Living Dead Girl Cover Art

"The lines between good and evil are sometimes blurred."

Atlanta Hart, an English Lit Grad student, who spends her free time absorbed in the Goth/Industrial club scene of Boston, learns that she's an Air Witch, the first discovered for centuries. Suddenly she and her friends find themselves immersed in a world of magick and magickal creatures, not all of which uphold their birthright to protect the human race. This new world is on the brink of war, propelling Atlanta to embark on a journey to understand her powers in order to fight for her life and the lives of those she loves. With the help of legendary vampire hunter turned vampire, Sean Cameron, can she discover the truth of her past in time to save her future?

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Look at that. For an e-book...not a bad cover, huh?

I must get back to editing...but I wanted to share this.

xo

Tamsin :)

Short Story Topics? And...GO!

I'm lookin' at you...yeah YOU!

Why?

Ideas.

Let's play a game.

Those of you in theater know how this works for improv...we're going to attempt to do it for writing.

I am going to be writing a short SHORT story. Not my usual thing. BUT...as soon as my edits are done I'll be writing one to give away during promotions for the book. So I thought it might be fun that those of you who read this could play along.

Ideas...I need ideas.

Much like when you visit an improv show and the person says, "Give us a topic or word and we'll create an improv from it," I want you to do the same. The ideas can be random, they can be organized, they can be whatever you want. Let's keep the story in my genre, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, and let's have fun with it.

You can just throw things at me like the name of a town, a situation, and an end game...or you can just toss out a confilct...or you can give me random words/topics. Don't care. If I use yours, you get a free copy of the story before anyone else and acknowledgment on the document as well.

So...short story topics...

On your mark, get set.....GO!

xo

Tamsin :)

Swords are Sexy (and fun)

So, what did YOU do with your evening last night? Me? Oh, I watched my girl Lauren learn to fight with swords. Yeah, it's as cool as it sounds. :)

We're gonna jump books for a moment and go back in time to Moon Over Manhattan (you know, that first photo-shoot I did). Pictured to the left here is Lauren Steinmeyer, the model for Denika Petrovskii in the Moon Over Manhattan shoot back in October 2010. You'll note she is out of wig and costume...but that's because she's being taught how to fight with two swords...like Denika does in the books.

You're probably asking why...

The sequel has been bopping about in my head a bit, to be honest. And early in the book Cash gives Denika some cool new swords. They're smaller and lighter than her usual swords but easier for close range fighting and they can do some serious damage. They've got a smooth/sharp edge, a severe point AND a serrated edge in the center. ----and yes, these are actually stainless steel and sharp----



ANYHOO...I thought it might be fun, since I'm really good friends with fight choreographer Trevor Swann, to have him teach Lauren how to do a two handed sword cata and film it this fall for the website. :) (Note: Our usual fight choreographer, Mark Rosenthal, is in Germany for a bit and Trevor worked with him/us for the LDG photo-shoot so I asked him in for this project. Plus, he's the one that showed me these swords.)

We started off the evening by having Trevor teach Lauren how to hold the swords. After that they worked on stances and then fighting moves for within the cata itself. I filmed it but I'm gonna need Robbie's help transfering them to a Utube vid for people to see. But, I did get some pics of the whole thing so here you go! Enjoy!







Many many thanks to Trevor Swann for his help, sharing his talent, and the giving of his the time to help us do this last night (and for the time he will put in from here on till the video is shot) and...

HUGE props to Lauren for standing out in the heat last night and learning one of the harder forms of fight choreography. She did really great for her first sword training EVER and on top of that, with TWO swords! I hope you all are as excited as I am to see this when it's done. It'll be posted to music...song is Ayria's 1000 Transmissions...just like in the 1st book (she does a cata on top of the rooftops of her and neighboring buildings late at night when she can't sleep). So stay tuned here to the blog...for that's where I'll announce the videos when they're done!

xo

Tamsin :)

We interrupt our regularly scheduled program...

...where we've been talking about LDG, to bring you the most adorable video I've ever seen.


CUDDLING ELEPHANT SEAL VIDEO

This is worth your time to watch. I have NO idea how long it'll be on the web at this location but it's worth watching the whole thing. :)

My mom actually had the video itself emailed to her and sent it to me (as she knows I have a huge love for Sea Lions and Seals) today. Seems its been out for awhile but in case you've not seen it, like me...now you can.

Also, let me give props to the blog who listed it for me. Her name is Barbara Weibel and she talks about this video on her Feb. 11, 2010 blog post.

I agree with her that if its the animal that initiates the affection/attention then its acceptable to stay and enjoy that interaction.

He just can't seem to stop kissing this lady...flipping his tail up and being playful. He even pulls up next to her, putting his flipper around her like a man would put his arm around a woman when he cuddles with her. It's just priceless.

If you've not seen it...I hope you like it and it makes you smile.

And...if that link doesn't work...I found it HERE too.

xo

Tamsin :)

The 3 looks of Jensine...

Photo from Living Dead Girl Photo-Shoot
Character: Jensine Blackensdale
Model: Kara Addington

When you write, some parts of your personality show up in some of the roles you create. At least, that's what happens to me when I write. Mostly its that one characters gets one trait and another character gets another...and so on. But when I started writing the first book of the Living Dead Girl Series I decided to physically base one of the characters on how I looked at the time.

When I first started the book I was in college (so yeah, a while ago...before the internet was a household thing...*cough cough* OIY.) so the character is described as petite, short but curvy, with curly blonde hair to her shoulders. I had a real, true, bottle induced, golden yellow blond head of curls. I also have olive green eyes. So...that's how you meet Jensine.

But, her looks change throughout the story...much like my looks have changed throughout the past ___ years. I was blonde, then I had long red hair and now...as you can see by the pics here on the blog, I have short black hair.

My real hair color? Well hell...I would say a mousey blondish brown. Some would call it a dark blond or Michigan blond. If I'd have grown up in a southern state it'd been more blond than that but alas, due to crazy cloud cover in Michigan my head was usually a light blondish brown.

Anyhoo...I decided it'd be fun to show you the different looks Jensine has throughout the photo-shoot. The first pic, at the top, is her "blond" look at the top of the story. But, like me, it changes...

Her RED look:

















Her BLACK look:

Kara Addington, the model for Jensine, did an amazing job and I can't wait for you to see her in the video we filmed of the bo-staff fight she does with David (Character: Alex). Our fight guys, Mark and Trevor, were bloody excellent! The fight is both elegant, intricate and has a bit of humor to go along with the aggression.



Have a great day all....more pics to come as I introduce you to everyone else so stay tuned!

Tamsin :)

In honor of Marriage Equality in NYC...

Picture from Living Dead Girl Photo-Shoot.
Characters: Grayson Alex Stoltz & Stephan Throneburg
Models: David Mavricos & Thomas Daniels

Most people state that Grayson is their favorite character in the series and that his relationship with Stephan is their favorite pairing in the series as well.

So, in honor of MARRIAGE EQUALITY IN NYC I decided today was the day to leak the pics of everyone's favorite couple.

This is Stephan Throneburg (Model: Thomas Daniels)



This is Grayson Alex Stoltz (Model: David Mavricos)



CONGRATS to everyone in NYC! As a city we are diverse and we've always been ahead of everyone else. This is just more proof that we are embracing that diversity and showing the world our acceptance of anyone, be it their race, sex or sexual preference. I was in LA when I learned the verdict on the vote and I was, and still am, proud to say, "That's my city!" I can't WAIT to attend all those weddings that finally get to be official and legal in the eyes of the state!

xoxo

Tamsin :)

Oh my...you have to see...well...this...

Character: Pepper
Model: ?

Thought ya'll would find this entertaining.

xo

Tamsin :)