Split Personality

Who is Verena Vincent?

Well, I'm not really sure anymore. Originally I invented her as my dark half. I could write all the weird, experimental, kinky stuff I wanted under her name without worrying about my grandma disowning me. Because I would keep my secret identity, well, a secret.

Fast forward three years and I realize that my dark side isn't really all that dark. Compared to some of the material out there, it's pretty darn beige. So what am I supposed to do with my secret identity now? 

My new book, Mild Gone Wilde, (out May 1st) was supposed to be pretty kinky so it was firmly in the Verena Vincent category. Then I received some feedback that I'd gone a bit too far with the whole rough sex thing. So I toned it down a little. And what I ended up with was a pretty typical Tamara Larson book, meaning some sexy times but nothing too extreme. Ok, there's definitely some spanking and biting and maybe a little questionable consent role-playing. But still, pretty tame. There's also a lot of humour and angst and all that other fun stuff.

So, then I asked myself, why release MGW under Ms. Vincent at all? Hardly anyone reads her stuff, so it seems rather counterproductive to give her credit for a book fully expecting it to fail under that name.

More importantly, I don't feel the content will offend anyone too deeply. I suppose it falls somewhere in the middle, between a mainstream romance and erotica. In the interest of actually selling a few copies I'm going to nudge this one away from my dark side and into the light. So, please look for Mild Gone Wilde under Tamara Larson rather than Verena Vincent on May 1st.

If I ever decide to write about horny tentacle monsters or threesomes with sasquatch, I will definitely bring Ms. Vincent out of retirement. Again.