Today I am guest blogging with the fabulous ladies over at Magical Musings. I’m talking about my oh-so-deep and abiding love of books and giving away an autographed copy of IMMORTAL DANGER. If you have a chance, drop by!

And last night, I made a teaser/trailer for MIDNIGHT’S MASTER.  I can’t believe how quickly time has passed, because Niol’ story will be out in two months. What? Two? Really?

Today, New York Times best-selling author Angie Fox is my interview victim. I absolutely loved Angie’s THE ACCIDENTAL DEMON SLAYER last year, and now I’m eagerly looking forward to reading THE DANGEROUS BOOK FOR DEMON SLAYERS.  If you like funny paranormals, then Angie is the woman for you!

Angie, welcome to the blog!  (And, hey, if you want to get your hands on a copy of THE DANGEROUS BOOK FOR DEMON SLAYERS, be sure to comment. I’ll send one commenter this new release.)

1.    Please tell us a bit about yourself and the genre (or genres) that you write.

My name is Angie Fox and I’m the author of the Accidental Demon Slayer series for Dorchester publishing.

2.    Describe your current (or upcoming) release in 15 words or less.

Accidental demon slayer Lizzie Brown and her grandma’s coven of biker witches have rolled into Sin City to take out a super-sexy succubus who has her eye on world domination—and worse, Lizzie’s man.

3.    Okay, now use as many words as you’d like to describe your story.

The Dangerous Book for Demon Slayers is the story of what happens when you take a bunch of biker witches to Las Vegas. Well, it’s more than that, I suppose. Lizzie and the gang head to Las Vegas to save her uncle from marrying a succubus.

As she experiences all kinds of new (and weird) things in Vegas, Lizzie is determined, once and for all, to master her powers. In fact, she’s going to write the book on demon slaying. So she begins a journal, The Dangerous Book for Demon Slayers, where she records what she’s learning, starting with newfound discoveries about demons, gargoyles and a particularly mischievous live spell named Beanie who likes to fill Lizzie’s boots with pumpkin spice latte.

Things get dangerous when the demons get their hooks in Dimitri. He’s much darker and sexier in this book. And we introduce a new character, Max, who is half demon and 100% yummy.

4.    Which character do you like better from THE DANGEROUS BOOK FOR DEMON SLAYERS—the hero or the heroine?  Why?

Hmm…that’s hard. I’d have to say the heroine because I can relate to her. Lizzie is just trying to stay on track and do the best she can in an impossible situation. I think most women do that every day.

5.    What is the most challenging part of being a writer?

Finding time to write! I am the mom of two preschoolers. At first, I wrote books because it was something fun I could do just for me. I did it while the kids were napping. Then my books were published and I was suddenly a New York Times bestselling author and yet I still have that same few hours in the day where I write. It is a refuge for me, and I know that’s my little break in the day, but sometimes I wish the time didn’t go by so fast.

6.    In a fight, who would win…Dracula or the wolf-man?  What? This question seems odd? Please, folks are dying to know this answer.

Wolf-man because the fight is schedule for high noon.

7.    What’s your favorite scary movie?  Come on, spill.  No explanations—just name it.  Let everyone else guess why.

Shaun of the Dead

8.    Tell me the one thing you wish you’d known about being a writer, um, before you became  a writer.

If you fall in love with a story idea, be prepared to research the heck out of it. That, I personally discovered, includes stories about Harley riding biker witches, the tunnels way under the Hoover Dam and New Orleans voodoo.

9.    What is your writing schedule like?

I write every afternoon from about 2:30 – 5:00, or however long my small children nap.

10.    Tell me anything you’d like to tell me.

I’m a fun quiz addict. If there is a quiz to be taken, I’m on it. And for kicks and grins, I’ve even developed a highly un-scientific Are You Part Demon Slayer? quiz. Take it if you dare.

Thanks, Angie!

Update: The winner of THE DANGEROUS BOOK FOR DEMON SLAYERS is…Amy! Congrats, Amy!

If you happen to be at the beach in Gulf Shores, Alabama, this weekend, stop by the Books-A-Million for a signing! Here are the full details:

Saturday, May 2, 2009 at 3 pm:  Booksigning at Books-A-Million in Gulf Shores, Alabama. Cynthia will be signing copies of her new release, IMMORTAL DANGER, at the Books-A-Million store located at 3800 Gulf Shores Parkway, Gulf Shores, AL  36542.  Award-winning author Candace Sams will also be signing copies of her latest Dorchester release, ELECTRA GALAXY’S MR. INTERSTELLAR FELLER at the event.

(And a very big thank you to Edith for organizing this signing!)

I’m not doing any writing today (I know, gasp!!! What am I thinking?!), but I sure am emjoying a little bit of reading time before I jump into my next book.  I like to think of this as a little post RT downtime.  🙂  Wanna see the books I’ve got lined up?

Okay, let me just admit it–I started reading Christine Feehan’s Burning Wild last night (I picked it up yesterday at Books-A-Million), and the book kept me up until 1:30 a.m. So good!!!

But wait, there are more books…

In the interest of complete honesty, I have already read some of these–a few of these books are presents for friends.  Lucky friends cause they are great reads!

But this one…it’s all mine:

I had only planned to take 2 days off before writing again, so the odds of me getting through all the books I want to read? Very, very low.  But I can dream.

What about you?  What books are in your pile?

I’m back from RT (and trying to get my life back on track again–so if you’ve emailed me, please be patient, I’ll respond soon!).  I just wanted to send out a giant THANK YOU to all of the wonderful folks I met at RT.  I had a fabulous time at the booksigning on Saturday, and I sold out of my latest release, IMMORTAL DANGER.  It was so great to meet readers and booksellers who enjoy my stories. I cannot tell you how much I appreciate your support.  When someone comes up to me and tells me how much she (or he!) likes my stories or my characters, I am so thrilled.  Honestly, I’m way beyond thrilled.    So, thank you.  Thank you for buying my books. Thank you for reading my stories. Thank you for supporting romance. And thank you for making this author smile.

Sorry I haven’t updated more–but now I’m chiming in with my first RT update.  🙂  The weather is great. There are plenty of writers, readers, and booksellers about, and the convention is in full swing.

I had a great time at the Red Sage Pool Party today. Larissa Ione and I signed copies of SECRETS, VOLUME 18 and SECRETS, VOLUME 21 (and, by the way, Larissa is really awesome, just saying).  I met lots of wonderful folks, I chatted, I signed, and the time passed SO quickly.  Thanks to everyone for coming out for the event–and thanks to Red Sage for organizing the great party.

I’ve attended a few publisher spotlights while I’ve been in Orlando (Red Sage, Kensington, and Grand Central Publishing), and what I keep hearing is that romance is selling and selling well.  Here are a few highlights from the chats:

1st–Red Sage is looking for ebooks with a word count of over 40,000. The editors want stories with modern, smart and confident heroines; strong, sexy, and intelligent heroes; strong plots and high sexual content; all romance sub-genres are welcome.

At the Kensington spotlight, folks were told that the “hardest” sells right now were the contemporaries. Unagented submissions are accepted and the current response time on a manuscript is about 3 months.  To query, send a synopsis and the first 50 pages of your work.  (Here’s a link to Kensington’s submission page.)  Megan Records lead the spotlight, and she acquries for Zebra and Brava.  Kensington is looking for historicals, paranormals, and urban fantasy stories.

The next spotlight  I attended was the Grand Central event.  Grand Central only accepts agented submissions.  They are looking for sexy historicals, paranormals, contemporaries “with heart”, romantic suspense stories and erotic romances.  In the spotlight, it was noted that all the sub-genres are “getting sexier.”  The editors are currently acquiring for 2011 and 2012.

That’s all my publishing news for now.  I’m going to the Kensington party and the Grand Central party later tonight, then I’ll be off at the ball tonight.  I’ve taken some photos, and I’ll try to post them soon.  And I’ll try to take more tonight.  🙂

It’s great meeting folks!!