Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’ve been a writer since I was eight and decided Readers Digest needed my stories. They were most kindly rejected. Never discouraged, I went on to Teen magazine and Seventeen magazine, also without much luck. I kept on going settling for a corporate career as well as a writing career which consisted of some copywriting and PR work.
I penned a play that won awards, but didn’t really like writing plays. I made it to the movie capital, Hollywood, because writing screenplays is my true passion. Finally, it all came together.
Along the way, I’ve written some delicious erotica. Some stories are based on dabbling in the world of the Dominatrix.
I’ll soon be publishing a series of short stories, The Erotic Primer and a novel, Confessions of a Race Dominatrix about a woman who played Dominatrix to the F1 and Indy Car auto racing world. Maybe, I’ll dig out those old Readers Digest stories too!
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
Mea Culpa, The Sins of Brother Lyons.
I met a man on an airplane, who, at the age of 12, started believing he should become a Roman Catholic Priest. When he turned 13, he entered a kind of junior high for future priests. The trouble was at the same time his hormones were peaking and instead of thinking of God, he was constantly thinking of sex. Although his thought were mostly of women, as time went on, totally secluded from women, he was thinking about sex with anyone and anything. He did remain technically celibate until 17 when he decided being a priest wouldn’t work for him. It was too bad because he had a deep faith, love of God and his extreme intelligence was only second to his heart of gold.
This was one beautiful man. He looked much like the character I describe in “Mea Culpa, The Sins of Brother Lyons. My imagination and fantasies turned him into a 16th century monk in France leaving his order after being cloistered until he was 40. Making his way to Paris, and making up for lost time, his libido went wild and beautiful women and men were everywhere.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I don’t write when I have nothing to say. There are too many bad books and movies out there because writers seemed compelled to write when they have nothing really to say.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Anais Nin, Anne Rice, Salinger, Mitchner, Hemmingway,and great screenwriters like Joseph L. Mankiewicz
What are you working on now?
Confessions of a Race Dominatrix….In the world of Formula 1, Indy car and every other form of auto racing, a drivers is always in need of a new thrill, a new rush, a way to lose control without losing their life.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
Haven’t found one that’s my favorite, yet.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
you’re a writer, write and write more.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
your’re a writer, write and write more.
What are you reading now?
Keith Richard’s Biograohy
What’s next for you as a writer?
working on a TV pilot and a thriller film script.
What is your favorite book of all time?
Wooo, I can’t narrow it down, at all.
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