Saranna DeWylde

Six Sentence Sunday 5/8

2011-05-08T10:56:00.000-05:00

They’d been ravaged where they stood, their fleshy throats torn open, skin hanging like a curtain at a peep show. The reins were rust colored with the dried blood and it splattered against the wagon in macabre patterns.

A little girl’s pink dress was ripped to shreds, red stains on the hem and the sleeves. Molly steeled herself for the rest of the scene. If she kept looking, she had a good idea what she’d find. She took a deep breath and rounded the wagon.

Six Sentence Sunday

2011-04-17T15:09:00.000-05:00

From a UF project:

He found Bernadette’s body laid out in a plain wooden box. Her weathered hands had been crossed over her chest and a chain of wildflowers had been threaded through her linked fingers. Her long iron gray hair had been meticulously and lovingly braided, strands of hammered gold and silver woven into the lengths. She’d been carefully dressed in white, what looked to be an antique wedding dress. Her feet were left bare and more wildflowers were strewn around her ankles.

Sadie was draped over the box, her blond hair matted with the blood of victims who’d refused to leave the demon to her private grief. Her clawed hands had worn deep grooves in the side of the smooth pine box.

The Bathroom Reader of the Library of Congress

2011-04-11T13:52:00.002-05:00

This is what I wanted to see more than any of the Smithsonians, the National Archives, or Ford's Theater.

The Library of Congress in all of its beautiful glory.

I was so impressed, I even took pictures in the bathroom. Yes, this picture is from the ladies room in the Library of Congress.

If that's not proof I'm an unrepentant bibliophile, I don't know what is.

That and um... when I saw Thomas Jefferson's Library, the original collection of books from when the Library was founded, I cried. I stood there, with my hands on the glass, my mouth open and tears streaming down my face. It was like a religious experience to be so close to those books and an integral part of my history as an American. It inspired and awed me all at once.

If you've never been, it's something to put on your bucket list.

Here's a few more pictures:

Got Demon?

2010-10-22T00:09:00.000-05:00

The Ten Days series has now found a home with Kensington Brava! The first book will be out 2012! I'll post specifics as soon as I've got them!

New Release Information for HTLD Coming Soon

2010-08-16T21:07:00.001-05:00

HOW TO LOSE A DEMON IN 10 DAYS will no longer be released October 26 from LoveSpell. Check back soon for updates and new information.

Nights of Passion Interview

2010-07-11T16:19:00.000-05:00

Come hang out with me at Nights of Passion and chat. C. Margery Kempe is a great interviewer and she asks some tough questions!

Nights of Passion

HOW TO LOSE A DEMON AVAILABLE FOR PREORDER

2010-06-15T14:30:00.001-05:00

PREORDER HOW TO LOSE A DEMON IN 10 DAYS

Isn't it exciting? I'm so thrilled to see it up for preorder. I should have jacket copy loaded soon!

Caspian Gives An Interview

2010-03-26T11:30:00.000-05:00

Caspian gives an interview, or is wrangled into it, rather. You can give him a shout out, he'd love it if you'd stop by. It'll stroke his inflated demon ego, but he's so hot, who can resist? *g*

Caspian's Interview

Critique My New WIP with EMILY BRYAN

2010-03-18T10:33:00.000-05:00

I've signed up for a public flogging! No, just a critique. I had such a good time and I'm looking forward to seeing what advice my readers would like to give me.

Not to mention, it's a great learning tool. As writers, we have to develop a thick skin and be able to look at our work objectively. Emily Bryan gave me a wonderful critique and she showed me what was working and what I needed to improve.

It just so happened I agreed with most of her suggestions, but it doesn't always work that way. The thing to keep in mind is that your critique partner is trying to help you, so take what you can, consider what they have to say and pitch the rest. *g*

If you'd like to rip me a new one, or pet me softly, either way, I'd love to hear what you think.

Critique How To Lose An Angel in 10 Days

How To Lose A Demon in 10 Days

2009-09-12T13:53:00.002-05:00

Don’t ever let anyone tell you that being a witch will make your life easier. It’s about as fun as a visit to a drunken Proctologist. It’s my own fault, I suppose. I am the one that summoned the demon.

You must understand that Michael drove me to it. He’s my still kind of hot, but completely evil, Russian mobster ex-boyfriend. He’s stolen our son and wants me to sacrifice myself so he can buy his demonhood before he’ll give him back. I figured what better way to get him back than by summoning a demon?

Well, that presented its own bag of problems. I didn’t get just any demon. I got Caspian, a Crown Prince of Hell who didn’t want my soul, but wanted me to ride his pitchfork like a scooter, if you get my drift. Maybe it’s more like a Harley. I have to confess that it’s still a beautiful piece of machinery even though it hasn’t been out of the garage since 1972. You know, the devil-shagging gothics were all the rage then.

Anyway, Michael is plagued by all sorts of punishment. Demonic crabs, explosive diarrhea during the opera that’s nothing short of Hiroshimic and a reanimated hooker. Michael murdered her and she’s found sweet revenge as a Dominatrix demon in the afterlife. All of which drive him to the conclusion that I did summon a demon and while singing Are You Lonesome Tonight in my ear, tells me I have ten days to get rid of the demon or he’s going to kill our son.

I’m not sure how to get rid of him. I contemplated bad sex, that makes almost anything male go away, but I decided that would have to be the centerpiece jewel in the Hurts Me More Than You crown.

The cast of characters includes my grandmother, Seraphim, who just happens to be a legendary witch known as the Baba Yaga. And you know how that devil shagging was all the rage? Well, she knows the Devil personally. He might be my grandfather. He’s a remnant from the old pantheon days and still likes to be called Hades. It’s just a job to him, really. He’s not too happy that someone in his employ is having his sulphuric way with his granddaughter though. He’s willing to tolerate it because Caspian starts to grow a heart, a very uncomfortable transformation for all involved.

Ultimately, it’s the key to my happily ever after. The road to one of those is never easy, but banter, smutty Mephistophelean contracts and hijinks ensue.

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