Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I’ve led a strange life. Or so they tell me. Various careers. Various loves. Various parts of the world I’ve called home. Something of a gypsy, you might say. But I don’t regret a moment. Those experiences led me to where I am now and made me what I am today…mysterious, exotic, complex. It was a desire to share what I’ve learned along the way that triggered me to put pen to paper and write stories that explore humanity’s most primal desires. As of the date I’m composing this, I’ve authored more than a half-dozen published books, all released or soon to be released.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
“Escapades of an Erotic Spy” is my latest book. It’s a sexy, historical, romance adventure featuring an exotic femme fatale working behind the lines for the Allies during World War I. The inspiration came from, both, the centennial anniversary of WWI and my admiration for the ladies who have put their own personal safety at risk in order to aid their nation’s war efforts by serving as undercover intelligence people. Most war stories are about the activities of men. This book tells a story of a woman at war.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
You mean like writing in the nude?… Well, yeah, sometimes I do. It’s quite liberating actually, and I can always tell when a steamy passage I’m writing is really working because, well, uh… But, seriously, when I’m writing I do like to listen to music that I consider appropriate to the mood, characters, or time period in the story. It helps put me in the right frame of mind.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Finding an old hidden copy of Philip Roth’s “Portnoy’s Complaint” in my parents’ house when I was just 18 seriously changed my life. Up till then, I didn’t know people were allowed to write such things in books. The chapter title that flagrantly uses the “C” word was most inspiring. By contemporary standards, the book is probably considered relatively tame today, but it opened up a whole new world to me at an impressionable age.
What are you working on now?
I’m working on further volumes of my published series, “100 Women.” It’s a sexy, funny romp featuring short vignettes tied together by a common theme: science in the name of women’s sensual pleasure.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I use all the online methods I can find. Twitter, Facebook, blogging. You just never know where your audience might be trolling.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
If you’ve got the compulsion to do it, then just write and don’t worry about what others will say or think about your finished product. You have a unique voice that must find its audience. That can’t happen if you don’t persevere.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
“Only he is an emancipated thinker who is not afraid to write foolish things.” — Chekhov
What are you reading now?
I’m reading a biography about Josephine Baker, the sensation of Paris in the 1920s.
What’s next for you as a writer?
My plan is to write more books about the further adventures of my exotic heroine from “Escapades of an Erotic Spy.” I also plan to write more short, sexy stories designed to stimulate, titillate, and amuse adults who, like me, have a playful spirit.
If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
The first would be a book about how to build a boat if stranded on a desert island. Then, after I’d read that, I probably wouldn’t devote much time to reading…just boat building. But, if there was some reading time available, I’d want to have a book of stories that would amuse and stimulate the mind (such as the complete Sherlock Holmes series), a book to stir the senses (such as a collection of the world’s great poetry), and a book to provide inspiration (such as a biography of Abraham Lincoln).
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