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Ashlyn has joined the chat room.
‹dawn.er› hi there ashlyn!
‹Ashlyn› Hey!
‹dawn.er› well, ash, welcome to enchanting reviews live interview. we will post it to our blog. lisa, melanie and i will be asking you some questions, and have you post some of the blurbs about your books.
‹Ashlyn› Sounds awesome!
‹Lisa› *rubs hands together gleefully*
‹Ashlyn› Okay...fire away.
‹dawn.er› okay. first introductions.
‹dawn.er› here is your bio: Ashlyn Chase describes herself as an Almond Joy bar. A little nutty, a little flaky, but basically sweet, wanting only to give her readers a scrumptious, satisfying reading experience.
She worked as a psychiatric nurse for several years and spent a few more years working for the Red Cross. She credits her sense of humor to her former careers since comedy helped preserve whatever was left of her sanity. Ashlyn holds a degree in behavioral sciences and has been trained as a fine artist, registered nurse, hypnotherapist, and interior designer. That's nice to know but not important to her career as a multi-published author.
Most writers, whether they're aware of it or not, have a 'theme,' some sort of thread that runs through all of their books, uniting the whole mishmash into an identifiable signature. Ashlyn's identified theme involves characters who reinvent themselves. It's no wonder since she has reinvented herself numerous times. Finally content with her life, she lives in beautiful New Hampshire with her true-life hero husband and a spoiled brat cat.
Where there's fire, there's Ash.
‹Ashlyn› Yup. That's me.
‹melanie› A Jill-of-all-trades.
‹dawn.er› i love your tagline - where there's fire, there's ash
‹Ashlyn› It was so cool to be 'recognized by it at last year's RT!
‹Lisa› that's an awesome tagline.
‹dawn.er› what has been your favorite job before writing?
‹Ashlyn› Before writing my favorite job was the Red Cross Blood Donor program.
‹Ashlyn› You meet the most wonderful people! Just coming in to do something good for an anonymous person who needs it.
‹dawn.er› have you ever thought of incorporating that in a story?
‹Ashlyn› Good idea! I feel it's a very noble thing and a donor and nurse could get together easily!
‹Ashlyn› Now...what's funny about that...
‹dawn.er› i am sure you can find something - maybe he faints at the sight of blood?
‹Ashlyn› Maybe, the nurse hits an artery and gets spurted with his blood?
‹Ashlyn› and they both faint! LOL
‹melanie› And he is a vampire??
‹Ashlyn› WOW! I love it. They used to call US the vampires!
‹melanie› I always did. They would laugh at me.
‹melanie› Yep, always call me wanting my blood. The vampires. lol
‹dawn.er› so, how did you come to write your first book?
‹Ashlyn› It was a screenplay first. I took a course in screenplay writing. I heated it up way past PG and tried for NY first. They weren't ready for me! LOL
‹dawn.er› would you like to share the book blurb for your first book?
‹Ashlyn› The very first one? It was written under another name. But speaking of vampires, how about my first Ash book? There's a video of that on my website, but I couldn't figure out how to get it to dawn! LOL.
‹Ashlyn› Vampire Vintage...
‹Ashlyn› Here's the blurb.
‹Ashlyn› Maura Keegan, addicted to vampire romance novels, decides to add a Gothic section to her vintage clothing store in SoHo. What better way to get a tax-deductible trip to Romania-and meet her future vampire mate?
Adrian, a sexy vampire living right under her nose in New York, owns a vineyard in France producing very special wine for exclusive clients. It allows him and others like him to walk in daylight and avoid snacking on strangers.
He's horrified to learn that the redhead he admires is planning to visit Romania to summon a 'real' vampire. Adrian has every intention of being that vampire. Only trouble is, she thinks he's a wino tourist intent on spoiling her fun. A visit to his wacky Romanian
family might help convince her he's for real, or send her screaming into the night.
‹Lisa› ooh sounds good
‹melanie› Where can you buy it???? I like that.
‹dawn.er› that sounds great. it is available from ellora's cave, right?
‹Ashlyn› It is...If I say so myself! LOL. Yup. It's at Ellora's Cave.
‹Ashlyn› URL to purchase all my Ellora's Cave books: http://www.ellorascave.com/AuthorsBooks.asp?AuthorCode=ACha
‹dawn.er› you also publish at cerridwen press.
‹Ashlyn› Yup. And that one just came out in paperback!
‹Lisa› awesome!
‹dawn.er› wow! congratulations!!
‹dawn.er› is this your first print?
‹Ashlyn› Yes...my first novel in print.
‹Lisa› congrats! how exciting
‹melanie› CONGRATS
‹Ashlyn› I can't wait to hold my Heaving Bosoms in my own two hands...er, I mean...
‹dawn.er› heehee. you are cracking me up!
‹Lisa› lol
‹melanie› LOL
‹Ashlyn› *Blush..not how that sounded.
‹dawn.er› so, tell us about 'heaving bosoms'
‹Ashlyn› Here's the blurb:
‹Ashlyn› What do tattooed butts, the Mafia, and a medical student have in common? Tonia Fuller!
Tonia takes a tumble down some stairs, resulting in a nasty concussion. Since she's new in Boston she has no one to stay with her. Raphael opts to look after this headstrong beauty rather than risk second impact syndrome, which can be fatal. Raphael discovers that Tonia's the ex-wife of a Las Vegas mafia don. She has half an offshore bank account number tattooed on her butt, and someone's after her. A normal person would don a pair of running shoes and get the hell out of Boston.
But it's too late for Raphael. Tonia's not the only one who's been falling.
‹Lisa› now that one i gotta read.
‹melanie› That one sounds good too.
‹Ashlyn› I love it.
‹Lisa› how did you find out it was going into print?
Ashlyn› My publisher puts out a list of all the books going to print for the quarter. I asked her who I had to bribe or sleep with to get my book printed. I think she did it out of fear that's I'd show up with flowers and candy! LOL
‹Lisa› lol
‹melanie› lol
‹Ashlyn› Even though I'm not that kind of girl.
‹Ashlyn› So here's the direct link to that one! http://www.jasminejade.com/p-3862-heaving-bosoms.aspx
‹Lisa› what's one thing you can't be without when you write?
‹Ashlyn› Ice water. For obvious reasons. LOL
‹Ashlyn› It's very good for you, of course.
‹dawn.er› snort
‹Lisa› hehe
‹dawn.er› how do you get your writing so hot? are the sex scene difficult to write at all?
‹Ashlyn› Probably the hardest part!
‹dawn.er› how do you keep them fresh?
‹Ashlyn› To get it right with their jumping into bed right away and make every scene the most mind-blowing sex the couple has ever had. Wha-ew hot!
‹Ashlyn› But you're right, keeping it fresh is a challenge. After all, everyone knows what's going to happen...but you have to make it more than tab A going into slot B
‹Ashlyn› Sometimes Tab A goes into slot C or two tab A's or...
‹dawn.er› giggle
‹Lisa› lol
‹Ashlyn› Yup. I'm a blonde so I blush. Couldn't possibly do an out-loud reading!
‹dawn.er› do you have a favorite character so far?
‹Ashlyn› Favorite character is Randy.
‹dawn.er› in 'beng randy'?
‹Ashlyn› I mean, his name is Randy! But he's randy too!
‹Lisa› lol
‹dawn.er› lol. can you give us a book blurb?
‹Ashlyn› Sure.
‹Ashlyn› A randy coyote howling at the moon from a hilltop is struck by lightning. Though a shape-shifter he's had no use for his human form. When struck he changed to survive, but sadly can't change back. Unprepared for life as a man, he walks naked into civilization to find food, shelter and discrimination!
‹Lisa› do you have a favorite cover?
‹Ashlyn› I think the one that's coming out next...Quivering Thighs. They got Jake right on the money! And he's gorgeous!
‹Ashlyn› I love Wonder Witch too.
‹Ashlyn› But there's nothing like a hunky man! I don't know if it's a coincidence but the ones with guys on the cover outsell the ones with just females.
‹Lisa› very true! that one's really eye catching.
‹dawn.er› eye candy!
‹dawn.er› you also have 2 book coming out soon, right? can you share what they are going to be about?
‹Ashlyn› Yes. Thanks for reminding me! Quivering Thighs is the sequel to Heaving Bosoms. It's being released in eBook Feb 8th if you can't wait to find out what happened to Kendra and all that money!
‹Lisa› cool
‹melanie› lol. The same people?
‹Ashlyn› The heroine and villain were in the first book.
‹dawn.er› i bet a lot of your fans are waiting on pins and needles for the release of that!
‹dawn.er› and the next?
‹Ashlyn› Death by Delilah will be out April 11th. Death by Delilah is comedic ghost story about a matchmaking grandmother (the ghost) determined to get her namesake happily married. Not onlu is communication tough, but the man she wants to marry is 'out of her league'. He's a Naval officer and she's an enlistee.
‹melanie› Those titles kill me. LOL
‹Ashlyn› I love irreverent titles. Sometimes I start with a cute title and write a book to fit it.
‹dawn.er› is it a little like 'death by chocolate' by any chance?
‹Ashlyn› That's how I thought of that title!
‹Ashlyn› I was sitting there like Homer Simpson thinking...Mmmm...Death by Chocolate
‹dawn.er› grin. been there.
‹melanie› Yeah but what a way to go. LOL
‹Ashlyn› Yup! I could do a whole Death by … comedy series!
‹Lisa› does anything surprise you about your writing?
‹Ashlyn› Surprised me about my writing? Yes. I never knew how much easier it was when I just let 'her rip! LOL
‹Ashlyn› My voice is very much how I'd talk anyway. My characters are often smart-asses.
‹dawn.er› so since you sound like fun, are your books fun too?
‹Lisa› hehe
‹Ashlyn› I write full-on, off-the-wall comedy. And I love to laugh. I think the world needs more laughter and love.
‹Lisa› is there another genre you'd like to try or incorporate into your stories?
‹Ashlyn› I'm trying them all. Vampire, shape-shifter, witch, contemporary...
‹Ashlyn› Oh, and my BDSM comedy, Love Cuffs (in progress)!
‹Lisa› wow, there's a mix!
‹Ashlyn› Can you think of one I missed? If so, I'll try it!
‹melanie› Sci-Fi LOL
‹Ashlyn› You're right...I haven't done sci-fi yet.
‹melanie› Ashlyn, do you have a favorite genre?
‹Ashlyn› My favorite would be paranormal.
‹dawn.er› i love paranormal.
‹melanie› I love paranormal and sci-fi.
‹dawn.er› how long does it take you to write a book?
‹Ashlyn› It takes how ever long it takes. Sometimes 6 or 9 months...sometimes one month for a novella that's cooperating.
‹dawn.er› i love the title 'demolishing mr. perfect'. how did you think up that one?
‹melanie› I like that title too.
‹Ashlyn› Demolishing Mr. Perfect is about a demolitions expert. And the heroine has been trying to find, not Mr. Right--but Mr. Perfect.
‹dawn.er› oooh...i bet there are fireworks when they meet!
‹Ashlyn› Wow type fireworks! He almost blows her up!
‹Ashlyn› Hee hee. But she finds that Shane is perfect for her.
‹dawn.er› i can just picture it!
‹Ashlyn› I should post an excerpt if there's room.
‹dawn.er› go right ahead
‹melanie› wow sounds like fun
‹Ashlyn› Shane Derby called over his shoulder to his men. "Clear!" He pushed the plunger and stepped back as the charges detonated. The decaying, four-story building imploded and came crashing down in a pile of concrete, wood, marble, and dust. His men, many of whom were college boys working through the summer, cheered. The building had collapsed in on itself and had barely littered the street. A perfect demolition.
One of them yelled over to him. He removed his earplugs and cupped a hand behind his ear.
Movement out of the corner of his eye caught Shane's attention. A cute, lithe figure, wearing a nurse's uniform bounded down the stairs of the building next-door two at a time. Her long, shiny, dark hair fluttered in the breeze. She made purposeful strides right toward him. As she approached, he could see her cute face, but her jaw was set and her blue eyes were blazing.
"Are you in charge here?" she shouted upon reaching him.
"Shane Derby at your service, miss, but call me Crusher. What can I do for you?"
‹Ashlyn› I'll let you read the rest for yourselves. URL for the rest of the excerpt: http://www.ellorascave.com/productpage.asp?ISBN=9781419908637
‹melanie› I will just have to do that; curiosity killed the cat. lol
‹Ashlyn› I love cats. But curiosity is good too.
‹melanie› lol
‹dawn.er› great excerpt!
‹Ashlyn› So, time to go, huh?
‹dawn.er› well, before you go, tell our readers how to contact you.
‹Ashlyn› www.ashlynchase.com, www.myspace.com/ashlynchase, and www.leagueofamazingwriters.com
‹Ashlyn› That's where I chat on my yahoo group every day.
‹dawn.er› oh, and there is a contest from this chat. how do they enter your contest?
‹Ashlyn› Here's all you gotta do. Show up at any of my blog talks and post me something! I'll draw a name for a Versace bag! It is probably a knock off, but I'm not asking any questions.
‹melanie› I will Ashlyn! You bet!
‹Ashlyn› Now Prada? You couldn't pry my Prada out of my cold, dead hands.
‹Lisa› death by prada?
‹melanie› lol
‹Ashlyn› I love that! I was thinking of The Prada Fairy.
‹Lisa› there's a title
‹Ashlyn› Oh, I must be off to write that down before I forget! You guys were a blast. Thanks for having me!
‹dawn.er› thank you ash! your books sound fantastic! and you are awesome!
‹Lisa› thanks for chatting with us Ashlyn!
‹melanie› Thanks for coming Ashlyn. I will be reading your books. They sound great!
‹Ashlyn› Where there's fire, there's Ash
‹dawn.er› thanks for being here and we'd love to have you back!
‹Ashlyn› Heh heh. Are you sure?
‹melanie› Yep. Please come back.
‹dawn.er› yes, i'm sure. you are a riot!
‹Lisa› very cool!
‹Ashlyn› Bye-bye.
‹dawn.er› thanks ash!
‹Lisa› bye Ashlyn.

 

 

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