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Interview with Sean Morrissey, hero of Primal Bonds (by Jennifer Ashley)
I’d like to introduce Sean Morrissey, the Shifter hero of PRIMAL BONDS. He’s Irish, hot, a Feline Shifter, and the Guardian of his clan.
JA: So, Sean, tell us a little bit about yourself.
SM: Not much to tell that you haven’t said already. My brother Liam is leader of the clan and of Shiftertown, and I’m his second. That means I take the shite jobs Liam doesn’t want. Seriously, though, Liam’s a good man if a bit full of himself. Even more so since he got his mate bellyful with his cub. You’d think no one had gotten a woman pregnant before.
JA: You’re the clan Guardian. What does a Guardian do, exactly?
SM: I send the souls of the dead or dying into the afterlife. My sword renders their bodies dust and releases the souls. The sword has a bit of Fae magic in it. Shifters believe they can’t get to the Summerland without the Guardian.
JA: The sword has Fae magic?
SM: It was made centuries ago by a Shifter smith and a Fae lass who put her magic into it. She fell in love with the smith and did it to help him. A romantic tale, that is.
JA: Then the Fae aren’t all bad, are they?
SM: Fae are fooking gobshites ninety-nine percent of the time. Only every once in a while do you find one you don’t immediately want to kill.
JA: But Fae created Shifters, is that right?
SM: Aye, they did. Millennia ago, Fae took wildcats of all species and put them together with magic to breed Fae-cats—wildcats with the best traits of each species. They crossed these Fae-cats with humans, again using some magic, and Shifters were born. They did the same with wolves—Lupines, and bears—Ursines. Fae were doing genetic engineering long before humans even formed the concept. Except you don’t really want to look into how they did it.
JA: Why did they create Shifters? Just to prove they could?
SM: Fae made Shifters to hunt for them and fight for them, to be their fighting slaves, basically. Shifters got fed up after a while and rebelled. That was the Fae-Shifter war, and from what I hear it was long and bloody. Shifters got free in the end and the Fae drifted back to Faerie. Humans were starting to use iron by then, which weakened the Fae. So the Fae went, and we stayed in this world. Better pubs here anyway.
JA: The Fae are gone forever?
SM: Mostly gone. They cross over now and again to stir up trouble. Or have affairs and leave behind half Fae children–half Shifters or half human. Half Fae can be trouble. They have immunity to iron so they’re stronger than Fae in this world. They don’t have all the powers of the Fae, but they can have some magic. ‘Twas a bloody half Fae that helped invent the Collars twenty years ago that keep Shifters controlled.
JA: The wolf Shifter you mate-claimed is half Fae, isn’t she? Didn’t that worry you?
SM: It did, but it’s not Andrea’s fault that her father was a Fae bastard. Andrea was raised Shifter, and she needed a place to go. Besides, her aunt Glory (who’s now living with my father) wouldn’t rest until she got Andrea to our Shiftertown. Glory’s Lupine, and her pack leader wouldn’t let Andrea come if she weren’t mate-claimed. You don’t want to hear Glory on a tear, that you don’t. I made the mate-claim so we could have some peace and quiet again.
JA: That was generous of you. You’d never met Andrea.
SM: No, but I needed a mate, and females aren’t exactly queuing to mate with the Guardian. Every Shiftertown has a high percentage of males to females, so females get to be choosy. It’s tough to be with a Guardian. I’m there at every death. A Guardian’s life is all about death.
JA: Being the Guardian means you have to send your own family to the Summerland too. Your brother, Kenny, was killed, wasn’t he? That must have been rough on you.
SM: It was. And I don’t like to talk about Kenny.
JA: Sorry. But Andrea doesn’t seem to mind so far about you and your duties as Guardian.
SM (with a little smile): No. She doesn’t. And I knew what Andrea’s pack leader’s son did to her—hounded her until she’d do anything to escape him.
JA: Was that a joke? A wolf—hounding her?
SM: I don’t joke about bloody abusive Lupines.
JA: No, of course not. What can we expect in the story about you and your half Lupine half Fae mate Andrea?
SM: The truth. Why I made the mate-claim and what it did for both of us. She’s something, is Andrea. Submissive, she is not.
JA: Did you expect her to be?
SM: To be honest, I didn’t know what to expect. But she’s here now, and that’s what matters.
JA: Will we see others from your Shiftertown in your story?
SM: That you will. My full-of-himself brother Liam and his mate, Kim. Plus my nephew, Connor; my dad, Dylan, who’s finding it hard to adjust to not being leader anymore; Glory of course; my neighbor Ellison; and Ronan a pain-in-the-rear Kodiak bear who’s handy for fighting. But Goddess, does he like to eat. Ronan can seriously put it away.
JA: Well, he is a bear. Kodiaks are pretty big.
SM: Damn straight, as Ellison likes to say.
JA: Thank you so much, Sean, for giving us a glimpse of your life and your world.
SM: No problem. Is that all? I have things to do. With my mate.
JA: And your sword?
SM: Funny. Everyone likes the pun with the sword.
JA: Sorry. Your sword is just so large and obvious I can’t help it.
SM: Yeah, yeah, enjoy yourself. (Humans.)
JA: Thanks, Sean. Blessings to you and your mate.
SM: Right back at you, lass.
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I love you accent! Is this going to become a series?
Do you resent your dad for being so rough on you growing up?
Was he even rougher on Liam?
I RSVP’d for this event and Aaronovitch’s Interview and Book Contest
I tweeted at http://twitter.com/#!/purplepoodle55/status/45861873119264768
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I commented in Book Chat, Screen Bites and voted in poll
Lisa D. USA
Total points = 81
Hey Lisa: Thanks for coming. I’ll first answer as Jennifer–The book is already part of a series. PRIDE MATES is the first one. PRIDE MATES is currently out of print, but it will be available in print again in July, and the e-edition is releasing at the end of April! PRIDE MATES is about Liam.
As Sean: Nah, my dad wasn’t rough on us, either me or Liam. Dylan is a good guy. We lost our mum a whlie back, and that was tough–he never really got over it. You see in Liam’s story how our dad Dylan is coping with everything. Or Glory will tell you. She’s a talker, is Glory.
Thanks for stopping by!
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Lisa D. USA
Lindy C – USA
I also blogged this and added it as a Google Bookmark (just learning about that feature – looks interesting).
Thanks Lindy. And thanks for stopping by.
Leagh C – USA
I twittered this contest +10
tallied my own points +1
11 points!!!
Lordy, I am a sucker for an Irish accent….thank you for explaining how shifters came to be. Andrea sounds pretty special to be the mate of the Guardian. I can see how it would be a bit difficult to take on that role. Glad you found each other.
Do you and Andrea get any downtime? If so, what do you two like to do, except, you know, I guess, the obvious with the sword…. *grin*
+5
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Entered for free books here: + 5 points
Attended and commented at the weekly book chat + 5 points (always get more additions to the WWBL)
Attended and commented at the weekly Screen bites chat + 5 points (one of my favorite bits on Triple B)
Voted on the right hand side of the site and commented at the weekly Poll here + 5 points
Tally Your own points total 1 + 35 = 36
Sure, we get some downtime. I’m showing Andrea how to mess with motorcycles, and she’s teaching me how to relax a bit more. She’s a Lupine–wolves, they like to play a lot, so she always has something fun up her sleeve, like taking me dancing. And then taking me home and . . . you know, other things. And no I’m not even going to mention my sword (Goddess, grant me strength…).
Hello Sean, Please tell us.
What is your favorite hobby?
What is your favorite pickup line?
What color is your favorite shirt?
Ruth T USA
+15 #2
+30 #4 RSVP + free +chat + screen +Poll
+1 #6
+25 RSVP
=
71
Favorite hobby: Has to be tinkering with my Harley (my bike, no dirty jokes, now).
Favorite pickup line: Don’t have one. Not many females want to be going out with the Guardian. I don’t want a woman who’d fall for a cheesy pickup line anyway.
Favorite color: Used to be blue, but now it’s gray. Gray’s the color of my mate’s eyes.
Hi,
Have you ever foubnd a soul you couldn’t send on?
rsvp’d
rsvp’d for Ben’s event
entered for free book
voted in the poll
total = 51
No, that’s not happened so far. The sword’s magic hasn’t been challenged (yet, ya never know). It goes in, the Shifter’s dust, we grieve, and that’s the end.
Hi Sean,
I haven’t read any of your series so I’m kind of clueless as to why females wouldn’t want to mate with the Guardian? Are you a specific type of feline or a mixture of them all? I love the big cats. +10
Tweeted: http://twitter.com/#!/Jovial_1/status/45932134208241664 +10
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I rsvp’d +25
Talley +1
Viki S. USA
Total = 66 pts
Sean says: Well, the Guardian, he’s always there at the death, isn’t he? What woman would want a life filled with grief?
Shifter cats (also called Fae-cats) are a blend of the best of the big cats. The Morrisseys, though have a lot of lion in them. Black-maned lions. We like to roar.
My kind of kitty
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OMG! I just finished this book a few days ago. AWESOME!!!
rsvp’d
rsvp’d for Ben’s event
entered for free book
voted in the poll
total = 51
Taylor Zaborney
Lovemusicgirlx94@aol.com
Thanks, Taylor!
Hi Jennifer
* I Have not Read your Series yet are thay Friendly with Humans or are thay not Friendly with them? +5
* I RSVPed to be here with Jennifer +25
* I Voted in the Polls +5
* I Attended & Commented in Screen Bites +5
* I Tallyed my Points +1=41
* Stacey S USA
sasluvbooks(at)yahoo(dot)com
Humans make shifters wear the Collar and force them into Shiftertowns, so Shifters aren’t all that happy with humans as a whole right now. They’re not unfriendly one-on-one though–the heroine of PRIDE MATES is human, and the hero is Liam, Sean’s brother. In the next book, WILD CAT, the heroine (Cassidy) is a Shifter, the hero (Diego) human.
Lisa R smalltown, USA
Love the idea of the Fae being responsible for shifters.
Any plans for more books in “The Immortals” series?
Who is one writer you haven’t collaborated with on a book or series that you would love to get together with?
On an average how many books a year do you write(tasking into account all your aliases?
+25 RSVPed #15
+10 http://twitter.com/#!/alterlisa/status/45950701586751488
+15 Questions
+5 free books #16
+5 weekly book chat #5
+5 weekly Screen bites #3
+5 weekly Poll # 3
+1 total=71
1) The Immortals series is with my old publisher (which I’m no longer with), so there probably will not be any more Immortals.
2) There are a lot of terrific authors out there, but collaboration is tricky. Robin, Joy, and I got along very, very well, but we were lucky.
3)On average, I write probably 3-4 full-length books a year and a couple of novellas or shorter books (like the Shareem, which are about 50K or so).
Hi Jennifer,
You know, I am just gonna go crazy with a question.
So Sean, what is your fav icecream?
Blodeuedd A
Finland
Deep, dark chocolate. Not the wussy chocolate either that’s too sweet. Rich and dark.
Rachel Flesher / Raonaid Luckwell – US
RSVPed 25+
RSVPed for Ben Aaronovitch’s event 10+
http://twitter.com/#!/raonaidluckwell 10+
poll +5
Screen Bites +5
Tallying 1
Do you speak Gaelic? Yeah I am a sucker for Gaelic.
Your “pet name” for your lady? Her pet name for you? (LOL I haven’t read the book yet)
+10
I have pride mates in my TBR
Total 66
I, Jennifer, don’t speak Gaelic, but Sean does.
Sean’s pet name for Andrea: Love
Andrea’s pet name for Sean: Hot ass.
I pre-ordered the book months ago and Amazon delivered! loved it!
Thanks Jean!
What’s been your proudest moments as an author?
What are you writing on now?
Of all your books, which one is your favorite?
+15 Asked 3 questions
+10 Tweeted http://twitter.com/#!/marieimy/status/45970190210580480
+1 Tally points
= 26
Marie E.
USA
Proudest moments as an author: When I saw my very first book (Perils of the Heart), in print in my hand. I cried. When I saw my first mystery (The Hanover Square Affair, by Ashley Gardner), I cried again. I love the main character of the mysteries so much and I was so happy to see him get life. The next proud moment was when I hit New York Times for the first time. Winning the RITA wasn’t bad either!
Right now I’m working on Tales of the Shareem: Justin (next Shareem book), and finishing up Wild Cat. Next, Hart’s book of the Mackenzie series. Plus I’m working on my mystery series some more.
My favorite book? I don’t know!! I love Madness of Lord Ian, Stormwalker, Pride Mates, Many Sins of Lord Cameron (out August 2011), and all of the Shareem. Plus the Captain Lacey mysteries (by Ashley Gardner). Too many to narrow down! They all speak to me in some way.
Peggy J USA
If you had to be one of your charactors which one would it be ?
Did you always know you would write books?
Do you know the title of the book from the beginning ? Or does it kind of develope as the story unfolds ?
RSVP 25
RSVP and attend Ben Aaronovitch’s Interview 10
Entered for free books here: + 5 points
ask 3 questions 15
tally 1
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56
If I had to be one of my characters, I’d be Glory from Pride Mates and Primal Bonds. She dresses how she likes, acts how she likes. I’d love that.
Yes, I always knew I wanted to write books. I loved to read from the minute I learned how, and I couldn’t think of a better way to spend my life.
Do I know the title from the beginning? Sometimes. The book The Care and Feeding of Pirates had a title before I knew what it was about. The title just popped into my head and I had to write the book! Other books, like Pride Mates, I had to brainstorm after I wrote the book. Same with Primal Bonds and Wild Cat (book 3). I’m going for two-word titles obviously.
USA-I just received the book and its in the cue. Just finished the Immortal Series which I thoroughly enjoyed.
Thanks, Linda! Glad to hear you enjoyed Immortals. I just saw that Immortals: The Redeeming is out in audio, if anyone likes audiobooks.
For Jennifer:
Is there one thing that you need or have to do before you start writing or while you’re writing?
For Sean:
Do you ever wonder what your life would have been like if you hadn’t been chosen to be a Guardian?
Thanks!
Rae M. USA
RSVP’d +25
RSVP and attend Ben Aaronovitch +10
Entered to win free book +5
Commented on Screen Bites +5
Commented on weekly chat +5
Commented and voted in poll +5
Asked questions +10
Tally Points +1
Total = 66
Jennifer says: Before writing I need a corner to myself and music to block out all distractions.
Sean says: Aye, I wonder all the time. I might have mated long ago and had a houseful of cubs. But everything is meant to be. I have Andrea now, so that’s compensation.
Leni K.,USA
Enjoyed the interview. This is my introduction to Primal Bonds and I already love Sean. I was given enough of the story to get me started with the book.
RSVP’ed +25
RSVP’ed for Ben Aaronovitch event +10
1 + Tally=31
Thanks, Leni.
Debora L. Brazil
I really want to read this book. It seems to be really interesting!
So, you’re like a hot version of death reapers or something like that? =o
Points:
5 for the question
10 for tweet (http://twitter.com/#!/petit_sayumi/status/46000700525776897)
25 for RSVP
1 for name
Total: 41 points
Ha. Humans can be so funny. Let’s just say I’m always there at the end.
other contest stuff…
1.Koren C USA
2.asked 3 +15
4.rsvp’d for Ben +10
entered to win free books +5
participated in book chat +5
commented on screen bites +5
voted in and commented on poll +5
6.tally own points +1
I RSVP’d +25
total 71
USA
Please enter me in contest. Tore923@aol.com I am a follower and email subscriber. Tore923@aol.com
Thanks for chatting with us. Loved the interview with the character and it leads me to this question – do you ever find that you, as the writer, has a different idea for your story than your character? How do you deal with taht?
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Mare S, USA
RSVP’d ahead + 25
questions + 10
RSVP’d and attend Ben Aaronovitch’s Interview +10 points
Entered for free books + 5 points
weekly Screen bites chat + 5 points:
weekly Poll here + 5
Tally points total +1
Total = 61
Mare: My characters take over the story all the time! It’s best to let them. The story grows out of the characters and what they tell me. If I try to force them into situations it doesn’t work. I try to just sit back, watch what happens, and write it down. It’s hard sometimes, but that words best!
Hi Ashley,
thanks for visiting BBB.
+10 RSVP and attend Ben Aaronovitch’s
+1 tally
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11 pts
Dina S
dlsmilad@yahoo.com
USA
Jennifer,
Primal Bonds sounds great. Good news that the first book will be back in print in July. A question for Sean – How did you come by the ‘magic’ sword? It seems we are all obsessed by the sword.
+25 RSVP this event
+10 RSVP Ben Aaronovitch’s event
+5 Asked Question
+5 Weekly Poll
+1 Totaled Points
= 46
Ah, yes, the sword. I was chosen by the Goddess to weild it. When the previous Guardian dies, there’s a ceremony where young male Shifters are put forward to become the next Guardian. When one is chosen, he takes the sword and sends the previous Guardian to the Summerland. The Goddess decides. It’s kind of your destiny. Nothing you can do.
1. I am here Pamk from Usa
2. If you were a fruit what would you be and why? If you were stranded on a deserted isle what 3 things besides necessities like food and water would you want and why? Coke or Pepsi? +15
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Tweet this event:http://twitter.com/#!/Pamk258/status/46037685244137472 + 10 Points
Enter for free books here: + 5 done
Attend and comment at the weekly book chat + 5 done
Vote on the right hand side of the site and comment at the weekly Poll here + 5 done
6. Tally Your own points total 1 + Point
51
2. If you were a fruit what would you be and why? If you were stranded on a deserted isle what 3 things besides necessities like food and water would you want and why? Coke or Pepsi?
Interesting questions! I’ll answer as Jennifer: Fruit: I really have no idea! (Maybe Sean would be a banana??). Desert isle: Some great music (like Miles Davis or someone else fantastic), plus a book or two–Jane Austen. Her books are slow but wonderful reads, and I’d want something that’s not over too soon. Neither Coke or Pepsi. I don’t drink sugar.
Hi Jennifer,
Your books sounds great I’m going to be looking for a copy of Pridemates and get this new one too.
Since you are writing about shifters I was wondering if you have any pets?
If so what kind and what are their names?
How do you come up with your character names? Do you research or do they speak to you?
Joyce G, USA
RSVP’d +25
RSVP and attend Ben Aaronovitch +10
Entered to win free book +5
Commented on Screen Bites +5
Commented and voted in poll +5
Asked questions +15
Tally Points +1
Total = 66
Joyce: Oh, yes, I have cats.
Hence the Feline Shifters. We call them the Spawn of Satan and his brother, the Natural Disaster. Sweet kitties (when they’re asleep).
For names: I keep lists. Lists and lists. By country of origin, by time period. When I need a name, I look through the lists until one speaks to me. I have a list of Irish names–from which came Liam and Sean, Connor and Dylan. I don’t know where Glory came from. She just said her name was Glory. I didn’t argue.
so it seems that my questions are still lost….
Jennifer…
Are you looking forward to the Festival of books this weekend?
Are there any authors coming that you are looking forward to seeing?
Sean…
Now you calling is a serious one….prior to that were there practical jokes and tricks among you and your brothers?
Yes, I love the Tucson Festival. It attracts about 60,000-80,000 people, and it’s all about books!
I’m excited that Mary Jo Putney, my inspiration to write historical romance in the first place, will be there. Plus Elmore Leonard, who I consider one of the best writers in the business.
As Sean: My brothers and me, we were always joking. They’d steal my clothes after I’d shifted and make me hunt for them. Of course, I’d do the same to them. When shops started selling meat in a tin, I got some for Liam but I didn’t explain to him about tin openers. Took him a week to figure it out. Then once Liam and I got back at Kenny for doing his stealing the clothes trick by filling his mattress with kitty litter. I thought we’d die laughing. Kenny’s gone now, but he was a good one for a joke.
1. Elaine R, USA
2. Ask some questions please make sure they aren’t duplicates.
a. Would you leave your clan for Andrea?
4. RSVP and attend Ben Aaronovitch’s Interview and Book Contest Here: http://www.bittenbybooks.com/37945/uk-author-ben-…-311-rsvp-here/ – DONE
Tweet this event: http://www.bittenbybooks.com/37949/author-jennife…test-live-here/ – DONE
Vote on the right hand side of the site and comment at the weekly Poll here + 5 points: http://www.bittenbybooks.com/37542/poll-best-ufpn…-book-releases/ – DONE
6. Tally Your own points total = 31
Great interview. Looking forward to reading more.
What is your least favorite part of being a writer?
Vampires, Shifters, Zombies, Angels – who wins the final ultimate battle?
If you could witness any historical event past, present or future what would it be and why?
Thanks!!
Contest stuff:
+25 RSVP’d
+15 questions above
+10 tweet – http://twitter.com/#!/DonnaS1/status/46071001427095552
+10 RSVP’d for Ben
+1 total – 61
Thanks!
Donna S
USA
Hi Jennifer,
Thanks for joining us here at BittenbyBooks.
What do you love most about writing ‘shifter’ characters? (+5)
Your mythology for their origin is interesting, would writing a novel set actively in the time of the fae creation of the shifters hold any appeal for you? (+5)
James R
RSA
RSVP’d (+25)
RSVP Ben Aaronovitch (+10)
Tally’d (+1)
Total: 46
Hi Jennifer!
Do you intentionally try to bring up controversial subjects in your books or do they just tend to flow in that direction? (examples: autism, alcoholism, racism, segregation and bigotry)
Sean,
How do you feel about the new step that your father and Glory took in their relationship? Also, though Liam and Kim are expecting, Connor at the moment is next in line to be Guardian right?
Megan R ~ USA
3 questions = 15pts
Primal Bonds Nookbook = 500 pts
5 other books = 500pts
RSVP = 10pts
free books = 5pts
Total +1 = 1,031pts
rootml1@hotmail.com
I missed a book that I bought! LOL!
+ 100
Total = 1,130
Megan R ~US
Hi,
I’d like to ask:
what is you favorite childhood book?
Whats the most difficult part of writing paranormal genre?
Do you make up the ending of the book as you’re writing it or do you think of it at the beginning?
Thanks!
Dovile P., Lithuania
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+15 for questions
+10 RSVPed for Ben Aaronovitch’s interview
+5 voted in the poll
+1 tallying
Total: 31
Brought 3 things using Amazon link +300
Tweeted +10 http://twitter.com/s0nicfreak/status/46292857803374592
If I can count having already entered for free books +5
If I can count already voting & commenting +5
tally points +1
321 if I can count the stuff I already did
311 if not
Rhianna W. (USA)
Hey Jennifer! I have been clicking that damned button on Amazon to get Pride Mates made Kindle for months now so thanks for answering that question before I could ask.
I’m a sucker for shifters so I look forward to getting that in April!
I’m super curious what kinds of special research you might have done for the world building of this series. Any cool factoids or books that were helpful?
I wish I had a question for Sean, ’cause I adore character interviews but since I haven’t read the book yet I don’t have any. I am curious as to whether you’re a writer who finds characters first and then plots a story for them or vice versa?
Now just for fun… I loves me an Irish hero, if you could pick an actor to voice Sean for an audiobook version of Primal Bonds who might have the perfect accent? ;D
Thanks so much for this great interview Jennifer!
(and hiiii BBB peeps, I have returned!)
+15 Questions
+5 Poll Vote
+1 Tally
Total = 21
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I wanted to know if Pride Mates is going to become available for the Nook.
Just a question, not an entry!
Hi. Enjoyed reading the lovely interview. Just bought the book last week, now I need to find the time to read it.
Did you listen to any music while plotting or writing this book? If so, what?
Do you plan on going to any conferences this year?(specifically Lori Foster’s event or the Emerald City event)
Is there any chance of any more James’ dragon stories anytime in the future?
Beth C. in USA
RSVP’d(25)
questions(15)
Entered for free books(5)
voted and commented in the poll(5)
tally(1)
Total=51
So, Sean, being a Guardian sounds like an extremely stressful job. What do you do to relax?
Jennifer, what about you?
I must say this premise intrigues me greatly and I look forward to reading this series. Thanks to you both for joining us here at BBB!
(USA)
Hi Jennifer!!!
I have been waiting what seems forever for Sean’s story to come out… and now we are all so much closer… YEAH!!! (confetti being strewn about) So I have a few ?’s for you… here goes:
1) Are you going to do a story on Dylan? Ellison?
2) Will you bring in Fairie lore in more depth with this story? (I love some of those stories, so creepy and exciting at the same time…)
3) What is Sean’s absolute favorite dessert?
Thank you so much for stopping by…
Helen G. USA
P.S. I love, love, loved Pride Mates!!! Must needs find new copy… I’ve re-read mine so much it is most definitely a reading copy now… sigh… but it was THAT good!!! See you!!
Asked ?’s +15 pts.
Tally your own +1 pt.
Tally: 15+1= 16 total points