Author Interview - I. J. Miller

I.J. Miller

Erotic Romance

Hello Everyone!
While answering the interview questions for Tonya and Brenda, I’m sitting at the breakfast table overlooking the beautiful windswept moors of Wuthering Heights, located in the Northern part of England in Yorkshire County.  The fir trees are bowed by the constant breeze.  The ground often trembles from the unearthly passions that inhabit this vibrant landscape.

I look forward to visiting Naughty's blog this week and meeting the Readers. My Publicist and I would be glad to do an e-book giveaway. Details below!

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

IJ: In addition to being a writer, I’ve been an award winning collegiate tennis coach.

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

IJ: I started out developing a love for language and stories by being an avid reader.  In late high school, I started translating that love into stories of my own.

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

IJ: WUTHERING NIGHTS is out now as an e-book and will be in bookstores on April 23 as a trade paperback and audio book.  It is an erotic retelling of Emily Bronte’s classic Wuthering Heights.  What makes this book different from other typical mashups, is that it’s not a lot of verbatim text with some sex thrown in.  I dove deeply into the story and produced a novel that stays true to the original language, themes, and characters, but has many new plot twists and turns that help make the eroticism more organic and heightens the romance.

Romantics everywhere have been enthralled by Emily Bronte's classic novel of the tragic love between beautiful, spirited Catherine Earnshaw and dark, brooding Heathcliff. The restrained desire between these two star-crossed lovers has always smoldered on the page. And now it ignites into an uncontrollable blaze. In WUTHERING NIGHTS, writer I.J. Miller reimagines this timeless story to reveal the passion between Catherine and Heathcliff--in all its forbidden glory.

Set against the stark, raw beauty of the English moors, Heathcliff, an abandoned orphan, recognizes his soulmate in wild, impulsive Catherine, the only woman who can tame his self-destructive nature. And Catherine cannot deny the all-consuming desire she feels for him, despite his low birth. Together they engage in a fiery affair--one that will possess them, enslave them, and change their destinies forever...

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

IJ: Yes.

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

IJ: Ones that are complex.  Not simply all good and perfect.  I like revealing the strengths as well as the flaws.  Makes for a far more interesting story.

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

IJ: Get up, shower.  Log on usually to take care of Facebook, Twitter, and email business.  Do my daily workout.  Eat breakfast.  Go back to my desk to work on my current writing project.  Finish late.  Often miss lunch.  Prepare dinner for my significant other.

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

IJ: What is common is that the sexual scenes are all used to reveal character and story, never gratuitous.  I think all of my protagonists are usually looking to gain some control over their lives and reshape their living into a more fulfilling existence.

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

IJ: Could be anywhere to three to six months for the first draft of a novel.  Although I was given a six week deadline for WUTHERING NIGHTS, three more weeks for rewriting.  That was a totally different project.  I was truly possessed by the characters and story and very little else registered in my life during that time but writing this book.  Short stories usually sit in my brain for awhile and by time I’m ready to write they usually come out in one sitting.  The editing and rewriting usually take longer.

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

IJ: Yes.  I need all other business to be taken care of as well.  My mind must be clear.

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

IJ: I like names that have some association to characteristics or personality traits my characters have.  A strong heroine in my novel WHIPPED: Leigh Stern.  An abuser in a short story I once wrote: Anthony Pfister.

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?

IJ: I have a strong background in screenwriting as well.  So I usually start off seeing everything.

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

IJ: Of course I like a locale that fits the story, but it also must be a place I’m familiar with so I can add the details that will bring full richness to the story.

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

IJ: I’m working on a New Adult erotic romance for the 18-25 crowd called CELINE’S SOLUTION, about a college girl who gets her final, senior year education from her young English Professor who is both a master of passion and a troubled, secretive soul.  Before she can know for sure whether she has found true love or needs to move on, she must unravel all of his mysteries.  

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

IJ: WUTHERING NIGHTS on Amazon

WHIPPED, SEX AND LOVE, CLIMBING THE STAIRS on Amazon

My sites

Website 

Facebook

Twitter @Heathcliffian 


About The Author:

I.J. Miller is the author of five, distinct, literary, erotic works of fiction: SEESAW was translated into two languages, with over 130,000 copies in print; WHIPPED appeared in both English and German; SEX AND LOVE, a collection of short stories, made its debut in the summer of 2011; CLIMBING THE STAIRS, a novella, was released just a year later.  His latest novel, WUTHERING NIGHTS, is an erotic retelling of Emily Bronte’s classic, Wuthering Heights, and is published by the Grand Central Publishing imprint of Hatchette Books.  It is available now as an e-book and will be in bookstores in trade paperback on April 23.  Miller has a Master of Fine Arts from the American Film Institute and has taught creative writing and screenwriting at the university level.

 

***CONTEST***

Leave a comment and please include your email address (so we can easily contact the winner). Tell I.J. Miller if you have read Wuthering Heights and what other classic tale you would like to see retold as an erotic novel. One lucky Commenter will be drawn on Sunday, March 17 for an e-book of Wuthering Nights. Good Luck!

Author Nicole Ryan - Interview and Giveaway!

We're sitting on a bench, facing a pretty water fountain, in the small courtyard under the Space Needle. It's partly cloudy with a chance of rain here in Seattle but that won't hinder our interview with Nicole Ryan. True North Westerners are used to getting wet this time of year. 

Nicole invited us to chat with her and would love for you to join, too. Comments are welcomed and be sure to enter the giveaway. Details below.

Naughty Reader’s: Hi Nicole! We're excited to introduce you to our readers. Thank you for inviting us to visit Seattle. Tell us a bit about yourself  that our readers might not know.

Nicole: Well, I joined the military after I graduated high school, for a four year tour, and now I’m 24 years old, married and have two kids.

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

Nicole: I began writing poems and little stories when I was eight years old and lived with my grandparents for a year. My grandfather was a writer and poet and he taught me a lot about writing to express how I felt about things. I guess it sort of came naturally. When I got into junior and high school I took, and enjoyed every writing class offered at my schools.

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

Nicole: Castles Burning is a series of little novellas, they follow Amber, she’s just discovering BDSM, she really knows nothing about it except what she is stumbling upon as the story progresses. Part two is the story of her journey after the tragedy she suffered in part one, and now she is learning to love and trust again, in her own way, and if you’ve read any of my short stories you know of course that is with lots and lots of sex! New characters are introduced that are fun and saucy, and we even take a trip to Singapore. Amber instantly has a connection with Dean who is quiet and loving, but she’s pulled by Adam who is dark, and knows more about what she craves than Amber could ever dream. If you’re looking for a love story this won’t be for you, but if you’re looking for adventurous kinky sex, that takes place on a fictitious Navy ship full of sex rituals, it might be right up your alley. 

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

Nicole: Yes, I’m not sure how my grandfather or nana might feel about me writing erotica.

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

Nicole: I love to be able to identify with the hero or heroine on some emotional level, Anne Rice is the master at connecting her readers with the character on an emotional level, it’s so rewarding to not just read, but to experience the story!

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

Nicole: I get up at six in the morning and get coffee started…I’m pretty sure the stereotype about Seattle and coffee are true. I try to write and do social media for an hour or two until the kids wake up, then it’s breakfast and daytime routine. I squeeze writing in where and when I can, I make a point to write something, anything more than a paragraph each day, even if they’re on different stories, as long as I add to them I’ve accomplished a little goal.

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

Nicole: I think they’re all pretty different, there may be a common theme with the characters though, they are all discovering their own beauty and potential in one form or another… and of course though experiencing their own sexuality.

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

Nicole: Oh, it depends on the story. Home for the Holidays came to me one day and I wrote it out in two hours, edited it a couple of times over two days, had it proof read and it was on Amazon. But Castles Burning part three is still in the works… months later. As a self-published author, editing and reading from start to finish carefully skimming for mistakes is what takes the longest. I find it hard to make sure my mind isn’t just plugging words in as I go along, it takes so long to edit!

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

Nicole: I prefer to separate myself from the kids, at the dining table writing while I can see them in the living room. It makes it way easier to concentrate but it’s not really an issue, I save the steamy scenes for after bedtime.

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

Nicole: This is really weird, but I kind of let them name themselves, or each other. As I’m writing a story I wait until one of the characters is addressing the other in conversation, whatever name rolls into the verbal exchange is who they are, otherwise I find myself using similar names or favoring a beginning letter, I try to be careful of redundancies.

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?

Nicole: Sometimes I’ll be writing a story and an image of an actor will pop into my mind and I’ll use bits and pieces of them for descriptive purposes, but other characters are completely their own person in my mind. Other times I’ll see a photo that grabs my attention and tells me “that’s who the reader should see when they read this.”

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

Nicole: I mostly use fictitious places drawn from areas I’ve been, or lived before.

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

Nicole: I’m working on the third installment of the Castles Burning series and a continuation of Chastity’s story, she’s the heroine in my short story Home for the Holidays, it’s my first romance erotica, and doesn’t have any BDSM themes in it.

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

Nicole: I’m on Twitter, @NicolRyanAuthor; my Amazon Author page and my Website. I love to hear from readers on Twitter and my website!


From the Author:
I am a self published author, I just do my own thing, with explicit sex scenes and BDSM sprinkled about... plots are usually small and to the point, no use drawing out too long between steamy scenes, right? If you're looking for fifty shades or crossfire you won't find that here,they are not the inspiration for my erotica, though they have been for many others. If you're looking for a quick, steamy read that isn't just straight up porn, has a little bit of a plot element to it, and get's you hot and bothered, you've come to the right place! I write what I was always looking for but never found, I hope I can give you what you're looking for too! I always keep you updated on upcoming stories, and share excerpts and snippets from my stories on my website, and blog if you'd like to try a sample before deciding on a story!

I'd love to hear from you!
Twitter @NicolRyanAuthor
Blog
Web site

****Contest**** 

An eBook of Castles Burning Part Two to a lucky viewer. Enter by leaving a comment. Good Luck! Drawing for winner - Sunday, March 10.

Castles Burning Part Two  
Excerpt: (click here to read a longer excerpt)

   I stood stone still as he gazed at me while he still sat on the desk, and his hands reached up and unbuttoned the top of my coveralls. My breasts lifted and fell with my breathing but I made no move to stop him as his fingers found the zipper of my coveralls and pulled it down to my waist; displaying the white undershirt clinging to my body. He splayed his hand across my tummy and then wrapped it around my waist to pull me closer to him, my heart was thrumming in my chest and I licked my bottom lip to moisten it.

   “You are so beautiful Amber, far too beautiful of a creature to be placed so,carelessly on display for so many to see.” He murmured.

   My breath caught in my throat at his words and at the sight of his eyes roaming all over my body. His thick black hair begged to be pulled but I held my hands still at my sides, slowly he turned his face up to mine. I inhaled sharply and my eyes widened as he slid his left hand, which held no ring, around my back, inside my coveralls and up the back of my shirt. He pulled me to him, holding me close, my breasts in his face as he looked up at me. He rested his palm in the arch of my lower back, and as my breasts heaved in front of him he let his eyes drop to them appreciatively. I felt like I might fall apart.

   “When a man possesses a woman with your passion, he has a duty.” He told me as his right hand sought the seam of my white shirt and lifted it slightly up to show my belly button, his delicate touches raised the tiny hairs along my flesh. He smiled brightly and his thumb caressed the skin between my navel and my pubic bone. “He must entice her. Excite her.” He said bringing his lips to my stomach, his dense stubble scratching across my sensitive skin.

   Slowly his hand came away from my back and both of them slid to my shoulders as he stood up before me, his fingers under my coveralls. I looked up at him and watched him press them down my back, he stopped when my upper body was exposed, and the sleeves that were rolled up to my elbows caught. They still covered my forearms and he held them behind my back, looking down at me pensively before he suddenly twisted the dark blue material into a knot, pinning my arms together behind my back. He savagely spun me around by my wrists, planting my back against his front. I gasped as his hands found my breasts and massaged them brutally, his mouth seeking out my neck. His fingers came up to the collar of my white shirt and I saw the muscles in his forearms flex as he violently tore the material apart, and then yanked my bra down freeing my breasts over the tops of the cups. 

Other Books by Nicole Ryan:

The Fantasy

Home for the Holidays

Backstage Pass

Introducing Jennifer O'Donnell! Fantasy Erotica and More!

We are excited to introduce a new Erotic Author on the block! Meet Jennifer O'Donnell. Jennifer resides in South Florida with her husband and Pugs.

More about the Author:

Jennifer O'Donnell's writing is intended for couples; it is meant to be an inspiration for them to expand and enhance their relationship, especially the sexual aspects of their time together. Jenn emphasizes the sacred nature of the marriage bond, even as she encourages the couple to explore whether or not they are broad minded and adventurous enough to bring a third party or new experience to the marriage bed. Her obvious goal is to encourage each of the individual partners to express his or her wants, needs and desires to the other in an effort to make their intimacy even more meaningful and, should that expression lead to the couple's experimenting with a new twist or a different turn, then more power to her and to them. Jenn takes real life situations and spins them into a gossimer web that shows their golden nature and tempts the edges of convention of an individual partnership in a most provocative manner.

Jennifer is giving away a free eBook to two lucky commenters. She loves feedback and would like for you, the viewers, to comment for a chance to win. Tell Jennifer what current erotic book you are reading or recently read and the sexual encounter....threesome, BDSM scene, fantasy or etc....that turned you on and had you dragging your partner to the bedroom for some awesome sex. Or if alone, you took care of yourself right away! Love the Toys..right? *wink*

A coupon from Smashwords for 

50 Shades of Embarrasment to two lucky commenters!

      After years of talking about a threesome, Taylor’s fantasy started to grow on Pam. With their personal economy starting to improve Pam plans a surprise mini vacation down in Key West. Things heat up after the sun goes down and after a fun dinner they go back to the stranger’s hotel room and both men bring the woman out in Pam and she discovers the joys of having both men in her at the same time.

This is a short story about one couples erotic adventure and wild night down in Key West. There is no drama or conflict, just a erotic experience with a happy ending.

Okay, we won't keep you waiting any longer. On to the interview.

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

Jennifer: My name is Jennifer O'Donnell and we live down in South Florida. I've become a beach girl and love Florida summers. We enjoy the beach, boating with fiends, golf, tennis, and just about any beach activity. My blog is at http://jeninflorida.wordpress.com/, and my twitter name is @JenEroticaFl and my email address is Jeninflorida_2006@yahoo.com Please feel free to contact me!

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

Jennifer: We were floating in the Gulf of Mexico on our boat and was a little bored lying out in the sun so a friend gave me a paperback book. She had just finished reading Jackie Collins’ book (can't remember the title). Anyway, every time the story became interesting the chapter ended. I wanted more....no I needed more!

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

Jennifer: My next project is called Tempted and it’s about a wife's struggle with her sexuality. Of course her husband has been asking for a threesome for some time and with a birthday approaching the idea starts to grow on her. After all, she isn't becoming any younger and might was well explore some of her fantasies before she's too old! While on a business trip to New York she take control of the situation and finds a female masseur to help her lose her reservations and explore and help her get her 'girl' on. Course we have a mix of emotions and she still isn't sure she wants to share that side of herself with her husband.....

Naughty Reader’s: Readers, look for the release of Tempted around March 1st! Do you write under a pen name?

Jennifer: Not yet but coming soon! I'm afraid that I will need a pen name to publish my non erotica. People tend to type cast and I will want to attract new readers.

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

Jennifer: She needs to be strong, smart, knows what she wants, but more importantly how to get what she needs/wants. She's confident in her skin and likes her body. Course, since this is fiction she has the time to squeeze time in at the gym and eats right. I'm working on three full length books that are less erotic and pack with plot and drama. One is a software genus, another she's a detective like the TV show Castle, and the other is a Vampire.

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

Jennifer: Wish that reality was sexy but currently my life isn't that sexy. Now, don't get me wrong we enjoy our time on the water and beach and some of our friends are more fun than others...and some less modest than others. It’s a nice balance! We've been very fortunate in our careers and I'm spending less time with clients and more time with my laptop writing. When my day is devoted to writing, well I start work around eight and most of the time work till 2 or 3 in the morning. I'm a night owl and do my best work when the house is quiet.

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

Jennifer: I'm kind of new to publishing and only have a couple of books on the market. My interest ranges from erotica, romance, high tech, thrillers, vampire and zombies. My goal is to get my sales for erotica going and then introduce fiction outside of the erotica world. 

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

Jennifer: Writing and my production varies. Some nights I can crank out 20,000 words and some nights I struggle creating 200. When there are negative people staying with us, my production takes a real dive. I hate, hate, hate negative people but sadly it’s my in-laws that are super negative and super users. 

Editing is a skill that I'm working on. The biggest challenge when it comes to my writing is tense. I tend to jump back and forth.

For me, writing is a lot like the movies. Meaning, that I see the characters in my mind acting and from this visualization I work the story out. My current works are a little over the top but lets take a look at the world. We went though something honorable in 2008 and the economy is still suffering. People are stressed and some times its fun to write a novella that is naughty. It’s a release from the day to day grind and I do my best to give readers a mental vacation.

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

Jennifer:  Not necessary so. I love to bounce ideas of others and work out a chapter with a friend. It’s only been in the past three months that I've...well come out of the “closet” with my close friends about my writing. No mater what the book is about, when you write sexy chapters, people will look at you differently and I want to control who knows.

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

Jennifer: When I start a new project the first thing I do is jot down the plot or basic idea of the story. Then start to think about characters and who does what or whom. I found a couple great web sites that help me name characters after I plug in details about there fictional people.

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?

Jennifer: Pictures! Some times thought the pictures are in my mind. Also, every story is played in my mind like a movie and I'm the ultimate director as I can change things around then go back and edit the changes in word.

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

Jennifer: First, by places we have been. Thank fully we've traveled to all the lower 48, the Caribbean, parts of Central America, Europe, and several Asian counties. My vampire fiction, well the location was selected after using Google.

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

Jennifer: I'm really excited about these murder mystery books (two) that I'm working on. In addition to that a friend of mine is hooked on menage cowboy books. Since I have no idea about that lifestyle I've added my spin to things. My cowboy book takes place in 2006 and in Northern Wisconsin as she relies on her cowboys both in the field and her bed.

Naughty Reader’s: Jennifer, thank you for visiting with us this week. Where can readers find out more about you and your books?

Jennifer: Readers can find me on the following sites below. And good luck everyone in the drawing for my free eBook. Drawing to be held Sunday, March 3rd.

Web site

Twitter

Amazon Author Page

Smashwords

 

Barnes & Noble

 

Patricia Logan stops by our Boudoir!

Patricia Logan

BDSM/Erotica Author

      Welcome! We're glad you stopped in to meet this week's BDSM/erotica author, Patricia Logan. We're thrilled she's here but we do have to warn you that the virtual location isn't for the faint of heart! She's invited all of us to meet her here in an alley behind a row of jewelry stores in the diamond district of downtown Los Angeles.

     A grizzly headless corpse has just been discovered, posed with a giant black rubber dildo jammed into his anus. His genitals have also been removed from the scene. This is the opening scene from "Silver Ties" my latest BDSM story. Detective Cassidy Ryan has just lost his breakfast against a graffiti covered old brick wall.

Patricia will giveaway an eBook copy of Silver Ties to one lucky commenter! Let Patricia know you've stopped by today and Friday, and a winner will be drawn from the comments. 

Please include your email address so we can easily contact the winner.

Naughty Reader’s: Wow! What a gruesome scene, Patricia! Now that's an attention grabber! Umm..while we wait around to see what happens, tell us a bit about yourself.

Patricia: Well, I’m a busy mom to four and grandmother to one and I have to squeeze out time for my passion, writing. Being an author is my fourth career, behind mortgage broker, AIDS hospice nurse and Jeweler and I’m happier than ever, doing what I love.

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

Patricia: It was a bit of an accident really. When my mortgage career tanked in 2007, I had nothing to do but read so after about 75 books, I said “I can write one of these!” So I did.

Naughty Reader’s: Well congratulations on that decision because your fans love you! Please share a bit about your new release 'Silver Ties' without giving away any spoilers.

Patricia: The latest is book three in my “Silvers” series… sexy books where I pair 40+ aged guys with sexy younger men. It’s called “Silver Ties” and is a BDSM about a former navy SEAL and the website owner of DOMZ.com, a famous BDSM website.

Naughty Reader’s: (readers shuffle closer to hear more from Patricia) I think they're curious to hear about this series! Do you write under a pen name?

Patricia: Yes I do. When I started writing, most books were still found in book stores, so I went to the romance shelf and saw that the books were arranged alphabetically from top left to bottom right. L was at eye level so I became Patricia Logan.
 
Naughty Reader’s: Now that's a clever way to consider a pen name! Can't say we've heard that one before! What types of hero or heroine do you like best?

Patricia: Strong yet vulnerable men. Most of my guys are former military in one form or another. I also do a lot of cowboys. Who doesn’t love gay cowboys? (swoon)

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

Patricia: I have my unproductive days like anyone else but the great days let me put 7K down on the page. I get up, get my kiddle off to school and drink my coffee as I peruse social media to see what’s up. Then, do a bunch of promo and by nine or ten, I start writing. I generally write all day and if the muse is really on fire, I can go longer.

Naughty Reader’s: That does help our production! (all eyes watch now as the coroner covers the body before it's carried away) Mmm....that's just sad! Patricia, do your books have a common theme or are they all different?

Patricia: The common theme would be that they are all love stories. I believe in true love and have the dream that one day, marriage between gay men will be legal everywhere. I’ve created a small town named Westburg, outside of Austin, Texas and a lot of my stories start or end there. I live in Los Angeles, so that’s another easy setting for me. Like I say, I love men in uniform, so a cop here or there, or a soldier with PTSD appears a lot. My characters also walk through each other’s books.

Naughty Reader’s: We think that's another trait that readers enjoy with some authors because it allows them a small glimpse of what the other characters are up to that they've already read about. How long does it take you to write and then edit a story?

Patricia: A 50K+ novel can take me 3-6 weeks. It depends on how productive I’m being. That said, I’ve written 144K one that took me three months and a 90K one that took me 26 days. The anthology shorts that I write for IRM (It’s Raining Men FB group) take me a few days but they’re only 10-15K words.
 
Naughty Reader’s: Do you have to be alone to write?

Patricia: Not as long as those in the room are silent. I can’t write with noise.
 
Naughty Reader’s: How do you go about naming characters?

Patricia: I picture them in my mind and they tell me their names. I know, that sounds stupid, but it’s true. I’ve also used last names of friends and family in every book.

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?

Patricia: Either or both. Sometimes I find a picture and say, “Wow! This is my drag queen, Ricky!” Sometimes I write the story and then hunt for my model.
 
Naughty Reader’s: How do you pick locations for your stories?

Patricia: I pick locations well known to me or as in the case of Westburg, my fictional Texas town, I know Austin very well, so it was easy.

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

Patricia: Two things. I am writing the biography of my good friend Chris Montez. Chris was a rocker in the 60’s and very famous. It will be my first and last non-fic. That’s not my thing at all but he is a close friend. I’m also starting a new series of three about young gay prostitutes, called the “Rent Boys” series.

Naughty Reader’s: (Brenda scribbles notes on her pad) Patricia, thank you so much for being with us this week. Where can readers find out more about you and your books?

 

Patricia:  Thank you for having me. Readers can leave a comment or question so we can chat. Here they are but definitely not safe for work. 18+ only please:

Myblog 

Link for my latest BDSM “Silver Ties”

All Romance e-Books

  

FaceBook 

I'm also on Amazon, 

Barnes & Noble, Smashwords

 
Blurb for 'Silver Ties'....

A serial killer is preying upon gay men in Los Angeles. Detective Cassidy Ryan of the LAPD is out to stop the monster before more mutilated corpses turn up. The victims have one thing in common and it leads back to an infamous online club called DOMZ.com. The website owner, Zachary Teak, is stunningly gorgeous and infuriatingly uncooperative. Having spent years in vice, investigating crimes fueled by pornography, Cassidy hates the Dom on sight.

Zack Teak is a wealthy man and a popular Dom with a long waiting list of subs who beg to lick his boots. The moment he meets the detective, a former Navy SEAL, he is determined to help the handsome, blond hunk explore his own submissive nature but Cassidy is having none of it.

As Cassidy closes in on the killer, he succumbs to Teak’s charms, finding that it’s okay to give up control and let Zack take charge. Join the men as they flush out a killer while trying not to become victims themselves.

Excerpt...

At the top of the screen, there was the wording “live feed” and what Cassidy saw, made him stop and stare. On the screen was a room with a naked man, tied to a large cross. He was cuffed at the wrists and at the ankles and stood straight, leaning back against the cross. His neck was circled with a thick bicycle type chain which had a large padlock on it, hanging between his pecs. The man was not particularly old or good looking but judging by his erection, he was extremely turned on by being bound to the large leather contraption.

A tall man dressed in assless leather chaps and a leather thong, covering an impressive bulge, circled him. The man was masked and wore thigh high black boots. He repeatedly slapped a cat-o-nine-tails against the right boot, as he circled. From his build and the impressive body, Cass was certain that he had to be Zack Teak. He’d watched his lips enough to be able to identify them by now. Fascinated, he watched as Zack leaned in close and spoke into the sub’s ear. The sub nodded and the Dom stepped back, raising his arm and letting the cat fall on the man’s stomach. The sub immediately began to whimper and beg but the Dom was relentless, lifting the cat and hitting him over and over, all over the front of his thighs and his stomach and chest. Soon the man’s skin began to turn pink and Cassidy could see that he had tears running down his face, though he never lost his erection.

Cassidy was shocked when the Dom stopped what he was doing and leaned close to the man, touching the side of his cheek with his palm and caressing the sub, seeming to sooth him. To Cassidy, it looked almost gentle, so different than the way the Dom had treated him only moments before. The sub seemed to calm at the Dom’s touch, and he offered the larger man a smile as he canted his head and closed his eyes, leaning into the caress. Zack didn’t let the touch go on for very long though. He dropped his hand and stepped back, but not before leaning in and speaking again into the man’s ear. The man smiled and nodded eagerly. Cassidy was stunned when Zack raised the cat-o-nine-tails and let the first blow fall over the man’s cock. The man cried out in obvious pain and Cassidy winced, for the first time, feeling his own hard cock, bob within the tight confines of his suit pants. It was the most frightening and exciting thing that Cassidy had ever seen. Cassidy reached down and fingered his large erection, repositioning it so that he was more comfortable. The urge to stroke himself off, was strong.

Zack raised the cat and dropped it again and again, landing each blow on the man’s front, sometimes on his stomach and chest, sometimes on his thighs and often on his cock, until the sub’s skin blushed red from his neck to his shins. Cassidy stared with rapt attention, watching the way Zack moved from one side to the other, never letting the blows fall too hard or too fast, seeming to gauge just what the sub needed from him, as he had told Cassidy. The whole time, his body was naked except for the few clothes he wore, his high tight ass, a beautiful sight to see as he paraded in front of the camera. Cassidy watched as he stopped landing the blows and leaned forward, pinching first one and then the other nipple as the sub cried out. The sub finally began begging for something, but Cassidy couldn’t tell what it was that he needed because Zack had the sound lowered on the computer.

Zack stood in front of the sub and reached out, taking the man’s cock in hand. After only a few pumps of his hand, the man came, shooting long streamers onto the floor as he cried out. Zack worked his cock until the man was drained and oddly, Cassidy realized that Zack did nothing to bring himself off, not even touch the bulging pouch of his thong. Zack offered the man his come covered hand and the sub happily licked his own spunk from it until it was clean. Zack leaned in and caressed the man’s cheek again, leaning forward to kiss him softly and the look of satisfaction and happiness on the sub’s face was stunning. As the screen faded to black, Cassidy realized that he was as hard as a rock, standing in front of Zack’s monitor and holding a cold latte that he hadn’t even touched during the scene he’d just watched.