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Blog Talk Interview: Sit down with author E. F. Watkins, member of the Liberty State Fiction Writers. Hear about her upcoming release as well as her thoughts on craft and publishing. Listen now.

My sixth novel, ONE BLOOD, is due out from Amber Quill Press this September (2010). I'm delighted that it will be out for Halloween, not only because it is a very dark paranormal romantic suspense, but because it has some pivotal scenes set on that holiday. ONE BLOOD is the prequel to my first published book, DANCE WITH THE DRAGON, which came out in 2003. Yes, seven years later I'm writing about how the hero and heroine of that book first got together. And talk about issues to overcome...! I daresay it makes Sookie and Bill's relationship look like smooth sailing. You can read more details in my blog at www.efwatkins.com/blog, and as the time gets closer, I'll be adding info to the Background page of this Web site, as well.

Writing Advice Articles by E.F. Watkins now available in PDF format on the new Articles page.

Personal Appearances

3/6/10 — Selling and signing paranormal thrillers at Velocicon, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. at the Oyster Point Hotel, Red Bank, NJ (www.velocicon.com)

3/13/10 — Signing and selling books, and taking part in Horror Panel with F. Paul Wilson, Gary Frank and Sarah Langan, during the Create Something Magical Conference by Liberty States Fiction Writers, 8 a.m.-6 p.m. at the Renaissance Woodbridge Hotel, Iselin, NJ (www.libertystatesfictionwriters.com/lsf-writers-conference)

4/24/10 — Panel with fellow members of the New Jersey Authors Network, 2-4 p.m., at the Monmouth County Library 125 Symmes Rd., Manalapan, NJ (www.monmouthcountylib.org)

4/26/10 — Talk on Black Flowers for the Book Discussion Group at the Riverdale Public Library, 93 Newark Pompton Turnpike, Riverdale, NJ (www.riverdalelibrary.org)

6/25-27/10 — Selling books and doing panels at the Deadly Ink Conference, Sheraton Parsippany Hotel, Parsippany, NJ.

8/10/10 — Panel on "Paranormal Mysteries" at 6:30 p.m. on 6th Floor of Mid-Manhattan branch, New York Public Library, 40th St. & 5th Ave., New York City.

Recent Appearances

Philcon '08—On my birthday, staffing the Broad Universe book table with the help of fellow member Roxanne Bland, left. Gary Frank's wife, Nancy, bought me the hat.

Books NJ '09—Selling "Weird and Unusual" books with fellow NJ authors S. Michael Wilson, far left, and Robert Damon Schneck. Note the mysterious, levitating boxes behind us.

July, '09—DANU'S CHILDREN Book Launch Party at the Lakeland Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Wayne, NJ. My local A&P did a wonderful job on the cake!

DC Book Launch Party—Susan Moshiashwini, of my critique group, is in the fore, left, and Michael Redmond, former colleague from the Star-Ledger, is at rear, right.