10 Fun Facts About Gracen Miller

My boys tease that my name is “Grace” because I tend to trip going up the stairs, rather than down.

My oldest jokes that I should stay a blonde, so I'll have something to blame my "blonde moments" on. Jokes on him, I went back to red just before Christmas!

I’ve gotta have my nectar of the gods—coffee—before I can function or interact civilly with anyone.

I’m obsessed with the television show Supernatural and my son and I will carry on a conversation with Dean Winchester Quotes! My youngest son hates it! LOL

All I’ve asked Santa to bring me for Christmas the last 5 years is Dean Winchester. So far, my wish hasn’t been granted…yes, Santa is evil!! ;-)

I collect skulls and crosses. Weird combo, huh?

My favorite thing to do is…write! My world is perfect when I’m writing and if I go too long on a writing dry spell, I get moody and a touch depressed.

The name of my muse is Dom because he likes to dominate every facet of my writing and he always gets his way. He’s a bit smug about his victory over me.

When I write my favorite junk food is rainbow chip icing straight from the tub. I don’t indulge in it often, but I formed this bad habit as a teenager—yeah, when I could afford the calories!

I’m a HUGE Alabama college football fan. ROLL TIDE ROLL!!

I invite you to give me 10 fun facts about you!

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Where you can stalk me—not really!—but I would love to meet and interact with you:

Facebook:  http://www.facebook.com/gracen.miller

Road to Hell series FB Fan Page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Road-to-Hell-series/112564408814796?ref=ts

Website: www.gracen-miller.com

Blog: http://madisonroadtohell.blogspot.com/

Buy links    Decadent || Amazon || Barnes & Noble

3 Things I Love/Hate About Writing

by Gracen Miller

The top three things I love and drive me insane about writing…we’ll start with the three things I dislike the most—I shy away from saying hate because I had to work hard at coming up with the 3 things I disliked—and work my way up to those things I love: 



3. Synopsis – I stink at writing synopsis. Figuring out what are the most important aspects of the story that need to be focused on, is really difficult for me. Probably because I think everything is important. I mean, let’s face it, if it weren’t important, I’d have cut it from the storyline, right? LOL 


2. Blurbs – Did I say I “stink” at synopsis?  Well, I suck at blurbs because condensing my book down to the important parts is just damn difficult. Even worse than a synopsis because I’m trying to give the abridged version of the book in roughly two short paragraphs. Gah! 



1. Temperamental muses – It’s frustrating when my muse decides to take a leave of absence without any notice whatsoever. There should be a freaking rule in place that says under penalty of severe lashings by the writer (that’s me), the muse must, abso-freaking-lutely must, schedule leave of absences to work with MY timeframe. It would make life so much easier, right? :D 




Now, the top three things I looovvveee about writing… 



3. Creation – I love everything about creating new characters. I love learning their flaws, discovering their inner demons and slowly coming to realize what it is that makes them tick. I love falling ‘in love’ with my cast. I may breathe life into them initially, but often times by the time I finish writing their lives, I realize I didn’t know them until the very end. 



2. The hours – I create my own work schedule. This can be a dangerous thing, but when the muse is on fire, all I will want to do is write from morning, noon and night. So, sleep becomes a novelty. When I’m deep into the characters, they’ll plague all my waking hours. When I’m driving, I’ll be stitching together plots. When my children are talking, I’ll be piecing together dialogue, which can get me into sticky situations at times. 



1. No legal recourse – LOL  No, I’m not blood thirsty….much. *grins* It is freeing though to know that I can do whatever I want in my stories without any legal recourse. Yeah, that sounds bad, but you writers know what I mean. We can kill someone without really going to jail or facing any consequences unless that’s part of the storyline. 



Where you can stalk me—not really!—but I would love to meet and interact with you:

Facebook:  http://www.facebook.com/gracen.miller

Road to Hell series FB Fan Page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Road-to-Hell-series/112564408814796?ref=ts

Website: www.gracen-miller.com

Blog: http://madisonroadtohell.blogspot.com/

Huggles,

Gracen

Happy Birthday to me!

 by Gracen Miller

Birthdays are for kids…right? Well, I don’t know what your household is like, but we don’t do a big celebration of my birthday. It’s all about the kids instead. I don’t like being the center of attention, so suits me just fine.

I have some great memories though. My eldest has drawn me several pictures for my birthday and my youngest writes me birthday cards, with the sweetest words inside. Those are the gifts I cherish the most, the ones that touch my heart the most.

On the selfish-consumer side, my ideal birthday present is a gift card to the bookstore. Or the newest gift I received that I adore is a personalized signed book from Nalini Singh. I love her as an author, so this gift made my day. I’m still stunned my friend pulled this off! Another awesome gift was when Lisa from Decadent Publishing contacted me on my birthday two years ago to say she wanted to read the rest of Pandora’s Box, book one in my Road to Hell series. By mid-month, I signed a contract with Decadent for the book.

Happy Birthday to the Road to Hell series! LOL Kind of poetic that we have the same birthday month, huh? So, let’s turn this year’s celebration into a Birthday for adults! In honor of my birthday on October 4th, I’m giving the winner their choice of one Decadent e-book. All I ask for you to qualify is that you enter the Rafflecopter contest below…the first entry is required. Contest is open to international residents. Good luck! 

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Meet the Road to Hell Series Characters

by Gracen Miller

Micah Dominus

What’s a man to do when his wife is destined for greatness, but she refuses to claim her fate? My actions toward her were difficult, but necessary. Judge me when you have all the facts. Better yet, criticize me when you’re faced with the same difficult choices. Few of you could make the same hard choices I did.

Mankind would consider my deeds brutal and abusive, but I’d caution humanity to remember rarely is anything as it seems on the surface. Scratch that veneer and a whole world of possibilities will open before your eyes. A plethora of demons eager to taunt you and feast upon your soul. Indomitable fallen angels to claim you for their hellish kingdom. And not one of your so-called guardian angels will ride in to save the day. Where are they when you need them the most?

I’ll offer you salvation and provide you protection too. That’s a guarantee. Everyone I own or defend will receive an amazing new world at no cost. Eager to obtain my free paradise? All you have to do is accept my offer of your own free will…. 

Madison Wescott

My life is a lie. My birth, my parents, my marriage and my destiny were all planned for me. Discovering the truth rocked my foundation, culminating in new beliefs and a doggedness to escape my fate. My ‘fate’ has a name and I once loved him. I called him husband then, now I call him foe. My one solace is that he miscalculated my resistance to claim my hellish status. I refuse to accept my providence with nothing more than a whimper of surrender. Underestimating me was his first mistake. I’ll fight to the bloody end to save not only my future, but my son’s. He deserves more than what’s been designed for him.

Finding a new family on the Road to Hell came as a surprise. An immortal in the guise of mentor makes me stronger, gives me courage and battles at my side. A badass Sherlock came to my rescue at the darkest moment of my life and has become my rock…until he sold his soul to Hell. But I failed him when I tried to save him from his destiny. In the process, I altered my future, stepped closer to accepting my husband’s fate for me. A little too late I learned, once you open Pandora’s Box, there’s no turning back!

Phoenix “Nix” Birmingham

The majority of my life has been dedicated to killing the monsters most people believe are myth. I masked my loneliness by sleeping with too many women, but then I met Madison Wescott and she changed my perception of the world. Strong and dedicated to her son, she’s smart and sexy. She’s the only woman outside my family I’d sacrifice everything for, including my life. I nicknamed her Mads because in her darkest hour, she found the courage to fight like a mad woman. I’d traverse the road to hell for her. Against all supernatural odds, I’m placing my bets on her success.

Until Mads, I never dreamed about the future, never wanted more than I had been given. Mads changed everything. Left me craving things I shouldn’t want and a life I couldn’t have. She haunts my waking dreams as well as my sleeping ones. My fondest fantasy is claiming her as my own, declaring my love for her, while making love to her. Who knew my fantasy would be acted out in one of the darkest hours of my life? Or that it wouldn’t play out as I had envisioned? The devil plays his victims with mastered skill…

Where you can stalk me (not really!) or learn more about this trio, visit my sites: 

Facebook

Roadto Hell series FB Fan Page

Website

Blog  (first 3 chapters of Pandora’s Box and Hell’s Phoenix are listed as clickable links at the top of this page)