I was recently interviewed by the hilariously bad and sexy ladies at Beautiful Trouble Publishing for their August newsletter. I had such a good time doing this interview, I wanted to share it on my blog.  (You can visit their website and sign up for the full newsletter.)

That would take some serious magic, though.

BTP: What characters are in your literary harem? On your literary Sh*t List? In your literary hall of fame?

TC: In my harem: Legolas, Dr. Jackson Avery, Superman/Clark Kent, Cat Woman, Hancock and Lara Croft

In my hall of fame: Zoe from “Serenity”, Celie from “The Color Purple” and Charlotte King from “Private Practice”

On my sh*t list: That clown in Steven King‘s “It”. Also every slimy alien that Ripley had to deal with.

BTP: Seriously, if someone dropped ten million dollars in your lap would you show your entire a$$ or be all classy as you went about the business of being rich?

TC: If I‘m ten million dollars rich, I‘d have no choice but to be classy about it. Being a b*tch with ten million dollars could put you on a hit list real quick. Or at least make it hard to hire good help.

BTP: Kindle? Sony E-reader? Nook? I-Pad?

TC: Nook. Just bought one.

BTP: If you could, what hero/heroine from any books/movies/television series (besides your own) would you pair up and what genre would that story fit in?

TC: The character Lynn from the show “Girlfriends”, and the tenth Doctor from Doctor Who. It’d be an interracial, time-travelling, sci-fi, erotic romance.

BTP: What turns you on?

TC: You want to turn me on? Stimulate my mind with clever, intellectual conversation.

Then spin me around, push me up against the wall, and roughly kiss the back of my neck.

BTP: Have you ever had a character or book that you felt needed defending? Did you do it?

TC: So far every story I‘ve written, even just for fun, has been a little off in some way. Spouses cheating with their in-laws. Sex with goblins. Vampire Elves. Drug addicts in space. Sex crazed ghosts. Fortunately, since all but one of them are still works in progress of some sort, I haven‘t had to defend them to anyone but myself. And my poor husband who reads them and looks at me like I‘m crazy.

BTP: What has been the most gratifying experience for you involving your publishing?

TC: Writing the words THE END and thinking to myself, “now that‘s a good book”. Having someone – even if it‘s just one person – say they enjoyed what I wrote.

My publishing journey is only beginning. I‘m so glad that I finally found the courage to just start it.

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