Hey boys and girls! I have some amazing news! I sold my first book “Bound by Blood” to Lyrical Press! ”Bound by Blood” is a sexy, dark paranormal romance with Vampires and Lycan…Oh my! I don’t have a release date yet, but have no fear you will be the first to know when I do! It will release as an e-book first, but you will be able to order it through all major bookstores and amazon. I can’t wait to see my name on the cover of MY book! Although after signing the contract I realized I am totally going to have to work on my signature before I do book signings! So anywho have a glass of the bubbly with me in celebration and enjoy the book trailer for “Bound by Blood”! And as always, until next time don’t do anything I wouldn’t do! ~Elizabeth

 Blogging over at Steamed today!! Check it out and comment! ~Elizabeth

So first off let me get this out of the way….if you aren’t 18 or if you don’t want your boss wondering what the hell you are looking at…..close the page now….for the rest of you curious what my pervy mind has found fascinating today….keep reading!!

Quite a bit of my book “Spirit Born” involves a fictitious 19th century vice club called, “Vitiosus”. It is used as a cover for a magical society of aristocrats dabbling in time travel. While my group originated from my twisted mind, there were plenty of the real thing back in the day! And they were delightfully kinky!! The ones involving the aristocratic society members(male and female alike) were the most elaborate often involving outrageous costumes and masks. They had graphic paraphernalia such as “prick glasses” in which they used to make ribald toasts, obscene ballot boxes in which the votes(yay or nay) would go into respective orifices and “testing platters” into which the club members would spill their seed. Sadly not many of these fantastic items remain since when they were discovered by the less zesty portion of society they were quickly and quietly disposed of since they weren’t proper. Oddly enough things haven’t really changed that much. There is whole room housing these fascinating relics of history in the St. Andrews museum in Scotland and they keep them hidden away from the public afraid to display these naughty pieces of history. I think it is a shame really.  Anywho I will jump off my little soap box and get back to the details of what went down in theses clubs! hehe There was a selection of fun to be had by all members, masturbating group rooms, the latest selections of dirty books, rooms in which various pairs or groups could break off into, kinky rituals and ceremonies. They even had young and beautiful “posture Molls” showing off their supple naked bodies  and gyrating in “lap dances” for the patrons. And we like to think we invented all those things! The beauty of these gatherings was nothing was taboo, any position, any gender, any orifice. In fact this maybe the only place that anyone in that era felt truly unrestrained by the stifling guidelines of that day and age.

I hope you enjoyed this installment of history with Elizabeth and as always until next time don’t do anything I wouldn’t do! ~Elizabeth

 Hello boys and girls! I have been a busy bee lately, still writing like mad. And very, very soon you will be able to read my work. I promise! So today I have compiled a list of 50 random facts about me. I can’t promise that they are interesting, but anywho, here ya go! Enjoy!

 1. I only wear black nail polish.

2. I wear corsets on a regular basis.

3. I am still in possesion of one of my baby teeth.

4. I LOVE writing the sex scenes in my books.

5. A whiskey sour is my favorite drink.

6. I once played the Artful Dodger in the play “Oliver”.

7. The sun and I don’t get along.

8. I LOVE vampires, but not sparkly ones!

9. My first car was a 1966 Dodge Dart and it was a POS, but I loved it.

10. . I play World or Warcraft.

11. I HATE clowns…..I mean I really HATE clowns.

12. People always think I am younger then I am.

13. I sew all my steampunk outfits on a treadle sewing machine.

14. I DON’T do Avon or Mary Kay parites, don’t even ask me!.

15. I look at the sun if I feel the need to sneeze….I am screwed if there is no sun.

16. I only wear thigh high stocking and garter belts, I DO NOT wear tights or nylons.

17. I am good at making tips when I waitress!

18. I can’t throw a baseball to save my life.

19. I don’t write anything in my sex scenes that I haven’t experianced or am willing to experiance.

20. My motto is “don’t knock it til you try it”.

21. I can’t remember what my natural hair color is any more.

22. I really, really want a tattoo.

23. I am waiting to get a tattoo until I can use it to celebrate a publishing contract.

24. I LOATH country music.

25. I exist on lots and lots and lots of black coffee.

26. I also love pumpkin spice lattes….

27. and pumpkin beer…..

28. The fall is my favorite season.

29. Camping is pretty much overrated.

30. I have jumped into a glacier lake in the winter and survived.

31. I used to do three day eventing with my horse.

32. I used to own a horse named Irish, he was my baby.

33. I yearn to visit Ireland.

34. I contain quite a bit of Irish in me, hence the reason I sunburn if I even look at the sun.

35. I love movies, but loath tv.

36. My favorite colors are black and purple.

37. I am not a pink kinda girl.

38. I usually cut my own hair.

39. I love Kenny from South Park.

40. I prefer cold weather to hot weather.

41. I once had to have an x-ray done on my head to make sure my skull wasn’t denting into my brain.

42. I am taking up tribal fusion belly dancing.

43. My favorite movie is “The Fountain”.

44. I have met a famous person and not known who they were until after….

45. I have been in a music video.

46. I have had an Irish car bomb and remained up right, no small feat if you are as small as I am.

47. I am a very bad influence!

48. I pocrastinante frequently.

49. I HATE mustaches with a passion! I will never kiss a man with a mustache, even if it is Hugh Jackman….

50.  I am sitting here in my underwear writing this list.

THE END

~Elizabeth

Hello boys and girls!! I have been a busy little bee and writing like mad on the second book in my Code name: Raven series! This means my brain is too fried to think of a clever blog post! No rest for the wicked right!? Anywho I am off to do some more work and while I am busy….I have a lovely visual treat for you all and it includes lots and lots of kissing….and most of it includes Hugh Jackman…..YUM!!! So enjoy and happy hump day!! ~Elizabeth

So boys and girls another year has passed us by and it was a goodish year I would say. It is that time of year when people reflect on their lives and make their plans and goals for the new year. I think all the goal planning is admirable, but I decided to do mine a little differently and in honor of 2010 I made a list of ten random things I would like to do this year. I promise a video blog to celebrate each one I mark off the list! Because if there aren’t pictures it didn’t happen right? So here is my list in no particular order!

1. Drink Soda and eat Pop Rocks and see if it kills me

2. Get a tattoo

 3. Visit 10 different places that are “haunted”

 4. Wear Vampire fangs around for the whole day(including the grocery store and the library, with the possibility of the bank)

 5. Shoot a gun

 6. Watch “Zombie Strippers”

7. Order a “kinky Orgasm” cocktail with a straight face

 8. Eat a raw oyster

 9. Not check my e-mail/facebook/twitter for a whole day

 10. To be announced………..

 So there you have it and stay tuned for the updates of me accomplishing the things on my list! Until then I hope you all have exciting things planned to bring in the New Year!! So grab your favorite beverage and grab a sexy someone and lay a lip lock on them at midnight!! And remember boys and girls don’t do anything I wouldn’t do and HAPPY NEW YEAR to all!! ~Elizabeth

I need to know if I am alone here…..am I the only one that finds the dreaded mustache scary?? It can turn a perfectly gorgeous man into looking like a crazed serial killer….. I have some examples here…. be warned some of these images are disturbing…..

Now these fine and I do mean FINE gentleman may be excused for their transgressions because they endured this facial hair nightmare in pursuit of a role in a movie. However…..when a man willingly grows this on his face…..I say HELL NO…….what is wrong with you?? When you go to kiss a man his facial hair shouldn’t be all like RAWWWWRRRRRR I am a big scary, hairy animal that will maul you to death…. I would also like to point out that you can almost always pick the “bad” guy out right off in a movie because he has a mustache….coinicidence?? I think not!! Stubble however is SEXY!! Nothing like a little rough caress mixed in with your kiss!! So lets hear your thoughts on the issue boys and girls?? Do you dig the mustache?? I however will remain steadfast in my dislike of the mustache and I beg you commit me to the nearest assylum if you ever hear me utter the words…..that is a sexy mustache…… ~Elizabeth

In case I don’t get around to it I wanted to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a joyous New Year!! Enjoy your holidays and overindulge on the spiked hot chocolate!! And as always don’t do anything I wouldn’t do! *hugs and smooches* ~Elizabeth

Am I the only one that finds the whole Santa is always watching thing a bit creepy?? I mean I appreciate the presents, but does he even watch me in the shower?? Well whilst doing research into Vampires, because hey isn’t that what everyone does for fun?? I discovered that my fears were well grounded, since Santa hasn’t always been the jolly man in the red suit……that is right one of the oldest legends about him can be found in a bunch of books on Vampire legends! So settle back boys and girls with your cups of spiked cocoa and let me tell you a little story! It will not be a sweet, warm fuzzy Christmas story, because that just isn’t my style!!

Once upon a time in Germany’s black forests, long before christianity had reached that far corner of the world they had a legend…..the legend of the tomtin! These little dwarf like creatures were monstrously disgusting creatures that were wholly evil. They wore red suits because they were the color of blood! They spent their free time traversing the roads in groups, waiting for some poor unsuspecting traveler to come by. As their victim passed they would pull the traveler to the ground and beat them most viciously…until dead!! Then they would lick at the blood seeping from the wounds of the dead traveler that was unfortunate enough to traverse their territory. Now the tomtin had a leader….his name was Nacht Rupert! From time to time Nacht Rupert woud steal into the towns in the dead of night and peer through the villager’s windows! His unsuspecting victims would mostly meet with a terrible demise…..however if he observed someone keeping true to the old faith he would leave a small gift. His biggest gift for them however was the fact that they were able to keep their life!

Now as the Catholic faith made its way into the area they saw this legend as a way to help them out and turned Nacht Rupert into a saint….that is right the good old St. Nicholas. However at this point he was still an evil menace that terrorized the night!! Now he would steal into the villages at night and send his tomtin in ahead of him to awaken the children that slumbered and ask them questions about the christian catechism. If they were unable to answer or heaven forbid answer incorrectly the tomtin took to beating the children with sharp sticks and St. Nicholas would pelt them with hard lumps of coal! After this terrifying experience the tomtin would lick the blood from the children’s wounds!

Now somewhere along the way the image of the tomtin softened and they became cheerful helpers of Santa…..but Santa still wears a red(the color of blood) suit…..so you had better watch out!!! Happy Holidays!!! ~Elizabeth

Today we are going to be experiencing a first! That is right I am going to welcome my blog’s first victim…errr…I mean interview!! I am honored to introduce you all to a lovely gentleman I met during the fabulous Steamcon, The Lord Baron Joseph C.R. Vourteque IV. He is a member of the Royal Ladies’ & Gentlemen’s Experimental Madness Society and he displayed a fabulous Steampunk Ghost Hunting Kit at Steamcon! I am going to ask him a few fun questions and show you some of the amazing things he displayed during Steamcon!

So Sir Joseph thank you so much for being here today! I trust you are well and thanks in advance for indulging me a few questions.

I will start things off nice and easy. J

How long have you been involved in the steampunk subculture and what drew you to it?

It’s hard to really say.  I was raised in a somewhat neo-Victorian family, so that unto itself is very “steampunk.”  I remember being a young teenager and hearing about steampunk and it really interesting me.  I remember the comic book, but was never a very big comic book reader as a teenager, preferring literature instead, so I never really looked into it.  Around seventeen I was exposed to the seminal film “Delicatessen”, which I HIGHLY suggest to anyone who hasn’t seen it.  It’s by the same director who did City of Lost Children, another favourite of mine. 

Then in my late teens and into my mid twenties I became very involved in nightlife, I remember constantly trying to figure a way to bring more of an art deco aesthetic into events I would do, but never really had any luck.  Today I guess we would call that “dieselpunk.”  As time went on though, I always really had a passion for neo-Victorianism.  I’ve always liked vampires and romanticism, I like the design style.  My mom gave me a number of Tiffany lamps a couple years ago, they are still my favourite.  I loved going to “historical” towns like Long Grove, Illinois Galena.

Regardless, I would say I “officially” embraced steampunk roughly a little over a year ago.  My compatriot in the Royal Ladies’ & Gentlemans’ Experimental Madness Society, Samuel, dressed as a “steampunk” time traveler for Halloween and the idea really hit me.  THAT was what I wanted, to start dressing up again, to hold oneself to higher standards.  I coupled it with my love of the strange and dark and theatrical to come up with a “ghost hunting” idea.  Thus we started our collective and began making our “inventions.”  I guess that’s the whole story, hope I did not bore you dear!

 Which element of the paranormal would you prefer to encounter, Zombies, Vampires or Ghosts?

That really depends on the situation.  First and foremost, I’d have to say I would least like to run into a zombie.  Beside the obvious reason that, of the three, they are the most likely to want to destroy you, aesthetically I don’t feel there is anything particularly pleasant about them.  It just seems to me that encountering a zombie is a whole-sale unpleasant experience.  Meanwhile, ghosts are wonderfully intriguing subjects, as I cannot see any way a ghost can ACTUALLY hurt you.  Thus I don’t think I would mind encountering one.  It could be unpleasant, depending on the situation, but seeing as ghosts are inextricably connected with history, I think I would rather enjoy the encounter.

Vampires, though, and I’m sure I am not alone on this, I think would be the most preferable, but only if you are talking about post-Victorian romantic ones.  Prior to the Romantic period, vampires were mindless undead, essentially zombies really, the difference being they fed at night and had the ability to plot their hunt, but not with any particular intelligence.  Post-Romantic Vampires bare more semblance to classical European “fae” or “others”, ethereal, super-human beings that are more soul stealing or consuming than feeding on the physical corpus.  But above all, Vampires in the modern sense are attractive, intelligent creatures that you could have a conversation with, so I guess I would say, why not?

Also if faced with the choice which would you prefer to become and why? 

 Ok one last question and it is one that burns on many a steampunk ladies mind, which is sexier…..goggles, eye patch or top hat?

Oh, it all depends.  Any can be sexy when done well.  I would say the “unsexiest” of any of those choices is, of course, when one goes to a store and buys some generic form of the three and wears it just to be “steampunk.”  The attractive aspect of steampunk is that each of us essentially “builds” our own outfits and gadgets.  The object should have PURPOSE, and this is ESPECIALLY true of goggles.  Steampunk is all about form AND function – when one does both well, nothing is more attractive!

 Thank you so much for your time Lord Baron! I hope you all enjoyed the interview and the neat pieces from the ghost hunting kit. If you wish to follow along with the Baron Joseph’s adventures you can read more about him and the Royal Ladies’ & Gentlemen’s Experimental Madness Society  at their blog, As always until next time don’t do anything I wouldn’t do! ~Elizabeth