More back story, more character development, more man loving and certainly more plot development. I like quite a bit more meat (pun intended) in my stories. Although my eyes certainly appreciate the man candy action of a good yaoi manga, I find they’re too dang short. Maybe that has something to do with why I write yaoi and m/m romance novels instead of drawing comic panels (which I think takes way more talent than I have). I have to admit, I like yaoi novels better than manga.
I got the job:) And now some of my co-workers do know what I write and they like it. It’s private and they wouldn’t like it anyway, LOL. So what did I say? No, they could not have my pen name.
I’ve got two kids to support – wait, and a dog and now two Guinea Pigs. But this is real life and it’s my livelihood. I mean come on, I’m trying to get a job here! I’d love for everyone in the world to be open minded, nonjudgmental and all that good stuff. They asked, “What do you write?” I gave them the standard answer, “Romance books.” But they wanted to know, specifically, what did I write? And they wanted to know my pen name, so they could look me up and see my website! Ah, the horror!Īlthough I’m pretty proud of my website, because all the design and such is by me:), I really did not want these engineering-type geeks, although they were probably fans of Star Wars and maybe even anime, looking me up and seeing that I write M/M Romance. Now I didn’t really think much of it, until the last two interviews I had wanted to know specifics about my writing. So of course my resume has a section on this fact. Now these interviews were specifically for high tech marketing jobs, where being a published author is an advantage. Since I was first published in 2008, I’ve been on three job interviews. It’s not all that strange and hey, wasn’t Brokeback Mountain hot?īut wait, this gets even better. Not only do I now have to explain that what I write is not “porn”, though it is erotic, but I also have to explain what many of you who read my work or my blog already know – there is a large audience for gay romance written for women (mostly) by women. I can’t tell you all how dang annoying that is. Of course, the friend or acquaintance I happen to be with always has to blurt out, “She writes gay porn!”. I usually start out with saying, “Oh, romance.” Most people just nod at this. When people find out that I’m a writer, usually from a friend who can’t wait to say something about it, I always get asked, “Really? What do you write?” Seeing as how I’m a Yaoi, M/M Romance author, I’m always a bit taken aback. One last thing – If anyone has any books they’d like to see written, let me know. You can check out the blurbs for each of these or any of my other books by clicking on the titles above or clicking on my books tab. Name TBD: A Contemporary Tennis MM Romance: Currently writing (25,000 words in).Find Me in July: A Vintage MM Romance: In editing.The Haunting Crush: A Paranormal/Mystery MM Romance: In editing.I n Life and Blood Book 3 – The Bonds of Family: A Vampire MM Romance: Waiting for cover, then a release date.Not Alone: A Rock Star MM Romance: Ready for Release Date (Was supposed to be released in June).So, here’s the list of books on the way and where they’re at: They have assured us all that the new website will be up any day now and in the meantime, we are all working on writing, editing and covers. In my day job, I work closely with the company web team, so I know this is no small task. I’ve been talking about all these books I’ve been working on and some of you may be wondering – where the heck are they? Well, my publisher, eXtasy Books, had to completely overhaul their website and aren’t releasing anything until that is done.
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