MM MARCH MADNESS!!
March 21
Twinsie Talk is proud to present the 3rd Annual MM March Madness – a month to focus on the M/M, F/F, M/M/F, M/F/M authors. We love these books and want to share it with the rest of the world. Each day we will post an interview. We will also include any reviews that we have done on these books as well as links to the books.
Our hope is that you will love this genre as much as we do! <3
Today is devoted to Pauline Allan
Pauline strives to make every reader feel sexy and desired by the time they turns to the last page. The Midwest is home, but her heart stays tethered to New Orleans where she travels three times a year to recharge her creative muse. She is amazed that she gets to wake up every morning next to her hero and go to bed each night listening to her two boys argue over who gets to put the cat to bed. When not writing, Pauline enjoys listening to music and watching Penny Dreadful and Game of Thrones. When it comes to romance, Pauline has one goal. Laissez les bons temps rouler!
Tell us about something about you (not included in your normal author bio) that maybe not everyone knows about you.
Funny tidbit. My mother was a showgirl at the Tropicana in Las Vegas before I was born. My father said she had great moves. I was lucky enough to inherit that sexy sway and decided, when I was twenty-one, it would be a grand idea to work at a strip club a couple of nights to pay for a semester tuition while I was in college. Well, I made it up on the stage for the audition. Had the slimy owner give me the thumbs up. The music went live. I covered my hands over my face and ran out of the place. So, I decided to keep my dancing moves on a regular dance floor from then on.
There’s been a trend in writing a series. How do you feel about series? Do you write them? Do you think they are easier or harder?
As a reader I enjoy reading them as long as the characters have a deep connection to one and other. I prefer series that tie the heroes together. I also like to write series because I feel I can build the world with layers and create a bond with the reader. I don’t feel they are easier or harder to write. Each book has to stand on its own merit and therefore be as independent as a stand alone. However, it does grant the writer and reader a longer period of time to get to know the whole cast.
Where do you do most of your writing?
In my office. I have a 1900 Victorian home. My office in on the second story. The third floor is reserved for the rug rats. My office is decorated in the likeness of a picture I found of an old brothel in Storyville, New Orleans. The decor consists of all my trinkets from my travels to Nola.
What are you currently reading? Any suggestions for your favorite books (beside your own, of course)?
Currently, I just finished Lissa Matthews’s Break Me. I’m also reading Megan Hart’s Hold Me Close and Bonnie Dee’s When All The World Sleeps. I am usually reading a fetish, straight, and gay erotic romance all at once.
Do you feel that this genre is growing? And what do you contribute to that growth or decline?
Oh my gosh, yes! I’ve been reading gay romance for years, but never expected the genre to literally explode. The books are rich with broken characters and emotional plot lines. I read more gay romance than any other genre. I love to write gay romance.
What is the most surprising thing you have learned about writing?
That I can do it! I’ve been writing short stories and poems since I was a little girl. One day sat down and said, “I think I’ll write a book.” So, I wrote a book, submitted it to a publisher and it got signed. It is amazing I get to write down the stories in my head and people cry and smile when they read them. I feel very blessed.
What are you working on now?
Claiming Dane, the second book in the Hot Southern Nights series comes out on March 22nd. Currently, I’m writing Broken Pieces an erotic romance Young Adult book.
What is your favorite thing to do on a Saturday night?
Lock myself in my office and write with James Bond movies playing in the background.
Tell us about the highest HIGH and lowest LOW in your career so far. How has it changed you?
Highest high…the first time my dad held a signed copy of my first published novel. The lowest…the last time I knew he’d ever hold one of my books again.
Enter the giveaway!! You could win a Kindle from the Twinsies or one of the great prizes donated by our featured authors during the MM March Madness Celebration!!
Pauline Allan has donated an ecopy of Savior, Book One in the Tattered Social Club series. And a separate drawing to win a free copy of Claiming Dane.
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A big THANK YOU to all of the authors participating in our month long celebration!! We appreciate all that you do!!! MUAH!!
Much Love from the Twinsies!!! Angie, Brenda, Deb, Kelly, Kristi, Jen, Jo, and Melinda!!!
