My family watches PAWN STARS on Thursday night. The cast members - Rick, Big Hoss, and Chumly - are Harley riders. In fact, one of the episodes followed them to Sturgis, South Dakota - the mecca of biker gatherings. I chuckled to myself every time I see the cast ride ... as I have a college buddy (and sorority sister) who is just as bad ass as a Harley enthusiast!
Perhaps Angie Fox is now a Harley enthusiast ... from her bio:
Angie Fox is the New York Times bestselling author of several books about vampires, werewolves and things that go bump in the night.
She claims that researching her stories can be just as much fun as writing them. In the name of fact-finding, Angie has ridden with Harley biker gangs, explored the tunnels underneath Hoover Dam and found an interesting recipe for Mamma Coalpot’s Southern Skunk Surprise (she’s still trying to get her courage up to try it).
Angie earned a Journalism degree from the University of Missouri. She worked in television news and then in advertising before beginning her career as an author. Angie enjoys making up fun quizzes and thinks you should take one right now.
Angie joins me for a cozy chat ...
Kim: You hail from Missouri - what is your favorite sight, sound, and smell of the Show Me State?
Angie: Sight: Cardinal baseball; sound: riverboats; smell: Italian food on The Hill.
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Kim: I commend your efforts in the name of research - can you share a tidbit from your ride with the Harley biker gang?
Angie: Well, I learned right away that you should not wear a pink t-shirt to a biker rally. At least I stood out! I also learned that dogs love to ride on motorcycles. In the first Accidental Demon Slayer book, the heroine has a dog and she also needs to ride off with her grandma's gang of biker witches. Seeing how real dogs can and do ride Harleys (they even have little motorcycle glasses called "doggles") helped me make my books more real. Oh, and shameless plug here, the first book in the series is free right now on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Nook and Apple iBooks. Look it up. It's called The Accidental Demon Slayer.
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Kim: What have you learned from journalism, television, and advertising that you an apply to romance writing?
Angie: I’m all about creative marketing. It’s fun and my brain just thinks that way. Like for the Accidental Demon Slayer series, I developed the What’s Your Biker Witch Name quiz? It went viral, which has been a blast. You haven’t lived until you get emails from physicists in China telling you that their biker witch names are things like Wino Wally No Brakes and Two Date Tessa Hard Rider. And now for a shameless plug: you can get your biker witch name at: www.angiefox.com
Kim: Tell us about MY BIG FAT DEMON SLAYER WEDDING - what inspired it?
Angie: The whole idea just cracked me up. I mean here you have this badass demon slayer who hasn't quite gotten around to telling her overbearing mother what she does for a living (heck, her mom doesn't even know magic exists). So Lizzie the demon slayer is trying to think of ways to break the news to her mom, while managing the biker witches and her in-laws, who have all descended on this eccentric seaside mansion the week before the big event. She can't seem to get any alone time with her studly shapeshifting griffin fiance, and as a result, keeps getting caught mid-grope - thus horrifying her uptight mother almost as much as a demon popping out of the wedding cake - which it just might if she can't get a handle on the Earl of Hell. I had an absolute ball with this book.
Kim: What's next for Angie Fox?
Angie: My Big Fat Demon Slayer Wedding was so much fun to write, and it's done so well with readers, that I'm writing the next demon slayer book right now. It will release in early 2014. I'm also going to be releasing a holiday short story, The Ninth Dark Lord A Leaping, that is set in the demon slayer world.
Thanks for having me! I'd like to give away a signed copy of My Big Fat Demon Slayer Wedding.
Angie: I’m all about creative marketing. It’s fun and my brain just thinks that way. Like for the Accidental Demon Slayer series, I developed the What’s Your Biker Witch Name quiz? It went viral, which has been a blast. You haven’t lived until you get emails from physicists in China telling you that their biker witch names are things like Wino Wally No Brakes and Two Date Tessa Hard Rider. And now for a shameless plug: you can get your biker witch name at: www.angiefox.com
Kim: Tell us about MY BIG FAT DEMON SLAYER WEDDING - what inspired it?
Angie: The whole idea just cracked me up. I mean here you have this badass demon slayer who hasn't quite gotten around to telling her overbearing mother what she does for a living (heck, her mom doesn't even know magic exists). So Lizzie the demon slayer is trying to think of ways to break the news to her mom, while managing the biker witches and her in-laws, who have all descended on this eccentric seaside mansion the week before the big event. She can't seem to get any alone time with her studly shapeshifting griffin fiance, and as a result, keeps getting caught mid-grope - thus horrifying her uptight mother almost as much as a demon popping out of the wedding cake - which it just might if she can't get a handle on the Earl of Hell. I had an absolute ball with this book.
Kim: What's next for Angie Fox?
Angie: My Big Fat Demon Slayer Wedding was so much fun to write, and it's done so well with readers, that I'm writing the next demon slayer book right now. It will release in early 2014. I'm also going to be releasing a holiday short story, The Ninth Dark Lord A Leaping, that is set in the demon slayer world.
Thanks for having me! I'd like to give away a signed copy of My Big Fat Demon Slayer Wedding.
Mahalo, Angie, for being my guest! I posted my review of MY BIG FAT DEMON SLAYER WEDDING on Amazon (link) and Goodreads (link). To enter Angie's giveaway,
1. Leave a comment about a wedding (other than your own) that was fun to attend.
Last summer, we attended a family wedding in Ohio - we are related to the bride. My side of the family is loud and proud. But we had the most fun meeting a member of the groom's family - his uncle lived in Honolulu. How cool is that?
2. This giveaway is open to all readers.
3. Comments are open through Saturday, August 31, 10 pm in Baltimore. I'll post the winner on Sunday, September 1.
Mahalo,
Kim in Baltimore
Aloha Spirit in Charm City
