I was recently interviewed in the historic mining town of Jacksonville, Oregon. In the series of interviews I was asked about the mature woman/younger man relationship in The House on Black Lake and my own experiences. Here is an excerpt from the interview.
In a series of interviews set in Jacksonville, Oregon I was asked about the bad boys in [amazon_link id="0982500203" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]The House on Black Lake[/amazon_link]. Here is an excerpt from the interview:
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Ramey Sandeley from [amazon_link id="0982500203" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]The House on Black Lake[/amazon_link] experiences his first taste of jealousy when Alexandra Brighton and her son Samuel visit the summer home he shares with his wife Ruth and five young children. Ramey has never heard the word "No" and is not accustomed to being turned down or having romantic feelings towards anyone. He views his business and personal life as a series of conquests, and is always the winner.
His first taste of the bitter drug of jealousy comes on the day Alexandra spends a long afternoon in the arms of seductive young French artist Andre Labat. His confrontation following her liaison illuminates untapped feelings and reveals a darker, cruel side. Ultimately, jealousy is the agent of transformation and catharsis for both Alexandra and Ramey and sets in motion a string of events with profound consequences.
Based on votes from romance forums the best jealous alpha males in romance literature are as follows (in no order of preference):
1. Jake from [amazon_link id="1476712042" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Beautiful Disaster[/amazon_link] by Jamie McGuire - hot book fast on the rise
2. Dragos from [amazon_link id="B004Q7DQLS" target="_blank" ]Dragon Bound[/amazon_link] by Thea Harrison
3. Seth from [amazon_link id="0758205635" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Out of Control[/amazon_link] by Shannon McKenna
4. Lachlain from [amazon_link id="1416509879" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Hunger Like No Other [/amazon_link](Immortals After Dark Series) by Kresly Cole
5. Jacques from [amazon_link id="0843956534" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Dark Desire [/amazon_link](Carpathian Series) by Christine Freehan
6. "Iceman" from [amazon_link id="0312939922" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Dangerous Games [/amazon_link]by Lora Leigh - erotic
7. Lord Ian from [amazon_link id="B004RKXHTK" target="_blank" ]The Madness of Lord Ian Mackenzie[/amazon_link] by Jennifer Ashly
8. Tristan from [amazon_link id="143890259X" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]A Rose to the Fallen [/amazon_link]by April Bostic
9. Bones from [amazon_link id="0061783196" target="_blank" container="" container_class="" ]Night Huntress Series [/amazon_link]by Jeaniene Frost
10. Raphael from [amazon_link id="B001RDCJBW" target="_blank" ]Guild Hunter Series[/amazon_link] by Nalini Singh
To view trailer with Tosh Yanez filmed by esteem cinematographer Frazer Bradshaw go HOME PAGE.
International model and actor Tosh Yanez is featured in "The House on Black Lake" trailer for novel/screenplay. The handsome star can be seen in magazines, billboards, and on commercials throughout the world.
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Anastasia Blackwell poses during filming of music video for "The House on Black Lake", featuring aerial artists from Trapezepro on Sky Ranch in Sonoma.
Rock of Ages just finished a run at the Curran Theater in San Francisco. It stars American Idol favorite Constantine Maroulis and a cast of highly talented singers and dancers. Audiences universally are on their feet and rave at end of show. It's an uplifting treat not to be missed.
The Broadway hit rock musical "Rock of Ages" is presently touring through American, and throughout the world. It's great fun, and blast to the past that proves the enduring legacy of rock.
As a professional actress I attempt to see as many live shows as possible. But, particularly now that I am producing music video am focusing on musicals. Enjoyed meeting Constantine Maroulis at closing of performances in San Francisco.
Anastasia Blackwell and Constantine Maroulis
The first documented music video created for scene in novel was shot on Sunday at Sky Ranch in Sonoma. Frazer Bradshaw served as DP. The HD video features Anastasia Blackwell with performers from Trapeze Pro providing stunts. The project will soon be edited, with an original song called "Dangerous Games".
Anastasia Blackwell poised against tree at Sky Ranch during shoot for music video. Frazer Bradshaw DP
Oral interpretation of chapters from "The House on Black Lake" are provided in a series of segments on blocktalkradio. Chapter sixteen may be accessed on link. Also, all previous chapters are archived on site. The entire book will eventually be archived, as well as discussions about themes and the road to publication and creation of cinematic trailer and music videos.
Trapeze artists Tany Hoover and Marek Kaszuba of Trapeze Pro in Sonoma are in rehearsal for a music video based on a scene from the novel. The piece titled "Dangerous Games" will integrate an intoxicating new song and music by Peter Busboom along with special effects. Actor's will recreate scene culminating in trapeze act. The rare combination of static and flying trapeze is a sensuous interpretive movement piece that illuminates the dangerous game of love.
One can only imagine the entrance to Sarah Palin's Parlor. Likely it is homey, filled with the smell of freshly cook jam, and the stuffed and mounted relics of her gamesmanship - perhaps like the picture featured below.
The photograph was taken in the parlor of the Chateau Tivoli in San Francisco while shooting film trailer for scene in “The House on Black Lake”. In novel protagonist Alexandra Brighton is ushered into the stately summer home of Ruth and Ramey Sandeley and is aghast to see the lineup of exotic animal head trophies and artifacts decorating the elegant room. Ruth tells Alexandra that her husband believes when you look into a powerful animal’s eyes and take its life you are bound forever. Of course, this is not a good omen for Alexandra.
 Most hunters keep a souvenir of victims when they kill for sport, and not for survival. Yet, rarely do women lust for blood. “A woman gives life, and God, the father, takes it”, Ramey informs Alexandra. In the course of her journey she is betrayed by women with a thirst for second hand power and ultimately led into a patriarchal trap. Sarah Palin's hunting partner is not her mother, sister, or girl friend - it is her father. In her videotaped journey she finds a pioneer soul sister squatting in the depths of the Antarctic, who sews her own flesh wounds and professes to love blood and guts in the manner in which other woman covet jewels. She is not a not bold feminist in a frontier land, but rather a conservative leader in a modern world. She does not shoot for sustenance, but rather for the glory of the kill, and the camera that records the killings seeps a taste of the barbaric into mainstream experience. A female who gives and takes life for sport is clearly an anomaly, in all of nature. Dominance cannot succeed without its hand maidens, and there are rewards for those who are willing to play the game. What the protagonist in the story does not realize is that she is the trophy. In the course mankind's recorded history the display of a sacrificed victim has always been a symbol of power and domination.
 Perhaps it is time for Sarah to clean her parlor of the relics of domination and fill it with trophies of empowerment. When she puts down the rifle and embraces mother earth, all creatures will feel more secure. A female role model that embodies the unique powers of the feminine, while igniting the loftier attributes of the male, carries the hope of a remarkable new world order.
