Welcome to BRB, sweeties! Everything is back to the autumn schedule, I'm assuming. I know I've returned to the grind. My son's back in classes. I'm happy for him and myself. *sighs with relief* The house will be much quieter, which allows me to write in peace. My guest today is a relatively new author from a new book publisher. It's great to have you here, Rona. And, what an awesome cover! Please tell us about yourself.
I write a variety of types of
materials—fiction, nonfiction, romance/erotica, miscellanea, adults, kids—of
course under a variety of names. I enjoy the diversity. Tell you about myself?
Which of my many selves do you want to hear about? LOL.
I live
with my Significant Other, who has never read any of my erotica but certainly
has no problem with the fact that I write it. I love to cook, and when I'm not
at my computer I am most frequently found in my kitchen. I'm a true workaholic.
I raised one child, long since grown and gone, the product of a long-ago
marriage. I usually have music playing on the stereo in my office—the nominal
second bedroom of my condo apartment. When I'm writing, that music is usually
classical, since it's instrumental and I can't write with vocal music playing.
Where and/or how do you find the greatest
inspiration?
Ideas just occur to me—usually out of the
blue. I don't know that there's a particular source for them. I have an
overactive mind.
What made you chose to write m/f erotic
literature in particular? And is there any other genre you’d like to write? And,
if so, why?
Erotica is a popular genre, and naturally I
like to write something that's going to actually be read. My fave genre, and
the one for which I've written most (naturally not under this name) is
nonfiction.
Which appears first when contemplating a
new project: a character, the plot or the title?
Sometimes the lead character and sometimes
the plot. Very rarely the title…though in my nonfiction work sometimes the
title comes to me first.
What’s the hardest part of a novel for you
to write: beginning, middle or end? Why?
The middle. I know the conflict and
frequently know the resolution, and starting the book is easy-peasy, but often
the middle part--getting from the opening and the conflict to the end without
the story being either too short, too draggy, or too paddy is the tough part.
At least for me.
Has your own life influenced your novels? If so, how?
I'm sure I've used bits and pieces of either
my own life or my friends' lives, but usually no. THE EXCEPTION: The
She-Pirate's Captive. My politics informed that one. I am unabashedly a
feminist and, as such, I am dismayed at how many books there are in which women
are submissive. SISTERS! WHAT HAVE WE BEEN FIGHTING FOR SINCE THE SEVENTIES?!!!
In my real life, my personal life, I am neither a domineering or dominatrix
type nor a submissive type. I am a true egalitarian. But hellfire! If I had to
be one or the other I would sure as damn well be the top! No man is gonna make
a submissive out of me! So to that extent, yes, my own life did influence at
least that novel. I wrote it as my answer to 50 SHADES and all the other stuff
that has women subservient to men,
Writing sex/romantic scenes can be a
challenge for some authors. Do you find it difficult? If yes, how do you
compensate? If no, where do you draw your inspiration?
I've been writing various forms of erotica
and porn since 1969. The challenges are not to go stale and not to lapse into
'80s-style porn.
Do you have a method you use to write the
sensual parts? Do you prefer the sex to be open and bold? Or left to the
imagination?
I guess I'm pretty frankly descriptive
Who is your favourite character, which
you’ve created? And, why?
My favorite characters are two minor female
characters I created in male/male books written under one of my other
pseudonyms. They were
"characters" in BOTH senses of the word. One was an
entertainer and the other a literary agent. Both were very distinctive. There's
a little bit of myself I recognize in the literary agent. I subsequently used the entertainer in
another work I wrote, again a male/male in which she was not a lead character.
These two characters came alive for me.
Tell us about your newest release.
May I tell you about a recent release that
is not my newest? The She-Pirate's Captive details the adventures of Emma
Chantzy, who sails aboard her father's ship till it is captured by pirates. She
powerfully takes over the pirate ship and installs herself as captain. When the
pirate ship catures another ship, she takes the captain of that ship as her
personal sex slave.
It's available from Senzuri Books at:
Just for fun–
What is your favourite colour?
Purple
Which do you prefer a great hero or a great
villain?
Boo to villains. Most of my books don't
have villains. The heroes face troubling circumstances rather than evil people.
Isn't that the way it most often is in our real lives?
What is your favourite movie? And, why?
I haven't been to the movies in years!
If you could be anyone in the world who
would it be? And, why?
There is no one in the world I would rather
be than me.
Where do you see your writing career in the
next five to ten years?
Probably more of the same—some nonfiction
under my real name and some fiction under my various pseudonyms.
The She-Pirate's Captive
Blurb:
Twenty-year-old Emma Chantzy has lived
aboard her father’s cargo ship since her mother’s death and, defying society’s
rules for a proper young lady, hopes to someday captain the ship herself. But
the Sea Mistress is overtaken by pirates, who kill Tom Chantzy and all the other
men aboard, sparing only Emma, whom the captain has lascivious intentions
toward. Turning the tables on the pirates, Emma shows them what she’s made of
and kills off the leering captain and those other crew members of the Ruffian’s
Beard who are foolish enough to try to overtake her. Finally she is the captain
of a ship…but it is a pirate ship!
The
pirates soon encounter and overtake another cargo vessel. Emma takes the
captain, Danny Ipswich, as her captive, her intention being to have him satisfy
her sexually on an ongoing basis. Her father had always warned her against
having sex with crew members, but Emma is horny, and Danny can serve to
pleasure her in whatever way she pleases. Over the course of the next few days
she calls her captive to her cabin whenever she is desirous of sexual
pleasures. Then, in short order, she is faced with a mutiny by some of her crew
and with an onboard invasion by a government vessel. Can Emma prevail? And what
will happen to her captive?
Excerpt:
Emma
looked him up and down. His unshaven face was handsome beneath his profuse
beard, moustache, and sideburns. His green eyes glowed with life. His body,
muscular and lithe, spoke of great strength. “You’ll do,” she said.
“Do
for what?”
“I
need a man to service my needs. My father taught me that it is bad business to
dally with the crew members. It breeds insubordination in the men you allow to
take pleasure with you and resentment on the part of the others. But you are a
prisoner—my captive. You can do for me as I tell you, and it will not disrupt
the smooth running of this ship.”
“I am
to be at your pleasure to service your sexual needs?”
“You
heard me right.”
“That
is hardly fitting work for a ship’s captain.”
“You
have no say in the matter,” she reminded him. “You are my captive. But I have a
ship to run for now, so your services are not needed as yet. You may await me
in the brig until I send for you.”
Danny
Ipswich looked thoroughly befuddled. But he had no time to question her orders
or intentions. With a “Lock him up!” aimed at two of the men, Emma summarily
dismissed him and returned to captaining the ship. As the two pirates led the
former captain away, Emma wheeled around to face the largest group of men
gathered on the deck. “Does anyone else question my authority?” she challenged.
Nobody did. “Remember that defying or refusing the captain’s orders, or trying
to wrest control of the ship from the captain, is deemed mutiny. And I promise
to deal harshly with any mutineers. Now get to work!”
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