Cate: Please welcome TL Reeve to my special Halloween celebration. TL,
please tell us a little bit about yourself.
TL: Thank you for having me Cate, I’m super excited to be here. I’m a
multi-genre author—mostly because my ADHD keeps my fluttering around. I’ve
written everything from Action Adventure, to New Adult. I’m a mom to a
beautiful and talented yet infuriating teenager. *LOL* In my spare time I like
to read, and play video games. Usually 1st person shooter games like
Resident Evil or Call of Duty.
Cate: Multi-genre authors rock! What do you love most about Halloween?
TL: Autumn. I love that it’s not too hot, but not freezing cold. I love
the changing colors of the leaves. I also love the movie selections. TMC starts
I believe two weeks before Halloween showing two black/white “scary movies,” a
night. Vincent Price is one of my all-time favorite actors. And, since I grew
up in Los Angeles, we also had the midnight showing of Rocky Horror Picture
Show…It’s one thing I wish I would have done before moving. However I do watch
it from time to time. Let’s do the time warp again? *Grins*
Cate: Oh, I haven't been to a midnight Rocky Horror in too long. Do you have a favorite memory of a Halloween past?
TL: Hmm…I think all of my favorite Halloween’s have been trick or
treating with my daughter. But, as a kid I think it was the time I went to a
Halloween party and then went trick or treating. BEST TRIP EVER! *LOL*
Cate: Sweet! Have you ever had an unusual experience you couldn’t explain?
TL: You mean like unexplained noises or objects moving on their own?
Well, kind of. In high school, I was in band. (Band geeks rule) We went to
National City for a competition plus end of the year celebration. On the last
day of our trip away, we went to the Winchester Mystery Mansion/Museum. That
place is creepy. I didn’t like it. They took us up to the part of the house
ravaged by the 1906 earthquake. The room didn’t feel right…too much negative
energy. The minute we left, I felt better. But even in the bathrooms, you
always felt like you were being watched.
Cate: Creepy! *shudders* What frightens you the most?
TL: Hmm…good question. I guess, dying before being able to tell my
family how much I love them and how much I appreciate all of them.
Cate: Aw, how sweet. Ever gone on a ghost tour? Or ghost hunting on
your own?
TL: Never (The Winchester Mansion, was just a walk through with a
guide)…I want to go on one of the tours in Savannah or New Orleans. Both places
are rich in history and paranormal activity.
Cate: Yes, New Orleans! I’d love to go on a ghost tour there. And
Salem. So, now for the treat portion of the interview, mwahaha.... Any favorite
Halloween recipes you’d care to share?
TL: Two actually. When I was younger, after I’d go trick or treating,
we’d have warm apple cider with cinnamon and homemade sugar cookies.
Hot Apple Cider Recipe
6 cups apple cider
1/4 cup real maple syrup
2 cinnamon sticks
6 whole cloves
6 whole allspice berries
1 orange peel, cut into
strips
1 lemon peel, cut into strips
Add all ingredients to list
Pour the apple cider and
maple syrup into a large stainless steel saucepan.
Place the cinnamon sticks,
cloves, allspice berries, orange peel and lemon peel in the center of a washed
square of cheesecloth; fold up the sides of the cheesecloth to enclose the
bundle, then tie it up with a length of kitchen string. Drop the spice bundle
into the cider mixture.
Place the saucepan over
moderate heat for 5 to 10 minutes, or until the cider is very hot but not
boiling.
Remove the cider from the
heat. Discard the spice bundle. Ladle the cider into big cups or mugs, adding a
fresh cinnamon stick to each serving if desired.
Sugar Cookies
Ingredients
2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/4 cups margarine
2 cups white sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/4 cup white sugar for
decoration
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
(175 degrees C). In a medium bowl, stir together the flour, baking soda, and
salt; set aside.
In a large bowl, cream
together the margarine and 2 cups sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the
eggs one at a time, then the vanilla. Gradually stir in the dry ingredients
until just blended. Roll the dough into walnut sized balls and roll the balls
in remaining 1/4 cup of sugar. Place cookies 2 inches apart onto ungreased
cookie sheets and flatten slightly.
Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in
the preheated oven, until lightly browned at the edges. Allow cookies to cool
on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.
Cate: Yum! Sounds delicious. Now for the real treat! Tell us about your
latest release, and where readers can find it online.
TL: My latest coming soon release is King of Her Heart. A
falcon-shifter story about Archer Holt, a paramilitary/Mercenary falcon shifter
who is sent to save the Secretary of State’s daughter Eira Larson, from Hugo
Chavez, Alpha of the Wizards Cartel. It’s got everything. A little action, a
little shifter hotness with a sexy twist. As of right now it’s still in edits.
But hopefully soon it’ll be ready to go. :)
Cate: Care to share a blurb or excerpt?
TL: Sure, here is the blurb: Archer Holt—falcon-shifter and leader of a
group of specially trained mercenaries—has been called up by the Secretary of
State, Yrsa Larson.
His mission: Find her daughter, and bring her home.
Eira Larson isn't one to make waves. After taking an unsanctioned
vacation to Belize, she's kidnapped and held in the home of the leader of the
Wizard's cartel. She is supposed to be auctioned off into slavery to the
highest bidder, but an enigmatic and sexy bodyguard has other plans for her.
Archer will do whatever it takes to protect Eira when he finds out the
girl he's meant to protect is the woman he's destined to mate.
Cate: Sounds like a great read. What inspired you to write about the theme?
TL: I have always loved shifters, but I never thought I could write
them. I got too caught up in the mechanics of shifters than the stories, so I
never wrote them. My first shifter story was Craving Cameo and with a little
guidance from Heather Long (you rock) I learned it's actually quite easy and I
was worrying myself for no reason. So, then, I tried my hand at the Black Hills
Wolves series and well…as you can see, I’ve been trying to push myself to see
what else I can do. Falcons seemed like an interesting challenge, so I went
with it. I’m happy with the way it came out. J
Cate: Anything else you’d like to share?
TL: Sure, I have a newsletter now, if you’d like to sign up you can do
so here. In the next couple of months
I’ll have some exciting things to share, including a couple of super-secret
projects I’ve been working on. Plus, I have a group
with my co-writer, Michele Ryan for our new series, Turnskin University, we’re
working on with Decadent Publishing and the Decadent ROAR line. We share
snippets of what we’re writing next, give updates, plus general tomfoolery for
mine and Michele’s book, Unrequited Mate…and more.
Cate: Good luck with your project! And thanks for being part of the Halloween fun, TL!
