Yeah, Caesar, you're going down in a second. And Brutus is taking you there. This movie still, btw, comes from the singularly worst version of Caesar that I've ever seen (although the one with Charleton Heston as Marc Antony comes a close second... actually there is NO good version), but mesmerizing because Marlon Brando plays Marc Antony and well, it's Brando for God's sake. I used to show this version when I taught the play, pausing on a crowd scene where one of the extras gets caught in another extra's toga and has to bat his way out. Yeah, when you're teaching Caesar to 30 10th graders six times a day, this is high comedy. Thursday, March 15, 2012
Beware the Ides of March
Yeah, Caesar, you're going down in a second. And Brutus is taking you there. This movie still, btw, comes from the singularly worst version of Caesar that I've ever seen (although the one with Charleton Heston as Marc Antony comes a close second... actually there is NO good version), but mesmerizing because Marlon Brando plays Marc Antony and well, it's Brando for God's sake. I used to show this version when I taught the play, pausing on a crowd scene where one of the extras gets caught in another extra's toga and has to bat his way out. Yeah, when you're teaching Caesar to 30 10th graders six times a day, this is high comedy. Monday, March 12, 2012
Fried What?
This is the Fried Cherry Koolaid that I ate at the Houston Livestock and Rodeo Friday night. That is husband's hand holding it. We were like wet dogs right then because it was pouring rain and we were the only ones on the Carnival Midway at the Fried What? booth. But fried cherry koolaid? C'mon. You gotta try it. It's not that sweet and surprisingly yummy. Plus that's what you do at the rodeo - you eat ridiculous things that are not part of any actual food group. Fried or on a stick or both. Often in portions that would feed a small country, although the koolaid balls were a surprisingly modest size, dontcha think? (full disclosure, one is missing - I snarfed it while pulling my phone out of my pocket to take a pic)Wednesday, February 29, 2012
ANASTASIA FOREVER COVER REVEAL!

ANASTASIA FOREVER by Joy Preble
(the third book of the DREAMING ANASTASIA SERIES)
AUGUST 1, 2012 from SOURCEBOOKS FIRE
ISBN: 978-1402268755
Secrets within secrets. Truths within lies.
Anastasia
She was the darling of the glittering
Winter Palace while her half brother Viktor
was relegated to the shadows.
Now he’s ready to take his turn in the spotlight…
and revenge on the world that shunned him.
Anne
The visions won’t stop. One minute she’s in
her bedroom on her cell phone. And the next
she’s in the past witness to the
private moments of the royal Romanov family.
Ethan
He’s been eighteen for nearly century and finding
Anne is the best thing that’s ever happened to him.
But the magic in his blood is turning darker,
forcing him to wonder whether
he’s the most dangerous threat of all.
History Never Tells You Everything....
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I am so very excited for you all to read. ARC's are coming soon. You can pre-order (see above) at Amazon and Barnes and Noble and I hope that you do. As you can see from the cover, things are getting a little darker for Anne and Ethan. Anne enters book 3 having bound herself to Baba Yaga in order to save Ethan with a kiss at the end of book 2. But will they end up together? Will they be able to stop Viktor once and for all? Free Lily the rusalka from her curse? And what's the source of the power rising inside Ethan? Everything is getting deliciously dark and romantic in ANASTASIA FOREVER!!
Romance meets paranormal meets Russian folklore meets time travel meets historical fiction.
ANASTASIA FOREVER
reserve yours today!
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Last Stop on the HAUNTED Blog Tour

Today I'm hanging out at Once Upon a Twilight for an author interview.
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
If it's Tuesday it's time for a HAUNTED excerpt

Tuesday HAUNTED BLOG TOUR stop takes us to Christin's Portrait of a Book, with another excerpt from HAUNTED, this one from Ethan's point of view. After becoming mortal again in DREAMING ANASTASIA once Anne initially rescues Anastasia from Baba Yaga's hut, Ethan leaves at the end of that book. His life has not been his own for so very long, and despite his passionate feelings toward Anne, he heads back to Europe to brood. In his absence, in that interesting space that exists between books, Anne has acquired Ben - her very normal, very sweet lifeguard boyfriend. Anne wants normal soooo badly. Saving Anastasia did not go well. People died; others were hurt; Anne is something else now - something powerful and different. And she wants no part of it. Easier to make up with Ben.
Monday, February 27, 2012
Monday Musings

Today on the last leg of the HAUNTED BlOG TOUR, I'm visiting Page Turners with a guest post, talking about taking existing lore and turning into my own for the DREAMING ANASTASIA series.
- Baba Yaga the witch
- Russian lacquer boxes
- Russian matryoshka dolls
- all of the above plus
- rusalki (malevolent slavic mermaids)
- all of the above plus
- Koschei the Deathless, a very ancient Slavic story about a man who cannot be killed. It uses the soul jar trope, which I'll be talking about more soon. (Koschei, by the way, is actually hinted at in the very end of HAUNTED!)
- Faberge eggs
Friday, February 24, 2012
Five for Friday

The HAUNTED Blog Tour heads to Mundie Moms today for an interview.

