Well, I'm still waiting, but I also know I'm still in the running. So, to pass the wait time, I thought I'd give you Eye Candy Part Twenty-Three.
This is Love & Theft. From Left: Brian Bandas, Eric Gunderson, Stephen Barker Liles.
Courtesy of CMT.com:
Love and Theft is a country band comprised of Stephen Barker Liles, Brian Bandas and Eric Gunderson. All three members were born in 1984 and met each other through mutual friends in Nashville. Liles grew up in Palm Harbor, Fla., listening to early gospel and contemporary Christian music. He initially intended to be a college basketball coach prior to moving to Nashville. Gunderson was raised in Charlotte, N.C., and his family's musical tastes include Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, the Eagles, the Beatles and bluegrass. Bandas grew up in Austin, Texas, in a musical family, and his grandfather and uncle were both noted jazz players. All three take turns on lead vocals, in
addition to extensive harmony. They also write their own material together. After playing a showcase for the performing rights organization ASCAP, several phone calls led to an audition which led them to sign with Carolwood Records, a sister label to the Disney-owned Lyric Street Records. In 2008, they opened several shows for Taylor Swift. In March 2009, they released their first single, "Runaway." Their debut album is expected later in the year.
I must admit, I liked the song "Runaway" before I actually saw what they looked like. When I created my farmer, Sully Tanner, I didn't have a particular person in mind, but the further into the story I get, the more he looks like Steven. Not bad for a farmer, though...
Toodles and enjoy the eye candy.
Interview with Kiss Carson!!!! 
One of my close friends and critique partners is Kiss Carson. She's got two fabulous releases from the Wild Rose Press: Illusions of Destiny and Jewels of the Sun. Both are red hot and fun to read.
Welcome Kiss! Thanks for stopping by. Just a few questions so we all get to know you a bit better.
1. How long have you been writing?
I?ve been writing since I was 13. I started writing stories about my favourite music stars eg Duran Duran (I was Mrs Simon Le Bon for years!!!! Hehehe). At about 15, I started writing paranormal and fantasy romances. I guess it?s in my blood.
Very cool. I thought I'd be the next Mrs. Jordan Knight from New Kids on the Block... ah such is life.
2. Do you ever suffer from writer?s block? If so, what do you do about it?
Writer?s block. Ewwww! I can?t say I?ve ever suffered badly from it. I usually say I?m on holidays. I read lots of books and watch all my favourite movies to try to get my mind working again. Other than that, I kill everyone in my current manuscript in a furious rage and go back and rewrite later.
Isn't it nice to know you can't get into trouble for it! : )
3. What comes first: the plot or the characters?
My characters always come first. For me, the characters shape the plot. I?m a panster so I never really know what?s going to happen when I start typing.
4. What are you reading now?
The Idiots Guide to Writing Erotic Fiction. Hot and steamy has never been my forte!!! I?m also reading The Bride and the Beast by Teresa Medeiros.
5. How do you come up with the titles to your books?
I usually take something from the story. Illusions of Destiny came to me when the heroine believed her destiny was nothing but an illusion. Jewels of the Sun is named after the diamond pillars in the book. For the most part, I name my books after the heroine until something strikes me. I don?t stress over the names of my books.
6. What inspired you to write your first book?
Illusions of Destiny. I?ve been asked this before, and honestly, I don?t know. The book started out as a time travel. Then, the hero grew wings and the heroine turned into a sceptic divorcee. I had been watching lots of Barbie shows with my daughter, so I don?t know whether something crept into my subconscious from those.
Kiss Carson stops by my blog tomorrow! Tomorrow's the big day! My pal and CP Kiss Carson stops by. Make sure you check out her fabulous interview.
Kiss Carson has always loved stories that whisk her away from the real world and dump her right in the middle of a once in a lifetime adventure. Danger and love always seem to go hand in hand, along with a little bit of fantasy or paranormal. Her collection of dragons and knights give her inspiration, as does the ghost that lives in her bathroom. She lives in Queensland, Australia, with her very own dashing hero, two budding heroines and a hero in training(and Fred the Phantom Flusher).
She's the author of Jewels of the Sun and Illusions of Destiny!
Visit her at http://www.kisscarson.com.au/
Books by Kiss Carson
Gotta Love the Princess I recently went camping and am willing to admit my Princess tendencies. Yes, I am not a camp aficionado. Sleeping on the ground, with critters and bugs around does not do it for me. No computer... I'm lost. Thankfully we.jpg)
have a travel trailer, but still. I'd rather be sitting in it piddling away on my latest WIP rather than being 'ate up by them bugs' as my DS called it. (Does that make us sound like hicks? Ah, well, you can't hide what you are I suppose...)
But I found out that I have an ally in the Camp Wars. (The DH and DS LOVE camping....) My basset/beagle, Darlington, is just as much of a princess. (And yes, I'm the masochist who put the bow on her at Christmas. I think she wanted to bite my leg off for it.) Her idea of camping is barking at anyone who goes past the campsite. She'd prefer to park her doggy self on the couch in the TT and sleep.
Are we spoiled? Maybe. The whole point of camping is to commune with the outdoors. I'm just prefer my outdoors to be behind glass or at least a screen.
So the next time we go camping, I will bring the computer and you'll most likely find Darlington and me in the TT.
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