We know I loves me some BPAL. Here's some great news from Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab creator Elizabeth Barrial:
Beth and Dell will be signing their book, "Vampires Don't Sleep Alone"*, at Dark Delicacies this Sunday, July 11, at 2pm. V. M. K. Fewings* and Maggie MacKeever* will also be signing their books that afternoon!
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As some of you may know, I co-authored a book with Del Howison last winter, "Vampires Don't Sleep Alone"*. This is a bit about the book that I posted elsewhere on the forum earlier this evening...
Last year, Del and I were hired to write a guide to dating vampires. The idea of vampire romance has been intriguing to people since Bram Stoker popularized the genre and added a tangible complex sexuality to the lore. Nowadays, you're the odd man out if you don't have vampire fantasies.
Essentially, the premise of the book assumes that vampires are real and that they have recently come out of the crypt, so to speak. It explores the potential challenges found in actually dating vampires. I wrote the deadpan pseudoscience and false history, Del added warmth, contemporary advice, and wit. The project went through many iterations. It was initially supposed to be geared towards teen readers, and then the concept morphed to appeal to a more mature audience. It became both more serious and more tongue-in-cheek as it fleshed out. I'm really, really happy with the way that we tweaked the vampire mythos.
In the end, after months of research, innumerable conversations, eleventybillion rewrites, and much love and tears, the book went to the editor... and here we are.
At the signing event you can be amongst the first to grab one of 10 new scents inspired by "Vampires Don't Sleep Alone"*. You can also get an imp of another scent, Bocal de Sang, if you purchase the book (and any further purchases of the book at Dark Delicacies).
The scents are on the next page, so jump if you wanna read about 'em...
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