Good morning! Please welcome guest blogger Saoirse Roghan. Though I will be away for most of the day, please feel free to leave comments for Saoirse and I will post them as soon as I return. Thank you!
~Kate
Kate Hill is a goddess for inviting a complete unknown to be a guest on her blog.
Saoirse Roghan-pronounced : SEER sha (a pen name chosen for the rough translation: Free Choice) lives in The United States, surrounded by humor , love and Occasional Moments of Sheer Mayhem.
A Word of Advice to Writers:
Be very careful when you choose your pen name. You may get attached to it before you discover how completely and totally annoying it will be to your readers when no one can pronounce it.
You can find Saoirse ‘s two novels at Blushing Books, or any of the usual on line haunts
Name three fictional characters (not your own) that you find hot. They can be from books, movies, or TV.
First has to be Jamie Fraser from Dianna Gabaldon’s Outlander Series. A TV Series based on the books is coming out soon; I have nothing against the actor who’ll play Jamie, (he’s plenty hot) –but he doesn’t look like the Jamie in my head.
That’s the beauty of a book. I like a few details from the author, but not so many I’m prevented from slipping my own idea of a hot body and handsome face on to a character. The spanking scene in Outlander would make any Spankos’ knees weak. Jamie is a warrior and a lover; his sensitive side and sense of humor make him priceless!
Second- hands down, Valerio Rios from Jade Carey’s Point of It All. The man reduces me to a puddle. That’s all I can even manage to write. It’s that bad.
Third: Sorry. Still melted from 1 and 2.
Where can we visit you online?
You can find me at SaoirseRoghan.com . I’m also found on Facebook. Currently I write for Blushing Books. Because Bethany Burke is fantastic. She works hard, has a classy website with a large audience, and pays authors–even completely neurotic newbies like myself– an advance.
What makes the hero of Getting It Right hot?
What’s hot for someone who likes my work is different from someone who doesn’t. The hero is Walker Northrup and Walker is exactly what I, as a woman, find hot.
I have to like a man, to consider him hot. This is, BTW, a terrible flaw. As a single woman I longed to say to a man I thought looked hot: “Please don’t say anything and reveal yourself to be an ass. Have your way with me and go home.” Shameless, right?
So Walker is the picture of what I consider hot: unapologetically dominant male. He respects his partner’s strengths and independence. He shows you by his actions he loves you; he does not write poetry. Walker admits when he’s wrong, knows his weaknesses, picks his battle, loves animals and children, treats people with respect. He’s pragmatic, decisive, intelligent and is in possession of that most crucial characteristic: a sense of humor. Notice that so far-it’s all character. So once I can like the man–toss in what pushes my buttons: Strong features, has Native American blood ( a special weakness of mine), significantly tall, wide shouldered, beautifully muscled arms and chest–the kind that comes from work, not gym time.
Getting It Right should show up on the Blushing Books website in August, and on Amazon et al in September.
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