Time for another Authors After Dark spotlight. Today it is Carolyn Crane! The final book in Carolyn Crane’s, Disillusionist trilogy, Head Rush comes out tomorrow! A favorite urban fantasy series of mine. I met Carolyn at this year’s Author’s After Dark convention and had so much fun chatting with her.
As I have been asking many of the authors which character they would take with them to New Orleans, here is Carolyn’s answer:
If you could pick one of your characters to go to New Orleans with you, who would you pick and what would you do?
Hey Mandi! First, thanks so much for having me over here. Happy pre-AAD!!….Hmm, that sounds like a disease.
“It’s so very sad. They’ve diagnosed her with Pre-AAD! It’s all downhill from here! All insanity and mayhem, and then the parties, followed by a swift decline into revelry over smutty books!”
Okay, I thought about your question as I made soup tonight. The most obvious answer is Simon, my reckless roustabout character who loves to gamble and do wild things and get into trouble.
But, in real life, I wouldn’t be able to keep up with Simon. My idea of fun is going to bed early with a book, or – if I am feeling quite extravagant – eating soup while watching Star Trek. So in my mind, I thought of other characters I’d want to go with. I thought about saxophone-playing Vesuvius, or even Sophia, who I have a soft spot for. Or Justine, but…no.
I kept coming back to Simon. I think Simon would pull a girl like me out of my librarian-like shell, which I suppose is proper for New Orleans. He would get me to eat and drink too much, lose all my money, go crazy for the music, eventually we’d likely be running naked through the streets carrying thermoses of Long Island Ice tea and wads of shiny beads. But what the heck, it seems fitting. So, Simon!
Simon would be SO much fun to run around New Orleans with!!!
Carolyn is also giving away a book today! Your choice of either a signed copy of Mind Games (book 1) or Double Cross (book 2). Open internationally through December 7th.
December 5, 2011 at 5:28 pm
((Gumby))
December 5, 2011 at 5:50 pm
Fun post! My idea of fun is going to bed early with a book, too, Carolyn! I guess I need Simon to help me out, also
December 5, 2011 at 6:13 pm
Hmmm… running around with a Roguish bad boy does sound like fun! I like the idea of having one of your characters coming with you.
Thanks for the giveaway.
~Poison
December 5, 2011 at 6:14 pm
I’d choose Packard….seems like we would have a low key but thoroughly enjoyable time. I love to watch people like Simon though. From a discreet and safe distance.
December 5, 2011 at 6:46 pm
Ooooh! I am so excited that Head Rush is out! I discovered Carolyn’s writing in the “Wild & Steamy” anthology. I am now in the process of glomming her backlist.
December 5, 2011 at 6:48 pm
It’s gotta be Spongebob soup while watching Star Trek. Craziness!
Congrats, Carolyn, on your upcoming release….my Refugee group at Goodreads is starting a Mind Games read this month.
December 5, 2011 at 8:37 pm
I’ve been meaning to get started on this series since Mind Games came out, but just haven’t had a chance to yet. It would be awesome to win a copy of it to get me started. Simon sounds like a fun guy to go to New Orleans with.
Barbed1951 at aol dot com
December 5, 2011 at 8:44 pm
Love the interview. I think Simon sounds like the perfect character to bring to New Orleans. After all, what better place to run around covered in beads than in NOLA!
December 5, 2011 at 8:56 pm
That’s exactly what I need. Someone to pull me out of my shell. Otherwise, I’d just sit in my hotel room and read. Would love to win a copy of Double Cross, since I already have Mind Games.
December 5, 2011 at 9:51 pm
I think Simon would be a lot of fun in New Orleans!
I’d love to win Mind Games so that I can lend it out to all my friends and show them how awesome it is!
December 5, 2011 at 9:57 pm
New Orleans is definitely on my bucket list. And since I’m somewhat reserved, I need my honey with me …
December 5, 2011 at 10:33 pm
My husband keeps talking about taking me to New Orleans when our son is older, so I guess I’ll get to run around with two bad boys!
December 5, 2011 at 10:55 pm
Definitely I would want Simon in New Orleans! I’d probably cower in my hotel room if he didn’t drag me around!
December 5, 2011 at 11:37 pm
I think Simon would be able to pull anyone out of their shell! I LOVE your books and can’t wait for the last one!!!
My Gumby has his hands clasped together in pleading for the next book!!
December 6, 2011 at 12:08 am
Would love to read this urban fantasy series… thanks for the giveaway!
yadkny@hotmail.com
December 6, 2011 at 12:49 am
That was a great post. I loved the first book and have been anticipating this release.
I would hit New Orleans when my kids are older. Diapers and long distance, are not so exciting right now.
December 6, 2011 at 2:54 am
The series is new to but I am on the hunt for more UF ones
December 6, 2011 at 7:14 am
Simon would make a good companion, never going to be a dull moment when you are with him
December 6, 2011 at 8:35 am
I must enter since my copy of book 2 makes me cry when it was all ruined and I noticed it too late.
Yay for this series
December 6, 2011 at 9:37 am
I can’t wait for the final book in your series! I haven’t read book 2 yet, because I heard there’s a cliffhanger and I wanted to wait for book 3 so I could read both books back to back. Can’t wait to get my hands on those books now!!!
December 6, 2011 at 9:53 am
I would love to win a copy of Double Cross since I loaned it out and never got it back. *cries*
December 6, 2011 at 10:32 am
I loved Mind Games, but haven’t read Double Cross yet, it was due back to the library and since then I haven’t been able to get a hold of it.
I love Carolyn’s UF world. Totally unique!
December 6, 2011 at 12:03 pm
Lol. that was fun to read! Thanks for the giveway as well, I would love to win the first book in the series. Have read nothing but raving reviews lately, so it is on my wishlist.
December 6, 2011 at 12:33 pm
thanks for the giveaway!
December 6, 2011 at 12:41 pm
I often choose staying home with a book over going out these days! Of course, if it was Simon asking me out, I would probably rethink that decision!! Awesome post and even better giveaway! Thanks for both:)
December 6, 2011 at 1:29 pm
Please enter me in contest. I would love to read this series. Tore923@aol.com
December 6, 2011 at 4:54 pm
I’d love to win a copy of Mind Games. This is a series I keep meaning to pick up but haven’t yet. Now that the third book is out I can read them back to back too, which is my favourite way to read a series like this.
Happy release day Carolyn!
December 7, 2011 at 12:20 am
Thanks for the giveaway. Sounds great
December 7, 2011 at 1:01 am
Simon would be my pick too!
December 7, 2011 at 9:49 pm
Love this series. Simon is great. Hope we get more of him in the next book