Most authors have a special place that they go, Minions, when they are in writing mode, when they are driven to create. Many writers refer to this place as their “writer’s cave”. My special place, my office, my sanctuary, is affectionately referred to as my “writer’s lair”, thanks to the fangtastic Melissa DeLaCruz, of Blue Bloods fame. And today I’m going to give you a little glimpse of it, just so you’ll know the kinds of things that surround me as I pound out manuscripts or blog or tweet (oh man, do I tweet…). Please forgive the relatively crappy images, as I took them with my iPhone, and the iPhone hates pretty, clear pictures.
We will start with the door to my lair.
Not bad, eh? looks normal enough. Just double doors. Plain. Boring. So…normal, right? But when we open them…
PA-CHOW!!! The spookiness begins! This is the view from my open doors, followed by a closer view.
Yeah. I have some skeery stuff in my office. Creepy bodiless hands coming out of the wall, a human skull, a monkey like the one from Monkey Shines. It’s cozy, right? And if we begin to turn to the right, we see this:
That’s the corner of my coffin couch (which is glorious, and yes, made from an actual coffin). My husband often teases that he plans to bring along a mirror just to check on me during nap time. Turning again to the right (we’re spinning – are you dizzy??)…
…we see my favorite corner, where I’ve placed my asylum window, my baby doll (I cannot tell you her name – it may disturb some of you), and antique baby shoes. And right again to the door from the inside.
The dolls on the bottom right, I refer to as my “Creepy Children”, because when I open the office door, they stare at me through the glass with their haunting button eyes. *sigh* I love them so… If you keep turning right, you’ll see a second set of doors that lead to my dining room.
And right from there brings you back to my bookcase, which has a distinct lack of books. (The books are all in the reading room in the upstairs loft) But it does contain some of my most precious belongings. I’ll give you a top to bottom shelf by shelf view.
Not too shabby, right? It’s nice here. I like it. Whenever I enter my lair, I feel at home. To some, it’s creepy. To me, it’s beautiful. And you should be your own kind of beautiful, Minions, no matter what people say.
So…the only thing I haven’t done is hang up curtains. Mostly because I’m torn between curtains and black wooden blinds. Once I make up my mind, my lair will be complete. Yay lair!
As far as “what’s new in the world of Auntie Heather”, I’m currently wrapping up writing the second book in The Slayer Chronicles. I know the title, but you don’t. (neener neener neener) No worries! I’ll tell you soon…ish. Also, I’m finishing up the last few edits for Bloodbound, which is so good it makes my brain all explodey. I can’t really describe it…mostly because I have no idea how. Seriously! The description on my website doesn’t even do it justice. I just want to live in that world forever. And I hope you’ll join me for at least a few hours. I promise it’ll be worth the ride. (Or it won’t, and you’ll hate me forever…but I’m betting on that first one)
On Monday, I head out on a Disney cruise (woooooo, Mickey!!!), so I’ll be offline from July 4th til the 11th, but I’m thinking that I should arrange an Ask Auntie Heather chat on the forum soon. What do you guys think? I can set aside an hour or two and we can just talk…y’know? It sounds like fun to me, and I think it’ll breathe new life into the forum. If you don’t hang out on the forum, please do! It’s a fangtastic Minion hangout and I want you guys to treat it as your own.
One last thing before I go. How many of you have or have access to an iPod, iPod Touch, or iPad? Go grab it. Right now. It’s okay…I can wait.
*hold music plays while you grab your technology*
Got it? Sweet. I’ve got the fire extinguisher ready, because I know how you Minions burst into flames when you get excited. Ready?
Go download this right now, because Minions – WE HAVE AN APP!!!
It’s only 99 cents, and it’s a FANGtastic game that’s kinda like PacMan, but with Fang! You can eat bloodbags for invincibility and killing slayers gifts you with their tiny lil screams. (Mwahahahahaha!!!) It’s sooooo much fun. I am seriously, totally addicted. So go. Now. Grab that app and tell the rest of the Horde (and non-Minions! Or should I say “soon-to-be-Minions”?). Because this thing is too fun!
Can you tell I like it?
Okay, so in my brief absence, I’m leaving you all in charge. I DO NOT want to come back to the world in ruins and zombies on the rampage AGAIN, Minions! *gives you all the Mom look* So behave. Be nice. And SOMEBODY feed the thing under my bed.
Tags: BLOODBOUND, Cool Stuff, Crappy Camera, Does Anyone Even Read These Tags, Mashed Potatoes, slayer chronicles
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THATS COOL SAFIRE RAIN AND ISABEL FLOR.I MOST DEFFENITLY AGREE WITH U.SO HAS ANYBODY READ ANY GOOD VAMPIRE STORIES LATLEY? WELL G2G TTYL BYE AND P.S. IM GOING TO MY LIBRARY AND GETTING SOME BOOKS MAYBE I THINK? DON’T KNOW YET
WILL SEE IF LIBRARY HAS IT THEM THERE TODAY.WELL G2G TTYL BYE
Well it is true Vampires are awsome! But it’s like stil you have to put it into ur mind about the others. Werewolfs: Bathroom is EVERYWHERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That’s just disturbig.
Zombies: Well I kinda hate them ’cause that guy in the past. There were words I wanted to say to him b4 he left.
@safire rain i agree with u.well g2g ttyl bye
hey does anybody like the books alex rider? i like them.well g2g ttyl bye
I DO
I haveen’t heard about them… Well if you need goos vampire series, I like Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead but is not like CoVT and EVERYONE read Dracula!! If you haven’t read it you are not a Vampire Fan that was the first vampire books in the history of literature ! and one of the best if not the best … Put it on your To-Read List haha!
oK AND @ Isabel Flor
Alex Rider is by James Patterson. IT’s like +16 book series
@isabel flor that cool and hi.@safire rain whats up? well g2g ttyl bye
what ur guys all time favorite books to read?bye
@ TokioHotel
My all time fa. books
1- Maximum Ride
2- VladTod
3- Alex Ride
4- ( Soon to be) Slayer Cronicles.
And yes I think Max Ride is better by the slightest bit than VladTod. Dont hate
O and notin u?
My fav books are :
1. Vlad Tod and Vampyr (a book in spanish you don’t know)
2. Vampire Academy
3. Dracula
I think Dracula is ne of the best but it’s a lil hard to read cuz they use older vocabulary and like if you are gonna read it all the time you get kinda tired :\
*One no “ne”
Ya I’ve read Dracula B4 too and it is hard since they do use older vocab.
@safire rain really that suprise me that u like maximum ride a little better than vlad.that fine with me.
my all time favorite books are
1.red rock mysteries
2.santa paws
3.vlad tod
4.diary of a teenager girl
5.maximum ride
6.oliver nocturne
7.your invited to a creepover
8 twilight series
well that my favorite books to read.:) bye
what ur guys favorite movies?
well g2g wont be on here tonite so ttyl bye.
@safire rain
wow ive actually red all those books and the alex rider series only has nine books the last one is scorpia rising also have you read the new maximum ride book angel i hear its good
wait are we talking about the same alex rider series because the one i read is by anthony horowitz not james patterson who wrote maximum ride and daniel x and the book witch and wizard
along with some interesting adult books
well sense every one is talking about books my top 7 book list/serries is
1. vlad tod serries by heather brewer
2. vampirate serries by justin somper
3. vampire chronicles by anne rice
4. you suck book by chris moore
5. notes from a totally lame vampire book by tim collins
6. morganville vampires serries by rachael caine
7. suck it up author unknown
this list is not really in order because i made it up as i went along while going down my vampire shelf (a shelf dedicated to all vampire books) and i couldnt recall the name of a few books i didnt own
Anthony horowits wrote scorpia rising and the rest of the alex rider series
We’re talking about the wrong serise Im talking about James Patterson.
And @ Tokio Hotle- Ya it’s just by like you can’t belive how small.
i wont be on much today or tomorrow . well g2g ttyl bye
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@Vampire12b
Yea I like Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice thoose books are awesome , a lil hard to read though, but awesome
I bet the baby in the cribs name must be something like Osama bin laden. Why else would she not tell us on the Internet?!
thats… ok then
O.K.
@ilovetokiohotel
cool that you like demyex time and after you finish all 14 you can wathch sora show and shinra files. they are made by the same people and the have a thing makin fun of boy bands called hitman reborn: backstreet bishies i like it. and in case you want to know the girl that plays demyx is jen and the girl that plays axel (who shows up in eposide 5) is named kelly
has anyone ever heard of the House Of Night series? cause its a great series to read.
@dark angel yes i have and i don’t like the series sorry.@bfmv kingdom hearts is a tv show?cause i thought it’s was just a video game?which i own the video game for playstation 2.well g2g ttyl bye p.s. i wont be on here tonite or tomorrow sorry.
@bfmv i just typed it in on youtube and i sorry but i don’t like it at all.i thought it was on kingdom hearts video game sorry for the confusion.bye
goodnite everybody:)
Auntie I miss your blog!!!!
Please Auntie Heather its been over a month!
I still think she’s neglecting us
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I like your lair its awesome
I think she teasing u guys(JK)
@ilovetokiohotel
oh well i love then they sooooo cool they funny gtg byez. happy nightrmares to all
Holy crapp I just realized that now it’s August, we have one month for the slayer journals!!!! I’m sooo excited!!!!
@Vladimir,Joss,Henrylover
dude your right! icant wait!!!!!!
@bfmv happy nightmares to u too. well g2g ttyl bye i really cant wait for slayer chronicles to come out.so exicted
i hope it has vlad in it.bye
It will have vlad in it probly it’s his life. Wait didn’t she say it was about the slayer society it might not have Vlad!
And the nightmares will always be happy with the dieing bunny in it! Sweet nightmares. 
Vladimir,Joss,Henrylover ya i know i already pre ordered my copy i cant wait….. And any one notice it has been over a month and Aunite said she wouldnt leave use for this long again ….. Well i love your layer it is total amazing cant wait to read your new book sept 20 when i get it
I’m dying to have Slayer Chronicles in my hands!! I bet I’ll read it in just one day cuz no-one will make me stop reading it!! And fortunately I’ll travel to US (to the ones that doesn’t know I live in Ecuador) on October and I won’t have to pay like 50$ for a book in Amazon (invluding delevering and all)
Can’t Wait!!
Snow white- Really u preorderd it too. Im getting one for me and my friends b-day. We cant wait!
yup i preorded it becauses the last time i wanted one of Aunites books they didnt have it for a month after it came out and i also cant wait to read it …. Plus yesterday for my birthday i order two fang shirts
Nice
Dude I havent pre ordered the slayer chronicles but I never see anyone else even looking at antie heathers books. I did notice that there has been a lack of new blog updates and she said that she would never leave us alone for this long again. It makes me sad I want antie heather back!!