Teaser Friday

Part 2 of teaser Friday (posted on Saturday…sorry) is a piece from the novel itself in which Dori is coached by her sire.

“So,” he began with an upbeat tone, “let’s begin. Pretend you’re sitting at a bar and a man takes the stool next to you. What do you do?”

“Is he drunk or sober, married or single?” I asked, meeting his eyes.

“For your sake, I hope he’s rip roarin’ drunk and married to a shrew. What the f*** difference does it make? He’s your next meal, sweetheart. That’s all you need to care about.”

“I don’t mess with married men and I don’t like taking advantage of alcohol-impaired ones.” I lifted my chin a little. He might dress me up, but he couldn’t change who I was inside. Continue reading →

I’ve learned the hard way that starting a novel usually means I write like crazy fleshing out some wonderful new character, fall in love with her, only to be told it’s boring infodump. Slash and burn time. All those lovely character building words down the toilet. Ouch. While I understand the need to start a story off where the story truly begins, I like to understand and read about characters too. What’s the compromise? I’ve created an infodump space.

For this first Teaser Friday for My Fair Vampire, I’m directing you to an ancillary blog I created for my heroine. There she will tell you more about herself, provide more of her back story and share anecdotal side tales as the main story progresses. Each time she makes a new post in her journal, I’ll post a link here.

Here is her first diary entry.

Here is her second diary entry.