Between the Sheets
I find kiss scenes more challenging to write than sex. BUT, even more than steamy scenes, I love build-up and playful banter. In addition to paranormal YA and historical romance, I write erotica under a nom de plume.
Real Life Romance
I met my husband, the love of my life, Sébastien, in France while I was a teaching assistant during the 1999-2000 school year (and returned home a married woman). Some people bring back a shot glass – I brought home a husband.
First Kiss
Not till age 21. No wonder I get anxious writing them.
Seven Times a Charm
I wrote six “practice” novels before I felt ready to go live with my first eBook, this month, Entangled. It is the full novel version of Spellbound and will be followed up with two sequels.
Sweet Tooth
Off the charts! I once gained 50 lbs in 3 months because I couldn’t stop baking (and eating) chocolate chip cookies. My favorite cookbook at the moment is “Health by Chocolate” by Victoria Laine. Now I can have my chocolate and eat it too!
About Nikki’s chocolate-covered contribution:
A Resurrection Spell Gone Wrong
Two months after dying, Graylee Perez wakes up in her identical twin sister, Charlene’s body. As the daughter of a witch, can anyone blame her mother for attempting to bring her back to life? Only now Gray’s stuck sharing her sister’s body 50/50 in 24 hour shifts.
The race is on for Gray to find a way back inside her body before Charlene purges her from existence. Warlock Raj McKenna is rumored to meddle in the black arts, not to mention he’s after Gray’s invisibility spell and worse – her heart. But Raj might be the only one powerful enough to save Gray from fading away forever.
About the author:
Nikki Jefford’s novella Spellbound appears in the YA paranormal romance anthology Death By Chocolate, released this week. She is a third generation Alaskan who found paradise in the not-so-tropical San Juans Islands in Washington.
She blogs at: http://www.nikkijefford.blogspot.com/
This sounds like a great book! Beautiful cover and title. Will recommend to my teenage daughters. As far as 50 lbs. goes, I gained about that much after I quit smoking. If only chocolate was fat free. Dina Rae, author
Love Mayra’s Dark Phantom leads!
Best,
Carolyn Howard-Johnson
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This looks like a fun anthology, Nikki. Best of luck with it and thanks for being my guest on The Dark Phantom today.
Mayra
I agree, Dina. I love the cover, too, and the title is quite catchy.
Thanks for visiting, Dina!
Wow – 6 practice novels – that’s dedication! Looks like a great (tasty) book.
Ahh, someone else writes practice novels. I’ve never thought to call them that, but it makes sense. It also encourages me that maybe I’ll publish a novel! (I write non-fiction mainly.)
I love the cover. Looks yummy. And the story sounds intriguing.
Scrumptious title and cover. Lovely author interview with just enough about the book to leave me tempted to buy it rather than spend the petty cash on more chocolate. The practice novel confession left me cheered too.
Oh my! Health by Chocolate sounds like a cookbook I need to get. And the premise of twins trapped in the same body — by their mother who couldn’t bear to lose one of them? I’m so jealous I can’t see straight that you thought up such a fabulous story idea. Can’t wait to read it.
Anything that has chocolate in it is a winner to me.
Thanks for sharing your story. You know what they say, practice makes perfect.
Wishing you the best,
Cheryl
Cocoa covered kisses to Mayra for hosting me and thanks for all the fantastic comments.
Keep writing those practice novels!
Hey, Nikki,
Chocolate and kisses….two yummy things in life!
Isn’t it great to be a writer so you can write about all the things you love?
Good luck with the book!
Chocolate…no need to say anything else!
Hey Nikki…love your bio part, makes me want to read your book.
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