JEZEBEL:
Heya, Avid Fans! Welcome once again to Cat and Muse, the only Internet talk-radio show that’s run by a former demon and a down-on-her-luck Muse. I’m the former demon, Jezebel, coming at you live from the sordid depths of Jackie Kessler’s website. With me, as always, is the cliché-speaking, pop-culture-referencing Muse of Tragedy…the producer of Cat and Muse…Melpomene!

[APPLAUSE]

Hi, Mel!

MELPOMENE:
YO.

JEZ:
Today’s guest knows all about the power of feminine wiles, and isn’t afraid to use them. She’s a sexual creature, she’s powerful, and she’s unapologetic. Can you give me a huzzah?

MEL:
I AM WOMAN, HEAR ME ROAR.

JEZ:
Damn straight. Publishers Weekly calls the Sisters of the Moon series “engrossing.” Romantic Times calls it “Vivid, sexy, and mesmerizing.” And Booklist praises the “well-crafted fantasy” and the “great character chemistry.” [GRINS] Fantasy and chemistry—two of my favorite subjects.

Boys and girls, give a hotter than hot welcome to one of the three lovely D’Artigo sisters…star of USA Today bestselling author Yasmine Galenorn’s WITCHLING and DRAGON WYTCH…Camille!

[APPLAUSE]

Heya, Camille!

CAMILLE:
Thanks for having me! Well, you haven’t had me, but hey, the night’s young.

JEZ:
[GRINS] Oh, sweetie, this is going to be a great interview.

CAM:
I was really excited when you asked me to be here–so often it’s Yasmine who gets interviewed. About time one of us got our say!

JEZ:
Hey, that’s why Cat and Muse is here. We know that without us, our Dear Creators would all be washing dishes for a living. Before we start, I have to say, you look delicious. I adore your clothes! Black chiffon long skirt, plum-colored bustier…oh, those spiked heels…

CAMILLE:
I’m a gurly gurl, you know. Makeup, dresses, skirts, and hey—when you’ve got boobs like mine, they’re not going to just disappear so you might as well flaunt them. [GRINS] I could outfit a fetish club.

JEZ:
Bless me, I think I’m in love. So, for those readers new to the Otherworld, give us a run-down.

CAM:
Hmmm… [CLEARS THROAT, HUMS] “In the fourth book of Otherworld, the author gave to us: three sisters fighting demons, the third spirit seal discovered, three Fae Queens rising, a bunch of nasty goblins, two dubba-trolls, one unicorn bearing gifts, and a gorgeous dragon dude!”

How’s that?

JEZ:
[APPLAUDS]

MEL:
ENCORE! ENCORE!

JEZ:
Let’s see. [READS CUE CARDS] Says here that the Otherworld Intelligence Agency sent you and your sisters Earthside to keep you out of trouble. How’s that working out for you?

CAM:
[SNORTS] Because of that, we’ve ended up being the vanguards against the demon menace!

JEZ:
Heh. “Demon menace.” I want that on a tee-shirt.

CAM:
[LAUGHS] Really, my sisters and I are Murphy’s Law in action.

JEZ:
What’s the worst thing that happens in DRAGON WYTCH?

CAM:
Let’s just say we don’t always come out on top in a battle.

JEZ:
And you’re not referring to a battle in bed.

CAM:
[CHUCKLES] Things have been heating up with the demon lord Shadow Wing. Between you and me, I think he’s realized that—even if we don’t have anywhere near the firepower he does, we’re a definite a thorn in his side. And he doesn’t like thorns. And in DRAGON WYTCH, we find out just how much he doesn’t like thorns.

JEZ:
Ouch.

MEL:
EVERY ROSE HAS ITS THORN.

CAM:
And then there’s the question of Morgana and Titania and this Aeval—and what the hell they’re up to.

JEZ:
Again, ouch.

CAM:
Oh, and did I mention the demon Karvanak?

JEZ:
Um, nope.

CAM:
[SIGHS] There’s a lot going on right now, and it’s giving me a real headache.

JEZ:
Wow, that’s a lot to deal with, sweetie. Is everything all doom and gloom? Or is there anything salvageable about the situation?

CAM:
[SIGHS HAPPILY] Smoky.

JEZ:
Smoky?

CAM:
Think 6’4”, long, muscled but lean, silver hair down to his ankles and, oh Mama, that hair has a life of its own—trust me on that one.

JEZ:
Ooh.

CAM:
Smoky’s an icy cold drink on a hot, hot day…makes you just want to press up against him while the sweat trickles down between your breasts…and he’s got the biggest—oh! [GRINS] Let me just say he’s well endowed.

JEZ:
Ooh!

CAM:
I knew when I looked in those giant eyes and he huffed smoke on me back in WITCHLING that Smoky and I were bound to cross paths. And boy, do we cross paths. And legs. And arms…and everything else we can. [FANS SELF]

JEZ:
Mel! Cue music!

MEL:
[BREAKS OUT A BARRY WHITE CD]

CAM:
I admit, the thought of taking a dragon for a lover was freaky at first, but I’ve been with stranger men.

JEZ:
Like? Com on, details!

CAM:
Morio isn’t really human, especially in his demonic form.

JEZ:
Demons can be the best lovers. Trust me. [WINKS] What about Trillian? Is he the vanilla in your little sex Neapolitan?

CAM:
[LAUGHS] While Trillian’s all Svartan, he’s got his own quirks. Of course, Trillian’s not all that happy about the fact that Smoky and I get it on, but that’s just because he’s not in control of the situation, not because of the sex.

JEZ:
Heh. Of course.

CAM:
But he’s got nothing to worry about. He knew I wasn’t a one-man woman from the start. We may be linked by a sex ritual that’s as old as the hills, and we’re bound in our passion forever, but we both agree—other partners are fine, as long as he remains my alpha lover and I remain his.

JEZ:
Bless me, you truly get to have your cake and eat it too. That’s brilliant. I want to be you when I grow up.

CAM:
It’s all good. After all, the Fae aren’t normally monogamous, and I take after my father’s blood rather than my mother’s in that respect.

JEZ:
Okay, spill. You and…well, your love interest. Who’s on top?

CAM:
WHICH love interest?

JEZ:
Let’s start with Trillian.

CAM:
[SIGHS] I wish my sisters would get over the fact that he’s Svartan. True, he’s more of an antihero. But he pulls through when we need him. He’s also damned smart and he’s sexy. We don’t have the typical relationship, but we know where we stand with each other. And frankly, now that we’re back together, nothing Earthside, in Otherworld, or from the Sub-Realms can tear us apart again.

JEZ:
Aw. True love. [ROLLS EYES]

CAM:
We bound ourselves together on a level deeper than love.

JEZ:
How nice. Let’s get back to the sex.

CAM:
With Trillian, all body parts are fair game, as long as it stays fun. I’m open to almost anything, as long as I don’t end up bruised or hurt.

JEZ:
Yeah, bruises suck.

CAM:
I love the smell of him, the taste and feel of him in my mouth…

MEL:
[CRANKS UP THE MUSIC]

CAM:
Then, of course, there’s Morio.

JEZ:
Different than Trillian?

CAM:
I think people underestimate him. He’s quiet, yes, and doesn’t say a lot, but he’s incredibly powerful.

JEZ:
But is he kinky?

CAM:
[SMILES] Morio’s kinkier than either Trillian or Smoky.

JEZ:
Details!

CAM:
He’s more willing to experiment. He’s less concerned with sexual boundaries and is willing to push the envelope. Sex with him when he’s partially transformed into his demonic form is heady and intoxicating.

JEZ:
DETAILS.

CAM:
I know, some people might get a little queasy at the thought but damn, when he’s standing eight feet tall and lifts me up and plants me right on his—can I say the word [BLEEP] here?

JEZ:
Seven second delay. It’s all good.

CAM:
When he holds me while I wrap my legs around his waist…there are no words to describe how good it feels.

JEZ:
Screw me on Salvation Day, I think I need a glass of water to cool off.

CAM:
Even better is that Trillian and Morio are willing to share me at the same time.

JEZ:
[JAW HITS FLOOR]

CAM:
I mean, what can be better for a girl’s ego than two men, ready and primed, who are willing to do anything she wants in bed?

JEZ:
That’s it. [TO COMPUTER SCREEN] KESSLER! I want me some of that!

CAM:
By the way—to quell rumors, Trillian is straight as an arrow.

JEZ:
With a teensy curve at the tip. [LAUGHS] What about Morio?

CAM:
I have no idea. I think he might be bi, but it’s never really come up in conversation.

JEZ:
And Smoky?

CAM:
He’s oddly the most conservative, but man, he’s got power up the yin-yang.

JEZ:
Ah, so THAT’S what kids are calling it these days…

CAM:
Seriously, I’ve never met any man before who could actually make me obey him before. Of course, he’s not a man, really, he’s a dragon. I try not to forget that little fact. And as far as sex, the man can ride me till I’m sore.

MEL:
[MUSIC CUTS OFF; SMOKE WAFTS FROM CD PLAYER]

CAM:
And did I mention his hair? Kinky…

MEL:
…!

JEZ:
Bless me, I think Melpomene just caught fire. Which is better: sex or chocolate?

CAM:
Sex. Most of the time.

JEZ:
Oh?

CAM:
Chocolate only when the boys are all off doing other things. Even then, I’m a girl who can take care of myself, if need be. [GRINS WICKEDLY]

JEZ:
Hah! So, in DRAGON WYTCH, were there any parts of the story where you were like, Yasmine, sweetie, what the Hell are you making me do? Or were you and your Creator in sync the entire time?

CAM:
Well, my sisters and I control our own actions, you know.

JEZ:
Of course you do.

CAM:
And the story—it’s going to happen whether Yasmine writes it down or not. You see, she’s here to record what happens, make it sound good, and get it out there for the public. [WHISPERS] She might think she makes it all up, but we really know better.

JEZ:
[SMILES INNOCENTLY] Uh huh.

CAM:
Of course, if I’m dreaming and she is in control of the story, I wish to hell that she’d just hand over all the spirit seals to Queen Asteria and leave us to get on with a life that isn’t filled with demons and the threat of annihilation. Dying, bloody fights? Not so fun.

JEZ:
I hear that.

CAM:
Oh—and the whole civil war thing that destroyed part of our home city-state? We could do without that, too.

MEL:
MAKE LOVE, NOT WAR.

CAM:
And of course, one of the worst things that happened in DRAGON WYTCH for me on a personal level…well, I can’t talk about it.

JEZ:
Oh, come on!

CAM:
Her Majesty the Author would have my head if I spilled the beans on that situation.

JEZ:
Humph.

CAM:
But let me tell you, if she’s responsible for a certain plot line that left me wanting to scream, and if she doesn’t resolve the issue soon, I’m going to hop right off the page and kick her in the metaphorical balls.

JEZ:
[BURSTS OUT LAUGHING]

CAM:
Then there are the times when stupid things happen to us and she laughs.

JEZ:
Ooh, don’t you HATE that?

CAM:
I mean, we’re the stars here, we’re the ones fighting the demons and dealing with the goblins and the trolls and werespiders! And there she sits, in her cushy chair, laughing as I fell flat on my face in the dirt because I slipped on pixie dust, or when Delilah got her tail stuck in a cocklebur bush, or when Menolly had to deal with Wade’s psychotic mother and Roz’s unending advances. Yasmine’s not always very nice, you know!

JEZ:
Creators never are. [GLARES AT COMPUTER SCREEN]

CAM:
And while I’m ranting, let me add that I wish to hell she’d quit talking to her friends about wanting to raid my closet! We may have the same taste, but these are MY clothes!

JEZ:
Hee. My own Creator tends to wear jeans and tee-shirts. Bor-ing.

CAM:
I have to admit though…Smoky…now, her introducing me to Smoky makes a lot of this crap worth dealing with.

JEZ:
[FANS SELF] Yum. If you had your way, what would you change about DRAGON WYTCH?

CAM:
I wish it could be longer. I wish Yasmine had more leeway to record a few other things that happened.

JEZ:
Like?

CAM:
There are other tidbits that could have gone in the book, but I do realize that contracts are legally binding and there’s only so much that can fit into 100,000 words.

JEZ:
If you could make Yasmine do anything, what would it be?

CAM:
I’d like her to get her butt off that chair and take a few more breaks so she wouldn’t continually be harping about her back.

JEZ:
Let me know if that works. I’d have to get Jackie to try it.

CAM:
Also, the caffeine addiction is so unappealing when she first drags herself into the office before she’s had her latte. I mean, she sits there, bleary eyed, meowing back at Tara who has a habit of waking us up by licking the monitor. Can’t she wire up before coming in to her office to start the day? And put on her makeup before she stares at the computer screen. I mean, really…there are some sights…

JEZ:
Heh.

CAM:
Seriously, one thing I want her to do, she’s actually doing right now.

JEZ:
What’s that?

CAM:
She’s writing the story of how Trillian and I first met, to lay to rest the rumors that he’s just a troublemaker and to show just how our bond was forged. She got a gig to write a novella for an anthology that will be coming out in January 2009, a few days after NIGHT HUNTRESS, Delilah’s second book. The novella’s called ETCHED IN SILVER, and the anthology is titled INKED.

JEZ:
Nice! If DRAGON WYTCH goes Hollywood, who should play you in the movie?

CAM:
This is not the best question for me to answer.

JEZ:
Oh?

CAM:
Since my sisters and I are half-Fae, it’s really hard to find that…Otherworldly factor in any of the actresses today.

JEZ:
Special effects. They do wonders.

CAM:
And I mean—Smoky—a dragon? Who out there has ankle-length hair that can—well—take charge on its own?

JEZ:
Um…CGI?

CAM:
Or in anime. But spare us from Hollywood’s treatment of book characters—unless Peter Jackson manned the director’s chair!

JEZ:
That could be arranged…Finally, if you could be evil for one day, what would you do?

CAM:
Who says we’re not a little evil?

JEZ:
Not me, certainly. I’m all about the evil.

CAM:
The Fae aren’t always known for their philanthropy, you know. [GRINS] We aren’t always nice, and we do what’s necessary, not always what seems to be “good.”

JEZ:
[NODS] Chaotic good over lawful good. Got it. For the purposes of closing out the interview, though, how about rolling with it? Let’s say you had spiffy evil powers. What would they be?

CAM:
I could be a way-cool super villainess.

JEZ:
I’m sure!

CAM:
Let’s see…you know—I think I’d rather be a force standing outside good and evil.

JEZ:
That works. What would you do?

CAM:
I’d like to have Storm’s powers from X-Men. She’s just kick-ass with the lightning bolts. [COUGHS] Mine usually go awry.

JEZ:
Oopsie.

CAM:
And the tornadoes and the hailstorms and so on, and they don’t backfire on her.

JEZ:
And when they do, her Creators just edit those parts out of the comic.

CAM:
I’d use my powers to shake up the world a little. To remind people that really, so much is outside of their control. That Earth—and Otherworld—aren’t tame playgrounds to be plundered. They’re serious whoop-ass entities in their own rights, and I’d be at the head of their vanguard!

JEZ:
Hell yeah!

Avid Fans, let’s hear it for the star of USA Today bestselling author Yasmine Galenorn’s WITCHLING and DRAGON WYTCH…Camille!

[APPLAUSE]

[No, this isn’t Camille. But it is her Dear Creator, Yasmine Galenorn.]

The Sisters of the Moon series includes:

WITCHLING
CHANGELING
DARKLING
DRAGON WYTCH

All on sale now at Barnes & Noble, Mysterious Galaxy, other BookSense bookstores, Amazon, and other fine bookstores near you!

That’s it for this episode of Cat and Muse! Until next time, remember: love your inner demon.