A Special Guest Across the Beer Bar--the Amazing Clarissa Yip!
Yes, yes, calm down. Clarissa is here, hang on I'll let her talk.
FIRST be sure and check out the In Between Days Blog Hop Peeps here....we are having a GREAT Tweener time between Halloween and Xmas talking about our upcoming Decadent Publishing releases...
join us!
Today, I will give away a copy of The Rookie: The story that started it all--both with my Beloved Editor Clarissa AND The Brewing Passion Series!
Liz: Welcome to the Tap Room Clarissa! Make yourself at home. What can I pour for you? I know you are a wine gal, but tell me your fav kind of wine and why and I guarantee you will like the beer I choose. I could use a glass of red wine or something. Make sure it's not too dry, please. I really like ANY wine. There's this one Italian one that I love but I can't find it around here…probably helps if I remember the name. lol. Yup, I'm a horrible drinker. I need to drink MORE often. Hmmm. Okay. Big Red Italians. I KNEW I liked you. Here, try my adorable brewer's Insolent Mink IPA...it has a cult following around here and I'm a Big Red Italian wine drinker and when he and I had "beer school" this summer he spotted me for a "hop head" a mile away based on my wine preferences. You. Will. Love. It.
Liz: You and I have spent a Significant Amount of Time together working on the Brewing Passion Series for Breathless Press…. Oh, here, have another beer…you sorta slammed that first one…I can handle a beer or two. It amazes me how many types there are and I have to say, I've learned A LOT from you about beer through your hot stories. Who the hell knew what hops were and what a pain hooking up beer machines could be? ha! I know, right? Here's the thing. I just finished "Covet" JR Ward's Fallen Angel series #1. It was okay. BUT----she mentions DOG FISH HEAD BEER not once, not twice BUT three times in that book so the irritatingly Christian Virgin Mary overtones of the thing I can get past. She knows her beer. Maybe JR's egregiously over the top usage of BRAND NAMES constantly might work in my favor and make my "brewery based" hot fiction successful?!! I think she should reach out to me...so that when I do that "Pink Boot Sisterhood" series...you know. We can cross promote and shit.
Liz: How/when did you get started in editing?Well, I've been writing for years and Breathless Press hired me last January. I've technically been professionally editing for two years but it feels like a lot longer. I was obsessed with the whole writing craft concepts. Always eager to learn more and figure out the competition in this industry. You'll be amazed at my writing library. I think I literally own a book store at home. You can find every writing book possible almost. No joke.
Liz: What is your favorite thing to eat or drink while at the computer making writers cry..I mean, "editing?"Well, coffee is a MUST! I don't do well without caffeine. And I love food. Love good food, but I can seriously snack all day…usually if I'm overly focused at times on a story, I'll forget to eat. Don't be surprised if you see me scrambling eggs around dinner time or eating cereal six in the evening.
Liz: oh your glass is empty—what can I pour you next?How about something sweet? I like muscato but I do need cake to go with it. *frowns * I only see peanuts…. Oooookay....No. Nope. Here...*pushes glass across the bar* try this. My brewer's VERY popular Pumpkin lager, brewed with cinnamon, nutmeg and dry hopped (I'll spare you the lecture) with rum-soaked vanilla beans...trust me....
Liz: What was your "erotica epiphany?" that is…what was the most memorable book you read (before becoming an editor)?That's a tough question. I'm such an avid reader. You'd be surprised at what I have read and what I haven't read. My first romance that I've ever picked up when I was nine was Kay Hooper's "Once Upon a Time…The Glass Shoe." I'm sure you can guess what that book was about, but it totally hooked me into romance. I like happily-ever-afters. Actually, I'm a sucker for them… Yes, I do edit erotic, but I see so much that it takes A LOT to 'wow' me. I'm all about the emotional conflicts and portrayals. If any book can give me that warm buzz like my first romance, then I will read it until the spine is all torn apart…or in this case, my e-reader breaks down. (I'm on my 5th ereader. It's sad.)
Liz: So we are close to the end with our Tap Room project. There is one more short story (Specific Gravity) with YOUR favorite characters in this saga. (prepare for egregious promotion slash fish for compliment). What was the best and worst thing about working with me? I WAS A newb. You have popped that cherry and made me a sexier writer, I can tell you.LMAO. Sorry, I had to get that out of my system first. You're WONDERFUL and AWESOME! No, seriously I do mean it. I really can't say there was anything bad in working with you at all. You're open-minded to suggestions, eager to improve yourself, you have the determination, drive, motivation, and perseverance to make things happen…you're almost perfect. We have a very good working relationship. What makes me happy is that you take my suggestions and advice in consideration and go beyond what I expect from you, so that makes you an awesome author. You've grown so much since The Rookie that I couldn't be more proud. Sometimes watching you launch a new release brings tears to my eyes, and I think my little girl is getting older and making a mark in the big world. (I probably could go on raving about you forever…) Most importantly is that I know you won't give up and you're making a career out of your writing and not just doing this as a passing hobby. I am very VERY PROUD of you. It makes me feel good to see you succeed. You know, all kidding aside *wipes a tear* I simultaneously anticipate and dread that "Liz Crowe_first edits_MS name" email. I KNOW you will have great suggestions and my favorites all start with "you can do better than this..." You know your shit Clarissa. And I am what I am (so far) thanks to you.
Liz: You recently hired me mum (a favorite amongst Brewing Passion followers for her keen sense of humor). How many editors do you manage? Do you like managing editors or would you rather be dealing with we Divas..erm..writers?LOL, Love Janet. I can see where you get some of your perseverance from, I'll tell you that. I actually just enjoy working with everyone in general. I love watching other editors grow, watch them build wonderful relationships with their authors. Love watching fabulous reviews come in. Most of all, I just love working with writers of all kinds too. It's interesting for me to get a glimpse into everyone's creative minds. It's nice to do different things and take a break from staring at the computer screen for 20 hours a day…even a text or phone call from my editors and authors are a welcome! (Okay, and you too!) *closes Skype Screen quickly...*
Liz: nightcap time! What's your poison?Is it bad to mix hard liquor with wine and beer? I guess I could use some champagne. We need to celebrate your new release! Specific Gravity should be out soon! You know I love me some Trent. I'll take him and maybe a margarita. I think that's what they were drinking at the bar until Lisa showed up… Oh good Christ...here we go again. This is a "BEER BAR"...TRENT would WANT you to drink a beer and might pour it for you his own hot self....So we area going to split a bit of the bourbon barrel aged Oktoberfest I have been saving for a special occasion. And this is it. My first editor. Someone who will ALWAYS be the person I run to crying, laughing or spitting mad the rest of my writing career! cheers! (Trent is eyeballing you across the room--just saying)
Liz: in The Tap Room, readers get to choose our heroine, Erin Brady's fate/future/romance….do YOU have a favorite?
*chuckle * Erin is definitely a character. That girl has issues, I'm not gonna lie. Having spent months with her and you, you both can get in some serious trouble! Let's see…my favorite? I have to say Owen. Even though he's Erin and Trent's Tap Room partner and friend, I think he deserves the most to hook up with Erin. At times I want to smack him, but he's definitely is too hot to hurt. I like Landon too, but he's too charming for me. I can see him smooth-talk any woman into the bedroom, just by breathing. You have some dangerous men surrounding Erin!
But you know my favorite is Trent! I just can't get enough of him. Ever since I met him in The Rookie, there's just something about him. (I'm not going to lie. I'm am so relieved he didn't end up with Erin, even though they did have some past history.) His relationship with Erin and Owen makes me want to hide him from all the women and whip out my claws if anyone else gets near him. And I'm soooooo HAPPY you wrote Specific Gravity. I guess I don't mind Lisa since Trent likes her…okay, love her, but he's mine! So I'm just going to recommend Erin stick with Jeff, Owen, and Landon, and leave Trent alone to me. * blinks innocently * I'm sure she won't mind. Lisa would kick her tush too.
Thanks so much for having me! Everyone needs to get themselves some Specific Gravity and The Tap Room! They'll see how hot Trent is! And congratulations on everything! You're wonderful!
There you have it ladies and gents---the one, the only Clarissa Yip is ready to fight for Trent Franklin! Star of The Rookie and Specific Gravity, releasing Friday--you know, thanks to her.
I hope to write more in this Hot Brewer Genre...stay tuned for more....
Love you girl Liz
FIRST be sure and check out the In Between Days Blog Hop Peeps here....we are having a GREAT Tweener time between Halloween and Xmas talking about our upcoming Decadent Publishing releases...
join us!
Today, I will give away a copy of The Rookie: The story that started it all--both with my Beloved Editor Clarissa AND The Brewing Passion Series!
Liz: Welcome to the Tap Room Clarissa! Make yourself at home. What can I pour for you? I know you are a wine gal, but tell me your fav kind of wine and why and I guarantee you will like the beer I choose. I could use a glass of red wine or something. Make sure it's not too dry, please. I really like ANY wine. There's this one Italian one that I love but I can't find it around here…probably helps if I remember the name. lol. Yup, I'm a horrible drinker. I need to drink MORE often. Hmmm. Okay. Big Red Italians. I KNEW I liked you. Here, try my adorable brewer's Insolent Mink IPA...it has a cult following around here and I'm a Big Red Italian wine drinker and when he and I had "beer school" this summer he spotted me for a "hop head" a mile away based on my wine preferences. You. Will. Love. It.
Liz: You and I have spent a Significant Amount of Time together working on the Brewing Passion Series for Breathless Press…. Oh, here, have another beer…you sorta slammed that first one…I can handle a beer or two. It amazes me how many types there are and I have to say, I've learned A LOT from you about beer through your hot stories. Who the hell knew what hops were and what a pain hooking up beer machines could be? ha! I know, right? Here's the thing. I just finished "Covet" JR Ward's Fallen Angel series #1. It was okay. BUT----she mentions DOG FISH HEAD BEER not once, not twice BUT three times in that book so the irritatingly Christian Virgin Mary overtones of the thing I can get past. She knows her beer. Maybe JR's egregiously over the top usage of BRAND NAMES constantly might work in my favor and make my "brewery based" hot fiction successful?!! I think she should reach out to me...so that when I do that "Pink Boot Sisterhood" series...you know. We can cross promote and shit.
Liz: How/when did you get started in editing?Well, I've been writing for years and Breathless Press hired me last January. I've technically been professionally editing for two years but it feels like a lot longer. I was obsessed with the whole writing craft concepts. Always eager to learn more and figure out the competition in this industry. You'll be amazed at my writing library. I think I literally own a book store at home. You can find every writing book possible almost. No joke.
Liz: What is your favorite thing to eat or drink while at the computer making writers cry..I mean, "editing?"Well, coffee is a MUST! I don't do well without caffeine. And I love food. Love good food, but I can seriously snack all day…usually if I'm overly focused at times on a story, I'll forget to eat. Don't be surprised if you see me scrambling eggs around dinner time or eating cereal six in the evening.
Liz: oh your glass is empty—what can I pour you next?How about something sweet? I like muscato but I do need cake to go with it. *frowns * I only see peanuts…. Oooookay....No. Nope. Here...*pushes glass across the bar* try this. My brewer's VERY popular Pumpkin lager, brewed with cinnamon, nutmeg and dry hopped (I'll spare you the lecture) with rum-soaked vanilla beans...trust me....
Liz: What was your "erotica epiphany?" that is…what was the most memorable book you read (before becoming an editor)?That's a tough question. I'm such an avid reader. You'd be surprised at what I have read and what I haven't read. My first romance that I've ever picked up when I was nine was Kay Hooper's "Once Upon a Time…The Glass Shoe." I'm sure you can guess what that book was about, but it totally hooked me into romance. I like happily-ever-afters. Actually, I'm a sucker for them… Yes, I do edit erotic, but I see so much that it takes A LOT to 'wow' me. I'm all about the emotional conflicts and portrayals. If any book can give me that warm buzz like my first romance, then I will read it until the spine is all torn apart…or in this case, my e-reader breaks down. (I'm on my 5th ereader. It's sad.)
Liz: So we are close to the end with our Tap Room project. There is one more short story (Specific Gravity) with YOUR favorite characters in this saga. (prepare for egregious promotion slash fish for compliment). What was the best and worst thing about working with me? I WAS A newb. You have popped that cherry and made me a sexier writer, I can tell you.LMAO. Sorry, I had to get that out of my system first. You're WONDERFUL and AWESOME! No, seriously I do mean it. I really can't say there was anything bad in working with you at all. You're open-minded to suggestions, eager to improve yourself, you have the determination, drive, motivation, and perseverance to make things happen…you're almost perfect. We have a very good working relationship. What makes me happy is that you take my suggestions and advice in consideration and go beyond what I expect from you, so that makes you an awesome author. You've grown so much since The Rookie that I couldn't be more proud. Sometimes watching you launch a new release brings tears to my eyes, and I think my little girl is getting older and making a mark in the big world. (I probably could go on raving about you forever…) Most importantly is that I know you won't give up and you're making a career out of your writing and not just doing this as a passing hobby. I am very VERY PROUD of you. It makes me feel good to see you succeed. You know, all kidding aside *wipes a tear* I simultaneously anticipate and dread that "Liz Crowe_first edits_MS name" email. I KNOW you will have great suggestions and my favorites all start with "you can do better than this..." You know your shit Clarissa. And I am what I am (so far) thanks to you.
Liz: You recently hired me mum (a favorite amongst Brewing Passion followers for her keen sense of humor). How many editors do you manage? Do you like managing editors or would you rather be dealing with we Divas..erm..writers?LOL, Love Janet. I can see where you get some of your perseverance from, I'll tell you that. I actually just enjoy working with everyone in general. I love watching other editors grow, watch them build wonderful relationships with their authors. Love watching fabulous reviews come in. Most of all, I just love working with writers of all kinds too. It's interesting for me to get a glimpse into everyone's creative minds. It's nice to do different things and take a break from staring at the computer screen for 20 hours a day…even a text or phone call from my editors and authors are a welcome! (Okay, and you too!) *closes Skype Screen quickly...*
Liz: nightcap time! What's your poison?Is it bad to mix hard liquor with wine and beer? I guess I could use some champagne. We need to celebrate your new release! Specific Gravity should be out soon! You know I love me some Trent. I'll take him and maybe a margarita. I think that's what they were drinking at the bar until Lisa showed up… Oh good Christ...here we go again. This is a "BEER BAR"...TRENT would WANT you to drink a beer and might pour it for you his own hot self....So we area going to split a bit of the bourbon barrel aged Oktoberfest I have been saving for a special occasion. And this is it. My first editor. Someone who will ALWAYS be the person I run to crying, laughing or spitting mad the rest of my writing career! cheers! (Trent is eyeballing you across the room--just saying)
Liz: in The Tap Room, readers get to choose our heroine, Erin Brady's fate/future/romance….do YOU have a favorite?
*chuckle * Erin is definitely a character. That girl has issues, I'm not gonna lie. Having spent months with her and you, you both can get in some serious trouble! Let's see…my favorite? I have to say Owen. Even though he's Erin and Trent's Tap Room partner and friend, I think he deserves the most to hook up with Erin. At times I want to smack him, but he's definitely is too hot to hurt. I like Landon too, but he's too charming for me. I can see him smooth-talk any woman into the bedroom, just by breathing. You have some dangerous men surrounding Erin!
But you know my favorite is Trent! I just can't get enough of him. Ever since I met him in The Rookie, there's just something about him. (I'm not going to lie. I'm am so relieved he didn't end up with Erin, even though they did have some past history.) His relationship with Erin and Owen makes me want to hide him from all the women and whip out my claws if anyone else gets near him. And I'm soooooo HAPPY you wrote Specific Gravity. I guess I don't mind Lisa since Trent likes her…okay, love her, but he's mine! So I'm just going to recommend Erin stick with Jeff, Owen, and Landon, and leave Trent alone to me. * blinks innocently * I'm sure she won't mind. Lisa would kick her tush too.
Thanks so much for having me! Everyone needs to get themselves some Specific Gravity and The Tap Room! They'll see how hot Trent is! And congratulations on everything! You're wonderful!
There you have it ladies and gents---the one, the only Clarissa Yip is ready to fight for Trent Franklin! Star of The Rookie and Specific Gravity, releasing Friday--you know, thanks to her.
I hope to write more in this Hot Brewer Genre...stay tuned for more....
Love you girl Liz
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