Are they human?

For those of you who do not know me, I'm an author for Siren-Bookstrand and Pink Petal Books. I love writing paranormal/fantasy romance novels that are spicy and steamy. Definitely window-foggers.

Growing up, I had a wild imagination. I'd be lying if I told you my mother never yelled at me because of it. I passionately believed that unicorns were real and dragons flew in the sky, next to Santa of course. I wished upon a star every night. I dreamed of faeries and lush lands and sparkling rivers.

As I got older, and I mean in my teens, vampires played a huge role in my imaginative world. I also had a great amount of classmates that probably believed I tread the thin plank between sanity (which often translated into popularity in high school) and the snake pit (umm, you're totally weird). There was no better time for "Buffy" the series to hit television. Call me crazy, but I learned the meaning of individuality through that show, and became better for it. Really, who thinks writing stories when you could be hanging out with friends is cool when you're a teenager? *Waving both hands high over my head and screaming "ME!"* And it was common for me to pass up "chill time" to write.

I also penned my first vampire series during these years. A five-book embarrassment that I was completely proud of back then. It will never see outside my filing cabinet again. At least not in the presence of anyone else :)

Then I turned to a story involving witches. Again, a piece I was proud of then, but will collect dust until the paper disintegrates, lol!

I wrote many, many books over the course of a decade. I dreamed of publishing, but the business world intimidated me to no end. Then I was nudged to pitch, and I did, earning me my first contract for a series I based around my own breed of faery.

The Talaenian world was released to the public.

As I've stated all over this blog, I love anything paranormal/fantasy based. I love wicked. I love sensual. I love sweet. I love love and the mystical situations surrounding characters that fight for that love. Passion in writing is a breath-catcher for me. I want to feel the world around me, embrace the characters, believe in the story. I want it to be real. Some of my favorite authors (Sherrilyn Kenyon, Karen Marie Moning, Heather Graham, Kresley Cole, Christine Feehan, and many more), pulled my into the world of dark paranormal/fantasy romance, provided a looking glass into historical romance, and induced a fastinating sense of wonder with their talent.

There are times I'll go out and look at those around me. A tiny voice in the back of my head will whisper, "Are they truly human? Or do my eyes continue to deceive me, blinded by a mortal world with mortal limits?" Is there more to our surroundings than what we see? Can other worlds truly exist, but we have limits preventing us from discovering them?

Is mythology history, recapping what may be existing elsewhere?

This is for each and every one of you to decide for yourself.

Next time you have that warm sensation along the back of your neck, or your skin rises as the energy in the air around you becomes electric, ask yourself this.

Am I truly alone?

Happy thoughts!

Kara