Dark Landscapes

My turn to bite! I am Gracen Miller the last of the Moonlighter’s trio. Welcome, welcome, I am glad you came to read my rambling thoughts and bio.

I’ll begin by giving you a taste of my insanely neurotic life. I have three boys (the third being my husband of 17 years—truly, he’s nothing more than an adult-sized kid), all of which are involved in TaeKwonDo and are ranked from a 3rd degree black to a 1st degree black. For those of you unfamiliar with karate, it can consume your life. We have made some really great friends along the way, however. And honestly, I spend more time with the karate family than I do other members of my own blood relatives. Both of my sons are 2008 World Champions, ranked #1 for their age and rank. Aside from karate, my boys participate throughout the year in basketball and football.

Next to my husband, writing is my passion. I have been spinning tales since I was in sixth grade, when my English teacher forced us to write a play. Yes, I said “forced” because that’s what it initially felt like when she gave us the dreaded assignment. I mean seriously what could she have been thinking to ask us to write? Write! Use our imaginations! Oh, the horror of it! I quickly discovered, however, that writing was powerfully inspiring and rather drugging in its deistic type-creation. There was no horror in writing, except for the horror elements I wove into the plot lines. For that particular project, I wrote about Atlantis rising from the sea with its evil citizens having supernatural powers. I laugh about it when I think of it now. It was horrific stuff, but that one project gave me the love of writing to last a lifetime. Now, I jokingly say the “voices in my head” won’t allow me a moments peace unless I give breath to their lives by writing about them. I'm particularly fond of paranormal romances.

I live in Alabama with my very active family. I have a cat and a dog that jointly own me and spend hours together doing nothing more energetic than lounging in my lap. I have a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management from Troy University and an Associates degree in Paralegal Studies from Huntingdon College. Presently, I work from home as a full-time shuttle-bus for my two sports inclined boys.I am one of the original The Deadly Vixens bloggers, if you are familiar with them. I am excited to be a Moonlighter with Margay and Carrie. I also blog every Saturday at Wicked Thorn and Roses with six other fellow authors who welcomed me into their thorny fold with open arms when I left The Deadly Vixens.

We would love for you to come friend us at our Moonlight, Lace and Mayhem’s Myspace and Facebook accounts. Tell us about yourself, your family, do you write (and if so, what do you write), who is your favorite author, and anything else you can think of. Just don’t be afraid, we promise not to bite or create too much mayhem in your life. We look forward to making some lifelong friends in the writing industry and outside of the industry.

Firedrakes Weyr Publishing published my first book, The Devil’s Den, on April 1, 2008, almost a year ago. It is a paranormal romance set in the present day. The hero, Six, is a 3,000 year old vampire and one of those characters that you will love to hate. Six originally started out as a demon in a dream that was so seductive and compelling I knew I had to write about him the moment I awoke. I have a couple of other books in the works, three that need editing and another two I’m working on, so *crosses fingers* hopefully I’ll have something else soon to tell you about.