I'm excited to have Thianna D returning to "A Writer's Naughty Thoughts" with information about her new release Took My Breath Away the much looked for sequel to As Natural As Breathing. Thianna appeared here back in August to discuss the first book. If you want to see that post first, please click As Natural As Breathing. And now I will place you into the talented hands of Thianna D.
Thanks Kathryn for hosting the Took My Breath Away Book Blog Tour
today!
It's Day 2 of the Took
My Breath Away Book Blog Tour and I'm excited to be over on Kathryn's A
Writer's Naughty Thoughts Blog. (Well, who wouldn't?) If you miss any days of
the book blog tour, you can find links to them here.
What genres do you write besides gay erotic romance?
Well, I write M/F erotic romance as well as both M/M and M/F
erotica. Also, under another name I write romance, young adult, and
fantasy/sci-fi. I have a lot of different genres I enjoy reading and what I
enjoy reading I also enjoy writing.
Except for plays. I enjoy reading plays, but writing them?
No. It's rather like slamming my head up against the wall.
How long did you write before you were published?
Well, *grins* I've been writing since I could write – I
still have one of the first stories I wrote when I was like five years old. So
a long, long time.
What are you currently reading?
I have a lot of books in my Kindle, but there are certain
books/stories that grip you so hard and whose characters become such a part of
you that you cannot stop reading them. Harry Potter stories were that way and
so is Falls Chance Ranch, a series of M/M domestic discipline stories that
revolve around a ranch. Gripping. Wonderful. I never want to stop reading it.
No matter what new books I download into my eReader, I
invariably turn to the men at Falls Chance, as they feel like home. If they
were in audio, I'd be listening to them too.
Do you have any advice for other writers?
Write what you love. I see, far too often, a huge influx of
people writing something because "Oh, Look! That book is selling, so I
will write one just like that." It's boring and copycat-esque. Instead,
dig deep within you for your own characters, your own storylines, and most
definitely your own titles. You will write better and your story will have more
impact.
If you had to do it all over again, would you change anything in your
latest book?
Oh, boy. Yes, where it ends. This was written as a trilogy.
The problem is, I am now in the midst of three and realize there will be a
fourth. If I had made this book about thirty thousand words longer and taken
them through the holiday season, this would not have been an issue.
Ah, well. Hindsight ;)
Is there anything you find particularly challenging in your writing?
All the voices. I cannot tell you how many works-in-progress
I have because it would probably make the readers fall off their chairs. It is
difficult to write when several storylines want my attention at the same time.
Sometimes it gets so frustrating I can't write anything. I hate those times.
Is there a message in your novel that you want readers to grasp?
I'm not much of a 'message' kind of girl. But if anything, I
would want readers to recognize that romance is romance, whether it be M/F or
M/M. It is about two people making things work.
What were the challenges you faced in bringing your latest book to
life?
I think the hardest part was wondering how the readers would
react to one part of it. It is 'reality' and yet in romance books, reality most
of the time does not exist. In most DD novels, we have the alpha male who is
the spanker and is also in the charge of discipline as well.
Since I came to this through a BDSM background, and the fact
that Logan and Christian led the way, this is the exact opposite. It shows that
just because someone is the 'top' in the sexual relationship, that does not
mean they are the dominant in the discipline sense.
If you could have any super power, what would it be?
It isn't a superpower, per se, but I would love to be able
to transport from here to there without the need for cars, trains, planes,
space ships…etc.
Beam me up, Scotty ;)
What book do you wish you’d written?
While I am not a fan of the 50 Shades trilogy, I wish I had
written it. Why? For the sheer reality of how well it sells and how many people
it has touched. What author would not want to be in that spot? Her trilogy has
changed the way the world sees erotica.
Just for that simple fact, that trilogy will go down as one
of the most important in our century. Especially to those who love to write and
read erotic literature.
What are your current projects?
How much time do you have? *grins* Well, too many to
mention, but the main ones I am working on right now are:
a novella for the Corbin's Bend
spanking romance series (more info on that coming Jan 2nd).
2nd novel in The Shift
series.
3rd novel in All They
Ever Needed series.
3rd novel in my
non-erotic Dating Service series.
Taking my 170K YA Dystopian story
and separating and expanding it into three novels.
Can you share a little of your current work with us?
Would love to! In this snippet, Logan has just gotten home
from college and Christian, who helped him bring all of his stuff back, is
heading out.
Christian had a few
things he needed to do for work, plus his mother was expecting him for dinner,
so they unpacked the truck, taking all the boxes down to the basement before he
left. “See you tomorrow?” he asked after kissing Logan goodbye.
“Yep. Just let me know when and I will be ready.”
Christian grinned. “I’m taking you out to dinner. Be ready at six.”
Surprised, Logan
watched him drive away. He had just been asked out on a date. Usually it was he
who did the asking. A wonderful feeling bloomed in his stomach, the kind he
associated with being loved and taken care of. Beaming, he went back inside.
Book Description:
Took My Breath Away
Sequel to As Natural As Breathing
Sequel to As Natural As Breathing
Length: Novel
Genre: Gay Spanking Romance
Series: All They
Ever Needed
Sometimes taking
control is what you need to do and sometimes the best thing you can do is give
that control up.
In the summer between Logan's junior and senior years of
college, these two will find out more about each other and themselves than they
imagined.
While unhappy to be missing four weeks of Christian's
company, Logan is thrilled to spend a month with his father's relatives in New
York. A naturally gregarious individual,
he is used to winning people over and getting things right. Unfortunately, the
Mannettes are not what he expects and for the first time in his life, he finds
himself seriously doubting who he is.
Christian has regained some of his old self-esteem and is
taking on new challenges. Besides growing in the relationship he has with
Logan, he takes the time his boyfriend is away to learn more about domestic
discipline. He learns a little online but it is actually Gregory, Logan's father,
where he gains most of his information. Including the fact that his natural
strength puts him in a leadership position he isn't expecting.
When Logan returns to a strong, self-assured Christian, it
is with complete relief. As discussions turn to domestic discipline and they
realize their true roles within their current and future relationship, both of
them are able to let their inhibitions go and together their connection grows
surprising Logan to an epiphany.
To find the most updated list of where
you can find Took My Breath Away,
visit it's page
on my author site.
Thianna D
For Thianna D, reading and writing are as important as
breathing and far more important than math or science. A storyteller from the
time she could speak, she was always making up characters as a kid. As a
teenager that turned to sci-fi and fantasy, as an adult to romance. It wasn’t
until her fourth decade that she began writing erotic scenes within her
stories.
Writing M/M came naturally to her; she wrote her first tale
before ever having read one. “There is something about the amazing dynamic
between two strong men falling in love and defeating anything thrown at them.”
While she had written several BDSM stories involving men, As Natural As Breathing was the first full-length novel involving
domestic discipline. In Took My Breath
Away, its sequel, Logan and Christian further their relationship in very
defining ways.
You can find out more of what is going on with her at:
Tune in tomorrow to get the URL for the next stop on the Took My Breath Away Book Blog Tour. Now,
get your entry for my giveaway:
Thanks for having me on your blog today, Kathryn!
ReplyDeleteoo I'm glad you hosted Thianna too, Kathryn, and I love this snippet, Thianna. the interview was wonderful to read as well
ReplyDeleteThanks, Joelle! I adore the relationship between these two and think that small excerpt really shows how comfortable they are:)
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