Sex Is Not the Story

I know, it sounds weird coming from an erotic writer, but it’s the truth. At least, it is for me. I don’t write sex stories. I write stories that have sex in them. To me, there is a difference. I’m not criticizing those that just write to share sex, because I love to read those stories, as well, and love it when the girls do. It tends to make for some steamy evenings. Still, those are not the stories I write. I want the sex to be a by-product of the tale I am trying to tell, not the other way around.

Furthermore, I don’t explore sex. I explore relationships. Again, not criticizing those who do. I prefer to see what makes certain people tick inside of specific situations. In Losing Faith, it wasn’t just the control Faith wanted to experience that I was exploring, but how the Greers responded within that exploration. It is also a learning experience to see how those around them responded to what was going on as personalities evolved and people were tossed into situations beyond their comfort level. Those are the stories I like to tell.

Blogging from the Heart Writing Tour

Blogger extraordinaire, Stephanie Neighbour, tagged me to participate in the Blogging from the Heart Writing Tour, giving me a chance to share with you my next work in progress. If you have not yet visited Stephanie’s blog, you are not only missing out on a great chuckle, but also a unique insight into human behavior. Stephanie is not afraid to poke fun at herself, which is probably why we get along so well, and through her quirky introspection help us to see a side of life we may have been avoiding. Thanks, Stephanie, for your writing as well as giving me this opportunity to talk about my next novel.

Stephanie Neighbour

What am I working on?

With Losing Faith fresh off the presses so to speak, my mind has gone to another series of a kinkier nature. While there will be more in the Rutherford Series–the next one will follow Morgan Brewer in Roll the Dice–my creative side has delved into a new series called The Society of Thorns. The first book in this series is titled Surrender and will follow Virginia Hart as she discovers the BDSM world through Jaron Towers.

It’s Fiction, not Autobiography

“I read your book last week.”

“Oh? I hope you liked it.”

“Very much so. But I just have to ask, did you really kill that guy like that? I mean, that was pretty brutal. How did it feel?”

“Excuse me? I haven’t killed anyone. What the hell are you talking about?”

“The murder scene in chapter eleven where you snuck up on Charles while he was getting his kids hot dogs, slit his throat and then stuffed him into the grill. Weren’t you scared?”

“I didn’t kill Charles. My character, Peter Branston killed Charles. It’s a murder mystery, you know, fiction. It’s not a true story.”

Behind the Peephole

When you stand before your front door and peer  through the peephole, you’re gazing out into the world full of a host of possibilities, an exciting place to be sure. Yet, as fascinating as it is to explore the world outside our doors, a whole other realm exists behind the peephole–the world of relationships. How couples react to each other has always fascinated me. Not just how they manage to pay their bills or where they like to vacation, but what turns them on. As it says above, the bedroom is our playground and our toy box is deep.

Behind the peephole lies a vast array of relationships. We don’t define them as our grandparents did years ago. We have broken the chains of tradition and have crossed over into the taboo. We have become a people who love to cross boundaries and push limits. Through my writing, I want to explore those boundaries and see how certain people react to certain situations. Just as people are fun to explore, so are the relationships they find themselves in. Whether straight, gay, or lesbian, whether monogamous or polyamorous, at the core they are all just relationships, some more complicated than others perhaps, but relationships just the same. Here at Behind the Peephole, we’ll examine them all.