December Author Interview #11--Ally Blue

My guest today was one of the first m/m romance authors I ever read and she's written one of my favorite rockstar books.  Please welcome the fabulous Ally Blue to my blog. Thanks for being here, Ally. (*tries not to squee*)

1. How about we start with some basic information – tell me a little bit about yourself? Where did you grow up? What kind of student were you? What were your favorite activities? Anything you want to share is fine.

Hi K-Lee! It’s a pleasure to be here, thanks for having me :)

I grew up in the Heart of Dixie--Mobile, Alabama. Being a lifelong nerd, I was an excellent student. This will be hard for you to believe, since you’ve seen my feeble attempts at crutch-dancing, LOL, but I was a devoted dance student from early childhood all the way through my senior year in high school. Tap, jazz, ballet, even three years suffering through three hour pointe classes three days a week after school. Yeah, a ballerina I am not, but I loved dancing anyway. Other than that, my favorite activities were listening to music and reading.

Christian Kane pick-me-up (or Christian Kane pic spam #3)

Just some cuteness for the day - it is the holidays after all. Everyone needs some cheer. :)

**Edit - as usual this became obsessive and way longer than expected -

sorry about that... um... no, I'm not. Happy Holidays!

December Author Interview #10~~Cherie Noel

The guest on my blog today gives the best hugs and is A-1 in the support department. She's wacky, she's fun and she writes fabulous books. Welcome Cherie Noel. Welcome Cherie and thank you for being here.

1. How about we start with some basic information – tell me a little bit about yourself?

LOL. Brave soul. You actually want to hear about my insanity.

Where did you grow up? I really did grow up all over the country… mostly in Upper Michigan after third grade though… in the UP… which makes me what? Not everyone knows about Yoopers. LOL. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-ZvAVcBIrQ

December Author Interview/Give-Away #9~~Blaine D. Arden

My guest today is a Dutch writing rockstar who shares my love for one Christian Kane/Eliot Spencer. Welcome Blaine D. Arden to my blog. Thanks for being here, Blaine. J

Thanks for having me J

1. How about we start with some basic information – tell me a little bit about yourself? Where did you grow up? What kind of student were you? What were your favorite activities? Anything you want to share is fine. J

Dec Author Interview/Giveaway #8~~Reno MacLeod & Jaye Valentine

My guest, actually guests, on my blog today are a spectacular writing duo who I constantly fangirl over (don't tell them that though). Welcome Reno MacLeod and Jaye Valentine to Chaos in the Moonlight. *tries not to squee*


1. How about we start with some basic information – tell me a little bit about yourselves? Where did you grow up? What kind of students were you? What were your favorite activities? How did you meet? ;) Anything you want to share is fine.

December Author Interview/Give-Away #7 - Shae Connor

Today is a special day for my guest. (encourages everyone to sing Happy Birthday) Please welcome and wish a fabulous birthday to the lovely Shae Connor. Thanks for being here, Shae, and of course, Happy Birthday. J

Thank you! I’ll think of you all while I’m eating cake and ice cream this afternoon. (I'll be expecting mine in the mail) J

1. How about we start with some basic information – tell me a little bit about yourself? Where did you grow up? What kind of student were you? What were your favorite activities? Anything you want to share is fine. 

New Release / Give-Away ~~ Countdown to Santa

Countdown to Santa comes on on Sunday, December 16th - and I'm offering a free ebook copy of the format of winner's choice.  Catch up with Gabe, Matteo and their adorable twins. I don't have a buyers' link yet but it will be available at MLR Press.

December Author Interview/Give-away #6 - Xara X. Xanakas

Special treat today – my blog guest is a feisty Texan with a reputation to be a sexy, snarky, and snaky lady, (lol) plus she's also a very good friend. Welcome Xara X. Xanakas. Thanks for being here, Xara. J

1. How about we start with some basic information – tell me a little bit about yourself? Where did you grow up? What kind of student were you? What were your favorite activities? Anything you want to share is fine. J

I'm just down here in Texas, trying to do my part from deep in the heart. I was born in Texas and raised here by a wild pack of transplanted Chicagoans. Just an average student, hanging around the edges of everything. I wasn't "in" with any one crowd, but got along with all the different groups.

December Interview #5 - Ross A. McCoubrey

My guest today is the author of Young Adult m/m romances and a fellow Canadian. Please welcome Ross A. McCoubrey to my blog. Thanks for being here, Ross. J

It’s a pleasure and an honor. Thanks for having me J

1. How about we start with some basic information – tell me a little bit about yourself?

Eliot Spencer does sports Part 2 (Christian Kane - hockey)

The Blue Line Job

(season 5)

For Trix ;)

Sophie: You watch hockey fights alone, at night, in your room?

Eliot:  Yeah.  You never know if you’re going to have to fight a guy on ice.

Eliot Spencer does sports Part 1 (Christian Kane)

Pics from Leverage and Christian Kane (of course) focusing on The Three Strikes Job (season 2) and The Blue Line Job (season 5). Eliot always merges into his roles so perfectly and always with more than a little grumbling and grouching - just makes him even more awesome. TRIX actually requested pics from the Blue Line Job because the damn NHL strike still holds hockey hostage and that will be in the next post since this one got a little big. ;)

I'm hoping for a football episode but since the fate of season 6 is still up in the air and not looking hopeful, it probably won't happen. That will make me a very sad K-lee. But Eliot will never be forgotten that's for damn sure. ;)

THE THREE STRIKES JOB

December Author Interview/give-away #4 - Sasha L. Miller

My guest today is a friend who I finally got to meet in both Long Beach and Albuquerque this year & we shared a fabulous tattoo experience together – sort of. Please welcome Sasha L. Miller to my blog. Thanks for being here, Sasha. J

1. First off – how's your tattoo doing? Are you still babying it like me? ;)

It's doing well! I'm not babying it so much, but it's still the most moisturized my leg has been ever. ;3 For the curious, it's a lovely cherry blossom branch on my lower leg, same place as K-lee's angel (possibly the same leg, too, but my lefts and rights have never been all that great).

December Author Interview/Give-away #3 - Terry Milien

My guest today is a fabulous author, editor, and translator who I very much enjoy talking to on Twitter. Please welcome Terry Milien to my blog. Thanks for being here, Terry. J

Thank you for having me in the first place! ^_^ Hi everyone!

1. How about we start with some basic information – tell me a little bit about yourself? Where did you grow up? What kind of student were you? What were your favorite activities? Anything you want to share is fine. J

Sure! Well, I’m Terry, I grew up in Belgium, not far from the north border of France. I always was on the lazy side of things, studies included. BUT I also have excellent auditory memory so I didn’t actually need to study to get good grades, which infuriated most of the people who knew about it. :3 The only class I had terrible grades was PE—sports are the bane of my existence, I’m so clumsy and uncoordinated it's not funny. Reading has been a big part of my life since I was 11, when I opened Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Sorcerer’s for US peeps) for the first time. People kept giving me the weird look ’cause I always dragged at least one book around.

Dec. Author Interview/Give-away #2 - TARA LAIN

My guest on my blog today is one of the sweetest people I've ever had the pleasure to meet – the lovely Tara Lain. Tara has a new release in her Balls to the Wall series, "Snow Balls", on December 7th. Welcome Tara and thank you for being here.

1. How about we start with some basic information – tell me a little bit about yourself? Where did you grow up? What kind of student were you? What was your favorite activity when you were growing up? Anything you want to share is fine.

First, thank you for that wonderful welcome! I’m so delighted to be here. So, about me. I’m an Army brat so I grew up all over. I lived in Europe and Japan as well as in several places in the US before I was in high school. I call Washington, D.C. home even though I wasn’t born there because my grandparents were there and we came back there after travels. I also went to college there. I studied theater but ended up in marketing which is still my day job. I own a small ad/pr firm. As an adult, I have kept up the traveling and have been all over the world, mostly with my wonderful husband to whom I’ve been married for 31 years. I live in Laguna Beach, California where I set many of my books including the entire Balls to the Wall series.

Christian Kane pic spam #2 - you knew it would happen, right?

First off - here's a cover of the song Fast Car by Tracy Chapman that Christian released on his The House Rules album. The original was released in 1988 - yeah, I remember it - and I never could have put a country singer at the mic but he does a damn good job. I had this version on repeat for a while on Sunday - it helped my anxiety believe it or not. :) (the audio's a little less than stellar on the vid but definitely passable)

Bandana porn and such a beautiful lost-in-the-song expression.

December Author interview #1 - ZACH SWEETS

The first guest for my Author Interviews 2012 is someone I consider a very good friend and I hung out with a lot at GRL this year (he and his fabulous partner, Neal) Zach Sweets is in the house! Thanks for being here, Zach. J

1. How about we start with some basic information – tell me a little bit about yourself? Where did you grow up? What kind of student were you? What were your favorite activities? Where did you meet your partner? Anything you want to share is fine. J

Well, I was an army brat and I’ve moved pretty often before I finally settled in Arizona. I was born in El Paso, Texas. I moved to North Carolina briefly because that was where my entire family lived. After North Carolina, we moved to Germany for a couple of years then I moved back to USA to Kansas. I lived in Kansas from 1995 to 2001 before moving to California and graduated at a high school in 2005. After graduating from high school, I went to Gallaudet University in Washington, DC for two years and transferred to University of Baltimore to finish my degree. I graduated from University of Baltimore in 2010 and stayed in Maryland for a couple of months before my partner and I decided to move to Arizona.

What kind student I was? LOL Definitely the quietest one. I was the one that sat way back in the room. A laidback type as well. Hated to study and had a bad habit of doing everything at the last minutes. My favorite activities are running, designing random stuff on computer, coding the websites, writing, and reading. Of course spending my time with my awesome lover.

William Neale Christmas interview repost...because I miss him.

This is a repost of my interview with William Neale last year.

We lost Bill this year but he's still very much in my heart

and I definitely missed him and his sweet presence at GRL.

I wanted to pay a little tribute to how awesome he was 

so if you didn't read it last year, take a look.

I hope you enjoy William's words and if you haven't already done so

take some time to read one of his books, you won't be disappointed.

(there's no give-away, I've just posted it AS IS)

 ♡ K-lee

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December is Author Month on my blog...

Yes - yes, it is.

I have some awesome authors stopping by to be

grilled during December, much as I did last year. 

I don't have a schedule yet and not sure I will 

- it's more of a first come, first serviced thing.

Some authors will be doing give-aways so you need to tune in.