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March 4, 2007
Welcome to the Dark Side!!
When my evil alter-ego takes over . . .
First, I must apologize for falling down on my Healthy Choices challenge – I got hit with a tough personal loss in January and things rather fell apart. Blogging took a bit of a back seat. So if you’ve kept up with your healthy choices, Yay You!! I only lost 5 of the 10 pounds I’d wanted to, but sometimes life just happens.
Now, on to the fun stuff!! It’s RELEASE WEEK!! Both for me and for my darling Lani and the lovely Beth!! So celebrate national Literary Chicks Day on Tuesday by popping down to your local bookstore and picking up a copy of THE FORTUNE QUILT and Beth's new YA book, BOY TROUBLE and my new book, writing as Alyssa Day ATLANTIS RISING. We’ll love you for it in a big, smoochy way!
ALYSSA: Smoochy? Who says smoochy? Crap. Next you’ll be making us wear pink high heels or something.
ALESIA: Hush. This is my blog. So, the Dark Side. What’s a nice romantic comedy author to do when she has a secret yearning to write dark, twisty, sexy paranormal romance novels? Take a new name, naturally! And set the dark side free to play in dark waters, shadowed terrain, and the evil and twisted corridors in the hearts of villains and preternatural beasties.
ALYSSA: Some more dark and twisted than others. Grown men turned pale when they read that scene with the vampire goddess Anubisa at the end . . .
ALESIA: No spoilers! Continuing on, a little more than a year ago, the thought of writing a series of books about mythical warriors from the lost continent of Atlantis caught hold of my imagination and wouldn’t let go. I’ve been fascinated with the mythology of Atlantis and the idea of discovering a lost civilization forever. It’s an amazing dream: a lost world of advanced technology, gold and priceless treasure, and a possibly mythical culture that has been lost for more than 11,000 years. I read and reread Plato and kept coming up with: What if a heroic race of warriors were sworn to protect humanity? And what if we didn’t want to be protected? Just think of the trouble that could ensue!
ALYSSA: Yeah, but I’m the one who gets in trouble. You just pretend.
ALESIA: You still owe me for bailing you out of that jail in Reno.
ALYSSA: Hey! That was RESEARCH. I should make you pay me for it.
ALESIA: Please ignore her. As I was saying, I wanted to go to a deeply emotional place in my writing – a romance that had enormous stakes, the “fate of the world depended upon it” kind of love story; an action-packed thrill ride of a book. I also wanted to write hotter, sexier books with tortured and heroic alpha males and intelligent, strong heroines. Letting the dark side take over freed me to go to places I hadn’t gone before – I didn’t have to think “will my mother, grandmother, first grade teacher gasp over the sensuality level of this book?” (Not that a writer should ever have this kind of critic on her shoulder, but . . .) When Alyssa was writing the book, it wasn’t *me* in a way. It was safe to play with themes and darkness I hadn’t explored before.
ALYSSA: It wasn’t you at all. And I’m always glad to have hot, wild sex in the name of research.
ALESIA: Not on the BLOG!! Kids can read this.
ALYSSA: Good. They might learn something.
ALESIA: I love how ATLANTIS RISING turned out and I’m thrilled to be writing more in the series. I hope you love it, too – please let me know! If you leave a comment about your own dark side, I’ll randomly pick a winner to win a free autographed tote bag with the ATLANTIS RISING and WILD THING book covers on it.
ALYSSA: Buy the book, people. I need a new pair of leather stiletto-heeled boots. And the royalty checks are coming in MY name.
Alesia & Alyssa
This book was brought to you by Alesia’s new book, written as Alyssa Day,
ATLANTIS RISING. Welcome to the dark side!!
Posted by Alesia at 6:46 PM | Comments (14)
Comments
This will be the greatest book ever!! What sane man wouldn't want two wives in the same body! I hope that everyone enjoys this book and recommends it to all of their friends too! (The dark side likes expensive shoes.) NG
Posted by: Navy Guy at March 4, 2007 9:25 PM
You are truly a lucky man, Navy Guy, but I bet you knew that long before!
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at March 4, 2007 10:23 PM
Congratulations on your new book. I don't know if I have a dark side but your book sounds great.
Posted by: Maureen at March 5, 2007 6:25 AM
Congrats on the new book, Alesia/Alyssa. I've already seen it in stores, and I already have it on very good authority that it's wonderful. As a matter of fact, we're featuring it over on our book reviw blog this week. We're also featuring The Fortune Quilt, and we've got interviews from both you and Lani. I'm so thrilled about this, because you two write such great books!
And I will be heading out firs thing in the morning to pick up Beth's book as well. My oldest girl child has loved the YA books tha the LC authors have written so far, and I can't imagine her not going nuts over this newest one.
Looking forward to many more DARK books from you in the future!
dee
deeanddeedish.blogspot.com
Posted by: dee at March 5, 2007 12:45 PM
I was so excited when I checked my email this morning and Amazon told me that my copies of both Atlantis Rising and 7 Ways (still not sure how I missed buying that one when it came out!) had shipped. WHEEE!
And I definitely have a dark side. It's the dark side that drives me to read things like Atlantis Rising (not to mention finding that hot wild sex with tortured alpha male heroes exciting) and other "sensual" paranormal romances. *sigh* I mean, sure, romantic comedy is a staple of life but the other side requests books that meet its needs, too...
Anyway, I can't wait for it to get here! And now I'm going to have to add a trip to the bookstore this week for Lani and Beth.
Posted by: Dia at March 5, 2007 12:57 PM
I am typically vampire-phobic in my reading choices, but I had the good fortune to hear an excerpt read in Atlanta and I have been really patient ever since.
Posted by: RandomRanter at March 5, 2007 1:05 PM
I will most certainly go out and buy the book tomorrow!! I have been impatiently waiting for it since I seen the artwork on your website.
I can honestly say that my dark side has been fed a lot lately. After I finished my last home improvement project I have given myself free rein to relax with my books for the past few weeks (my husband doesn't like the fact that I have spent around $300 feeding that dark side). Laurell K. Hamilton, Christine Feehand, Susan Squires, Kimberly Rave, Jennifer Blake and C.T. Adams & Cathy Clamp are just some of the authors that have recently allowed me to relish the dark side. I can't wait to add Alyssa Day to that group!!
Posted by: Jo at March 5, 2007 10:15 PM
Dark side, hmmm?
Well, tonight I took our 2 year old to my parent's house, taped a note on the back door for my DH to come upstairs, and seduced him. Does that count? :)
:) Sara
Posted by: sal at March 5, 2007 10:23 PM
I posted yesterday, but it hasn't shown up...so trying again!
My dark side is so dark that it's a secret! ;)
Posted by: TeresaH at March 6, 2007 6:08 AM
I love you all!! thanks for sharing in my dark side happiness!!
Posted by: Alesia Holliday at March 6, 2007 9:52 AM
Yay! AR is on the shelves! Happy release day, Alesia! Alyssa! Whatever!
Posted by: Lani at March 6, 2007 10:08 AM
WooHoo! One more for the TBR pile.
Dark side? I've been thinking on this and finally decided the darkest thing I've ever done... As I was leaving at the end of a summer job with one of the worst roommates ever I put itching powder in her underwear drawer and her winter coat- yep pretty bad of me, but... she was a bad roommate. Okay, now that I've confessed I feel much better and lighter.
Nikkie
Posted by: Conscripted Cherry at March 8, 2007 10:14 PM
So sorry for your loss, Alesia. Take care of yourself.
Looking forward to reading the new book.
Posted by: Elsa Han at March 10, 2007 6:29 PM
So many books, so little time... MUST you all have books come out at the same time!! *grin*
Looking forward to AR--enjoyed what I have read so far. Doesn't sound like this is a book I am going to share with my daughter, however! *wink* Didn't you say Beth has a new YA out....
Posted by: Sheri at March 10, 2007 8:03 PM
