Enchantment Emporium & Sea Cruise with Twilight Stars

Enter my contest for TWO COPIES of "Blood Ties: Season One" on DVD and two of the Tanya Huff's Blood Bank novels.

This show got lost on Lifetime TV and its audience wouldn't find it there because many never go to that station. Lifetime didn't advertise sufficiently outside their station and the show suffered in ratings. It's as if someone gave Lifetime a fantastic black truffle and they said, "Ew, this potato is rotten," and threw it away.

Read an interview with Kyle Schmid about his role as ultimate hawtest vampire winner, Henry Fitzroy, in "Blood Ties." "I had the opportunity to work with two amazing actors. I learn something everyday from Christina and Dylan. We became good friends. It's an incredible feeling to wake up every morning with a smile, and know you're going to work to have fun." (Newsblaze)

Tanya Huff's new novel, The Enchantment Emporium, was released yesterday. Here's a summary: "Alysha Gale is a member of a family capable of changing the world with the charms they cast. Then she receives word that she’s inherited her grandmother’s junk shop in Calgary, only to discover upon arriving that she’ll be serving the fey community. And when Alysha learns just how much trouble is brewing in Calgary, even calling in the family to help may not be enough to save the day."

Read a Blogcritics review of The Enchantment Emporium: "[Tanya Huff's] not only capable of delivering well crafted stories and plots in every genre she attempts, but she also consistently creates memorable characters whom her readers can identify with whether they're the bastard vampire son of Henry VIII of England or a Marine Staff Sergeant fighting in deep space."

Read an interview with Marjorie M. Liu, author of the Dirk & Steele series. "Tiger Eye is about a female tourist in Beijing who goes to the Pan Jia Yuan dirt market, where an old woman forces upon her a magic puzzle box. The heroine is an artisan blacksmith with a psychic affinity for metal, and when she opens the box a shapeshifter appears who has been imprisoned for two thousand years. He's compelled to serve anyone who opens the box, and becomes bound to them for the remainder of their lives." (Locus Online)

Cynthia Eden is celebrating her upcoming release, Midnight's Master, with a 30-Day-of-Demons Contest. "For the next month, come here to get your demon hook-up. I’ll have some fabulous guest authors blogging about demon characters, excerpts from demon books, demon quizzes, demon lore, and, oh, yes, I’ll have a load of prizes up for grabs."

Phoebe Jordon interviews J.K. Coi about Immortal, the new book in her Forever Immortal series. "Being the fourth, I wanted this book to be more. More emotional. More explosive. More conflicted. More dangerous. And I think it’s got all of that in spades, while at the same time it also leads in to the next phase of this series." (Talk About My Favorite Books)

It's a stalker's dream come true. Take an ocean cruise with "Twilight" and "New Moon" cast members. "Actually, I don't know that even Robert Pattinson sitting on the veranda of my ocean view suite with his guitar in one hand and a mango margarita for me in the other would get me on this ship -- unless EW let me expense it. (Damn economy.) " (Entertainment Weekly)

MTV has interviews with celebrities who are "Twilight" fans, including Will Farrell. "It's a gimme. You look at me, you're like Twiiii-liiight...I'm kinda Team Edward, I'm kinda Team Jim, I'm kinda Team ... Stanley."


GRATUITOUS VIDEO OF THE DAY

I plow through a lot of videos for GVDs and not all of them are good. In fact, most aren't worth 30 seconds of my time, or yours, which is infinitely more valuable. Anyway, it's always so lovely when I come across a video that's well edited and has put some thought into the lyrics/music, like this "Supernatural" tribute from Cherryvamp.




The GVD toes out to Evil Sammy (Jared Paladecki) of "Supernatural." Vid from LSketch42.