Please tell our readers a bit about yourself in 50 words or less.

I am expert at looking back on disappointing interactions and imagining ways I might have interjected droll wit or devastating scorn. Now, I generate creative writing scenarios and dialogue. I am also endlessly fantasizing Meet Cutes with various crushes over the years, et voila, I’m writing romance (except with vampires and man-sex).

Do you write full time or part-time?
I write my fiction part-time.

What brought you to FF &P?
I wanted to reach out to learn about the business and get to know like-minded authors, so I joined Romance Writers of America. I was relieved to discover the specialty nook offered by FF&P since many of my funky genre issues would never be those faced by writers of mainstream romance.

What do you hope to get out of FF & P?
I look forward to settling-in with fellow FF&P creative writers and helping each other as it comes about.

What genres do you write?
My genres are paranormal (vampire) and historical (Regency/Napoleonic Era) MM romance.

Are you traditional, hybrid, or indie published? Why did you go this route?
I will self-publish in order to retain complete control over the cover art but would naturally be so jazzed to draw the interest of traditional publishing concerns.

If you’re not published, which route do you plan on taking?
Over the years, I’ve written hetero FF&P romance short stories for amusement (namely, the lurid adventures of Vulcan Lieutenant Burke) but once a pal sent a MM romance story my way, I’ve never looked back. During the early pandemic I spent some months in bed from an injury and the stultifying boredom drove me to challenge myself to write a book, which I immediately expanded to a trilogy which I will publish all at once as a set, because I hate when volume one is fantastic then volume two is a turkey due to being its having been rushed into print.

What is your writing routine like?
My writing routine is unorthodox because when I attempt the mainstream process of writing every day, I end up writing people-pleasing pap. Instead, I’ve always imagined scenes and dialogue in my head, fleshing them out while driving, standing in line, and so forth, then, when it feels complete, I type it all out. When I’m feeling dry, I re-read some of my stuff which gets me refining the language and replaces me back into the creative groove, often as not. If I am really not in the mood, then I edify myself by extensive research, whether about writing techniques, the industry, or background material such as era men’s attire, architecture, idioms, etc., which I store as links in various Google Drive folders. I’m also a graphic designer [not artist!] so I’ve stretched my abilities with PhotoShop and Illustrator assembling drafts of cover ideas and developing visuals of my guys.

Name three of your favorite sci-fi or fantasy authors.
Patricia McKillip’s belovéd Riddle-Master series influences the vividness of my writing, the scope of KC Charles’ Magpie Lord series inspires me, and Jordan Castillo Price’s Hemovore never fails to crack me up while showing me how fantastic characters are drawn.

If you could meet anyone, imaginary or real, in sci-fi or fantasy, who would it be and why?
Hemovore’s wry, enigmatic vampire Jonathan Varga would by my first choice for a nice coze.

You’re stranded on a desert island, and you can only have one book. Which book do you bring with you and why?

My pick for a desert island read would be David Eddings’ Belgariad, barely edging out Riddle-Master. When I was first deciding what story to write, an article recommended using a favorite book as a model, and I chose the Belgariad for its droll, affectionate fellowship and its exciting geography-spanning adventure.

Tell us about your latest release(s) and what’s coming next for you.

I’ve got a 120-k word volume one, 45-k word volume two, and 65-k word volume three but have come face to face with the shock that my first chapter main character description is terribly trite, and I need to up my game dramatically, so I spend my free moments pondering figurative writing, trying to see deeper into my Vampire, and searching how to express it.

How can readers find you online?
I won’t have an author website for a while.

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