Jeannie Holmes

50, Female

Mobile, AL

United States

Profile Information:

Hometown:
Mobile, AL
About Me:
I'm originally from Smithdale, MS, (a town so small it's often absent from state maps) and I write dark urban fantasy and supernatural suspense novels, which are best described as "Lisa Gardner meets Anne Rice." My first novel, BLOOD LAW, was sold to Bantam Dell as part of a two book deal and will published May 25, 2010.

I'm a member of International Thriller Writers, Mystery Writers of America, Romance Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, International Order of Horror Professionals, and the Association for Gravestone Studies, an organization dedicated to preserving historic cemeteries.

I've had a short story -- BIG RED: A LOVE STORY -- and a nonfiction essay -- SOMETHING BORROWED -- published in ORACLE, a fine arts review journal published by the University of South Alabama. I also had a nonfiction essay -- NUGGET'S STORY -- published in the anthology WRITING MOBILE BAY: THE HURRICANE PROJECT and was selected to read a portion of my essay during the Alabama Book Festival in April 2006. Excerpts from these can be found on my website under the "Books" section.

When I'm not writing, I'm always on the prowl for the perfect megahugebighonkin'ginormous cup of coffee -- white chocolate mochas are my absolute favorite. I hold Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees in English with an emphasis in creative writing from the University of South Alabama. Currently, I live in Mobile, Alabama with my husband and four neurotic cats.
I Am A:
Writer
Website:
http://www.jeannieholmes.com
Books And Authors I Like:
Edgar Allan Poe, Mary Shelley, Bram Stoker, H. P. Lovecraft, Stephen King, Kim Harrison, Faith Hunter, Charlaine Harris, Carolyn Haines, Val McDermid, Lee Child, J. A. Konrath, Deborah LeBlanc, Jim Butcher, Vicki Pettersson, Dean Koontz, James Lee Burke, LKH (especially the earlier AB series) and too many more to list
Movies And TV Shows I Like:
All Alfred Hitchcock films and TV series.

Blood Ties, CSI (Las Vegas), Law and Order, The Closer, Dr. G: Medical Examiner, NCIS, Doctor Who, Dead Like Me, Buffy: The Vampire Slayer, Underworld, Underworld: Evolution, Dracula, forensic science documentaries, old horror flicks, and anything vampire related

Comment Wall:

  • Jordan Dane

    Hey there---Great to see you on CS. This is a great little community and a productive way to procrastinate. I've got my eye on you.

    Jul 23, 2007

  • Anne Frasier

    hi j.k.!

    Jul 23, 2007

  • Laura Benedict

    Hi, J.K.! Thanks for the friendship! Glad you made it home safely. That's some picture of Rockefeller Center you've got there on your myspace blog! ; )

    Jul 23, 2007

  • Pat Mullan

    Hello JK,

    Greetings from Connemara !

    Slan, Pat.

    Jul 23, 2007

  • Thomas O'Callaghan

    Thanks for the invite, JK. There's another Ning site, you may find interesting~ Book Place. There, I also have the handle toc246. Please visit, in fact consider this my invitation to join me there!

    Jul 23, 2007

  • Thomas O'Callaghan

    Did you have one of the brownies at Einstein's ????? I selected one, sans the walnuts, because I was in the loop. Should have brought coffee. Nice to hear you enjoyed the panel. I was quite flattered to be asked to sit with five MDs. I hope my MO in book three doesn't frighten you too much. I'm considering thanking Anna Nicole Smith in my acknowledgements. :)

    Jul 24, 2007

  • Jeannie Holmes

    Hey, Thomas

    I had a brownie, also sans walnuts, and I wasn't in the loop. It was more of a personal perference. Coffee would have been great. I'm a total coffee fiend.

    Nah, the MO for book three doesn't frighten me at all. If anything it makes me want to read it more. It's dark and disturbing, just the way I like my fiction.

    Jul 24, 2007

  • Mary Saums

    Hi, JK - I see we have many favorite authors in common. If you haven't read Maria Lima's new book, Matters of the Blood, I think you'd like it. Underworld - I just saw this yesterday and thought it was pretty good. So 'Evolution' is a sequel?

    Best of luck with your books!

    Jul 24, 2007

  • Jeannie Holmes

    Hi, Mary.

    I'll check out Matters of the Blood. Thanks for the tip.

    Yes, 'Underwold: Evolution' is the sequel. I think there will be a third as well, but I haven't heard anything about it lately. One more thing for me to check on. lol

    Jul 24, 2007

  • PulpStar

    Hey, J.K. Thanks for the invite. Here's pulp in your eye!

    Jul 24, 2007

  • Jessica D. Russell

    Hey JK. Thanks for the invite!

    Jul 24, 2007

  • carole gill

    jUst wrote you a comment, but don't see it. I hope you get it.
    thanks for the invite.

    Jul 24, 2007

  • Ed Harrison

    Hi J.K., thanks for the invite. Greetings from Miser-rippy! Now I'm outta here before that muse with the spiked mace jumps out of the shadows! Take care, Ed

    Jul 25, 2007

  • Krystal Waters

    Hi JK, I love your picture. Is that your cat? Beautiful. Thank you for the invite. I look forward to reading your work.

    Have a great day!

    Jul 27, 2007

  • Jeannie Holmes

    Hi, Kristine

    Thanks! Yes, that's one of my cats, Nugget. I have three others -- Chaos (another black), Panic (a red tabby), and Disorder (a tortiseshell). And, yes, they do live up to their names. lol

    Jul 27, 2007

  • Joan Conwell

    I love vampires. Thanks for inviting me!

    Jul 27, 2007

  • Krystal Waters

    I love your cats and names! lol I am allergic to dogs and cats... although I love them. We have two dogs currently. I just have to make sure that I dust well and keep up on their grooming.

    Chaos! lol Ioved that name the best. Love your cats for me... give them lots of love as I would... sigh. Maybe someday I'll be able to tolerate a cat and looking forward to that time. I'll come to you for a name! lol

    Jul 27, 2007

  • Jessica D. Russell

    You're very welcome J.K. It's great to see another paranormal buff! Nugget is adorable!

    Jul 27, 2007

  • Joan Conwell

    Oh, JK, I see that you were at Thrillerfest too. Sorry we didn't meet. Hopefully next time...

    Jul 29, 2007

  • Vickie Browning

    Yes, indeedy, what's not to dig about the premise of your book. Hope it's out soon. Huge fan of mysteries, thrillers, paranormal....
    -V-

    Jul 31, 2007

  • Krystal Waters

    Your book is interesting! I my fave genre' is thriller based with a little bit of other genre's.

    Aug 1, 2007

  • Patrick Lee

    Thanks for the invite! And your series of books sounds great; very cool idea.

    Aug 4, 2007

  • Harry Shannon

    Howdy!

    Aug 4, 2007

  • Alexandria Ayers

    Thanks for the invite

    Aug 4, 2007

  • Rob Loughran

    Hiya.

    Aug 5, 2007

  • carole gill

    hi, any vampire legends in Alabama?

    Aug 12, 2007

  • Cormac Brown

    Thank you for the invite. "Crimson Swan" sounds like it will be a good read.

    Aug 14, 2007

  • Krystal Waters

    Catchy! "You had to look.." LOL I just stopped by to see if you had more pics of your cats. I see you do! And you love Star Bucks! Yay

    Kristine

    Aug 15, 2007

  • carole gill

    thank you. I have to read what you write I always loved stuff like that. those legends alone probably inspired you. goodness!

    Aug 15, 2007

  • Sharron Houdek

    Thank you for the invite. I love vampire stories! Good luck with the editors. I look forward to reading your book!

    Aug 21, 2007

  • Clea Simon

    Hi and thanks for inviting me! Any chance you'll go to Murder in the Magic City in Birmingham in Feb? I'll be there! (Not sure how far that is from Mobile).

    Aug 30, 2007

  • Roger Newbury

    Hey there! Thanks for getting in touch, great to meet you on here, and looking forward to many discussions. I'm a huge fan of horror stories and films, and the Dracula ones with Christopher Lee/Peter Cushing being my favourites, but some of the modern films have been very good as well, if a tadge tongue (or Fang-in-cheek!) Dracula 2000 for example. I have a couple of books by Anne Rice in my collection, but haven't gotten around to reading them as yet.
    I shall keep an eye out for your books, and will buy them as soon as I can!

    Aug 30, 2007

  • Douglas Quinn

    Not a big vampire fan but always open to a new twist. I'm wondering if the new Drama "New Amsterdam" this fall will be one that grabs me. I see you're a big coffee fan. I've written many chapters in the local coffee house. My protag in Blue Heron Marsh is an admitted beer snob--he likes Grolsch--but drinks snickerdoodle as his coffee of choice. Go figure. Hope you will post an excerpt of your book soon. In the meantime, take a peek at my web site and let me know what you think about what I'm doing.

    Douglas Quinn
    www.douglasquinn.com

    Aug 30, 2007

  • Liz

    J.K.holmes,
    Many thanks for the invitation. I will check out your website when I get the chance. Hope the MA is going well. Any idea of your main topic for your final Thesis?

    Aug 31, 2007

  • Jonnie

    How do there J.K...Thanks for the invite..I have a black cat(actually 2 now). the oldest is Bearkat & she is almost 13, she is almost all black, but for a white spot on her chest & one on her belly. the other(new kitten) is black with 3 of her paws just tipped in white & her left back paw white up to her elbow, she has a white triangle on her chest & white under her front armpits that blend down into a v when she sits on her back legs with her front legs together & she has white whiskers. looking forward to reading some your stuff, good luck with the rounds!! Take care..peace

    Sep 12, 2007

  • Douglas Quinn

    When you get a chance, check out my Crimespace Blog re the info and pics from my recent book signing event.

    Smiles,
    Douglas Quinn
    www.douglasquinn.com

    Sep 19, 2007

  • Bruce Findleton

    Hey JK,

    Thanks for the invite. Good luck with 'Crimson Swan'.

    Sep 25, 2007

  • Patricia Foulk

    Hi, and thanks for welcoming me aboard. You have a really interesting page and I look forward to getting a cup of tea and sitting down and reading it.

    I see you like Val MacDiarmid. I love her. I've met her several times at conferences in England and she's a trip. Very approachable and friendly.

    cheers - pat

    Sep 25, 2007

  • betty laga

    your books sounds good--i have just gotten into your kinda books --i will ask at the library id they have a copy --if not --ask for them to buy one

    Sep 26, 2007

  • Tina

    Thanks! Vampires, that sounds like a lot of fun. So does the conference. I need to find a conference for myself one day. Back to work, my mace is whacking away....Tina

    Oct 2, 2007

  • Charlotte Williamson

    I like your black cat. I have one of my own. I love cats, anyway, no matter what color they are.
    You have an interesting page. Sounds mysterious!

    Oct 3, 2007

  • Morgan OReilly

    Who can resist a black cat? Thanks for the add!

    Oct 4, 2007

  • Brian L Porter

    Hi J.K.

    Thanks for adding me. Always good to meet another writer from 'the dark side'.
    Brian

    Jan 1, 2008

  • Ann

    hey, thanks for adding me. Vampires! Booyah! I have a a new vampire page on my site, I'll add your web page to it if you'd like.

    Jan 1, 2008

  • Sue Dawson

    It is taking a bit to know the ins and outs of this site, andI think that I may be double-posting in the friends' department. My expertise will improve with time. Now I am enjoying looking at all the authors with their published books. I am not into vampires, but I am an animal lover--dogs over cats, but I have a friend a year older than I who adores cats and is a mystery fan. Thanks for your friendship.

    Jan 1, 2008

  • Rick R. Reed

    Hi! Thanks for adding me to your line-up of friends, J.K. I look forward to finding out more about you and your work (which sounds right up my alley). I hope you’ll check out my new thriller, IM, about a serial killer preying on gay men using Internet hookup sites.

    Jan 1, 2008

  • Patricia Gulley

    Thanks for the invite JK, love paranormal and SF, fantasy and horror are iffy, so always looking for a good variation. May we both have good luck with the publishing industry in 2008.

    Jan 2, 2008

  • Sarah M. Chen

    Hi JK. Thanks for the invite and Happy New Year! Can I just say white chocolate mochas are THE BEST thing ever?

    Jan 2, 2008

  • pam ward

    happy 365 days. Make some noise!
    pam ward
    WANT SOME GET SOME

    Jan 3, 2008

  • Neil White

    Thanks for the invite. I know what you mean about editing. I get to the point where I physically cannot look at the manuscript anymore. Good luck with it though.

    Jan 22, 2008