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To get us started
can you tell us a little about what you are working on or have coming out?
I have a new release due out in December. It's called
'Worth Keeping' and it tells the story of Nick Mathers, a lighthouse keeper on
a small English island with a tragic childhood past, who rescues a man who has
been washed onto the shore. His catch, Owen Butler has his own heartbreak but
he sneaks into Nick's heart like a fish hook and Nick finds it very difficult
to get free.
I have a novel due out in February 2014 with Dreamspinners
called, 'Waiting for Rain' which is the story of Toby, a hotel manager in rural
England and Rain, a carpenter who comes to the hotel to build a bar. It's a
much softer story that what I've written before, with not as much drama.
I'm also working on a paranormal Romance series called
'Double Alchemy' which is about Warlocks and witchcraft. It's set on the east
coast of England and in London.
And then there's my 'Men of London' series which is a
series of 6 novellas, all set in London and surrounds, and features some heroic
and tantalising men.
If we asked your
muse to describe you using five words, what do you think they would say?
Creative, driven, obsessive, humorous and eccentric.
If you could live
anywhere in the world, where would it be?
For some reason, I have a real yen to live in New England,
in Maine. Stephen King is one of my favourite authors and I've also wanted to
visit there and see the Autumn Fall tree lined avenues and the beautiful coast
line with its New England architecture and wooden houses. So a pretty blue and
white house on the beach here would be my ideal place to live and write.
If you
could collaborate with one author who would it be?
There's a wonderful lady called Kindle Alexander in Texas
who writes great M/M fiction. I love her books and her characters and I would
love to write a book with her. She's got a wonderful sense of humour, an eye
for unique settings and plots and I think we'd have a lot of fun writing
together.
Coffee, tea or
other drink to get you moving in the morning?
I'm a big coffee drinker. I have a Tassimo coffee machine
in my bedroom, which is switched on when I get up in the morning for the first
'as I'm showering and dressing' cup of the morning. It's normally a Cappucino
or a Lungo and the smell of fresh coffee wafting through the bedroom is a real
treat.
When you begin your stories, do you go with the flow, or go with an
outline?
I don't do a lot of plotting at
all. I have the basic story line in my head. I make a short list of the three
-four main characters, including the two MC's, with short physical descriptions
and main characteristics. Then I might do a one page on what the story is about
from start to finish. I tend to simply sit down and let the story flow. The one
thing I do keep is a timeline, noting all the major events of the book as they
happen. This means I don't have to keep checking the body of the book to find
out when something happened, how much time elapsed between scenes etc.
Is music a factor for you while you are writing? Do
certain songs put you in the right frame of mind to write certain stories?
Absolutely.
'Cassandra by Starlight' was written to Noel Gallagher's 'High Flying Birds'
album. One of the songs on there, called 'If I had a Gun', became Cassie and
Bennett's song. While I was writing 'Stripped Bare', I used some of my
favourite rock groups, like Foo Fighters, Kasabian, Muse, 30 Seconds to Mars,
to bring the high tech story of Shane and Matthew to life. And when I wrote,
'Waiting for Rain', because Rain is a pretty good pole dancer , I used the
music of Sneaker Pimps to write a scene in which Rain does a really sexy pole
dance for Toby.
What has been the defining moment in your career that made you think “Yes, I am now a writer!”?
What has been the defining moment in your career that made you think “Yes, I am now a writer!”?
I think this would be when I got the email from my
publisher which said they loved my story, I was a born story teller and they'd
be happy to take it on 'subject to a fairly big rewrite.' At that time I had no
qualms about doing whatever they wanted because I was going to be published!
That was the moment I realised a childhood dream had come true and I was actually
a 'proper' writer.
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Book Blurb for 'Saving Alexander' - M/M Contemporary Romance
Punishing
himself for a horrific past that is not his fault, bestselling author Alexander
Montgomery seeks redemption and love—and perhaps he will find it.
Famous
author though he may be, Alexander Montgomery is not someone you take home to
meet Mother. Seriously flawed, damaged by a horrific past, he’s trying hard to
claw his way back to normality. But how can anyone respect what he truly is?
His therapy involves regular sessions at Study in Scarlet, an exclusive S&M
club.
Then
comes Sage. Tall, with black hair and blue eyes, an up-and-coming actor with
impossible charm and boy-next-door good looks, he’s the perfect choice to play
the leading man in a TV adaptation of Alex’s last best-seller. Even more, he is
a man you introduce to your family. Which Alex would do—if he weren’t taken by
another man who offers the punishments Alex prays will wipe away the past and
make him the person he wants to be. Yet, perhaps there is another path to
redemption. If only the solution would reach out and touch him.
This is an excerpt from my latest release ' Saving Alexander' which came
out on 29th October.
Alex
had just taken a sip of coffee and at Sage’s words he laughed and spluttered
his coffee all over his chin and the keyboard in front of him.
Sage
came over to him, chuckling at his predicament, taking his shirt out of his
jeans and offering it to Alex as a cloth. “Sorry about that.”
Alex
accepted the oddly intimate gesture and dabbed his mouth with Sage's shirt tail
and glimpsed Sage’s naked torso as he wiped his mouth.
Alex
definitely liked what he saw.
Taut
stomach muscles and the indentation of Sage's hip bones in their V shape as
they disappeared into the waistband of his jeans, a line of hair down to his
groin that looked very inviting for either his hand or mouth to trail down. The
man had an amazingly sexy torso. Alex’s cock moved in his pants like a small
animal trying to get out. He was glad he was sitting down, hidden from view.
Sage
said teasingly, “I can take the shirt off if you like and you can wipe down the
computer?”
God, had he seen him looking?
Alex
found his voice. “Sage, I think that might be taking it too far, as much as I’d
like that. I’ve got tissues somewhere in the drawer; I’ll use those.”
He
scrabbled around in the desk drawer, becoming aware Sage had gone quiet. Alex
looked at him and saw Sage regarding him with eyes that suddenly looked quite
sultry.
“Really?” Sage’s voice was now an even more pronounced
soft Irish lilt that turned Alex's bones to jelly. “You’d like to see me with
my shirt off? Is that an invitation?”
Alex
swallowed, not sure what to say. This sudden openly uber sexy and flirtatious
Sage was someone he wasn’t sure about although he was causing havoc with his
nether regions.
Sage
moved around to Alex’s side, taking the tissues from his clenched hand and slowly wiping the keyboard free of coffee.
Alex leaned back in his chair, breathless. The pressure between his legs grew
in intensity. Sage was so close to Alex he could smell his aftershave and see
the dark hairs on his arms at his wrists. Alex could also see the hardened
ridge of Sage’s own erection lying against his leg in his tight jeans.
God, he must be able to smell
how bloody aroused I am. And he feels the same about me, obviously, if that
monster in his pants is anything to go by.
They were both aware of the effect they was
having on the other. Alex saw it in the slight smile on Sage’s face and the way
he deliberately moved closer to him as he used the last of the tissues.
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