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Elle James: The Melting Pot of Writing (Contest)
Thursday, May 1st, 2014

The joy of being a writer is having the flexibility to write those things that you enjoy writing. I love to write cowboys, cops, military heroes, comedies, suspense and paranormal romances. As a reader, I love to read all of these genres and hope that other readers will follow me no matter what genre I write. It’s exciting to wake up into a new world every day. And isn’t that why we read? To escape into another world, to be someone else and to overcome someone else’s obstacles and find love if even for a moment?

I love writing paranormals because I can make up the rules of my world and the magic that happens within it. I especially love a magical family whose members come together to help each other out. Each of the sisters have their own power relative to their position on the pentagram. Deme’s is the power of earth. She can shake it, grow it and manipulate plants. Her lover Cal is mortal, but an alpha hero willing to go up against any paranormal entity to protect the one he loves.

I started my witch series bringing all five of the sisters together in Chicago in THE WITCH’S INITIATION. They came to find one of their sisters who had disappeared. The first book was Deme Chattox’s story. The subsequent Nocturne Cravings have been Deme and Cal’s continued forays into policing the paranormals in Chicago. THE WITCH’S DESIRE takes them from Chicago to New York City. I chose to take them to NYC because I built that city as a den of paranormal activity and creatures in my demon series out with Nocturne Cravings. They even bump into some of the characters from that series.

As an author and a reader, I like to revisit characters from previous books. It makes them more of a community and, after all, we grow to love these characters as we read them and become part of their lives.

Do you like to revisit characters from previous books? Are you okay with two series colliding?

Leave a comment for a chance to win a download of TARZAN & JANINE,
a book coauthored by Elle James and Delilah Devlin!

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THE WITCH’S DESIRE
Harlequin Nocturne Cravings
The third book in Elle James’s Witch series
by Elle James aka Myla Jackson
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Demons, darkness and desire…

The only time Demi Chattox, a witch, gets to see her lover, special agent Cal Black, is when they’re chasing down demons. When they’re tasked with escorting a VIP—a Very Important Paranormal—to a summit meeting in New York, it seems like the perfect assignment. A few days away from the job…in a Manhattan hotel…just the two of them…

But there’s a storm ravaging New York, and a vampire who doesn’t want this particular VIP to make it to the summit. As Demi and Cal race to complete their assignment, they’re driven by their sense of duty—and by their desperate need to find some time alone.

Elle James’s Bio: Elle James spent twenty years livin’ and lovin’ in South Texas, ranching horses, cattle, goats, ostriches and emus. A former IT professional, Elle is proud to be writing full-time, penning intrigues and paranormal adventures that keep her readers on the edge of their seats. She has 39 works with Harlequin, self published works under pen name Elle James, over 40 works with other publishers including Samhain, Elloras’ Cave, Kensington and Avon and 18 works self-published under pen name Myla Jackson. Now living in northwest Arkansas, she isn’t wrangling cattle, she’s wrangling her muses, a malti-poo and yorkie. When she’s not at her computer, she’s traveling, out snow-skiing, boating, or riding her ATV, dreaming up new stories.

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7 comments to “Elle James: The Melting Pot of Writing (Contest)”

  1. Toni Whitmire
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    · May 1st, 2014 at 6:37 am · Link

    I ejnoyed reading the excerpt and can’t wait to read the restbibbiesparks@yahoo.com



  2. Eb
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    · May 1st, 2014 at 7:19 am · Link

    I enjoy readings all kinds of things. I feel an author that expands their writing has a better chance of having more readers to follow them. Also they might even have readers reading something they never thought they would enjoy. To me getting more people to read is a big plus. I also love to write what pops into my head, which is a wide range of topics. I also love it when I see the same characters, making the saga continue. I get wrapped up into a book and the characters and want to know what happened next after the story ends. I will be looking for more of your books in the future.
    ebwriter2525@yahoo.com



  3. Lil Miss Shalla
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    · May 1st, 2014 at 7:48 am · Link

    can’t wait to read this… i need a lot more excitement in my life 😉

    will pass on via twitter too 😀



  4. LINDA RICHTER
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    · May 1st, 2014 at 7:49 am · Link

    YOUR BOOKS SOUND GREAT. I WILL HAVE TO GET THEM.



  5. Michelle Gallegos
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    · May 1st, 2014 at 8:04 pm · Link

    I love getting to follow characters through several books. Getting more of secondary characters leads to more about the leads and adds to the fun.



  6. Kim Freeman
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    · May 1st, 2014 at 8:19 pm · Link

    I can’t wait to read it.



  7. Elle James Author
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    · May 2nd, 2014 at 1:15 pm · Link

    Thanks, all for stopping by to comment! And thanks, Sis, for inviting me to come play!



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