Good morning! Please welcome guest blogger Anne Kane. Though I will be away for most of the day, please feel free to leave comments for Anne and I will post them as soon as I return. Thank you!
~Kate
What is one of your favorite things about writing?
My favorite thing about writing is that it lets me get all these characters out of my head. It gets really crowded up there!
When you’re brainstorming for a new story, what usually comes first for you, the plot or the characters?
The characters, and a glimpse at the conflict they are facing. There has to be conflict or there’d be no story.
Are you a plotter or a pantser?
Now that’s a trick question. I keep trying to plot, and then the characters screw it up for me. Every. Single. Time!
When you’re writing, who is more in control, you or your characters?
Definitely the characters!
Can you write sex scenes at any time or do you have to be “in the mood?”
While I don’t specifically have to be in the mood, I can’t write a sex scene unless I’m alone. No grandkids. No best friends. No other people in the airport lounge. Apparently I’m not into exhibitionism, even fictional exhibitionism.
What do you like best about writing erotic romance?
Erotic romance is real romance. I don’t know a lot (or any) people who meet, fall in love, marry and never ever have sex. If there’s no sex, then you are friends, not lovers. Duh!
What are your favorite research resources?
That’s kind of personal, and I don’t think they want me to name them J
Would you tell us about your latest release?
Her Cyborg Lover is a Sci-Fi romance set in the future. It tells the story of a tough fighter pilot who falls in love with a Cyborg. Her dilemma is not that he’s a cyborg, but that she is terrified of being in a relationship.
What are you working on now?
I’m working on the third book in my Mercenaries series, Riding Shotgun. Shotgun is the hero so hopefully you get the title. The heroine enjoys riding Shotgun. A lot J She just doesn’t think they have a future and it’s up to him to change her mind.
Do you have an excerpt from your latest release you would like to share?
Her Cyborg Lover
By Anne Kane
Genres: Sci –Fi, Erotic Romance
Publisher: Ellora’s Cave
Blurb:
Natalie’s loved and lost and she’s not so sure she wants to risk her heart again. She’s willing to settle for a challenging career as a space-pilot instructor and a succession of no-strings attached lovers. But that’s before her boss saddles her with the last thing she wants—a new partner.
Jebediah recognizes his perfect match in Natalie from the moment she seduces him on a dare. Everything that makes her a top-notch pilot, from her fearlessness to her passion, make a night in her bed both challenging and unforgettable. Too bad she cuts Jebediah off the moment they’re assigned to a mission in the outer limits of Alliance space.
A dangerous confrontation with a brutal enemy, an exploding drive engine and a traitor close to home throw everything into perspective. Natalie is going to have to put the past behind her and risk it all, because when your partner is also your lover, failure is not an option.
A Romantica® science fiction erotic romance from Ellora’s Cave
EXCERPT
“Delta Class Scout ship. I order you to identify yourself, or be prepared to handle the consequences.”
A deep male chuckle rolled through the comm link. Natalie blinked. Laughter? Was the idiot actually laughing at her? He was so going to eat her dust, and that would be before she grounded his sorry ass for the next decade or two.
Thirty years of practice gave her the edge every single time one of the cadets pulled a stupid stunt like this. Engaging the infrared overlay on the cerebral interface, she mentally plotted the other ship’s most likely course. Only an experienced space jockey understood that the shortest route was rarely the quickest, or the easiest.
Sure enough, the idiot darted between the two large asteroids directly in front of him. A seasoned pilot would know that the combined gravitational fields of the rocks created a braking effect on any smaller object caught between the two of them. Real-life one on one versus theory in the classroom. She could almost feel sorry for the pilot as he struggled to wrest control of his ship from the two inanimate objects.
Almost, but not quite.
She circled around the trap, putting herself directly between the rocket jockey and home base. Let him watch her tail for a while before she slapped him into the brig. Waggling her wings in an insulting salute that the unfortunate pilot couldn’t possibly miss, she veered toward home base.
She hadn’t quite finished congratulating herself on such a swift victory when her ship careened sideways, almost colliding with one of the smaller asteroids in the field. What the hell?
She jerked her head up, hardly able to believe the display in front of her eyes. The smaller ship had freed itself of the gravity well and moved to parallel her before turning so that his thrusters aimed directly at her side. When he fired them, the shock hit the pilot ship with all the force of a herd of thundering moon-cats.
Crap! This kid had balls. Balls and the makings of a star-class fighter pilot—if she didn’t kill him first.
Getting the ship back under control, she reined in her temper and concentrated on chasing the smaller ship. It had been a long time since anyone had actually given her a run for her money. She wasn’t sure she liked it. “Pilot, you just bought yourself a serious amount of time dirt-side. Again, I say, identify yourself.”
No answer.
“Who the hell are you?” Her voice harsh with suppressed rage, she gave the pilot one last chance to reply.
“Obviously a better pilot than you.” His voice was smooth and low, with a trace of male humor showing through. Arrogant, definitely arrogant.
She felt a grudging respect for his lack of deference. He had her on the run and he knew it. “I doubt that. I got careless and you got lucky.”
A disbelieving snort echoed through the com link. “I’m an excellent pilot. I don’t need luck.”
“And your name?” She didn’t recall the last time she’d spent this much time trying to extract information from a cadet. Who the hell was this guy? A few seconds passed, and Natalie realized the cadet was going to ignore her yet again.
Turning the mode to private, she called up the avatar. “Can you get anything on that ship? A registration number? Something to trace the pilot?”
“Negative.” If an avatar could shake its head, she was sure it would be. “There seems to be some type of blocking involved.”
Natalie’s eyebrows rose in surprise. Blocking identification protocols was strictly forbidden, and would require way more tech savvy than most of the cadets were capable of. “Can you identify the blocking procedures?”
Maybe she could get the man’s identity in a round-about way. She snorted ruefully. When had she started thinking of the pilot as a man, not a boy? When he’d outmaneuvered her back there, or when he’d had the backbone to not answer her demands, not give her his name?
With that attitude, he’d go far in the military. Again, if she didn’t kill him first.
Who the hell was he?
BUY LINKS
Publisher http://www.ellorascave.com/her-cyborg-lover.html
Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Her-Cyborg-Lover-Anne-Kane-ebook/dp/B00L2CCKUI/ref=sr_1_2?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1403017711&sr=1-2
ARe https://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-hercyborglover-1553314-343.html
Would you share a favorite quote from your latest hero?
This was when he first met the heroine:
So she knew what he was, and she hadn’t run screaming from the pub. A promising start.
Would you tell us about yourself?
Sure. I’m crazy. What else would you like to know? I live in the Okanagan Valley with a Jack Russell Terrier, a Himalayan cat who likes to amuse himself by attacking the back of my legs, a calico cat who is the bossiest thing on the planet, and a tank full of guppies. I have sons and grandsons, whom I love very much but sometimes I just want to buy one of those cute frilly little girl outfits and I know none of the boys will wear it.**sigh** I like swimming, kayaking, reading, writing, hiking, singing and playing guitar and piano (not well!) I try not to stress out over things I can’t change, and live my life so that in the end I’ll have no regrets. And I love jelly beans J
What are your favorite genres to read and write?
I like fantasy, and science fiction the best, with the odd shapeshifter thrown in just for fun.
Where can we visit you online?
Website: http://www.AnneKane.com
Blog: http://writersgonewild.blogspot.com/
Twitter: www.twitter.com/annekane
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/anne.kane.author
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