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Writer & Cat: Jennifer Lynne interview

Find out what Jennifer has to say about the felines in her fiction – such as Lancelot in the recent Red Sage Secrets Volume 28 novella, Seducing Serena – and what part her own cat Cleo plays in the overall writing process.

Princess Cleo’s interview will be available later in the week!

Are you a cat person, a dog person, or something completely different? Read Meankitty’s interview and let us know!

Happy reading!

Jennifer Lynne

And I even have my own ‘Author’ page there now, with books, reviews, photos and information that gets updated on a regular basis. How cool is that? It’s starting to feel like I’m a real author! Click HERE to see my Jennifer Lynne Author Page at Red Sage Publishing.

2. I don’t like ice cream or chocolate but I do love coffee, cheese, salt & vinegar crisps and seafood. Not all at once.

3. I got my head stuck in a hole in a cave at the beach when I was a child and now have a fear of not being able to escape enclosed spaces. For half an hour I thought the tide was going to come in and drown me.

4. My favourite colour is green. It reminds me of nature, large rambling parks and the hills around Melbourne and helps me feel at peace.

5. I know how to make a pair of spectacles, and how to read the prescription in a lens.

6. I sold Avon while at high school and used to go into strangers’ houses after school to teach them makeup tricks. Would I let either of my daughters do that now? No way.

7. My aunt went to Sean Connery’s BAFTA party and I helped her choose the dress she wore!

8. No matter how much time I spend in the sun my legs never turn brown. Even fake tan fails on my legs. Why?

9. Worst hair day ever – while having my hair dyed the hairdresser became ill and left for some time. When she returned my hair was dead white. So she tried to fix it by adding auburn. It came out bright orange. Seriously bright. I cried all the way home. They couldn’t fix it for two weeks.

10. Favourite holiday destination – Port Douglas & Palm Cove in Far North Queensland. Hoping to get back there one day soon.

My favourite Twitter post recently was the one from author Jeaniene Frost, posting a link to  her latest Night Huntress book, where you actually get to read some of it online. Way cool!

Secrets Volume 28 contains four erotic romance novellas including my own, Seducing Serena. This book would make an ideal gift for any woman this Valentine’s Day. The stories are hot, sensual and romantic, perfect reading material for those who like their romance spicy.

To be entered in the draw to win, simply leave a comment on any of my blog posts on this website, any time between now and 1st February 2010. The winner will be contacted by email on 2nd Feb, and the free copy of Secrets Volume 28 will be posted as soon as the mailing address is confirmed.

Secrets Volume 28 Sensual Cravings has already received a positive 4-star review from Romantic Times BOOK Reviews. It has been a very exciting time with the publication of my first work and a great review to start it off. I’m hoping I can share some of the fun with this Valentine’s Day giveaway offer.

Please note: winner must be at least 18 years of age, as prize contains adult content.

(This goes for the heroine too, but today I’m focusing on the hero).

How different – if at all – is an Aussie hero when compared to a US one? The question also stands for other countries too, of course. Is there such a thing as the perfect Australian hero, or the perfect US hero, and if so, do I subconsciously draw on those ‘local’ traits when I’m writing?

Are there cultural subtleties that I don’t even notice when I’m deep in the creative process? After all, I’ve never lived anywhere outside Australia, so when I’m developing my perfect romance hero – such as Seducing Serena’s Nick Wade in the recently released Secrets Volume 28 anthology, or Flint McCallum in my upcoming Red Sage e-book, Pandora’s Gift – is he clearly from a certain place or culture?

I understand that everyone has different ideas about what makes an enticing or intriguing hero, and in my view those broader brush personal needs and desires have little to do with location. And of course, if we all wrote only about what we’d directly experienced, there’d be no such thing as science fiction or fantasy! That’s what imagination is for!

I guess my query is on a more microcosmic level. Are there nuances in tone, in the words that my hero uses, in gestures or actions, even in the way he looks or what he chooses to wear, that states – yeah, I’m from Australia?

Personally, I believe cultural heritage and geographical location have a lot to do with the subconscious creative process. How can they not? But I also think my need for a hero with Nick’s qualities and characteristics came from somewhere much deeper than place. And I suspect he’d have been the same even if I’d grown up elsewhere.

With four erotic romance novellas written by Australian, Canadian and US authors, Secrets Volume 28 is a perfect place to explore this query. I’d love to hear your comments!

Jennifer Lynne interview

As a consequence of that article, I had an email yesterday from a person who said I have inspired her to write her own book. If my work does nothing else but inspire that one person to follow her dream, then I have achieved a great deal indeed!

J