I’m so happy to announce that IMMORTAL DANGER received the Gayle Wilson Award of Excellence in the Fantasy, Futuristic, and Paranormal category, and…“In the Dark” (from BELONG TO THE NIGHT) received the Gayle Wilson Award of Excellence in the novella category. Thank you so much to the Southern Magic RWA Chapter and all the judges!!!

And congrats to all of the other winners and finalists. The list of winners may be found here.

Hi, everyone! Thanks so much for all the comments about scary movies! I saw some of my faves on that list–and I saw some films that I now have to watch. 🙂

I picked a random winner and that winner is…Wendy R (who really enjoyed the movie Signs). Congrats, Wendy! Please send your mailing address to me at cynthia@cynthiaeden.com and I’ll ship your prize out to you.

And if you didn’t win and you still want to get your hands on an ARC–stay tuned. More giveaways will be coming soon!

I just turned in my latest manuscript today (it’s about a fallen angel of death and the vampire he falls for…um, literally), so I think I’m going to sit back and read some good books today. Hope you have a great day, too!

I am in the process of getting some promotional mailings ready and I realized–I’ve got some extra ARCs! So how about an ARC giveaway?

On 06/29/10, I’LL BE SLAYING YOU will hit store shelves. But why wait until then to read my latest Night Watch story?  Someone can win and read now!

Here’s the blurb:

Cynthia Eden returns to the realm of the Other, where the supernatural bounty hunters of Night Watch work hard and play harder…

Sandra “Dee” Daniels is a vampire’s worst nightmare. Sure, she couldn’t get up to five-six in the highest heels money can buy—not that she ever wears heels. But the monsters in her past and the stake in her boot are enough to keep most bloodsuckers interested in staying undead out of Baton Rouge.

But there are changes afoot on her turf. Rumors of a Born Master in town—a vampire so powerful he can make the streets run with blood. And a new face in Dee’s dive bars and alleyways—Simon Chase, a strong, sexy shadow with a haunted past of his own. Simon knows a lot about the dark side of Dee’s work. He knows even more about how to make her body spark with desire. But the hot lust shimmering between them is only the beginning. Because Simon also knows a secret that will change Dee’s life—if she can live long enough to uncover it.

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I’ve got an excerpt up if you’d like to read a teaser from the story.

Want to win?  Then just leave me a comment and tell me the title of your all-time favorite scary movie.  I’ll let the ARC contest run until  Monday, March 29th at 8:00 a.m. Good luck!

And to get things started…my all-time favorite scary movie is…Lake Placid.  Not super scary, I know, but campy fun and with a nice little romance thrown in to keep me entertained.  🙂

Have a good weekend!

I’ve gotten the all-clear to share the cover and blurb of my third Night Watch book with you! Book One in this series is ETERNAL HUNTER (Jude’s story). Book two is I’LL BE SLAYING YOU (Dee’s story) and that one will be out in July.  The third book will be published this December, and ETERNAL FLAME focuses on Zane.  (So for those who have asked–no worries! Zane has his own book.)

Here’s the blurb:

Cynthia Eden invites you into the world of the Others—supernatural creatures who are sexy, powerful, and more than human in every way…

No one that deadly should look that good. Hybrid demon Zane Wynter specializes in tracking the most lethal criminals, whether human or Other. But Jana Carter is nothing like his previous targets. She’s an Ignitor, able to conjure and control fire. She’s also sexy beyond belief—and used to playing dirty…

Jana knows she’s being set up. She even knows who’s responsible: Project Perseus, a secretive group that plans to rid the world of paranormals by any means necessary. From Louisiana’s sultry swamps to its desolate cemeteries, Jana and Zane must race to destroy the mastermind behind Perseus before their world goes up in flames—and with it, a desire that burns too hot to resist…

Burn, baby, burn!  🙂

Recently, I watched the movie Possession with Sarah Michelle Gellar (you may know her better as Buffy). I’d been wanting to watch this movies for ages, but the release date kept getting pushed back. (Why? Why did you torment me that way, Hollywood?)

But I finally watched the movie and was a bit…well, thrown off by the ending that played out.

Lucky for me, there was an alternate ending available.  So I thought–hey, what the heck? And I watched that alternate.  And I LOVED it.  (Note to all the Hollywood folks that I am totally sure are checking out this blog: You should have gone with the alternate ending!)

Now, of course, this alternate ending got me to thinking about different endings that could be available for books. When I start writing, I often create alternate beginnings. Usually, I’ll write at least 2 versions to start a book, then I’ll go with the one that flows the best for me.  But I have never written an alternate ending for a book.  The lives of the characters can change so easily–one scene flipped, one scene deleted, one new drama thrown in–and everything can change.

Hmmm…alternate endings.

I’ve watched plenty of  movies and thought–oh, I want a different ending! (Sandra Bullock’s Premonition comes to mind here.) But I haven’t read a book that I thought should end differently. At least, not a romance book. Romances guarantee us a happy ending, so perhaps the alternate ending isn’t needed as much with them.  Perhaps. What do you think?  Have you read any books that you felt truly needed an alternate ending?