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LOS ANGELES, Feb. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Genesis Press—the nation's oldest and largest romance publishing company geared toward an African-American audience—releases FIXIN TYRONE. Keith Walker, the book's author, is the self-professed "master of romantic suspense and urban fiction. I wrote this book for women, mainly," says Walker. " I have always been somewhat of a sensitive brother and I have a lot of empathy for nearly every situation. I hope that my readers learn that true love is important. It may not conquer all, but sometimes it is worth fighting for." FIXIN TYRONE, says Walker, is "one woman's struggle to find peace and fulfillment in a life that seemed to be flowing perfectly until her son's thuggish father is released from prison."
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Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Genesis Press Romance Book Company Innovates Using Viral Video and Tanya Wright From HBO's TRUE BLOOD
Crimes by Moonlight: Mysteries from the Dark Side edited by Charlaine Harris Pre Order your newest Sookie verse short story
There is a new Dahlia short story in this book!
- Hardcover: 368 pages
- Publisher: Berkley Hardcover (April 6, 2010)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0425235637
Charlaine Harris to attend Writers for Readers in North Carolina
There is still time to purchase your ticket to see five award-winning authors at the Orange County Literacy Council's annual Writers for Readers Gala Reception and Book Luncheon on February 14th & 15th, 2010. This year's luncheon includes:
- National Book Award Finalist Dorothy Allison (Bastard Out of Carolina)
- Southern short story writer George Singleton (Pep talks, Warnings, and Screeds)
- Lee Stringer, writer and advocate for the homeless (Grand Central Winter)
- Short story author Wells Tower (Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned)
- and novelist Charlaine Harris, whose Sookie Stackhouse series is the inspiration for HBO's hit vampire saga True Blood.
- Jean Anderson {James Beard Award Winner}
- Sara Foster {Foster's Market}
- Moreton Neal {Remembering Bill Neal}
- Nancie McDermott {Southern Cakes}
- John & Dale Reed {Holy Smoke!}
- and Bill Smith {Crook's Corner}
more info here
http://www.orangeliteracy.org/home/menu.php
Deborah Ann Woll Interview: True Blood
As the first series of True Blood comes to an end, we're finally getting a glimpse into what it's like to be turned into a vampire - but from rookie Jessica's point of view, there's not much fun in it.
We caught up with actress Deborah Ann Woll to find out what's in store for the young bloodsucker.
Are you enjoying your role?
Are you kidding? It's fantastic. I'm a very reserved person so to get on set and be totally crazy and wild is the greatest.
How are you coping with the vampire fangs? Ever bite your lip?
They're pointy. I'm a bit of a klutz. And it's a little hard kissing with them in, I'll say. I have to be very careful.
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Kevin Alejandro talks about going from 'Southland' cop to 'True Blood' vamp
Where you know Kevin Alejandro from is a kind of Rorschach Test for your TV viewing habits: To you, he may be Hilda’s late husband Santos on Ugly Betty, or Celia’s passive-aggressive Mexican kidnapper on Weeds, or gangland police detective Nate Moretta on Southland. And now he’s juggling two cable favorites with TNT rebooting the formerly-on-NBC Southland and HBO’s True Blood hiring him as a new love interest for blood dealer/short-order cook/male prostitute Lafayette. He called us from the set of the steamy vampire drama — which returns for season 3 this summer — to chat about fighting gang warfare (which comes to a head on tonight’s Southland, at 10 p.m. on TNT) and wooing Bon Temps’ vampiest multitasker.
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Kevin Alejandro details 'True Blood' role
Kevin Alejandro explained his character's part in the upcoming season of HBO's True Blood.
Alejandro will play the love interest for blood dealer and male prostitute Lafayette, the character played by Nelsan Ellis. Most recently, Alejandro played police detective Nate Moretta on TNT's Southland, which returns for its third season this summer.
"They're really completely opposite characters. It's what every actor really wants," Alejandro told Entertainment Weekly.
When asked if his character is a vampire, the actor said that he is unsure.
read on Digital SpyVampire author Anne Rice set to release video book
The author of "Interview With a Vampire," "The Vampire Lestat" and many other favorites has agreed to terms with the video book company Vook on a multimedia edition of "The Master of Rampling Gate," a vampire story published in Redbook magazine in 1984 and set in an England mansion in the 19th century.
"Vook represents a very exciting combination of new technological elements, that I think is long overdo in publishing," Rice said in a statement released Wednesday by Vook. "I'm excited that `The Master of Rampling Gate' is going to have new life in this form, and cannot wait to see the finished product. I'm not sure that my mind can conceive of all the possibilities of this new form. I'm learning. And it feels good."
Opinions are still mixed among publishers and authors about video books, or vooks, with some calling them a gimmick and others saying new formats are needed for the Internet age. The product integrates text, video and social networking.
If I Could Have Anything in the World For Valentine’s Day, It Would Be Alexander Skarsgard…
Ah, the day of love and romance is upon us again. But Valentine’s Day isn’t all about candlelit dinners with your BF – it’s about celebrating yourself – and your girlfriends – as well. So be good to your besties this V-Day, especially if they’re flying solo on Feb. 14. Yeah, your girls are single and ready to mingle – but still, essentially, alone – which is why they deserve presents more than most! But before you start feeling morose that you’re unattached this year, check out the gift that keeps on giving: True Blood’s Alexander Skarsgard naked in a bathtub. Just TRY and feel gloomy about not having a valentine after checking out this photo (above) – it’s impossible!
- What to Get Your Inner Freak. Download some Sade or Robin Thicke onto this bad boy and get yourself in the mood. Did I say for love? No I didn’t.
- What to Get Your Type-A BFF. A perfect way to make sure your bestie is always available when you need her to be. And look – it’s pink!
- What to Get A Closet Jersey Girl. Try THIS tan on for size. Healthy, natural and will get you looking way more natural that Snooki and her girl J-Woww.
True Blood to Feature Random Pair of Roommates
When True Blood returns for season three, spoilers have revealed that Jason Stackhouse will fall in love.
But it sounds like he may have difficulty taking this werewolf woman home. After all, Jason won't be living alone this summer.
The character will be paired with a new roommate: Hoyt Fortenberry.
“Jason lets me sleep on the couch,” says Jim Parrack told TV Guide Magazine. “We’re definitely the Odd Couple.”
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
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'True Blood' Casting Update: Daddy For Alexander Skarsgard Still Needed + Brit Morgan Is Debbie Pelt
Big things are in store for "True Blood" baddie Eric Northman, the sinister vampire with a hidden soft side played by Alexander Skarsgård. Not only is the Fangtasia owner getting a new love interest in the upcoming third season, he's also getting a visit from dear old dad.
According to E! Online, "True Blood" producers are looking to cast the role of Ulfrick, a Swedish Viking king and father to Eric Northman. The desired actor must be able to speak fluent Swedish and should be in his 40s to 50s. Additionally, the character will appear in flashbacks to Eric's days as a Viking warrior, but there is tension between the two — Ulfrick doesn't think that Eric's behavior is befitting of royalty.
While Alexander's real life father Stellan Skarsgård (who you'll best remember as one of Meryl Streep's past lovers in the film version of "Mamma Mia!") fits all of the above requirements for Ulfrick, representatives for the actor told E! News that he "will not" be joining the "True Blood" cast. As of now, the role remains open.
Vampires among us
Met any vampires lately? They are unavoidable in popular culture, from Stephanie Meyer's books Twilight and New Moon (both made into films) to television fare such as True Blood and The Vampire Diaries. And though Buffy the Vampire Slayer may have gone off the air years ago, she lives (and slays) on in DVDs and comic books.
Vampire and other monster stories have long held an appeal for adolescents, an appeal the Twilight Saga movies exploit with hot young stars. Adolescence is a period of strange, new, powerful feelings. As sexual maturation and awakening occurs, menstruation begins for girls. Boys, like werewolves, grow more hair and experience their own hormonal turbulence. Amid these disturbing changes, teens often feel alienated and freakish, alone in the world.
Monster stories allow them to approach their sense of monstrosity sidewise. In many tales the monsters are vanquished, suggesting that the disconcerting bodies and disturbing urges of adolescents can be mastered. In more recent narratives, the monsters are domesticated—a sign that the adolescent can mature and tame his or her sexuality. The vampires in Twilight and True Blood aren't all evil. Some have learned to subsist on animal or synthetic blood rather than human blood.
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Sucking the Quileute Dry
Interesting article about the real-life situation of the Quileute Nation of fictional vampire book fame.
ALL the world, it seems, has been bitten by “Twilight.” Conservative estimates place revenue generated from Stephenie Meyer’s vampire chronicles — the books, movies and merchandise — in the billion-dollar range. Scarcely mentioned, however, is the effect that “Twilight” has had on the tiny Quileute Nation, situated on a postage stamp of a reservation, just one square mile, in remote La Push, Wash.
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True Blood Music Video of the Day: Love Song Requiem by Trading Yesterday.
Love Song Requiem by Trading Yesterday.
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