13:05:42.503-05:002009-06-19T13:05:42.503-05:00Hi, Cathy. Thanks for stopping by. How wonderful y...Hi, Cathy. Thanks for stopping by. How wonderful you know Alisha's work.<br /><br />What kind of stories do you write? <br /><br />If you send me your email, we can put you in for the drawing, too.Vicki Batman, sassy writerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13846704675542248648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8535414384309157179.post-77189691046897579602009-06-19T13:03:51.711-05:002009-06-19T13:03:51.711-05:00I haven't exactly written the ending first, bu...I haven't exactly written the ending first, but I have blocked out a story, identifying key scenes and written those first, including the end. I then "filled in" the spaces between these scenes. I found myself more inspired that way because I was excited about the scenes I was writing.<br /><br />Liese Sherwood-FabreAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8535414384309157179.post-12460461105808080382009-06-19T13:03:08.655-05:002009-06-19T13:03:08.655-05:00Thanks, Alisha. I love my story.
Wine, incense......Thanks, Alisha. I love my story.<br /><br />Wine, incense...aahhh.<br /><br />Nope, don't do that. LOL. I begin after a workout with a diet dp and classical, hits from the 70s, or classical guitar music. And type and type and edit and edit. I might be hit with a scene and think where to? Or know beginning and ending and think how do they get from here to there? <br /><br />I like to play "What If..."<br /><br />Sometimes things change and I believe that's for the better. <br /><br />I agree, it is interesting how our stories develop.Vicki Batman, sassy writerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13846704675542248648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8535414384309157179.post-15061135998328442622009-06-19T12:57:53.353-05:002009-06-19T12:57:53.353-05:00I love Alisha's books and have been inspired b...I love Alisha's books and have been inspired by her to get this story in my head, out and on 'paper', if you will. I can't really say how I came up with the names...some just came to me, like Carleigh, the main character. I have used my grand children's names as lesser characters. I have another name in mind that belongs to a friend that is very unique that I will use for an upcoming 'unique' character. Can't wait to read Nocturnally Vexed!<br />Cathy McElhaneyCathynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8535414384309157179.post-20599412931473517282009-06-19T12:43:29.917-05:002009-06-19T12:43:29.917-05:00Snort! Your story sounds like a hoot, Vicki! I lov...Snort! Your story sounds like a hoot, Vicki! I love to read romantic comedy. I just love a hero with a good sense of humor. Very sexy!<br /><br />My writing day consists of blogging a bit and that all important self promotion. You can find me at http://alishapaige.blogspot.com and at http://wickedthornandroses.blogspot.com where I blog with fellow erotic writers. <br /><br />I try to write when my kids are napping or late at night. I usually light incense and brew the coffee or have a glass of red wine if I'm writing late at night. I try to write a scene per day which is roughly 1000 to 1500 words when I'm in the zone. I usually edit as I go along. Each day, I read what I wrote the day before and make changes, correction or rewrite a scene. This gets the juices flowing and then I'm ready to leap into the next scene. <br /><br />How do you write? I'm so curious about how other authors write. I know our brains all work differently. I've even heard of some authors writing the ending first. Has anyone out there tried writing the ending first?Alishahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03344425510934073606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8535414384309157179.post-50858845477862502742009-06-19T11:50:44.362-05:002009-06-19T11:50:44.362-05:00I've written a short story about a young woman...I've written a short story about a young woman who gets too many citations and is sentenced to driving school which is run by Officer Webber, aka Witless, Whitlock. For six sessions they battle over spilled hot coffee, a dead squirrel, and combat boots to conquer her driving, only to be involved in a serious wreck when Witless is driving. Needless to say, they realize what they mean to each other. It's fun and funny.<br />Thanks for asking.Vicki Batman, sassy writerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13846704675542248648noreply@blogger.com