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I've been interviewed by Maria Cabal for her gorgeous website. If you don't read/speak Spanish, turn on the translate feature in your browser! http://www.soycazadoradesombrasylibro...

Thank you for dropping in to read my inaugural Snap, Crackle and Popping Blog. I hope you’ll make this a regular stop on your Tuesday travels into in cyberspace and engage in banter about books and writing. Today I will answer the oft-repeated question: “Sharon, why do you write about werewolves, Jinn (genies) and other weird things that go bump in the night?” This is analogous to asking mountain climbers why Mount Everest calls their name. My response: “Because they’re here, there and everywhere.”

Paranormal events have played a role in my life since childhood. I have always accepted this alternate reality that many others do not experience or recognize. Their disbelief doesn’t dismiss my psychic experiences: dreams that come true, that I think of someone–and that person calls, and that I knew my sister was pregnant before she did...Read more at http://sharonbuchbinder.com/blog/2010...

Hot, hot, hot off the press! The cover of Kiss of the Silver Wolf has been nominated for an ARI Award.

Nicola Martinez did a stunning job on the cover! Fingers crossed, she deserves this win!!

When I was invited to participate in the Class of ’85 Series by our fabulous Wild Rose Press editor, Kathy Cottrell, I said yes immediately. Not because I’d been to so many high school reunions, but because I’d been to so few. As soon as I graduated from high school and won scholarships to an out-of-state university, I ran away as fast as I could.

Why did I run? No, it wasn’t because I’d become a contract killer, like Grosse Point Blank’s Martin Blank. You see, in high school I’d been a walking cliché: formerly fat, unpopular book worm from the wrong side of the tracks who had a divorced mother. With a graduating class of 200, there was no nerd herd to hide me. I had a few good friends who kept me sane, but unlike my sister, I was not going to win any beauty contests. I had a hard enough time just finding hand me down clothes that weren’t too small because I was taller than my sister. Did I mention I was a giant, scrawny 17 year old (5 foot 7 inches, 127 pounds), too? Yeah, that wasn’t too weird. Read more at Sharon's Blog http://sharonbuchbinder.com/blog/2011...

From my childhood through my young adulthood, my mother wore the mask of the “Perfect Mother, Girl Scout Troop Leader and Sunday School Teacher. But her behavior, when at home, away from the scrutiny of other adults, was anything but perfect (see post on the Allure of High School Reunions). One of the first short stories for which I received an honorable mention from Spinetingler Magazine (yes, horror!) was called Goody Two Shoes. No spoilers here, but it was my first public foray into exploring the roles women play and the masks we wear.

Similar in heat levels to noir movies like Body Heat and The Postman Always Rings Twice, my forthcoming erotic novel, DESIRE AND DECEPTION, differs from these notable noir examples because it ends on an upbeat note. In Desire and Deception, polar opposites sex siren Isabel (Izzy) Ramirez and goody-two-shoes Sarah Wright-Rosen become fast friends and seem destined to be BFFs until Izzy’s terrible secret is unearthed–literally and figuratively. Convinced that she is unworthy of redemption, because she believes she cannot be anything but the “bad girl,” Izzy goes down a take no prisoners’ path, halted only by her younger lover, Sean Richards.

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Once upon a time the hallowed halls of medicine were considered stuffy and staid, with occasional doses reinforcement of this image thrown in by Marcus Welby, MD. In the sixties, Sexy Ben Casey began to blow that image away and now we have an abundance of sexy and naughty fictional physicians and nurses with Gray’s Anatomy and House. Having been in higher education for close to two decades, I was always amused by the perception we professors who worked within the ivory tower were staid, pedantic, yes, dull, dull, dull as dirt. While admittedly, there are some who do fit that bill and have died on the job and just don’t know it yet, there are lots of professors who defy that stereotype. To read more go to http://sharonbuchbinder.com/blog/2011...

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This week I am thrilled to report that my erotic noir thriller, Desire and Deception, is out and available from the Red Sage Press. Since this is a family friendly blog, I will post the G-rated version of the book description. For the sizzling excerpt, click on over to Desire and Deception at Red Sage. You must be 18+ to enter the site. I recommend you wear oven mitts while you read, as your keyboard might be a tad HOT.

Here’s what the story is about: Pampered princess and daughter of a Mexican crime boss, Isabel (Izzy) Ramirez is a newly appointed assistant professor working toward tenure and promotion. Driven by voracious desires, including ambition for advancement in the legitimate world and lust for her boy toy, Izzy’s house of cards is threatened when the department chair confronts her about a major transgression. Izzy’s take no prisoners approach means she makes sure her boss can never expose her deceptions.

Graduate assistant and guy-on-the-side, Sean Richards wants Izzy to leave her sleazy husband. If she would only get away from that crook, he’s convinced that he can bring out the better woman who exists beneath Izzy’s tough sex siren exterior. He adores his hot blooded Latina and will do her bidding–up to a point. Despite the mind blowing sex, he can’t and won’t murder for her.

As Izzy’s nosy parker friend and colleague doggedly follows an obscure trail of clues about the department chair’s death, Izzy is forced to choose between reverting to the ways of her unredeemable father–or becoming the extraordinary woman she sees in Sean’s loving eyes.

To celebrate this release, I’m giving away a free copy of Desire and Deception to one lucky commenter. So, toddle on over to http://www.eredsage.com/store/desire-... then go to my blog at http://sharonbuchbinder.com/blog/2011... and tell us what you think. The lucky commenter’s name will be drawn at random from a big beautiful hat by one of my family members.

Caution: smoke alarms may go off while reading the excerpt!

At five in the morning or midnight, when normal folks are sleeping, I can be found doing homework. Am I working on another degree? No, I’m enrolled in yet another online writing course. My husband thinks I’m crazy, and I’ve had writing friends suggest that I might just be addicted. I was thinking about starting a twelve-step program and calling it “Cyberstudents Anonymous,” but then I realized it would have to be online and everyone would be writing. What is it about this irresistible urge to be a perpetual student? With four degrees, it’s not as if I need anymore diplomas on my wall. When an online course is announced in emails and on the loops, I’m like Pavlov’s dog, drooling to get started. After enrolling in yet another online course, I decided it was time to do a little reflection, and discovered the top ten reasons why I love online courses. To read more go to http://sharonbuchbinder.com/blog/?p=314

My gift to you today is a short story I wrote back in 2008 when I almost gave up on publishing Desire and Deception. At times, I wondered, “What if someone was really desperate for a book deal? How far would she go?” Herewith is the story my overactive imagination created. Caution: This story contains strong language, violence, and dark humor which may be offensive to some readers who don’t know me and haven’t yet read Desire and Deception, my suspenseful, sexy, noir thriller. To read more go to http://sharonbuchbinder.com/blog/?p=365