Authors After Dark Featured Author Interview: Desiree Holt

AAD Featured Author Interview: Desiree Holt

Welcome Authors After Dark 2014 featured author Desiree Holt!

 

Is this your first year attending AAD?

Yes, it is, and I’m very excited about it. I have heard such great things about it from both autghors and readers.

 

What made you want to come to AAD?

Both my street team leader and author friends who have attended kept telling me what a special event it is. Authors recommended it as a great venue to connect with readers on a personal level, which of course is very important to me.

So where will attendees be able to find you at AAD? Do you hang out in the bar? The lobby? Or are you the one who throws parties in their room?

Not throwing a party in my room this year but I am hosting one of the tables at the ball. Lust, of course, with the fabulous Saranna DeWylde. I am also in the scavenger hunt, the ribbon party and on three separate panels. The rest of the time, yeah *wink*, hanging out in the bar.

 

Do you have a book coming out before AAD you want the attendees to know about?

I just had a release, Ride the Mustang, part of the SEALs Going Hot series, and Spurred to Submission releases in June. Also I’d love for them to check out Beyond Addiction, which just came out from Ellora’s Cave. That was a tough, very intense book to write. And I’d also like them to keep an eye out for Finding Julia, out in September. My first release with Kensington.

If you were to suggest one of your books to the AAD attendees, which book would it be?

Wow. Let me think. It’s really hard for me to choose and I’m torn between two: Aftershock and Beyond Addiction. One is an intense love story and the other a very intense BDSM love story. They represent both sides of my writing.

Tell us about the party you’re hosting at AAD!

I heard through the grapevine you’re sponsoring a table at the Sins & Virtues ball. Tell us more!

Yes, hosting with Saranna DeWylde. The Lust, table, of course. We will have favors for our readers and it gives me a chance to chat with readers on a more intimate basis.

What panels will you be on at AAD?

I’m on three of them: BDSM-Where To Start; Erotica; and Sports, which is great because I am just starting a football series for Kensington.

If an adoring fan wanted to buy you a drink at the bar, what’s your poison?

Jack Daniel's with a splash of water. Jack and I are old friends!

Everyone loves the conference costumes. Can you give any hints about what to expect?

It’s a big secret! *wink*

 

SWAG. We all love SWAG! What cool stuff are you bringing?

Still working on that with my street team leader but it will all revolve around my Naked Cowboys and my Phoenix Agency. Although I may have the first Finding Julia swag, too. Think tote bags, clips, buttons, maybe even special key chains.

We’re all excited about the book signing. What books will you have on hand to sign and sell?

Most likely my Phoenix Agency series, which has been a huge hit.

Where can readers find you?

www.desireeholt.com

www.desiremeonly.com

www.facebook.com/desireeholtauthor

Twitter @desireeholt

Pinterest: desiree02holt

Also on LinkedIn and Google+

Authors After Dark Featured Author Interview: Olivia Jaymes

AAD Featured Author Interview: Olivia Jaymes

Welcome Authors After Dark 2014 featured author Olivia Jaymes

 

Is this your first year attending AAD?

Yes!  I’m so excited!  I’m looking forward to meeting readers and authors, hanging out and talking about books, and maybe even have a cocktail or two.

What made you want to come to AAD?

I’ve been hearing about AAD for awhile now and everyone says it’s the ultimate place for authors and readers to really hang out and have fun together.

So where will attendees be able to find you at AAD? Do you hang out in the bar? The lobby? Or are you the one who throws parties in their room?

I’m usually hanging out in the bar and chatting.  My room is usually too messy to let anyone see it.

 

 

 

 

Do you have a book coming out before AAD you want the attendees to know about?

I’ll be boxing up the first three novels in my Cowboy Justice Association series and putting them on sale for a special price.  I may also have the fourth in the series complete - Cowboy Famous - but I don’t have a firm release date yet.  

 

 

If you were to suggest one of your books to the AAD attendees, which book would it be?

Oohhhh, this one is hard.  Cowboy Justice is a series but the books can stand alone so I guess my favorite so far is Cowboy Truth.  There’s just something about a bad boy cowboy cop who rides a Harley.

 

What panels will you be on at AAD?

The Cowboy/Western panel!  Let’s talk about smokin’ hot cowboys!

 

If an adoring fan wanted to buy you a drink at the bar, what’s your poison?

I usually drink a Cosmopolitan.  :-)
 

SWAG. We all love SWAG! What cool stuff are you bringing?

I’ll give you a hint…. ducks.  That’s all I’m saying.  

We’re all excited about the book signing. What books will you have on hand to sign and sell?

I’ll have the first three of the Cowboy Justice series - Cowboy Command, Justice Healed, and Cowboy Truth.

 

Where can readers find you?

www.oliviajaymes.com

https://www.facebook.com/olivia.jaymes.1

https://twitter.com/OliviaJaymes

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Authors After Dark Featured Author Interview: Hildie McQueen

AAD Featured Author Interview: Hildie McQueen

Welcome Authors After Dark 2014 featured author Hildie McQueen!

Is this your first year attending AAD?

No this is my third, the first year I attended as a reader and got about as much out of the con as I do now.  There is so much to do.  Such a blast.

 

What brings you back to AAD?

I enjoy an event that is geared to the readers and that’s what AAD is all about.  Also it’s small enough that you can mingle with people and not get lost in the crowd, yet large enough that you get to have a blast with a few hundred friends.

So where will attendees be able to find you at AAD? Do you hang out in the bar? The lobby? Or are you the one who throws parties in their room?

Definitely will be having a margarita at the bar. Here’s a great idea for a game “Where’s Hildie”, try the bars and if I’m not there, then I’ll be crashing a party.  Find me at the bar, I may just buy you a drink.

 

Do you have a book coming out before AAD you want the attendees to know about?

Yes, the latest in my Shades of Blue, Montana Blue is out in the Western Nights Anthology.  Also the first book in my new series. The Gentrys of Montana, The Rancher, will be released just a few weeks before AAD!!  I’m excited about both.

If you were to suggest one of your books to the AAD attendees, which book would it be?

You know that is the hardest question to ask an author.  I’m going to say Where the Four Winds Collide, it’s such a great story.

Tell us about the party you’re hosting at AAD!

Several bestselling crazy authors and I will be hosting the Mad Tea Party on Saturday from 5-6 p.m.  Enter a world of madness, win prizes at games that make no sense at all and prepare to laugh until your sides ache.  Goodie bags will be given to first 100 attendees!

 

What panels will you be on at AAD?

I will be on two panels, An interactive fun one, “Readers Rule Romance”,  where the tables will be turned on readers, and they’ll be the ones plotting the stories for us. I can’t wait for that one. Also find me at the Historical Romance panel.  

If an adoring fan wanted to buy you a drink at the bar, what’s your poison?

First a Margarita on the rocks, second an ice cold Blue Moon, I drink wine at home mostly Cabernet or Malbec

We’re all excited about the book signing. What books will you have on hand to sign and sell? 

I’m bringing my Westerns!  All of my Westerns!!  LOL.

Where can readers find you?

www.HildieMcQueen.com

Facebook:  www.facebook.com/HildieMcQueen

Authors After Dark Featured Author Interview: Becky McGraw

AAD Featured Author Interview: Becky McGraw

 

 

 

Welcome Authors After Dark 2014 featured author Becky McGraw!

 

Is this your first year attending AAD? Yes, it is.  I’m really excited to be attending this year, and will probably have MANY fangirl moments when I meet some of the other featured authors.

What made you want to come to AAD?

I’ve heard it’s an outstanding signing event, but haven’t been able to get in until this year.  I attended The Novel Experience Event in Atlanta, which was also hosted by Stella Price, and it was fabulous.  A spot became available for AAD, so I jumped on it!

So where will attendees be able to find you at AAD? Do you hang out in the bar? The lobby? Or are you the one who throws parties in their room?

Well, I won’t have my herd of beefcake from Texas with me at AAD like I did at TNEE, but I will have my bigger-than-life-sized banner of Steffen Hughes, my model for book eleven in my Texas Trouble series.  Look for the big, hot cowboy with the six-pack abs and you’ll find me!  Did I mention the banner is scratch and lick?  I will also be hanging out in all the places mentioned above and would love to meet you all!

Do you have a book coming out before AAD you want the attendees to know about? I just released Borrowing Trouble (#12, Texas Trouble) and plan on having Cowgirl Crazy (#2, Cowboy Way) out in July.

If you were to suggest one of your books to the AAD attendees, which book would it be? Just one? Oh man, I want them to read them all!  If I had to pick one from each series (compromise? haha), I’d say Borrowing Trouble (#12, Texas Trouble) and Just Shoot Me (#1, Cowboy Way).  There pretty doggone hot and funny, or so I’ve been told.

If an adoring fan wanted to buy you a drink at the bar, what’s your poison?

Depends on my mood really.  I love Coronas and anything with Absolut vodka, especially dirty martinis...the dirtier the better.  Really, really dirty.  Did I say dirty?

Everyone loves the conference costumes. Can you give any hints about what to expect?

Well, I’ll be one of the sinners at the Sloth table with Julie Morgan.  I’ll have to research that sin more to figure out something unique for myself.  My husband shouldn’t have any problem coming up with his costume though.  He’ll just wear his normal lounging outfit, which includes his hideous, two-sizes-too-big Duck Dynasty clogs, which I’ve tried to throw out five times now.  I swear those shoes are possessed.  They keep coming back.  Even when I personally threw them in the trash on trash day, they reappeared.  Might as well make use of them!  I’m sure he won’t mind.  Psst--maybe I’ll accidentally forget them at the hotel when we leave?

SWAG. We all love SWAG! What cool stuff are you bringing?

I’m flying in, and bringing as much as Southwest will allow in my extra two bags.  That will include a hundred pounds of Troublemaker buttons, Trouble With the Law ink pens, Trouble With the Law t-shirts, a few Cowboys Are My Kryptonite t-shirts, Cowboy Way/Texas Trouble keytags--and drum roll--the absolute coolest 50” x 60” Texas Trouble throw blankets with all my covers on them.  I’ll be raffling one off at my table and giving one to Stella to give away as a welcome prize.  Bribe, bribe...please stop by.

 

We’re all excited about the book signing. What books will you have on hand to sign and sell?

In my Texas Trouble Series, I’ll have My Kind of Trouble (#1), Worth the Trouble (#9), Royal Trouble (#10), Trouble With The Law (#11), and Borrowing Trouble (#12).  In my Cowboy Way Series, I’ll have Santa Wore Spurs (novella in anthology spins off into series), Just Shoot me (#1) and most likely Cowgirl Crazy (#2).

Where can readers find you?

www.facebook.com/beckymcgrawbooks

www.amazon.com/author/beckymcgraw

www.beckymcgraw.com

beckymcgraw@gmail.com

Authors After Dark Featured Author Interview: Kiernan Kelly

AAD Featured Author Interview: Kiernan Kelly

Welcome Authors After Dark 2014 featured author Kiernan Kelly!

What brings you back to AAD?  

Last year was my first year, and I had such a fantastic time that immediately added the next AAD to my schedule for this year. I’ve attended lots of conventions, but never one as fun as this one!

If you were to suggest one of your books to the AAD attendees, which book would it be?

Ooh, that’s a difficult question. My cowboy novel, Riding Heartbreak Road, holds a special place in my heart because it was my first, but I have a special love for Outland, because the characters are not the typical six-packed, ruggedly handsome heroes one usually sees in romances. In Outland, my guys are both over 50, a little paunchy, and have been together for over 25 years. In truth, they’re my husband and me. I even said so in the dedication!

Tell us about the party you’re hosting at AAD!

I am helping host the welcome party, along with BA Tortuga and Julia Talbot. It’s going to have a western theme (everybody loves cowboys!) to go along with the anthology the three of us have coming out in time for AAD that’s called “Midnight Rodeo.” It’s a western paranormal theme. In any case, rumor has it that there’ll be food, swag, and -- gasp -- a genuine mechanical bucking bull at the party!

What panels will you be on at AAD?

I’m on almost all the GLBT panels, plus any others where a warm body might be needed. I love doing panels, and had a blast doing them at last year’s AAD.  It’s addictive.

SWAG. We all love SWAG! What cool stuff are you bringing?

I’m not sure yet, but probably something western-inspired. Or alcohol-inspired. Or both. We’ll see.

Where can readers find you?

You can find me at:

www.KiernanKelly.com

http://www.facebook.com/kiernan.kelly

Follow me on Twitter! @kiernankelly

http://caferisque.blogspot.com/

https://www.amazon.com/author/kiernan_kelly

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