Today, we’re welcoming back a familiar voice here at LRP, hello Terry Spear. Thank you for visiting, let’s chew the fat awhile. Susan looks over at Terry whose shapeshifted into an Arctic wolf, and is currently chewing the fat from a rib bone. Terry, honey, what I meant was, let’s have a friendly talk.
Susan: I understand you enjoy reading, particularly historicals and paranormals. Would you share the title(s) of some of your favorite reads?
Terry: I loved Celtic Fireand the Immortal Highlander, but so many others too. Both have a paranormal bent with a historical past. I love time travels, but there aren’t as many out there that I can find to read!
Susan: I’ve read other shapeshifting novels where the hero uses a fur pelt to shift. What is the catalyst that initiates your weres to shift? Is it a certain moon phase, or a strong emotion such as anger?
Terry: I was just reading about wolfsbane and how in some fables, the flower can cause the person to shift, in others, it prevents them from shifting, in others, it kills the creature. LOL. I love how stories can be so different from one another, which shows just how vivid imaginations can be.
In my stories, werewolves for the most part are born as such. The full moon has more of a draw on werewolves who have more human roots in their genes, than for royals who have had mostly werewolf genetics. And the royals are the only ones who can shift during any phase of the moon, whereas, the others can’t become a wolf during the new moon. So that leaves newly turned wolves with little control over their shapeshifting ability in the beginning. In To Tempt the Wolf, two of the men who are turned, deal with it in different ways, just like people will handle a situation differently based on their personalities. Some are stronger, some more weak-willed. In Wolf Fever, the heroine has been recently turned, and she’s fighting the shift. But when she’s accosted at one point in the story, she suddenly feels the urge to shift. In another instant, she’s cold and can’t get warmed up, as well as the full moon’s strong pull is causing her trouble with the compulsion to shift. In Legend of the White Wolf, the heroine also has difficulty controlling the shift when she’s threatened. So for each, it depends on their personality as to what might trigger the need to change.
Susan: Your heroine (Faith O’Malley) in Legend of the White Wolf is smart, beautiful and fearless. Which heroines do you prefer writing, the strong heroines, or the vulnerable ones?
Terry: Definitely strong, with vulnerabilities. I’ve never cared for the Tomb Raider type who had no flaws or vulnerabilities, or the heroine in Alien who was the same way, tough, hard as nails, no feelings. At least that’s the way it seemed to me. On the other hand, weepy heroines who rely on everyone to do their bidding, doesn’t do it for me. I remember years ago watching a movie where the hero was struggling to fight some evil bad guy and the woman was standing helplessly nearby, screaming, her hands on her cheeks, eyes wide, and my mother saying, “Pick up a lamp! Clobber him! Do something!” I agreed with my mother. A heroine who stands up for right is a heroine in my book.
Susan: I consider you a multi-faceted author. You have been known to write urban fantasy, YA, Scottish-Medieval romances, romances with paranormal and romantic suspense elements. Is there another sub-genre you “secretly” wish to write for?
Terry: I’ve written a couple of time-travels and someday, I’d like to do some for publication. In part, it’s my love of history. Tossing a hero or heroine into the rabbit hole of the past and watching them thrive, stirs my imagination. Making them realistic is the real challenge though. I’d still love to do it.
Susan: Some readers may not know this, but you create gorgeous wooly teddy bears. Have you created one to resemble an Arctic wolf?
Terry: LOL. Thanks, Susan! I’ve been asked to create a werewolf bear…In fact, if I ever design one, I have a couple of orders for them! I did create vampire bears for authors. Someday, if I ever get caught up, I do want to try my hand at one.
Susan: In Legend of the White Wolf you familiarize your readers with at least two packs. I personally would love to be part of Leidolf’s red wolves. Will you include new packs in your upcoming werewolf series?
Terry: Seduced by the Wolf is all about Leidolf and his poor pack. In Heart of the Wolf, readers got a glimpse of the abused pack under Alfred’s rule. Leidolf took over that pack, and now has the task to heal them. I have to make a comment here, that if it hadn’t been for my editor, Deb, being upset that the red pack was doomed for extinction, Leidolf wouldn’t have come into the picture to save the day. So thanks to Deb for her concern for the reds in the Portland area! Leidolf has also taken on another real problem, and he’s one of the characters in Legend of the White Wolf.
For Taming the Highland Wolf, we’ll see what Highland werewolves are made of. That’s Book 7 coming in the spring of 2011. I’m pretty sure there’ll be two conflicting clans…it’s a Scottish thing, you know.
Susan: Could you give us a little glimpse of your next title in the series, book five called Seduced by the Wolf due out in August 2010?
Terry: Ah, yes, Seduced by the Wolf, Leidolf’s story. He’s a royal red, with barely any human influences, and is pretty arrogant about it. Fans thought he ought to have a newly turned heroine because of it. But what he encounters knocks him totally off balance—a wolf biologist, red royal werewolf type—who plays by her own rules. She has NO intention of joining his pack or any other. And man does he want her. Now, if she didn’t want him back, he might give up on her. But he knows, or at least he hopes it’s not just wishful thinking on his part, that she’s just as intrigued with him as he is with her. And so, he’s not about to give her up. But she’s not about to give in either. The perfect couple, don’t you think?
Susan: What would you say to readers who “haven’t” had the pleasure of reading your werewolf series? Why should they pick up your novels?
Terry: If you’re looking for werewolves who are real wolves at heart, look no further. For adventure, mystery, romance and intrigue, the series has it all. I love combining mystery and intrigue, having cut my teeth on mystery novels when I was younger. But adventure stories with a combined mystery like the Bourne series, fascinated me even more, and add a romance, some subtle humor, and even better yet, the paranormal, and you’ve got the perfect scenario!
Heart of the Wolf, Book 1, started off the series with its wolfish characters and more realistic portrayal of life as a werewolf and the trouble with pack behavior. Destiny of the Wolf, Book 2, came next, which showed a gray pack that actually runs a town in Colorado. To Tempt the Wolf, Book 3, reveals a rare werewolf scenario, and a hero who has lost everything—his pack, his sister, his home, and his memory, and fights the urge to take a human for his own. And Legend of the White Wolf, Book 4, presents Arctic werewolves in Maine, who move about freely, not secretly like the wolves in other stories, although that’s only their wolf counterpart. No one, or mostly no one, knows what they truly are. Seduced by the Wolf, Book 5, shows what happens when a wolf biologist prefers living with wolves rather than her own werewolf kind, and the red pack leader in the area has other plans in mind. Wolf Fever, Book 6, coming in the fall of 2010, is about a psychic newly-turned werewolf nurse, who fights fully becoming one of the werewolf kind when she can’t even control her psychic visions. But Chester McKinley can’t quit thinking about the woman who solved the murder case through her psychic talents that HE was trying to solve. Is she for real? And do her abilities include a mesmerizing kind of sensuous control that she’s used on him? Taming the Highland Wolf is Book 7, and I can’t wait to get started on the hunky Highland story! And Dreaming of the Wolf, Book 8, is Jake’s story from Destiny of the Wolf. He doesn’t believe in dream mating. So what happens when the woman of his dreams desperately needs his help?
Susan: Thank you Terry, for spending the day with us at Love Romance Passion. Please feel free to visit anytime, even as a white furred Arctic-if you prefer.
Terry: LOL, Susan, thanks so much for having me again! I loved your fun questions and wish you and your readers a warm and cozy den with the best to read during the winter season.
LEGEND OF THE WHITE WOLF—IN STORES FEBRUARY 2010
Award-Winning Author introduces the next installment of her paranormal romance series
A 2008 Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year Award Winner!
Night Owl Romance Reader Choice Award for Best Paranormal 2008
In this fourth in Spear's series, Private Eye Cameron MacPherson and Faith O'Mallery are both on quests that lead them into the world of magical wolves...
Cameron arrives in the Canadian Arctic to search for his partners in his P.I. business who are late returning from a hunting trip. Faith is there to discover what her father had seen in the same area years earlier that had made him lose touch with reality—man-wolves, he called them.
The two tumble into an icy world of enemies bent on destroying the lupus garou kind. As they turn into lupus garou themselves, and bond with the pack that only they can rescue from destruction, Cameron and Faith find their soul mates in each other.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR A retired lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army Reserves, Terry Spear has an MBA from Monmouth University. As an eclectic writer, she dabbles in the paranormal, historical and true life stories for both teen and adult audiences. She is the author of Winning the Highlander’s Heart and The Vampire in My Dreams (young adult). Spear lives in Crawford, Texas.
Giveaway: 2 copies of Legend of the White Wolf are being generously donated by Terry and Sourcebooks. That means 2 winners! Open to US and Canadian readers only, sorry international readers. To enter, simply ask Terry a question. One entry per relevant comment; multiple entries allowed! Ends: February 3, 2010.
Spear’s latest novel is bursting with romance, suspense, and heart-pounding excitement!
Legend of the White Wolf is the fourth book in Terry Spear’s werewolf series.
Does it stand alone? Yes.
Recommendations: This novel will appeal to readers who enjoy both paranormal romance, and romantic suspense.
The heroine (Faith O’Malley) is a forensic scientist working with the police dept. in Portland, Oregon. She’s also a woman on a mission. Faith is traveling from Oregon to Maine, in search of her soon-to-be, ex-boyfriend Hilson. Apparently, he just stole her father’s research.
Meet Cameron MacPherson, a sandy haired, blue-eyed gorgeous hero. He’s a physically fit private investigator, and former police officer. Cameron has a mission of his own, to find his missing partners, Owen and David.
But, when Faith and Cameron stumble onto a murder scene, their plans are not only sidetracked, but they are now persons of interest in a murder-mystery.
Will they find the person(s) responsible, or will they become the next targets?
More importantly, can two jilted people learn to love and trust their hearts again? Read Legend of the White Wolf to find out.
Here are some things I enjoyed: There’s a scene, where Cameron runs a towel over Faith’s wet hair. I thought it was both simple and utterly romantic. The author’s description of an Aurora Borealis was also beautifully written.
What will you enjoy? Hunky- wolfish men shedding their clothes, wolf bites, hotel clerk’s key mix-ups, and the reference to the Sleeping Beauty trio.
Legend of the White Wolf will leave you howling for more! Don’t worry, Terry Spear promises to feed our wolf addiction with books five and six, set to release by fall of 2010. Both novels will be published by Sourcebooks, Inc., Casablanca-titled Seduced by the Wolf and Wolf Fever.
*This post does not deal with the medical condition; it deals with the literary condition.
The Little Mermaid Syndrome is the desire to be part of another's world.
A fictional character under the influence of LMS would go any length to become like the one they desire. This coveting is usually driven by love. In other cases the driving emotion is obsession.
Conditions:
The ripest situations for the LMS are in Fantasy and Paranormal genres where partners are more likely to be unmatched. By unmatched I mean a plain/weak human and a beautiful/strong supernatural being.
In these cases it is usually the human who wants become like their partner. Rarer is for the magical being to desire to be become human or have the means to become human. Plainly put it is a simple fact the LMS goes only one way.
Why is this?
I think it is all part of the escapism fantasy. We tire of the normal and are looking beyond our world for something better be it vampires, werewolves, fairies, elves, or selkies. The idea goes that being connected to one or being one makes our world that much more exciting and ripe for adventure.
Human (normal) --> Vampire (supernatural)
Human (normal) --> Lycanthrope (supernatural)
Thumblina (normal, despite being supernaturally tiny) --> Fairy (supernatural)
The exception to the rule is the Little Mermaid.
Mermaid (supernatural) --> Human (normal)
This is because the human in this tale is clueless to the existence of the preternatural world. The mermaid must make herself known because their interaction would never happen otherwise as they do not exist in the same habitat. One lives on land and the other in water. It's not like with vampires or werewolves which appear completely human and can intermingle in the same locations.
Witches and wizards are to my knowledge the only magical beings that could instill the LMS in their partner and do nothing about it. You're either born with magic or you're not. There's no gray area.
Have you ever wanted to shapeshift? Maybe not exactly thought of it in those terms, but haven't you ever wanted to be a fly on the wall? To hear and see what was going on at some event that you couldn't/wouldn't dare intrude on otherwise? But were dying to know what went on?
Or have you ever wished you could stretch up and reach something you can't without a stepstool or ladder? Or wished you could run like a gazelle? Or had four hands so you could do whatever job you were doing that needed more than two hands? What about looking out over a mountainous ravine, watching an eagle soaring above the treetops? Ever wish you could fly like that?
Or swim deep into underwater caves or around exquisite corals and through colorful tropical fish, or under icebergs to see what's down there, without the aid of scuba or snorkeling gear or wetsuits?
What if you could show off a pair of wickedly sharp teeth if someone really aggravated you and that would make him or her back off-quickly?
So now, have you ever wanted to shapeshift?
Why werewolves? In truth, I started out with vampires, and then somewhere along the line I created a futuristic world-a warrior who is grounded on a planet where the heroine is a panther shapeshifter and her brother, a dragon. But then, I began considering wolves, werewolves and how they got just as bad a rap as vampires in the beginning. Someone needed to love them, as they were. Many stories show werewolves living in our society, some as a fantasy element, some where they are more closely related to the old werewolf tales-man hates his being a werewolf, can't remember what he does in the middle of the night, dead bodies everywhere.
Mine are about a race of humans, unsure how they were turned, though various thoughts persist, from alien forces to a mutated virus from the bite of a wolf early on. I try to keep my stories as true to wolf behavior in the wild as I can-but of course, their actions are moderated by their human halves. And while they're human, they have their enhanced abilities that give them an advantage over regular humans.
In Heart of the Wolf, which was named one of Publishers Weekly's Best Books of the Year, they said this: "The vulpine couple's chemistry crackles off the page, but the real strength of the book lies in Spear's depiction of pack power dynamics, as well as in the details of human-wolf interaction. Her wolf world feels at once palpable and even plausible."
And The Romantic Times had this to say: "A solidly crafted werewolf story, this tale centers on pack problems in a refreshingly straightforward way. The characters are well drawn and believable, which makes the contemporary plotline of this story of love and life among the lupus garou seem, well, realistic."
In Destiny of the Wolf, I wanted to show a werewolf pack that actually runs a town, a fictional place called Silver Town, based on several silver towns in Colorado. Lelandi is a red wolf from another part of Colorado, who knows her sister has been murdered, but when she arrives in Silver Town to locate and dispense with the murderer, she finds herself on his new hit list. And Darien, the gray alpha pack leader, soon changes his mind about sending the luring red back to her own pack, and keeping her right where she is-for her protection, of course.
So why wolves? They're fiercely protective of their own, mate for life, and live in family packs, loyal, courageous, cunning, and strong. Just seeing them nuzzling each other, shows their human, I mean, loving side. So why not werewolves? Combined, it makes them a hot new item where the term alpha male takes on a whole new meaning.
If you could, what would you like to shapeshift into?
Originally posted 2009-03-04 05:23:37. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
Confession time! I’ve been harboring a secret wish. A hope that someone, somewhere will give me a satisfactory reason to venture outside of my comfort zone.
I’m very content you see. Here in my dark paranormal genre. There’s shapeshifters at every turn and vampires with seductive brooding qualities. In paranormal we can boast about our alpha male werewolves and how they succumb to their raw animalistic sexual needs. During your journey you may even discover psychic abilities you can tap into. With all this power, immortality and raw sexual need; why venture out. Well, maybe I want more power. (LOL) Actually, I’m curious if I’m missing all the fun with all my doom and gloom.
My bookshelf is chock full of paranormal and erotica. (I say this proudly, of course) Yet, dare I believe the grass may be greener on the other side.
Book reviewing recently gave me a metaphorical calling card. I accepted and realized to my utter amazement I now enjoy, dare I say it out loud? I peeked over the paranormal fence to realize; I enjoy regency romance. Hell’s bells, what else have I been missing? If you read other genres, please tell me what exactly drew you in as a reader. I’m still on the fence regarding Inspirational, Young Adult, and Historical just to name a few.
While I wait for your kind input, I’ll be flossing my fangs and deciding which party to attend to in London. What is happening to me? Can a reader really spread their love to extend all genres, much like a mother extends her love to all her children?
I work in a library, and recently, we’ve had a lot of middle-aged women coming in looking for Zane Grey novels. Normally, it’s just a bunch of old guys who love reading the westerns. So I was curious as to what this was all about.
Now, originally, the books were serialized in a paper, and the Mormons edited out all the sexy stuff. I didn’t know the old westerns had anything wild in them, except maybe gunslingers and Indians. So when the patrons were looking for the unabridged books, not the censored ones, I had to ask, “What is the difference?”
The ironic thing is these patrons normally would not read a hot, sexy romance. So why are they now dying to read a very old western that has a lot of sex in them? Now I haven’t read them so I’m going by what our manager says about them. It’s just about the sex, not romance.
But in MY books, sex is not what makes the story, even though mine are sexy. It’s about the characters and how they care about each other. It’s the LOVE, ROMANCE, and PASSION.
The physical attraction, and for my werewolves, like the ones I feature in To Tempt the Wolf (in stores now!), the scent of the individual—since they’re based on real wolves—is what begins the interest in each other. Whether they fall in love during the course of the story, or it’s love at first sight, we still need a lot of conflict to impede the journey of their making a commitment to each other by the end of the book.
The passion between the characters, even if it’s a sweet romance and there are shuddered looks—but the interest is definitely there—is what makes for a romance.
And the commitment to each other shows the love between two people.
I thought the women who were checking out the Zane Grey novels were picking them up for their husbands to read. Now I know better. And when the books are turned back in, I’ll have to check one out and see for myself what they’re all about. The researcher side of me, you know.
But I thought it was an interesting commentary on readers. That those who wouldn’t be caught dead reading a romance, want to read something with hot sex in it. Give me a romance any day where men and women struggle through a myriad of difficulties, but throughout that time, they share a passion for one another, and in the end make that commitment for all time.
So if you like THAT kind of story, join me in a sizzling romance where love and passion between werewolves rule the day!
So my questions are: Have you read Zane Grey’s novels (or novels that are solely about sex)? And what makes a couple’s romance real?
Terry Spear
“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male.”
To Tempt the Wolf—In Stores September 1
In this third in the series, wildlife photographer Tessa Anderson must prove her brother innocent of murder charges. But when she discovers a gorgeous naked man barely alive on her beach, she's got a new world of troubles to deal with, not least of which is how he affects her with just a look, a touch, or a whispered word.
Hunter Greymore is a lupus garou, a grey werewolf. Hoping to keep a low profile at Tessa's cabin on the coast, he's drawn into her life—and into her bed. His animal instincts war with his human half, but in the end, the only thing he can do about this fascinating, adorable woman is to leave her forever —unless she becomes one of them.
A retired lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army Reserves, award-winning author Terry Spear has an MBA from Monmouth College. An eclectic writer, she dabbles in the paranormal as well as writing historical and true life stories for both teen and adult audiences. Spear lives in Crawford, Texas. Her 2008 Sourcebooks Casablanca release, Heart of the Wolf was named a Best Book of the Year by Publishers Weekly. Destiny of the Wolf and To Tempt the Wolf are in stores now, and more are on the way: The Legend of the White Wolf (February 2010) and Seduction of the Wolf (August 2010). For more information please visit www.terryspear.com
Giveaway: Terry Spear and Sourcebooks are offering up 1 set of 2 books: Heart of the Wolfand To Tempt the Wolf to one lucky commenter. To enter answer Terry's question up above about Zane Grey, tells us why you love werewolves, and/or why you like romance. Be sure to come back and comment often! Winner will be announce on September 14th, 2009.
Holy baloney eaten by a talking fish-head on a tricycle... wowza. This New Moon trailer looks so much better than the other trailers and it's really interesting to hear Taylor Lautner (Jacob Black) describe the novel/movie story. I hardly have words to describe how freaking cool it looks. Is it November yet?
Isabel G. is Susan's sister and the subject of this reader highlight. Isabel is incredibly active on Love Romance Passion, always commenting with fun witty responses. The conversation on this blog wouldn't be the same without her and now I have the pleasure of introducing her to everyone. Say hello to Isabel!
Keira: What is your secret guilty plot or character trope that you love beyond reason?
Isabel G: I am guilty of reading books about werewolves or vampires falling in love with a human. Arrest me now for my guilty pleasure!
Keira: Haha, if I did, you'd have to arrest me too because I like those plots also! Where were you when you got your first kiss?
Isabel G: This might get me in hot water with my husband! LOL I was sixteen years old and a friend from high school came over to watch a movie at my parent’s house. My mother was in another room so he must have thought it was the perfect opportunity. I turned to face him one second to ask a question and he grabbed my face with both hands and leaned in to give me one of the most passionate kisses of my life. We are no longer friends but it was a memorable kiss!
Keira: That's so sweet. What do you look for in a heroine? Do you like her to be similar to you, or do you want someone completely different?
Isabel G: I like a heroine to have some similarities and some differences to my own characteristics. It is inspiring to read about a heroine who can support herself, is not afraid to voice her opinion, and is not afraid to flirt. However, every now and then I also like to read about female characters that are shy and the male takes the lead.
Keira: The perfect heroine might then be the oxymoron of a shy-flirtatious female. What makes up your idea of the perfect hero?
Isabel G: What an important question indeed! After all this is why we read romance, no? The hero, in my opinion, should be secure and exude confidence. He should be able to laugh at things and yet be serious enough to take charge in the bedroom.
Keira: Ooo lala! What is your favorite romance novel right now?
Isabel G: I just finished reading Lori Foster’s Hard to Handle and it was amazing!
Keira: Guest review? Hehe. What romance novel are you reading now?
Isabel G: Midnight Desire which my sister bought for me as a birthday gift.
Keira: Which book do you plan to read next?
Isabel G: It’s part of Harlequin Blaze by Kate Hoffmann. The title of the book is The Mighty Quinns: Brody.
Keira: How big is your TBR pile?
Isabel G: There are currently 14 books sitting on my nightstand! It is difficult to find time to read after starting college but I try to make time every night to grab a book, take a bath and disconnect with everything else.
Keira: Good plan! Bring one in your purse for downtime between when you arrive at class and before the instructor starts teaching. That's how I got a lot of reading done. How do you define love?
Isabel G: Love makes you do things you would have been afraid to do otherwise. I lived in Florida with my parents and my friend of five years was in the military at that time. He returned to the states and was going to be stationed in Kentucky. I turned to my parents and said I want to go visit him. It was a big deal because before that moment I was terrified of traveling anywhere alone! A few days later I was on a plane to visit him and while I was there he asked me to marry him.
Keira: Wow! That's so amazingly sweet! Okay, last question, Isabel. What is your favorite feature at Love Romance Passion?
Isabel G: My favorite feature is that we are allowed to write comments, duh! Another thing is that it is updated regularly and there is always something good to read. There is also variety as far as what is posted. You can expect everything from humor, contests, to being engaged in a debate of the minds.
Keira: Thanks so much Isabel for sharing with us! Be fabulous!
Today is part four of five in announcing the Top 50 Romance Novel Blogs. I hope you take the time to go to these blogs and see what they have to offer!
And as always be sure to drop a comment and let me know if I've missed any of your favorite haunts as I will be composing a fan list to supplement my list at the end.
Romance B(u)y the Book- Dish with Michelle and the Bellas @ RBTB about Love, Sex, Family, Life, and, of course, Romance! (They have a newsletter subscription contest going on - ends 31st of March.)
Romance Novel TV- Video interviews with romance authors, really need I go on? Make it a destination of yours.
Romance Rookie- I have to promote Jill just because of the Florida background- though her 500+ bk reviews don't hurt either. She works at my alma mater. If it weren't for the trees and two kids I'd say we were the same person. (I loved Nancy Drew growing up and am also a Virgo.)
Romance Vagabonds- Four ladies + romance novels + hunks = a whole lot of fun.
Romancing the Blog- The title of this blog was my first idea for naming my blog. Isn't it cute? The columnists on Romancing the Blog are readers, reviewers, aspiring authors, and bestsellers.
Romantic Inks- I just love the colors of this website and the design - very pretty. 15 women actively write for this blog - that's a whole lot of wonderful posts!
Welcome readers! Gather round the campfire as Terry Spear is joining us today to illuminate on her Wolf series. Werewolves as you know are not just for scary stories... they're for loving too!
Keira: How did you come up with the idea for the Wolf series?
Terry: Years ago, I had read Jack London's White Fang and Call of the Wild and while I was thinking about creating a werewolf series, I remembered the way he had emphasized that not only did man need to survive, but that wolves did, and this was shown also from the wolves' own point of view. I fell in love with wolves back then. So when I thought of doing werewolves, I wanted to create a world where they were like real wolves when in that form, but with the sensibilities of humans, in that they would still have to be careful in considering the human aspect. And as humans, they still had their wolf enhanced abilities.
Keira: What makes your werewolves different from other renditions? (i.e. What are the rules to shapeshifting, pack structure, history, biology, etc.)
Terry: What makes mine different from some is the fact they're just like real wolves in the wild. And when they're in their human form, it's not like they've taken off a wolf coat and leave their wolf world behind. The two parts of them make the whole. As with real wolves, there are red and gray, so I had a lot of fun with showing the werewolves coming from different werewolf species. I enjoyed taking the old standard of the werewolf horror tales and using them to show what is the same and what is different, also.
Keira: I noticed a name popping up in the book a lot and I have to ask... Who is Julia Wildthorn?
Terry: Julia is a red werewolf who writes werewolf romance novels, but to be true to the secretive nature of their kind, she writes a version that is not real. I had a lot of fun with one of her books in the fourth book of my series that is based in the Canadian Arctic where readers will get to read about Arctic werewolves.
Keira: What was the hardest part of writing Destiny of the Wolf?
Terry: It was too short and I had to write it longer. And when I got going, I had so much fun with it, I couldn't stop and then I had to cut it down.
Keira: That's too funny. You're a modern day Goldilocks but with wolves instead of bears. How do you define love?
Terry: The give and take of a relationship where two people care about each other's needs and are willing to sacrifice their own for their mate.
Keira: What makes a great (written) bedroom scene?
Terry: Unique setting, or something that makes the same old setting memorable, showing the characters' emotions, not just the physical side of the scene.
Keira: After werewolves and vampires what next?
Terry: More werewolves and vampires? I love to write them, and hunky Highlanders too. Though I have a fun demon story for YAs and a couple of ghost stories also.
Keira: I love me some hunky Highlanders! Could you provide a picture of your workspace? It would be fun to see where you sit down and get creative!
Terry: I don't have a picture of my workspace, but I've included one of me at my Heart of Texas (HOT) RWA chapter meetings, where you can see I'm busily brainstorming with the others in my chapter. And yes, it was cold in the meeting room so I kept my coat on the whole time. Brainstorming doesn't work up enough heat.
Keira: Is there anything else you'd like to share with us?
Terry: Heart of the Wolf came out first, was named one of Publishers Weeklys Best Books of the Year and NOR Reader Choice Award for Best Paranormal Romance. Destiny of the Wolf has just been released, and To Temp the Wolf will follow in September. Legend of the White Wolf (name may be changed) will be released after that. I'm working on the next two in the series now. They're all stand alone titles and each has its own special story within the lupus garou world. If you're looking for a fun tale about wolves and humans combined, I hope you'll check out my werewolf tales!
If anyone wants to join me, I'm at the following places and could always use a few more friends!
is smart, beautiful and fearless. Which heroines do you prefer writing, the strong heroines, or the vulnerable ones?
Have you ever wanted to shapeshift? Maybe not exactly thought of it in those terms, but haven't you ever wanted to be a fly on the wall? To hear and see what was going on at some event that you couldn't/wouldn't dare intrude on otherwise? But were dying to know what went on?
In 
But in 
and it was amazing!
which my sister bought for me as a birthday gift.
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Thanks so much Isabel for sharing with us! Be fabulous!
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