Antoinette and The Vampire's Gallery on Erotic Notions

Let's all say HELLO to Antoinette M. She's brought The Vampire’s Gallery, Book One in The Vampire’s Gallery Series
Tell us 6 things about yourself.1.  I worked in a lab before I wrote smut. No really, I worked in a genomics lab, labeling tubes and moving around small volumes of fluid, genotyping things.2.  I have a big dog named Popeye. People always think he’s a 150 lbs. and the size of an elephant, but he’s just a meat-hound.3.  I wrote awful novels as a teenager. It was fun. I keep them in a box downstairs.4.  I have great fine motor skills, but other than that, I’m super clumsy.5.  Yuengling is my favorite beer, but only because Great Lakes doesn’t make their Christmas Ale year round.6.  I listen to everything from death metal to dubstep to opera. (wow - that's an eclectic music range.)
Was there a moment when you first thought "I'm a writer."?I ordered a copy of a book from Lulu, and I thought to myself, wow, I wrote this. It was having this physical thing in my hand that made it real.
What is your latest book about?Jamie hasn’t gotten laid in years, like five hundred. For Maria, it’s been about five, but for a human that feels like eternity. When Jamie announces his intention to eat her, she gets something else in her mouth first.Maria awakes from her wild night, a vampire, and is thrown into a world where sex and politics combine like they once did in the glittering halls of Versailles.
What is your favourite moment in the story (one that doesn’t give away any secrets).The bit with the camera, inspired by reading too much Lindsey Flinch Bedder.
Plotter or a pantster?  Why does this work best for you?Pantser, although I’m learning to plot. The start of the story will always be pure pantsing though. Those first thousand or so words are one of my favorite moments writing, the honeymoon phase where you’re still in love with everything.
Have any of your characters ever been based on people you knew from real life?I wouldn’t say based, but definitely inspired by. I wrote one story, “Love on the 500”, where I made one character me in my mid-twenties, and the other character was me in my early twenties (spoiler alert: they bump uglies).
Personally I have trouble coming up with book titles, is this easy for you? How do you do it?I’m awful at it. I solicit help from others.
Short question time.Chocolate ice cream or chocolate gelato? Lactose intolerance :-(Baseball or hockey? Hockey.Hot red finger nail polish or bare nails? Bare.Spaghetti or steak? Steak.Laying on a beach or skiing down a mountain? On a beach, with a book.White roses or red roses? Red.


The Vampire's GalleryAntoinette M

 Unlucky. Unloved. And now undead.
Maria hasn’t been touched in years and sustains herself on her friends’ sexual encounters. She's coerced into trying out internet dating, and she soon attracts the attention of a stud named Jamie. When he invites her out for a beer, she accepts, her mind focused on the one thing she wants—a warm body pressed against hers. Jamie makes her laugh and she invites him in, never guessing that he’s doesn’t want to bed her, but drink her. The Vampire’s Gallery follows Maria as she leaves one life of dull city apartments for another of sex, sensation, and blood. She rattles the stilted hierarchy of Jamie's home when she makes the ancient, distant vampire feel again. But what about the vampires that surround Jamie? Who are her enemies, who are her friends, who’s just pretending?
About the Author: Antoinette M— had a grubby childhood in southern New Hampshire. She has always maintained that “cranky” and “Yankee” rhyme for a reason. Today, Antoinette writes smut. She lives in a crooked little house, with an awesome husband, and a very large dog. She enjoys reversing gender roles, playing with old stereotypes, and is currently working on the next installment of her series, The Vampire's Gallery. Facebook / Twitter