Interview With Author Sasha Gray
Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I was born and raised in Vladivostok, Russia but recently moved to the United States and currently live in lovely Ohio with my two Rottweilers, Sammy and Smokey, who are about to have puppies. I also have some chickens for the free eggs, and ducks that live around my backyard pond.
I've loved to read since I can remember, because we had no television growing up, and I always carry a paperback book with me wherever I go even though I have over a hundred of digital ones on my cell phone, but I didn't start writing until a few years ago because ballet was my life's passion for longest time. I fell in love with the Little House on the Prairie Books which is probably the biggest reason why I eventually moved to the States: to live like Laura Ingalls!
I've published over 18 stepmom-stepson affairs stories already, and have a collection of the first ten in paperback, and am planning to release more soon along with other erotica fetishes as their themes.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
'Indulging with Ingrid', another stepmom-stepson affair story I'm finishing up that will be published very soon. I was writing some erotica stories about a teen girl detective who always gets captured and has to 'trick' her way out and escape before turning the bad guys into the police, kind of like a Scooby Doo thing but for adults, but then I saw another writer already has a successful series similar to this so I'll probably scrap them (maybe) and start something new and different. So disappointed because I was having much fun writing them!
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I only sleep for about 3 or 4 hours at a time then wake up and write and after that I sleep again for another 3 or 4 hours, and I drink a lot of tea while writing (coffee gives me jitters). I also read my stories aloud to my dogs (they just had puppies!!!) before I publish them, to see how they react. My best ideas usually strike me when I'm playing with my rotties and not actually writing. I also have OCD when it comes to saving my stories, so when I'm finished writing I have to save on my laptop as well as three memory sticks or else I worry sick about something happening and I might lose the file forever.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
I love so many writers that it's hard to name them all. Tolstoy, and Chekov. Louisa May Alcott. I also really love anything Stephen King. My latest favorite genre is fantasy: Andre Norton (she's fast becoming my favorite author!). Piers Anthony (he's such a dirty/silly man and I love his Xanth stories, lol). Adron Smitley (I love his fantasy-romance Soothsayer series). I read some erotica here and there but not much even though I mainly write it.
What are you working on now?
I'm currently working on several projects, my current important one is writing stepdad-stepdaughter affair erotica stories for a new series, though also more stepmom-stepson affair stories of course as my readers love those and I love writing them. I do have several other erotica series planned, too.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
So many to name. AwesomeGang, of course. I have used Freebooksy too. And Choosybookworm. Pretty-hot, and Discount Book Man. It's hard though because a lot of places won't promote erotica, so the best is really word of mouth by satisfied readers.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Read and write every single day. Also, love your pets like they're your children.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
You never fail until you stop trying.
What are you reading now?
I'm actually reading a lot of manga and watching a lot of anime at the moment, my favorite being 'Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro!', though I also love Toradora and Golden Time and tons of other anime too many to name. There's one I forget the name of but super love that has a girl with an eye patch and she thinks she can do magic but really can't, which drives the guy protagonist crazy because she keeps embarrassing him in public–it's so funny!
What’s next for you as a writer?
I'm dabbling in fantasy and science fiction, though also with at least some erotica sprinkled in. I'm also thinking of writing a series where the protagonist is taken to another world where the male population has become sterile and feral and all of the female aliens and monsters lust after him so he can get them pregnant. That excites me!
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?
Honestly? I'd rather take something to write with than something to read. But if I had to choose then it would be any Little House on the Prairie books because I love them so much!
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