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Featured Author at A Romance Review [August 2006] Joining
us in the Den this month is Tilly
Greene Born into the easy folds of a sleepy beach town, Tilly Greene has ever since been trying to shake the sand out from between her toes. Thinking she had it all figured out she moved to colder, frigid if you ask her, climes and, although seeing seasons evolve is wonderful she has yet to recover her equilibrium. The thongs and shorts are still regularly worn, no matter what time of year, and her imagination runs to the wild side of scorching.
Tilly,
welcome to A Romance Review. Thank you for taking the time out of your schedule
to do this interview. I'm
excited to be here, thank you for having me. Let's
start off with something easy. Okay,
I like easy. Will
you tell us about yourself? Sure.
Where to start. Got it, I was born in a field...just kidding. Let's see, I'm a
self-confessed beach bum who is addicted to books, loves to travel and then
writes to ease the pressure from my wild imagination. I'm also a very mellow
soul who is lucky enough to be comfortable with where my life has led me. How
and when did you first start writing and when did you know it would be romance
that you wanted to write? Ahhh,
well, it seems like forever everyone assumed I would write, children's books in
particular. I still might, but my first stop in a bookshop since I was a teen
has been the romance section so when the opportunity presented itself, I took
the plunge there and have loved it ever since. I've
noticed that you write for several different epublishers can you tell us why?
I'm assuming they each offer something different that appeals to you. Oh
yes, I have been very particular about where I submit my tales. I love each and
every story and wanted them to be treat like the treasures I see them as. It has
been my luck that each epublisher I have chosen to be with is exactly as I'd
thought they'd be. Whiskey Creek Press Torrid has my contemporaries and I think
it's fair to say they very kindly took a risk and accepted me. They had a call
out for Twisted Tales and in the blink of an eye Come, Sweet Creature had formed
in my head. Ancient Greece has a tight hold of me, spent 10 years of my life
studying it, and Venus Press was the only place I believed knew what to do with
Double Punch. Now I place my paranormals with them as well, and a truly wicked
western. Samhain Publishing is the new kid and is owned by someone I
professionally trusted and respected so I submitted my futuristic, New
Beginnings: Carpe Diem into their kind hands. I'm very lucky with each of my
epublishers. Come,
Sweet Creature was a great story. Can you tell us how that one came about? What
inspired you to write that story? Thank
you very much, I am rather pleased with Come, Sweet Creature because it was my
first written, submitted and contracted - your first is always special. Ahhh,
now the tale of woe that helped form this tale started when I broke my hand and
was laid up on the couch by myself because the cutie was away on a trip I was
supposed to go on. Looking through various epublishers for something to read I
came across WCPTorrid's call for an adult twist on a child's tale and bang,
there it was. See one of my favorite books to read out loud was Tony
DiTerlizzi's rendition of The Spider and the Fly. The drawings are so beautiful
in various shades of gray with a 1920's feel to them, and it all just was there.
I quickly typed it out with one hand and pressed the send button before I could
second guess myself. For
those that haven't read it, can you tell us a little bit about it? Certainly.
Tilton Spidermach is a property developer who has little regard for what the
press says about him, that is the job of his head of PR, Jena Flyno.
Unfortunately, he has been trying to lure Jena up into his wicked playroom with
little success. Now Jena is no fool, she knows exactly what he's after and works
hard to stay out of his grasp. It is on one of those jaunts to ease her body's
needs that works against her and hands Tilton everything he needs to claim the
beauty. The big question is, who wins in the end...the spider and or the fly? Tilly,
in your newsletter you offer some great reads in installments. Will those
stories be published or will they stay in your newsletter for your fans? The
flaming shorts are great fun to write, they keep my imagination limber when in
the midst of everything else I need to do besides write. Some of them have been
expanded into fuller stories and then some bypassed the newsletter altogether
and became tales submitted to one of my publishers. Is
there one subgenre that you like to write? You've written in several already. No,
I like to dabble with them all. I read across the board so I figure why can't I
write where my imagination takes me, wherever it may be. Is
there one that you haven't written that you would like to try your hand at? Maybe
a historical. It is a daunting genre, and I think authors who are able to pull
this off well are a true wonder. It would be challenging, but I like those. It
seems that stories about car racing and gambling/poker has become a hit with
readers. Why do you think the readers are now wanting these stories? It
is interesting how these subgenres have become must reads. I figure it's because
women are enjoying these areas as hobbie and romances make them even more
alluring. Shoot, look at how well Danica Patrick the race car driver does. Then
you have the gorgeous man factor, who wouldn't want to read something that takes
them away to such exotic areas. You've
written a story about a racecar driver, Extreme Speed, Total Control. Do you
think you will also write one about a gambler/poker player? Hmmm,
doubtful. I'm not much into playing cards or gambling, in fact on a trip to Las
Vegas we went to a .25 slot machine. It paid quickly and very well, so we quit
when we won enough to pay for our room at the newly opened Venetian. As
far as your characters go, do you normally have in mind the hero or heroine
first? It
really does depend. Tilton Spidermarch and Hamish Buchanan were definitely there
before Jena Flyno or Grace Strachan. But in The Lady Wore Only Chaps, it was
Sunflower Forever Free who was first. In fact she was derived from a character
in one of my newsletter flaming shorts. I just loved the idea of following an
escapee from a free love commune and see where and how she ended up. I
know some authors do plots first then the characters, which one works best for
you? Or does an idea come first before anything else? Ha!
I have worked it many different ways and each works for me. Captive in a Cage
came about because of two words, twitching ears, and everything grew from there.
However, there is a definite order to my chaos. I keep a list of words, terms,
pictures, all sorts of things and look at it often to see what is clicking. Once
the plot and where it wants to end and the two characters have formed in my
mind, then and only then will I begin to write their story. Until then, they
haunt me begging to be set free - I tell them to get their act together and they
will be released, but no sooner. Looking
over your website, you have quite a few stories that will be released this year.
Can you tell us about them? Oh
yes, I'd love to. Next to come out, in September, will be Call Me Lucifer, a
tale about a woman who finds herself on Satan's list and wants off it. Problem
is the cad would rather keep her for himself. It is also the epitome of what I
enjoy doing most, giving the reader a darn good twist along the way to finis.
Also in September is my futuristic New Beginnings: Carpe Diem. This book is
about power and how those who have it work even harder to keep a firm grip on it
and their people, and yet it is written from a proactive point of view. And then
in November is the start of a special series, one that will take the readers
around the world. An Invitation to the World is based around a set of 300
manmade islands placed in the shape of the worlds continents, and this series
looks at who moves to each one and why. Russia gives the readers Vasiliy Beketov,
a Russian billionaire businessman who has been detained and then forcefully
expelled from his motherland. He has been broken but sees a light and reaches
out for a fresh start with Zura Girard. Then in New Zealand a couple of retired
rugby players, Timu Tuhaere and Luke MacAlister, are front and center. They each
claim the same woman, who had been frightened by the intensity of their emotions
and ran away. On their two islands we see them work to bring the love of their
lives, Kiri Kanawa, back to them for all time. Is
there one story in particular that you've enjoying writing more than the others?
Hamish
Buchanan was a surprise to me on many levels. It was my first shape-shifter, and
I thoroughly enjoyed writing those areas, but it also opens with a true tragedy,
something that led me to start a romantic suspense on the side. Other than that,
no, I have enjoyed each one and where they have led me, which is some pretty
interesting places. Thanks
again, Tilly. I'm looking forward to more scorchers in your newsletter and of
course more stories. Thank
you so much for having me, it was a true pleasure to be here and I'm glad you
find my tales of scorching romances entertaining, that is what I set out to do
with each and every one. Contributed
by Pam, August 2006 * * |
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