Hey, everyone! Wow. Day four of Story Empire’s Something Wicked Tour. For today’s schedule, click here.
You’re in for a special treat for today’s stop of Story Empire’s Something Wicked Tour. I’m welcoming back a special guest – Lisa Burton, the Robot Girl. She’s here to talk about C. S. Boyack’s new release, Viral Blues. Lisa, take it away!
Thanks for inviting me over, Joan. Hi, everyone. I’m here as part of the Something Wicked tour from Story Empire. As Craig’s spokesmodel, sometimes I get to make these appearances. While I’m here, you can find Joan over at Harmony Kent’s place, so make sure to visit her.
I see a lot of playlists and videos on this site, so I decided to try using that to appeal to your readers.
Craig is also heavily inspired by music, and one of his characters, well two actually, front a band called Lizzie and the Pythons. She sings, and he plays the upright bass, but has to use her fingers to do it. Oh, I should mention that he’s a hat. Not just any old hat, he’s actually a creature from another dimension.
We all wound up going to a fancy country club to gather information about these paranormal crimes. The only way we could do it was to steal the musical gig from another band and gain access that way.
Girl talk happened, and we agreed that Lizzie’s saxophone player is hot. He’s just so stoic and wooden that we decided to tease him a bit during the show.
Turn your speakers up, hit the video, and enjoy:
Lizzie leaned the bass back. “We’re Lizzie and The Pythons, and we’re joined by a special guest tonight, Miss Lisa Burton. She’s asked to sing one for everybody. This is an old Joe Cocker song.”
Fat Larry and Shade started them off with some rhythmic piano chords and low saxophone support. Lisa turned her back to the crowd and started gyrating, making circles with her hips. She pulled her left hand through her hair, while her right arm extended toward Shade. Long elegant fingers grasped air in his direction as she sang the first verse.
She swiveled across the stage to Shade’s side, grabbed a handful of his shirt sleeve, then pulled him tight into her breasts. She made a quivering intake of breath, then sang directly into his ear, “You Can Leave Your Hat On.”
Shade’s jaw dropped open, and he missed the next two measures. Tanith tried not to crack up but kept the beat, and her backup vocals, in check.
Shade is still kind of wooden, and kind of hot, but it was a nice breather in the middle of the action.
Viral Blues involves several of Craig’s previous characters in a paranormal romp just in time for Halloween. Don’t panic if you haven’t read one of his stories before, there is no prerequisite reading. You can pick up Viral Blues and enjoy the heck out of it all by itself.
Thanks for inviting me over, Joan, and I really like the new look of the place.
Lisa, it was a pleasure to have you visit today. And now, here’s more info about Viral Blues.
Blurb:
Someone knows about the hat. The creature from another dimension that helps Lizzie fight against the creatures of darkness.
They are summoned to a cryptic meeting with a secret society, where they meet other people with enhanced skills. It turns out someone, or something, has been tampering with the world’s vaccine supply. The goal doesn’t appear to be political or financial, but biblical pestilence.
Can this group of loners come together in time to make a difference when even the proper authorities are obstacles?
Check out Viral Blues, for your dose of paranormal adventure, with a strong sample of dark humor. And in recent superhero style, don’t miss the secret last chapter after the back material.
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33 Responses
Fun excerpt. (And now I have “You Can Leave Your Hat On” stuck in my head!)
I’ll have the same thing in my head today!
Me too!😂
Enjoy the ear worm while it lasts. I have a playlist I made while writing The Hat, and added to it for Viral Blues. I helps ease my long daily commutes.
I’ve done the same thing with my books.
A fun post and excerpt, Craig and Lisa! I read that part of the book the other day and it gave me a chuckle. I love this mix of characters. I have another quarter of the book to go, and it keeps making me laugh aloud. Well done 🙂
So glad you’re enjoying the story. I’ll see you along the Something Wicked path today.
It’s a fun book!
A paranormal romp is such a great way to describe Viral Blues, LOL.
That image of Lisa with Slade is one of my favorite from her collection.
Fun post today, Craig. I loved Viral Blues and hope it finds many new fans from our tour!
This was fun. Thanks for stopping by, Mae. The tour has been a blast.
It was a fun scene to write. It seems I can’t do a tour without sending Lisa out for part of it.
I love when she visits blogs for you.
Er, not that I don’t enjoy your visits too, LOL!
What can I say, she’s more personable.
🙂
Mae, we should be so lucky as to have someone to promote our work!
Nice one! Good to see, Craig making the rounds! 🙂
Thank you, Kevin. Glad you liked it.
I love, love, love this Joe Cocker song! And what a great excerpt from the book. Craig, you are really showing Lisa’s robot personality. 🙂 Thank you, Joan, for hosting today!
It was fun making sure each character got a few moments in the spotlight. They have unique personalities, and that was fun, too. Thanks, Jan.
Can’t go wrong with Joe Cocker! Thanks, Jan!
Whew, I think I need a drink 🙂
Enjoyed the excerpt and learning more about your character’s background, Craig.
Enjoy your drink. This was a fun scene to write and I hope people here get a kick out of it.
Hope the drink was good! Thanks for visiting, Jacquie!
What a great, fun filled post, both. I really enjoyed it.
Thank you.
Glad you liked it, Robbie!
You can just picture Lisa doing that.
Yes, that’s totally in Lisa’s character!
Good to hear from you today, Lisa. You’ve been excellent in Viral Blues. Keep up the good work as usual! Thanks to Craig for bringing us his wonderful books and to Joan for hosting today.
Appreciate it.
You bet
She is a wonderful spokesperson, uh Robot Girl. 😉
And character, uh actress…