I'm thrilled to welcome Cerise to the Passion Sense Blog for an interview.
Cerise Deland
Thanks
Cerise for joining us at the Passion Sense to talk about your latest release ROPE ME IN and other fun
stuff.
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How did you get started writing novels?
While
Cerise has been writing since 2009, her real life persona has done it for
decades. YES! Cerise is someone else who writes not only mystery and historical
romance, but also non-fiction! In fact, my other persona got her start writing
freelance for major newspapers and magazines, then writing for the corporate
world.
Now,
why do I write erotic romance? Hmm. First, because I can and I love the new
digital world business model. Secondly, because I have always wanted to write
really sexy stuff! My editors in print were always toning me down and now, I can
let loose behind closed doors. I strongly believe that every great love affair
should have creative satisfying intimacy between lovers. It enhances the
relationship and doing it on the floor or the stairs or on your dining room
table is really a turn-on idea to me!
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A lot of people think that genre hopping isn’t a good idea. What do you
think?
I
think an author should write what is in her head. Period. This warning is an old
cliché from editors and agents who wanted to corral an author, tie her hands and make her sweat for her spot on
their limited list. (No fooling.)
And
author needs to express herself and she should in any way she sees
fit.
I
myself need the break between contemporary, Regency and medieval. I was a
history major in undergrad and my grad work was in Chinese and Japanese history.
Plus I have lived abroad. Yes, I write about those marvelous places I have lived
and visited but I feel those places and must write about them in the past and in
the now!
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Which actor screams SEXY to you?
Zack
Efron, sooooo very much younger than me, I could lick all over. Is he smart? A
good conversationalist in real life? An attentive date? Or lover? I really do
not want to know.
I
just want him.
Aside
from him?
Please
give me Sean Connery as he was in the sixties. I can dress him in contemporary
fashion. Give him to me.
Isn’t
it interesting then, that most of my heroes are big beefy guys? Muscular but
sculpted and so very THERE.
I
must be schizo, huh?
- Do you use Beta readers?
Long
ago with my manuscripts, I learned to please only two people. Me first. Then my
editor. Occasionally, if I, as Cerise, am on a tight deadline I will ask one of
my buddies in the Sassy Seven ( http://sassyseven.com ) to do a quick read for
me. More often than not, this is my good friend Desiree Holt, whose dedication
and productivity has been an inspiration to me!
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How did your life change after hitting the NYT?
I
like this question and I want to answer it SOON!
Recently,
one of my books hit the Amazon Top 30 List and so I have hopes of
NYT!!!
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What’s next?
I
am in the midst of edits on the second book in the KNIGHTS IN BLACK LEATHER
cowboy-rancher series for EC. But after that, I am on to my short story for the
SASSY SEVEN’s NAUGHTY SLEEPOVER series to be published by Decadent to celebrate
our conference in February 2013 in San Antonio.
Then,
it is the third in my medieval series, SWORDS OF PASSION, for Total-e-Bound
Publishing. This one, BY HER COMMAND, stars a lady who has offended King John so
blatantly that he has condemned her to death. Our hero, of course, saves her
from John and herself!
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Would you like to share something surprising about you that not many people
know?
Because
my husband was in the Army (and I say I was, too!) and still serves as a DOD
consultant, I know a lot about current challenges among our military and their
families after a decade of war. Then too because our oldest son had a traumatic
brain injury and suffered with rehab and side effects of it for many years
before he passed away, I am also intimately aware and knowledgeable about PTSD
among our troops. The future for these soldiers will mean a long road to
recovery and we owe them the most dedicated, most sophisticated medical and
psychiatric care possible for the rest of their lives.
THANKS for having me here! I love your books, Kathy and I am honored you asked me over!
Best,
Cerise
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often at http://cerisedeland.blogspot.com
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Thanks for sharing, Cerise. Looks like I have a few more books to add to my NOOK. What are the readers' favorites? Please tell us.
