http://www.silkandshadows.com Dark Times Call for Dark Heroes Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:26:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en When Sharon shared this week’s blog topic with me – “Most Romantic Commercials” – I was excited on two levels. First, I work in advertising for my day job, so I watch a lot of commercials…a LOT. Which means I definitely feel I have something to say on ... http://www.silkandshadows.com/2010/03/11/can-diets-be-sexy/ Some of the most romantic commercials ever were the television commercials for Nescafé instant coffee, with Sharon Maughan and Anthony Stewart Head (Rupert Giles of Buffy fame). The company created a series of commercials that ran more or less like a soap opera about a pair of neighbours drawn ... http://www.silkandshadows.com/2010/03/10/love-amongst-the-beans/ I'm cheating a bit. The topic this week is romantic ads, but the video I've embedded here isn't an ad, it's a short film. It's 9 minutes long, but well worth the investment of your time. At least, I think so. But then again, I'm a sap. To me this ... http://www.silkandshadows.com/2010/03/09/sigh-worthy/ Currently working on: Last week of revisions Mood: Vaguely National Lampoon-esque Love is blissful.  Love is beautiful.  Love is butterflies and bluebells. And oh boy is that boring. I write about blissful, beautiful, true-blue love... but not until the very last pages.  Because love -- once it has reached the ever-after stage -- is, well, ... http://www.silkandshadows.com/2010/03/08/love-is-all-around-us/ I write historical paranormal romance. What else would I be interested in writing? Oh, hard question! I'd love to write historical fiction. Or historical (non-paranormal) romance. Or romantic suspense. Or something futuristic, sleek, sexy and noir-y. Think Bladerunner. OR something that can't be classified into any existing genre description. If only ... http://www.silkandshadows.com/2010/03/07/so-many-stories/ Thanks to Sharon and everyone for asking me back this month for the release of the third book in my Mer series, Catch of a Lifetime. (Get it? Catch and Release?) Like In Over Her Head and Wild Blue Under, Catch of a Lifetime is a tongue-in-cheek, light-hearted paranormal, ... http://www.silkandshadows.com/2010/03/04/special-guest-judi-fennell/ If I wrote in another subgenre, it would be . . . well, the question is more what wouldn’t I write? Where my imagination roams depends a lot on my mood. Horror? Western? Fantasy? They all have their attractions, and I’m a literary flirt. Still, I leave an idea to ... http://www.silkandshadows.com/2010/03/03/the-gentleman-in-the-corner/ I love writing contemporary paranormal romance, but ... if I ever decided to write something else, there's a good chance I'd go back to my roots in medieval romance. Rather than trying to explain what sort of thing I used to write, I thought I’d simply share a scene from ... http://www.silkandshadows.com/2010/03/02/blast-from-the-past/ Currently working on: Al.Most.Done with revisions Mood: Last stretch of K2 with the promise of a long toboggan ride down -- whee! (probably into a bottomless cravasse, but...) Our topic this week is "If I wrote in another subgenre..." which didn't take that much imagining for me because I've already done it.  ... http://www.silkandshadows.com/2010/03/01/to-explore-strange-new-worlds/ Today, Silk And Shadows welcomes Erica Ridley, whose debut TOO WICKED TO KISS has a dark hero to die for.  Breaking News: Win an autographed copy of Gothic historical TOO WICKED TO KISS this week only, just by answering the daily kiss question on Twitter #2w2k or Facebook! ### Although release day for ... http://www.silkandshadows.com/2010/02/25/too-wicked-inconceivable/