Before we get busy chatting and I
forget, I`d like to say I`m thrilled to be here today. I`d give out hugs but we
had to battle zombies to get here and I`m rather funky and definitely not
sunshine fresh! It`s a pleasure to meet you. My name is V.L. Locey and I`m an
author of romantic comedies for all, which means I pen the love and laughter
for both readers of M/F and/or M/M tales.
In case you`re wondering who the two fine looking men behind
me are, let me introduce the stars of my newest release Two Guys Walk into an Apocalypse 2: It Came From Birmingham. The
blond with the devil in his blue eyes is Paul Cooke, and the tall, dark, and
handsome man at his side is his partner Gordon Moretti. Just ignore the
speckles of undead stuff on their clothes.
Paul-“See this is why I hate zombies! Look at this. What the
hell is this? Smell this and tell me if this is brain goo or something from a
bowel.”
Gordon draws back from the icky finger under his wrinkled
nose. “Forget it, I`m not smelling your finger. God knows where it`s been
last.”
Paul” Don`t play coy-boy, we both know where it was.”
With a wink Paul drops into a chair, leaving his love to
mumble under his breath before taking his seat.
V.L. –“Oh-kay, moving on. Can you guys believe that you`re
getting your own books? Are you as excited as I am?!”
Paul arches an eyebrow at his creator bouncing in her seat
like a weasel on crack. “I`m happy yes, but not quite to the frenetic ferret
stage,” he smiles, leaning back and resting a shotgun over his thighs.
Gordon-“I`m actually pretty tickled. I never thought when we
first ran into Zendra and their miserable strain of terroristic super rabies,
that we would ever be getting our own books. It`s rather humbling.” He too
relaxes back, a deer rifle coming to rest on his powerful legs.
Paul-“It is humbling. Who knew the world was hungry for two
gay men, a cat, a senile military man, and a world filled with undead. I
personally think it was my killer wit, lovely blue eyes, and the way I turn a
phrase. Plus, my knowledge of pop culture is without equal.”
Gordon-“Without equal now that probably ninety-eight percent
of the pop culture mavens on the planet are either deceased or extra`s for Brad
Pitt`s upcoming summer blockbuster?”
Paul-“Are they re-releasing Fight Club?”
V.L.-“Before we slip any further into a lovers war of words,
why don`t you guys tell me about Two Guys
2 as its affectionately being called!”
Gordon pushes some a damp strand of dark hair from his face.
“Well, Two Guys 2 picks up where we
left things in the novella that appeared in the He Loves Me For My Brainsss anthology. Paul and I are about to head
west to try to find a cure in the Zendra Laboratories plant in California. It`s
me, Paul, our neighbor Colonel Richards, and our cat, Tallahassee. And yes,
before anyone asks, she is named
after the iconic character played so brilliantly by Woody Harrelson in Zombieland. Trust me, if we had known we`d be living the
same nightmare they did in the movie, we`d have named her something else.”
Paul-“We just adore Woody. Oh, sorry, did I interrupt? Pray
continue sugar bumps.” Getting a long and quite tired look from his beloved,
Paul pretends to zip his lips. Those of us who know him are aware this lip
zippering will last less than two minutes tops.
Gordon-“Aside from Paul`s lust for Woody, Two Guys 2 takes the four of us - we
count the cat as an us and not an it - and finds us on the road to the west
coast. Things don`t go exactly as we plan though, and we soon find ourselves
sucked into a face-off with Zendra and the US military.”
Paul-“We also pick up some new friends along the way,” he
says before pulling a moue, “Well, some
are friends. There is a particular newcomer to the story that is the human
equivalent of a malignant hemorrhoid, if you catch my drift?”
V.L.-“Yep, your drift is caught Mr. Cooke. So I take it
there`s lots of action and zombie slaying gory goodness in this book, as well
as a touch of acerbic humor?”
Gordon-“Yeah, just a touch of the acerbic.” He smiles and
shows me about a millimeter of space between his thumb and forefinger. “I live
with Mr. Mordant if you recall? And wasn`t your mouth supposed to be zipped?”
Paul rolls his light blue eyes dramatically and clamps his
mouth closed, leg crossed over knee, foot now bouncing rapidly.
Gordon-“There`s also romance, you know that goes without
saying. And sex.”
Paul-“Hot monkey sex, but that may change in the next book
if someone who`s name rhymes with Pordon doesn`t stop reminding me to zip my
lip. Just saying honey,” the blond zombie slayer waves a hand in the air before
returning to bouncing his foot once more.
Gordon shakes his head slowly. “So yeah, that`s pretty much
the set-up for the book. Zombies, humor, action, gore, road trips, sex, and
crude jokes.”
Paul-“I don`t make crude jokes, I`m too much a lady for
that. It`s that thing that came north
from Birmingham that`s so crass.”
V.L.-“On that note, we`ll call this interview done. Paul,
Gordon, thanks so much for agreeing to meet with me to tell folks about your
new book coming from Torquere Press. I can`t wait to meet you here when Two Guys 3 is released!”
Paul-“Oh it was our pleasure, pumpkin. Where are we exactly?
I love the décor!”
Gordon-“It`s better than that gas station we met you in last
time. This place doesn`t have dead zombies lying over the counter. Is dead
zombie an oxymoron?”
“No, that would be living dead, babe.”
Gordon- “Ah, well, at least someone is retaining the
important things about society.” Both men slowly push up from their seats.
Paul-“Someone has to be in charge of keeping an eye on the
idioms of the world.”
*~*~*
Thanks so very much for stopping in to get to know me and of
course my stars Paul and Gordon. If you`re hankering to read a sexy M/M
zom-rom-com, head on over to Torquere Press to grab your copy. You can find it
right here-
If you`d like to read the novella that started it all, you
can find Two Guys Walk Into An Apocalypse
in the anthology He Loves Me For My
Brainsss by clicking on this link-http://www.torquerebooks.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=76&products_id=3774
I love to meet and chat with new fans! You can find me at
Facebook, Twitter, Google +, and here at my blog –http://thoughtsfromayodelinggoatherder.blogspot.com/
Yours in laughter and love-
V.L. Locey
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Thank you so much for having me and the guys over for a visit!
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