tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10767228183603691402024-03-13T19:24:09.521-07:00DEANNA ASHFORDDESIRE NEVER ENDSUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1076722818360369140.post-14199494516684578252011-10-01T08:34:00.000-07:002011-10-01T08:51:16.710-07:00THE BEST LAID PLANS...Last Christmas I was really looking forward to 2011, and feling very positive about life. Yes, I was due to have a hip replacement in January (I'm not old enough surely???) and I wasn't looking forward to it but I reckoned to be in and out of hospital in 4 days. The plan was to have the second operation, for the other hip, in May. I'd therefore be walking fine by the time my holiday in California in October came around.<div><br /></div><div>Unfortunately sometimes plans can go awry big time! The NHS delayed my op until March and I ended up with serious complications which involved blood transfusions and a 2 week hospital stay. Things didn't get much better afterwards. Don't want to bore you but I was laid up for 2 months before I could even begin physio. </div><div><br /></div><div>I was just starting to get better when life took another turn for the worse and I ended up as a full time carer for my poor old mum, whose formerly mild dementia had nosedived. It's such a cruel disease and looking after someone when you are fit and healthy is hard enough, but while on crutches and still unwell yourself makes it virtually impossible. My life, my fitness and my writing took a back seat as I struggled to care for her.</div><div><br /></div><div>She's in a home now, at last. It's a long hard process to find one. Sad to say she doesn't even know me and that's so hard to accept. I find going to see her so difficult. I sit there and hold her hand but she's off in a world of her own and doesn't even acknowledge me.</div><div><br /></div><div>Now I've vowed to pull my life together, although the second operation has yet to materialise. Sometime in the next 8 weeks is the vague reply. In the meantime I'm off to the west coast of the States for 2 weeks. </div><div><br /></div><div>When I get back I vow that I will start blogging again.</div><div><br /></div><div>Deanna</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1076722818360369140.post-52812211033497181562011-07-10T07:04:00.000-07:002011-07-10T07:12:01.560-07:00Savage Kingdom in print<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NM7ByxRaqzI/ThmzFO1hTII/AAAAAAAAAjs/aqqZ1pwbmi4/s1600/SavageKingdom%2Bfinal%2Bcover.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NM7ByxRaqzI/ThmzFO1hTII/AAAAAAAAAjs/aqqZ1pwbmi4/s400/SavageKingdom%2Bfinal%2Bcover.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627726111839440002" /></a><br />This has been my Annus Horribilis, so I'm afraid I've not kept up my promise to post on a regular basis. So many things have happened and I've had no chance to do anything about my blog, let alone do any writing. <div><br /></div><div>Now life has at last taken a turn for the better. Great news at last. Savage Kingdom has just been issued in paperback and is available from Amazon and in many good bookshops in the USA. </div><div><br /></div><div>Once again I reiterate my promise about blogging on a regular basis and I'll include some updates on what has happened in my life of late.</div><div>Deanna</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1076722818360369140.post-18815335725691673502011-01-09T09:24:00.000-08:002011-01-09T09:54:17.781-08:00Procrastination<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jINhVRJYRKE/TSn2Mk5dpbI/AAAAAAAAAjc/tIXLpOOxMGk/s1600/images.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 270px; height: 187px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jINhVRJYRKE/TSn2Mk5dpbI/AAAAAAAAAjc/tIXLpOOxMGk/s320/images.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560245910889145778" /></a><br />I remember years ago learning the old adage "procrastination is the thief of time." I never thought much about it until recently when I realised procrastination is one of my biggest faults I work under the theory why do today what you can put off until tomorrow? Boy is that true. It isn't as if I put off my writing: I love doing that so I can concentrate on my next book for hours but what I can't seem to do, unless pressed, is to do all the other things in life I should be doing instead.<div><br /></div><div>Publicity for a start. Writers these days have to work on publicizing their books, especially when they work for an e-books publisher. It's not as if the readers can walk down the lines of books at Borders or Waterstones, picking up titles or covers they fancy and reading the blurb on the back before deciding whether to buy it or now. Now we have a plethora of different information at our fingertips via the internet and we have to make the effort and seek out the sort of books we like to read, aim for a specific author we've enjoyed before. This means writers have to be active on the net, keeping their blogs and websites up to date, tweeting, putting notes on face-book, making an effort to guests on other writers blogs, join yahoo reading groups, maybe set up a few adverts - the list is endless. For instance, I've been looking at my blog over the weeks as we inched toward Christmas, and thinking it was about time I wrote a new post. Then, after I'd been out buying presents, spent ages over writing my cards, planning food, it sort of slipped out of my mind and descended the to do list until it dropped conveniently off the end. So here I am at last and very apologetically, writing an entry two whole weeks after Christmas!!</div><div><br /></div><div>I've never been one for New Year resolutions, mainly because my one and only resolution - to diet and get fitter never did actually achieve its aims. Admittedly I'm a few pounds lighter than I was at the beginning of last year, but for various reasons I'm no fitter. At this rate, with my automatic drop out facility in operation mode it will take me years and years to lose my excess poundage!! Instead of resolutions, which I break I've decided just to be rather more positive in life. So the aim is to keep my blog up to date at regular intervals, figure out how to update my website properly without asking for help, make more effort as far as publicity is concerned, and try to feed my family - if I can manage to fit that in as well. The washing and the megga tidying up I planned to do may well have to wait for a while, until it drops off the long list of course. Then, with luck I can forget about it altogether.</div><div><br /></div><div>Next week I plan to do a retrospect on 2010, which will include something about the new book I'm working on, visits to muscials such as Wicked and concerts by Lee Mead and John Barrowman, and anything else I can think of.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1076722818360369140.post-30386687635502083312010-08-25T02:38:00.000-07:002010-08-25T15:54:22.322-07:00Excerpt from Savage Kingdom Only a little naughty!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jINhVRJYRKE/THTlcvDuz-I/AAAAAAAAAjI/4L5YbQtjQ88/s1600/116645-truly-medieval---the-place-looks-just-like-the-postcards-carcassonne-france.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jINhVRJYRKE/THTlcvDuz-I/AAAAAAAAAjI/4L5YbQtjQ88/s400/116645-truly-medieval---the-place-looks-just-like-the-postcards-carcassonne-france.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509280526012174306" /></a><br />I spoke in my previous post about Freygard. Well this scene happens only a couple of pages into the book when Nerya meets Jaden for the very first time.<div><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Nerya pushed the door shut and glanced toward the bed. By the gods! She’d expected a warrior, but not this. Chained to the bed was the most threateningly masculine creature she’d ever laid eyes on in her entire life.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">She stepped over to the table and poured herself a large goblet of wine. After drinking it down in a couple of swallows, Nerya pulled herself together and turned to examine him again. The slave lounged against the pillows, seeming untroubled by his plight. He was totally naked apart from a blue linen tunic draped across his groin, and his obsidian eyes stared at her in a disdainful, almost predatory manner that angered her and yet oddly enough stimulated her at the same time.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">This one would be a challenge—there was no doubt about that.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Nerya never underestimated her opponents in battle, and she had no intention of underestimating this slave. He was dangerous. She wanted to face a man like this fully armored and with a sword in her hand, not in the coupling chamber skimpily clad in only a thin linen tunic.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">It was difficult to gauge his height when he was sitting on the bed, legs outstretched, but he appeared to be at least a head or so taller than her. His skin had a dusky tint, looking even darker compared to the pristine whiteness of the linen sheet. She supposed if she were to consider him objectively, he was in fact a fine specimen. His body was a mass of corded muscle, with a wide, well-defined chest, narrow waist and lean hips. She had to admit she was somewhat relieved to see his arms were held fast above his head by chains.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">She took another sip of wine, trying to ignore the fact he was curiously examining her as she examined him. She felt an unwanted warmth color her cheeks. Why was she letting this situation trouble her so much? The slave’s appearance had no bearing on this coupling. All she should be concerned about was that he had a good physique and was most likely a formidable warrior; therefore his seed should be powerful.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Yet he had the gall to lounge there staring insolently at her, displaying none of the expected demeanor of a slave, and her cheeks became even warmer as she realized he stared intently at her breasts. The damp linen tunic stuck to her full curves and, under the thin covering, her nipples hardened into firm peaks. “Don’t stare at me, slave,” she snapped.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Oddly enough, for a man he was remarkably pleasing to the eye. His features were strong and symmetrical, his cheekbones high and well-defined, while his nose was straight and aquiline. His mouth was maybe a little too wide, but not girlishly full, and his long, raven-black hair fell in a silky mass around his shoulders. It was his eyes that troubled her most as he stared at her with such insolence it almost took her breath away.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">He was bold and appeared unafraid, something she wasn’t accustomed to in a slave. Nerya was suddenly tempted to run her fingers over his dusky skin and gauge the strength of his muscles that appeared to be carved from something far harder than living flesh. She’d never seen a slave as magnificent as this creature and now, for some inexplicable reason, the blood began to sing wildly through her veins.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Deanna Ashford <a href="http://deanna-ashford.com/">http://deanna-ashford.com/</a></span></p> <div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;">Buy From<a href="http://www.mybookstoreandmore.com/savage-kingdom-p-6063.html">http://www.mybookstoreandmore.com/savage-kingdom-p-6063.html</a></span> </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1076722818360369140.post-34187664870853642252010-08-24T01:53:00.000-07:002010-08-24T04:02:58.413-07:00Savage Kingdom - Todays's The day<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jINhVRJYRKE/THOI4STXGMI/AAAAAAAAAjA/gN7ZIUAnikw/s1600/SavageKingdom+final+cover.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jINhVRJYRKE/THOI4STXGMI/AAAAAAAAAjA/gN7ZIUAnikw/s400/SavageKingdom+final+cover.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508897269771344066" /></a><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-fareast-language: EN-GB">Savage Kingdom is set in the same fantasy universe as my two other fantasy novels Savage Surrender and Wild Kingdom. I've not written about the heroine of hero of my book before. Nerya is a warrior from the Kingdom of Freygard, and Jaden, her captive, has a mysterious past which is slowly revealed. However, there are characters from my previous books in Savage Kingdom. So if you've read Savage Surrender or Wild Kingdom, you'll get to see Tarn, Rianna and Sarin again.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-fareast-language: EN-GB">Just to give you a little bit of the background I'll explain:-<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-fareast-language: EN-GB">FREYGARD - Nerya's birthplace is a land ruled by women, where all men are slaves, even the male offspring of these women - which can get pretty complicated at times. In order to improve their line, they force the more powerful captive males to serve in the coupling chambers. Their queen Danara does not allow any contact between Freygard and the outside world, so Nerya is unaware how different her life is to those of the women in the lands surrounding hers.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-fareast-language: EN-GB">KABRA- a land to the north east of Freygard, ruled by King Tarn and his beautiful wife Rianna. In the past Kabra had been invaded by Lord Sarin of Percheron, who held Tarn captive for a number of years, before he managed to escape and wrest his lands from Sarin's hands. Consequently there's is a complex relationship between these two men.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-fareast-language: EN-GB">ACHERON- a mystical land over a vast range of mountains that few people know anything about, ruled by the Dragon Lords, who control powerful magic.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-fareast-language: EN-GB">I hope those who buy the book really enjoy it. You can purchase Savage Kingdom at<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom: .0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-fareast-language: EN-GB"><a href="http://www.mybookstoreandmore.com/savage-kingdom-p-6063.html"><span style="color:blue">http://www.mybookstoreandmore.com/savage-kingdom-p-6063.html</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1076722818360369140.post-28246257726283283742010-08-18T07:00:00.000-07:002010-08-18T08:32:39.099-07:00LEE MEAD and SKEGNESS!!!<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jINhVRJYRKE/TGvr8hc8x_I/AAAAAAAAAio/1oEmYqMZOXw/s1600/03021122510_lee_mead_01_400.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506754394395035634" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jINhVRJYRKE/TGvr8hc8x_I/AAAAAAAAAio/1oEmYqMZOXw/s400/03021122510_lee_mead_01_400.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div>Lee Mead and Skegness, not words I'd normally put together. </div><br /><div></div><div>Lee Mead conjures up visions of a smooth seductive, sexy voice that gives me the shivers on many occasions; a mass of dark curly hair, a body....perhaps I'll keep the rest of those thoughts to myself! </div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><div>Back to less titillating matters. Skegness. I always thought of it as a Victorian seaside resort, the faded grandeur of a few sea-front hotels, a north sea battered coastline, a rickety pier, fish and chips and sticky pink and white rock. How wrong I turned out to be.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><div>After a pleasant long weekend in Lincolnshire, my friend, her husband and mine travelled to Skegness, arriving in time to grab a drink before the show started at 7.30. <em>For one night only Lee Mead the winner of Any Dream Will Do. </em>The men had planned to find a nice hotel bar, hunker down there and wait for us to finish out Lee fix. They were dressed respectably, as only husbands can on occasions, but one look at the brash resort, filled with bulky men covered in tattoos, wearing shorts and garish 'T' shirts and they were hotfooting it into the theatre to purchase tickets. (<em>Apologies here to anyone who lives in Skegness, and thinks it an utterly delightful resort! It just isn't my cup of tea.)</em></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><div>Of course they were sat way at the back while we were savoring, and somewhat salivating over a central position three rows from the front. I was surprised at how many people there were. I'd been to two previous concerts, the packed Southend, and the almost as packed Basingstoke but Skegness seemed quite a different entity to me, with a theatre catering mostly to the folks who holidayed in the town. Although taking a look around the auditorium I'd guess a fair number of people were locals and not holidaymakers at all.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><div>There was already an air of anticipation and, as the band started playing the intro to Paint It Black, the excitement built. Then Lee bounded onto the stage dressed all in black and belted out the Stones classic - a version more akin to his hot, dark 'Any Dream Will Do' performance, than the violin laden arrangement on his first album. This was closely followed by Gonna Make You a Star (<em>so much</em> <em>better than David Essex's version</em>) and Nothing Else Matters, the title track from his second album. From then on the audience were in the zone and captivate by this gorgeous young man.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><div>He spoke of many things in his life and his career, between numbers, chatting without a script, which is refreshing and makes each concert a new and exciting experience. This time he included a cute remark about how hot he was, and he hoped he wasn't sweating too much. Bless him, he glanced under his arms, then clamped them to his side making the audience laugh. This is a such a different Lee from the shy young man who appeared on 'Any Dream Will Do', and did do one or two quite awkward interviews during his initial tenure as Joseph. Lee has blossomed and grown over the last few years, and his voice as well as his confidence just gets better and better.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><div>My favourite songs have to be the Musical Theatre numbers, 'Anthem' (<em>Love him to record this</em>), 'Jesus Christ Superstar' (<em>brilliant he should play Judas</em>) and of course the crowning epitome of 'Close Ever Door'. You just have to hear him sing this live to appreciate how special he is; he acts the song, you can feel the angst as he sings it and at the end his stunning voice just soars, sending shivers up your spine.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><div>Added to this were songs from his albums, including my two special favourites, ' When I need you the Most', written by Gary Barlow and Lee's dad's favourite number 'Through The Barricades.' He also included in this eclectic mix, some standards. First a song I never expected him to sing 'Kiss'! This guy knows just how appealing to women he is, and he plays on this; his sexy dance moves making the audience scream. 'Beyond the Sea', the old Bobby Darin classic, displayed the smoothness to his voice, like rich dark chocolate- a treat we all crave but only indulge in on occasions. He then dedicated a song to his wife Denise and new daughter Betsy - the melodic favourite, 'When You say Nothing at All.' So sweet and moving.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><div>I should add at this point that Niamh Perry, one of the girls from the Nancy show, who is now appearing in 'Love Never Dies', performed a small number of songs and dueted with Lee singing 'When the Stars Go Blue.' </div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><div>When Lee mentioned the show 'Any Dream Will Do', he asked very innocently if anyone had watched it. DOH! But his words got a laugh and when he sang 'Any Dream Will Do' he didn't need the children's choir, let alone a backing track, the audience sang the accompaniment perfectly!</div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><div>All too soon the show was at an end, but we were given one last song, one we recognised from the show - 'Daydream Believer', which had the audience standing and joining in as well. All in all a great night, with still more concerts to come.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><div>My friend's husband, who wasn't a particular fan said at the end "Boy can that young man sing". I think that sums Lee up very nicely.</div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><em></em> </div><div><em></em> </div><div><em>credit for photo- Lee Mead Music</em></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1076722818360369140.post-79935976689526104082010-07-28T14:48:00.000-07:002010-07-29T06:50:51.695-07:00Awesome Cover<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jINhVRJYRKE/TFCmGz1NYFI/AAAAAAAAAig/jzY8Zlikxjc/s1600/SavageKingdom+cover+large.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jINhVRJYRKE/TFCmGz1NYFI/AAAAAAAAAig/jzY8Zlikxjc/s400/SavageKingdom+cover+large.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5499077780942184530" /></a><i>The darkness in his soul could claim her love...or her life.</i><div><br /></div><div>This is the awesome cover for my new book Savage Kingdom to be published by Samhain on 25th August. I have never had any input as far as my covers were concerned before, so to be asked exactly what I wanted was wonderful and then the fabulous Kanaxa came up with this wonderful cover picture! </div><div>Loving you all guys, and my editor Linda most of all.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1076722818360369140.post-15819021642892687152010-07-03T14:59:00.000-07:002010-07-04T08:09:26.743-07:00Lee Mead<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jINhVRJYRKE/TC-8RDWcAaI/AAAAAAAAAiQ/jUZWfP-frPQ/s1600/lee+fyiero.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 315px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jINhVRJYRKE/TC-8RDWcAaI/AAAAAAAAAiQ/jUZWfP-frPQ/s400/lee+fyiero.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489813471931138466" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />It's some time since I've written anything about the delicious Mr Mead but he's never far from my heart! Last year we had many Mead free months after Joseph finished. Lee was busy getting engaged, getting married and making a baby in between fitting in 3 months in The Big Apple to study acting at the Lee Strasburg Institute. Can't complain, as before this I did manage to fit in a fair few trips to Joseph- a musical I adore. I always used to come out from that show on a real high, even disregarding the fact I had to endure the sight of Lee in a loincloth for 2 hours, plus for a short time seeing him in chains for some of the time as well ladies!<br />Winter came, and close to Christmas I made a trip to Lincoln cathedral for a charity concert. Hearing Lee's beautiful voice soaring through a medieval cathedral was something else, warming my heart, despite the fact my feet were near frozen to the stone floor. Then this year Lee Mead amazed the critic by not returning to the West End but by starring in his first play instead - Lord Arthur Saville's Crimes, based on a story by Oscar Wilde. Lee played the sweet, slightly naive Lord Arthur who is led to believe that in order to marry his sweetheart Sybil he must commit a murder. Lee rose to the occasion magnificently, posh accent and all, with so much dialogue I couldn't believe he was even able to remember it all, proving that not only can he sing, he can act as well.<br />Then, after he'd finished the play during a busy nine days Lee became a dad, and did all the rehearsals both for both his upcoming concert tour and his part of Prince Fiyero in Wicked. How he managed it all at the same time, I'll never know.<br />I first saw Wicked only 7 days after he'd started the show. To be honest I'd never fancied seeing it before because I never liked the Wizard of OZ, but Wicked is far removed from the story of Dorothy and Toto. It is the story of the two witches Elphaba, supposedly the bad witch and Glinda, supposedly the good witch, and their love for Fiyero. I loved the show from start to finish, and the amazing performances by Rachael Tucker(A contestant in the Andrew Lloyd Webber Nancy show) and Louis Dearman, as well as lovely Lee of course. Lee first appears dressed in incredibly tight white breeches, with no VPL that shows off the rear of the year to perfection, and long boots. I'm a sucker for a man in boots and breeches!<br />He sings 'Dancing Through Life' and performs an athletic, somewhat balletic dance, as he springs around the stage. I never knew Lee could dance like that - is there anything this guy cannot do? Fiyero's part is big enough but not as large as the two girls but he makes a very believable prince and he looks so damn handsome you can well understand why they both fall in love with him. His romantic duet with Rachael is perfection- you could well believe he's in love with her, and when he swings heroically across the stage on a rope, rifle in hand, the audiences' roar of approval is understandable. All in all an amazing show I would thoroughly recommend. Wicked has a cult following and I do hope it brings a younger audience to appreciate the perfect talents of Lee Mead.<br />In May Lee also opened his concert tour in Southend his home town in front of a rapturous audience, singing songs from his album, some standards that I love and a few musical theatre songs. He bounded onto the stage to sing 'Paint it Black' and from that moment on I was undone. I wasn't so sure he'd handle all the chat between songs but he rose to the occasion magnificently and held the audience in the palm of his hand. Talking about himself, parts of his life, his wife and his baby daughter Betsy. Then there was his singing - his rendition of 'Kiss' not only sounded brilliant but his sexy dancing turned every woman in the theatre on. That guy sure knows how to work an audience. 'Close Every Door' was as ever magnificent (no one sings that song better than Lee) . 'Anthem' was hauntingly beautiful and then we had a song he sang with Keith on 'Any Dream Will Do'. I've always wanted to her him sing 'Jesus Christ Superstar' on his own, and that was worth the cost of the ticket alone. 'Beyond the Sea', better than Bobby Darin and 'When You say Nothing At All', dedicated to his wife, was awesome in contrast to Ronan's rendition of the song. Lee puts his own stamp on every song he sings. A standing ovation at the end was to be expected and even though he had to return to London to star in Wicked the very next day, he still took to time to talk to and sign autographs for the hordes and hordes of people waiting at the stage door.<br />I was lucky enough to catch his concert again when he appeared in Basingstoke and this time it was even better. Long may he continue to tour....pleaseUnknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1076722818360369140.post-34271793030278209532010-05-19T10:00:00.000-07:002010-05-19T10:15:17.972-07:00New Beginnings Old Friends<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jINhVRJYRKE/S_QcAvB9VtI/AAAAAAAAAiA/7tTwTDxQ91U/s1600/images+Jaden.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 103px; height: 132px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jINhVRJYRKE/S_QcAvB9VtI/AAAAAAAAAiA/7tTwTDxQ91U/s400/images+Jaden.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473030246112253650" border="0" /></a><br />Just finished a heap of edits for Savage Kingdom. I really love revisiting the fantasy world I created. I've never written about the two main characters Nerya and Jaden before, but if you've read my previous books Savage Surrender and Wild Kingdom then you will recognize Rianna and her handsome husband Tarn of Kabra. Also Sarin, once Tarn's greatest enemy reappears. In fact a number of characters from my other two books crop up in places.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jINhVRJYRKE/S_QcKaa5sQI/AAAAAAAAAiI/dSRcSufHX-Y/s1600/images+jaden+2.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 89px; height: 120px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jINhVRJYRKE/S_QcKaa5sQI/AAAAAAAAAiI/dSRcSufHX-Y/s400/images+jaden+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473030412378419458" border="0" /></a>This will not be Jaden's and Nerya's only outing together. If all goes well their tale will continue in Dark Kingdom.<br />Speaking of continuing stories I also hope to revisit the characters from Barbarian Prize at some time in the future.<br />Keep watching for further news.<br /><br />DeannaUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1076722818360369140.post-48446489838520389372010-05-07T03:48:00.000-07:002010-05-07T04:03:24.568-07:00Ad in Variety today Legend of the Seeker<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jINhVRJYRKE/S-PxCVVeI1I/AAAAAAAAAhw/rCHZnZvebbk/s1600/normal_ss_ep13_revenant_152.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jINhVRJYRKE/S-PxCVVeI1I/AAAAAAAAAhw/rCHZnZvebbk/s400/normal_ss_ep13_revenant_152.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468479394947146578" border="0" /></a><br />There is a full page ad in today's Variety asking for a new network or TV station to think of airing Season Three of Legend of the Seeker. For whatever reason, money or otherwise, ABC/Disney have so far failed to find US stations to air the show in the fall...autumn to my UK readers! As I've said before this show is epic, exciting and sexy.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jINhVRJYRKE/S-Px-JaO7VI/AAAAAAAAAh4/BAYFM9QjcU8/s1600/rich_c10.png"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jINhVRJYRKE/S-Px-JaO7VI/AAAAAAAAAh4/BAYFM9QjcU8/s400/rich_c10.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468480422538046802" border="0" /></a> The chances are it won't get renewed unless it gets more viewers and more publicity. I can only emphasize, the male lead Craig Horner, who plays Richard Cypher, the Seeker, is seriously cute, has a great body<br />and I have no wish for him to disappear from my TV screen. Not only that he'd a great actor.....so how can you resist him? What we need to do is raise the profile of Legend of the Seeker in the US and get more people to watch the show.<br /><br />Link to save the seeker as on my previous posts about the show.<br /><br />Don't disappoint me folks, how can I keep writing without having Craig to look at to give me inspiration?<br /><br />DeannaUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1076722818360369140.post-3747664296150000482010-05-06T09:13:00.000-07:002010-05-06T09:37:49.151-07:00Save Legend of the Seeker<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jINhVRJYRKE/S-LrU8Qq1AI/AAAAAAAAAhg/CTSjxTSfBEM/s1600/Bring+Back+Lots+season+3+3.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 255px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jINhVRJYRKE/S-LrU8Qq1AI/AAAAAAAAAhg/CTSjxTSfBEM/s400/Bring+Back+Lots+season+3+3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468191642587157506" border="0" /></a><br />As I have mentioned before my favourite programme of all time has to be Legend of the Seeker, now it looks very likely the show may be cancelled. It is a long complicated story that I won't bore you with, but if you haven't seen the show, please make an effort to do so. It airs on <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">SyFy</span> in the UK and on various TV stations in the States and about 100 countries around the world. There has been nothing like it on TV before and the two gorgeous leads are buff, handsome <span style="font-weight: bold;">Craig <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Horner</span></span> and the beautiful, elegant <span style="font-weight: bold;">Bridget Regan</span>.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jINhVRJYRKE/S-LtEc9XbMI/AAAAAAAAAho/QeoTgi-AFEY/s1600/craig_horner+in+hell.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 178px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jINhVRJYRKE/S-LtEc9XbMI/AAAAAAAAAho/QeoTgi-AFEY/s320/craig_horner+in+hell.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468193558330043586" border="0" /></a>It is filmed in the beautiful countryside of New Zealand, with may of the same <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">stunties</span>, crew and locations as Lord of the Rings. The music has already won an Emmy and the story is epic... there is a hero on a quest, great <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">swordfights</span>, magic and mystery and one of the greatest love stories ever to appear in fantasy, with amazing chemistry between the two lead actors. In fact I could go on and on about it forever. You can catch many glimpses of it on<span style="font-style: italic;"> U Tube</span> and if you are in the USA you can watch it on <span style="font-style: italic;">HULA.</span><br />You just have to see the Mord <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Sith</span>, sexy women clad in red leather who torture and kill for the evil villain Darken <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Rhal</span>. Talk about S & M! The hero almost gets tortured to death in the First series episode, <span style="font-style: italic;">Denna</span>, but the Mord Sith, Denna is so sexy you've got to admire her and it is clear that she fancies her captive. I love the hero, Richard in that episode even more, <span style="font-weight: bold;">Craig <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Horner's</span></span> acting is just wonderful.<br />The series is based on the best selling Sword of Truth Books by Terry <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Goodkind</span>, and produced by ABC/Disney.<br />I have enjoyed shows before and been disappointed when they were cancelled but I have never actively fought for a show before, but I am fighting for this one to continue.<br />Deanna<br /><br />Go to <a href="http://legendoftheseeker.org/">http://legendoftheseeker.org/</a> to see how you can help save the showUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1076722818360369140.post-10434690574611496592010-05-06T09:01:00.001-07:002010-05-06T09:12:54.761-07:00Viva Las Vegas<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jINhVRJYRKE/S-LoAirVMDI/AAAAAAAAAhY/XuZYkVLq0L4/s1600/las_vegas_strip.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 163px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jINhVRJYRKE/S-LoAirVMDI/AAAAAAAAAhY/XuZYkVLq0L4/s320/las_vegas_strip.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468187993587396658" border="0" /></a><br />Just got back from Las Vegas. Stopped off there for five days on my way home from Hawaii. Everyone told me it was big, but I never expected it to be that massive! My hotel was the Bellagio and it took ages just to walk from reception to the lifts/elevators up to the room. The hotel was way bigger than Terminal 5 at Heathrow - and that is megga big guys. Haven't walked so much for ages, just to get from hotel to hotel.<br />The white lions and tigers at the Mirage were beautiful creatures...the Forum shopping at Caesars Palace- amazing. Five days isn't really enough to see even half of the place, but we managed Freemont Street as well - which has to be seen to be believed, and then there was the helicopter!!!!!<br />As it took off I realized what an insane idea it had been to fly by helicopter to the Grand Canyon, especially on such a windy day, but at least the pilot was tall, blond and reasonably good looking . I was forced to sit next to him, so it was easier at times to keep an eye on him...just to make sure he looked at ease as the helicopter bumped its way over the Nevada desert. We landed "MASH" style on the rocky shore of the Colorado river, deep within the canyon and I immediately downed two glasses of champagne, just to settle my nerves of course.<br />Now I'm home and it is back to work on my edits for Savage Kingdom and my new book set in ancient Rome.<br />DeannaUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1076722818360369140.post-17306393300445850532010-04-18T18:23:00.000-07:002010-04-18T18:42:15.272-07:00ALOHA<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jINhVRJYRKE/S8u0fa4U26I/AAAAAAAAAhI/SVD8o3IfObM/s1600/hawaii_sunsets51280x1024+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 165px; height: 132px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jINhVRJYRKE/S8u0fa4U26I/AAAAAAAAAhI/SVD8o3IfObM/s320/hawaii_sunsets51280x1024+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461657425001372578" border="0" /></a><br />Just a quick note from Hawaii, where I'm on vacation. It is beautiful here and the weather is glorious. I'm sitting gazing at a beautiful beach pondering on the plot of my next book. If you've never visited Hawaii and you get the chance, and you can rustle up the cash, please do so. It is definitely worth it.<br /><br />I'm still managing to keep up with my favourite TV shows while I'm here - love HULA - which we don't have access to in the UK. Damnation! If that volcano in Iceland keeps erupting I may never get to go home- shame, but there it is....<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jINhVRJYRKE/S8u0y-8NHmI/AAAAAAAAAhQ/xoessYhvPvc/s1600/torn_rk_009_resized.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 242px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jINhVRJYRKE/S8u0y-8NHmI/AAAAAAAAAhQ/xoessYhvPvc/s320/torn_rk_009_resized.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461657761098833506" border="0" /></a>One note, if you've read my previous posts you'll know I'm a great Legend of the Seeker fan. At present there has been no word as to whether season three will go ahead. Apparently one of its major distributors Tribune Entertainment are in deep shit...sorry financial trouble. Consequently ABC/Disney have to find another home for the show. Anyone who wants to have a hand in trying to save the show should log onto one of the many Legend of the Seeker websites or go to<br />http://saveourseeker.info/.<br /><br />Sorry I'm useless at doing links and my resident techie isn't in Hawaii.<br /><br />See you all soon with more news of Savage Kingdom.<br /><br />DeannaUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1076722818360369140.post-63593270987463429252010-04-04T04:41:00.000-07:002010-04-04T05:05:31.211-07:00Sam Worthington is everywhere<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jINhVRJYRKE/S7h_5Uxi9WI/AAAAAAAAAhA/Qp4B-Gr_OuI/s1600/perseus.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 178px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jINhVRJYRKE/S7h_5Uxi9WI/AAAAAAAAAhA/Qp4B-Gr_OuI/s320/perseus.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5456251571365148002" border="0" /></a><br />Well this is rather an overstatement, but for the life of me I cannot comprehend what casting directors see in this guy. He seems quite pleasant, he is an Aussie, and he is a good enough actor but to me he just doesn't have that ephemeral thing, that no one can quite put their fingers on, called star quality.<br />Heroes need that, for sure they do.<br />Sam was fine enough in the last Terminator movie and he was okay in Avatar - a brilliant movie. There it was his Na'vi alter ego that was the star of the film for me.<br />However, I have just seen Clash of the Titans and a a crew cut guy with an Aussie accent didn't do it for me. He was just so, so wrong for the part and looked totally out of place with the rest of the cast and there wasn't even the faintest sparkle of star quality - this guy was supposed to be a demi-god after all. Not only should he have looked like one, he should have sounded like one as well. Also this film was initially made in 2D and converted to 3D and it doesn't work in 3D for me. At times you get double images as if a copy of a person is layered underneath the original image. It is good fun, go see if if you like that sort of thing, but don't pay the extra for 3D it just isn't worth it and when it didn't quite work I found it extremely irritating.<br />DeannaUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1076722818360369140.post-58521114336749930232010-03-31T02:45:00.000-07:002010-04-04T04:40:49.197-07:00What's happened to TV?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jINhVRJYRKE/S7Md88HDPTI/AAAAAAAAAgw/-x-Kz3861_g/s1600/josh-holloway.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jINhVRJYRKE/S7Md88HDPTI/AAAAAAAAAgw/-x-Kz3861_g/s320/josh-holloway.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454736506440858930" border="0" /></a><br />It wasn’t so long ago when I used to look forward to the new season of my favourite TV shows but times are changing it appears. Now my TV screen is stuffed full of boring reality shows – with the odd gem such as Any Dream Will Do, of course!<span style="font-style: italic;"> If you scroll back through my old posts you will discover I am a fan of Lee Mead. </span>Nevertheless, as far as my old favourites are concerned most are disappointing me and most of the new ones don’t turn out to be nearly as good as I expected… <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">LOST</span>… they have lost the plot completely on this one it seems to me. I used to love it but now it has reached the final season it can’t finish soon enough for me and get these ridiculous plot lines wrapped up in a comprehensive fashion- somehow I doubt that! Now we have each episode concentrating on one character, showing their life on the island and their life as it would have been if Jacob hadn’t poked his nose in. The only reason that keeps me turning on is the delicious former bad boy, Sawyer, played by the scrumptious Josh Holloway.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">24</span>…It is nearly over for 24. Fox has announced this is the last season. I agree, just how many terrorists plots to blow up parts of the <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">USA</st1:place></st1:country-region> can Jack be expected to stop. It is getting annoyingly repetitive. Also Jack Bower has mellowed and isn’t as unpredictable as he used to be. That’s exactly what I liked about him. If I recall correctly he chopped off some guys hand in season One. Nevertheless, one thing that did surprise me this week was what Dana did next! That came out of left field. Before this she had been getting on my nerves; she was becoming as irritating as whingy daughter Kim in the first few series. Now it appears she is on the side of the terrorists! I am sure Jack will save the day one again but please don’t kill him off. I want him to have him a long and happy retirement, preferable married to Renee, being the perfect granddad in LA.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">FRINGE</span>…still okay but then it is only season two. Walter Bishop is the character who makes it for me.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">NCIS</span>…. Still going strong in the States with massive viewing figures. What frustrates me most is Tony DiNozzo played by the cute Michael Weatherly. I loved Michael in Dark Angel, but his character in this show is so damn irritating most of the time, and a hunky hero should not be irritating. He is so juvenile yet he is supposed to be a great agent. Please let him grow up.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">GRAY’S ANATOMY/ HOUSE</span>… no opinion, I don’t watch medical shows. I gave them both a try but they didn’t pique my interest in any way.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">SADLY MISSED SHOWS</span>….Angel/Farscape/Battlestar Galactica</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p style="font-weight: bold;" class="MsoNormal">Now for the future!!!!</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">V</span>…Looks promising. I liked the original V mini-series and even the TV series, although the aliens did become way too campy. Bitchfest between Diana and <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">Lydia</st1:place></st1:country-region>. Why oh why did they just show 4 episodes and then have a 6 months hiatus – weird decision that.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jINhVRJYRKE/S7Mdtlmk0pI/AAAAAAAAAgo/pGTFw7EUvD8/s1600/fc205904-e795-4a09-ab66-2c2fa219e8e7_Main_spartacus_blood_and_sand_gallery_2010_01_4x6_502w.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jINhVRJYRKE/S7Mdtlmk0pI/AAAAAAAAAgo/pGTFw7EUvD8/s320/fc205904-e795-4a09-ab66-2c2fa219e8e7_Main_spartacus_blood_and_sand_gallery_2010_01_4x6_502w.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454736242701030034" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">CAPRICA</span>…so, so disappointing. I was looking forward to seeing how the Cylons first came to be and evolved but all we get is Zoë and her irritating family and friends. A total turn off for me – it has none too good ratings – yet it has already been renewed.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">FLASH FORWARD</span>…not bad, still deciding.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">SPARTICUS Blood and Sand</span>….Due to be shown on Bravo this summer, it had copious amounts of blood and brutality, and lots of naked/ semi naked bodies. It is <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Rome</st1:place></st1:city> with swords and gladiators, but I am enjoying it. Scripts have got better after the first 2 episodes.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">TORCHWOOD/DR WHO</span>… I love Captain Jack, but he may be a while returning as he is visiting <st1:street st="on"><st1:address st="on">Wisteria Lane</st1:address></st1:street> at present. We have a new Dr WHO. Can he replace David Tennant, we will have to see.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">THIS IS WHAT I CLASS AS THE DESSERT</span>. My motto - “Always save the best until last,” so these too shows are the best as far as I am concerned...</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">First there is <span style="font-weight: bold;">SUPERNATURAL</span>...<span style="font-style: italic;">scary just got sexy</span>…whoopee. Great show, great cast, brilliant stories. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Jensen</span> and<span style="font-weight: bold;"> Jared</span> two seriously cute guys. I fell for Jensen initially in Dark Angel and his old character there is <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jINhVRJYRKE/S7McHkzXnCI/AAAAAAAAAgQ/aRx21ND4790/s1600/supernatural.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 238px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jINhVRJYRKE/S7McHkzXnCI/AAAAAAAAAgQ/aRx21ND4790/s320/supernatural.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454734490139597858" border="0" /></a>similar to Dean Winchester in ways. We have dark scary monsters, even Lucifer and we also have Angels, some being seriously bad guys – great idea. Dean ending up in hell at the end of season 3, that was awesome and done so well. They have still to avert the apocalypse (Dean and Sam will do it guys, they always do) but after that we now have season 6 to look forward to as well. This is one of the best shows on TV.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: bold;">DRUM ROLL HERE</span>… my favourite TV show is –<span style="font-weight: bold;"> LEGEND OF THE SEEKER</span>. What! I hear loads of you say, because this show seems to have gone under the radar somehow, and this show is<span style="font-weight: bold;"> SO, SO</span> underrated and there is nothing remotely like it on TV. It comes from the same stable as Hercules and Xena but there the resemblance ends. <span style="font-weight: bold;"> Legend of the Seeker</span> is no tongue in the cheek parody; it is a fantasy in every sense of the word. It is also an exciting adventure story with a beautiful romance which cements it together. The two leads have brilliant chemistry, the cinematography and locations<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jINhVRJYRKE/S7McylLsvQI/AAAAAAAAAgg/bZKNKSE6nkU/s1600/craig_horner_shirtless_3.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 253px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jINhVRJYRKE/S7McylLsvQI/AAAAAAAAAgg/bZKNKSE6nkU/s320/craig_horner_shirtless_3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454735228976020738" border="0" /></a> are stunning – it is filmed in <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">New Zealand</st1:place></st1:country-region> and unsurprisingly a large amount of the production staff worked on Lord of the Rings. The costumes are great, no plastic chain mail and swords aka Merlin and the music by Joseph LoDuca has already won an Emmy. </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>The hero, Richard (The seeker) is played by the pecksilicious <span style="font-weight: bold;">Craig Horner</span> and his beautiful and mysterious companion Kahlan is played by the beautiful and statuesque <span style="font-weight: bold;">Bridget Regan</span>. Add into the mix a wizard, Zedd, played by <span style="font-weight: bold;">Bruce Spence </span>(Mad Max, Lord of the Rings, the Hobbit) and a deliciously nasty villain called Darken Rahl, <span style="font-weight: bold;">Craig Parker</span>, who is also good looking and charming. Season One really hit its stride with episode Eight <span style="font-weight: bold;">Denna</span>. Richard is captured and tortured by a Mord’Sith ( They are leather clad women who live to torture and serve Lord Rahl) <span style="font-weight: bold;">Craig’s</span> performance in this is stunning. From then on the show just got better and better, with barely any disappointments. Now we are halfway through Season Two and they have added a sexy Mord'Sith to the mix and the show has <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jINhVRJYRKE/S7MeZ4RG2HI/AAAAAAAAAg4/gDIaUxTwV88/s1600/craig_horner1shirtless+and+chained.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 178px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jINhVRJYRKE/S7MeZ4RG2HI/AAAAAAAAAg4/gDIaUxTwV88/s320/craig_horner1shirtless+and+chained.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5454737003625502834" border="0" /></a>risen to even greater heights. Note you can see it on the SciFi channel in the <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">UK</st1:place></st1:country-region>.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>By the way did I mention that <span style="font-weight: bold;">Craig Horner</span> is so deliciously ripped you can’t take your eyes of his chest, and has abs to die for. Thank god the writers find lots of opportunities for him to take off his shirt, and the chemistry between him and Bridget both on and off screen is great. <span style="font-weight: bold;">PLEASE TRY TO CATCH THIS SHOW IF YOU CAN</span>…more people need to know about it. <span style=""><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="">Deanna<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1076722818360369140.post-13714903074910950952010-03-09T03:19:00.000-08:002010-03-09T03:34:42.566-08:00Hello SAMHAIN!Virgin closed the door on Black Lace towards the end of last year and I waved my editor Adam off to, hopefully, greener pastures. I am now pleased, well absolutely delighted to be honest, to say that my first book with SAMHAIN will come out in September 2010.<br /><br />It is the longest book I've ever written so far, some 125,00 words. I admit that the vast majority of my books were far longer than the permitted 75,000 word max for Black Lace and had to be cut, which I hated, but I was never allowed to indulge myself as I have for <span style="font-style: italic;">Savage Kingdom</span>. It is set in the same fantasy world as two of my former books - Savage Surrender and Wild Kingdom - hence the title! Whispers here - <span style="font-style: italic;">I've always had problems with titles but oddly enough coming up with this one was incredibly easy.</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><br />Savage Kingdom</span> tells the story of Nerya a young woman from the kingdom of Freygard and Jaden, a handsome warrior. They find themselves forced to work together in difficult circumstances and thus their adventure begins... I can't say much more without giving something away, but the lands they come from face a fearsome enemy and there will be many trials ahead from them both.<br /><br />More about Savage Kingdom, and the other books I am working on in the weeks ahead.<br /><br />DeannaUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1076722818360369140.post-65175064681091033422010-02-28T10:17:00.000-08:002010-03-07T09:26:53.322-08:00I am still here...Just<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jINhVRJYRKE/S4q31cjkgEI/AAAAAAAAAfg/UIjNHokN96c/s1600-h/Legend.of.the.Seeker.Denna2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 20px 20px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jINhVRJYRKE/S4q31cjkgEI/AAAAAAAAAfg/UIjNHokN96c/s400/Legend.of.the.Seeker.Denna2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443365228457001026" border="0" /></a>
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<br />Over the last couple of years my writing has taken somewhat of a back seat for a multitude of different reasons, most of which will only be of interest to folks who know me, not as a writer, but as a friend or relative.
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<br />All I will say is that after a couple of months in a wheelchair and then a fair amount of time on crutches you find you look at life in a very different way. Still I have managed to fit in some fun times. Attending both Proms in the Park and an Andrew Lloyd Webber concert in Hyde Park in a wheelchair was interesting. No sitting on damp grass for me, but a seat just in front of the VIP area with a brilliant view to boot. Not bad at all really. In fact I managed to go to a number of events with relative ease, although I dodn't think my other half found it so easy pushing me around all the time!!
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<br />Since then I've lost a beloved pet - my sweet 16 year old King Charles Spaniel- seen the demise of Black Lace and my editor Adam go on to pastures new. Also Lust Bites has finished. I know there were a lot of LB fans out there but it wasn't always easy to find something pertinent to erotic writing to blather on about. Here on my own blog I can talk about anything, as long as it doesn't break any libel laws of course. Talking about Lust Bites does remind me of one of my old posts on the site... <span style="font-style: italic;">Men In Chains</span>. So I thought the picture above might be especially pertinent. It is from my most favourite TV programme <span style="font-weight: bold;">Legend of the Seeker</span>, an episode entitled <span style="font-weight: bold;">Denna.</span>
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<br />Never fear, however, if you ever were worried of course! I am writing again and have just signed up with Samhain. More news on that at a later date, and some updates on what is interesting me at present.
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1076722818360369140.post-6262615202165657092008-03-24T10:33:00.000-07:002008-03-24T10:50:28.440-07:00Wild Kingdom<span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Wild Kingdom </span>was reissued at the end of November 2007. It is a erotic fantasy romance and is set in the same universe as my first book<span style="font-style: italic;"> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Savage </span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Surrender</span>. Actually this book continues on the story of the hero and heroine of Savage Surrender, Tarn and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Rianna</span> although I can assure you that you can read this without having read the first book (A<span style="font-style: italic;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">uthor's</span> note Savage Surrender is now out of print and there are currently no plans for Virgin to reissue it but that may well</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jINhVRJYRKE/R-fpQs-nREI/AAAAAAAAAQg/_ELw6Qnmttk/s1600-h/revised+wild+kingdom+blog.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jINhVRJYRKE/R-fpQs-nREI/AAAAAAAAAQg/_ELw6Qnmttk/s400/revised+wild+kingdom+blog.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181366369474004034" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;"> change in the future)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Wild Kingdom:</span>- Salacious excesses abound as war rages in the mythical kingdom of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Kabra</span>. Prince Tarn is struggling to drive out the invading army while his <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">betrothed</span> - the beautiful <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Rianna</span>- has fled the fighting with the mysterious Baroness <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Crissana</span>.<br />But the baroness is a fearsome and depraved woman and once they are out of the danger zone she presents <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Rianna</span> as a plaything to her warlord half-brother <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Ragnor</span>. In order to <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">rescue</span> his sweetheart, Prince Tarn needs to join forces with his old enemy, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Sarin</span>, whose capacity for perverse <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">delights</span> knows no bounds.<br /><br /></span><span>Enjoy the book<br />Deanna</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1076722818360369140.post-3818558881175698402008-03-24T09:23:00.000-07:002008-03-24T10:31:26.818-07:00CATCHING UP!!!I didn't realise I'd left it so long since my last post. Life has been so chaotic lately. Trying to strain my memory and remember what happened at the end of last year.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">October</span><br />My OH and I got fed up with the most depressingly wet summer on record and took a cheap <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jINhVRJYRKE/R-fcTM-nQ-I/AAAAAAAAAPw/HsYXa2UABI0/s1600-h/DSC00085.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jINhVRJYRKE/R-fcTM-nQ-I/AAAAAAAAAPw/HsYXa2UABI0/s400/DSC00085.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181352118772515810" border="0" /></a>flight to Spain. As it was the end of the season we decided on a fairly large resort - Salou - on the Costa Blanca. Well it is somewhere in that vicinity. Geography has never been my forte. Flight went well and we picked up a car at the airport and drove to Salou. The drive was fine but the problem was that we'd not been to Salou in years and what had once been a tiny place had expanded into this massive sprawling resort. Consequently we had to drive round for hours and hours to find our hotel. In fact I got to the point of thinking that we'd be spending the night in the car. <span style="font-style: italic;">Frantic</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">note to myself at this point - buy a TomTom asap.<br /><br /></span>Eventually we found the hotel and got settled in. It wasn't expensive but the rooms were fine, the food good and the sun was shining when we woke up next morning. One thing about Spain however I don't like is the beds - has anyone else notice it is like sleeping on a slab of rock? As I have a bad back this makes life difficult for me and I walk around for about half an hour after I wake up looking rather like Quasimodo (minus the hump) as I'm not able to straighten up properly.<br /><br />I planned 7 days of relaxing by the pool, reading all the books I've been wanted to read and <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jINhVRJYRKE/R-fb6c-nQ9I/AAAAAAAAAPo/FhhwHcMxMLE/s1600-h/DSC00069.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jINhVRJYRKE/R-fb6c-nQ9I/AAAAAAAAAPo/FhhwHcMxMLE/s400/DSC00069.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181351693570753490" border="0" /></a>listening to my MP3 but as OH pointed out we had hired a car so we had to use it. Consequently I had to indulge him and visit a number of places. First stop a monastery high up in the mountains whose name escapes me but it has been turned into a tourist attraction. The name probably got erased from my mind while I was staring down in terror at the steep drop as we traversed winding mountain roads. You'd never guess I have a fear of heights! Then on to Sitges, which was lovely but it started raining and we had to take refuge in a beautiful restaurant and consume copious quantities of delicious chocolate cake.<br /><br />The day before we left we decided to go to the huge theme park at Salou - Porta Ventura- which is owned by Universal Studios. Having been to a number of such parks in the States owned by Disney and Universal I was really looking forward to it. Problem is the Spanish don't run anything that efficiently and instead of superb organisation we were greet by a chaotic milling crow of excited Spaniards and tourists trying to get into the park. Once inside we did expect at least a few of the signs to be in English - no such luck. Why have signs in English over when 50% of the visitors are British tourists - that is just way too easy.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jINhVRJYRKE/R-ffDc-nRAI/AAAAAAAAAQA/1_o09DpuPUw/s1600-h/DSC00093.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jINhVRJYRKE/R-ffDc-nRAI/AAAAAAAAAQA/1_o09DpuPUw/s400/DSC00093.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181355146724459522" border="0" /></a>Okay so my Spanish is good enough to order meals and drinks, perhaps ever ask directions but my vocabulary doesn't include words associated with theme parks such as 'this ride isn't suitable for those of a nervous disposition.' 'Inside this innocent looking exterior is a scary ride in total darkness where anyone with neck or back problems is going to end up crippled for life!! Granted the Spanish aren't overly, if at all concerned with political correctness but I did feel I was taking my life in my hands every time we walked onto a ride. The Polynesian show however was a welcome relaxation, allowing me to gird my loins and ready myself for the next unexpected ride. End result I returned home unharmed but vowing never to visit a Spanish Theme park again!!!<br />Deanna<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">November<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jINhVRJYRKE/R-fjWM-nRCI/AAAAAAAAAQQ/SuAQlODwG2g/s1600-h/LondonNov2007037BikerLee4%5B1%5D.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jINhVRJYRKE/R-fjWM-nRCI/AAAAAAAAAQQ/SuAQlODwG2g/s400/LondonNov2007037BikerLee4%5B1%5D.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181359866893517858" border="0" /></a>My only trip this month was a visit to London to the special Children In Need performance of Joseph and The Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat.<br /><br />As the Really Useful Group and the BBC production of the TV show Any Dream Will Do was focusing on fundraising for Children in Need, the star of Joseph Lee Mead was opening the Children in Need appeal and then dashing back to the Adelphi on the Strand for the evening performance. As the early evening traffic is heavy in London he he was doing the journey on a taxi bike - something I'd not heard of before. We were just walking down Maiden Lane towards the theater when we saw a motorbike drawing up a the stage door and off it climbed Lee, looking very cheerful and rather dishy. After asking us if we were coming to the show he dashed into the theatre.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jINhVRJYRKE/R-fjr8-nRDI/AAAAAAAAAQY/gcSdQnlmOnI/s1600-h/jooff30.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jINhVRJYRKE/R-fjr8-nRDI/AAAAAAAAAQY/gcSdQnlmOnI/s400/jooff30.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5181360240555672626" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /><br /></span></span>As usual the show was brilliant and the cast seemed even more enthusiastic than usual. Lee got a standing ovation after he sang Close Every Door and there were more standing ovations at the end of the performance. After a short speech from the leading man about the appeal, and the appearance of the winning school choir from Any Dream Will Do, the cast threw themselves just as enthusiastically into the Meggamix as they tossed Pudsey bears into the audience. All in all a good night in the company of wonderful friends.<br /><br />I'm a fan of Lee of course and can thoroughly recommends this show to everyone it is brilliant, and he is the best Joseph ever by far so, so much better than Donny Osmond or Jason Donovan.<br /><br />If you haven't seen it book now while you have the chance.<br /><br />DeannaUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1076722818360369140.post-54432471898478042862007-09-26T09:50:00.000-07:002007-09-26T14:47:59.090-07:00WHICH DREAM WILL DO?For my friends..<br /><br /><p class="MsoNormal">She saw him every morning walking along the beach and her eyes had been drawn to him immediately, but that wasn’t surprising as he was a very good-looking guy. Yet it wasn’t just that, there was something else, something that drew her to him which she couldn’t explain. </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>Each day he wore the same clothes; a par of battered blue jeans, that were just a shade too loose to show off his enticing butt to perfection, and a succession of faded black ‘T’ shirts, some with logos on the front, others plain. </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>As the days passed they began to exchange faint smiles or awkward waves which at last gave her the chance to feast her eyes on his handsome face for a moment, without appearing too rude and staring at him, which she wanted to do all the time. She couldn’t quite decide what colour his eyes were. She guessed that they were blue or green and they were surrounded by luxuriant black, spiky lashes. He had a straight nose and very kissable mouth; his features merging into an expressive face that looked either cheerfully happy or sad and rather soulful, yet each time the sheer sight of him took her breath away.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>His hair was curly, silky strands of it hung attractively over his forehead, curled over his ears and brushed against the neckline of his ‘T’ shirt. It was so dark it appeared black even in the brightest sunlight. The style suited him making him look at times like an innocent angel sent down to earth to tempt womankind into great wickedness. </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>She had come to the beach, early as usual, just to enjoy the brief smile or wave that she got from him every morning. Yet today it appeared she was destined to be disappointed there was no sign of the gorgeous one walking along this stretch of the shoreline. She stood alone, staring at the sea, barely aware of the raucous sounds of the seagulls or the noise of the waves crashing against the shore, let alone the feel of the sun beating down on her head and shoulders. She was too disappointed to think of anything other that that he wasn’t coming today. </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>Something made her turn her head and her heart leapt excitedly in her chest as she spotted him walking towards her. Today he wasn’t wearing a faded ‘T’ shirt his chest was bare and all he had on were the battered blue jeans.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>Goodness, he was perfection itself. His upper arms were muscular, his pecs well developed and below that delicious chest, a flat belly and lean hips. His skin, once so pale, had been kissed by the sun over the last few days and had turned an attractive pale gold, which made him look even more amazing. He wore a brown leather belt to keep up his jeans, and the clasp sat there enticingly, just below his belly button, leading her eyes down to where she felt they should not stray. The heat of the sudden desire that filled her body, turned her cheeks pink, and her knees began to feel uncommonly weak as he walked towards her. </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span>This time, however, he didn’t smile awkwardly and walk on past, he stopped only a foot away from her and his lips curved into a warm sexy grin. “I feared I’d missed you.”</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>“You what?” She was too overcome by his close proximity to think properly.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>“I see you here every morning.” He said in a soft melodic voice that she found instantly appealing. “I thought for moment that you weren’t coming today. You are usually further up the beach by now.”</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>“Am I?” Her brain still refused to function and she thought she must be sounding very stupid. She took a deep breath. “I was standing here looking at the sea for a moment.”</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>“I was hoping to see you.” He stepped even closer and she could see now that his eyes were a delicious mixture of blue and green. “I was hoping...” He cautiously reached out and tentatively brushed his hand against hers. It felt as if she had been hit by a bold of lightening as the brief frisson of desire she’d been experiencing surged into life so powerfully that she was overcome for a moment as every nerve ending in her body was set alight. “…hoping that you might consider having dinner with me this evening?”</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>“You are asking me out?” This was too amazing to be believable, something she’d hoped and prayed for her yet the wee cautious voice in her head, that she didn’t want to listen to, reminded her that she didn’t know him at all. Yet, all she wanted to do was drown in the depths of his blue/green eyes and throw caution to the wind forever.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>“Somewhere, very public of course. After all you don’t know me at all, although I can assure you I’m entirely trustworthy.” He smiled at her again. “Will you come?”</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>He stepped a shade closer and as he bent his head she could feel his warm breath on her cheeks. She couldn’t bring herself to look at his face for a moment she was too overcome and she found himself facing that broad chest. Raw desire surge through her and she knew that she couldn’t saw no to this invitation, her heart told her that they’d been destined to meet this way.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>“Of course I’ll come.” She lifted her eyes and smiled shyly at him. “I’ve noticed you every day.”</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>He gave a husky laugh. “Me too. To be honest I’ve been plucking up the courage for days to stop and talk to you. "</p><p class="MsoNormal">She went to move but caught her toe on a rock, and somehow found herself falling forwards. He caught her, his strong arms steadying her as she found herself pressed to his warm bare chest. She could feel his heart beating faster and, as she gasped her thanks, his face moved closer to hers. </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>“Sorry,” she heard him murmur as his lips covered hers. </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>Lust surged through her body, a need so strong she eagerly welcomed his tongue into her mouth. The kiss was no delicate sampling of lips teeth and tongue it was raw and powerful, earth shattering in intensity.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Dream on now…. </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1076722818360369140.post-32149750655459553732007-09-21T10:15:00.000-07:002007-09-21T10:40:47.186-07:00LUSTBITES and other things<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jINhVRJYRKE/RvP_QWSA6fI/AAAAAAAAAJg/cuDNWOZtqcc/s1600-h/Latest+book.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jINhVRJYRKE/RvP_QWSA6fI/AAAAAAAAAJg/cuDNWOZtqcc/s400/Latest+book.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5112710658319772146" border="0" /></a><br />Life has been chaotic as usual and I've neglected me blog terribly. I've been waiting for my<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jINhVRJYRKE/RvQAi2SA6iI/AAAAAAAAAJ4/kxAVMUH1AdI/s1600-h/revised+wild+kingdom.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jINhVRJYRKE/RvQAi2SA6iI/AAAAAAAAAJ4/kxAVMUH1AdI/s200/revised+wild+kingdom.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5112712075658979874" border="0" /></a> publishers to respond on my new submission called Dark Desires, which is set in the same fantasy universe as my other two books Savage Surrender and Wild Kingdom. The main characters are different but familiar characters from the other two books do appear in story. Unfortunately my editor is always mega busy and so like other writers I often have to be patient and wait for feedback.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jINhVRJYRKE/RvQACWSA6gI/AAAAAAAAAJo/SPSTAkkAUdw/s1600-h/kingdom-of-heaven-7.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jINhVRJYRKE/RvQACWSA6gI/AAAAAAAAAJo/SPSTAkkAUdw/s320/kingdom-of-heaven-7.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5112711517313231362" border="0" /></a>Not content with that I'm also working on submissions for other publishers, notably in the USA where the popularity or erotic romance is growing fast.<br /><br />Templar Prize is out in the UK now and but will not be released in the USA until November.<br /><br />Apart from that I've been contributing to the lustbites blog on a few occasiosn. After featuring Templar Prize I did a post with two of the other writers. Firstly my good friend Portia Da Costa who writes great books - you must read them. Secondly Janine Ashbless who is the only other lustie who writes in fantasy realm.<br /><br />Last but not least was my post last Wednesday on Sexy gay Men. You have to read the post to understand the title, but Torchwood was much discussed because of John Barrowman. Anyone <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jINhVRJYRKE/RvQBqWSA6jI/AAAAAAAAAKA/0_WRqZVnwcA/s1600-h/JB.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jINhVRJYRKE/RvQBqWSA6jI/AAAAAAAAAKA/0_WRqZVnwcA/s400/JB.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5112713304019626546" border="0" /></a>reading this in the USA will have no idea who he is but John has guested in Dr Who as a character called Captain jack Harkness and he is also he is a great singer and has starred in a number of West End Musicals. Look out for Torchwood, James Masters (Spike from Buffy/Angel) is starring in an episode of the second series due to be shown in the UK after Christmas.<br /><br />DeannaUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1076722818360369140.post-1489925094734220862007-09-03T09:26:00.000-07:002010-07-04T08:15:20.493-07:00Templars and DreamcoatsToday I'm posting an excerpt from Templar Prize. Please feel free to visit and comment.<br /><br />Also for all those Lee Mead fans out there I found a great website www.lee-mead.co.uk. There you can learn all things Lee, find great downloads and Joseph news and reviews.<br /><br />I'll do my best to post links later today.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1076722818360369140.post-81938474546479693622007-08-31T08:09:00.000-07:002007-09-01T08:22:45.342-07:00JOSEPH'S TECHNICOLOUR DREAMCOATI'm not really a fan of reality TV, but last year I watched and very much enjoyed the search for a girl to play Maria and star in a new production of the Sound of Music in London's West End. Therefore when a new programme Any Dream Will Do, started up in the spring of 2007, once again with Andrew Loyd Webber's involvement, I decided to watch it. Am I glad I did! <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jINhVRJYRKE/RthFuL_rOvI/AAAAAAAAAD4/byVV9IEHHP8/s1600-h/a+star+is+born.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jINhVRJYRKE/RthFuL_rOvI/AAAAAAAAAD4/byVV9IEHHP8/s200/a+star+is+born.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104906837420620530" border="0" /></a>This time it was to find a new Joseph to follow Donny Osmond and Jason Donovan.<br /><br />I admit I don't remember much about the first episode when the initial applicants were whittled down from thousands by Andrew, along with John Barrowman and Denise Van Outen, both of whom have often starred in musicals on the West End Stage. However from the second episode one particular young man, Lee Mead, caught my eye. After performing with 19 others at Andrew's theatre, attached to his castle in Ireland, Lee made it into the final twelve. From then on the production was moved to a studio and the twelve contestants had to perform weekly before a judging panel and an audience, with the viewers voting every week for who should go through. Although when it came to the 2 with the least votes, Andrew had the opportunity to save one to go through to the next round.<br /><br />The first time Lee walked down the steps onto the stage and started to sing I knew he was the quintessential Joseph. He had it all: a wonderful voice, great looks, a fine physique and the most amazing stage presence. Lee has the unique ability to interpret a song and make it his own. As the other judge, Zoe, a singing coach, said<span style="font-style: italic;"> Lee</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> looks like an angel and sings like an angel. </span><span>Not surprisingly Lee was never in the last two and was always voted through straight away.</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jINhVRJYRKE/RthDAr_rOnI/AAAAAAAAAC4/-RbyijmFGQY/s1600-h/ajocoatbros.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jINhVRJYRKE/RthDAr_rOnI/AAAAAAAAAC4/-RbyijmFGQY/s200/ajocoatbros.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104903856713316978" border="0" /></a>In my opinion, and the opinion of everyone I knew, Lee was the young man who should win the part and to our delight he did. In no time at all the new production was booked up for six months ( the length of Lee's initial contract) and he was immediately signed on for another six months. Tickets became like gold dust. But thanks to e-bay, last week I was lucky enough to sit in a prime seat in the stalls and see him perform as Joseph in Joseph and his Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat at the Adelphi Theatre in London.<br /><br />From the moment he appeared, to be greeted by loud cheers, Lee captivated the audience. The production and the cast is superb. It is a bright, colourful production with great costumes and a joyous energy that is totally seductive. It is immensely entertaining and also amusing. Everyone taking part seems perfect for their role and are obviously enjoying themselves immensely. However, most of my superlatives must be for Lee himself, the best Joseph ever, he was born to play this role. His megawatt smile when he first appears shines out from the stage. It is so obvious that he is living his dream and that he is treasuring every moment.<br /><br />Ladies, he is even more gorgeous in the flesh, with stunning good looks, surrounded by that<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jINhVRJYRKE/RthDHr_rOoI/AAAAAAAAADA/V-F0siNwbbY/s1600-h/aLeeADWDwithkids.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jINhVRJYRKE/RthDHr_rOoI/AAAAAAAAADA/V-F0siNwbbY/s200/aLeeADWDwithkids.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104903976972401282" border="0" /></a> tempting cluster of curly dark hair. His voice sounds even better in the theatre than it does on TV, with a strength and resonance that is captivating. He's a great actor and a consummate performer who imbibes every song he sings with so much powerful feeling and the boy moves so sexily as well! He perfectly portrays a rather arrogant young man, his father's favorite, who inspires nothing but jealousy from his many brothers. Their jealousy increases when his father presents Joseph with a wonderful coat of many colours. Eventually they set upon Joseph planning to kill him, but instead decide to sell him as a slave.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jINhVRJYRKE/RthGM7_rOwI/AAAAAAAAAEA/S8IOyx0JpMk/s1600-h/ajomrsp.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jINhVRJYRKE/RthGM7_rOwI/AAAAAAAAAEA/S8IOyx0JpMk/s200/ajomrsp.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104907365701597954" border="0" /></a>Joseph is sent off to Egypt where he becomes the slave of a rich man and works his way up in the household until the man's wife decides she wants Joseph for herself. It is at this point that Lee is stripped down to just a skimpy loincloth and ladies you'll lust after him even more. He looks great with just the right amount of well defined muscles.<br /><br />He's is dragged off reluctantly(his horror here is a delight to behold) to his mistress's bed, but her husband discovers them and Joseph is cast into prison, maybe forever.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jINhVRJYRKE/RthEf7_rOsI/AAAAAAAAADg/85V2AlBpXGM/s1600-h/closeeverydoor.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jINhVRJYRKE/RthEf7_rOsI/AAAAAAAAADg/85V2AlBpXGM/s200/closeeverydoor.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104905493095856834" border="0" /></a>It is at this point that Lee sings Close Every Door, in the most exquisite, husky and heartrending way, with a voice resonating with intense feeling. I would wager no one has ever sung this song better. At the end, when his voice soars to a crescendo, shivers ran up my spine. Fortunately it is discovered that Joseph can interpret dreams and he is taken before the<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jINhVRJYRKE/RthDWL_rOqI/AAAAAAAAADQ/-uTL6lVuBPA/s1600-h/Josephpharaoh.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jINhVRJYRKE/RthDWL_rOqI/AAAAAAAAADQ/-uTL6lVuBPA/s200/Josephpharaoh.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104904226080504482" border="0" /></a> Pharaoh (A great Elvis impression here by Dean Collinson) The Pharaoh makes Joseph his second in command, in essence a Prince of Egypt. Once again Lee looks stunning in his costume and portrays a powerful prince to perfection.<br /><br />A terrible famine begins but thanks to Joseph's prophetic dreams Egypt is prepared. With their family starving, Joseph's brothers come to beg the Prince of Egypt for food, not realising it is their brother Joseph. He gives them food, but plants a stolen cup in his younger brother Benjamin's bag to prevent them leaving. Eventually he reveals his true identity and is reunited with his father and his brothers admit the error of their ways.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jINhVRJYRKE/RthDfr_rOrI/AAAAAAAAADY/ENf5H3z-Nqc/s1600-h/josephblue.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_jINhVRJYRKE/RthDfr_rOrI/AAAAAAAAADY/ENf5H3z-Nqc/s200/josephblue.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104904389289261746" border="0" /></a>I cannot find enough superlatives to explain how great the show is. Lee is all that those who voted for him hoped for and far far more. He most definitely has that elusive thing called <span style="font-style: italic;">star</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">quality</span> and I think this star is destined to<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jINhVRJYRKE/RthFeb_rOuI/AAAAAAAAADw/RzgteGIlJCE/s1600-h/josephchariot.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jINhVRJYRKE/RthFeb_rOuI/AAAAAAAAADw/RzgteGIlJCE/s200/josephchariot.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104906566837680866" border="0" /></a> soar very high. As John Barrowman said,<span style="font-style: italic;"> he is destined to light up the West End stage for many years to come.</span><br /><br />This is a show you will go to see and immediately want to return to see time and time again. I've already got two more sets of tickets booked. I can recommend it most highly, it is the best musical West End production I have ever seen.<br /><br />Deanna<br /><br />Thanks to RUG and Tristram Kenton for the photos. <span style="font-style: italic;"> </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1076722818360369140.post-79521183559863864802007-08-29T10:05:00.000-07:002007-08-29T10:09:04.138-07:00Coming Soon<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jINhVRJYRKE/RtWn7r_rOmI/AAAAAAAAACw/hfq7oKw5Boo/s1600-h/lee+2.png"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jINhVRJYRKE/RtWn7r_rOmI/AAAAAAAAACw/hfq7oKw5Boo/s200/lee+2.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104170396558244450" border="0" /></a><br />A review of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat at the Adelphi Theatre starring the gorgeous Lee Mead - winner of the TV reality show Any Dream Will Do.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1076722818360369140.post-59938655892630187072007-08-29T09:55:00.000-07:002007-08-29T10:05:11.327-07:00Templar Prize<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jINhVRJYRKE/RtWnLL_rOlI/AAAAAAAAACo/l_Oc6Zz4FsY/s1600-h/Temp+prize+blog.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jINhVRJYRKE/RtWnLL_rOlI/AAAAAAAAACo/l_Oc6Zz4FsY/s200/Temp+prize+blog.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104169563334589010" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jINhVRJYRKE/RtWmwL_rOjI/AAAAAAAAACY/zS984w8nH_U/s1600-h/kingdom-of-heaven-7.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jINhVRJYRKE/RtWmwL_rOjI/AAAAAAAAACY/zS984w8nH_U/s200/kingdom-of-heaven-7.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104169099478121010" border="0" /></a><br />Just a short note to remind everyone that my new book Templar Prize is published on the 5th September.<br /><br />It is an erotic romance and tells the tale of of Stephen and Edwina. Two lovers who accompany Richard the Lionheart on the Third Crusade. Unfortunately circumstances force them apart as Stephen is held prisoner by evil Templar knights and Edwina becomes the helpless prisoner of a Saracen Lord.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1