Hi there! I’m Dariel Raye, and my friend Naomi is sharing her fabulous
cyber-home with me today. Thanks, Naomi. Instead of droning on about myself, I’ll tell you a few things about me and my books, post all my links so we can stay in touch if you like, then ask you some questions. I guess you could call this a chat post, so talk to me in comments. Here we go…
I’m a mom, a fur-baby mom, a consultant, a musician, and a smoothie lover. So far, my books are paranormal romances and dark urban fantasies with romantic elements. I’ve got shifters (sentinel wolves and a big cat), vamp-like Nephilim (the first two will be released this fall), and a Jinn (a reluctant half-demon with a good heart). Hoping to release my first romantic suspense some time next year. Besides writing, my passions are animals and music.
Something people ask me all the time is when did I know I wanted to be a writer, or when did I start writing. I never really made a conscious choice to be a writer. I’ve always loved to read, and even before I could do it for myself, some of my favorite times were when my parents read to me. I started making up stories for my friends as far back as I can remember, so once I learned to write, putting those stories on the page just seemed a natural progression.
I won my first essay contest when I was eight. The assignment was to write about a memory, and I wrote about my maternal grandfather’s death and funeral (I know. Dark, even at that tender age). What my teachers liked was that I focused on how peaceful he looked, and how much fun he had always been. Needless to say, I knew I’d never write cheery stories, but I do believe in happy-for-now endings and everlasting love. That’s something, right?
My best response is that writing is a part of me. When I’m not writing, I feel like something is missing. Characters are always introducing themselves in my dreams or visions, and they never stop talking until I write their stories. So…are you a writer? Obviously you’re a reader or you wouldn’t be reading this, but if you’re not a writer yet, have you ever thought about being one? What do you think are the best and worst things about being a writer?
I’ll leave you with a look at my books and some contact links. If you get a chance to stop by my blog or website, and I hope you do, refer to the links.
http://darkparanormalromanceseries.com/
http://www.pendarielraye.blogspot.co.uk/
Here’s my latest release, “Dai’s Dark Valentine.
Three-hundred years is a long time, but left to its own devices, what began as the vendetta of one man can grow to encompass even more formidable hatred.
Daitre Salons is a beautiful but naïve heiress whose true heritage has been kept secret even from her. Now, her abilities are emerging and her father’s enemies want her dead, but what bothers her most is that her new husband “in name only” insists on treating her like a child.
Joban Beaucoup, professional guard to the Salons family, and dark fey (alternate spelling from Vodouin origin), has chosen to leave the quaint yet suffocating French town of his orphan-childhood and venture to the Americas, but he needs one thing he cannot concoct, despite his magical abilities – a wife.
When Joban agrees to marry Daitre and take her to the Americas with him, he carries her three-thousand miles away, then whisks her three-hundred years into the future to assure her safety, but while Daitre struggles to adjust to this strange new world, manage her newfound powers, and make peace with her feelings for Joban, Joban learns that even here, their enemies have followed them, now more deadly than ever.
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