1.) How long have you been writing creative fiction?

About four years. I would write a short story here and there. I didn’t take it too seriously.

3.) What got you interested in Xena and writing fan fiction?

My girlfriend turned me on to the fanfic online. I was thrilled, I had no idea there were such stories available. After that, I started watching the first season of Xena on DVD. I always wondered what the big deal was until I started watching. And WOW is she hot. The attitude, the confidence, the…ahem, the whole package.

4.) How has Xena changed your life?

She’s something that one can strive to be in their everyday life. Courageous, kind, strong. It encouraged me to take a look at myself.

5.) What colors ur tooth brush?

Purple and blue

6.) If you could be any super hero who would you be and why?

Anyone with the power of invisibility. I’m such a voyeour. <g>

7.) Do you wipe with your right hand or left or do you use toilet paper

For some reason I seem to prefer toilet paper, huh, go figure.

8.) Why and when did you start writing?

I was bursting with harbored fantasies and finally decided to write them down.

9.) What’s ur bra size?

I would tell you but I would have to kill you.

10.) How do you have time to WRITE so many stories at once?

If I’ve got more than one going, I just work on whatever one my mind is on at that moment. As far as time goes, I don’t force myself. If I feel like writing and the moment is free, I go for it.

11.) How do you get your inspiration?

Music. Or just observing everyday life. I love to people watch. Also having a passionate, loving relationship helps.

12.) What kind of underoo’s do you wear?

Again, classified. lol

13.) How long have you been writing?

Four years.

14.) What story/series are you most proud of?

In Too Deep. (To be released in Sept 2005 by Bold Strokes Books) I really had a lot of fun creating Erin, Liz and Patricia. And it was a big learning experience for me. I learned a lot about myself.

15.) Do you get hate mail and how do you handle those?

Lol. I have quite a story actually. It wasn’t hate mail, no it was way too weird to be considered negative. I’ll sum it up by saying that the world is a very strange place with some very strange people.

16.) How about do you get any HATE mail from readers?

None yet. Everyone’s been really supportive and positive…and on rare occasion, strange.

17.) What’s the best piece of advice you got when you were starting out as a writer?

Just write it down and let it go. Don’t overanalyze it to death or second guess yourself. Easier said than done <g>.

18.) How do you lay out your stories?

I scribble it down on paper as it comes. And since I never know when an idea will come, I end up with pieces of notebook paper all over the house.

19.) Do you have an ending before you start writing, or does it reveal itself to you as you write?

Most of the time it reveals itself as I write. Also talking it out with someone helps.

20.) How do you get beyond just an idea?

I get excited by creating the new characters who, in turn, end up living the idea. It’s such a rush when an idea comes, I can’t get the words out fast enough.

21.) How does an idea become a story?

Again, letting your imagination go wild. Being creative, playing God in a sense. You call the shots, you create the people and their world.

22.) What suggestions do you have for creating self-discipline at writing?

My advice is to NOT LISTEN TO ME! I’m terrible at self discipline. I only write when I feel the urge to do so. Otherwise it comes out as strained and shallow, no feeling.

23.) Which story/series has gotten the most response from fans?

The In Too Deep series.

24.) Do you like to write X&G stories or uber/original stories better?

I enjoy writing originals. I tried writing a X&G but it wasn’t for me. I don’t think I did the characters justice.

25.) Do you envision a story before you write it, or does the story just un-fold as you write it?

Both…and it helps to talk it out with someone. But only someone you trust. (I’ve been given that advice more than once. Apparently there are some people out there who would gladly take your idea.)

26.) When you’ve finished with the story/book do you miss those characters that you’ve written about?

Absolutely. It feels like you’ve lost close friends.

27.) Do you or do you not wear underwear? If so what kind?

I wear it…

28.) If you could have dinner with anyone who would it be and why?

Steven Spielberg or M. Night Shyamalan. (I’m a huge movie fiend!) They are both extremely talented with their ability to bring such amazing stories to life. M.Night baffles me with his writing. I love his twists, the way he encourages me to look deeper into every scene. He plays with colors a lot, every single image means something to the story.

29.) Who is your favorite Xmen???

Wolverine and well I love anything Hugh Jackman is in. He rocks.

30.) Who is your favorite super hero of all times?...IE...batman, superman, wonder woman??

When I was a kid it was Wonder Woman, but Xena has more juevos. I love her confidence and strength.

31.) Years from now, how would you want to be remembered?

First and foremost for kindness and compassion. And then for my sense of humor. And if I’m truly lucky…for my words.

32.) What is your pet peeve?

Dirty fingernails,(and as an artist you can imagine how much I have to scrub my hands until I’m satisfied) dirty socks…anything dirty. Well, maybe not everything. <g>

33.) What advice can you give to future writers?

Just go for it. Let it out.

34.) What has the show Xena meant to you?

I’ve only seen the first season and I was extremely sexually frustrated. ( I know, boo, hiss) I just wanted them to get it on already! But I can definitely see how so many women followed the series like they did. Waiting, wanting. The innuendo was addictive.

35.) What are your dreams? Hopes? Wishes?

To be a huge, positive part of the lives of my nephews, as well as my God children. And to live peacefully in love, health and happiness.

36.) What is a necessity for every writer in your opinion?

Imagination and the urge to create, the urge to tell their story.

37.) What’s your favorite quote? Why and how does it affect you?

“Though this be madness, yet there is method in’t.” William Shakespeare, Hamlet.

“We all go a little mad sometimes.” Alfred Hitchcock, Norman Bates in Psycho.

People have many layers and many reasons for behaving like they do. Rarely is it the pure madness or chaos that we label it. And that absolutely fascinates me.

38.) What makes your best friend your best friend?

Unconditional love and support. And being able to laugh hysterically with each other.

39.) Who is your real life hero and why?

My Grandmother. She had a very hard life, worked hard, loved hard, and lived hard. And yet she’s the most thoughtful, understanding woman in the world. She would give anyone the shirt off her back. She lives simply and solely for the enjoyment of the people around her. She’s truly a beautiful human being.

40.) Why do fools fall in love?

Good question. Wish I had the answer! I think it’s completely uncontrollable and mystifying. Something we may never have the answer to.

41.) When did you first know you wanted to be a writer?

My sister informed me that I was thirteen when I declared it. I don’t remember it, but she even saved some of my first “romances”.

42.) What significance, if any, is there in the title?

I think the title does quite a bit. It sums up the book as well as gives the reader a little bit of insight. There’s nothing better than finishing a book and looking back and saying…”that’s why it’s titled like it is.”

43.) Can you see the book as a feature film?

I can always see the books I read as a movie. I love thinking about bringing it to life in a film!

BT (strongsouljah)......

44.) What vices or rituals, if any, do you have and how do they affect your writing?

Quiet, or inspiring music. My Jack Russel Terrier in my lap. She’s jealous of the computer and I can’t get any work done unless I let her in my lap.

45.) Are you easily distracted by big breastesses?????

Lol. Umm no. I’m more of an ass and leg girl myself.

46.) Have you ever had a serious case of writer’s block?

Yep.

47.) How do you get over it?

Well after I beat my head against the wall, I fell down, had a vision while unconscious and it showed me the way to continue. Seriously, I just had to stop thinking about it. Even if it took days.

48.) What’s your bra size???           

Nope, can’t talk about it. Classified.

Tammy....I’m assuming I have the right idea (I think) maybe????

49.)  What writer do you most compare yourself too or whom do you model yourself after?

Wow, tough one. As far as modern writers I would say Radclyffe for the work she’s done in this genre. Reading her work not only helped me through bad times, but it encouraged me to write down my own fantasies. Mainstream, I would love to find the success Patricia Cornwell has had. Yeah, I know, I dream big in both cases. Lol.

50.) What writer influenced you the most?

I tend to like the darker side. A Jedi I am not. Lol. I love Edgar Allen Poe, Stephen King, Jeanette Winterson, Patricia Cornwell etc.

51.)  What is essential to you in your surroundings when you are writing? i.e.: music playing, incense, candles lit, food/drink, smoke pot???

Sometimes music, a clove candle, and diet mountain dew. Of course that’s an ideal setting. In reality the dogs are fighting over a chewy, our two daughters are fighting over some video game and our five year old son is belting out “if I was a rich girl” in the bath tub. (yes we start to worry when he waves his arms in the air while singing.)

52.) Is your aim when writing to keep it strictly as literature or do you have goals for screenplays/motion pictures?

God I wish! That truly would be a dream come true.

53.) What is the best laid plan when writers block hits?

Walk away. It works. Don’t think about it for days.

54.) If you could interview/talk to any author (dead or alive) who would it be and why?

Edgar Allen Poe. Because he wrote on the edge. And well, he seemed like a VERY interesting character.

55.) What are your other artistic interests? I love to draw and sculpt.

Anything I can create with my hands is fair game. I also love photography and restoring furniture.

56.) Are you easily distracted when writing?

No. I tend to get in a zone and everything around me becomes a fog.

57.) Do you prefer to be alone when writing. Mostly.

It’s difficult to write a love scene when the kids are dancing around doing skits from Austin Powers or some other crazy movie they’ve memorized.

58.) Do you have a set time that you write (a.m. or p.m.) or when time permits? 

Night time.

Tina Stratton.....

59.) At what age did you start writing?

25

60.) What is your best inspiration?

The everyday person, wondering what their life is like, what makes them tick. Truth is stranger than fiction.

61.) What is inspiration for you?

People, music. Overcoming great negativity in life. The fight to survive.

62.) Where do you get your ideas?

Just living life or listening to music.

63.)Do they just pop up or do you hear something or see something and think.... hey that would work?

All of the above.

ANNE....

64.) “What would you never ever ever write about?” to keep the link with the whole bard thing.

  My girlfriend…she’s very special and so is what we have. I don’t think I would enjoy sharing that.

65.) “What’s the most original way in which you ever killed a red shirt?”

Mine always seem to get shot.

66.) “If you could any kind of vegetable, what would you be?”

A tomato, red and juicy. Or is that technically a fruit?

Tap The Wizard....

67.) “Would you like to have dinner with me?”

Sure, but come to Arizona, it’s warmer here. <g> I’ll make the margaritas.

A. Hawk.....

68.) One question would be where do they get the inspiration (for your stories) for all of that when writing a sex scene?

Fantasy…and oh can I conjure up some.<g>.  It’s whatever you want.

69.) Ask them what made them first begin to write and not exactly how they felt about it, but what keeps them going?

The high of creativity keeps me going. It really is like a drug.

70.)   Do you wear silk stockings?

Um, no. But I certainly like to look at those who do.

71.)   Do you prefer cucumbers to finger cookies?

I like cucumbers

72.)   Are you hooked up right now?  Tied up?  Twisted up? 

(All of which are becoming I might add) Ummm, noooo. But I am happily taken.

73.)   Do you prefer standard nipple clamps to those new ones that vibrate?

Thanks for the info. I will have to check out those new ones. What will they think of next??

74.)   Do you own a Jag or a Honda?

Jag, I wish. But nope, not a Honda either. I get around on my unicycle and haul the kids around in the Dodge Durango.

75.)   In your opinion is Popeye equivalent to Hercules? 

Does the myth/legend over lap...is that where Hercules came from....the Popeye Sailor?

76.) What’s your favorite color?

Midnight blue

77.) Ever used any of those lil ole accents in ya’lls lil ole stories?

Yessireebob

78.) Here is a tame one...WHAT is your favorite Ice Cream Flavor?  (There is more than 31 you know).

Hmmm…cookies and cream.

79.) Have you ever gotten the shits from eating too much cheesecake?

You scare me nicky..lol.

80.) Have you ever had Wild Turkey AND Bourbon in the same night?  If so, who held your head over the porcelain goddess?

Nope. Rum does me in.

81.) Do you ever think, by the far stretch of the imagination, there possibly, somewhere out there, could probably, maybe be people out in the world just as twisted as you?

Not until now. <g>   Now I’m really convinced there is.

82.) Who is YOUR favorite author?

I have many faves. I love the Madame President series by Blayne Cooper and T. Novan. I’ve reread them numerous times.

83.) Boxers or briefs?

briefs

84.) How do you (the writer) deal with the feedback you receive?

I value it greatly. And answer it with sincere thanks.