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Jeannie Holmes

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  • Jeannie Holmes

  • 35 / Female
  • MOBILE, Alabama, US
  • Last Login: 7/6/2009

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Interests

  • General

    Writing, fiction, novels, short stories, urban fantasy, horror, science fiction, mystery, suspense/thriller, vampires, werewolves, ghosts, art, knife throwing

  • Music

    I'll listen to just about anything, but tend to prefer hard rock/heavy metal from the 1980s. (Yes, I'm a product of the great Hair Bands of the 1980s. Long live the power ballad!)

    Hair Bands:
    Poison, GnR, Cinderella, Bon Jovi, Skid Row, Slaughter, Motley Crue

    Contemporary:
    Godsmack, Rob Zombie, Alice Cooper, NIN, H.I.M., Seether, Evanescence, Disturbed, AC/DC, Metallica, The Great and Powerful Oz!, Marilyn Manson, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Korn, Aerosmith, Isabella Boulay, Dixie Chicks, White Zombie, Muse

    Classics:
    The Eagles, Stevie Nicks, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Charlie Daniels Band, Jimmy Buffet, David Bowie, Carly Simon, Beethoven, Bach, Patsy Cline, Billie Holiday

  • Movies

    General: Anything by Alfred Hitchcock, 1930s horror films (Dracula, Frankenstein, Wolfman, Mummy, etc.), comedy, scifi

    Specifics: Anything with a vampire theme, but especially Near Dark, Interview with the Vampire, Lifeforce, Lost Boys, Buffy: The Vampire Slayer, Dracula 2000, Love at First Bite, Dracula: Dead and Loving It, Blade Trilogy, Underworld, Underworld: Evolution, and classic Hammer films with Christopher Lee,
    Nightmare on Elm Street series, Labyrinth, The Dark Crystal, Dune, Pirates of the Caribbean series, Alien series, The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra, Over the Hedge, Stranger than Fiction

  • Television

    CSI, The Closer, Law & Order, Doctor Who, Family Guy, Blood Ties, What Not to Wear, Mythbusters, Iron Chef America, SpongeBob, Dead Like Me, Buffy series, Charmed series, Kindred: The Embraced, Six Feet Under, and anything else I find interesting

  • Books

    Authors: Charlaine Harris, Kim Harrison, L. A. (Leslie) Banks, Laurell K. Hamilton, Terry Brooks, Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman, Stephen King, Dean Koontz, Kelly Armstrong, Val McDermid, Edgar Allan Poe, Mary Shelley, Bram Stoker, H. P. Lovecraft, J. K. Rowling, Carolyn Haines, Peter Straub, Jennifer Armintrout, Faith Hunter, Vicki Pettersson, Rachel Caine, Tanya Huff, Joe Hill, J. A. Konrath, Lee Child, Clive Cussler, James Lee Burke, James Patterson, Jim Butcher, Eileen Dreyer, Thomas Lakeman

    Magazines: Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, Apex, Ellery Queen, Analog, Rue Morgue, Asimov's, Dark Realms, Fangoria, Weird Tales, The Writer, Writer's Digest, Romantic Times, Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, GOTH Magazine, Gothic Beauty, Dark Discoveries

    Genres: Horror, suspense, mystery, thriller, sci-fi, fantasy

  • Heroes

    Stewie Griffin, Edgar Allan Poe, Mary Shelley

Details

  • Status: Married
  • Here for: Networking, Friends
  • Hometown: Smithdale, MS
  • Orientation: Straight
  • Body type: 5' 5" / More to love!
  • Ethnicity: White / Caucasian
  • Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius
  • Children: I don't want kids
  • Smoke / Drink: No / No
  • Education: Grad / professional school
  • Occupation: Writer

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Schools

  • University Of South Alabama

    • Mobile, AL
    • Graduated: 2008
    • Student status: Alumni
    • Degree: Master's Degree
    • Major: English/Creative Writing
    • Clubs: Horror Club, Phi Kappa Phi, Golden Key International Honour Society, Sigma Tau Delta
    2006 to 2008

  • University Of South Alabama

    • Mobile, AL
    • Graduated: 2006
    • Student status: Alumni
    • Degree: Bachelor's Degree
    • Major: English/Creative Writing
    • Minor: Art History
    • Clubs: The Horror Club, Phi Kappa Phi, Golden Key Honour Society, Sigma Tau Delta
    2003 to 2006

  • Southwest Mississippi Community College

    • Summit, MS
    • Graduated: 1994
    • Student status: Alumni
    • Degree: Associate's Degree
    • Major: History
    1992 to 1994

  • West Lincoln School

    • Brookhaven, MS
    • Graduated: 1992
    • Student status: Alumni
    • Degree: High School Diploma
    1989 to 1992

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Blurbs

About me:

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CRIMSON SWAN, my first novel, recently sold to Bantam Dell. Yay! It's a dark urban fantasy novel that combines two of my favorite subjects: vampires and forensic science. Check it out:

Alexandra Sabian, a vampire and Enforcer with the Federal Bureau of Preternatural Investigation, moved to Jefferson, Mississippi six years ago to escape the ghosts of her father's murder and a past filled with violence.

Now a killer stalks the vampires living in the small town and the deaths are resurrecting the past Alex though she left behind.

Alex must fight bigotry, the media, and herself in order to stop the killings before her brother becomes the next victim.

Be sure to check out my website for more information, fun stuff, and short stories:

JeannieHolmes.com

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About Jeannie Holmes:

First of all, even though my name is Jeannie, my friends call me J. K. -- it's easier to remember. *g* I'm a native of southwest Mississippi but now live in Mobile, Alabama with my husband, Mark, and our four cats -- Chaos, Panic, Disorder, and Nugget. When I'm not writing, I'm a graduate student at the University of South Alabama working toward my MA degree in English with an emphasis in creative writing and always on the prowl for the perfect megahugebighonkin'ginormous cup of coffee -- white chocolate mochas are my absolute favorite.

Member of the Mystery Writers of America, International Thriller Writers, Romance Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, International Order of Horror Professionals, and the Association for Gravestone Studies

Who I'd like to meet:

Note: I do NOT accept friend requests from people with private profiles. I understand wanting to have a little privacy. Nothing wrong with it. In fact, I enjoy mine, what little I have now. However, MySpace is a public forum. If you want to be friends with people, you have to introduce yourself. That's the function of the profile. You know who I am. If you want me to be a friend, I have to know who you are. If you have your profile set to "private" and still want to be my friend, send me a message, introduce yourself and I'll consider it. Otherwise, I will automatically deny your request and you'll miss your chance to join me on my quest for the perfect megahugebighonkin'ginormous cup of coffee.

The list of who I'd like to meet is long and too frightening for children to see. Parental discretion is advised.

Alfred Hitchcock - Wait, he's dead.
Peter Benchley - Oh, yeah, he's dead too.
Edgar Allan Poe - Damn, another dead one.
Janis Joplin - Again, dead.
Jim Morrison - Also dead.
Jackson Pollock - Another dead one.
H. P. Lovecraft - Very much dead.
William Shakespeare - Seriously dead.
Stephen King - Ah ha! We've got a live one!
Dean Koontz - He's alive, too!
Charlaine Harris - Very much alive and one of the nicest people I've met.
Kim Harrison - Also very alive.
Faith Hunter - Alive and well.
Vicki Pettersson - Another live one. Yay! I met Vicki at ThrillerFest 2008!
Carolyn Haines - Oh, wait. I already know her. I see her at least once a week. Duh.
J. K. Rowling - I bow before greatness...
Larry Elmore - Check him off the list...met him years ago in Biloxi, Mississippi at CoastCon XV.
Margaret Weis - One of the first people to inspire me through her own kick-ass writing.
Tracy Hickman - Margaret Weis's partner in the original Dragonlance series. May as well collect the whole set, right?
Robert Englund - Duh, hello! Freddy Krueger!
Bruce Campbell - Who doesn't want to meet him?
Paula Deen - Don't ask...
Johnny Depp - For obvious reasons...
Todd Lockwood - Who's that, you ask...only one of the greatest fantasy artists of all time. Look him up.
Julius Caesar - Again with the dead guys...
Rob Zombie - He's just...well, weird. Besides I like his music, his art, his movies...
Alice Cooper - The original shock rocker. Been a fan for years.
Sully Erna - Godsmack rules!
Laurie Cabot - The Official Witch of Salem, MA
Tom Savini - Hollywood Horror Special FX Guru/Actor/Director...I met Tom on Oct. 30, 2007! Woohoo!! He's a great guy with a wicked sense of humor.

But mostly, I'd like to meet lovers of good coffee, other dark urban fantasy, horror, paranormal, and thriller writers, mystery and romance writers, readers, booksellers, agents, editors, artists, musicians -- anyone who's really interesting.

Comments

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  • HarlequinHarlequin Historical

    Jul 6 2009 2:43 PM

    Thank you for being a friend. I look forward to getting to know you.

    During this month, I've started a Summertime recipe exchange on my blog. I will be posting recipes sent to me from various authors, so stop on by and check them out. Plus, I have monthly contest for free books. There is still time to enter this month's contest!
  • JohnJohn Everson

    Jun 22 2009 4:22 AM

    Hi! Just wanted to make sure all my friends know that my 2nd horror novel SACRIFICE was released this month - and is in stores everywhere, including Amazon.com. I hope you'll check out the book! Here are a couple reviews it's gotten:

    “SACRIFICE is not for the timid or weak of heart, it is a full frontal assault on your senses. It is a dark, brutal, bloody and terribly frightening book. Everson went deep into some dark abyss to bring this book to the light of day.... I highly recommend Sacrifice.”
    —Famous Monsters of Filmland

    “John Everson manages in SACRIFICE to dispense buckets of blood, provide edgy perversity, and walk the tenuous tightrope of horror and sex without falling: It’s rather an amazing feat.” –Hell Notes
  • ќɾαʐÿ~ќïṃвεɾlεÿ Kim Smith Amison

    Jun 2 2009 4:39 AM

    JUST WANT TO WISH YOU A GOOD WEEKEND!
  • Ian Kruger (Thriller Au…Ian Kruger

    May 28 2009 7:53 PM

    Hi Jeannie,

    Thanks for having me as a friend!
  • Robear Robert Del Arsante'

    May 27 2009 5:29 PM

    I hope you have a wonderful Memorial Day! It's Monday still and I'm back at work...haha! Best wishes!