By Erika Pike (Guest Blogger)
[When I signed up with Erika to do a post on her blog as part of my Quarantine blog tour, she introduced me to her "ten fun facts" format. I thought it was so much fun, I asked her to do one for me! ~ Lisabet]
Thank you, Lisabet, for having me over!
Here are some fun facts
about my books and writing:
My books inspire me! *Gasp*
The Walls Have Ears was inspired
by the first erotic scene in A Life Without You, where Jesse
and Adam masturbate on either side of a wall, all hot and bothered
because they can hear each other.
Before I got signed…
I had written all but one
publisher-published books that will be published this year. I’m
currently working up a stash for next year. This is why it looks like
I’ve been churning out books.
My stories are my life.
Literally.
They may be serious topics, but…
To make the serious topics in my
stories more readable, I spice them up with humor.
Are gay men all about the sex?
Some reviewers say that I think
gay men are all about the sex. I say that college guys do
think about sex a lot - come on, you can’t deny that! That goes for
gay AND straight guys. But I most certainly don’t think gay men in
general are all about the sex. This brings me to…
I write gay male erotic romance!
If I were writing male/female
erotic romances, I would be writing the exact same amount of sex with
the same explicit scenes, but no one would ever accuse me of thinking
m/f relationships were all about the sex. So for me, it’s not about
the sexuality, it’s about the genre and what readers expect from
that genre.
What people like and don’t like…
In my series of short stories, College
Fun and Gays, I try to release a light/funny story after a heavier
one. Grade-A-Sex Deal is serious, so is Little Stalker,
but the ones on either side of those are lighter, with more humor.
I’ve discovered that people don’t like the serious ones so much,
so I might stick with humorous ones in the future (and tuck in the
serious issues). People also seem to like sweet stories, so I might
lean more in that direction - not that I’m trying to write only
what people like, I also like writing sweet and funny. But I am
writing for myself AND my lovely fans.
I am my characters…for a while…
His opinions, not mine!
My characters and I sometimes don’t
share opinions and views. I hope readers understand that. I don’t,
for example, believe that as a gay man, you can’t use “shopping”
and “hate” in the same sentence, as Eric jokes to Alex in
Absolutely Eric. Those are Eric’s views. I happen to know a
gay man who abhors shopping. I do know another who loves it though,
but then I know straight guys who love shopping as well. It’s to do
with the person, not the sexuality.
Racial diversity.
I include non-Caucasians/ethnic people
in my books. This really has nothing to do with me trying to be
politically correct, it has more to do with me finding
non-Caucasians/ethnicity attractive/interesting. That might
have something to do with blue eyes, fair skin and blond hair being
very common in Iceland. In fact, I was one such until my hair grew
dark in my twenties. You can’t imagine how happy I was with my long
dark hair! So yeah, opposites attracts and all that.
Okay, this has been fun!
If you’re curious about me, I have a:
[By the way, don't forget that all your comments at Beyond Romance in July count as entries toward the grand prize in my Quarantine blog tour! ~ Lisabet]
