Amelia James
Erotic Romance
Thank you for stopping in to meet this weeks sexy romance author and to help her celebrate the new release, Her Twisted Pleasures! Watch out for balloons on the floor and the streamers overhead. The bars in the back and our bartender will be more than happy to help you!
Amelia James started reading steamy romance novels in junior
high, but her mom took them away from her, so she started daydreaming instead.
After she got married, she wrote some of her naughtier daydreams down and sent
them to Playgirl magazine. Two of
them got published. She kept daydreaming
and writing stories until her dirty stories turned into trashy books.
She lives in Colorado, but she’ll always be a loyal Wisconsin
Cheesehead. When she’s not lusting after her next bad boy hero, she looks for
inspiration in sci-fi and action movies, football players, bloodsucking
lawyers, muscle cars, and kick-butt chicks.
She's got a contest at the end for you to enter. A
winner will be drawn on Saturday, the 18th for a signed copy of Tell Me You Want Me! Good luck to everyone!
Tonya: Amelia, I'm honored to be among those helping you with your release celebrations! Let's get started. Readers love to know more about their
authors. Tell us a bit about yourself.
Amelia: I am Amelia James, and I write trashy books.
I published a romance novel, Tell Me You
Want Me (now available.) I’ve been writing stories since the third grade
and reading romance since junior high. Yep, I’m addicted. My new release, Her Twisted Pleasures, is an erotic
short story collection featuring three (M/F/M) characters.
Tonya: Do you have a day job?
Amelia: Not anymore, thankfully. I had a series of
mind-numbing, dead-end day jobs I hated, but I’ve been writing full-time for
the last year. Writing challenges me like no day job ever has.
Tonya: Some of us have things we do to get into the
writing frame of mind like music, or drinks. Do you have anything special you
do to get into the writing mood?
Amelia: I let my mind wander. I like to play ‘what if?’
with my characters and their lives.
Tonya: Where do you keep story ideas? Where do they
come from?
Amelia: I keep a notebook with me at all times. I
also have ideas on my computer. I get most of my ideas from my dirty mind. *
wink *
Tonya: If you’re self-published, can you tell us a
bit about that and how it’s going for you?
Amelia: I was self-published for a year, and it was a
lot of hard work for little reward, so I submitted my newest release, Her Twisted Pleasures, to an indie
publisher. They accepted it and they’re republishing all my self-published
titles. I learned a lot from the experience, but I can’t do it on my own.
Tonya: Self-pubbing IS a lot of work, but we all still have to market our books so readers can learn about them. Having guests here on my blog is one way I like to help authors get in front of readers. Are you a daytime writer, night time writer,
and do you have to be alone to write?
Amelia: I get up at 5am to write. I write best after
I’ve had a good night’s sleep. Yes, I have to be alone. No music, no
distractions.
Tonya: What advice would you give to new authors?
Amelia: Everyone needs an editor. An editor will see
ways to improve your writing that you can’t. I’ve learned a lot from my editors
at Evolved Publishing.
Tonya: Do you write better when you first have an
idea of what your characters look like or do you write, then add character
looks?
Amelia: I need to know who my characters are and
understand their conflicts before I start writing. Looks are secondary.
Tonya: What attracts you most about men?
Amelia: I love long hair on a man. Mmmm yummy. I also
love a guy with a dirty sense of humor.
Tonya: I’m one of those who love to fist my fingers
in their hair! We’re dying to hear about your latest book. What can you tell us
without spoiling the storyline?
Amelia: Her
Twisted Pleasures is an erotic short story collection. The stories follow
three characters (M/F/M) and their twisted relationships with each other. Sometimes
dirty little secrets are more dirty than secret.
Blurb:
His hand came off my neck, and he wrapped
his arms around me, crushing me against him. I grabbed his hair and forced his
mouth to mine, feeding the darkness possessing us…. Submission, yes! Not giving
up control but having it taken from me. This… this was why I needed Alex. Will
was too nice; he would never abuse me like this. But Alex…mmm…Alex had no such
qualms. “What have you done to me?”
Talia indulges her
sexual pleasures, turning her life into a twisted mess. Sleeping with Alex is
dangerous and reckless. She craves that excitement. Loving Will is comforting
and safe. She needs that stability. Why can’t she get everything she wants from
one man?
Will has everything
under control. Watching his girlfriend flirt with his best friend fuels his
lust for her. He loves Talia; he trusts Alex. It’s all good as long as he makes
the rules.
Alex doesn’t give a
damn about rules. He knows how to play with fire without getting burned. It’s
just sex with Talia. No emotions means no attachments. That’s one rule he won’t
break.
Sometimes dirty
little secrets are more dirty than secret….
Excerpt: Her Twisted Pleasures' first story, A Good Slut
Warning: XXX-rated
"I had the weirdest dream." I snuggled closer to
him, feeling his heart beat steady under my cheek.
His hand slipped between my thighs. I was still wet. "Was
it about him?"
"Yes."
His heart beat faster against my side. "Be a good slut
and tell me about it." He smiled. "Don't leave anything out."
The glimmer in his eyes made me wonder what he was hoping
for. Alex had invaded my sleep before—even hotter than this one. Will liked
hearing all the dirty details. Strange, but if it turned him on, what was the
harm in telling him? Still, I never said Alex's name.
"I got up for a drink and he was in the kitchen."
"Were you naked?"
"Yes, but he wasn't. He pinned me against the wall and
fucked me."
"Mmm... did you like fucking another guy?" The
hand between my legs probed my wet flesh, and his fingers slipped inside me.
"Yeah." I smiled and sweat sprinkled my skin.
Will understood, like no one else ever had, my need for
variety. I'd never been with anyone as long as I'd been with Will because...
well, they soon bored me. He gave me free rein to flirt with anyone. I tried
hard not to cross the line, but he never got mad, never showed any emotion at
all.
Sometimes, he seemed to like it.
I dragged my mouth up his neck and flicked my tongue in his
ear. "He made me come." I smiled on his hot skin, knowing my dream
orgasms would make him hard.
He groaned and draped my thigh over his hips, grinding his
cock against my mound. "How many times?"
"Um...." I stalled, teasing him. "Twice."
He kissed me, fucking my mouth with his tongue. "Was he
fucking you both times?"
"No. The first time he was fingering my button."
His amused smile told me he liked my silly words for my girl
parts. "And he fucked you after that?" He teased my pink flesh with
his cock.
I gnawed my lip and buried my face against his shoulder,
nipping it. "Yes."
"That's my girl." His cock slid inside me as his
big hand cupped my ass and held my body against his.
My fingers tangled in Will's long hair and I kissed him,
moaning into his mouth and trying not to remember how Alex's cock had felt in
my dream. Would it feel that good in real life? No—don't go there.
Then I remembered something else—a new element in my dreams.
What would Will think if he knew he was in it too? "You were watching us."
Tonya: I love it! Where can our readers find you and
your books?
Amelia: I’m on Twitter as @TrashyWriter. I’m on
Facebook, Google+, Good Reads and I have a blog called Trashy’s Treasures.
Tonya: Your blog is a fun one! Readers, be sure to
stop over there! Is there anything else you want to tell our readers?
Amelia: My publisher is re-releasing my current
titles with new covers and editing. My first romance novel, Tell Me You Want
Me, was released June 26. Secret Storm and The Devil Made Me Do It will be out
in Fall 2012.
Tonya: Congrats on the new re-releases and covers. I’ve
seen the new Tell Me You Want Me! Yum! What is your favorite night time snack?
Amelia: Peanut M&Ms
Tonya: Do you like toppings on your ice cream?
Amelia: Ice cream? Where? Gimme a spoon!
Tonya: What’s your favorite meal - Italian, Mexican,
Thai, etc?
Amelia: Any meal I don’t have to cook. LOL Readers, please be sure to get in on the contest below and you can earn extra entries! Thank you so much for stopping by! I'll be available on Wednesday for questions!
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