Can
you tell us a little about yourself?
I write erotic romance, MM, MF, MFM, MMM, and MMF.
I’m a disabled Air Force vet because of hearing loss. I wear
double hearing aids and my day job as a customer service rep is becoming more
and more challenging as my hearing is getting worse. My awesome boss has let me
order a phone amplifier which should arrive this week. I really hope it helps. Unfortunately
the hearing aids aren’t helping enough.
I’m originally from Cincinnati, Ohio but I’ve lived in South
Florida for the past 24 years. I’ve been married 34 years and we have five
children, two grandchildren, two dogs, and four cats. I keep trying to become a crazy cat lady but
my family have threatened to walk out if I bring home one more animal.
I love to go to the movies with my friends and adult children.
I also love to talk long walks and swims. I’m a big Trekkie and a huge Big Bang
Theory fan.
What
are you currently working on?
I’m working on an MMF that I call “Gaycation” for Totally
Bound’s Totally Five Star Hotel line. A female erotic MM/BDSM writer attends a
gay convention to get more ideas for her books. She winds up getting more than
she bargained for.
How long did it take you to get your rough draft finished on
your latest release?
I wrote the last five books, ‘Gaycation’ not included, pretty
fast, about 2-3 months per book. That’s with working full-time. I wrote about
two thousand words daily. Now that I’m promoting the books being released, I
haven’t been working on Gaycation like I should be.
If
you could be any paranormal creature what would you be?
A winged, flying cat. I don’t know if there’s an official
name but I’ve seen a few in stores. I’m sure if I was reincarnated as anything
but a human it would be a feline.
What
do you do when you’re not writing?
Lately, setting up book tours for my soon-to-be-released
books. Filling out lots of interviews. Walking. Swimming. Going to the movies.
Going to dinner with my friends and adult children. Watching Star Trek, Big
Bang Theory, HGTV, and Food Network.
Are
any of your characters like you?
A few. That’s not many considering I have about 75 published
books so far.
In my upcoming book
‘Pretend Lover’, Rachel has a cleft lip and palate like me. I don’t know that
she’s much like me otherwise.
In my no longer published book ‘Self Defense’, Rick is a
disabled military vet with hearing loss.
In ‘Purrfect Justice’ Haley wanted to join the police force
but was disqualified because of her poor eyesight. I wanted to go into the FBI
but I was disqualified because of my hearing loss.
What
genres do you write in?
Just about everything but historical. Someday I may even try
my hand at that.
I write primarily contemporary erotic romance M/F and M/M.
Sometimes I write MMF, MFM, and even MMM. Sometimes I write paranormal, BDSM,
and even time-travel.
If
zombies attacked what kind of supplies would you want?
Besides being a crazy cat woman want to be, I’m a closet
doomsday prepper. My family laughed at me A LOT in 1999 aka Y2K. I was canning
food such as wheat, pasta, dried fruit, powdered milk, soup mix, pudding mix,
and also stocking up on fuel and clothing, etc.
Besides stocking up on food and water for preparation for a
zombie attack, I’d stock up on dynamite, shot guns, rifles, ammo, and ways to
reload ammo. My dad and I used to reload ammo in our basement when I was a kid
– just for sport, but I’m sure I remember how to do it. I’d also stock up on a
couple of bows and lots of arrows (I used to shoot Junior Olympic Archery).
And don’t forget – I’d HAVE TO HAVE lots of chocolate and
books to keep sane. And cat food for my cats.
Funny story if I may – I had my oldest son back up my
computer files just before Y2K. Even though he thought I was nuts, he did it.
Wouldn’t you know, my computer crashed right after Y2K so we were glad we’d
backed it up.
My motto – Hope for the best and prepare for the worst.
What was the hardest part of writing your book(s)?
If you could sit down with any author dead or alive who would
it be?
Do
you keep a notebook near you for when new ideas pop into your head?
I really should. I used to.
Dreams are so nebulous and fade away so quickly that I need
to write about them as soon as I wake up.
I usually have a computer open with me when I’m awake at home
so I can write ideas. If I don’t, because I’m making dinner or cleaning, I have
a lot of steno pads so I just grab one and write in it.
I used to actually keep a dream journal and wrote down all my
dreams. I’m going to start doing that again.
For readers who haven't tried your books yet, how do you think your
editor or loyal readers would describe your books?
My
editor finds my books humorous sometimes downright funny. Although I don’t
necessary write rom coms (although sometimes I do), I often write with a
humorous tone of voice.
I’m always looking for book recommendations. What books have you been
reading? Would you recommend them?
Here
are some recent books I enjoyed so immensely I highly recommend them:
‘I’ll
Be Watching You’ by Tina Wainscott
‘He
Loves Lucy’ by Ann Yost
‘Secret
Ingredient’ by Sherryl Hames Torres
All
of the ‘Kiki Lowenstein Scrapbook Murder Mystery Series’ by Joanna Campbell
COOKING UP A STORM by
Ashley Ladd
Blurb:
Brooks and Rique desperately want to win a coveted chef’s job
offered by an eccentric millionaire in paradise. Even more, Rique desperately
wants to stay alive.
Brooks and Rique desperately want to win the head chef’s
position offered by an eccentric millionaire Jonah Verleun on his beautiful,
private but peculiar island that includes a zoo full of exotic animals, an
amusement park and a monster shark tank beneath Jonah’s bedroom floor. While
Brooks wants the job to escape his heartache and the lover who thwarted him,
Rique is hiding from the mob, hoping to live long enough to pay them off with
the prize winnings. Fierce competitors, they cook up a storm in a series of
cooking challenges while trying to turn down the heat on their intense
attraction. When a hurricane strikes the island, the storm Rique has been
cooking up explodes, and no heart—or body—is safe.
Buy links:
Totally Bound: https://www.totallybound.com/cooking-up-a-storm
Business or Pleasure
Blurb:
Guy Rogers
is extremely attracted to his new realtor, Tom Beaudreaux. As a passionate
vegetarian and animal activist, he’s ecstatic that Tom is a kindred soul. He
could never be with a carnivore. Unfortunately, Tommy isn’t really a vegetarian
or animal activist. He never said he was either, he just didn’t eat meat when
he was with Guy. And maybe he emptied his house of all meat and dairy products
before inviting Guy over. In fact, Tommy’s family owns the most popular
barbecue restaurant in town and if his family has their way, he’ll manage the
new location.
When Guy
finds out that Tommy eats meat and his family owns a restaurant that is a
monument to eating meat, he’s livid and doesn’t know if he wants anything else
to do with Tommy.
But then
Guy’s life gets crazy –his dad’s paranoia blossoms into violent dementia, he
gets arrested for picketing a doggy mill, and then he winds up in even more
legal trouble. When Tommy sticks by him through all his trouble and does
everything he can to help him, Guy wonders if he’s been too militant and
narrow-minded. Perhaps he can learn to live with people who have opposite
views.
Buy Links:
About the Author
Ashley Ladd is a disabled Air
Force vet that is hard of hearing but still loves language, especially the
written word. She loves a sexy man, especially one with a military background
and they’ll often pop up in her stories. She also loves cats and has been known
to empower a cat with the gift of speech. Unfortunately he wouldn’t shut up. J She loves to plug into Pandora and sip Diet Coke
while writing, usually with a cat or kid at her side.
How you
can contact Ashley:
1 comment:
Thank you for hosting me Dawn. You're a great interviewer. I had a lot of fun chatting with you.
Ashley
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