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Welcome to my blog, Lolita. Can
you tell us a little about yourself?
I'm just your everyday work at home
mom type gal—except for the dirty book writing part, I guess! I've lived in
Texas my entire life, started out in West Texas near the oilfields and am
currently in East Texas. I have a big, alpha male Viking throwback of a husband
and a quirky, rambunctious four-year-old daughter.
It sounds like you have your hands busy at home. Have
you always wanted to be an author?
Yes, but I grew up hearing that
there was no way to make a living writing so I went to college to be a
biochemist! I ended up leaving school after completing my junior year at Texas
A&M, sold my first novella to Ellora's Cave shortly thereafter and never
looked back.
Fabulous. Do you have favorite writers? Who do you feel has influenced your writing?
Right now, I'm reading a lot of
Shannon West, Carol Lynne, Tiffany Reisz, Laurann Dohner, Dez Burke and HM
Ward. I think my writing is definitely influenced by the early books I read in
the romance and erotica genres—Kathleen E. Woodiwiss, Anais Nin, etc.
Some great authors there. Can
you tell us what a typical writing day for you is like.
So Tuesdays and Thursdays I write in
the waiting room at the rehab center and private autism clinic where kiddo goes
to therapy. It's a 3.5 hour chunk each day, and I can typically get a chapter or
two hammered out if I'm uninterrupted and especially if I'm at a juicy point in
the story. Most of my writing is done between 10 p.m. and 3 a.m. unless the
husband is home from the fire station. (He's a paramedic who works twenty-four
hour shifts.) When he's on his days off, I typically lock myself away in my
office for 8-10 hours.
Now, let’s
talk about your new book. Can you tell
us a little about it?
Saved by Venom is the third book in
my super sexy scifi romance series called Grabbed. Venom is a highly decorated
sniper who works SRU (their version of SWAT) and Dizzy is a fashion designer on
the run from a loan shark who wants to claim her as collateral against a loan
her father failed to repay.
When he catches her during the
winter Grab, she chooses to take his collar and embark on a new journey in the
skies with him. This book features some yummy rope bondage, lots of scorching
hot sexy times, a few run-ins with our favorite Shadow Force operative Terror
and a secret from the past that changes Dizzy's life forever.
Blurb:
To escape her father's debt to a loan shark,
Dizzy seeks refuge in the upcoming Grab. She’d rather belong to one of those
terrifying sky warriors from the battleship Valiant than to the sleazy criminal
who wants her as his plaything.
The years of constant war haven’t been kind to highly decorated sniper Venom. Only the promise of earning a wife kept him going through deadly battles. Catching and collaring Dizzy fills him with incredible hope. Finally he has a woman of his own, a mate to love—and bind and adorn with his ropes.
After a brazen Splinter attack, the Shadow
Force uncovers secrets about Dizzy’s late mother that entangle her in a web of
deceit. To save Venom, her father and an operative named Terror, Dizzy digs
deep and risks it all.
Venom refuses to stand idly by while Dizzy’s
haunted past threatens the future they’re trying to build. He finally has a
reason for living—and he’s not giving her up.
Book Links: Ellora’s
Cave | Amazon | B&N
Tattooed, alpha military men. Sounds yummy!. How
did you come up with the idea for this story?
The first book in the series—Grabbed
by Vicious—came to me into a dream. I was being chased by this huge, sexy
white-haired guy who caught me and put a collar on me. (Why, yes, I do have
weird dreams!) I woke up thinking about the dream and couldn't shake the idea
that there was something really special there so I started scribbling in a
notebook and the first 7 books in the series just poured out onto the page.
So what
is up next for you?
Up next in this series are Stolen by
Raze, Won by Cipher and Taken by Terror. I also have two new Dragon Heat
novellas out in the summer of 2014 and the other pen name (Roxie Rivera) has
more books in the bestselling Her Russian Protector series out very soon. (There's
a collection of Christmas shorts out on December 17!)
What
is the best piece of advice you would give to a budding writer?
Finish the book. I get lots and lots
of mail from writers who want help and so many of them have dozens of
unfinished books. The hardest part about being a career writer is writing when
the muse has flittered away. I always recommend the book 2K to 10K by Rachel
Aaron.
Also—read! Read widely and read
often!
What
is the next book on your To Read Pile that you are dying to jump into?
I'm two books behind on Laurann
Dohner's New Species series and I can't wait to sink my teeth into Moon and
True. I'm also really interested to get into some non-fiction military books
I've had on my desk for a few weeks.
Is
there anything else you would like to add?
Just a big, huge thank you to every
reader who takes a chance on one of my books!
Lolita’s Favorites:
Favorite
city:
Where I live currently!
Favorite
beverage:
Dr. Pepper
Favorite
place you’d like to visit: Australia or New Zealand
Favorite
place to write: My office
Favorite
hobby: Gardening
Favorite
movie:
I've watched the various versions of Pride and Prejudice dozens of
times!
Favorite
book:
The Flame and the Flower by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss
Author Bio:
While
browsing bookstore shelves as a teenager, Lo discovered the erotic writings of
Anaïs Nin and A.N. Roquelaure. Certain her mother would not approve, Lo
smuggled the books home and squirreled them away in the most likely of places:
under her bed. Late at night, she delved into the sensual worlds both writers
created.
As a co-ed
studying biochemistry and genetics at Texas A&M University, Lo dabbled in
creating naughty tales to entertain her friends. Study for a midterm or pen a
deliciously dirty story to delight her small band of fans? Not surprisingly, Lo
is now on an extended sabbatical from college.
Luckily, Lo
stumbled onto the world of erotic romance publishers. She realized there were
other readers and writers who loved and craved breathtaking romance with the
spiciest of love scenes. She took a chance and submitted her first novella. The
rest is history.
Lo lives in
Texas with her Viking throwback of a husband and mischievous preschool-aged
daughter. She also writes super sexy romances and scorching hot erotica under
the pen name Roxie Rivera.
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