Click on the Audible link for a 5-minute sample!

Q: In your newsletter subscriber-only giveaway for the audiobook, you asked about a secondary character's British Indian accent in extended-stay America. What inspired you to include such a character (Sangita) in the book?
A: I live in quite a diverse area in the United States -- the San Francisco Bay Area. Sangita is actually a combination of a few different Indian/South Asian American women I have met in my life. One particular female stood out in my mind, because although she had no accent when speaking American English, her older sister definitely had one. The sisters were less than five years apart. So I really wanted Gita's character to stand out a little.

​Q: In The Inspection, one of the female protagonists could easily have had an accent. Why did you stick with an accent-free Latina for the narration?
Although the Latina protagonist's mother reveres traditional Aztec ways and would have gone that route for Mercedes' best match in terms of possible (male) suitors, Mercedes grew up in America at a very young age. She would not have developed an accent when speaking American English.

Q: I notice that interracial and multicultural couples sprinkle your stories. How did you go about confirming the narrator for the DykeLove Quickies series?
Well, I knew I wanted someone who was prompt, professional and responsive to edits/suggestions for changes. A plus was that I did not have to search for a different narrator to execute different accents, pitches, personas. Ideally, I would have liked two different narrators -- one for each protagonist. However, I have found that the dialogue between those characters gets really tricky to execute when it comes to audio file creation. The more people involved in the audiobook creation process, the longer it seems to take. So I stuck with one narrator so far. Hope that answered the question.

Q: When will the next audiobook be released?
A: Hopefully, by November I'll have THE INQUISITION (DykeLove Quickies Book 6) out in audio and then by the December holidays, DYKELOVE SECONDS (DykeLove Quickies Bundle Volume 2). I've got all these files to listen to, get through, approve for upload. They're all sitting on the back burner, waiting for me to wade through them. So that's my priority for the rest of October -- to get through the audio files. Then November and December will be butt-in-chair writing time to crank out some stories for the characters that are getting crankier every passing day about WTF is taking me so long to return to their stories...

Q: Sounds like you've got a lot on your plate! What is the next story you're working on?
A: Gosh. Right now, the race is between The Miseducation Part One (Purr Billionaire BDSM Trio Book 7) and The Librarian (Occupational Hazard Book 1). The Miseducation started out being focused on Britta Akerman, a lesbian domme who is just beginning her training with a bisexual male Dom in a M/M/M relationship. However, the "trio" part is really focused on the M/M/M relationship. It's a very interesting book for me to write. Well, The Librarian is a short story that is similar to the DykeLove Quickies series and features two lesbians in a kinky relationship. It's a light fun story that right now looks like it may be the next story out. So we'll see...

“Hmm. Sounds like you like entertaining book girlfriends,” Monica said, “but you don’t have one at the moment, do you?”

Monica’s heart hammered as the seconds ticked by.

Slowly Kaylee met her gaze, lips thinned. “That’s a rather personal question.”

“All of my questions have related to personal assistance in some way, shape or form,” Monica said.

“Yes, but I don’t see where all this is going, and I don’t think these questions are related to the job description I read online.”

“Nonsense.” Monica stood up from her chair and approached Kaylee. “I asked you about fun and you hardly had or have any. I needed to delve deeper and find out what you enjoy. Working with childhood cancer patients is very taxing on the nerves. You need to be able to flip the relaxation switch, at will.”

Kaylee’s brows furrowed in confusion.

“What position did you say I was interviewing for now?” she asked slowly.

Wrong answer.

“At this point, you don’t get to ask the questions.” Monica eased one buttock onto the desk, overlooking Kaylee in her chair. “You only get to answer them.”

Kaylee stiffened.

Good.

The girl was catching on.

​“So back to the question—are you in an intimate sexual relationship with anyone?”

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Want to find out more about who captivated my interest enough for me to write a planned five-part story?

Who is strong enough to bring together a Dom and a Domme in the same room?

Meet her (and her Dominants) at the Smutters UK website for their May 27 feature. Yes, you'll hear from them, but you'll also hear from yours truly. :-)

Guess who the Author Spotlight is on for Jolynn Raymond's blog? 
Yours truly!

Find out even more about what makes me tick as a writer! 

See the rainbow roses at the left? 
Aren't they beautiful? 

Hope you also enjoy my interview with Jolynn! 
Click the link above to get to it. :-)

I have the fortune to kick off the author spotlight series for fellow indie romance author J.L. Mitchell's blog. 

My interview launches her Feature Friday special. 

Check it out! :-)

(You'll even get to read an excerpt from Chapter One in my latest work, Purr Scent I: The Meeting, which is available now.)