BJ Friday Interview with Tracey O'Hara

Tracey O'Hara is a true master of writing jump-off-the-page-into-my-bed-please heroes. Her novels are ones I finished in a page-turning frenzy, all while sending her DM's demanding to know when the next one is coming out. It's really a wonder she hasn't blocked me or at least taken out a restraining order. Of course, she did me one better by sending me a care package and triggering my addiction to white chocolate Tim Tams.

Is it any surprise I love that bitch?

NIGHT'S COLD KISS

The tension between the Aeternus, an ancient vampiric people, and humanity has been mounting for over a century. But when rogue vampires begin to drain humans in order to achieve an illegal blood-high, all bets are off.

After the death of her parents, Antoinette Petrescu devoted her life to becoming one of the top Venators, the elite hunters who destroy the rogue Necrodreniacs. Her kill count is legendary and her skills superb.

But now the serial killer who killed her parents has returned. And to stop him Antoinette must join forces not only with the Aeternus, but also their most legendary killer. One that is both dangerously attractive, and involved in buried secrets of her past. More dangerous still, a dark attraction grows between them--one that could doom both races.

Alpha Pussy: I love your book covers!!! You won a Ruby Award for your debut novel Night’s Cold Kiss. What was that experience like?

Tracey: One word – surreal. I never expected to final, let alone win. When they called my name, I could swear I’d misheard. It still doesn’t seem real, I have to touch the trophy every now and then to make sure I wasn’t just dreaming.

Alpha Pussy: Would it help if I pinched you every now and then as well? The world you write about has such a rich history. Did it take you hours of research or did you just wing it as you went along?

Tracey: The history just came along as the world revealed itself to me. The stuff I had to research was the American settings since I had never left my own country at that time.

Alpha Pussy: Next time you need that kind of research let me know. I will work for Tim Tams. Or ARCs. Who’s your favorite boy: Christian or Raven?

Tracey: Don’t ask me to choose – that isn’t fair. I guess Christian is my first, but Raven is a pretty hot number.

Alpha Pussy: Of course it's fair! I would have to go with Raven just for the hat alone. And the hair...and the eyes...oh hell, I'll take all of him. Tell me about the first sex scene you ever wrote. What is your hottest one so far and why?

Tracey: Okay the first sex scene I ever wrote is in Night’s Cold Kiss where Christian gets in on with a human donor. He feeds and has some pretty hot nooky on railing of the hotel penthouse suite balcony. But the hottest sex scenes are the erotica ones that I write under a different name.

DEATH'S SWEET EMBRACE

After thousands of years of secret conflict, humans and parahumans have reached an uneasy truce. But unspeakable evil now threatens to shatter the tenuous peace.

Teenaged shapeshifters are being slaughtered by a twisted, sadistic serial killer who rips their still-beating hearts from their paralyzed bodies. A task force must be formed to halt the madness—a union of avengers including the vampiric Aeternus, Christian Laroque and Antoinette Petrescu, as well as Kitt Jordan and Raven Matokwe, members of enemy Animalian tribes…and forbidden lovers.

A centuries-old blood feud has divided their peoples—pitting wolf against snow leopard in a battle to the death—and if their passion is discovered it will doom them both. But past hostilities must be put aside in light of the scourge that is now upon them. For the killer they seek is but the first sign of a blossoming terror rising up from their long-buried pasts: the all-consuming nightmare of The Dark Brethren.

Alpha Pussy: As a fan of all your stories, I'll have to agree with you on that one. Is there a different process writing sex between two humans and writing sex between either a human and a para-human, or two para-humans?

Tracey: Not really. I have never written any animal sex so they all take place in human form, although a vampire will probably be just as fixated on feeding as fucking.

Alpha Pussy: *blinks* Animal sex? Now I feel all sleazy for asking that. Although...Raven... What’s your favorite synonym for cock?

Tracey: What is wrong with cock? It’s such a perfect word. Though I do say erection sometime.

Alpha Pussy: A woman after my own heart. I love the word cock. Has writing about sex improved your own sex life?

Tracey: Who has time for sex when you work 8 hours a day and your husband works nights.

Alpha Pussy: Oh honey. *passes you a Tim Tam* One of my recent brilliant ideas is Jolly Rancher cockrings. Which flavor would you choose?

Tracey: Okay – I have never heard of Jolly Rancher and had to look it up. I found this http://www.faqs.org/shareranks/5015,Best-Jolly-Rancher-Flavors and decided I would pick cinnamon fire.

Alpha Pussy: Mmm...good choice. I'd go with that or watermelon. If you were to get snowed in with any one man of your choice, who would it be and why? Or will you be greedy and choose more than one?

Tracey: No – there is only one man for me, there has only ever been one man for me. And I married him.

Alpha Pussy: Smart man. Can I please have Raven for a weekend?

Tracey: You’ll have to fight Kitt for him. I mean, he is a pretty hot ticket. Plus I think he only has eyes for her, he is a one woman wolf :)

Alpha Pussy: I'm the Alpha Pussy, I can take her. The ending of Death’s Sweet Embrace twisted in a way I didn’t see coming. Bravo! First time I’ve been surprised by a story in a long while. How far in advance did you plot it out?

Tracey: I always knew how it would end. It was just getting there that was the journey.

Alpha Pussy: A journey which you're taking again with the third book in the series. Which I'm sure you're in desperate need for a beta reader. *bats eyelashes* Wrap it all up by giving your best tip for #BJFriday.

Tracey: Swallow.

Thank you, Tracey, for the Tim Tams and the interview! You never disappoint!

Check out Tracey's website, http://www.traceyohara.com/books.html, for more information on The Dark Brethren series and to download DANTE RISING, the prequel to NIGHT'S COLD KISS.

Now for the chance to get your hands on Raven.

Enter to win a copy of DEATH'S SWEET EMBRACE. Contest ends Tuesday, April 5th.

Comment on this interview: 1 entry

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Tally it all up in your comment and good luck!

BJ Friday with Melissa Ecker Winners Announced!!

Thank you all for your entries! Using Random.org, the following winners were selected:

Dale Ealey: Pull the Trigger

Ava Loengard: Deep in the Heat of Texas

Congratulations, Dale and Ava! Please leave your email in the comments so Melissa and I can get your book to you.

BJ Friday with Author Melissa Ecker

Melissa Ecker is a woman who knows the power of her boobs, and she's not afraid to use them! I first started following her on Twitter last year when she tore apart some douchebag who blasted her for not responding to his pervy advances. Since then, I've come to adore and respect her as a genuine friend. I recently read some of her incredibly HOT stories and knew she'd be a perfect candidate for BJ Friday.

I love being right.

So grab your favorite cock or toy and settle in for a sexy interview and a chance to win one of Melissa's books!

PULL THE TRIGGER

Rebecca Harper is making a clean break. The ink is dry on her divorce decree and her dream job has finally come to fruition. In two weeks, she will be on a plane to St. Louis. All her plans are set until sexy cop Justin Cain, her former high school crush, asks her to dinner. This one night out instigates a roller coaster ride of hot sex, serious soul searching and heart breaking decisions. Will Rebecca leave Justin behind to follow her dreams? Or will his love be enough to keep her in Memory Grove?

Alpha Pussy: How did you get started writing erotica?

Melissa: It was by accident, really. I was looking over a publisher's website and saw that they were looking for erotic submissions following a particular theme. I thought, why not? So, I set out to write a menage which ended up being Pull the Trigger. Part way into writing it, the love story was just too strong and I ejected the third party.

Alpha Pussy: Excellent decision. You can feel the organic growth of the love between Rebecca and Justin, although, she did check out Luke's package. I noticed a trend of your heroines having tag team fantasies. If you could have your very own cock party, who would you want for your own tag teaming?

Melissa: Oh, this is easy! Jeremy Shockey and The Rock.














Alpha Pussy: HOLY HELL WOMAN! You don't mess around. Damn...I think I may need a quick toy break. Do you ever get stuck while working on a particularly graphic scene? How do you get unstuck?

Melissa: Usually, when I'm writing graphic scenes they flow really well. It’s almost like real sex. I start with some fantastic foreplay and it naturally progresses to the happy ending. I rarely get...umm...stuck. If I do, I get up and walk around or look at Tumblr and that usually gets me back in the groove.

Alpha Pussy: Your scenes definitely read like real sex, the fantastic kind that is. What’s your favorite body part to describe?

Melissa: I love describing my heroes' arms. There's something so sensual and erotic about strong arms and bulging biceps. I also like to look at big, masculine hands. Wait…you were asking what I liked to describe…

Alpha Pussy: Big hands sliding up my legs, down my back, across my stomach, dipping down...I'm sorry, where were we? What’s your favorite synonym for cock? What about for pussy?

Melissa: Well, cock is such a fun and versatile word but shaft is my favorite alternative. It sounds so completely unyielding and powerful. As for pussy, substituting cunt works for me. This word combines dirty, smutty and hot! And it makes me giggle-snort.

DEEP IN THE HEAT OF TEXAS

Los Angeles Times reporter, Maggie Wright, is assigned to do a story on the dying dude ranch industry in the south. When the newspaper offers to foot the bill for Maggie and her two friends, Payton Evans and Sophia Foster, to stay at the legendary Weston Ranch in Valentine, Texas, they jump at the opportunity. While it’s not the Caribbean cruise they wanted, how bad could it be?


Expecting a tired farm with dusty old cowpokes, the three big city friends are taken by surprise when they’re each assigned to a dashing cowboy or two for some good, old fashioned ranch training and a whole lot of rough riding. Their limits are tested in ways they never imagined, both in the bedroom and out on the range. After two weeks, will the women run back to the bright lights of Los Angeles without so much as a backward glance? Or will these skilled cowboys have them longing to stay for just a little bit more of their Texas-style heat?

Alpha Pussy: *still laughing over you loving the word cunt* Drake is extremely dominant. Do you prefer your men to be fully in control?

Melissa: I've always been on the shy side. I know...hard to believe. *laughs* So, I definitely prefer the aggressive alpha-type who is willing to take the lead and test my boundaries.

Alpha Pussy: I like having my boundaries tested, but only when I'm the one holding the whip. I love the flaws your characters have. It makes them very real and easy to step into their world and experience their stories. Who is your favorite voice to write so far?

Melissa: Thank you, sweetheart! Actually, the heroine in the novel I'm working on now is my favorite. Carolina is funny and quirky and is probably the character that most closely resembles me. I identify with her eccentricities, her insecurities and her sense of humor, so she's easy to write.

Alpha Pussy: I can't wait to read her book then! Has writing about sex improved your own sex life?

Melissa: I would say yes. Writing erotica has been liberating and I no longer burp soap bubbles when I write the word cock. Also, it has helped me to shed some inhibitions and try out something different. Overall, it has been an awesome experience and, believe it or not, I'm still learning new things!

Alpha Pussy: Shedding inhibitions, especially when it comes to cock, is such an exhilarating experience! And I want to hear about the new things you've learned. In Vivacolor! How many of your scenes have you practiced in order to write them?

Melissa: This question makes me smile. I wouldn't say I practiced in order to write them. But, I have reenacted some scenes!

Alpha Pussy: Funny, because next time I'm with PW I'll be reenacting a few as well. Both Payton and Rebecca are blondes. Do blondes really have more fun?

Melissa: I can't speak for all blondes, but this one does! As do my blonde heroines.

Alpha Pussy: I'm only half blonde, but I've had more fun as with black hair, but maybe I'll let the blonde grow out and we'll see. Do you have a favorite toy?

Melissa: Yes! The Rabbit. Bunny love...

Alpha Pussy: That reminds me, I need to replace my bullet vibe... My first BJ was in high school out in the field behind the portable office…at a church. Tell me about your first BJ.

Melissa: I'm a little fuzzy on the details but I think it was in the car on my birthday after overindulging on Boone’s Farm. I'm guessing it wasn't my best work. *smiles*

Alpha Pussy: I should've asked you about your second one. Explain to me your sock fetish.

Melissa: I'm not sure I can explain it. I’ve loved socks for as long as I can remember. I adored the frilly ones with lace around the cuffs or the longer ones with hearts and rainbows on them. As an adult, I realized I can't write barefoot. I have a huge collection of cute knee socks to keep me motivated! #HappyFeet

Alpha Pussy: I have PowerPuff Girl ones. Which I will shoot to kill over. Wrap it all up by giving your best tip for #BJFriday.

Melissa: This tip goes out to the guys who would like more #BJFriday action...don't forget a woman's mind is a very strong erogenous zone. Please be able to carry on a coherent conversation. I'll leave you with my personal motto: "If you can't turn my brain on...you'll never get my panties off."

Thank you so much for making me wet, Melissa! To find out more about Melissa than even I could get her to divulge and to purchase her perfect-for-reading-in-the-bathtub-with-a-Bathing-Buddy books go here: http://www.melissaecker.com/Home_Page.php.

Now for the giveaway!

Rules:

Comment on this interview: 1 entry.

Be a follower of this blog: 2 entries.

Tweet this interview and include @thealphapussy in the tweet so I'll know: 3 entries.

Tally up your entries and post it in your comment. Melissa has generously offered to give away a copy of Pull the Trigger AND Deep in the Heat of Texas so we will have two lucky winners!

I will pull the winners on Wednesday, March 16th.

Good luck and good BJ's!

BJ Friday with Author Lynne Roberts

Lynne Roberts KNOWS sexy! The first time I read one of her stories (and I was critquing at the time so it wasn't even a finished product!) I had to grab a toy and sneak off afterward. Her latest story, CREATIVE LICENSE, contains one of THE hottest BJ scenes I've EVER read--it even gave ME ideas. Here's a closer look at CREATIVE LICENSE.

Loose ends have a way of tripping you up…

Years ago, a law school graduation weekend in Vegas had been part of Lily MacPherson’s plan. Waking up next to a naked Adonis with a ring on her finger was not. After a quick annulment, she relegated Caleb Anderson to her late-night fantasies—and very short list of mistakes—until his voice on the other end of the phone asks a favor that could shake the foundations of her neat and tidy future.

Caleb is still haunted by Lily’s horrified expression that morning in Vegas. At least it had made it easy to set her free…except they aren’t. The papers were never filed. And when the nosy patroness who could launch his painting career insists on meeting his “wife”, does he confess, or call Lily? He calls Lily.

When she steps off the plane, Caleb’s determination to play tour guide disappears in the San Francisco fog. Lily thought she could keep up the pretense for one weekend, cut the last tie to her past, and move on. But their chemistry still pops and sizzles, finally exploding into passion at Caleb’s studio.

It’s everything they remember…but so is the yawning chasm of differences that, in the end, could once again drive them apart.

Product Warnings

Contains balmy ocean breezes, coffee as seduction, the creative use of melted chocolate, and naughty shower lovin’ that gives new meanings to the term “shower head”.


Now you understand just how excited I was to kick off my BJ Friday Interviews with Lynne and she certainly didn't disappoint.

Alpha Pussy: You have several top selling stories. How did you get started writing erotica?

Lynne: I’ve been writing fantasy since 2005 but having little luck placing anything with an agent. A good friend of mine wrote erotica so I read some of hers out of curiosity. I was challenged. I’d never written a sex scene let alone used the words, ‘pussy’ or ‘cock’ in a story. At the time I was a little frustrated with hitting the publishing brick wall so I decided to write an erotic story of my own just to see if I could. When it, FIRST DATE, was done, I sent it to my friend, who told me to sub it. I did and it was contracted. I immediately wrote AFTER HOURS and the rough draft for HOOKING UP and CREATIVE LICENSE. Due to a family tragedy, I had to reduce my writing/editing time and there’s a year between AFTER HOURS and CREATIVE LICENSE’s release dates.

Alpha Pussy: I'm sorry, I know that was a rough time for you. But apparently what doesn't kill us turns us into sex fiends. What’s your favorite body part to describe?

Lynne: Shoulders, no… thighs… no, I think shoulders..er maybe the stomach. We are talking a male body part, right? LOL I love the male body. I love the curve of muscle and they way they glide under the skin when a man moves. The one area I’ve never accurately described, so it’s never ended up in my books, is that area where the hip and pelvis meet. A man’s hips are a work of art! The triangle of muscle that frames the dusting trail of hair leading to… well, I’m getting carried away. ; )

Alpha Pussy: Oh, by all means, please continue. I think all of my readers just turned up their vibrators. How many different words for cock and pussy have you used in a single story?

Lynne: Ai! Okay, would you believe I have a file of them? I prefer the synonyms for cock. I never much liked the word ‘cunt’, even though I’ve used it. It has a vulgar feel…. I know, you might disagree… and I refuse to use anything flowery like honeypot, which narrows it down. Realistically, there needs to be at least 4 or 5 in each story or it sounds repetitive…. I tell you, when I edited FIRST DATE the first time, I made a list of where each word was… I kept it. Although this is fictional, it looks like this:
- Pussy: Page 2,5,15,15,15, 24,26,28,28,28
- Cock: Page 4,5,7,8,8,9,15,15,
- Shaft: Page 15,15,28,28

Alpha Pussy: Only a fellow Virgo would keep a file like that. And I'm not much for the word 'cunt' unless someone truly earns that title. Honeypot? *falls over laughing* How many scenes of Creative License have you put into real life practice? Which is by far your best experience?

Lynne: Okay, this is so tame…. I’ve eaten the chocolate sundae Lily and Caleb shared in Ghirardelli’s and let me tell you, it’s a great experience! However, I read my work aloud to my man and I stopped at the chocolate body paint scene, because, well, I didn’t want to give it away…

Alpha Pussy: That is tame! No wonder you write this so well. You've got to get out of your head once in a while and live this stuff! I'm going to assign you to do some Show & Tell with your man for the body paint. In fact, I think I'll take that assignment myself, however, I'll have him painting me. Tell me about Caleb, and be very specific.

Lynne: What is there to tell about Caleb? He’s perfect… and he’s not. He’s down to earth, creative, passionate, talented, sexy as hell, giving, he can cook, did I mention he’s sexy? He’s silly, he’s witty, he loves life. I loved describing his shoulders et al. ; ) When I developed Caleb, and that sounds almost strange because he almost appeared fully formed in my mind, I didn’t hold back. I decided to make him the ideal man. For me, that doesn’t mean he doesn’t have flaws. (ugh, hate that double ‘doesn’t’) I’d hate a perfect man because well, I’m not and neither are my characters. But I’ll let you decide. Is Caleb your ideal man?

Alpha Pussy: Now I'm wondering which part of Caleb's form appeared fully in your mind first? One of the aspects I love the most about your writing is the heat and incredible passion so evident between your hero and heroine. Care to share a bit about your writing process?

Lynne: Oh wouldn’t you like to know? LOL Honestly, it’s all my imagination. I usually start with a concept, or a scene. Then let my imagination play the ‘what if’ game. CREATIVE LICENSE almost didn’t get written because I thought the original concept (married in Vegas—divorce didn’t go through) was cliché. Oddly enough, that concept isn’t a big player in the story. This is one of my favorite books. Once I have the characters, I start torturing them. ; ) I come up with all sorts of ideas to keep them apart; personality quirks, hang-ups, needs, desires. In this book, Lily took more effort than Caleb… because, like I said, Caleb sprung to life fully formed.

Alpha Pussy: Caleb springs fully in a lot of areas. I would love to borrow him for an evening. Has writing about sex improved your own sex life?

Lynne: Um… I’m sorry to burst your bubble, but no. I um, lived through my characters when I wrote this book. Now that I have a loving, gorgeous, wonderful man (that gives Caleb a run for his money) my sex life doesn’t need a boost. LOL But I think it has the potential to.


Alpha Pussy: You should let him pick a scene to re-enact with you for his birthday, holidays, or just because it's Saturday. Your story Hooking Up burned into my head the first time I read it. INCREDIBLY HOT!!! Tell me where you got the idea.

Lynne: Wow… years and years ago, my sisters took me to dinner for my birthday. There was a man staring into his drink as though the melting ice held the answers to every problem. I scribbled something down on a napkin. Later, when I found the napkin, I started tossing ideas around. Why was he there? What were his problems? When you meet Glenn in HOOKING UP, he’s staring into his scotch.

Alpha Pussy: Just thinking about the beginning of that story makes me want to go read the rest of it...aloud to my man and have him take notes. If you were to get snowed in with any one man of your choice, who would it be and why? Or will you be greedy and choose more than one?

Lynne: LOL. That’s easy. My man. ; )

Alpha Pussy: Wrap it all up by giving your best tip for #BJFriday.

Lynne: I actually asked my significant other about this one. He raised his eyebrow and smiled. So my tip for you…Take ownership. It’s yours, learn it, enjoy it to the max and so will he…oh, and loosen your grip from time to time. ; ) Trust me.

Excellent tip, Lynne! Thank you for the fun and naughty interview! Next time I'll be sure to tie you up during.

Be sure to check out Lynne Roberts' site where you can purchase her truly scintillating stories. Believe me, you'll want to stop by the toy store first.
http://www.lynneroberts.net/