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Favorite Books?

If you had to pick your all-time, number one favorite book, what would it be? In a recent Harris Poll of over 2500 adults, that was the question. Not surprisingly, the Bible was number one. But what about the books that came in as readers’ seconds? It seems, according to the article below, that the results vary largely by demographics.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080408/lf_nm_life/reading_survey_dc

Mine, I’d have to say, would be Wuthering Heights, by Emily Brontë. It was the first gothic romance book I ever read, and it set the stage for my later works. Dark, romantic, the story of star-crossed lovers and a tortured soul. What’s not to like?

So what’s your favorite? If you could choose only one book, what would it be?

Mychael Black
http://samhainpublishing.com/authors/shayne-carmichael-and-mychael-black

Evolution

No, not the scientific version. I’m talking about character evolution, and not just through the timeline of a story. I’m also referring to the evolution of character types throughout a writer’s career.

On fantasy worlds--the dark fae language of Aurora

I adore vampires, am rather fond of shifters, and of course, Leathermen. (Okay, so that last goes without saying, if ya know me.) But my first love is fantasy. I don’t mean just elves and whatnot. I’m talkin’ magic and swordplay and epic adventures.

Magic & the Pagan

Enter into a world of magic, lust, love and betrayal.

Evan Bartholomew lives life as a gay pagan with a deep interest in magic. Not wise choices in the small town he resides in. When he comes across a book of magic in an old bookstore, he fantasizes about the portrait of a man within its pages.

The first time Evan attempts one of the spells in the book, he finds himself in a world he never knew existed, completely clueless. A world of demons, magic, a queen who wants to kill him, a king who lusts after him, and the man of his fantasies, Aidan Loriel.