CONTEST ANNOUNCEMENT: One lucky Commenter will win a copy of Carson. To be entered, comment or ask Joyee a question and winner will be announced her on my blog on April 19th.
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Hi Joyee, welcome to Dawn’s Reading Nook. I am thrilled to have you here. So let’s get this party started.
Q: What got you interested in becoming an author? Was it something you always wanted to do or just in the last few years?
Honestly, since I was a kid, but I've always been very numbers oriented, crazy literal and logical. I guess I just wrote for fun thinking I didn't have enough creative aspect to ever do it for real. I lost a job a few years ago and decided pretty much to really just go for it. Doing what I thought I was "supposed" to in life with my degrees in corporate America made me miserable. So I sat down and in two weeks churned out a 100k mainstream book that had been in my head.
Q: Tell us about your latest release(s). Are they part of a series and if so, can you give us the book order for readers please?
My Maven, My Everything: Sons of Thanatus #1 is the first in a new series. And it's about the closest I'll probably ever get to contemporary though they're immortal and can see souls. LOL.
Carson: Resistant Omegas #2 (the first being Tristan) is my take on how bigger isn't always better and Omega doesn't mean weak. Hell, small doesn't mean weak to me either. I really had fun pushing the boundaries of what people are used to with pack werewolves and mates.
Isaac Dragos: Beyond the Marius Brothers #1 was actually a demand from Stormy Glenn's & my own Yahoo Group. Isaac plays a vital role in Remus: Marius Brothers #2 and after #3 came out, they started talking because I said I was going to work on Victor #4 that was released last month and holy crap did everyone just jump in and beg for his story. Which was a trip for me because I'd never thought to give him one. I promised I'd think about it… and when I did I sat down and just cranked out 17k words the first day I worked on it. It was CRAZY and just took a life of its own. It's chronologically after Victor #4, but since he's not a Marius Brother I gave him a spin off series name in case I come along other characters in that world that need a story as well.
Q: You write solo and with Stormy Glenn. How did you meet Stormy and decide to write together?
I emailed her with an outline of idea for the Delta Wolf series, some of my own works in progress, and pretty much just begged she give me a chance. Luckily she liked the idea.
Q: Who has been the most delightful character to write about? The most challenging to write about?
That's hard to answer… it's kinda like picking a favorite family member. All of my main characters, have at least a little bit of me in their personalities in some form or another. Riley from the Marius Brothers is one that's a LOT like me I think because if I could do college over again in an alternative universe I would have gone to medical school so he's my vicarious living.
Reed in Lust & Vamp was challenging because it was a way for me to work some things. The way he dances, what it means to him is how writing is for me. So it was very challenging to get it just right for my perfectionist personality.
Q: I loved Micah, the first book in the Marius Brothers series. What gave you the idea for this series? How many other series do you have out or are in the works?
I honestly can't remember, I wrote it well over a year ago. I wanted to do vampire brothers, but the name came about when my pup kept crawling under my desk and licking my toes because he wanted to play. I promised him I'd name it after him if he'd let mommy work. So that's how it got the name.
I have twelve. Nine currently out by myself, one in the works & a secret project. One co-authored series with Stormy Glenn. And one was just announced as a joint project with Stormy & Gabrielle Evans. We're doing something very different and unique. We've been having a blast working on it and we think everyone's really going to love it.
Q: What do you do when your muse decides to be a pita and not communicate with you? How do you kick start the muse again?
I've yet to really lose a muse, it's more picking one while all the others stay quiet in my head for a while. But when I'm stuck or need to figure out where to go with a story I either go outside & play fetch with pup until we both burn off the extra energy or start cleaning.
Q: I know you enjoy food and coffee. What is your favorite comfort food to enjoy? What is one of your favorite coffee drinks at Starbucks to grab?
Besides chocolate… Alana, the brat, got me addicted to Cheryl's frosted sugar cookies. I've actually got one hanging out of my mouth as I type this, LMAO. For mornings, I'm a Quad Iced Venti Peppermint Which Mocha no whip gal. If it's an afternoon pick me up & warm enough out then I'm a caramel white mocha frappe girl but that's rare and I only do Starbucks on release days or when I finish a new book as a treat.
Q: If you could meet any author (living or dead), who would it be and why?
I have like six that immediately pop into mind from all over the place, so I can't just pick one, lol.
Q: What got you interested in writing M/M romance genre? Is there a sub-genre you haven’t done yet but want to in the future?
I read it & thought it was just hot. It was something in my mind that I could play a lot with action and suspense while still having the romance element without too much chasing around the desk that drives me a little nuts as a reader.
Someday I want to be like Charlaine Harris when I'm all grown up. I like the continuing stories where there's so much awesome action with some sex & love thrown in. I've written a couple of mainstream books along those paranormal lines that I've not worked on getting published since I started writing under Joyee. Maybe in that spare time I don't have one day… maybe not though. I'm kinda just going with the flow for now.
Q: So where can we find you on the web, Joyee?
www.joyeeflynn.com; Facebook, & I have a Yahoo Group
Sneak peek into Carson, Resistant Omegas #2
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Available HERE
When Carson's old inner circle is challenged and overthrown he knows that he will become the Omega for the new Alpha and his Betas. After all he barely survived the abuse dished out by his last circle and he knows that, as defective as he is, he can only hope to keep the punishments at bay for so long.
Declan, Ian, and Taylor have never wanted to run a pack, but after seeing Carson and realizing how he was being treated at the hands of certain members of the pack, they couldn't stand by and let him suffer. But while they may have won their dreamed of Omega they quickly find it becoming a nightmare.
Can they help their Omega realize his worth or will he forever be an Omega without hope?
PG excerpt:
“Yes, I swear it,” I said with a soft smile. “I’m not crazy. I’m telepathic.”
“You thought you were crazy? Oh hell, please tell me you didn’t believe Alpha Peter when he said you were schizophrenic?”
“Yeah, I did.” I shrugged. “But we all talked, and they’re going to give you my release papers that you can send to the High Council if they ever beat me or let others use me.”
“Good,” she said, narrowing her eyes at Declan. “And I won’t hesitate to do it if you ever lock him up like that again either.”
“We were trying to protect him.” Declan sighed. “I thought he had stuff to do in that room. We weren’t trying to punish him.”
“Okay, I believe you,” Dorothy replied after a moment. Then she leaned into me and whispered so they couldn’t hear. “Are you sure you want to show them the studio?”
“How did you know?” I whispered back.
“Because you only smile like that when you’re going down to work,” she smiled and gave me another quick kiss on the cheek. “You boys run along, and I’m going to make lasagna for dinner. If I make your favorite, you have to promise to eat and get some meat on those bones.”
“Yes, ma’am.” I giggled as we left the kitchen. Ian kissed my forehead gently before we went down into the basement. “I could get used to this kind of treatment.”
“I’ll carry you around always,” Ian said, getting choked up. “Just don’t ever scare me like that again and make it to where I have to carry you.”
“I won’t, I swear. I am sorry,” I replied as I moved to kiss his lips softly. “I didn’t know anyone cared, but now that I do, I promise I’ll stick around.”
“Good, because there’s a lot more to life than you’ve ever been shown and we want to give it to you,” he whispered in my ear as we reached the basement. I pointed to the back corner. When we got there, I tapped his arm so he’d let me down. I moved around and pulled off the tarps that I had covering my work so it looked like storage instead of a hidden studio.
“Fuck, these are amazing, Carson.” Taylor gasped as he picked up my painting of the Alpha house. “Where did you learn to do this?”
“You mean did I have any training?” I asked, giggling when he nodded. “No one taught me how to paint. I just picked up a pencil one day and started drawing when I was a kid.”
“Who knew our gorgeous love was so talented,” Declan said as he stared at a landscape of the pack lands. “I can’t get over how gifted you are, baby.”
“Thank you, but that’s not what I wanted to show you,” I replied as my face heated up. I pulled a canvas out from behind a stack of blanks and handed it to him. It was a smaller one, about two feet by two feet. Declan gasped as he took it from me. “See, I saw you that day, too.”
“Shit! He could be looking in a mirror,” Ian whispered as he moved next to our Alpha. I’d painted a portrait of each of them, Declan was holding his. I wasn’t lying. I had seen them that first day at the Omega claiming ceremony with Alpha Peter. While they were staring at that one, I pulled out the paintings of Ian and Taylor.
“I thought you three were the most gorgeous men I’d ever seen,” I said softly as I handed them their portraits. “I was so sad that I couldn’t paint you right away. It was a couple of months until Dorothy helped me set this up in secret. But these were the first things I did when I moved in here.”
“Can I keep mine?” Ian sniffled as he glanced up at me. “This is coolest thing anyone’s ever done for me. I’d really like to hang mine in my room if that’s okay with you?”
“You really like it? You’re not creeped out that I’m some stalker or something?”
“We took over an entire pack to be with you and keep you safe. And you’re worried we think you’re a stalker from a gorgeous painting?” Ian said with a laugh as he gently put his painting down as if it was made of glass. Before I could even reply, he lifted me up and swung me around the room. “You can’t stalk the willing, baby. I love you, and I think you’re truly gifted.”
“Thank you,” I whispered as I started to get choked up with emotions. I wrapped myself around him, nuzzling his neck in a very wolf-like gesture as I memorized his scent. “I’m glad you like them.”
“I think we should move your studio to one of the sitting rooms that has a lot of light,” Declan said as he kissed my cheek. “If that’s what you want, I mean?”
“I want to see a movie,” I answered instead, taking another leap. “I’ve never been to a movie theater, and I really want to.”
“We’ll go as soon as you’re feeling better and healed,” he replied with a wide smile. “Anything else?”
“Can we go to a restaurant? I’ve never been to one of those either.” I was thrilled down to my toes that they were wanting to do things with me.
“We can go anywhere you want, baby,” Taylor said as he leaned over and kissed my other cheek. “I’m sure there are lots of restaurants in Chicago for you to try out.”
“We should do, like, a date night once a week.” Declan smiled widely at all of us as if he was proud of his idea. I was just happy that they were trying so hard.
“That sounds perfect,” I whispered. “And yes, I’d love to have a studio with actual light instead of a lone lamp.”
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