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Character Answers: Antonio Crisafi

 

Welcome back!  Today we’re interviewing Antonio Crisafi!

It took us a while to arrange a time, as Tony has been very busy between his work with NCIS and taking more leadership role at Sylum Clan.

As we settle down at the kitchen table, we noticed Jethro, standing near the doorway like a guard on duty.

Tony: Don’t mind him he can be a little tense.  *He turns and smirks at his Mate – Jethro ignored him while sipping his coffee*

Interviewer: He’s not the only Guard Mate we’ve run across.

Tony: No doubt.  So I’ve been warned by Dean and Ernesto so what is in store for me.

Interviewer: We only have a few questions.

Tony: For the Vampire Gazette

Interviewer: Working title *smirks*

Tony: Don’t let Artemus know as he has the Sylum Gazette where he spreads the latest gossip around the Clan.

Interviewer: *makes notes to talk to Artemus*

Tony: *eyerolls*

Interviewer: Today’s questions mostly center around your artwork, as it’s rarely talked about.

Tony: Everyone is more interested in my good looks.

Jethro: *snorts*

Interviewer: *coughs* Have you ever had an Art Exhibit of your work?

Tony: I have my own gallery, which displays not only the artwork I’ve created but others through out the clan.  It’s not really open to the public, but many members of variety of clans have viewed them.

Interviewer: Anything outside your gallery.

Tony:  There’s an art gallery in New Orleans, that has a few of my pieces.  There’s even a great tragic backstory for the artist *he grins*  I have one piece up in the Louve, under a different name, and a few pieces scattered through churches and cathedrals in France.

Jethro: You never told me that.

Tony: *shrugs* It’s no big deal.

Jethro: Next time we go to France you need to show me.

Interview: *ahhs quietly* Your art is very important to you – what got you started into it?

Tony: I had a hard time with words so after a while I would draw what I was trying to say.  I was sketching crime scenes before I knew what they were.  After a while it was a good way for me to express myself.

Interviewer: Did it became a place to go when things were too much?  Seen one too many wars?

Tony: At times yes.  I was able to get some darker emotions out.  A few of those drawings I destroyed later, but it was cathartic.

Interviewer: *side-eyes Jethro then coughs* Any drawings of the Mate you lost *contemplates running for life at Jethro’s dark glare*

Tony: *chuckles sadly*  Only a few.  I have a sketchbook locked away of Captain Jensen and a few darker paintings from Damascus.

Jethro: *pulls Tony up out of seat* Interview done *drags Tony away* Why didn’t you tell me…

Tony: Didn’t know how…

Jethro: I want to see them … see me … us.

Interview: *leans to the point of laying down on bench to see the two in the hallway – smiles as Tony has Jethro up against the wall kissing him* *sits back up*  Well I guess that interview is over.

*looks at list*

Nico … oh this going to be fun.

 

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Character Introduction / Vampire Council1

Sylum Inspiration: Li Shang

Vampire Council: Hunter

 

Li Shang was the oldest of a Noble family.  The moment he could he joined the army, and made up his way to General.  His focus was on honor of his family, his country, and his men.

When a new recruit had shown up he kept an eye on him, thinking the young man was small and not built for war.  As the years progressed he was impressed with the soldier’s strength and dedication.

When it was discovered by the Emperor that the young man was actually Hua Mulan, a woman, Li Shang had been mortified and laughed all at the same time. He refused to be in the city when she was executed.

It was months later he heard of rumors that a friend of Mulan’s family had helped her escape.

Following his heart, he went to her family’s estate.

Love and pride filled him when she raised her sword to defend her family.  He assured her that he was not there to harm, but asking her father for her hand in marriage.

The disgusted look on her face when her father had said yes still brings a smile to his face.

During the courtship he discovered how she truly escaped execution, and what he meant to her.  She made sure he realized she would bear him no children.

Li Shang knew his destiny lay with her.

They were married, and soon after he was Turned and they Bonded.

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New Fic by Bj Jones: The Intercession of St. Michael

Title: The Intercession of St. Michael
Author: Bj Jones
Rating: Nc-17
Fandom: Person of Interest (Harold/John)
Author’s Note: This is from a series of daily writings I did on my tumblr called: Afternoon Fic.
2nd Author’s Note: This story is about Archangels, Angels & Demons, along with Catholicism.  The Catholic Saints listed do have links for more information.  Oh and last thing – I may have stole Ernesto, Pius XVII, Chartrand from Sylum 😀
Beta: Janet/Lynn
Saint Images: St. Uriel, St. Raphael, St. Gabriel

Read Fic Here

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Sylum Canon Updates

Everyone Look Here

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Now that I’ve got your attention.

If you’ve read through Demons & Angels along with Roads Untravelled – you know that there have been some canon changes.  Most of the changes were already announced – basically the main one being the introduction of John as Meridia.

Now if you haven’t read the updated Demons & Angels or Roads Untravelled – stop now or you will get spoiled.

Go finish it and then come back and read this! Go on.

Okay now for the rest of you ….

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Yes the Caine twins are no more.

*holds up hand* before the whys, buts, and questions …

This was not an easy decision.

This went around and around and around for weeks.

Hashed out, talked out, and flailed at.

We discussed it from every point of view, every character view, storyline view, basically gave it a 360 degree look over.

We started off looking at the space between Clan War and Family, and the ‘bullshit’ storyline that was CSI: Miami … nothing was working.

Marisol should never had been added, let alone the very idea that Speed would allow his Mate to marry someone else … yeah no.  Horatio wouldn’t be pushing for kids because hello he’s still adjusting to being a Vampire.

And they just came off a Clan War!

Adding to it – the Delkos are Catholic.  It would’ve gone against Maria’s, Marisol’s sister, faith to be a surrogate.

So starting off just the ‘how the babies even got here’ storyline was starting to fall apart.

We worked, plotted, argued going around and around to try to get it to work but nothing was falling into place, without some major handwaving and ‘don’t look at the person behind the curtain’.

Yes, we will always have some elements of ‘you didn’t see anything’ but most of the time we strive to make the story threads tie together natural, and the characters have proper motivation.

Plus we started to realize – Speed and Horatio were being removed from storyline!  Why? Because they were taking care of babies.

They could’ve just leave them with someone?

…. really?  Then what is the point of the kids in the storyline anyway?

But what about DEAN!?

Face it this is probably what most of you were concerned about.

And in all honestly – this was our biggest question.

But think about it – the very fact the ‘twins’ were being kept not for their parents but for another character, indicated something wasn’t working.

In the end we were able to give Dean the motivation and character he needed, to help him with his Turning.   (The Winchester stories are being updated at this moment, and will be reposted soon … indicating this change)

Who the hell is Bradley?

Ahhh good question!  We already established that Ellis had a child … we had planned that it was going to be Dino’s son, and he would’ve appeared in storyline down the road. With the ‘twins’ being removed … we adjusted this to make the kid Horatio’s and bring Bradley in early.

Still giving Horatio the ability to be dad w/out sidelining two of our major characters – as Bradley is six years old and being raised by the Herriots as they adopted him when he was a baby (Yes we will be showcasing that conversation between Speed & Horatio in upcoming story).  And as we have already established Cassie – y’all remember her right – she’s the same age as Bradley, and as they are both are being raised at the manor by the Clan, they have someone their own age to grow up with.

Remember, most of these changes have come because of the rework through Clan War – As we update the old storyline we’ve found major plot holes, dangling threads, and what the fuck was that … and when these get fixed it impacts story (already written and some that weren’t) down the road.

The challenge has been fixing the old, setting up for the new, while continuing working on stories showcasing where we’re going – hence canon adjustments and sometimes ‘mix/matched’ storylines.

We’ve added notes to Family and Evolution that there are canon changes that some storyline will not mesh with the most recent stories – we will not go in the either series and adjust – we’ll be doing an edit job once we get to that section of the timeline.

So yes you’ll see stories with wrong info, but we’re working on it!

Now how are you going to know when old story is updated?  I will always post a Throwback Thursday or make special posts to showcase updated stories.

But Elizabeth is Ellis returned and it ties to the Jack the Ripper story and Dean!

Jack the Ripper storyline with Dean is not related to Elizabeth or Ellis.  Ripper has his own motivations with Dean, that goes far beyond Elizabeth and/or Ellis.

But Ellis returned in Elizabeth!

The only reason we had Elizabeth was because Ellis died …

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The Matrix has been reset!

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Nicholas J. Finch: Conversations in Real Time

It’s almost been a year since I published my first book!!  It’s hard to believe it’s been practically a year!  At the moment I am working on the next one but like everything else is taking time, due to RL.

Why am I bringing this up?  Well besides I’m my own Marketing Campaign … I would like to hit 100 sales by the time I hit the 1 Year Anniversary of Publishing Conversations in Real Time.

I have 79 sales.

I need 21 more.

So help an author out.

If you haven’t bought, why not? *shifty look* there are over 600 of you on this blog, which I’m guessing means you like what I write … *pokes*.

If you have bought it spread the love to friends, family, strangers on the street.

Format: Epub, Mobi, PDF, Ibook … etc
Price: .99 cents
Where:

Barnes & Noble

Kobo

iTunes/iBooks

Smashwords (Note: For those who have Kindle – you can find Mobi Format at Smashwords.)

Please leave a review after reading the book!  It helps pull attention to the story and to other readers.

Bj Jones … aka Nicholas J. Finch

PS: To those who I owe timestamps for helping me on my book project.  After Seven Days I’m going to work on this particular stories so they’ll be coming soon.  If you still want to help out on the book project (basically read the book, leave a review, get a timestamp of any sylum character written for you – Go Here)

 

 

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Character Introduction / Vampire Council0

Sylum Inspiration: Kirill

Vampire Council: Hunter

 

Kirill grew up under Mongolian control, though he rarely saw or felt the oppression. His parents worked hard, owned land and made sure he would have a better life. When he would ask about his family heritage, as his coloring was darker than most, they assured him he came from a long line of good Prussians.

Not one for farming, Kirill set out for the coast, where he ended up meeting Marco Ramius. He thought him an old man who knew nothing but fishing. In time he learned Marco was more than what he seemed.

Neither man was shocked when he requested to be Turned.

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Blog Maintenance

Blog Updates!!

 

WordPress and all the plugins were updated yesterday, which means something has likely broken or will!

Today’s post was posted on the blog, but wasn’t sent via email or onto the social media accounts, not I’m not sure if this is because of mix up in settings (via also the Coffee House Friday got posted late) or if the ‘share’ plug in isn’t work.

So this post is a test to see if email gets sent out, along with social media posts.

*waits patiently*

In the meantime if this works – make sure to check out Sylum Vault: Last Chance for Ernesto Olivetti Collection …

Now to see if this works

*sends prayers to St. Isidore of Seville*

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Sylum Vault: Last Chance – Ernesto Olivetti Collection

Last Chance!

For Sylum Vault we created a series of Jewelry Pieces for Ernesto Olivetti Week.

Each piece is designed with Ernesto and Roads Untraveled in mind.  These are all unique items, and will not be duplicated.

For Sylum Members, we’re giving away a Free Pair of Meridius Tree Earrings when you purchase from our Ernesto Olivetti Collection.

Meridius Tree Earrings

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Go to Ernesto Olivetti Collection and take a look, get these unique pieces and Free Earrings, while you still have a chance.  A few items have already sold out!

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