Mariposa's Musings

Please join me in welcoming Keta Diablo. Leave a comment for an opportunity to win a copy of Where the Rain is Made! Where do you get the inspirations for your books? Keta: This is such a great question and once I’m asked often. Many of my ideas come from dreams, vivid dreams. And the others come from surfing the Net or research I’ve done in the past. I’m here today to talk about Where The Rain Is Made , a time-travel/shapeshifter themed around the Cheyenne Dog Soldiers. When my youngest son was 12, he took a sudden and intense interested in Native American history. I have no idea why. One tribe he seemed particularly drawn to was the Cheyenne Dog Soldiers. We spent endless hours at the library searching for books about this fierce tribe of the plains and together we read many articles about them. The Dog Soldiers had a very colorful past and a very tragic ending, as did most of the Native American tribes in US history. Dylan’s obsession with the Dog Soldiers lasted several...

Come visit me at The Cozy Page today as I start off Amber Leigh Williams' 20 Questions Valentine Event. Hope to see you there!

Tell me about yourself. How long have you been writing? I have been composing stories in my head ever since I was young and read a story I wanted to go another way. LOL I remember writing them down even as a kid all the way through college. My goal at the time was to become an English teacher and write in my off time. Life however changes things. I got married, had kids, and I became a stay-at-home mom who didn’t write again for over a decade. In 2007, with my kids older, in school all day, I knew I had to start writing again. I missed it so much. So, it was at that time I started writing my first stories which got sent out for possible publication. How do you find ideas for your books? I think they find me somehow. Usually, I am reading, researching I guess you could call it. I read a lot of non-fiction books, mostly pagan or Wiccan in nature. Somewhere along the line something triggers my imagination, and a paranormal story is born. Although there are the odd instances where ...

I'm having technical difficulties with Blogger this morning, the text from Kiki's interview just refuses to publish. I'll take another crack at it later. My apologies to Kiki and all who stopped by. I hope to get the interview up soon!

Today, I'm chatting about the music that inspired Howl at Naughty in the Backseat . Come visit me and find out why sometimes love bites.

I'm pleased to announce Brandy B as the winner of a free copy of Howl. There's still a chance to win a copy of Howl through the LASR Scavenger Hunt.

Please join with me in welcoming Beth Caudill. Tell me about yourself. How long have you been writing? I’m a stay-at-home mom of two boys living in central North Carolina with my husband. I’ve been writing fantasy and paranormal short stories since 2005 when I discovered Kelley Armstrong’s Online Writing Group Forum . Writers could get chapter critiques and there were challenges to get the creative juices flowing. I no longer have time to keep up with the group but I really enjoyed my time there. I serve on the Board of my local RWA chapter Heart of Carolina Romance Writers. I currently have three short stories available at The Wild Rose Press and a novella from Whispers Publishing. You can read excerpts and reviews of my stories at my website . You've been really busy. How did the inspiration for Healer’s Fate come to you? Most of my stories start from a single scene I’ve imagined or dreamed. For Healer’s Fate, I started thinking about how werewolves would throw a...