Please welcome J L Dillard to the blog. Thank you for agreeing to answer my nosy questions and share them with everyone visiting today.

Q: To begin, please share which genre(s) you write in…
A: Lesbian/Suspense

Q: How long did you write before you received your first contract for publication?
A: 2 yrs

Q: Out of all the stories you’ve written, which is your favorite?
A: It’s a toss up between Dirty Laundry & Irresistible Desires

Q: Do you need to be in a specific place or atmosphere before the words flow?
A: Not at all. I write when the mood hits me.

Q: What’s the strangest source of inspiration you’ve found for a story?
A: A read a bloody murder in the local papers and it inspired me for a heinous, despicable murder in Irresistible Desire.

Q: If you could offer one tidbit of information for new writers, what would it be?
A: Keep writing. Never let the naysayer’s hinder your progress.

Q: Do you have an evil day job or do you write full time?
A: I have an evil day job, but eventually I will write full time.

Q: Name one thing readers would be surprised to learn about you.
A: I play the drums.

Q: What’s your favorite dirty word?
A: Fuck

Q: Do you have any tattoos or piercings?
A: No

Q: If you could be intimate with three people (not necessarily all at one time *g*) without getting in trouble with your significant other, who would they be?
A: The 3 people I would love to be intimate w/besides my partner are:
1. Serena Williams
2. Mariska Hargitay
3. Halle Berry

Q: If you won the lottery tomorrow, what would you spend the money on?
A: I would pay off my bills, my significant other’s bills and then put away money for our children and my nieces and nephews. Afterward, I would invest in my publishing company for struggling authors.

Q: Which household chore do you abhor and why?
A: I don’t really abhor any. If it needs to be done, I’ll do it.

Q: What’s your favorite comfort food?
A: Cheeseburgers

Q: Do you have a favorite book or movie?
A: Yes, Honeymoon by James Patterson. Movie: Titanic by James Cameron

Q: If you don’t mind sharing, would you tell us about your latest work in progress?
A: I am working on a book about Twins and mental disorders.

Q: In closing, tell us a bit about your latest release…
A: I have two pieces upcoming The Ménage Menagerie & Sinful Pleasures. Both titles include ménage pieces with hot women and saucy sex with their partners.

 

 

 

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To learn more about J L Dillard, please visit www.jldillard1.webs.com, www.facebook.com/jldillard1 & www.twitter.com/jldillard

Please welcome Shelley Munro to the blog, author of The Bottom Line. Thank you for agreeing to answer my nosy questions and share them with everyone visiting today.

Q: To begin, please share which genre(s) you write in…
A: LOL. I have a low boredom threshold and like to mix it up. To date, I’ve dabbled in most genres. I’ve written historical, sci-fi, contemporary, paranormal and m/m. My favorites are contemporary and paranormal, but I like to keep my options open. If I can do a mixture of several genres, then all the better. I enjoy genre blending.

Q: How long did you write before you received your first contract for publication?
A: I wrote for six years before receiving my first contract. Although it seemed like a long time when I was living it, I don’t consider any of that time wasted. I learned a lot and enjoyed every moment of the journey, both good and bad.

Q: Out of all the stories you’ve written, which is your favorite?
A: I have a real soft spot for the stories in my Middlemarch Mates series. The series concentrates on a black leopard community who live in the small country town of Middlemarch in the South Island of New Zealand. To date, I’ve written ten stories in this series, so all the characters feel like old friends.

Q: Do you need to be in a specific place or atmosphere before the words flow?
A: No. I can write in my office or in the middle of a busy café. I can write anywhere and at any time. I don’t need silence or a specific time of the day or a have a preferred place to write. I do tend to do my best work during the morning though.

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Please welcome Christiane France to the blog, author of FRENCH TWIST. Thank you for agreeing to answer my nosy questions and share them with everyone visiting today.

Q: To begin, please share which genre(s) you write in…
A: Mostly m/m gay contemporary, also m/m/f and m/f/m ménage, also contemporary. I’ve done one m/m gay historical and it sold surprisingly well, bearing in mind historicals are not exactly hot right now.

Q: How long did you write before you received your first contract for publication?
A: Approximately 15 years, before I got my first contract in 1999. Of course, that was back in the days when NY was pretty much the only game in town and epubs in their infancy.

Q: Out of all the stories you’ve written, which is your favorite?
A: The Impossible Dream, I guess. Both men are flawed in some way, Theo has stage fright, and Stef is scared of heights, but they work so well together. Now that they’ve found one another, I can’t imagine either one looking elsewhere

Q: Do you need to be in a specific place or atmosphere before the words flow?
A: No, I just need my Muse to be alert and interested in doing some work instead of lollygagging in bed all day or out shopping for clothes.

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Please welcome Madelyn Ford to the blog, author of Faith Revisited. Thank you for agreeing to answer my nosy questions and share them with everyone visiting today.

Q: To begin, please share which genre(s) you write in…
A: First off, I’d like to thank you, Amanda, for having me today. I write paranormal romance. I’d love to be able to write in other genres but when I try, something paranormal always jumps onto the page.

Q: How long did you write before you received your first contract for publication?
A: I had been writing seriously for about two years before receiving a contract with LooseId. Faith Revisited was the second manuscript I’d sent around so I feel blessed that it happened fairly quickly.

Q: Out of all the stories you’ve written, which is your favorite?
A: My favorite story is actually the first thing I wrote with the hope of publication about the angel Muriel and her vampire mate, Ezra. It was where I began building the world I like to play in and while I have since changed the facts of their story in other works, it is one I would love to rewrite someday.

Q: Do you need to be in a specific place or atmosphere before the words flow?
A: I need two things to write, a place with no distractions and my music. I am a people watcher so I can’t write when other people are about. With my music, I have found that each book has a different tone. If I can find the right music, the book seems to write itself. Bale, from Faith Revisited, only wanted to listen to AC/DC (the males I write about can be demanding that way 

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Please welcome Mary Eason to the blog, author of Forbidden Passion. Thank you for agreeing to answer my nosy questions and share them with everyone visiting today.

Q: To begin, please share which genre(s) you write in…
A: I’m kind of a jack-of-all-trades author. I love writing contemporary romances, such as Forbidden Passion, but my first love has always been romantic suspense. I have three romantic suspense novels currently out through Cerridwen Press. And recently, I’ve started writing Inspirational romances, which is such a challenge as well as being extremely rewarding.

Q: How long did you write before you received your first contract for publication?
A: Seriously, about a year, but I actually started the writing process as a pre-teen. I wrote my first romance, filled with the typical clichés and corny romance. It’s still in a drawer somewhere. I didn’t seriously consider writing until much later. My first published book was a paranormal romance.

Q: Out of all the stories you’ve written, which is your favorite?
A: I’d have to say I have two favorites. The Things You Think You Want, a romantic comedy published through Samhain Publishing has a lot of me in it. The story is about a small town girl going to the big city but she never leaves her small town roots behind. There are some very tender, touching moments from my life in there. My second favorite story is Don’t Close Your Eyes, a romantic suspense thriller that has a touch of paranormal. I love this story because it reunites two lovers who had thought they’d lost each other forever.

Q: Do you need to be in a specific place or atmosphere before the words flow?

A: No, I can write just about anywhere. Usually on my couch with my laptop. But the story itself simmers for a while in my head before it comes to life.

Q: What’s the strangest source of inspiration you’ve found for a story?
A: Lots of authors say this, but I still think it’s odd that most of my ideas come to me in dreams. Weird.

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Please welcome Julia Knight to the blog, author of Ilfayne’s Bane and Love is My Sin. Thank you for agreeing to answer my nosy questions and share them with everyone visiting today.

Thanks for having me!

Q: To begin, please share which genre(s) you write in…
A: Well I get ideas for all sorts – but my first love is fantasy, with generous helpings of romance.

Q: How long did you write before you received your first contract for publication?
A: About three years – not all that long really! When I got my first acceptance I thought it was one of my friends playing a prank *laughs*

Q: Out of all the stories you’ve written, which is your favorite?
A: My new one Love Is My Sin, so far. I learnt so much in the editing process for Ilfayne’s Bane and that all translated into a stronger book the second time around. Besides I’m a sucker for my hero….He’s a rather intense, noble sort of chap, and that always makes me swoon

Q: Do you need to be in a specific place or atmosphere before the words flow?
A: Not really – though I find inspiration always strikes more when I’m somewhere I can’t write it down. Then I have to try and remember it till I can find a pen. At work they’re used to me running up shouting ‘Pen! Pen!’ and they keep a notebook handy for me too.

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Please welcome Jeanne St. James to the blog, author of Banged Up, Rip Cord and Double Dare. Thank you for agreeing to answer my nosy questions and share them with everyone visiting today.

Q: To begin, please share which genre(s) you write in…
A: I write erotic contemporary romance: male/female, male/male and male/male/female. Though my Phaze release Rip Cord is a m/m erotic novella with a “happy for now” ending. It’s not a romance per se.

Q: How long did you write before you received your first contract for publication?
A: YEARS! I’ve been writing since I’ve been about 13 years old. I’m now 41. However, I only started submitting to publishers in fall of 2008 and contracted my first release (Banged Up) within 6 months. And within 6 months after that had contracted two more stories.

Q: Out of all the stories you’ve written, which is your favorite?
A: It’s hard to pick! If I have to pick, I’ll pick Double Dare, since it was a blast to write since it was my first ménage a trios story.

Q: Do you need to be in a specific place or atmosphere before the words flow?
A: Yes, I need to be on my laptop, not my desktop computer and I like to be in my living room recliner. And I am more creative in the evening.

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Please welcome Isabelle Rose to the blog, author of The Laurel. Thank you for agreeing to answer my nosy questions and share them with everyone visiting today.

Q: To begin, please share which genre(s) you write in…
A: Erotic romance, fantasy, and horror (paranormal).

Q: Out of all the stories you’ve written, which is your favorite?
A: At the moment I would have to say The Laurel (Coming out soon through eXcessica Publishing) is my favorite. It’s a novelization of the Greek myth about Apollo and Daphne.

Q: Do you need to be in a specific place or atmosphere before the words flow?
A: Not really. Inspiration can strike at any moment. I just have to make sure I have a notebook and a pen on me at the time otherwise I might forget what I wanted to write in the first place.

Q: If you could offer one tidbit of information for new writers, what would it be?
A: Write any chance you can get and never ever give up. Writing is the most joyful thing in the world (at least to me), it’s the business side of it that can sometimes kill the creativity that lives inside of you, don’t let it. You need the business part of writing in order to be successful as an author. Anyone can write, not everyone can be an author.

Q: Do you have an evil day job or do you write full time?
A: I used to have an evil day job…I traded it for being a stay at home mom. Luckily my son still takes naps and that’s when I can squeeze in a few quiet moments of writing.

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Please welcome Juniper Bell to the blog, author of “Doll”. Thank you for agreeing to answer my nosy questions and share them with everyone visiting today.

Thank you for having me! I’m excited to be here.

Q: To begin, please share which genre(s) you write in…
A: I write contemporary erotic romance, for the most part, although I’m veering in some new directions. I’m working on a Regency ménage that’s a lot of fun.

Q: How long did you write before you received your first contract for publication?
A: I started writing erotic romance about two years before I got my first contract. The day before I got the news, it just so happened I’d crashed my car into a ravine, so I had whiplash and trauma and neck spasms. But I still managed to celebrate!

Q: Out of all the stories you’ve written, which is your favorite?
A: Ohh, what an impossible question! “Doll” is the most intensely emotional, “The Extremist” has a hot, mysterious hero, and my next book, “Training the Receptionist,” is the steamiest. I couldn’t possibly choose between them.

Q: Do you need to be in a specific place or atmosphere before the words flow?
A: If I had to do that, I’d never get anything done! I grab my writing time where and when I can. I’ve learned to tune everything else out so I can write. But I have to say I get my best writing done when I have no Internet access. The Internet is a wonderful thing, I love it for so many reasons, but it’s a huge distraction.

Q: What’s the strangest source of inspiration you’ve found for a story?
A: Well, this is going to sound … actually, I don’t know how it’s going to sound, but I get a lot of ideas during sex. Scenes and images pop into my head, and later on I write them down. Does that make me weird? I really hope I’m not the only one this happens to.

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Please welcome Brenna Lyons to the blog, author of the Xxan, Kegin, Night Warriors, Renegades, and many more. Brenna has been published more than 80 times in the last seven years, more than two dozen of them novel-length. Thank you for agreeing to answer my nosy questions and share them with everyone visiting today.

A: Thanks for having me!

Q: To begin, please share which genre(s) you write in…
A: I write in many genres but mainly spec fic (fantasy, urban fantasy, science fiction, and horror), with or without romance or erotic content involved. My style is milieu-heavy and fairly dark.

Q: How long did you write before you received your first contract for publication?
A: I’ve been writing poetry seriously since I was 7 and competing in various writing contests since I was 11. I was first published in a local newspaper (journalism) when I was 13. I won a place in the Young Poet’s Symposium at the University of Pittsburgh at 15, won a four-year college scholarship with a timed essay when I was 17, did my first public reading of my poetry when I was 19, and wrote my first novel when I was 32 (actually a two-book serial novel titled PROPHECY). That novel was signed a little more than a year after I started writing it and nine months after I finished writing it. So, depending on how you want to count that…I signed my first contract either 26 years after I started writing seriously or nine months after I finished writing my first novel.

Q: Out of all the stories you’ve written, which is your favorite?
A: That depends on my mood. If you asked me today, I’d probably say my newest Wolkin story, another of my Kegin series spin-offs. But I’d only say that, because I’m working on it right now, so I’m particularly attached to the story right now. On other days, I might name one of my other worlds and books.

I re-read my work a lot, depending on my mood. When I’m in a down mood, it might be Night Warriors or my straight-genre horror stuff. In an up mood, it might be my Born Investigators, Grellan War, or Kegin and Kegin spin-offs (Kielan and Wolkin worlds). In an intense mood, it might be my Xxan or Renegades worlds. Since I write in 20 series worlds and stand-alones, I have too many choices to concrete it to just one favorite.

Q: Do you need to be in a specific place or atmosphere before the words flow?
A: The better question would be, “Do you have to be in a specific place to stop the flow?” Unless someone is hovering over me, trying to engage me in conversation and/or being loud and disruptive, the words are going to flow. My muse is something of a leather-clad, whip-wielding taskmaster. Or is that taskmistress? She reminds me a lot of a nun I had as a teacher in first grade. And she never sleeps. Is it any surprise I rarely sleep, either?

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