• Origin: How did the first story you ever wrote influence your career as an author and how do you feel about that story now?

Oh goodness! Some of my first stories were Marvel fan fictions. Even back then my readers were telling me my work had homoerotic overtones! I recall the first one taught me a great deal about pacing, fleshing out characters, and how to write action scenes. If you’re struggling with action write a few comic book stories. Those teach you how to jazz up that action real quick!

• Which of your characters is most like you (or someone close to you.)

I’d have to say that Victor Kalinski and I are spirit animals. He just has the lack of a filter whereas I may think the snarky comment but I rarely say it.

• What is your favorite trope and why?

Age gaps. I’m not really sure what it is about an age discrepancy that appeals to me so much. Perhaps part of it is because there’s a stigma to it still. I rather like the fact that the two characters have to prove to the world that age is really just a number.

• How many half-written stories are on your hard-drive and what do you plan to do with them?

Actually, I don’t have a lot of half-finished stories. I work in a linear manner and generally know before I sit down if the initial idea has enough sparkle to make it to THE END. Now ideas on the other hand…Yeah, I have a file fill of those!

• What are you working on next?

How much time do you have? *giggles * All kidding aside my writing schedule is laid out well into 2022 so I have a slew of things to talk about. What’s up next month is a story that literally blew into my head a few weeks ago and would not leave. So I contacted my cover artist, ordered a cover, and bumped back what I had planned to write next month for this one. It’s called “The Viking and the Drag Queen” and I am SUPER stoked to get to it!