Guest Blogger Sylvia Day

Everyone please welcome Scamps and Vamps guest blogger and bestselling author, Sylvia Day! She's answered some of the questions you asked last week. Please feel free to ask more, though!

1) Who is your favorite bad boy (does not have to be one you have written)?

The Rock. Yum. *licks lips*

2) If you could turn any of your books into a film which one would it be and why and who would you like to play the lead roles and why.........
Emma

I would turn SAPPHIRE'S WORTH into a film. It's a futuristic with heavy historical elements, so visually, it would translate beautifully onscreen. It also has a lot of action, and those are my favorite movies--action/adventures with lots of special effects. The Rock would play my hero. I'm not sure about my heroine. She's brunette and extremely kick-ass, but very voluptuous. Angelina and Charlize are too tall. Jennifer Garner isn't buxom enough. Salma Hayek would be closest to perfect, but her accent isn't right for the setting.

It's extremely rare that I base my characters on actual personalities. Some authors use photographs or clippings, but I don't, so it's hard for me to cast the roles. :)


3) Which is your favorite genre?

As a writer, I love futuristics, but think I write historicals best. As a reader, 90% of the books I read are historicals.

Who is your favorite hero?

That I've written--it's a tie between Wulfric in SAPPHIRE'S WORTH and Gerard in THE STRANGER I MARRIED.

That I've read--I've got a ton. Christopher Antoli (from Shelby Reed's THE FIFTH FAVOR), Ruark Beauchamp (from KEW's SHANNA), Jack Devlin (from LK's SUDDENLY YOU), Rhett Butler (from Margaret Mitchell's GONE WITH THE WIND) and Remington Carr (from Betina Krahn's THE LAST BACHELOR) That's only a few of the many. *g*

In real life--my mom, for being a single parent to two wild daughters with no support at all from anyone.

With which heroine would you like to swap the place? Oh man... Any of the heroines from the stories I listed above.

If you could travel back in time, which historical person would you like to meet and why? Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire. What a character she was! A trendsetter and renowned great beauty, she gambled and partied like mad, had a famous ménage relationship with her husband and another woman, was an intimate of Marie-Antoinette's, had a child not her husband's, and countless other goings-on. Never a dull moment.

4) How do you manage to juggle a family and writing for different publishers?

I'm blessed with children who have a variety of interests and don't require me to entertain them. In fact, they often tell me to leave them alone because they're busy. *g* I'm also blessed with editors who work with my agents to schedule my releases and due dates to maximize my time and distribution. I still end up at my computer about 16 hours a day, with no days off.

What is your typical writing day like?

I get up, turn on the computer, and while it's downloading mail, I start a fresh pot of coffee. I read email while waking up, then I start work. I work until bed usually, which is around 1-2 am. It's not all writing though. There's Passionate Ink business that needs attending, and a host of writing-related items that need to be managed everyday.

Tell us about you next book and when it will be out. - Karen

My next book is DREAMS OF THE OASIS II with Ellora's Cave. My futuristic short story "Treasure Hunters" is in there, along with six others from various fabulous authors. That releases June 21st. Then in August, I have DECLASSIFIED: DARK KISSES (the print anthology of my Ellora's Cave vampire series) and my next Brava ASK FOR IT. It's the story of a popular rake who falls in love and is jilted by his fiancé. Four years later they meet again when secrets from her late husband's past come back to haunt her. It's the first book I ever wrote, so I have a soft spot for it.

ASK FOR IT - Brava
England, 1770. Beneath the silk and lace of London society lies a secret, elite organization of spies. Protecting the Crown from its enemies is hazardous, but for Marcus Ashford, protecting his heart from an unyielding passion is the far greater peril…

A MATTER OF DANGEROUS INTRIGUE…

As an agent to the Crown, Marcus Ashford, the Earl of Westfield, has fought numerous sword fights, been shot twice, and dodged more than any man’s fair share of cannon fire. And yet nothing excites him more than the primitive hunger his former fiancé, Elizabeth, arouses. Years ago, she’d jilted him for the boyishly charming Lord Hawthorne. But now, the elegant widow is his to defend, and he will do so while tending to her other, more carnal needs, showing her the depth of a real man’s desire…

…AND UNDENIABLE PLEASURE

Dangerous secrets led to the murder of Lady Hawthorne’s husband, secrets she now holds in a diary many would kill to obtain. But to entrust herself to the protection of the most seductive man she’s ever known? Outrageous. Unthinkable. Irresistible. For it was Marcus’s strong passions and burning desire that frightened her into abandoning him years ago—and her answering craving has never waned. Now he means to be at her service, in every sense. And perhaps the only sensible course isn’t to resist temptation, but to surrender to it completely…

Excerpts and covers are on my site, if you want to check them out. :)

5) How did you feel the first time you walked into a bookstore and saw your book on the shelf with your name on it?

Relief. Borders and Barnes & Noble both had issues with getting BAD BOYS AHOY! out of the box and on the shelf. So the first time I actually saw the book on the shelves was when a reader emailed a photo she took when she went to buy a copy. When I finally saw it on shelves in my town, it was mostly relief I felt. *g*