Joining me in the Hot Seat today is
author, Victoria Blisse
Bio: Victoria
Blisse is a mother, wife, Christian, Manchester United fan and award winning
erotica author. She is also the editor of several Bigger Briefs collections,
and the co-editor of the fabulous Smut Alfresco and Smut in the City and Smut
by the Sea Anthologies.
Victoria is also one of the brains behind
the fabulous Smut by the Sea event taking place at Scarborough Library (UK) on
the 14th June 2014. A day dedicated to erotica with lots of author readings, fun giveaways and
exciting talks.
She is equally at home behind a laptop or a
cooker (She is TEB's Resident "Naked Chef") and she loves to create
stories, poems, cakes and biscuits that make people happy. She was born near
Manchester, England and her northern English quirkiness shows through in all of
her stories.
Passion, love and laughter fill her works,
just as they fill her busy life.
You can find often find Victoria
procrastinating on Facebook http://facebook.com/victoriablisse
, Twitter http://twitter.com/victoriablisse and Pinterest http://pinterest.com/victoriablisse
To find out more check out http://victoriablisse.co.uk
Q: Can you tell our readers a little about your
writing? What genres do you enjoy writing?
I write what I call ‘rosy, raunchy romance’
which is a happily ever after love story with lots of hot sexiness too. I write
about curvy girls like me and love to write in many different genres. I often
dabble with a little light BDSM, have fun playing with the paranormal and if I
can get two hot guys into a story instead of one, then all the better!
Q: Do you write on a schedule or when the Muse
decides?
A little bit of both. I like to write
every morning but sometimes that just doesn’t happen. Sometimes the muse
strikes and I just have to write. More often a deadline looms and I just have
to write like the wind to hit it!
Q: What qualities do you instill in your heroes?
My heroes are always kind (it might be
hidden under a few layers, but it is there) loyal, sincere and they always have
a damn good sense of humour. Each hero I create is unique, though. I love
playing with personality flaws and turning them into positives in the end. Just
take Johnny the Djinn from my Djinn’s Amulet series http://victoriablisse.co.uk/series/djinn-amulet.
He’s a whole ball of personality flaws, but I defy you not to fall in love with
him, the sarcastic, arrogant bugger.
Q.
Coffee or tea?
Neither, bleh. I am a very rare Brit, I
can’t stand tea. It raises a few brows I can tell you!
Q.
Do you write about the places you know or prefer to take your readers to exotic
places?
A bit of both. I write very often about
Scarborough, most recently in a free read you can pick up called Hitting the
Jackpot http://victoriablisse.co.uk/books/hitting-the-jackpot
/ I visit Scarborough every year at least once
for a holiday and I have done since I was a little girl. I write about Britain and
Brits a lot, being a lass from the North of England myself. I don’t stick to what I know though. I’ve
written Bollywood inspired tales (that Johnny the Djinn again!) and I’ve got my
Point Vamp series of vampires http://victoriablisse.co.uk/series/point-vamp
and I often have characters disappear to exotic places I’ve never visited. In
my latest release (out today!) Sharing Nicely http://www.total-e-bound.com/product.asp?strParents=&CAT_ID=&P_ID=2331
there is an extensive section that happens in Venice. There’s a gondola ride,
water taxi fun, a dress fitting, a masquerade ball and more. I’ve never been to
Venice, I spent a pleasant time researching Venice, though.
Q:
Where do you get your inspiration?
Sitting on the Bus, drinking smoothies
in a coffee shop, watching telly, staring through the train window, walking the
streets of London, riding the tube, squished next to a stranger, sitting in
bed, reading a book, in dreams, chatting
with friends, listening to sermons (really!), in waiting rooms and occasionally
when I’m actually using my laptop.
If I weren’t so wordy, I’d have just
said everywhere.
Q:
Would you change anything in your life to make writing easier.
Well, if I could remove my
procrastination gene, that’s help.
Q:
We have all suffered submission rejections. How do you cope? Do you have any
advice to other writers on coping with rejection?
I cope fairly well by in large.
Sometimes it’s a great big punch in the gut and it takes a few deep breaths to
get back in the zone but I’ve been given some great advice by writing pals over
the years. One bit being a story may be rejected for many reasons, lots of them
have nothing to do with the quality of the story. The editor might have seen
lots of those types of stories at the time, they may not like the way you write
or don’t get your main character or simply don’t like stories set in the town
you’ve picked. They may have been tired at the time or rushing through
submissions. Don’t take a rejection personally, just keep looking for the home
for your story. I find the best cure for rejection is sending the story
straight back out to another publisher. You just have to keep looking for the
right home for your work.
Q:
What do you like to read and who are your favourite authors?
I have a soft spot for fantasy, Terry
Pratchett and David Gemmell are two of my favourite authors and Neil Gaiman makes
me weep with joy and sorrow at the way he weaves a story. I also like to read
in the erotic genre, you can’t beat a book from one of my fellow Brit Babes if
you want good quality erotica and erotic romance. http://thebritbabes.blogspot.co.uk/
Q:
Do you write one novel at a time or do you move between works in progress?
I usually work on one thing at a time.
Sometimes though I will take time out of a longer work to write a short story
because I need a change.
Q:
Is there anything you would like to share with us about upcoming releases?
I’ve not got details right now Heather,
but if I get anything by the end of September can I send it to you to add in
here? Thanks.
Q:
Can
you tell us a little about your current novel? What inspired you to write this
story?
Sharing Nicely
started out as a short 15k story in reply to call for submissions. It didn’t
get accepted because it wasn’t a complete story, it needed more. So I wrote
more. I got to 30k and thought I had the end but then a sequel idea came to me
and in the end I decided to just keep writing and aim for a novel. I ended up
with just over 50k and Sharing Nicely was born.
Blurb: Two
hot, sexy billionaires know what they want and they want her, but will they be
happy to share nicely?
Kerry
Matthews is used to stress—she runs her own high-end London club called
Diamonds, but what she isn’t used to is attention from two very persuasive and
powerful men.
Darren
Bennett and Greg Stamford are life-long rivals, but call a truce to spend one
night with sassy, curvy Kerry. They’re not content to share forever though.
They both have a selfish desire to possess her completely.
Darren
buys her seductive lingerie, flowers and chocolates, Greg flies her to Paris
for a romantic break, cleans her flat and makes her breakfast in bed. Both
vying to cement their place in her heart. She needs to decide between them but
is dazzled by their persuasive personas and extravagant gifts.
Reader Advisory: This book contains a scene of MFM
Ménage and some violence.
Author’s
links: http://victoriablisse.co.uk
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