Black Dust Mambo Interview & Giveaway

Black Dust Mambo Interview & Giveaway

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.

Read the rest and enter the contest here . . .

Paranormal Haven Reviews A Rush of Wings

Paranormal Haven Reviews A Rush of Wings

I Do Not Want This by Nine Inch Nails

FBI Special Agent Heath Wallace is on the trail of a serial killer and it has led her to New Orleans. Her investigation takes her to the doors of Club Hell and its extremely attractive owner, Dante. Dante claims to be not just a musician but also a vampire. When Heather digs into Dante’s past she only finds more questions. Dante was bounced around from one foster home to another until he was taken in by Lucien De Noir. Lucien is a mysterious man who will do anything to protect Dante, including hiding him from Heather.

But Dante will hide behind no one and that includes a sadistic killer who has set his eyes on Dante. Heather must try and find out who is behind the murders all while trying to figure out Dante’s past. Her investigation will take her beyond what she thought was possible and into a world of “nightkind” and an irresistible man who holds secrets that may get them both killed.

Dante is the main character of A Rush Of Wings I don’t doubt that, but the person who stood out for me was Heather . . .  Read the rest of Stephanie’s review (followed by Athenna’s review) at Paranormal Haven – the home of Adrian Phoenix month!

A Rush of Wings
Author: Adrian Phoenix
Series: The Maker’s Song
Publisher: Pocket
ISBN-10: 1416593659
ISBN-13: 978-1416593652
Purchase Information:
Amazon
Amazon.co.uk
Barnes & Noble
Borders
Powell’s
Books A Million

Adrian Phoenix Month Starts June 1st on Paranormal Haven

Adrian Phoenix Month Starts June 1st on Paranormal Haven

And All That Could Have Been by Nine Inch Nails
The awesome and dynamic duo of Athenna and Stephanie at Paranormal Haven blew me away by graciously deciding to make June Adrian Phoenix month on their blog. Wow! Let me repeat: Blown. Away. They are also hosting the first book club read for Book Bloggers Anonymous and that read happens to be A Rush of Wings.

Here’s the schedule of events from their blog:
June 1st There will be a discussion of A Rush of Wings at the BBA Goodreads group from June 1-15.
Begin A Rush of Wings giveaway – One lucky winner will win a signed copy of A Rush of Wings

June 2nd BBA event
Character of the Month – For June we will have A Maker’s Song very own Dante featured

June 3rd BBA event
Post our reviews for A Rush of Wings

June 8th BBA event
Interviews with Heather and Dante

June 11th BBA event
The star of June, Adrian Phoenix, will be doing a guest post

June 14th BBA event
Interviews with Von and Lucian

June 15th BBA event
Last day to enter in to win a signed copy of A Rush of Wings

June 16th BBA event
We will announce the winner giveaway

To Be Released June 29, 2010!

June 17th
Begin Black Dust Mambo giveaway – You can enter in for a chance to win Adrian’s upcoming release

June 21st
We will have a question and answer post – We will ask questions about A Rush of Wings and we will be giving out bookmarks and demon duckies to those who answer them correctly

June 23rd

Winners of Q & A will be announced

June 29th
Winner of Black Dust Mambo will be announced

June 30th
End of Adrian Phoenix month – Stop in and let us know what you think about Adrian’s books and what you thought about this months events

I’m very excited about this month-long event and I’m looking forward to having an absolute blast with new readers and familiar friends!