Interview with Casey Sheridan, author of Sirus Bandai: The Invisible Bandit #romance @CaseSheridan

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Interview with Casey Sheridan, author of Sirus Bandai: The Invisible Bandit #romance @CaseSheridan

Good day! Please welcome a wonderful author that I met on twitter, Casey Sheridan.

Hi Casey! It’s such a pleasure to have you visit my blog! Can you tell us about your latest release, Sirus Bandai: The Invisible Bandit?

Casey: Thanks Jessica! It’s wonderful to be here and I’m always happy to talk about Sirus Bandai.

Sirus Bandai: The Invisible Bandit is about Ciara Walker and her attraction to two sexy men: superhero Ace of Spades and billionaire Moose Hannigan. Ciara is attracted to both men for different reasons.

When Sirus Bandai comes onto the scene, she has her eyes set on Moose, but finds Ciara in her way.

Oh, a lot of twists and turns. Describe the heroine, Ciara Walker in three words.

Casey: Three words? Good heavens! Feisty, creative, and strong.

Ace of Spades is a sexy superhero who wears black spandex. What superpowers does he have? And why is Ciara attracted to him?

Casey: Ace of Spades has extraordinary strength. He can also sense certain types of crime and the criminals associated with it. Ace also has an arsenal of razor edged playing cards that are made from an unknown alloy.

Ciara is attracted to Ace because of his strength, his persistence, and his protection of her. I think she’s also attracted to the mystery, the man behind the mask. Ace also has a killer body that the tight black spandex shows off.

I can understand her attraction. But then there’s the seductive billionaire, Moose Hannigan. What does he offer Ciara that Ace doesn’t?

Casey: Moose sees in Ciara a strong woman that would make a good partner. She’s creative, classy, and sexy. Of course, she doesn’t see herself in that way, but likes that Moose does. It gives her a sense of freedom, something that she doesn’t feel from Ace.

Wait! There’s one more! The mysterious Sirus Bandai. How does she get in Ciara’s way?

Casey: Actually, Sirus Bandai doesn’t really get in Ciara’s way. Ciara gets in her way by keeping her from Moose. As far as Sirus Bandai is concerned, Ciara is a stick-in-the-mud. She just won’t let Sirus have any fun.

What was your inspiration for this story?

Casey: My inspiration came from when I was a kid. I’ve always like superheroes. My brother and I would rush home from school just to watch the Spiderman cartoon and the X-Men cartoon. So when I started writing, I wanted to write something with superheroes. A sexy superhero story has always been in my head. It was a lot of fun creating all the characters from the main characters right down to the secondary and walk on characters.

Who is your favorite character from this book? Can you include an excerpt involving this character?

Casey: Actually, my favorite character in Sirus Bandai: The Invisible Bandit (besides Sirus herself) is Blue Gill, the cross-dressing thief. Coming up with his outrageous outfits was a challenge, believe it or not, but he’s the most interesting, quirky, and sweet character.

Here’s an excerpt for you:

It was hard to believe how swiftly this person moved in four-inch heels—especially since it was a man. He dodged Ciara’s attempts to take back her necklace with the ease of a basketball player dribbling a ball down an open court.

“You might as well just give it back. You’re not leaving here with it,” Ciara warned through clenched teeth.

“We shall see,” he countered in his odd singsong voice. “I so love pearls.”

Ciara ground her teeth. She should have known something was wrong when the guy entered her small shop. How was she to know that the hairy little man in the white sequined tube top, shiny blue hot pants, and high heels was a thief?

Okay, maybe her eyebrows shot up when she first laid eyes on him, but to each his own, she’d thought. Now the monkey had one of her most expensive pieces in his fuzzy little hands.

“Listen, furball, the cops are going to be here any second, so why not play nice and just give me back my necklace.”

The man glared at her. “The name is Gill.”

She couldn’t care less about his name. She would have rolled her eyes, but in order to keep him there for the cops she needed to block any escape, and that meant keeping her eyes on him so she knew when to move.

He tried to make a run for the main entrance of the shop, but Ciara grabbed the long blue feather boa he wore. It pulled tight around his throat, and when she gave it a good tug, he fell right on his ass. He lost his hold on the necklace, sending it sliding across the floor, but before she could grab the piece, Gill snatched it up again and scrambled to his feet with a triumphant smirk. Now they were at a standoff.

Where the hell were the cops? No way was she going to let this woolly baboon just walk away with a $200,000 South Sea pearl necklace. No way!

Love it! Who is your favorite superhero? Please explain why.

Casey: Wow, that’s a hard question to answer. I want to say Batman, but I’m afraid that may be because of Christian Bale (He’s hot!). I like Robert Downey, Jr as Ironman, so I guess I can’t say Ironman is my favorite. Then there’s Spiderman and Superman. You know Jessica, I’m not so sure I can pick one favorite. What I like about all of them are their complexities. The mix of strength and brute force when needed combined with the inner turmoil to love and be loved by someone special. The quick wit they have and the fact that they can be the butt of jokes at the same time. They push themselves to be more than the can be, knowing their limits, but going beyond those boundaries no matter what.

My favorite has always been Superman. What are some of your favorite superhero movies and television shows?

Casey: I love watching old reruns of The Green Hornet. That was originally on television in the late 1960′s to early 1970′s and starred Van Williams and Bruce Lee. Of course, there’s the Spiderman cartoon I mentioned earlier, Batman with Christian Bale, especially The Dark Knight Rises, Ironman (I like the smart ass personality that Robert Downey, Jr. gives him), and X-Men. No one could do Wolverine like Hugh Jackman.

All great superheroes, too! Do you get upset when movies and shows are different from the original comic strip? Or do you just go with the flow and enjoy the new story line?

Casey: I guess it depends on the story line. Sometimes a change is good because you can expand on the original, do something that brings out more facets of the story that couldn’t be done in the original because space or time constraints. I’m willing to give a new storyline a chance.

Have you read other superhero fiction? If so, what is the most memorable one?

Casey: Gosh, no. I’ve not read any other superhero fiction at all. I’ll have to look into that.

What genres do you write in, and what appeals to you about those genres?

Casey: I write erotica and erotica with romance. I like them because they’re fun and a challenge. It’s not easy writing sex and making it good. Actually, what I should say is it’s not easy writing good sex. Anyone can write a sex scene, but making it good, making it so you need a cold shower after reading it is a challenge. It has to be more than tab A inserted into slot B. That’s the challenge.

What other titles do you have published?

Casey: Ruby Red Metallic published by Breathless Press. Only one thing stands between Alaina and her passion. His name is Scott. Alaina is a car thief and Scott is the owner of her passion: A Porsche 911 GT3

Number 69 also published by Breathless Press. Melodie receives an invitation to an exclusive match-making party that involves vibrating panties.

Corporate Spy is a short story I self-published. Aimee breaks into Bill’s apartment looking for a flash drive that contains secret company information, but what she sees is something she’ll not soon forget.

Are you a plotter or a pantser?

Casey: I’m a little of both. I write down key points for a story, put them in order, and then fill in everything else as I go along.

Sounds like me. What genres do you enjoy reading?