Welcome to Friday Frank Talk with...
Marla
Monroe
Bestselling author of over 40 books, you can find Marla
and her seductive books at SirenBookstrand. Her new book, “Their Reluctant
Submissive”, is the beginning of an enticing new series called, “Knights in
Black Leather”.
So Marla tell us…
1. Where
does all this inspiration come from?
I have a very active imagination that
never shuts up. I see or hear something like a phrase or name and suddenly an
entire world opens up inside of my head. And then there are my close friends
who are always eager to help me with my research.
2. Your
characters are vibrant and colorful. You give them a life like quality. Have
you ever run into someone who reminded you of one of your characters?
Actually, quite a few times. Sometimes
my characters seem so real to me that I have to back up and remind myself that
they aren’t. That’s when “open mouth, insert foot” occurs when I meet someone
that just screams that character’s name at me. I have to really watch myself
when that happens. When you live with them through several books it’s easy to
forget they aren’t real.
3. I
see from reading your author page that you’re a nurse. Since we all know some
pretty freaky stuff can be seen wandering the halls of a hospital, enlighten
us…What really goes on behind those white walls? Is it as steamy as our readers
would like to believe?
Oh, don’t get me started. Sometimes it
can get really wild. One thing you learn when you work in a fast paced, high
stress situation like nurses, doctors, policemen, firemen, paramedics, and the
military to name a few, the stress will get to you if you let it. To combat
that, they tend to act out. That translates into affairs, kinky play,
inappropriate humor, and anything that pushes boundaries.
4. Most
readers believe the more hot steamy sex the better! In some cases, readers
would like to believe that if the author can write it, therefore she must live
it. So tell us…was there a scene that was inspired by none other than Marla
herself?
OMG!
Let’s get personal why don’t we? First of all, some erotic romance
writers actually live the life they write about to some degree. I have friends
who are in polyamorous relationships and some who live some measure of the BDSM
lifestyle.
I am a firm believer in writing what you
know to the best of your ability. That means I have experimented in pretty much
everything I’ve written about. Is there one scene that was inspired by my kink
play? Yeah. Several actually. Of course nothing can compete with the real deal.
5. You
typically write BDSM M/F/M or M/F books. Ever think of venturing off into the
M/M sector?
I honestly don’t think I have what it
takes to pull it off. It really requires a special author to be able to portray
men falling in love with each other. You have to be able to keep them masculine
without pitting them against each other. My hat is off to those authors.
6. How
do you keep your BDSM crowd, hungry and aching for more?
I’m not sure, really. I have slowly
increased the amount of play into my books over time. Their Reluctant
Submissive is the first book in my new series Knights in Black Leather and the
entire series centers around the BDSM lifestyle along with ménage. I am toying
with not all of the books being ménage, but I haven’t been told by my muses yet
what will happen with it.
7. When
writing the heavy sex scenes, how do you keep yourself inspired?
Mostly I let myself fall into my
imagination and write them like I would want to experience them. I don’t watch
movies for inspiration like some authors do, but I will admit to enjoying the
eye candy that some of my author friends post on Facebook. That can be
inspiring when I’m having trouble picturing my heroes like I want them. I just
go back and pull out the ones that resemble my men and whew, off I go.
8. What’s
in the future for Marla Monroe?
Wow. I can’t even imagine. I want to write between
15 and 20 books a year for Siren and eventually quit my day job. I’m working on
another series that will be a step in a different direction for me. It’s a
paranormal series of shape shifters. I’m having a lot of fun with them. Other
than that, I’m happy writing for Siren and with the way my world is turning.
Well there you have it
folks…right from Marla’s mouth! Check out her latest book, “Their Reluctant
Submissive” on sale now at SirenBookstrand. Till then, keep reading and tune in
next Friday for another Frank Talk with a Surprise Guest!
Awesome! Great questions Rebecca. Like the truthfulness in the answers. I've always wondered how authors get their inspiration. Now I know! Can't wait to start reading the new series Marla! Can't wait til next Friday :)
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