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Diana MacArthur
     Today we welcome one of Siren-Bookstrands newest Authors, Diana MacArthur. With her new book, “Windswept” just hitting the Internet airwaves, she is one hot commodity! She has chosen to sit down with me for an interesting and titillating conversation.
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So Diana tell us…
1.     Being a new author, you must be flying high right now. So tell us, how does it feel having your first book published at Siren? Flying high is a great way to describe it! It’s very surreal and hard to believe but also very exciting.

2.     So, according to your author page, you’re married with kids. How do you separate family life from erotic romance life?
Writing and research ;) have to wait until the kids have gone to bed. Although I carry a notebook everywhere so if I’m waiting at dance practice or something I can write there. And occasionally I just lock myself in the computer room and growl at intruders.

3.     Publishing that first book is a big hurdle for many authors. How does it feel to have that monkey off your back?
It’s a big relief! Although I recently submitted a second book and I found the waiting was just as nail-bitingly intense as before.

4.     What was it that told you, “Hey, write about Menages?”
I honestly had no idea these books existed until I was looking for other erotic romance books online. So I bought a couple and read them and thought, “I can do this.” And the ideas just started popping into my head.

5.     Where does all your sexual inspiration come from?
I’d have to say it’s a combination of experience, fantasy, and reading/watching erotica (hubby loves that part)!

6.     Most readers believe the more hot steamy sex the better! In some cases, readers would like to believe that if the author can write it, therefore she must live it. So tell us…was there a scene that was inspired by none other than Diana herself?
Well, some elements of a couple scenes were inspired by real life events, but there is no one complete scene that is autobiographical!

7.     You have chosen to delve into the M/F/M Menage scene. What is it about a threesome that tickled your fancy?
I think if most women are honest with themselves, the idea of having two men at once is extremely exciting, at least for fantasy if not reality. To have two (or more) men devoted to nothing but your pleasure? Heavenly!

8.     When writing the heavy sex scenes, how do you keep yourself inspired?
This is harder (ha ha) than I thought it would be. At first I figured, it’s sex, how difficult can it be? But not having a lot of firsthand experience with some of the things I write, I have to look to other authors and my husband’s “under the bed collection” for assistance. He’s more than happy to help out ;)

9.     What’s in the future for Diana MacArthur?
I am absolutely thrilled to announce that my second book will be published by Siren in January 2013! That one is called Nadia’s Catch.  Also, it’s NaNoWriMo and I’m trying to get a 50k word novel written completely in a month – easier said than done since I’m doing a lot of blogging, plus I have an Evil Day Job, plus family responsibilities get in the way. But I am determined that I will finish it! I also have a load more ideas that I plan to turn into books eventually. Hopefully you’ll see a whole bunch of additions to my author page at Siren!

     Well there you have folks…right from Diana’s mouth! Check out her latest book, “Windswept” on sale now at SirenBookstrand. Till then, keep reading and tune in next Friday for another Frank Talk with a Surprise Guest! Rebecca Joyce  To get in touch with Diana, please follow these links.
Diana’s website is http://dianamacarthur.com.Follow her on Twitter @dianamacarthur. Siren Author page: http://www.bookstrand.com/diana-macarthur