SUZANNE GOES TO THE DARK SIDE

The following "items" have been packed away in an old steamer trunk, covered with mothballs, and lugged up to the attic:

1. My "Iowa corn-ball" sense of humor. (Yes, I was born in Iowa. Storm Lake to be exact. A perfect-sounding birthplace for a writer who is crossing over to the Dark Side.)

2. Any and all attempts on my part to create humorous plot twists from a heroine who nearly runs over a pig with the hero’s pickup truck, to a hero and heroine who have sex on a pool table, along with endless puns about cue sticks and eight balls, to the three villains I nicknamed Curly, Larry and Moe. (Nuf said.)

3. Restraints, constraints, or any kind of "straints." (I now refer to myself as She-Who-Dares!)

In their place are the larger-than-life elements I’m unveiling in my new series:

~ My inner "drama queen."

~ A deeply held desire to walk – just once – on the Wild Side. (Refer to She-Who-Dares above.)

~ A life-long fascination with ancient Egypt, the pharaohs of the New Kingdom dynasties, and their extensive royal households. (Not to mention their attitudes about sexuality and their extensive royal harems.)

~ Sardonic male wit. Is there any other kind for the ultimate Alpha Male — an all-powerful king who has awakened three thousand years after he was assassinated and who is now on the verge of becoming a vampire? (Boy, howdy! as Jayne would say.)

~ The ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead with its legion of demons and destroyers who dwell in the Underworld. (My favorite is the Eater of Blood and the Breaker of Bones. Talk about the perfect jumping-off point for a vampire series.)

DRUM ROLL PLEASE.

Right now, right here at Running With Quills, I’m officially announcing the name of my new paranormal romance series, my new pen name, and my new web site.

NIGHT LIFE, Book One of the PHARAOHS RISING series, will be released April 3, 2007.

NIGHT LIFE is a story of trust. Betrayal. Sacrifice. Revenge. Life. Death. Awakening.

I hope you’ll also stop by and check out the lush and exotic world that web goddess Cissy Hartley has created for me at http://www.elizabethguest.net/

Come take a walk on the Dark Side...if you dare!

Suzanne
(aka Elizabeth Guest)