The King JR Ward Signing Recap

J.R. Ward Q&A Session for The King

Cincinnati, OH Millennium Hotel

*******If you have not read The King, you will read spoilers in this post*******

*******You have been warned!!!**************

All spelling mistakes are my own...never sure where to put all those extra "h" in the names. LOL

The next book in the BDB series is called The Shadows. It will be both Trez and iAm’s stories.

Murdher is coming back in The Shadows!!!

Selena has a disease of the Chosen. Ward didn’t really elaborate much on the disease.

Asked about Rhage & Mary’s baby and she can’t say anything about the GD kid, but could be coming soon.

Scribe Virgin (SV) Something major has to happen for the SV to reengage with this world.

She knows who the next 3 books are about, but wouldn’t give any hints, as she knew we would figure it out.

Will we get another Insider’s Guide? Wants to do another one, but her focus for now is on the next 3 books.

Xcor & Layla will be together, but not sure how soon.

Was asked about John Matthew remembering his life as Darius. Ward says he still won’t remember his life as Darius. However his brain will continue to misfire at times.

The Sympaths will be trouble in the future.

The timelines get wonky sometimes when she is writing the books. We moved 6 months forward in Wrath’s book

JM will be a brother.

Once again asked about lying about V. She still won’t say what she lied about, but apologized for lying and ever mentioning the lie.

Someone asked if we might ever get prequels about Darius and some of the other brothers. Ward loved the idea and would enjoy telling what came before. Not sure when or if she will have time to write them.

Is Boo bonded to iAm? Absolutely!!! Boo not exactly a cat

The Fallen Angel series will end with Immortal. Some of the FA characters will transition to the BDB stories.

Lassiter will remain in the BDB world.

The baby stuff was extremely tough for Ward to write. In fact, she cried a bit when she talked about Beth’s delivery.

We will see Aghony (Phury and Cormia’s son) at some point.

Ward really isn’t as interested in writing women characters. She liked dudes. J

Would like to have another chance with Phury, Cormia and Aghony to give readers another chance to see them.

Tohr and Xcor are brothers (she had let that slip at Qhuay’s signing last year and didn’t remember telling us).

Asked if we would see Michael from the short story again and she said it was possible, but not anytime soon.

iAm will not end up with Abe’s daughter. She will end up being “adopted” as a little sister to the members of the brotherhood.

Saxton will get his HEA, but not with iAM. iAM likes women and we haven’t met her yet.

Lash will be coming back (BOO) and with a girlfriend…Devina from FA series

Wants to write and post more Slices of Life

Do you have dreams of the stories? More like watching scenes on Tivo and being able to fast forward and rewind as needed.

Asked if we will see more of the foreman and his family? She said she wasn’t sure, but loved the interaction between Wrath and the foreman and other non-glymera families.

Tohr got his HEA with Autumn.

Lucas – Qhuinn’s brother will be seen again. He has a long road to come back, but will get better. Asked if anything is hidden in him, and she wouldn’t answer.

If Wrath hadn’t done away with the monarchy, Butch would be the next in line as king based on their bloodline.

Asked if Blay and Qhuinn have any terms of endearment for one another and Ward said “bend over and I’ll drive”. The entire room went wild!

Why was V notified about Payne fighting Wrath and not Manny? It was a brother to brother connection. Human world doesn’t get the significance of everything.

Where are the Chosen? They are going back and forth between the great camp and the Sanctuary. Asked why they go between and she joked they don’t have cable at the Sanctuary.

Important things about the future will be figuring out the future of the training program and the Chosen finding purchase.

Assail – She freaking loves him!!!! Says he is one hot MF!!! He is a vampire. (If you don't like him, you better get used to him being in the world. She LOVES him so much)

Some of the authors she loves to read when she gets time to read….which isn’t very often.

Darynda Jones

Laura Kaye

Suzanne Brockman

Karen Marie Moning

Christine Feehan

Charlaine Harris

Xcor and Throe are changing in ways she didn’t see. Xcor is becoming a better man because of Layla. Throe might not be a good guy. She makes her very uncomfortable.

Asked about the Bloodletter  and his bloodline. Doesn’t talk about it much as his bloodline is filled with a bunch of assholes.

Once the Fallen Angel books are done, Ward will still continue to write only 1 BDB book per year. It is exhausting to write the books and she is afraid if she went back to writing 2 per year she will burn through the books and not tell the stories right.

There will be another series, but Ward wouldn’t give any indication as to what or who the series would be about.

Qhuinn & Blay could get each other’s names on their backs like other mated males. Ward says she isn’t sure if or when it will happen.

John Matthew’s induction into the Brotherhood will happen even though Wrath is blind and JM is mute.

Wrath has a scar from being shot.

Lucas will end up with someone but not sure it will be Abe’s daughter. Abe’s daughter will be mated, but she is not sure who her mate is.

We have not met iAm’s mate yet.

Payne might have to go back to keep charged otherwise could stop being able to heal others.

Will Xhex have issues when Murhder returns? No because JM would skin Murhder alive if he touched Xhex.

Autumn is not Throe’s sister. Throe’s sister is lynchpin of two of the favorite characters in the series.

We will see more of Rehv and Ehlena in the future.

Wrath is 6’6”. She said she was a little dyslexic when she put 6’9” in the book.

BDB Movie – Not a priority at all for her. She is more concerned about writing quality books and doesn’t want to worry about writing a screenplay.

Are we going to hear from the glymeria again? Yes

Wrath talked to Tohr about losing his young. She said she could see everything about it, but it was too hard to write.

Xcor leaving lesser body in parts for the humans to find will be important. Also the fact that he has flashed is fangs to humans. Seems like Jose and Butch might get some closure. Humans haven’t figured out that vamps are real. Xcor revealed single most important thing in Lover Reborn.

Butch as Manny’s brother – Manny will never be made into a vampire. Payne and Manny made the decision and Payne can keep Manny perma-preserved not matter what her powers are doing.

Vampires can not convert humans in the BDB world.

Will we ever find out who Manny’s father is? Ward isn’t sure. She isn’t sure if Manny’s father is the same man as Butch’s father or someone within the line. Another reason Manny won’t be made into a vampire.

Lassiter will fall in love.

Graphic Novels of the BDB – publisher owns the rights so it is up to them.

Since Jane is a ghost, how do she and V get it on? He rolls her in flour to f*ck her. Seriously, Ward was pretty much doubled over laughing as she said this.

Ward won’t tell us what is in the lockbox.

Wrath’s eyes – not sure if due to his mother being poisoned or if it was from inbreeding of the race to keep it pure.

SV & Omega’s father is the creator from the FA series.

The BDB compound has always been in a bit of a protective bubble. However, Xcor was able to get to it , so means it is possible for a raid on the mansion.

Asked if she created the Sympath’s barb and she said it just happens when they have sex she had nothing to do with it.

Wrath was able to see his mother in a dream, since he saw her could he possibly see LW at some point? Probably not.

Wrath’s mom came to him as payback for him coming to save her life.

Lassiter like women. He will get his own book, but he isn’t ready for it yet.

Assail selling drugs to the lessers puts him in a very bad position.

Ward would like to do more BDB interviews. Thinks they would be fun.

Xcor could get his hairlip fixed, but not a priority for him. How he looks is part of who he is.

The entire transcript of the Q&A is also on the JR Ward Facebook page.

She loves Assail’s twin cousins and says we will find out more about them. Twins will have love interest, but not the same woman.

Assail and Sola will be reunited at some point.

The BDB series is open ended. She will keep writing them for as long as the readers want to keep reading them.

She wants to come back to Cincinnati for the next BDB signing and hopes it is back at the hotel again. Loves having it where people can stay.

Scene about the lie about V is the only scene too much to write.

Rehv and Shadows relationship will come out soon.

Lassiter does not save Eddie.

Lover at Last Cincy Signing

Lover at Last Q&A with J.R. Ward

Cincinnati, Ohio on March 30, 2013

Honestly if you have never attended a J.R. Ward signing and Q&A, I’m not sure I can really explain how crazy and fun it really is. She fires off answers and answers questions just like she writes. There are lots of f-bombs in her answers and I swear she cracks me up every single time.  Now I was live tweeting during the event, and taking notes at the same time, so I did my best to get every question and answer for everyone. I will say there were a few questions where she didn’t repeat the question and refused to answer the question, so didn’t have a complete full account this time.

The next BDB book will be The King and it will be about Wrath and Beth as they try to have a baby. Will say many cheers went up and I was among those excited for this book.

The next Fallen Angel book will be out in late September and the title is Possession. She didn’t reveal anything about who this book was about, but did show the cover and it is awesome! Sadly, I didn’t get my camera up in time to get a picture and the cover isn't up on her website yet.

Ward promised we will get more with Trez and Selena, but must first learn more about Selena before they could have a book.

Saxton is part of a major plot line for the future.

Lassiter will continue to be in books, but not doing his book yet. Still unsure if he will be in the BDB or FA world or if it will be a possible crossover book. Plus, he is pretty obnoxious and his book will be hard to write.

Boo is still not just a cat, but Ward won’t share yet what Boo is.

Bonding scent question about Tohr and Autumn. Ward says she didn’t see it and she writes what she sees. Believes that even though Tohr loves Autumn, he bonded with Wellsie first and that is who received his bonding scent. Not saying he might not have a bonding scent with Autumn at some point, but hasn’t happened yet.

Lash will return at some point. Many boos happened with that announcement.

Ward would really love to see what would happen if Lash and Devina were put into the same room.

Qhuinn will have mating ceremony with Blaylock. She is unsure of the actual time frame.

Asked if Butch, Manny and Michael (Story of Son) have a connection and Ward said she wasn’t sure yet.

Is Sola related to Butch and Manny? No, Sola is 100% human.

Asked how the f*ck will the situation work between Qhuinn/Blay/Layla/Xcor? KEEP READING!!!

What/how is the Scribe Virgin doing? Ward said she is currently relaxing on a cloud.

Did SV create the Shadows? Ward says they are a genetic anomaly much like the Sympaths. So yes, but wasn’t really supposed to happen.

Assail – Ward LOVES him!!! She also said his identical twin cousins are so f’en hot!

Sola will be a major surprise to Assail.

Will Fallen Angels and BDB books every crossover? Ward said she isn’t sure at this point where the FA books are going. They will either end at book 7 or continue. She won’t know for sure until she is writing the 7^th book.

Qhuinn’s sister really is dead. No one else was in the oil drums besides Luchas.

No current plans for Luchas. He is still healing. Ward did say he needed to get laid though.

Qhuinn and Luchas will return to their home together.

We will see more of the slut who fed and screwed the BOB and Assail. She is the same woman who is married to the old fart on the council.

I didn’t hear the question and Ward would not repeat it, but she did say Possession will answer a true love question.

Layla is considered fallen.

Will Xcor turn on his Band of Bastards (BOB)? He has already killed lessors once to save Tohr. Must do something big to be worthy of Layla (exact words from Ward “he gotta do something for her to start blowing his dick”).

Yes we will continue to see glimpses of the mated brothers.

De la Cruz is still working in the FA books. Ward as a scene with him and Butch she might put up on the website.

Wrath expanding the Brotherhood rules was way past time. Will also allow for Payne and Xhex as well as others to be inducted into the Brotherhood.

Did Payne have to return to the SV to recover after helping Layla? Ward is unsure, but does seem like she must re-charge more after being here with each healing. Will have to lay hands on more brothers as the fighting continues. Ward also said that Payne will lay hands on George one day to keep him from dying. Wrath’s dog will not die!!!

Was asked if she sees other deaths much like she saw Wellsie’s and she said even if she knows she can’t share the information.

There will be more full-length books with the focus on the mated couples with full world building. She is writing them as they organically fit into the storyline.

Slimeball on the phone to BOB and their contact is Saxton’s father. (She acted like she wasn’t supposed to share this info, but said f*ck it and told us). Everyone in crowd really seemed worried Saxton might have been the traitor.

Are the brothers circumcised? Her exact statement “When you see something as long as a baseball bat you don’t really worry about the tip.”

Qhuinn and Blaylock have both released bonding scents for one another.

Could be possible that Tohr and Xcor share the same father. Each time she was asked she kept saying no Wrath and Xcor don’t have the same father.

Will there ever be a book with 2 males bonding to 1 female? She wouldn’t answer the question.

Is Throe’s family still alive and have we met them? Big Keep Reading!!!

Fritz won’t ever get his own book, but might have a bigger role in some of the other books like in JM’s book.

Havers – no redemption. Pretty sure Ward hates him as much as the readers. When asked if he would have a hand in Wrath & Beth’s book about child, stated over her dead body! NO WAY IN HELL!!!

Insider’s Guide Part 2 – Ward is unsure how to fit another one into her writing schedule at this point. With FA and BDB coming out each year, doesn’t want to take away anything from the writing of the books to do an Insider’s Guide again. Will see what they can do since with The King, she is another 6 books into the series.

Rhage & Mary’s baby story – Ward is 146 pages into the story at this time.

Now that the closet has been blown open, will there ever be a 4-some in the pit? Not so much.

Might learn more about the 16 empty coffins in The King.

We will see Layla’s baby soon.

Is Eddie going to come back? We will see him in next FA book, but need to keep reading for more info.

What is Erich’s twin’s name? (Assail’s twin cousins) Ward doesn’t know. Only Erich’s name came to her.

Lover Reborn Book Signing

****Lover Reborn Signing 3/31/12****

***This post contains multiple spoiler for the BDB world, and especially Lover Reborn. You will see information from late in the book in this post. Stop reading now if you want to avoid spoilers. You have been warned.***

I went the Lover Reborn signing in Cincinnati on Saturday with some friends and while I live tweeted all the details from the Q&A, my friends were good enough to take great notes so I could post everything here. 

The next book in the series is Blay & Qhuinn’s. Team Qhuay for the win!!! A massive roar and thunderous applause went up when she made this announcement. Book will be released in 2013, but wasn’t told an exact month. However, we usually get a new BDB book in March, so I’m guessing we have about a 1 year wait.

Why was there no mention of the bonding scent in Tohr’s book? Males only have bonding scent with one female. Tohr bonded with Wellsie first, so that is who he released his bonding scent for. Tohr’s bonding scent went away when Wellsie died. Even without the bonding scent, males can still love another and have a happy life with another female.

Asked about graphic novels and said she has no plans for them, but that would be up to her publisher.

Muhrder will be coming back. May or may not be in Qhuay’s book.

Sympaths will take more active role in the battle in the future.

When asked if there would be a threeway between Blay, Qhuinn and Layla she said hell f’in no! Would be afraid the fans might try to take her out if she did so.

Wrath has his shit together.

Assail is a mystery in itself.

Not sure if we will ever meet Butch and Manny’s father. He is a non-tran vampire who is probably still working in hospitals spreading his seed across the country.

We will get books about the Shadows (Trez and iAM). There will be controversy over who Trez ends up with.

JM will be inducted, but she didn’t say when. Another induction will happen “very soon”, but she wouldn’t say who would be inducted. (pretty sure will be Qhuinn once laws are changed)

Rhage & Mary’s novella is almost finished. She still needs to write Wrath & Beth’s novella. Believe she said they wouldn’t be published until after Qhuay’s book.

Will Saxton get his HEA (happily ever after)? She looked down and then said no comment for now.

Lassiter will get his own book. Not sure if it will be in the BDB series or the Fallen Angel series.

2^nd Insiders Guide will come out when enough new books have been out since the 1^st guide. She thinks it will be after another 3-4 books.

The Scribe Virgin (SV) is in her own kind of hell right now. WARDen trying to figure out what it will take to get her back down. Believes it will take Wrath being in peril to help her get her shit straight.

We will see Eddie from the Fallen Angel series again, but will take an extraordinary event. Ward loves Eddie and really was sad to see him die in Envy.

The next Fallen Angel book is called Rapture and will be published in hardback on September 25, 2012.

Releasing hardcover collector’s edition of Lover Eternal on November 6, 2012.

Wouldn’t answer if we would get another Fade ceremony. (Hello, someone else has to die for this to happen)

She wonders when de la Cruz will figure out the brothers, too. Kinda said it might happen in one of the Fallen Angel books. She would love to see him run into Butch again and not have his memory wiped.

Butch can still absorb the Lessers, but there are major consequences. Won’t endanger self or brothers to do this until the battle is more stable.

Where is Qhuinn’s brother? We will see him in Qhuay’s book. She isn't sure what Qhuinn's brother is now. The term Lesser has been tossed around in the past.

Wrath & Butch being cousins is something to do with the bloodlines. Butch part of original bloodline.

No meaningful blood relations between Wrath & Xcor.

Lots of sex in Qhuay’s book. May have sub-plot with Z in their book as well. (makes me very happy as I’ve missed Z over the last few books)

Coffins in the garage may be the original brothers from the old country.

Ahgony, Phury and Cormia’s son is born 5 years after Nalla, so we have to wait a while to meet him. WARDen said he is awesome.

She is dreading writing Blay and Qhuinn’s story due to overly high reader expectations. Beginning will have a tearjerker that will change world. Story will start soon after Lover Reborn ended. She would not tell us the name of Qhuay’s book.

Michael, from Story of Son – was asked if he or any of his children will show up in BDB world and she said she can’t answer.

Any new unmentioned characters coming up? In B.O.B. (Band of Bastards) era right now. Doesn’t want things to get too big and lose focus right now. Does see more new characters after this era.

Layla & Xcor  & Qhuinn dynamic will not work well. Layla is attracted to Xcor yet pregnant with Qhuinn’s baby. Qhuinn will be very protective of Layla. Situation will be world changing for all.

She also said Throe and Xcor will have some stuff to deal with since they both have a bond with Layla now. Another crappy dynamic to deal with.

Has many favorite scenes in LR – Lassiter behind the bar screaming orgasm, Autumn – field of snow/shadow. Many of the pants down moments.

Bawled her eyes out during book, especially at scene with Wellsie’s dress and the Fade ceremony.

Will Lash come back? Because he was stabbed instead of inhaled, yes he will return.

Vishous  being mad at Ward is because she lied about him in his book. She will not explain further and has been asked about it at almost every book signing.

Since Layla is pregnant, will we see other Chosen? There are still Chosen, and others will have to step up to feed since Layla can’t while pregnant.

Layla is still trying to learn who she is. There is a bit of “brain wash” to the Chosen, so she is just starting to explore who she can become.

Tohr and the Fade ceremony was required to help Wellsie and their son to go into the Fade. You don’t have to have an actual Fade ceremony for the person to go into the Fade. It was different with Wellsie and her son because Tohr was holding on to them and not allowing them to move on. Throe’s sister, who’s ashes Xcor had been keeping, could go into the Fade without the ceremony. The actual Fade ceremony is really for those left behind as a way to let go.

Will we see more of Marissa in the future? She will appear in Mary and Rhage’s novella. We all joked that Rhampage would be a great name for Mary & Rhage’s son, but she doesn’t know his name yet. (Wish I had remembered she told us they would have a daughter at an earlier signing)

Was asked if Payne could ever restore Wrath’s eyesight. Wrath will never get his eyesight back. In fact the first question he will have when his baby is born is about the eye color. Also, it takes a lot out of Payne to heal people, so she doesn’t do it all the time. Even when Wrath was seriously injured in Lover Reborn, Manny and Jane performed surgery on him rather than having Payne heal him. Also, WARDen glad Payne can keep George alive forever.

What is the name of Layla and Qhuinn’s baby? She doesn’t know the name yet.

Will Qhuinn have more visions? Yes

Will JM, Qhuinn, and Blay be inducted into the BDB together? Keep reading

Do all the vamps get their mate’s name carved in their back? Yes, just not seen. She said there is so much going on it is hard to fit it all into the books. One of the reasons she is enjoying writing the novellas. She likes revisiting the couples. FYI to all V fans. He and Jane have had their bonding ceremony and he does have her name on his back.

Did Tohr and No’One (Autumn) love each other before Wellsie? He cared for her and if she hadn’t killed herself, they might have ended up together.

Will Brothers be on the boards in the future? It takes time away from books, so unless really big news, no.

Will Qhuinn and Blay have a mating ceremony where they carve each other’s names onto their backs? You have to wait for the book to find out. Didn’t want to give everything away.

Score is still 2 to 1 in the Fallen Angel series.

Saxton is in love with Blay, but he will have to write the laws that will allow Qhuinn and Blay to not only be together, but be inducted into the BDB.

To my understanding, Layla is the only female to be pregnant at the end of LR. Mary getting pregnant will require the help of Payne and I'm not sure how soon Beth will get pregnant.

She will have 2 local book signings for both Rapture and Qhuay’s books. They should be on back to back weekends with more information closer to release dates for each book. This was the first signing of hers I’d been to where she didn’t get to finish signing books for everyone who came to the signing. Also couldn’t leave any signed stock behind as every JR Ward book was sold out by the end of the signing.

This covers everything I had in my notes. I didn't go back and check my twitter feed to see if I had missed anything. However, I used the #BDBTohr tag on twitter during the signing. If you are on twitter, you can search by that tag to see any other information I might have left out.

BTW, I thought I was a pretty hardcore BDB fan. However, there was a pregnant lady sitting next to me who was in labor during the signing. Seriously, she wins the award for biggest BDB fan ever!!!

Lover Unleashed Book Signing

Last night my cousins and I spent several hours with lots and lots of BDB fans. We all arrived at least 2 hours before the WARDen was scheduled to appear and had the best time talking about the brothers and what we all thought would happen next. She signed over 1,300 books for the virtual signing. She signed over 600 books at the book signing last night. My cousin Gina took lots of notes at the signing last night and I typed up everything.

The next BDB book will be Tohrment’s book. She is worried about messing it up, but feels it’s time.

We will get Qhuay’s book!!!! It will be a novella, but she didn’t tell us when it will be released. Still needs to write novellas for Rhage & Mary/Wrath & Beth and Tohr’s book. Qhuay’s book will be only about Qhuinn and Blaylock. No world building will happen in their book. Will be more about the romance like in early books. There will be lots of man loving going on and she will not hide anything behind closed doors. Putting in a novella so those who don’t want to read about man-love can opt out of the book without missing anything related to action in the series.

Does Lassiter get a book? Absolutely he gets a book. Not sure if it will be BDB or FA at this point.

Does Throe join the BDB? He’s a little busy right now working with Xcor in his “Band of Bastards”. Too much conflict (she really like Xcor).

Muhrder will be in books soon. Also, he and Xhex have more in common than Xhex knows.

Novellas for Rhage & Mary/Wrath & Beth – She has 40 pages to finish up Rhage & Mary and still needs to write Wrath & Beth’s story. Both novellas will be in one book.

Is Layla going to be with one of the brothers? “No comment” per her people.

Who does Tohr end up with? She wouldn’t answer, but from the last signing, everyone around me thought it is No’One.

Where does Lassiter come from? She is waiting about answering for now.

How easy was it to write V in Lover Unleashed? It was surprisingly easy to write him this time.

Is V going to talk to the Scribe Virgin about Payne? The WARDen was a bit curious about what would happen to the SV. She took a very “I don’t know” about where the SV was going.

When asked about Rhev & Symphaths, imagines Symphaths will become a threat again. Should see more of them in the future.

Butch & Manny’s father – she imagines it will be revealed eventually.

Is Qhuinn’s brother still alive? Yes, but not too happy or healthy.

Why don’t you and V get along? Once again said she should never have revealed about not getting along. Will never tell full story.

Do JM and Mary still have a close relationship? Yes. There are just so many people in the world now, there is no way to show every interaction.

Asked about Qhuinn’s vision and would not tell anything because it would give everything away.

Does Manny “transition”? Told to keep reading

Any new young? The novellas about Rhage & Mary/Wrath & Beth will show more young.

Will there be more interviews? She wants to get a few book books written before doing another Insider’s Guide.

Will the early BDB books be released in hardback? Dark Lover is set to release in hardback and others will release in hardback if Dark Lover sells well. She also believes the covers will stay the same, but wasn’t absolutely sure.

Can Payne regenerate Wrath’s eyes? Unknown if she can or not. Depends on how his eyes were lost. If they were lost due to a degenerative eye disease, it’s possible. Cannot re-grow limbs or eyes.

Is the Old Language based on anything? Not really. She had a tattoo artist come up with the symbols for the language.

Once again asked about coffins and told us she knows why they are there and told us to keep reading. Her assistant would not let her tell us anything.

Are the characters based on anyone in real life? No! Just images that appear in her head and they are never quiet.

Does JM ever discover he is Darius? No, part of the deal with the SV was to not remember that part of his life. Xhex has her suspicions. There will be a lot of JM in Tohr’s book. J

Will there ever be a novella about Butch and V? No. Be happy with the book for Qhuay!

Will there be a Blay/Qhuinn/Layla thing? Keep reading!!!

How do unmated males and females feed? There tends to be non-sexual relationships. Always with witnesses.

How does V maintain the mist around the compound when he leaves? Much like a spell

Asked who she hears in her head when Z sings and she said he sounds like The Three Tenors’ Pavarotti, just a little less warbling.

Who is the leader of the Glymera? We will see in the next book. Things are very different right now.

Will Payne and Manny have a child? Yeah, probably.

Will Phury do his job? No, he is very happy with Cormia. (one word: Trez)

Will the Training Center reopen? Need to be more vamps in Caldwell, but females may be in BDB, Xcor’s group is very effective, so things may seriously change – whole basis of the war will change.

Will the SV face consequences for birthing twins? Keep reading

Is Veck a potential brother? No, he is the hero of Envy, the next Fallen Angel book.

Signing farther South than Ky? Doesn’t travel much because of writing and she is a horrible traveler(her mother and publisher totally agreed she is a horrible traveler). Not anytime soon. Is signing in August in NY and will be at RT2012 in Chicago.

Is Throe related to Rhage? She started plugging her ears as soon as she was asked who Throe was related to and wouldn’t answer.

Does she have any ink? “I’m really not cool enough to write these books.” Not really.

Will more vamps show up from other places? Keep reading

Who is the next shellan to go into her “needing”? She was not allowed to answer.

Who is Xcor’s father? We will learn more later. He has an amazing back story.

Will Michael(from Story of Son) show up? Unknown if they will cross

Will Wellsie ever come back? No. Wellsie is in the fade with their son and she won’t leave him, even for Tohr.

Shitkickers are steel-toed Harley Davidson boots

Who feeds Payne? Payne kinda self-sustains both herself and Manny.

Is the Band of Bastards The Bloodletter’s way to tell the BDB a big FU? Not really. Xcor was really the leader of the group, even when The Bloodletter was still alive. Bloodletter was very bitter about being kicked out of the BDB.

V & Payne each have a glow much like a yin-yang. V destroys and Payne heals.

Will Trez and iAm have books? Absolutely, but unsure when they will happen or how they fit in the series yet.

Will Throe’s history play into books? Probably, but unknown when.

How many more books will be in the series? Pretty much open ended depending on the readers, inspiration, and her health.

Qhuinn is trying to re-invent himself right now. Asked if he will ever put his hardware back in and the WARDen said the holes are still there. Everything is still below the equator, which is funny since he is now celibate.

Asked the name of the 3 cousins and she wouldn’t give their names. However, she does love Zypher.

Crave Booksigning – October 9, 2010

I went to the JR Ward book signing for Crave on Saturday with my cousins, who are huge fans of the WARDen just like me. Thanks to my cousin Gina, I have lots of notes from the book signing Q&A period. The WARDen was a beautiful as ever and so much fun to be around as she answered questions for over an hour (using very colorful language and visuals). I need to make sure I bring a video camera and a digital recorder for the next book signing, which she said would be when Lover Unleashed is released in April. I can't promise there are no spoilers in this post, but I do promise no information about the end of Crave is in this post. Also need to post a reminder that none of this information can be posted on her boards or the Yahoo group, but we weren't told we couldn't post on our personal blogs.

Will there be a book for Tohrment? Yes, but not any time soon.

Will the Scribe Virgin get a book? She's not a big fan of her, so that's unknown.

Also asked about the SV's father and was told much like Boo and the coffins, it would be explained eventually.

Will there be more brothers? Yes, there will be at least 6 new brothers. We weren't given details as to when we would meet them or who they are.

What about Qhuinn & Blay? There will be Qhuinn & Blay stuff in Lover Unleashed. Also re-confirmed we will get their story in a "novella" sometime after Wrath & Rhage's are published. Promised to do it right and it would focus on them. Most likely will be named Qhuinn & Blay so people know what they are getting. (her novellas will be longer than the average novella)

Is Lassiter the missing angel in Covet? She wasn't exactly sure how the two series crossed, just that the 3rd book (Envy)'s hero is mentioned in LU and the Angels end up back in Caldwell. Jim will be looking for Sissy's body.

Lassiter will get his own book, in the BDB series sometime after Tohr.

Will No' one(Xhex's mom) and Tohr get together? JR put her hands together in the shape of a heart.

Does Layla get her own story? We were told to "keep reading". Sounds like a yes to me. :)

Muhrder will not be in LU.

Who's her favorite female character? Beth or Xhex, although she really didn't like Xhex when she first showed up.

How are Manny & Butch related? She said to "keep reading". However, a few minutes later was asked if Butch and Manny's father would be revealed and she said yes. (didn't find it surprising as I thought Butch and Manny were brothers from the first time we met Manny).

Yes, the promise the Scribe Virgin demanded from Wrath will come to light, just not sure when.

Re-confirmed that JM and the brothers will never know he is Darius reincarnated.

Will Jim, Adrian or Eddie be one of the souls saved in the Fallen Angel series? Yes, but wouldn't tell us who.

V & Jane will have big trouble in LU. V is going to lose it big time over his mommy issues, with how she has treated both him and Payne. Very colorful descriptions and language at this point. Must bring digital recorder next time so I can get it all. Something big will happen with Doc Jane too and then something really BIG will happen. She almost left it out, but the story wouldn't finish without it. Makes publisher very nervous and JR very nervous. Asked if it has anything to do with BDSM and was told "What the f*** do you think it is going to be? Not like V has a fashion sense issue." The WARDen played dumb when asked if Butch would be involved...guessing and hoping he is involved. :)

Z is her favorite hero, but she has never read his story again because it is too upsetting.

Her Slice of Life novellas will be available in both print and ebook.

Will JM join the brotherhood? Yes, soon, along with Xhex and Payne.

iAm and Trez will have their own books focused on their completely different culture.

Rehv is still around, just busy as the king of the freaks. He was there when Xhex and JM were mated.

Does Devina get power from her souls? No, she's just a hoarder. Her power is independent of the repercussions from that power. She will also continue seeing her therapist. (Can't wait to see what real world issues she assigns to things in the future)

Will Lash come back? He went back to the Omega, who's not in a hurry to bring him back.

She agreed they really need to get going on the merchandise. Way past time to work on it.

She was asked if we would ever see Nalla's change? Conceivably in the next 25 years or so. She wondered which male would be brave enough to walk in that house for Nalla.

My cousin took really great notes, but I'm sure I still left something out. She talked and answered questions for a little over an hour and was so awesome. So worth any amount of travel to go to one of her book signings.

New Release for 04/27/10

LOVER MINE!!!! I know there are other books being released today, but none that I've waited this long to read. I've wanted JM's story since he showed up in the very first book. I also love Xhex, so I'm so excited to read an entire book about JM & Xhex. I also am ready for some love between Blay and Quinn, and I'm sure the WARDen doesn't disappoint(I've read no reviews that listed any spoilers, so just guessing at this point).

I'm also very excited that I received my book today from Amazon. I pre-ordered from them since they had the best price($9.99 for a hardback), and was sure I would have to wait a few days to receive my book. I had received the latest email from Amazon telling me the delivery date was set for Saturday May 1. So imagine my surprise and excitement when the mailman called out "mails here" as he was leaving the building. I really think I would have hugged him had he stuck around. Now I'll have plenty of time to finish reading Lover Mine before going to the book signing in Radcliff, KY at The Bookstore next weekend.

Hope everyone else is having as great a book day as me today!!!