Hello, and thanks for being here to Celebrate Pride Month with Twinsie Talk. I’m Twinsie Tenise, self proclaimed resident MM reader and reviewer over here at TwinsieTalk. Throughout the Month of June we will be sharing Q&A sessions we had with over a dozen authors who write LGBTQIA Romance or books with LGBTQIA characters. Each day will Spotlight a different author. We hope you enjoy getting to know these wonderful authors and find lots of new books to fill your TBR.
Special thanks to all of the authors who signed up and took the time to answer the questions.
Shoutout and HUGE thank you to Twinsie Jo for the amazing rainbow graphics and Twinsie Angie for her input and assistance. Love you both!
Today we are celebrating Pride month with Savannah Verte.
Savanna is a wonderful human. I met her through Writers on the River and she quickly became a person I look forward to seeing each July. I enjoy our yearly chats and I can’t wait to squeeze her next month.
A lifelong lover of words and reading, Savannah Verte hasn’t quite figured out what she wants to write when she grows up. Born and raised in the upper Midwest, Savannah’s gypsy spirit and never quit attitude keep her busy and seldom idle. For so many reasons, Savannah considers herself a ‘Contemporary Vagabond’ when it comes to writing and hopes others find her diverse offerings as enjoyable to read as they are to write.
That’s the official Savannah, the unofficial version is this: just a girl who loves experiencing life with every twist and turn it takes. When she was born, she had such fine, light hair that her mother used to tape bows to her head so people would know she was a girl. She’s had a host of crazy unrelated jobs- everything from cake decorator, dry cleaner, and insurance agent to Emergency Room assistant, bartender, crime lab tech and bouncer. Savannah loves air hockey but completely sucks at it. She loves good jazz, good scotch, and antiques but also old rock, a quiet tea, and a tidy home. She’s completely technology impaired and can get it after she’s broken the computer or done it ass-backwards a few times… Thank Gods that there are some amazing meme creators that let her pilfer images or she’d be lost.
Lime green is her color, the rhinoceros is her logo & philosophy, and she’s completely mad about seeing new authors try.
🏳️🌈What is your name and a little bit about you?
Savannah Verte – I’m a vagabond writer and work in multiple genres, but almost always with a twist of some kind. I like to take readers somewhere they don’t see coming necessarily.
🏳️🌈What made you decide to write LGBTQIA romance?
I don’t know that I “decided.” And, I don’t know that I write LGBTQIA, I think that’s a byproduct of listening. I write the story that reveals itself to me…whatever that story is. It has to be the right story for the characters. One of them (Fil) completely surprised me, and the others were where the story made sense. I think romance is romance. LGBTQIA folks are romantic…they should see what they prefer in the genre too. I can’t say that I’m actively looking for those stories to tell. I just don’t walk away from them when they are revealed.
🏳️🌈Do you prefer to write standalones or series? Why?
That truly depends on the story. Some tales are too too big for a single stand alone. Others, would be painful to stretch to a series. I’m a slave to the characters. 🙂 One I’m writing currently needs to let me sleep if they want to be properly represented. lol
🏳️🌈Do you have a current WIP? Care to share any details?
I have seven current projects. One with another author, (Royal Squall), and the other six are works to wrap up an open series (Una-Mor, Making Waves re-releases), or to continue a series that needs updating, (HEART Flights, Custos). OR, there is a work based on real life recent events and what has kept me from my writing desk, tentatively titled Truth Will Out, and then a new story that spins from Gravedigger and will likely become a series of its own tentatively titled The Devil’s Kitchen.
🏳️🌈What are your must have writing snacks and drinks?
The only “MUST” that I have when writing is total quiet so I can submerge into the world. I have gun-block ear covers for emergencies.
🏳️🌈If someone has never read your work, which book would you recommend?
For LGBTQIA work? Either HEART Flights LIftoff, which is a series table-setter mostly, or there a Tale in 13 chapters called Immortal Deflagration. Kiss My Splash is the 3rd book in a series that the first two books really set the stage for, so I wouldn’t start with that. Non-LGBTQIA, Gravedigger is the book of my heart, but it has triggers, Portals is a crazy epic fantasy that starts with a simple love story…but it’s over 700 pages. Uhmmm…you do realize this question is rather like asking my to choose a favorite child, yes? I love all the stories for different reasons.
🏳️🌈If you could recommend 1 LGBTQIA Romance (not your own) to readers, what would that book be?
OOOOF. I think I’m partial to Lover at Last, but that’s part of a LARGE series.
What do you enjoy doing in your free time?
lol. I don’t think I have ‘free’ time. I have time I’ve borrowed from something else, but that’s working a full-time job elsewhere and working to grow my word-world.
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