Monday Musings for October 12

So I had a pretty good weekend, went on a hayride and picked huge pumpkins with the family. That was fun. We didn't do the haunted houses or spooky stuff since we had the little ones with us. But we had a lot of fun, even if we did get a little muddy.

I also caught up on my shows on the DVR- Vampire Diaries, wow how many people is Damon going to kill? He's pretty ruthless.

I was curious about the show and went to The CW's site to learn more. Did you know it's filmed in Covington, Georgia? My husband used to live there. Lots of shows have been filmed there including The Dukes of Hazzard and In the Heat of the Night. I also learned a bit about the characters, Elena's brother Jeremy, his real name is Steven McQueen and yes he's the grandson of the Steve McQueen. So there's some useless Vampire Diaries trivia for you. :-) I was curious about the cast because Taylor aka Michael Trevino reminds me a lot of my friend Carlos who is also a Trevino, I wonder if they are related.

Another show I watched again this weekend was Eastwick. I actually really like it. I was expecting it to be cheesy but I like the way it is played out. A little over the top but it works. I hope the show has other fans because I'd hate to see it get axed.

So what do you think of my new Halloween background?

I'm wishy washy on it. It's not permanent anyway I just wanted to do something different and ... don't know. I suppose it is OK for now. I am a simple, less is more type of girl though so I think I prefer the plain black background.

I have a bit of news to add:

My schedule for the Better Sex Erotic Fiction Contest is now going to be the week of January 18. I'll have stories for the contest that you can vote on. I am so thrilled about that.

There's an interview with me in the current issue of Dark Gothic Resurrected Magazine. You can check that out at http://bloodtouch.webs.com/darkgothicmagazine.htm

Have you dropped by Mainstream Erotica? The site is now free to check out

And don't forget to drop by the Covey Awards and vote for Eternal Desire, http://thenewcoveycoverawards.blogspot.com/2009/10/entry-27-eternal-desire.html

OK so my blog tour continues this week. Here's this week's schedule hope you'll join me for some guest blogs and giveaways.

My Blog Tour Schedule for This Week

October 12 Review of Eternal Desire will be up at Authors by Authors and an interview with me will be posted on the 14th there as well

October 13 Eternal Desire promo day at VampChix, also offering a giveaway

October 13 Guest blog at Ashley Madden's Bibliophiles ‘R’ Us http://www.nightdweller20.wordpress.com/

October 14 and 15 Book Party, Interview and Giveaway at Nights of Passion http://www.nightsofpassion.wordpress.com/

October 16 Guest Blog at http://www.morbid-romantic.net/

And saving the best for last, there have been a couple reviews posted for Eternal Desire but the best is this amazing review by Kiki Howell.

Here's a snippet of the review by Kiki:

After reading Eternal Desire, I would have to call Roxanne Rhoads a master of words. Each sentence flowed into another with a nice blend of old elegance and contemporary style which I think is important in this type of paranormal writing to best blend the modern day setting with the ghosts and vampires of another time. I have to give you an example from the beginning of the story, “a shadowy figure in my dreams, whispering of longings and ancient secrets. I never saw his face, but his voice lingered in my soul. He was an invisible guardian, calling to me…”

(BTW, Kiki you are an amazing reviewer- want to review books at Fang-tastic?)