Fanspeak

EVERYONE’S INVITED TO JOIN DARA IN THE CHATROOM ON SATURDAY AROUND 11PM FOR LATE NIGHT COOKIES AND COCOA!! TO GET TO THE CHATROOM GO TO :
http://www.officialdarajoy.com/chat/
A NICE WAY TO WIND DOWN THE DAY : }

(If you haven’t chatted before, fear not, it is a very simple sign in procedure. Click the registration link. Enter your chat name and password then click the registration button. Now enter your chat name and choose PHP-STREAM, then just hit login. A page will load asking for your password, and once it is entered you will be inside the chatroom.)

Cassandra sent us a pic of her adorable pups for captioning. We are getting lots of great pics, keep them coming! (We will post all pics in the pet parade under STABLES button, even if they are not used for the caption game)

I’ll start you off this week with my caption:


Hum, that chat sounds like a good idea.

Looking forward to seeing you all in chat on Saturday!

Best,
Cory

A reader, Tee, sent us some pictures of her very adorable animals for our captioning game. The kitten’s name is Tazz and the puppy’s name is Brindle. Brindle is a rotti/wolf mix and Tazz is only 10 weeks old. How could we resist? On that note, I’ll start off the fun with the first caption:




“Mmm, my appetizer has arrived!”

You all did a great job last time- let’s see what you come up with for this playful shot! If anyone would like to submit pictures of their animals for the game we would love to see them. We will pick the photos that have the best potential for the game. All submitted pictures will be posted in the Pet Parade on the STABLES link so all your pets will be the stars they deserve to be! Oops, I got to go back to finishing this novel.

Love,
Dara

I will be stopping in the chat tomorrow night (Saturday 3/29 at 11:00PM EST). Hope to see you all there.

Best,
Cory - Webmaster

I will be stopping in the chat tomorrow night (Saturday 3/15 at 11:00PM EST). Hope to see you all there.

Best,
Cory - Webmaster

is like getting reacquainted with a room after you have remodeled. You love the updated features; but it takes a while to find your favorite chair. As many of you have noticed, we are playing around with ideas (yours and ours), trying to find the best fit. Thanks to everyone for the feedback; please keep it coming. We’ve added more functionality to the blog- you can now respond to each others posts as well as mine. You can even add an emoticon to puntuate your heartfelt sentiments! Consequently, we’ve taken down the php board for now (I think it may be redundate and I have never liked that format anywho).

Thanks to everyone who submitted the captions to the cat attack picture. Hillarious. This seemed to be popular so we will be on the lookout for some fun pics to caption.

I would also like to invite anyone who wants to guest blog to submit their entries to Cory at qask89@prodigy.net. We would especially love to hear from writers and readers about writing, the industry- whatever topic you wish to discuss. (Please note we do not have any desire whatsoever to be a negative website; we are looking for intelligent discussion- not slamming and snark.) Guest blogs will be posted periodically.



“Have you ever blogged, Dr. Hackenbush?”
“Only when no one’s watching.”

A long time friend and all around super bookseller, Rosemary from Rosemary’s Books in Australia has sent us a lovely review for DEATH BY PLOOT PLOOT:

“At long last the Matrix of Destiny is back. DEATH BY PLOOT PLOOT updates the series and it’s like catching up with dearly missed old friends as the characters have not changed and ring true. I so enjoyed this story as it bridges or transitions between the past and the future books. This is vintage Dara Joy and I smiled and laughed whilst reading as the dialogue is funny and quirky and I felt really good about the story.
Welcome back, Knights of the Charl.”

Thanks, Rosemary! (You can check out Rosemary’s incredible store at Rosemary’s Romance Books).


Cory has posted a page of reviews on DEATH BY PLOOT PLOOT from readers and reviewers here. If you would like to add yours to the page, send it to Cory at QASK89@prodigy.net.

Well, it’s back to writing for me!

Love,
Dara

I will be stopping in and Dara will be coming in as well. Hope to see you all there.

Dara here- hijacking back the blog. I came across this picture and burst out laughing. I think it’s the expression on the cat’s face that does it. Don’t you love this cat?

Then I found this other picture and thought it would be fun to see what crazy captions you could come up with. Now I know you are all creative out there ladies, so go for it! (I’ll start you off with mine.)


“The Four Toes of Death. Do not make me use them.”

It’s Cory here hacking the blog.

Dee Gentle of Paranormal Romance just posted a great review of DEATH BY PLOOT PLOOT. Thanks Dee! We’re receiving a lot of great reviews. I will be posting a link to the reviews from the folks soon.

“a fun Matrix of Destiny novella”

Meanwhile back on Aviara…

It seems Lorgin is experiencing fluctuations in his Charl powers that Yaniff believes may be an indication that he will experience an increase in his abilities. The tenth level mystic-in-training, Rejar continues to exasperate his Charl Master, Yaniff; who in turn continues to subtly manipulate the brooding Traed into the Charl way of life.

As the Earth holiday of Valentine’s Day approaches, Deana is bored with her contented life and looking for a way to stir things up; just for fun. And what better way than to bring her own version of this romantic holiday to the Charl Knights and Familiars of Aviara? Well, Deana may have bitten off more than she bargained for when Lorgin decides to beat her at her own game.

I’m happy to see that our favorite Charls and Familiars haven’t lost any of their sexy charm…or endearing arrogance. This novella was like catching up with old friends, I had a smile on my face the entire time I was reading. Deana is still her mischievous self and all of the characters that fans have come to know and love make an appearance. This satisfying short will sooth the nerves of even the most addicted Matrix of Destiny reader, and provide just enough fun to hold us over until Ms. Joy gives her loyal readers what they have been dying for, a new release. Welcome back Dara, we have missed your unique voice, and of course your sexy alphas!

Reviewed by Dee Gentle

Posted February 16, 2008

Raising a glass of good cheer!

May everyone get a little Ploot Ploot today.
Love from Dara and everyone at OfficialDaraJoy.com