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Nicky Charles

Where did you grow up and does this have any influence on your stories?
Yes, I think where I lived does influence what I write and how I write.
I grew up in the country and developed a strong love of nature, something that often shows in my stories.
Also, our house was miles from anywhere and, since this was in the days before the internet, private phone lines or even very many television channels, it could be lonely. I had to rely on my imagination for entertainment. I created invisible friends and went on amazing adventures with them. I didn’t know it at the time, but this was laying the foundation for my current career.
When did you first start writing?
I started writing as a very young child and always excelled at the subject in school, but I put it on the back burner for many years. It wasn’t until many years later when I discovered fanfiction that I finally tried my hand at writing again. It was as if a floodgate had been opened and I haven’t stopped since!
Published: July 6, 2018. Read Full Interview

JD Nixon

Where did you grow up, and how did this influence your writing?
I grew up in Queensland, Australia, the middle child in a largish, low-income family. I've always been an avid reader, particularly of crime/mystery books (even as a kid). On special occasions, I asked for books as gifts, otherwise the library was a real treasure for me. I think I was conscious of that when I set the first books in my series free and have a lowish price on the rest of my books.
When did you first start writing?
July 2009. I decided I wanted to do something more engaging than just working, working, working. I enrolled in a course, but at the same time started writing my first book, "Heller". I only ever did one subject in that course, dropping it after the first semester to continue writing more Heller books! I just couldn't stop writing those books!
Published: August 27, 2013. Read Full Interview

Laura Lovecraft

Where did you grow up, and how did this influence your writing?
I grew up in Providence RI and was greatly influenced BY HP Lovecraft, who was also born and lived here most of his life. I have visited many of the buildings he featured in his stories. Although I write erotica rather than horror, I feel living in such a historic city and surrounded by haunted dwellings and superstitions has greatly inspired my creativity and is the reason some of my erotica (notably Broken and Dark Genesis) have such an aura of Darkness about them.
What are you working on next?
I have several irons in the fire right now. I have several chapters done on Tales of the Circle book Two as well as part of a Circle one shot featuring Victoria Redding. In addition to that I am in the middle of reworking a novel length BDSM Romance; By Demons Driven. In the mix is some simple fun stuff, a foot fetish story as well as the next installment of My Friend's Hot Mom called Happy Hour. There's no rest for the wicked and this girl is pretty wicked.
Published: July 14, 2014. Read Full Interview

Stasia Grey

Describe your desk
Amy - Oh gosh, it's a mess! I have a iMac to write everything on and beside it is my gaming laptop. Totally not used to play games, promise!
Where did you grow up, and how did this influence your writing?
Amy - I loved reading. My first book ever was Matilda and I read it in one sitting. Learned very early on what reading fatigue was lol.
Published: February 9, 2021. Read Full Interview

Evangeline Anderson

Where did you grow up, and how did this influence your writing?
My parents were ministers in the Salvation Army so we moved all around the Southern US for my entire childhood. I lived in Florida, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, and Georgia. I think of myself as a Southerner, though not a redneck. I think that implies a certain courtesy towards others and I always take time to think twice before I answer an email or post to a blog or board somewhere.
When did you first start writing?
Oh my, I remember making up stories to myself in preschool but I guess I started writing them down in high school. I used to write really dirty stories (well, they seemed dirty back then but I was 16, what did I know?) and burn them in the fireplace to avoid scandalizing my parents.
Then, back in 20002 I discovered fanfiction. I read a lot of it and wanted to try writing it. I found a message board where they were writing a round robin. I posted the beginning of a story and waited for someone else to continue it. I was both thrilled and surprised when a number of the other people on the board asked me to continue the story instead. I wound up writing and posting the entire thing and got tons of feedback...from then on I was hooked. By 2003 I took a writing class at my local community college. By 2004 I had sold my first story. A few years later, writing had become my second job. And by 2011, I was able to quit my day job as an MRI tech and write full time. I just love it. : )
Published: August 29, 2013. Read Full Interview

Robert Lubrican

What is your writing process?
I usually outline an idea telling the story in short bullet comments. Then I pick a comment to flesh out. When they're all done, I begin the editing process.
Do you remember the first story you ever read, and the impact it had on you?
I don't know bout the first story, but the books of Asimov, LaAmour, Heinlein, Clarke, Eddings and many others fired up my imagination. I wanted to become a story teller, but I never thought I'd end up as an author.
Published: July 13, 2018. Read Full Interview

Selena Kitt

What's the story behind your latest book?
The Trouble series was originally published under my "new adult" pen name, Emme Rollins. It was extremely well-received under both names and is a departure for the Selena Kitt brand that expands her horizons quite a bit.
What motivated you to become an indie author?
I became an indie author back in 2006, before the term "indie" had even been invented yet!
Published: February 14, 2019. Read Full Interview

Ruth Ann Nordin

When did you first start writing?
I was in the 8th grade when I started to write. I became an avid reader during the 6th grade, and I read a lot of romances, ranging from the YA to adult category. After a while, I started looking for specific plots that I wanted to read. I spent a few months getting increasingly upset because it seemed like the exact book I wanted to read wasn't available at the bookstores or library. One day while browsing through the library, it suddenly occurred to me that if I wanted to read the book I had in mind, then I was going to have to write it. I've been writing ever since.
What motivated you to become an indie author?
In short, control over my book.

I didn't want a publisher coming in and telling me what I could or couldn't do with the story I'd written. I write about sweet heroes who are often virgins, which aren't typical in the traditional publishing world. And if they are, this is usually in the Christian romance publishing market. But the Christian publishing market didn't fit me, either, because I include sexual content in my books. Since I couldn't find a publisher that fit what I wanted to do, I published the books myself. Looking back, that was the best decision I'd ever made because I'm very happy with the books I've done. I don't think I would have been happy with my books if I'd written what the publisher(s) had wanted.

I should note that I do have a few books with a publisher, but the publisher is a small one and I was allowed full control over the content of the books. That publisher came later in my writing career.
Published: September 12, 2015. Read Full Interview

E.Z. McCain

What is the BEASTIVERSE?
It's a modern fantasy setting, kind of like Harry Potter or Supernatural... except with a LOT of beast- and beastman-fucking in it! It's also the story-universe that most of my stories are set in.

For a quick primer on the Beastiverse, go here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Beastiverse/wiki/the-beastiverse/beastiverse-primer
Do you have any free stories?
I do! Check out "Beast-Banged Schoolgirl and the Werewolf's Knot:"
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/737514

or "Mercy Gets Beasted," chapter one of the "Cop For Beastman" series:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/743524

And I also have a bunch more first-person, diary-style stories on my Discord:
https://beastiverse.blogspot.com/p/the-beastiverse-discord.html
Published: July 20, 2017. Read Full Interview

Lizzy Ford

When did you first start writing?
I started writing when I was nine. Before that, I had all these stories in my head and nowhere to put them! I finished my first book when I was twelve and had several dozen others in the process at that point. I also wrote poetry early on, which I still do off and on.
What's the story behind your latest book?
I write quickly and have multiple books I’m releasing this year, so I’ll tell you about one of the series, “History Interrupted,” I’m about to finish up! It’s a romantic time travel adventure, where the heroine is sent further back in time in each of the four episodes. I named each book after the general parts of the world where she ends up: West, East, North, and South. The fourth book will be released late this summer/early fall.

I’ve always been fascinated with history, and this was an opportunity to combine my love of writing fiction with my love of imagining what life was like during those time periods. We know a lot about history in terms of general events and major players, but we don’t know details of most of those worlds and the day-to-day lives of those people living within them. It’s fun to imagine!
Published: July 13, 2018. Read Full Interview