Sunday, September 30, 2012

Lee Ann Sontheimer Murphy, Rebel Writer, Romance Author



 Author Lee Ann Sontheimer Murphy
From Sweet to Heat


Naughty Reader’s: Hi Lee Ann! We're so glad you could join us this week. Tell us a bit about yourself  that our readers might not know.

Lee Ann: I come from a truly American family with a number of cultures and nationalities blended together. I’m third generation American but I also have ancestors who were here before the American Revolution (and those who fought in that war). I have ancestors and family members who are/were Catholic, Jewish, Protestant, witches, Irish, German, English, and Welsh. I’m part Cherokee through one of my great-grandmothers. I have ancestors on both sides of the Civil War and in every branch of the service.  And yes, I love family history and I’ve been tracing it since I was twelve.

I have three kids, sixteen year old twin daughters as well as an eleven year old son. Twins run in both sides of my family, also in my husband’s but on one of my family lines, they’re the 17th or 18th set of twins in a century.

Naughty Reader’s: What made you want to become a writer?

Lee Ann: I always loved stories, any story, before I could even read. And it wasn’t long before I realized I wanted to tell stories too. Besides, most of the adults in my life tagged me with an overactive imagination and I figured I really should find a viable use for it!

Naughty Reader’s: Please share a bit about your new release  without giving away any spoilers.

Lee Ann: Dust Bowl Dreams is set in the early 1930’s in western Oklahoma. I imagine the easiest way to describe it sans spoilers is with the blurb:


Life’s never easy for a good-hearted man who decides crime is the answer to his troubles.

No rain in the summer of 1933 is bad news for Oklahoma farmer Henry Mink. The local banker wants the mortgage on the farm paid and unless Henry comes up with the dough, his widowed mother and four young siblings won’t have a home. Jobs are scarce so he decides to rob a bank. His sweetheart, school teacher Mamie Logan, doesn’t like the idea and neither does Henry’s kid brother Eddie but Henry’s out of options.

He leaves home and robs a bank at nearby Ponca City. When he returns home, he pays off the mortgage but new troubles show up. Mamie is his greatest joy and they become engaged but by fall, Henry has no options left but to rob another bank. If he can pull off one another big job, he figures he’ll be set until the hard times are over but few things in life go as planned. His desperate efforts will either secure his future or destroy it forever.

If Henry’s family survives and Mamie’s love endures, he’ll need a miracle

Naughty Reader’s: Do you write under a pen name?

Lee Ann: No, I use my very long real name!

Naughty Reader’s: What types of hero or heroine do you like best?

Lee Ann: I like everyday people, the kind I hope my readers feel they could meet on the street or sit down with for a cup of coffee.

Naughty Reader’s: Those are the best characters to derive a story around. Tell us about a typical day in your life as a writer.

Lee Ann: Busy! My day begins early, usually before dawn.  I get up before my kids to have a little quiet time to check emails, update blogs, and plan my day. Once they’re off to school, I spend blocks of time either writing or doing writing-related tasks (promoting, edits, etc.) The same holds true for the afternoon but I usually break around three p.m. to get things lined out for our evening meal and to spend time with my kids when they get home from school.

Naughty Reader’s: Do your books have a common theme or are they all different?

Lee Ann: If there is a common theme, it’s that the power of love can be amazing. Love makes a different in each of my stories.

Naughty Reader’s: How long does it take you to write and then edit a story?

Lee Ann: It depends on the story.  I write full-length novels as well as some shorter works. And my historical romances take a lot longer than contemporary because of the research involved.

Naughty Reader’s: Do you have to be alone to write?

Lee Ann: No and it’s a good thing. I have three kids, two teens and a middle schooler plus a husband and a Jack Russell terrier. And my kids often have friends over so my house can be noisy so it’s a plus I can ignore them and write anyway!

Naughty Reader’s: How do you go about naming characters?

Lee Ann: Sometimes I know their name from the start. I think some characters whisper it in my ear. If I’m writing about a past time period, I often do a little research into what were popular names of the times to keep it historically accurate. That’s why my hero and heroine in Dust Bowl Dreams are named Henry and Mamie.  It’s a personal quirk but I couldn’t have called them Tiffany and Brandon and been happy. If I’m really searching for a name, I’ll sometime dust off the baby names books from when I was pregnant.

Naughty Reader’s: Is it easier to write about the characters if you find pictures of them before you write or do you write then find character pictures?

Lee Ann: Most of the time, I write them first although I have an idea in my head what they look like. I’ve been working with our Rebel Ink Press cover artist, an amazing guy named Carl J. Franklin, to pick images of cover models so we can try to portray the characters as I see them. I love it – it’s a lot of fun.

Naughty Reader’s: How do you pick locations for your stories?

Lee Ann: I write what I know so my locations are either places I’ve lived or places I’ve spent some time. The locations are often places very familiar and also places I love. I’m from St. Joseph, Missouri – and the city shows up in my work from time to time.

Naughty Reader’s: What are you working on now and what should readers be looking forward to from you in the future?

Lee Ann: I just finished a work called “Small Town Love Story” and I’m about to begin work on one about the 1920’s movie industry.

Upcoming I have several more titles this year – Kosovo Tales: Two Hearts, One Love in October from Rebel Ink, two in November from Rebel – Three Encounters of A Close Kind and Devlin’s Grace, a holiday short in November, again from Rebel, The Home Fires of Christmas, and another (my third) Romance on The Go title from Evernight Publishing in November, Movie Star Magic.

In 2013 I have “Three of Hearts” coming in February from Rebel Ink Press, a spin-off story from my first Rebel title, “Love Never Fails”. In March I have two release, one from Rebel and one from Champagne and I hope many more!

Naughty Reader’s: Woo, love that cover - enticing & provocative! Where can readers find out more about you and your books?

Lee Ann: First I'll add I'd like to giveaway ebook copy of Dust Bowl Dreams. Enter through the Rafflecopter below and good luck!
Readers can email and find me on the following sites. My books are on the popular online book sites.

leeannwriter@gmail.com

Twitter: @leeannwriter
Facebook: my personal page is Lee Ann Sontheimer Murphy plus I just kicked off an author page – From Sweet to Heat: TheRomance of Lee Ann Sontheimer Murphy
Blog: Rebel Writer: Lee Ann Sontheimer Murphy

Dust Bowl Dreams
Life’s never easy for a good-hearted man who decides crime is the answer to his troubles.


No rain in the summer of 1933 is bad news for Oklahoma farmer Henry Mink. The local banker wants the mortgage on the farm paid and unless Henry comes up with the dough, his widowed mother and four young siblings won’t have a home.  Jobs are scarce so he decides to rob a bank.   His sweetheart, school teacher Mamie Logan, doesn’t like the idea and neither does Henry’s kid brother Eddie but Henry’s out of options.

He leaves home and robs a bank at nearby Ponca City. When he returns home, he pays off the mortgage but new troubles show up. Mamie is his greatest joy and they become engaged but by fall, Henry has no options left but to rob another bank.  If he can pull off one another big job, he figures he’ll be set until the hard times are over but few things in life go as planned.  His desperate efforts will either secure his future or destroy it forever.

If Henry’s family survives and Mamie’s love endures, he’ll need a miracle.

Excerpt:          

With any luck he’d hit the farm just after dinner time. There’d be plenty of time for hugs and greetings, a chance for Mama to make over the groceries, and time to take the whole bunch to town for a hamburger out and maybe the picture show. Henry would head over to Mamie’s and invite her along. He spun daydreams about the moment he’d see his girl again and imagined what everyone would do and say when he showed up with full pockets. It’d be like the prodigal son, he figured, but in reverse – they wouldn’t kill a fatted calf for him, but by God, he’d provide something similar.

Sunday morning he’d be proud to escort his family to church and sit in a pew with Mamie at his side. Come Monday he’d be at the bank when it opened and pay the remaining sum on the mortgage. Imagining Richardson’s face when he delivered the cash gave him pleasure and he chuckled out loud. Henry couldn’t recall when he’d been so happy, probably not since before his daddy died, the rain quit, and the economy went to hell in a hand basket.

As he drove, he admired the wide blue sky sweeping from one horizon to the other like a giant bowl and the way the prairies stretched out in every direction. He did his best to ignore the foreclosure signs tacked up on some farms, the dry clouds of dust wafting across the empty fields when the wind blew, and the sad eyed children hanging around broken gates at some farms.

Until Henry rolled down the lane to his home, he’d forgotten how stark the farm looked. What paint once covered the boards of the farmhouse vanished long ago under the relentless assault of Oklahoma weather and he noticed the barn seemed to lean left as if it might collapse into a heap. Dobbin stood in the makeshift corral, head down as if he hadn’t been fed or wanted water. He expected the kids to run outside when they heard the car, but no one came and when he parked in the bare yard, he heard nothing but the whir of the windmill, the grinding of the worn blades.

Henry stepped out and called out, but no answer came. He reached into the car and honked the horn several times, sharp and loud. Although he waited, Mama didn’t emerge from the back door drying her hands on her worn apron, Eddie didn’t bolt out of the barn, and the gals didn’t come from the shade at the far edges of the yard. Unease crept into his pleasant mood and he wondered where his family might have gone. Henry couldn’t figure out how they left either, not with the horse present and the car in his possession.

He carried the wooden boxes of groceries into the house and left them on the kitchen table. Henry removed his bandanas from the inside of his overall legs and reached up for the old Eight O’Clock coffee can Mama kept on a high shelf. When there was money in the house, she stashed it there so he put some money into it. The remainder he carried into the bedroom and stuck beneath the worn mattress. He made sure his wallet had plenty and went outside.

“Hello?” he shouted again.

Even if they were down at the river, they should’ve heard the car horn. He smoked a tailor made cigarette, the tobacco smooth and rich against his tongue. He’d been certain something must be wrong, but he refused to believe it. They’d gone off to visit Uncle Ed or something, he decided. There’d be a reason and it wouldn’t be anything bad. When he finished the smoke, he decided he’d head over to the Logan farm. Maybe Mamie would know where his folks were and he wanted to see her anyway.

Before he could bring the Ford to a full stop, Mamie flew out of the house and ran toward him, black curls flying. Her beauty smote him until he forgot everything else but Mamie. Henry stopped and got out to meet her. He swept her into his arms, marveling at the sweet line of her pink lips, the way her small snub nose wrinkled with joy, and how her eyes sparkled like morning dew.

“Henry, you came home, you’re back,” Mamie cried as she hugged him tight.

He inhaled the sweet fragrance of some simple sachet powder she wore. Her body against his evoked both a tenderness and a sensual interest so strong he couldn’t even put it into words. All Henry knew was how much he desired her. Her starched blue calico dress rustled against him, the full skirt sweeping against his legs and manhood. He couldn’t have resisted if he tried, so he kissed her, tempted to pull the pins from her hair to set it free.

Her mouth tasted sweet and full, more intoxicating than Muscat wine. Sensation flooded his senses, a physical delight making every nerve ending in his body light up with electricity and emotional connection. The heady mix flared up until he all but lost his head, kissing his girl until they both gasped for air. When they broke apart, Mamie hugged him again and he put an arm around her shoulders as they strolled toward the house. Maybe she’d have some fresh lemonade, Henry hoped, or maybe a tasty little biscuit or something. He didn’t bother stopping for lunch and now his stomach ached with hunger.

He’d meant to eat something at home because he figured Mama would have something around to eat even if it wasn’t any more than cold cornbread. But he didn’t get to eat because no one’d been home and reminded, he turned to Mamie.

“Say, honey, you wouldn’t happen to know where my folks went, would you?” he asked.

Her brilliant smile wilted and some of the sparkle faded out of her eyes. Anxiety replaced joy and Henry held his breath. His first impression nailed it – something must be wrong, some awful thing must’ve happened.

“I forgot you wouldn’t know,” Mamie said, her voice dropping lower the way people did when they delivered bad news. He remembered the tone too well from when his daddy died back three years ago.

“What is it?” he demanded. “What happened? Just tell me.”

She looked down, eyelashes brushing her cheek. “It’s Eddie.”


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Sunday, September 23, 2012

Bethany Michaels, Author of Nashville Naughty & Cuffed



We're excited to join Bethany Michaels at The Buttery Nipple, Courtney Monroe’s bar in “Cuffed”. As we enter, we hear smooth Southern rock playing on the jukebox, glasses clinking and pool balls clacking in the back room. Everyone is having fun! 

Bethany invited us to this cozy bar for her interview. And you all are in for a special treat. First three rounds of Buttery Nipples are on the house!  

Bethany Michaels
Erotic Romance Author



Naughty Reader’s: Tell us a bit about yourself  that our readers might not know.


Bethany:  I’m from a very, very small Indiana farm town but moved to the Nashville, Tennessee area about six years ago. I often slip the name of my hometown into my books as sort of a warm reminder of where I grew up (Easter egg hunt, anyone?). I have a husband and four school-aged children and work full time in logistics, though my degree is in English. I spend a significant amount of time volunteering with my kids’ scout troops and love the outdoors. I’m also a BIG Elvis fan and incorporated that trait into the heroine of my book, Nashville Naughty. I’ve worked with many small and e-presses and am excited to continue those relationships as well as expand into indie publishing.

Naughty Reader’s: What made you want to become a writer?

Bethany: I’ve always loved reading and making up stories, but I actually started writing romance to maintain some of my sanity. Having just added twins to my brood, I had four children under the age of four years old at home. I loved being a mom, but I desperately needed something that was all mine—my own head space. Writing time became “my” time, my own little escape from diapers and housework, and my day job. I started to get serious about writing for publication in 2005, joining Romance Writers of America and Indiana Romance Writers. My first published work was a novella in one of Red Sage’s well-known Secrets anthologies in 2007. That was a good day .

Naughty Reader’s: Please share a bit about your new release without giving away any spoilers.

Bethany“Cuffed” is the first story in my new “My Favorite Fantasy” series. It’s the story of a young woman from a family of moonshiners that has always had a less than positive relationship with the law and law enforcement officers. The heroine has been able to break away from that lifestyle, but she still has a lot of secrets and when she hooks up with a hot cop who knows more than one use for a set of police-issue handcuffs, life gets a lot more complicated. 


Naughty Reader’s: Do you write under a pen name?

BethanyYes. “Bethany” is my real first name, but “Michaels” is a pseudonym. Since I write the sexy stuff and live in the Bible belt, I thought that might work out better, though it’s sort of an open secret amongst my friends and family.

Naughty Reader’s: (Brenda) I know all about living in the bible belt and keeping what you write hush-hush. LOL What types of hero or heroine do you like best?

BethanyI love a strong, confident hero who knows how to have fun. My heroines tend to be strong-willed, know what they want and aren’t afraid to go after it. For some reason, I have an aversion to virgin heroines and never write them, even in my Regency-set historicals. As a reader, I like a little Alpha in my male—men with a bit of dark side. I find really dark characters difficult to write, though.

Naughty Reader’s: Ready for another round? (Tonya waves at the waitress and points at our table) Tell us about a typical day in your life as a writer.

Bethany:  Well, I have a “day job” that I go to at night, so my day is upside down to begin with. My writing time sort of revolves around what the rest of the family is up to. On a normal day during the school year, I go in to work at about 8 p.m. and get off at 4 a.m. Then I have about two hours to write before I have to wake my kids up for school. After the kids and Hubby have left for the day, I sometimes write or edit a bit if I’m on deadline. Otherwise that two hours between 4 a.m. and 6 a.m. is my only dedicated writing time, though I do write as much as possible on my nights off. During school breaks, I bribe the children to let me have 2 hours of quiet time to write. I also write at the park, the doctor’s office, the pool—wherever I can— when the kids are out of school.




Naughty Reader’s: (Tonya) Bethany hun, just when do you sleep?  Do your books have a common theme or are they all different?

Bethany: Sleep? What's that? A lot of my books have to do with things being different than they seem—people, places, situations. I like to play with the idea that reality is just a matter of perception. I also tend to write about family and family relationships quite a bit, in one way or another. All of my book shave a bit of humor in them, even when dealing with more serious issues. As far as genre, I write Regency-set historicals, contemporaries and a bit of light paranormal.

Naughty Reader’s: How long does it take you to write and then edit a story?

Bethany:  I’m a plotter for the most part and once I have an outline and know where I’m going, I can kick out about 1000 words an hour when I’m drafting. After the whole first draft is done I go back and read it for flow, plot and characterization, and make those larger revisions to the story. Then I go back through again and edit for voice, grammar and general writing stuff. All in all, a 10,000 word short usually takes about a week to draft and another two to three weeks to edit and prepare for submission. For a 50,000 word book, I shoot for eight weeks. My indie books then go to a copy editor before they are finalized and offered for sale. I’ll take one last look after they have been copy-edited and make final tweaks before I start formatting them for upload.

Naughty Reader’s: Do you have to be alone to write?

BethanyI prefer to write alone, but I’ve learned to take my writing opportunities where I can find them! When the kids were really young, I would often write at the McDonald’s Playland. Music helps block out all the distractions when I have to write in a crowd.

Naughty Reader’s: How do you go about naming characters?

BethanyI kept one of my baby name books and refer to that whenever I need a character’s first name. I sometimes use that for the last names, too, but I also use the phone book. Nicknames are interesting to me, so if it’s the kind of character who might be laid back enough to go by a nickname, I think about what that would be, too, and whether there’s a backstory to how he/she got that nickname.

Naughty Reader’s: Is it easier to write about the characters if you find pictures of them before you write or do you write then find character pictures?

BethanyI really don’t use any visual cues like pictures or collages when I write. I’ve tried finding pictures of my hero and heroine beforehand but find it tends to muddy the characterization for me and makes the character harder to write consistently. The person I picture in my mind is never the same as the one in a picture from a magazine. I prefer the characters that live inside my head. 


Naughty Reader’s: How do you pick locations for your stories?

BethanyI like using locations I’ve been to because then I can drop in lots of little real facts or references to places that make the setting seem more authentic. For example, I fell in love with my adopted city of Nashville and set a series of books here. I set some scenes at famous Nashville landmarks like the Grand Ole Opry and the atrium at the Opryland Hotel. If I’m using a location, I haven’t been to myself I research extensively first.

Naughty Reader’s: What are you working on now and what should readers be looking forward to from you in the future?

Bethany: As I mentioned, I’m really excited about playing in the indie publishing arena. I will continue to work with a couple of small presses I like, but I am very much enjoying the freedom to write what I want, get the cover and release dates I want, and to be able to price my own books as an indie author.

I’m launching a new indie series of short novellas called “My Favorite Fantasy” in a couple of weeks. Each stand-alone story plays on a different kind of erotic theme but is definitely a romance with a happily-ever-after. The first story is “Cuffed” (cop/bondage theme) and will be available at most ebook outlets by October 1st. The others in the series are “Tripled” (ménage), “Played (toys)”, “Exposed” (celebrity sex) and “Cured” (doctor fetish). I’m also writing novellas with a group of friends for Siren publishing under the name The Sextet. My cohorts are some talented, multi-published, award-winning ladies! We’ve done several anthologies and are now writing stand-alone novellas on a common theme. For example, I’m working on a novella with a toy theme, tentatively titled “All in a Night’s Work”. A couple of the ladies have already published their “Toy Stories” so you’ll want to check those out!

Naughty Reader’s: Where can readers find out more about you and your books?

Bethany: My website is www.bethanymichaels.com and that’s the best place to keep up to date on new releases, links and news. I’m also on Facebook  and Twitter @bmichaelsauthor. The website for The Sextet is www.thesextet.com.
My indie works as well as my small-press backlist can be found at most ebook retailers like Barnes &Noble, Amazon, All Romance eBooks, Sony, Diesel, Kobo, Smashwords, etc. 
   



Naughty Readers: Bethany, thank you again for chatting with us this week.

Readers, Bethany is featuring a contest. The winner will receive either an eBook copy or a trade paperback copy of Nashville Naughty (US addresses only for the paperback) or an eBook copy of Cuffed on the release day. (International) Enter through the Rafflecopter below and good luck!



Cuffed, My Favorite Fantasy - Coming Oct 1!

Excerpt: 

He broke the kiss as suddenly as he'd instigated it and stared right into my eyes. His were flinty and hard, but darker now with desire. Desire for me.
"Turn around."
"What--"
"Do it." the tone in his voice left no room for argument, and frankly with my nipples already hardened to painful little points begging for his touch, I wasn’t in the mood to argue.
I turned around and instantly felt the familiar bite of police-issue handcuffs click around both wrists, trapping me.
I twisted around. "What the hell are you doing, Ridgeway? Is this some kind of joke?"
“Does it look like I’m laughing?”
What he was doing was unbuttoning his shirt. Once that was done, he removed his belt and set it onside the front seat of his cruiser through the open window.
He shrugged out of his shirt leaving him in just the regulation white t-shirt and his stiff blue pants. The t-shirt clung to his flat belly and seemed to barely contain his biceps. He could do underwear commercials, I decided. If the whole cop thing didn’t work out.
Travis held my gaze as he tugged the t-shirt over his head and tossed it aside. My mouth went dry even as other parts of me went wet.
God, he was something to look at.
“No, you don’t look like you’re laughing,” I said as I wet my dry lips. “You look like you’re about to get naked.”


Watch for the second book in the My Favorite Fantasy Series.



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Sunday, September 16, 2012

Author Honey Jans, Small Town Girl - Writer of Spicy Hot Books!

Ready for a taste of Honey? 

Ride a Cowboy, Save a Horse

Savanna Brown returns to Wyoming to save the reputation of the cowboy she ran away from on their wedding night. She makes the ranch owner an offer he can’t refuse if he wants to hang onto his ranch. She’ll pretend to come back to him until the talk dies down, then she’ll be on her way. Rafe Halliday is thrilled that his plan to lure his bride back to his place has worked. Now all he has to do is focus on getting sexy Savanna back into his bed where he figured their links of passion, love, and sex will complete their bond. But will love happen with evil forces trying to tear them apart? To find out lasso a copy of, “Save a Horse; Ride a Cowboy,” today. It’s sure to singe your lariat.


Rescuing a Runaway Bride

 Samantha Logan is a runaway bride. Jake Ramsey is a PI on a stakeout. When they meet in the dark after midnight all their formerly suppressed desires explode. Samantha so needs to prove her sexiness after finding her fiancée in the sack with another woman and Jake has wanted his bosses daughter for years. But will the fire burn out when she finds out he’s here to arrest her brother? To find out come along on the thrill ride as they battle her kinky ex-fiancée, espionage, and each other. Will Jake be able to rescue this runaway bride? 


Twice in a Blue Moon
BDSM Werewolf Paranormal
Series: Blue Moon Magic; Previous Book: By the Blue Moon, Next Book: Never in a Blue Moon

Charity Langford thinks her hormones have finally driven her around the bend. She cannot stop thinking about sex. She wants it night, day, and all of the minutes in between. Thing is, Charity is a virgin. A thirty-two-year-old virgin. She's also a werewolf, but she doesn't know it, and it's her first heat that's driving her mad.

But the middle daughter of Charles Langford and director of IT at Langford and Langford can't chase tail like a bitch in heat. She has an image to uphold. Desperate, she finds an online adult site, and uses sessions with her CyberLaird to get her rocks off and keep her mind on business.

PI Lucas Kendahl is an Alpha half-breed, a wolf without a pack. And after Charles Langford's Elites rescue him from captivity by the Betas, he owes Charles a favor. Like it or not, he's to take Charity as his mate -- and protect her from the Betas after her and her sisters. Fortunately, he likes it a lot. The pheromones Charity gives off are the sweetest form of torture for an unmated male; he's been masquerading as her Cyberlaird, but he can't wait to get his hands -- and everything else -- on her.

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BIO:
Honey Jans lives in a small Midwestern town with her husband and true inspiration. She is a born romantic with an extraordinarily vivid yet kinky imagination.

In February 2005, Honey was overjoyed when "The Gift" became a #1 best seller at Whiskey Creek Press. Then in July, the list went up and "April Love" was at the top, "The Commander's Club" climbed the charts and hit #1 in September, and again in December, Honey was positively delighted. "The Gift" was also a finalist in the 2006 EPPIE Awards Contest and she couldn't be happier.

In her spare time, Honey enjoys lounging under a shade tree and sipping a cool drink while reading a good book. Her talents and interest are not limited to Romance, Erotica or printed words. Honey is also an artist, with an amazing talent that she inherited from her mother. She lives life to the fullest traveling whenever she can, frequently taking tropical vacations and Caribbean cruises with her husband.

Honey hopes her erotic tales add spice and reading pleasure to your life.




Saturday, September 15, 2012

Sadly We Announce a Change in Our Services - Book Reviews


Due to an overwhelming requests of book reviews, A Naughty Reader's Boudoir will no longer be accepting book review requests. Starting October 1st, we will feature a resource page of Book Review Sites for authors to contact a book reviewer directly.

This will give authors a variety of book reviewers to match with their book(s) genre.


Happy Writing and Reading!
Brenda and Tonya

Friday, September 14, 2012

A Chat with Mindi Ferrari, Author of Sinful Writings



From Sunday to Thursday, we featured Mindi's books. Today we chat with Mindi to learn more about the author behind the books.

Naughty Reader’s: Tell us a bit about yourself  that our readers might not know.

Mindi: Let see, not sure to put this as a personal question or just share something personal.  All of my books and everything I write I always try to think honestly and about readers’ feelings and emotions. It’s the same for my poetry, there are so many of us out there, me included that like to read stuff that makes either something click in our minds, takes us to the past, or really hits our heart enough that we reread the same thing fifty times. I strive to show my readers that I think and feel just like them.

Naughty Reader’s: What made you want to become a writer?

Mindi: I have read since I was a toddler and honestly for me it was reading all these horror stories and wanting to create my own world and bring the things I imagined or my personal experiences to life.

Naughty Reader’s: Please share a bit about your new release without giving away any spoilers.

Mindi: “Sinful Writings” It’s a collection of all my poetry and some shorts that I finally decided to put together and share with the world. There’s so many personal poems that I felt I wrote that so many readers could say “wow I feel that exact way” or even ones that definitely turn you on. So to me there was no option but to make a book and self publish it!

 
Naughty Reader’s: Do you write under a pen name?

Mindi: No I do not; I always felt my real name was cool enough.

Naughty Reader’s: You do have a cool name! What types of hero or heroine do you like best?

Mindi: I like either one to have that edge, the asshole quality that makes women drop too their knees or daydream about him, and that female that makes the man whimper and beg to be apart of her life. I realized in all of my stories the main character is an assassin, so for me the tough talking, take no shit man or female is best.

Naughty Reader’s: Tell us about a typical day in your life as a writer.

Mindi:  My day consists of hearing these voices from the characters I create and them telling me what to do and sorting out everything to try and get it on the paper. I often find myself so busy that sitting down and writing is almost impossible. I think most writers can agree that a lot of us have ADD or ADHD and sitting down to get stuff down is really hard because we have such wild imaginations and think too much. But writing is what I love more than breathing.

Naughty Reader’s: Do your books have a common theme or are they all different?

Mindi: My first two were paranormal which I love that genre most, one of my releases is a contemporary romance which is way different to write but again loved it. Like I said though, all my main characters are Assassins.

Naughty Reader’s: How long does it take you to write and then edit a story?

Mindi: About 6 months, depending on my kids and how much they let me get done. lol

Naughty Reader’s: Do you have to be alone to write?

Mindi: To concentrate and edit yes, but to write no, I can write anywhere.

Naughty Reader’s: How do you go about naming characters?

Mindi: I try to go for the odd names. Like in Wicked Games Sorrow is my female main character and Vengeance is my male. But it’s always the first name that comes to mind and I never second guess myself.

Naughty Reader’s: Is it easier to write about the characters if you find pictures of them before you write or do you write then find character pictures?

Mindi: After, definitely after, and even them there’s no one that matches exactly to the picture in my head.

Naughty Reader’s: How do you pick locations for your stories?

Mindi: Usually Las Vegas, everything happens right there and it’s where I’m from. I like to pick places I know very well.

Naughty Reader’s: What are you working on now and what should readers be looking forward to from you in the future?

Mindi: At this moment I’m still working on Midnight Assassins 2, its Jude’s story and really dark compared to the first and cant wait to get it out there.

Naughty Reader’s: Where can readers find out more about you and your books?

Mindi: www.mindiferrari.com and anywhere eBooks are sold. I have every single link on my books page on my website.


Mindi's soon to be release title with Secret Craving Publishing



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Sunday, September 9, 2012

Meet Mindi Ferrari; Blogger, Poet and Sinful Writer!

Mindi Ferrari
Paranormal & Contemporary Romance Author

BIO

Raised in Las Vegas, Nevada I've always had a passion for reading and writing. Since I was 10 years old I dreamed of writing horror novels. That dream quickly ended when I realized boys and girls were supposed to not only get along but they were so supposed to fall in love and live happily ever after.

I've taken just about every course college had to offer, majoring in criminal justice, and minoring in elementary education. I ended up opening my mind to a world with so much diversity that it would enable me to write about different genres, giving my characters a depth that only I could describe. Writing Romance novels is the one thing I enjoy more than life itself.




Mindi's latest release Sinful Writings



A collection of sinfully erotic short stories & poetry collection for your wicked desires.

Wicked Games

 
On Amazon and B&N
 
Sorrow's reaping skills go above and beyond any other Reaper that has lived, yet she fights with the memory of her father’s death and tries desperately to search for his killer. Signing over her soul to do the Heaven’s dirty work she ends up running into a man who she remembers as trying to kill her and her family. The man she hates just might end up becoming the man she needs to fight this deadly war that’s brewing.

Vengeance is a trained assassin that falls madly in love with the one woman he was supposed to kill decades ago. Searching for most of his life and traveling all over the world to find her he ends up losing all hope. That is until the two meet from what they thought was a chance encounter but was really a set-up.

Four dangerously sexy Horsemen are the only ones cast down to earth too fight the apocalypse that’s nearing. Each Angel has a skill and each character tested beyond measures, will the fate of a human be left in the hands of the underworld, or will Vengeance and Sorrow find a way to help the Angels.

Coming Soon 2012!
With Secret Cravings Publishing
 
Dark Days 
 
 
When Lorelei met Lee she had to admit that she never would have thought that it would have turned into something; a romance author after all never usually finds love, they tend to believe it only exists in their stories. As the days go on she realizes that he was the only man to ever make her love everything life has to offer, including him. That is until reality hits home and she realizes that she may just have to fight even harder to keep a hold of the man she knows is meant for her.

Lee is not a man that cares for many people, so when Lorelei comes along he finds himself falling for her in all the worst ways and ends up feeling like his his life is about to explode. A Navy Seal sworn to uphold his duty, his limits are tested when he has to leave for an assignment, only to find out that assignment has everything to do with Lorelei. Lee resigns his soul with Dark Covert Operations, and tells Victor, his CO, that he will deliver the one man that has always stood in the way of his love for Lorelei.

Lee’s hope to save Lorelei is hanging by a thread. And Lorelei’s hope for life is slim to none. Lee will do whatever it takes to save the women he fought so hard to stay away from.

 
leave your inhibitions at the door! 
 
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