Author Archive for Christine d'Abo

The Year Everyone Dies

Okay Hollywood…enough. Please. That goes for you too BBC.

I typically love season finales for TV shows. Really I do. But this year has just about killed me. There are very few shows that I actually watch on a regular basis, but so far this year, the finale of each of them has seen the death of at least one principle (or regularly reoccurring and I happen to really like)  character.

I’ve cried enough!!!

Please no more…

Torchwood, House, NCIS…Stargate: Atlantis has then entire crew buried alive at the moment…and I missed last week’s CSI, but I’ve heard rumors. I know in Battlestar Galatica at least one, if not more of those characters will die before the show finishes.

It’s just too much for this little fangirl’s heart to take.

*sob*

Sorry State of Sci-Fi on TV

Hello everyone!! Sorry I disappeared there last week. My parents came to town and I’ve been having a fantastic time with them. This weekend I went out and bought the entire seven seasons of Buffy The Vampire Slayer. They were on sale and I couldn’t resist. Of course this has gotten me thinking about the sorry state of Sci-Fi on TV these days.

Battlestar Galatica is in its last season, they cancelled Moonlight, the Bionic Woman and Sarah Connor Chronicles were disappointing, and I can’t even think of another new sci-fi show on TV these days.

What happened??

Doctor Who only has a few episodes left this series and then I’ve got nothing to keep me going for months. I don’t even know when Torchwood is coming back, but I imagine its January 09 at least. And Stargate: Atlantis won’t be back until September.

*dramatic sigh*

This is why I write people…I need something to fill the gap in my life. Anyone out there that can recommend a good show, please let me know. If not, I’m going to be going back to rewatch Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Stargate: SG1 on DVD.

New Review - Wizard’s Thief!

Okay so I’m still blushing over this one. Wizard’s Thief just received this wonderful review from Joyfully Reviewed.

Wizard’s Thief is a wonderful story of loss and survival.  Raine and Callie were made for each other…literally! Wizard’s Thief is brilliant and Christine d’Abo is brilliant, too!  Ms. d’Abo knows how to create a wonderful world of intrigue and romance.  Not to mention hot sex!  Who wouldn’t want to live in a world where sex helps create magic!  I loved the world of the Warren wizards and I hope that Ms. d’Abo has plans for more stories in this wizarding world.

Thank you Jambrea for all your kind words! I guess I should finish the second book in that series LOL!

HUGS!

New Week…new story

I hope everyone had a wonderful Mother’s Day. I was busy with my girls and we had a fantastic day. I did have to drive my husband to the airport. He had a business meeting in Norway (lucky bugger) this week, so I’ll be alone for the next few days.

I finished the first draft of my urban paranormal this weekend. I was doing a major snoopy dance on that one, let me tell you. I need to let it sit for a bit and get a few people to read it over. Then I’m going to attack it again and make sure it is cleaned up to pitch at Nationals.

That also means I’ll be ready to start a new story soon. I have one that I need to get written (I’ll tell you all about that one soon), and then I need to get started on book four of  the Eternal Bond series.

So how was everyone’s weekend? What are your plans for the week?

Snoopy Dancing All Over The Place

It’s here!! It’s OUT!! (well not quite yet, but the buy link will be out soon)

The Bond That Heals Us is released today! Can you tell I’m excited??

*does a snoopy dance*

I love this story. I know I say that about all my books, but this one and the next book in The Eternal Bond series, The Bond That Consumes Us, were so much fun to write. It also helped that I pretty much wrote them back to back, the flow of the characters never left me.

I so hope you’re all going to enjoy Davin. Personlly, I think he’s really sexy…and he has tattoos…

You’ll get to see lots of Taber, Kamran, Haylie, Sean, and will get to meet a few new characters too.

*does another random snoopy dance*

I hope you all enjoy it. Here’s a quick excerpt to warm your engines.

When a loud hiss of atmosphere vented from the shuttle door, every security guard in the bay raised their weapons a fraction higher, fixing them on the spot. Sara gasped when the most unusually handsome man she’d ever laid eyes gripped the now open entrance and leaned out of the ship to stare directly at Taber. His shoulder length brown hair fell forward, partially covering his face.

“I have wounded in here. I need a doctor,” he snapped.

Before she had time to blink, he retreated inside the shuttle. Kicking her body into overdrive, Sara was through the door and halfway across the shuttle bay before Taber could turn around.

“Sara!”

“Come with me if you want, but I’m not stopping. You heard him, they need help.”

Somehow she managed to skirt past Taber and threw her med kit up into the open door. The entrance, which would normally be only a foot from the ground, was a full five feet in the air. For not the first time in her life, Sara cursed her five feet five inches and tried to pull herself in.

“Let me help,” a voice said from above.

Sara looked up and into the most amazing golden eyes she’d ever seen. His irises were reptilian shaped and Sara found herself unable to look away.

“You’re the doctor, I assume?” His voice was deep with an unusual accent.

His English was surprisingly good for a race she’d never seen before. And he sounded more than a little amused, despite the circumstances he was currently in. She had the distinct impression he was laughing at her. She hated it when people laughed at her.

“Are you going to help me up or not?”

“Sara, let me,” Taber said from behind.

She found herself being pushed and pulled up—directly into the waiting arms of her unusual alien. The air in her lungs whooshed out, leaving her shaking and very much aware of the large, firm, male chest she was currently pressed against. He wasn’t as tall as Taber or any of the other Briel on the planet, but he was more than big enough for Sara. A full head taller than her, she was forced to tilt her head back to look into his golden eyes.

“If you’re the doctor, I might have to get ill.” He practically purred as he spoke and then he winked.

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WOOT!! The Bond That Heals Us coming Wednesday!!

Can you tell I’m excited!!

Oh man I so can’t wait for this book to come out. I can’t believe it was June 2007 that I came up with the story idea. The Bond That Heals Us hadn’t even come out yet and I hadn’t even considered a follow-up book. It wasn’t until I was on a camping trip with my family and we were all sitting around a fire that I started thinking about it. In fact, myself, my husband and my niece all sat around, fighting off the mosquitoes and partaking in refreshments (i.e. getting drunk on wine), when I started plotting. I think it took all of twenty minutes to work out the basic plot for Bond That Heals, Bond That Consumes, and book four The Bond That Saves Us. I started working on Bond that Heals the next week.

Six weeks and some crazy long nights later, it was done!

Now, very soon, Sara and Davin will be coming out to play and I’m anxiously awaiting to see what you will all think of it. :D

On a personal note, I’m still sick. Slowly getting better, but I think I have a long road ahead of me yet. I’ll keep you posted.

Just what I needed

I haven’t been feeling very well the past little while. Yesterday it got to the point where I actually went to see my doctor…and it turns out that I have bronchitis. Let me tell you I’m not really a happy camper at the moment. :( I have a blue puffer, an orange puffer and pills. So far, they’re not helping.

Today I’m home from work, can barely breath and have the attention span of a flea. I can’t sleep and I don’t even think I can write, which isn’t good. I’m in the home stretch of my urban paranormal too, probably only have another three or four more chapters max. If that! Not sure if I’ll be getting anything done this weekend or not. I’ll try.

Needless to say, all my fun adventures for the weekend will have to be put on hold. I’m stuck on the couch on in bed for the rest of the weekend.

The only bright light in all of this is that The Bond That Heals Us is out next week!

Humpday…well hump

There is something to be said when your weeks fly by. I’m never bored to say the least. But man, I never seem to have enough hours in the day to get through everything I need to.

That said, I’m in the home stretch for my urban paranormal, and tonight my goal is to get 3k written. Insane? Yes. Determined? You bet! So I’ll be putting my nose down and will get ready to crank out the pages.

On another note, I’ve been doing a lot of reading recently. I’m just about finished No Humans Involved by Kelley Armstrong. It kills me every time I have to put the book down. I think if I get my 3k words written tonight, I’m going to stay up until I finish it. Man I love Kelley’s writing. Her characters have so much depth and her plots have tons of twists and turns. Perfect!

And don’t forget, The Bond That Heals Us comes out NEXT WEEK!! Wednesday can’t get here fast enough!

*does the snoopy dance*

Sexy eh?

I don’t know how I find some of these things…

So I was browsing the net the other day (don’t laugh Amy-I know I do that most days) and I came across this article about how Canadian’s aren’t really considered sexy. There are some awesome quotes there, but this one in particular made me giggle.

“As a people we have two problems. The first I would dub the Tilley Hat phenomenon. No-one looks good in a Tilley hat, but they’re damn practical. When you live in a country where you spend eight months a year trying to stay warm and four more warding off mosquitoes you tend to lean toward the practical. Tilley hats and Sears down coats are not sexy.”

OMG Canadian’s are the fashion equivalent to Tilley hats!! Sad, but true (and yes I’m Canadian so I’m allowed to say that).

Of course this gets me to thinking…what do we consider sexy? I know I have a thing for accents. Oh yes, my poor husband just rolls his eyes at me now every time I’m watching Doctor Who, Torchwood, or complain that they should let Jamie Bamber (Apollo from Battlestar Galatica) talk with his British accent.

Mind you, this is the same man who puts on his French accent for me on occasion. Work with what you’ve got people.

I know a lot of people think that eyes are sexy, voices, nice firm butts…that are very squeezable…sorry wandered there.

So what is sexy? Is is an attitude? State of mind?

And why the hell can’t we Canadian’s be sexy?!?! I happen to like Tilley hats…

Tagged!!

Oops I missed my post yesterday! Sorry about that. I was wrapped up with company and work…and stuff…you all know. :D

The lovely, charming and talented Sherrill Quinn tagged me yesterday for this meme. Seeing as I haven’t done one of these in a long time, I thought I’d put this one up. :D So here we go!

So, first, the rules:

a. Link to the person who tagged you.
b. Post the rules on your blog.
c. Write six random things about yourself.
d. Tag six random people at the end of your post by linking to their blogs.
e. Let each person know they have been tagged by leaving a comment at their blog.
f. Let your tagger know when your entry is up.
Here is the randomness…

1. Green is my favourite colour. I don’t know why it is, but I’ve always been drawn to it and love the feelings it evokes in me. Green simply makes me happy! Purple is a close second.

2. I’m an introvert. (Amy don’t laugh). That doesn’t mean I’m not a social butterfly (come see me at Nationals in July and you’ll learn that fast enough). What it means is that in order to recharge my mental batteries, I need alone time. A bath, quiet…whatever I can get. Of course with two kids and an amourous husband, it can be hard to get alone time. :D

3. I love trivia…especially about movies and TV shows. I can spew out useless facts with the best of them.

4. I have hobby ADD. I’ve tried just about everything, but rarely stick with things long. That’s why I never counted writing as a hobby. I’ve been doing it since I was a kid.

5. I have a very sarcastic sense of humor. Ask Amy, Wylie and Leah. :D

6.  The platypus is my favourite animal in the world. Seriously.

Okay the fun part! I’m tagging:

Julia

Kelly

Wylie

Amy

Leah

Susan 




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