Black Dust Mambo Interview & Giveaway

Black Dust Mambo Interview & Giveaway

by | Jun 15, 2010 | Events and Appearances, Hoodoo Series, News and Announcements | 0 comments

Join me on Patricia’s Vampire Notes for an interview about hoodoo and nomads. We’ll be giving away a signed copy of Black Dust Mambo along with a bottle of attraction oil and a mojo bag.

Here’s a taste of the interview:

PVN: How did you find the native voices for your characters and then turn them into the written word?

AP: Listening to people talk, picking up cadences from character speech in movies and on TV. Often when I’m writing, I’ll speak the dialog to get the rhythm right and to make sure it’s the way people would actually speak it. Meaning – proper grammar is a no-no. Most of us don’t use it in our conversations with friends and family. At least, I don’t. (I do for professional contacts and conversations, however.)

PVN: How does Hoodoo differ from Voodoo?

AP: The main difference is that Voodoo is a religion, with priestesses (mambos), priests (houngans) and devoted practitioners who participate in ceremonies to summon the loa (natural spirits and those of the dead), while Hoodoo is a system of folk magic following the same belief system as Voodoo, including the same gods/loas/saints.

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Interview With Von & Lucien

Interview With Von & Lucien

by | Jun 14, 2010 | News and Announcements | 0 comments

Join Von and Lucien at Paranormal Haven for their fun interview.

Paranormal Haven: Is it aggravating when Dante disregards what you tell him?

Lucien: *with a straight face* Absolutely not. I am infinite patience incarnate. A paragon of understanding.

Von: *chokes on his swallow of beer*

Lucien: *pounding on his back* I’ve heard that it’s best not to inhale liquids.

Von: *coughing* I’ll do my best to remember that in the future.

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Guest Blog on Paranormal Haven

Guest Blog on Paranormal Haven

by | Jun 11, 2010 | News and Announcements | 0 comments

Thanks so much for having me here, Athenna and Stephanie! This month at Paranormal Haven has been a blast! I’ve heard rumors that Von and Lucien will be dropping by for interviews soon. I’m sure they will keep you both very busy. Very, very busy. Ahem.

I thought I do something a little different for this blog. No vampires (sigh), no fallen angels, or hoodoo rootworkers. Just a little chat about . . . humor!

I love humorous stories. Adore dry wit and droll manners. Admire quick quips and snappy comebacks. How many times have I come up with the perfect, the most hysterical comeback . . .only mere hours after it was needed? And delivered it with smoking, devastating style to chirping crickets?

Okay – once in a while I pop one off without even thinking about it, but for the most part, I just stare slack-jawed with admiration as others do the zinging and I madly take notes. (I sometimes accidently bump up against them hoping it’ll rub off on me—oh, excuse me, did you just lose a bit of funny? My bad.)

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