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I'm trying something a little different this month. Instead of a random winner, I will be giving away Demon Vampire to the first person that comments on this post.
A Gift to my Readers.
That's right, comment on this post, and you get a signed copy of the book, Free.
It's a nice night, be productive;)
It's that simple, be the first to comment and win. The winner will be announced later tonight. Happy winning and don't forget to rank the book on Goodreads once you read it.
The Monthly Follower Giveaway Winner for May 2012 is:
Dessy Bakardjieva
You have until, Well a bit past midnight this time, to claim your prize. Since the post today is coming so late, you will have until midnight tomorrow night (May 2nd) to respond to this post and comment to claim the prize. You can either comment directly or you can email me at virgilallenmoore@live.com to let me know where you would like the prize shipped to.
As for the prize... This month winner will get a signed copy of Demon Vampire. Since the Goodreads giveaway went so well, I will be giving away the book on this site as well for next month. Just remember that you will have to be signed up as a blogger follower (using Google Friend Connect) to follow the site and be eligible for the monthly prizes.
Remember to comment, because if the winner doesn't respond by midnight on May 2nd, the first to comment on this post will take the prize instead. Happy viewing and as always you can find the book on Amazon.com here. Make To BUY IT NOW;)
The prize for May 1st is still being decided at this point, but rest assured, it will be good.
I have also been working on Demon Vampire: Redgold, book two in the main storyline. I have passed into the eighth chapter and things are headed in a wonderful direction. I have always known that there would be a great amount of change coming to all of the characters, but now that I'm actually writing book two, I can say for certain, this book goes there.
I have never been afraid to write what other authors haven't. I let the characters decide what they do, not the other way around. When they want to kill people, they do. They don't rant about it, they act. This of course leads to some characters killing other main characters, which I am not opposed to either.
I have amazing things planned for Zack Giver over the ten years I plan on writing this series. There are seven books, at least that have been thought out. The turns in my series are unlike anything anyone has ever seen. It is my goal to bring this story to everyone that will appreciate it.
If you have already read through to the end of Demon Vampire, you will be happy to understand that Zack isn't gone. Salvation comes to him from the most unlikely person. For now, YOU WILL HAVE TO FOLLOW ME ON FAITH. Demon Vampire book one is not the end of Salas' story, or Zack Giver's for that matter.
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The Prize for The March Follower Giveaway is a signed CD and Photo from the band Jagged Row!!!
Make sure to follow the blog openly using the follow link below to be eligible to win. The drawing will be held on March 1st. But remember, you have to respond by midnight that night if you are chosen. If you don't, the first person to comment on the post will get your prize instead. So yes, attendance mattered on DemonVampire.com
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I first mentioned Jagged Row a little while ago as a band I noticed
through a friend. Since then, things have been going well. They agreed
to a full interview, and today I have the results of that effort.
Enjoy Jagged Row:
1. I'd like to start by asking how you came up with Jagged Row? It invokes a certain jaded feeling. Did something happen in your lives that made you come up with the name? We actually came up with Jagged Row from a previous band name! Originally I (Jaci) was a solo artist singing and writing a pop-style of music, and the guys became a back-up band for me. Chad, (the rhythm guitarist at the time...now our bass player) suggested they be called "Those Guys". We thought it sounded kind of catchy, so when people asked, we were "Jaci Butler and Those Guys". Only a few months after we got together though, we decided we'd start to write together. Matt, (the lead guitarist) and I wrote one song and we instantly realized we had good chemistry! We wanted to become a band and write more music together. We shortened the name to Jaci & Those Guys so it sounded more like a band, but people still kept thinking we were a solo artist! We had to come up with another name. It took us nearly a year to come up with a name we actually liked. During that time we started writing heavier music that the guys liked to play and I fell in love with singing rock music! We went through hundreds of names and even gave up for awhile and decided to stick with Jaci & Those Guys to release our first album under. Just a little while after the release, we got to thinking more about names. Chad suggested we just go by JAG, a acronym for "Jaci And Guys". The military already had that though. I suggested Jagged, but too many bands all over the Internet had taken that. We needed something fresh! We kept the Jagged and thought about where we were all from: Rowlett, Royse City, and Rockwall. Those three cities are "the three Rs" of our area. Jagged Row was born! :)
2. It's nice to hear a full four piece band with a talented female singer. Did your band always have five people? Or did it begin with only a few? Thank you! Yes, Jagged Row has always had five people. There's Trevor Quiett, our drummer, Chad Ragsdale, our bassist, Matt Venhaus is our first lead guitarist, and Chris Lee is basically a second lead guitarist. We've always felt that with the music we play, it just wouldn't be as full sounding with out that second guitar part! I sing lead and Matt and Chad sing back-up.
3. Jaci, this question is for you. On stage you seem pretty comfortable. When did you first sing in front of a group? Ah, I love this question! When people ask me this, I always tell them, "Since I could talk!" and that answer is the full truth! I used to stand up on the kitchen table at family gatherings and sing my heart out! The first time I actually performed in front of a crowd besides my family, was my elementary school talent show in first grade. I sang "Sweet Nothin's". I have always loved the spotlight and singing is my passion. Always has been, always will be. Being onstage is the most incredible feeling in the world! I've never wanted to do anything else in life but perform and I plan to do that the rest of my life as the lead singer of Jagged Row! :)
4. You've done over 200 shows, that's impressive. What was your best night? Wow! That's a hard question to answer. We'd have to say the State Fair of Texas this past year. On October 14th, 2011 we got to open for Finger Eleven on the Chevrolet Main Stage. It's probably our best show to date. There were around a thousand people just at the stage and even more walking around the whole fair. We got to play a set earlier in the evening then another one after dark. We remember so vividly right before we walked up the stairs and onto that stage hearing the whole crowd chant our name before that second set! The rush and feeling of that was mind-blowing! We got up on that stage and played and sang and performed our hearts out! By the end of the show people had thrown up notes and lucky bracelets, etc. that they wanted us to have! One of the notes read, "To Jagged Row, I love you! <3 Alvie!" (I have it stuck to my bedroom mirror still! -Jaci) After our set was over, and we played the last note, the crowd immediately started chanting to have us back. We threw picks and sticks and towels out to the crowd and had to apologize for not being able to play another song. (It was in our contract to stop at a certain time.) The best part about it was that the security guards backstage told us, "We've been working this fair for 25 years, and have never heard an encore for a band!" That night was the most adrenaline rushed, exhilarating show we've ever gotten to play! We just hope for many more in the near future!
5. Did you ever think you'd have such a track record after only a couple of years as a band? We knew when we started this band that we wanted to take it all the way to the top. Did we think after only a few years, we'd be this far along? No. Are we happy we are? Yes! It's been a lot of hard work and there is just more to come but we're ready for it! :)
6. "Meant To Be" has such beautiful vocals and longing lyrics. Tell me, what heartache provoked these words? I'm going to take this question! (Jaci) Matt wrote the music for this song and when I heard it for the first time, I fell in love. I knew this song needed passionate, strong lyrics. Trevor had just brought a poem to me that he had written. A line in it was "The distant thunder sings a quiet song to me...as my eyes close, I'm engulfed in a storm of dreams". Matt had originally envisioned there being rain at the beginning of this song since. I knew from the moment I read that poem, these words had to go in it. I took these lines of the poem and wrapped lyrics around it I had written. I based my lyrics off the words I was so mesmerized by in Trevor's poem. This was at a time early on when we first really grasped the fact that we all wanted the same goals, the same dreams, and we all wanted to accomplish them together. This song made me think of that. I knew that all of this was meant to be! Words just started flowing and the song became what it is today. I changed the words to "The distant thunder sings a quiet song to me and as my eyes close I'm engulfed with the fact, that this is meant to be". The bridge sings, "Lost in a storm of dreams, searching for anything". Storm of Dreams became the name of our debut album.
7. Your band reminds me of Flyleaf in their more lighter waves. Were they an inspiration for you? We love Flyleaf! We've always liked that they were a hard rockin' band with female vocals fronting them. They were an inspiration to us in a way. Like you mentioned, in their more lighter waves. Jaci doesn't scream, but we do have a few songs where one of us screams along with Jaci's vocals. Bands like Flyleaf, Evanescence, and Paramore are wonderful and we'd love to be where they are at one day!
8. The band has so much presence behind it, a full sound that dominates the ear. Have you ever been told to tune it down during practice? Haha, thank you Virgil! We actually practice at Jaci's house. The living room over there is our "rehearsal hall". Luckily, her house is in a neighborhood where the houses are pretty far spread, so that the neighbors don't complain. Although, the neighbors next door to her had a son that played the trumpet and the neighbors across from her had a drummer for a son, so no one really says anything about it! Jaci does have to sometimes ask us to turn down our amps though! We get a little loud every now in then! Hahaha
9. That's Great! (Laughs) I'm noticed you take great pride in writing the lyrics for your songs. Is it a collaborative effort, letting the whole band in on the feel of each song? We do. What usually happens with the way we write, is Matt will bring us a song he's been working on and has recorded the music for in his home studio. Jaci starts working on the lyrics. When we start working on it, Trevor might put his touch on the drums, Chad will do the same for the bass and so on. Like we said though, Matt usually starts the ball rolling by bringing a song that he's already started arranging. When working on new music, we all throw out ideas and see which works best. We all have a really good chemistry together and usually can bounce our ideas off of one another. It's definitely a full collaborative effort.
10. Five years from now, who do you see yourselves touring with? Or should I say, touring with you. We love this question! Well, five years from now we definitely hope to see ourselves at the Grammy Awards! ;) We'd love to be touring with bands such as Bon Jovi, No Doubt, Maroon 5, Foo Fighters and so on! We'd definitely like to be as successful as those bands for sure! We have fellow bands around the same level as we are from around the same area as we are as well! We'd love for them to go to the top with us and get to tour with them. Bands including The Lasting Effect, Crel, and This City Awaits!
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This interview brought to you be Virgil Allen Moore, author of Demon Vampire, SSR 1192, Diffinity, and many other stories to come.
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I'm about 24,000+ words into writing Demon Vampire: Redgold, which is book two in the main series. It is a direct sequel to the first novel and picks up seconds after the life changing cliff hanger at the end of book one. This book covers the same time line as the side novella Special Science Report 1192.
This book will be near the same length as book one and should be out late 2014. Make sure to sign up and follow the blog to win a copy of the first book. So far there are only 62 direct followers of the blog. Make sure to openly follow the blog to be eligible for the Monthly Follower Giveaway.
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She has won the book Yesterday's Daughter by Sallie Lundy-Frommer.
Kayla has until midnight tonight, as per the normal rules of this Monthly Follower Giveaway, to respond to this post. All she has to do is comment on this post and she wins.
If not... The first person to respond to this post that isn't Kayla, will get it instead. So make sure you are the first to comment. Just because you think it's early, doesn't mean you have too much time to comment. Be quick and respond to this post. It's good to be the first, of course it's better to be Kayle right now, but we will see just how quick she is.
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You must be an open follower of the blog to be eligible to win.
If you are chosen, you have until midnight on the 1st of the month to respond to the winning announcement post. If you do not, the first follower to respond to the post will take your prize.
Then all you have to do is email me and I will send the winner the prize.
It's important to know that each prize is not the same. Although I do giveaway Demon Vampire the book, I also give away other books from up and coming authors. As well as CDs and other items that I and you would enjoy.
Announcing the February prize for the Monthly Follower Giveaway!!!
Sallie Lundy-Frommer's Yesterdays' Daughter
On February 1st, I will send out a post, stating the one lucky public follower has won the giveaway. They will have until midnight that night to respond to the post.
If they do, they win.
If they don't you might win. Be the first to post a comment on that post and if the assigned winner doesn't respond in time, you will win instead. It pays to be quick.
In the meantime, make sure to publicly follow the blog using the google connect on the right hand side bar of the blog. The winner is chosen directly from that list and nowhere else.
It's also good to subscribe via feedburner as well. Reason being, you don't have to be a public follower to win the rebound prize if the assigned winner doesn't respond. Yes, you read it right, it doesn't matter who you are in the terms of the rebound comment post. If you are the first to comment on the winner's post on February 1st and they don't answer and you do, you win.
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The winner will be chosen in the same way as last.
On Jan 1st, Read the name of the winner and make sure to comment on the post.
The winner will have until midnight to comment on the post to confirm they read it that day. If they don't, the first person to comment on the post will take the prize! That's why it's important to pay attention to the giveaway on day one. If the announced winner is too slow to respond, you might win! So be the first to comment on the Monthly Announcement and you might win Amy Mah's Fangs Rule.
Mark March 4th on your calendar. At 12pm EST, there will be a mass book buy scheduled to boost the sales of Demon Vampire on Amazon.com in the USA & the UK. Click below to add Demon Vampire to your cart tonight as a reminder.
On the 1st of December, the first monthly follower giveaway will have it's winner. Make sure to follow the blog publicly to ensure you have a chance at winning the book, Demon Vampire for free. All you have to do is check the blog on the 1st and see if your name was chosen. If it's you, just write a comment on that blog post by midnight that night. If you do, you win and I'll mail you the physical copy of the book later that week.
