Happy Monday and once more we invite the talented and swoon worthy Spencer Dryden to Erzabet's Enchantments to share his new flirty short. Take it away Spencer!
1. How did you start writing erotic romance?
I have never written fiction before my first
novella, "Bliss", unless you count the marketing reports I used to do
for my managers. I had thought about writing for a long time, but never made
time until recently. A friend who is an reasonably accomplished playwright read
some of my early stuff and told me I ought to try writing fiction. I have been
enchanted by female allure since I first felt that stirring in my pants at the
sight of a naked woman more than a half century ago, so erotic romance was a
natural choice. (Yes, I'm an old guy.)
2. Plotter or pantster?
Definitely a panster which is why I gravitate to shorter
works.
3. What are three things you have on your writing desk?
My smart phone (dumb operator though), my kindle, and the
ubiquitous cup of coffee
4. Favorite food?
Based on lifetime consumption, it would have to be doughnuts
but I have to come off as a more responsible eater so lets go with green beans
(NOT!)
5. Tell us a little about your new release. What character
in the book really spoke to you?
"Love Above See Level" is a story about a
surfer/beach bum, Clayton Stoner, a guy
who's lifestyle I've always wanted, laid back, doing his own thing. One day
while watching the surf, he is smitten by the sight of a very tall woman he
sees paddle surfing and decides he has to make a play for her. That's where the
fun starts. Can a guy find romance with a woman a foot taller than he is?
6. I write because ____...
It's a fun outlet and cheap. I'm turning 65 in January.
Living large on less requires discipline with the entertainment dollars. You
won't see me on luxury cruises or any of those other things the marketing
people show seniors doing.
7. What is your favorite type of character to write about?
Most of my short works, like "Love Above See
Level" feature ordinary guys, tradesmen. Clayton Stoner is a part-time
handyman. I've got stories in the
pipeline about heating and air-condition guys, plumbers and I'm just starting
one featuring an electrician. Ordinary guys that fall into extraordinary
circumstances and into the orbit of sexually assertive women.
8. What is the sexiest scene you ever wrote?
So far it's the love scene in "Love Above See
Level".
9. What advice would you give new authors in the
erotica/romance field?
There is so much writing advice directed to new writers that
focuses on mechanics. Be wary, it can steal your voice. I write best when I
write from my heart. My stories are about my fantasies. I'm getting published
so I must be doing something right
10. What is next on your writerly horizon?
I have another story which will appear in a holiday season
theme collection from Breathless Press called, "Then, One Frozen Christmas
Eve." It's another tradesman story, this time a heating technician who
rescues a woman from a freezing townhome. Next is a story about a plumber
called, "The Substitute". It's a story about a union plumber who
breaks union rules to substitute for a friend who owns a non-union shop. The
fun starts when he shows up on the first job and discovers the client is
expecting sex and not plumbing services.
Blurb-
A beach bum/surfer is smitten by a six
feet seven inches tall. But can his infatuation turn to love above see level?
Clayton Stoner is a blond, bronzed, hard-bodied,
beach bum/surfer living the life of a thirty-one-year-old Peter Pan in a tiny
oceanside cottage near St. Augustine, Florida. One calm Sunday, he sees a
strikingly beautiful woman who is six feet seven inches tall taking paddle
surfing lessons at the local surfer's beach. He is immediately smitten, but
unable to get her attention when he encounters her at a nearby convenience
store, and again, later that day, as she is running along the beach where he is
relaxing.
They finally connect when he is sent to
do plumbing repair work at the beach cottage she is renting. She continues to
spurn his friendly advances. It looks hopeless for him until fate intervenes.
But can a laid-back surfer and a woman driven by career achievement see eye to
eye well enough for a long-term relationship?
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Excerpt-
A light
offshore breeze did little to dry the sweat on our brows as we sat on the front
porch of my beach cottage, transfixed by the surf. Our suits were still wet
from our frustrating day trying to ride waves that wouldn't form. Nothing dries
in North Florida humidity except throats after a day of sun and surf. My buddy
Smitty and I were several beers in before I finally broke the ice.
"So,
Smitty, what do you do when you find your eyes are at tit level with a
beautiful woman?"
"My
eyes are always at tit level with women."
"Asshole,
I'm not talking about where your eyes are looking. I'm talking about height.
What if your eyes were only as high as a woman's breasts?"
"Are
these breasts sagging down to her belly button?"
I made a
cross with my fingers and held it up to him, hoping his flesh would burn.
"No, in fact, they were small and pushing straight out. She was very
trim."
"If
you had leaned forward, would you have got one nipple in each eye?"
"Stop
it. I'm being serious here."
"So
am I. She could put your eye out."
"That's
my beer you're drinking," I said. "You could at least give me some
decent advice."
He
rubbed his chin as if it would make him smarter. Smitty only thought with his
cock, and I was glad he didn't whip it out and rub it for insight.
"Dude,
they're all the same height lying down. And a tall one can wrap her legs around
you twice. What's your problem?"
I huffed
and shook my head. "Smitty, if they ever cut your head open, nothing but
pussy would fall out."
"Okay,
Stoner, I've got a half a beer left, and then I got to go. The mullet are
running, and I want to come down tonight to do some fishing. Are you with
me?"
"No.
I've got an early job tomorrow."
"Would
you mind if I parked in your driveway then?"
"No
problem."
"I
promise I'll be extra quiet if I see a couple of legs hanging out the
window."
"What
are you talking about?"
"Dude,
if you get that woman into your bedroom, there's no way she's gonna fit on your
bed without hanging her legs out the window."
Smitty
had a point. My beach cottage was pretty small.
"So
where did you meet this beauty?" Smitty asked, catching a belch.
"Well,
we haven't really met yet. I was in line in front of her down at the Circle K
earlier today. I turned around, and there I was with my nose in her
breasts."
"So
what's her name, where does she live, and is she available?"
I
shrugged.
About the author-
Spencer Dryden is a new writer but an
old guy on the threshold of draining any reserves left in Medicare and Social
Security. In real life he is a handyman, an at-home dad, inventor, and web
videographer living a quiet life in the frozen tundra of Minnesota (USA).
He earned an MBA from a prestigious
Midwestern university, but is so far behind on the career earnings scale of his
peers that the university has offered to refund his tuition if he will return
his diploma and disavow his affiliation, lest he continue to denigrate the
school's impeccable brand.
His first book, a novella, Bliss was published in April of 2014 in
the Covert line at Breathless Press. It is a story of a woman's struggle with
sexual shame. http://www.breathlesspress.com/index.php?main_page=product_free_shipping_info&cPath=26&products_id=559
He can be reached at multiple locations:
Check out his website:
http://www.fictionbyspencer.com/
He's on Google +: https://plus.google.com/+SpencerDryden
Tweet him at: @SpencerDryden
He is a regular contributor to the multi-author
blog, Oh Get A Grip: http://ohgetagrip.blogspot.com
And Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100008150288001
If you liked this book, please leave a
review at Breathless Press or at Goodreads:
https://www.goodreads.com/goodreadscomspencer_dryden
Erzabet:
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for having me today. I always enjoy being had. :)