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Interview with Susan Stec #2

10/27/2013

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Halloween is almost here and so my interviews with authors of paranormal fiction are drawing to a close. My last guest is Susan Stec, author of THE GRATEFUL UNDEAD SERIES. Don't forget to enter her giveaway at the end of the interview. Thanks for joining me again, Susan!
 
What is the most ridiculous Halloween costume you’ve ever worn?
 
A fanged vampire; black-cloak, red silk dress and stilettos, of course—kind of ironic, since I ended up writing
about bumbling, zany, day-walking, controlling, bitchy immortals with totally no respect for vampire legend.
 

If your protagonist had to wear a Halloween costume, what would she choose to where and
why?

 
She'd probably pick something that would totally piss off Dorius, her boss, the bastard.
 

How closely did you follow traditional vampire legends when setting up the vampire world in your
books?
 

Not closely. I totally butchered myth and legend, peppering my dark side with a fair share of humor. Not that I don't know the legend behind the immortal ones, I've been wrapped up in vampires, werewolves, fae, demons, and anything fantasy for like forever. But with The Grateful Undead I wanted to appeal to new adults and older adults with
stupidity, kickass humor, and crazy romance instead of all the cloak and fang stuff.
 

Tell us about your latest book in the series in 25 words or less.

 Sh-yeah, right. You know I'M A WORDY WITCH! Besides, I'd have to give you a short blurb from each book to help you understand the humor in book four. Soooorrrry....

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In book one, THEY'RE SO VEIN, the women in the Stech family went from dentures to fangs, Depends
to thongs, Dr. Scholl's® to stilettos, and bumbled their way into an undead
lifetime of Critter Control when one of them inadvertently turned a raccoon into
a vampoon.
 


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GATOR BAITIN' begins with the team being dispatched to destroy a vamp-gator wreaking havoc at

Gatorland in Orlando, only to get sidetracked by a serial killer investigation, a vamp-bull at a rodeo in Kissimmee, and a colorful demon named Rafael. Between bronco busting, dragon riding, Jesus-freak
chasing, gator hunting, demon summoning and dead bodies popping up everywhere, Susan's finding it hard to fit in a little romp time.

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Susan's sister is in one hell of a mess (literally); confined to servitude with the demon, Rafael. When Rafael gifts JoAnn with an Earth-to-Abyss cellphone so she can communicate with her sister, Susan soon finds out that JoAnn has gone from servitude to concubine, and no longer wishes to come home. Only problem is that JoAnn really loves her new cell phone and the frequent calls--time really moves
like Hell in the Abyss--are driving Marcus and Susan batty! In their attempt to retrieve JoAnn, THE GRATEFUL UNDEAD team ultimately finds themselves knee-deep in vamp critters, demons,
rogues, and a host of new and colorful characters, when the mission takes them from their home in Florida to the streets of New Orleans.

COFFIN FIT (book four) The Demon Rafael has cursed every immortal woman in the family; they're aging and their immortal powers are fading. JoAnn is absolutely sure it is not her ex, and sets out to prove it. Did I mention that
Jeni and Paul are finally going to get together in this book? You know Susan is gonna be pissed. Oh, yeah, and one of JoAnn's little fanged-critter-mistakes makes its way to Italy. Dorius is hell-bent on fixing that, I tell you.

THIS or THAT

 Twilight or True Blood? 

Definitely True Blood

 Vampires or werewolves?

Ohhh, hard one. I so love them both. Man...
Werewolves, I guess.


Garlic or crucifix?
 
Crucifix

Black cat or flying bat?
 
Black cat – BIG black cat.
 
Where can we find out more about your books?

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Ddigital-text&field-keywords=susan+stec&x=14&y=23
http://thegratefulundead.blogspot.com/
https://www.facebook.com/GratefulUndead
https://twitter.com/Suesan0814
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4556170.Susan_Stec

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4 Comments
Joye
10/28/2013 01:40:08 am

My husband and I dressed up as Coors beer cans one time. For 2 hours, no one knew who we were. Only thing was you could not sit down or go to the bathroom. That's why we finally had to take off the "can" We won the prize Great fun.

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Susan Stec link
10/28/2013 03:22:29 am

LOLOLOL Joye. That would put a damper on your intake of mood altering beverages. hahahahaha, but YOU WON! LOL

Thanks for having me, Audra.

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Rita link
10/28/2013 04:35:32 am

Sounds like my kind of zany stories. Rita

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Susan Stec
10/28/2013 08:01:58 am

Thanks, Rita!

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