Answering Your Questions :D
Jase asked: mmm...coffee! Do you like flavored or iced coffees or do you like your coffee more traditional? :)
In the mornings I just want coffee. Straight up, black, strong. After noon, though, I love iced lattes. Unfortunately I am allergic to dairy and soy, so I have iced dark chocolate almond milk lattes every night as my pre-bed snack. :D
Liz asked: how'd you fall into the whole writing gig? And what was the most useful advice anyone's ever given you (for writing, or anything else)?
Believe it or not, I was a poet, first (which, let me tell you, does *not* meet my coffee budget), and publisher before I was a writer, professionally. My first full length novel was written in... 2006? I think. *grins* Julia Talbot, my partner, is a fabulous writer and she encouraged me to try my hand at romance. I was sold.
The most useful advice I've ever gotten is from my daddy, and it's my basic life motto: Don't be any dumber than you have to be.
Barbara asked: When will we see more of the Roughstock series?
Coke and Dillon's second novel is due out in early 2011. There are two m/f Roughstock novels coming out in 2011, as well. Jason and Bax will have their second book, the Brazilians will have their third, and the first in a trio of Taggart triplet novels are in the works. :D
Oh! And there's a m/m/f that I'm *this* close to finishing...
Kathy asked: Do you find it difficult to switch back and forth between writing m/m and m/f? Do you prefer one genre over the other?
I don't. In my head, the characters are what they are -- gay, straight, omnivorous -- I write their stories. (Although I admit, my editors have to *really* watch my pronouns, especially in the m/f. ;-)
I honestly don't prefer one over the other -- writing or reading. I grew up reading traditional romance, and I will always enjoy those books. That said, I have read a metric ton of m/m and I love it as well. I will say that contemporary western m/m/f is a delicious challenge right now, if for no other reason than it's work to discover how, in a cowboy scenario, the relationship works.
:D
*asks Julia to pick a number from one to four*
3!
Congrats Barbara! You won! If you'll email me at batortuga at batortuga dot com, I'll get your gift out. :D
Y'all have a fabulous day!
In the mornings I just want coffee. Straight up, black, strong. After noon, though, I love iced lattes. Unfortunately I am allergic to dairy and soy, so I have iced dark chocolate almond milk lattes every night as my pre-bed snack. :D
Liz asked: how'd you fall into the whole writing gig? And what was the most useful advice anyone's ever given you (for writing, or anything else)?
Believe it or not, I was a poet, first (which, let me tell you, does *not* meet my coffee budget), and publisher before I was a writer, professionally. My first full length novel was written in... 2006? I think. *grins* Julia Talbot, my partner, is a fabulous writer and she encouraged me to try my hand at romance. I was sold.
The most useful advice I've ever gotten is from my daddy, and it's my basic life motto: Don't be any dumber than you have to be.
Barbara asked: When will we see more of the Roughstock series?
Coke and Dillon's second novel is due out in early 2011. There are two m/f Roughstock novels coming out in 2011, as well. Jason and Bax will have their second book, the Brazilians will have their third, and the first in a trio of Taggart triplet novels are in the works. :D
Oh! And there's a m/m/f that I'm *this* close to finishing...
Kathy asked: Do you find it difficult to switch back and forth between writing m/m and m/f? Do you prefer one genre over the other?
I don't. In my head, the characters are what they are -- gay, straight, omnivorous -- I write their stories. (Although I admit, my editors have to *really* watch my pronouns, especially in the m/f. ;-)
I honestly don't prefer one over the other -- writing or reading. I grew up reading traditional romance, and I will always enjoy those books. That said, I have read a metric ton of m/m and I love it as well. I will say that contemporary western m/m/f is a delicious challenge right now, if for no other reason than it's work to discover how, in a cowboy scenario, the relationship works.
:D
*asks Julia to pick a number from one to four*
3!
Congrats Barbara! You won! If you'll email me at batortuga at batortuga dot com, I'll get your gift out. :D
Y'all have a fabulous day!
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