1. How did you start writing erotic
romance?
I wrote my
first erotic romance about ten years ago, using a few BDSM elements. This was
of course back before BDSM became 'the' thing. The story had loads of plot
holes and was of course rejected by half a dozen publishers.
2. Plotter or pantster?
I don't
plot. I write the story my characters give me. Nine times out of ten I have no
idea where a novel is going or going to end.
3. What are three things you have on
your writing desk?
I have a
vanilla lavender candle I burn while writing for the scent and the peace images
it evokes. I have my wonderful nine year old hard working computer. And I have
an angel pin engraved 'You are Loved' that my late sister gave me. I like to
think that angel is my muse, although often my muse is more devil than angel.
4. Favorite food?
Chocolate is
a food group, right? It should be anyway. I'm a bread and pasta person. I never
met a bread I didn't like. recently I discovered roasted beets.
5. Tell us a little about your new
release. What character in the book really spoke to you?
Stuck on You
is a continuation of the couple I introduced readers to in Wedding Belle Blues.
Anna and Robin are now settled into married life and have twins. Life seems
perfect until two major events occur which will change their lives forever.
6. I write because ____...
…it's in my soul, my heart, and my brain to
tell the stories my characters need to have told.
7. What is your favorite type of character
to write about?
Characters
who grow and change are my favorites. I think that's the purpose of life. We
all need to learn the lessons life gives us to become the people we always
wanted to be. It's not an easy journey, but so worth it.
8. What is the sexiest scene you ever
wrote?
In an
upcoming book (Book 5 of the Weddings by C & C), the heroine walks in on
the hero while he's a 'fish out of water' situation. This self confident man is
literally reduced to helpless frustration so she sees a totally different side
of him. It excites her and she seduces him against a glass French door in the
kitchen.
9. What advice would you give new
authors in the erotica/romance field?
Write every
day. Quit complaining and finding excuses and write ever day. Realize if you
want to be taken seriously as a writer you have to first take yourself
seriously. Writing for publication is a business. There's no room for sulking
and excuses. Just do it.
10. What is next on your writerly
horizon?
I just
submitted book 5 of the Weddings series to my editor. I'm self editing book 6
and 7 and hope to have both to my long suffering editor by Easter. Then perhaps
a paranormal which has been simmering in my brain needs a bit of attention.
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Author bio-
Mia
Epsilon lives with her ever patient and tolerant soul mate hubby in the
gorgeous Blue Ridge Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina, USA. She's an avid
reader of almost anything but particularly romance with too many favorite
authors to name. Mia is a huge Doctor Who
fan and adores the new Doctor with his Scottish accent. She also happily
suffers a chocolate addiction which causes her to visit her favorite chocolate
store, The Chocolate Fetish an
abnormally high number of times.
Mia
can most often be found at her computer spinning new tales or in a quiet padded
nook (a nook, she swears, not a padded room) with her e reader engrossed in a
new story. She's currently hard at work on her series 'Weddings by C & C'
and trying to build its reputation from 'just another wedding story' to 'OMG
you have GOT to read this book!' She appreciates all reader input and comments
on her Face Book, Twitter, Amazon and Good Reads pages. Her released titles
include: 'Wedding Belle Blues', 'Take a Chance on Me', 'When You Believe',
'That Night', 'Stuck on You' along with a short story in The Wonderland Tales
'Leave Your Hat On'.
Blurb-
Once you marry
True Love, then what?
Robin and Anna are
back. The wedding is over, they are happily married, and living in Anna's
beloved hometown. Plus they have the blessed new challenge of twins. Sure, each
has annoying bad habits, they're seriously sleep deprived, and a few cracks
have appeared in their unblemished marriage. After all, this is the real world
not a fairy tale. Yet nothing will destroy this idiotic existence.
Then Robin is
offered the promotion of his career. It's perfect except it means a big move
away from their family, friends, and home. Anna balks at uprooting their small
family. Robin balks at refusing a job he's long worked to achieve. With neither
willing to bulge on the issue, the first major fight of their marriage shakes
it to its foundations.
Then a tragic
accident changes everything. Can this couple find their way back to each other
and stay Stuck on You?
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Book excerpt-
The smell of chili
filled the air and eased his irritation. Mmm, he did love that slow cooker
homemade stuff Anna made. Had she created the old family recipe of cornbread as
well? Robin sniffed the air with a growing sense of hope and anticipation but
smelled only tomatoes and peppers. "Anna?"
Robby's wails
increased in volume. Funny, I know
exactly which twin it is. Robin gave a small chuckle as the father love
surged through him and replaced the irritation. He dropped his bag and the
application folder to the oak kitchen table and rushed toward the den. Robby
lay on his back on a fluffy blanket on the floor. His little face had turned
deep red from his cries. His arms and legs pumped the air with fury clad in
small jeans and T-shirt proclaiming, "If You Think I'm Cute You Should See
My Twin". River lay nearby on her tummy, similarly clad but calm. Her small
hand grasped a corner of the blanket and tugged as if she wanted to pull it
over her head and drown out her brother. Her face lifted to stare at him as he
ran into the room. Robin would have sworn she rolled her eyes as if to say, Yeah, it's him again. Can you please make
him stop? He's disturbing my peace.
"Anna?"
Robin gathered Robby up into his arms and patted River's tiny back. "Shh,
it's all right. Daddy's here." Okay Robby desperately needed a change.
Whew, the smell! As his arm slipped around to hold his son more securely Robin
felt the wetness from a soaking diaper seep into his shirt. Robby hiccupped and
continued to sob. His small body shuddered as if he'd been crying so long he
couldn't cease. Robin felt an identical wetness as his hand drifted lower on River
and the dark stain beneath her body.
"Anna!"
Icy cold fingers of rising panic trailed up and down Robin's spine. Something
wasn't right. Anna would never, ever leave the twins soaked or alone for so
long. She jumped to respond to their needs the minute one of them uttered a
distressed sound. Robin continued to try to soothe his son as his gaze searched
the room for some sign of what might be happening. The phone lay on the table
beside the twins. Piles of laundry were stacked in neat rows on the sofa. A
half empty bottle of water sat on the floor. Nothing unusual or out of the
ordinary.
Except Anna wasn't
there. She hadn't answered the phone. Plus the twins, her pride and joy, had
been left without her care. "Anna!"
Where was she? His
heart nearly burst from his chest. His skin chilled. Panting breath ripped at
his lungs and throat. He jerked to his feet and startled Robby who began to cry
in earnest again. "Anna!"
"Anna!"
Robby continued to wail though thankfully River had stopped and now gazed at
him with an expression of patient tolerance. Heart pounding like the fastest
speed on his motorcycle, Robin tried to remain composed for the sake of the
twins. He climbed the stairs to the bedrooms, each lift of his foot like
trudging through thick, dragging mud. He murmured a soothing sound to Robby as
his screams echoed off the walls and mirrored Robin's own ever rising fear
twisting his stomach and souring his throat. "Anna?"
At the top of the
stairs, his gaze darted around the small space. His heart, his breath, his mind
simply halted as his whole body shook.
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