Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Damned Blog Tour: Interview and Giveaway with Nancy Holder & Debbie Viguie


 

Everyone welcome, Nancy Holder & Debbie Viguie, co-writers of  The Crusade Series!


How do you find your inspiration after all these years to continue writing?


Debbie: Just living provides a ton of inspiration.  That and good music!   

Nancy:  I’m a mom and I watch my daughter’s struggles and triumphs as she moves through life.  I recently told her that her life has a soundtrack.  And so do my fictional children.  


Can we expect the same twists and turns in Damned as we got in Crusade?


Debbie: More!  Nancy and I always like to up the stakes (pun intended here!) as our series continue.  There is more drama, more surprises, more everything in store for Team Salamanca.

Nancy:  We really put our hunters (and our vampires) through the ringer in this one.  By the time we finished writing, I could barely move for days.  


I’ve heard that sometimes writing as a team can sometimes be rather, uh, difficult. Is it as hard as people say it is?


Debbie: Not when you have a partner as terrific as Nancy!  We have a very special working relationship.  We agreed at the very beginning that these books are “ours”.  That means our individual egos have no room in the equation.  It’s not what I want to happen or  what she thinks we should do but what’s best for the story.  Sometimes that means we both compromise.  Even more often it means we come up with a third solution that neither of us as individuals would have arrived at but is perfect for our story.  We have very similar writing styles but very different writing strengths.  We have learned to rely on each others’ strengths and judgment completely.  It’s a fantastic working relationship which is why we’ll be writing together until the end of time.

Nancy: Everything Debbie said, times two.  I have to believe in magick and miracles because Debbie Viguie is my writing partner.  We even come up with similar fixes for problems--or brainstorm to create something we never even dreamed of.  And we love to party together.  We just spent two days at Disneyland, celebrating the conclusion of Comic-con and brainstorming about our new books.  I came home yesterday and I already miss her.


If you were fighting for your life in a dark alley (because we all know that dark alleys are where the good fights happen), which character would you choose to have your back?


Debbie: Holgar absolutely.  He is one of the only fighters who holds nothing back.  He also spends so little time living in his own head that he doesn’t second guess himself when he’s fighting.  

Nancy:  Antonio, because he would die for me if he had to.  


Random Round:

Favorite Brain food for writing?


Debbie: Cheez-Its and Coke

Nancy:  Sourdough garlic toast and those first two cups of coffee in the morning.  


You’re being exiled to an island and can have 1 paranormal power what would it be?


Debbie: Oooh...good question.  It’s a hard one to choose but I think I would go with the power of flight.

Nancy:  Teleportation!


Beer, wine, or the good stuff?


Debbie: The best stuff!  Which for me is Martinelli’s Sparkling Cider.  I keep several bottles in my pantry so that when the need to celebrate arises I can take quick advantage of it.

Nancy:  Endless rivers of cream soda.


RV-ing around the country or flying around the world?


Debbie: flying around the world!  I’m much more about the destination and not the journey.

Nancy:  Flying around the world, preferably on a magic carpet with Aladdin at my side.  


Music when you write or silence?


Debbie: It depends on my mood.  If things are going well and the writing is going smoothly then I prefer silence.  If not then music always helps get me into that right frame of mind to make things go smoothly.

Nancy:  Music, always.  A writing day without music is not a day.  I used to be a ballet dancer so maybe that has something to do with it.

Thanks to the both of you for taking time out of your busy schedules to stop by!


Nancy & Debbie have offered to giveaway 1 copy of Damned, the 2nd book in the Crusade Series!

All you have to do is leave a comment letting my know which paranormal power you'd like to have, your e-mail and name

 Here's a link to the list of all the other participants of the Damned Blog Tour, check them out too!

 *This contest IS International, and will run until midnight on Aug. 31st*

19 comments:

Ana Lucía said...

I would like teleport! Be anywhere I want whenever I want...like the movie Jumper.

Ana Lucía
luarroyave(at)hotmail(dot)com

susan said...

id love to b able to read minds..... know what your enemy is thinking in a fight or just b able to tell a lie from a truth.....

susan harris
susanharris112@hotmail.com

Unpredictable51 (Lisa) said...

My power would have to be telekinesis! I would love to be able to move things with my mind! It would be very useful too.

Lisa Hoag
orchdork5@yahoo.com

Dovile said...

I'd like to be able to move things with my mind, or fly.

Dovile
spamscape [at] gmail [dot] com

Cynthia Garcia said...

I would like my power to be invisibility. That way when I want quiet or alone time and the kids or hubby come for me I can just disappear! lol!

Thank for the giveaway

Cynthia Garcia
shygrumpychica1@hotmail.com

Sniffly Kitty said...

I would want telepathy! or maybe mind reading hmm...

snifflykitty@gmail.com

Audrey said...

I would love to be able to teleport; it would save so much time and money! Thanks for the great giveaway!
twigerina[at]hotmail[dot]com
GFC- audreyclair

Myra C said...

I would like teleportation. Thanks for the great giveaway!!

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Liss Martz said...

Thanks for the interview, you guys are awesome!! I'd like to have the power of controlling people's minds (*evil laugh*) Thanks for the giveaway!!

Lissette_125(at)hotmail(dot)com

Anonymous said...

Thank you for this give away !

I would like the power to heal people .It is very helpful.

Ifrah

Starlight023(at)hotmail(dot)com

ValerieRusnak said...

Thanks for the giveaway! Great review, and I can't wait until I can read the actual book!

valerie.rusnak@hotmail.com

ValerieRusnak said...

Whoops forgot to say that I would love the ability to become invisible.

valerie.rusnak@hotmail.com

Sayomay said...

I would definitly want psychometry!! its the ability to sense things by touch; id never lose my homework again!
Samantha
tirnanog77@gmail.com

Dawn Cripps said...

I would like to be supper fast so I could get all my work done in half the time, then I would have more to time to read your wonderful books

Thanks for this give-a-way
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xander_316 said...

The Paranormal power i would love would have to be....

Necromancy – by communicating by magic with the dead to learn about the future :)

Thanking you for an awesome giveaway!!

xander_316(at)hotmail(dot)com

Chris said...

The power I would have is ... invisibility so when I don't want to be seen I don't have to.

Crystal Cruz
crisam.bubbles@gmail.com

AmyS. said...

I would choose the ability to talk to the dead. That way I can ask the ghost that haunts my house why he is here and maybe get him to leave.

Amy Stogner
truebloodfan AT rock.com

Erin said...

I would like to teleport!!

Erin Sawyer
estwilighter@aol.com

Anonymous said...

I'd want to fly. Not like Superman but like the guy off X-men mmm... 3 I think? The one with the big white wings? Yah I want to grow those whenever I want but i also want to be able to 'put them away' I guess. Like they disappear or somthing. That's what I want.

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