Recent Ebooks

http://www.amazon.com/Diary-Straight-Guy-Turned-ebook/dp/B0066I69KK/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_10

http://www.amazon.com/Seduced-by-Daddy-ebook/dp/B006C9QQZG/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_9

http://www.amazon.com/The-Babysitter-Gangbang-ebook/dp/B006FPL8I2/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_11

 

Xavier Axelson

The very talented and superfriendly Xavier Axelson and I have been chatting lately. He's a fellow mm romance author and I got a chance to sit down with him.

1. How did you get your start writing gay fiction and/or erotica? Please tell us a bit about your background and early beginnings.

I’m just a small town boy trying to make it in the world.  I grew up spending time on my grandparent’s farm and causing commotion wherever I went. 

I’ve been writing since I was in elementary school and never stopped once I started.  I was inspired to write erotica after reading an article in a local paper about the huge demand for the genre and one year later I’ve had 5 pieces published.

2. Tell us a bit about your bestselling novel to date.

I’d have to say The Incident is my bestselling novella so far.  It’s a dark and tense story about two cops trying to overcome a horrific ordeal and move forward with their lives.

3. What do you hope to accomplish with your writing?

With my latest release, The Birches, I wanted to incite a hunger in my readers.  I wanted people to read the story and want to run to the kitchen, grab a bottle of honey and do bad things to their sexual partners with it.  I hope people read my work and are stimulated and excited.

4. If you had a message for your readers and fans, what would it be?

Pressure makes diamonds

5. Alright, time for a naughty question. Who's your fav male celebrity and why?

My favorite male celebrity would have to be Cary Grant.  I aspire to his cool, effortless style and easy masculinity.  I also have a fondness for Michael Douglas for the same reasons.

Xavier's latest is The Birches. 
He can be reached on Facebook.
He's also on Amazon.

Jay Bell

Jay Bell is the Amazon bestselling author of  Something Like Summer, a novel that a lot of readers of mm romance are familiar with. I contacted Jay after reading that novel and asked if he would like to appear on my blog. He very graciously accepted my invitation and the following is the interview I had with him.

1. How did you get your start writing gay fiction and/or erotica? Please tell us a bit about your background and early beginnings.

Long, long ago, when the world was still flat and cavemen rode their dinosaurs to work, I wrote a fantasy novel. As first attempts go, it wasn’t bad, although it didn’t contain a drop of sexuality. Despite it never being published, I even started working on a sequel. At one point in the second book, I had one of the main characters wrap his arm around the other, both of them male. That’s when the world stopped spinning and the universe started talking to me and telling me to invest in pork. I ignored the voices in my head, but I knew that I wanted to write characters like myself. So I abandoned both books and started from scratch. The rest is history. Very recent history still in the making, but history nonetheless.

2. Tell us a bit about Something Like Summer, your bestselling novel to date.

Teen angst. That’s how Something Like Summer starts. People seem to be able to relate to the first half of the novel best, probably because it’s a very universal tale. Gay or straight, we’ve all had that guy (or girl) that we wanted terribly bad—those infatuations that make the other person appear divine at times. Many of us simply stared in wonder from afar, but some of us were lucky and got close to the object of our affection, even if just for a moment. That’s what the first half is about. Crushes, and those first relationships that are full of mistakes and hard lessons.

Once we break free from the gravitational pull of high school, the stories we live become much less universal. The second half of Something Like Summer deals with the path the main character takes and the adult life he makes for himself. And of course the past comes back to haunt him, as it so often does. Mostly the story is about love, and what an intoxicating and confusing blessing/burden it is. 

3. What do you hope to accomplish with your writing?

My first and foremost goal is to write the story I want to read. There’s a school of thought that says you should start a book by aiming toward a profitable market. That may be good for your bank account, but I think it reduces the chances of creating something really special. My first novel, The Cat in the Cradle, hasn’t sold particularly well. Despite that, I wrote a sequel and doing so was one of the best experiences of my life. Maybe no one outside a select few will read it, but I can still feel the excitement and passion I had while creating it. No sales figures in the world are worth giving that up. Likewise, my third novel Hell’s Pawn goes out of its way to defy genre. It’s too early to say if it will be successful or not, and to be honest, there were a lot of labor pains with that one, but I don’t regret writing it.

Past satisfying my own needs and standards, I hope that my books will resonate with the readers. If I tell the truth as I see it, then there will be others that enjoy that vision, whether they agree with it or not. Mostly I just hope to entertain people, while writing gay fiction that is classy enough to mingle at a cocktail party without any eyebrows raising in distaste.

4. Something Like Summer is selling very well. Would you mind telling us a bit about how you promoted it? I mean, we all know how difficult it is to sell well.

The readers have the power. I’ve done everything I can to promote all three books, short of spam mail.  I don’t think I have any great secrets to impart, or my other two novels would be equally successful. It’s the readers that decide what they like and use their voices to spread the word. All an author can do is get his book out there and in the best presentation as possible. Aside from the author politely drawing attention to it, a book is going to rise and sink solely on its own merits.

5. If you had a message for your readers and fans, what would it be?

Get over here and kiss me! Go on, I won’t tell Andreas! Seriously though (or more seriously), thank you for being so wonderful and supportive. Especially all of you that have given my other work a chance based on how much you enjoyed Something Like Summer. Thanks too for all those wonderful reviews and letters. I’m feeling the love and sending it right back atcha!

Jay's latest is Hell's Pawn. 

 Jay's books are on Amazon as well as his website: www.jaybellbooks.com

Latest ebooks!

 My friends,

Just to update everyone: below are my latest ebooks. They are available on Amazon and Smashwords too.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005NWIAQG/ref=cm_cr_mts_prod_img

http://www.amazon.com/Erotic-Gay-Tales-24-ebook/dp/B005ME37CC/ref=sr_1_21?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1316375608&sr=1-21

Anne Holly

I've had the good fortune of meeting with author Anne Holly and discussing her writing. This is what she had to say.

How did you get your start writing erotica? 

My first shot at erotica was a short story called Waking Kara. I had just had a romance novel accepted by a publisher, and was looking around, wondering how to promote a book that hadn’t been released yet. So, when I saw a call for short erotic paranormal pieces, I figured I’d give it a shot. My romance is on the sensual side, so I wasn’t concerned about writing sex scenes, and I had a good idea for a ménage demon story, so there I was. Now, I am releasing five short erotic romances featuring holiday themes for Rebel Ink Press throughout 2011, so I guess I didn’t do too badly.

What inspires you? 

I think the rule for erotica, like anything is, write what you want to read. I write what I find sexy – not necessarily things I have personally done, but things that appeal to me. When you start writing things you don’t find arousing, I think the writing might suffer. So, my own little fantasies and imagination inspires me. Sometimes this is a bit on the odd side, like in my book V-Day, which features a nerdy virgin hero, or a bit more common place, such as the sexy Spaniard in Good for the Goose.

What do you hope to accomplish with your writing? 

My stories focus on “sexual healing,” if you will. People who find redemption and/or new life through passionate love affairs. This goes for both my romance and my erotica. So, basically, I just want to put positive, hopeful stories out there, in the hopes that readers find them hot and sweet.

Anne Holly is a Canadian writer of romance and erotic-romance, as well as a mother and teacher. She is currently at work editing the remaining installments in her five story holiday erotic-romance series published by Rebel Ink, as well as perpetually producing new stories. She has been published by Wild Horse Press, Decadent Publishing and Rebel Ink Press. Anne’s work is characterized by its unusual heroes, sweet/spicy balance, witty dialogue, responsible citizenship, and its positive, optimistic nature. You may visit Anne at her blog or website, or find her on GoodReads, Facebook and Twitter (@anneholly2010). You can find all of her releases on Amazon.

Lisa Worrall

Lisa Worrall is another stellar mm romance author I've been reading. She writes

great books. 

1. How did you get your start writing gay fiction and/or erotica? Please
 tell us a bit about your background and early beginnings. 

I've always wanted to be a writer, but real life and motherhood kind 
of overtook and it was put on the back burner.  Then a couple of years 
ago I drifted into fanfiction when a friend asked me to write a piece 
for her birthday.  I'd been writing fanfiction for about a year when 
another friend suggested that I was good enough to publish and I 
submitted a short story to Dreamspinners, Halfway House in their A 
Midsummer's Nightmare anthology.  They accepted it and here we are.

2. What inspires you?

In regards to writing, music inspires me a lot.  I also listen to music 
while I write and I find when you're stuck, if you crank up the volume, 
your characters tend to take you where you want to go.
In "real life", my children inspire me.

(Nathan: I know what you mean. Music inspires me too). 

3. What do you hope to accomplish with your writing? 

I hope to generate a following that will allow me to write full 
time, but mostly I want to keep having fun with it.  As long as the 
ideas keep coming, I'll keep doing it :)
 

4. If you had to choose, which one of your novels do you like the most and why? 

If I had to choose it would be Thirst, which is due out in January 
2012 with Silver.  It gave me the chance to explore the darker side of 
my personality a little and satisfy my long-obsession with vampires.
 

5. If you had a message for your readers and fans, what would it be? 

If I had a message, it would be keep reading.  Keep expanding your 
mind through the written word and don't let anyone curb the genre you 
wish to read.  Dive in, the water's lovely :)

Nathan: Thank you, Lisa. Lisa's books are available on Amazon. 

Elizabeth Lister

My friends, I give you bestselling author Elizabeth Lister!
 

1. How did you get your start writing gay fiction and/or erotica? Please tell us a bit about your background and early beginnings. 

Hmm, well I've written straight erotica since I was a teenager, just for personal reading.  Never considered trying to publish erotic stories until this past fall, when I realized it would be a great way to make some money working from home.  I really don't want to get a job at the local grocery store when my kids are in school full time.  I realized over the past couple of years that there is a growing market for gay male erotica and I became intrigued enough to try my hand at writing it.  MLR Press accepted my manuscript and the rest is history.  I'm very proud to write about gay male relationships.  I know several gay men who are in committed relationships right now.

2. What inspires you?

Sometimes a photo; Sometimes a setting; Sometimes just a cool title pops into my head and I'll think of a story to go with it.  I love sex and I think that writing about sex in all its many manifestations is completely fascinating.  I like the challenge of trying to think of a new way to describe a similar event.  I mean, my characters are always orgasming (!) so how do you describe it differently each time?  I think that focusing on things beyond the physical event is really the key.  What is the character thinking? Feeling? Saying?  Was it okay or good or fan-fucking-tastic?

3. What do you hope to accomplish with your writing?

I'd like to make a name for myself in this genre and in others.  Right now, because the demand is there, I'm focusing on m/m romance.  But I'd like to write more polyamorous stories - there is one short story, A Revelatory Masquerade, on my website that I really enjoyed writing and for which I've received alot of positive feedback.  I would like to become known for vivid characterization, realistic depictions of sex and relationships, and positive stories of love and lust.

4. If you had to choose, which one of your novels do you like the most and why?

I think that Exposure will always be dearest to me.  It was the first m/m romance I ever wrote, my first ever published work, and features a character with Multiple Sclerosis which I don't think has been done before in a m/m romance.  Because I have MS, the character of Jeremy will always be close to me.

5. If you had a message for your readers and fans, what would it be?

I love to hear from my fans and I love to hear that someone has enjoyed my book.  It is every writer's dream to have their work read and enjoyed.  Keep the positive feedback coming :)

Elizabeth Lister

http://www.elizabethlister.ca/

http://moderneroticromance.blogspot.com/

http://www.facebook.com/ModernEroticRomance

EXPOSURE - available now at http://www.mlrbooks.com/books.php

THE CRUSH - coming soon from MLR Press!