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ABOUT AUDREY
Audrey Godwin is
quickly rising into the ranks of hottest erotica writer
around today. She slowly evolved from the mundane boy meets
girl plotline, to the sexy bad boys who leave a trail of
erotic fire wherever they go. Her passion is the big,
swarthy type that fits into the gothic scene which she has
brought into the twenty-first century. These alpha males
might be vampires, werewolves spirit beings, or they may be
completely normal. But one thing they all are is, sexy as
hell.
It all started when she began reading. She read good
books, bad books, so-so books, and those that had no
business being published. So, deciding she could do at least
as well, she put down her latest novel, and decided to
write. Even though she tried to focus on her heroines, she
somehow couldn’t keep from wrapping her whole story around
the gorgeous guys. Finally, she gave in to it and prowled
the streets of her imagination in search of her next super
idea and gorgeous hunk. Somewhere along the way she was
discovered on the internet by a publisher that fully
embraced her style of writing, and introduced her to erotic
e-publishing. What came from it was a series of books that
slowly became published, giving her the feeling of at last
achieving her goal.
Audrey has had her days in the sun, when she was the
life of the party, a laugh a minute kind of gal, and
outrageously cool, but sadly, that’s all over now. Today
she’s one of those boring x-civil service workers that has a
penchant for bookstores and sappy love songs. She prefers
quiet dinners with friends over maddening crowds. Her
favorite pastime is writing a truly exciting suspense or
horror novel with strong, stand-alone characters, and an
exciting, anything-can-happen plotline. After several years,
her love of writing hasn’t left her, so look for more of her
dark romance novels that will give you a chill one minute
and a hot flash the next.
INTERVIEW
Q: Audrey, to begin, let’s talk about your unusual writing
style. I have noticed that most of your stories have a gothic
tone to them. What is it about that type of atmosphere that
intrigues you?
A: I’m not sure, I suppose it’s the combination of an eerie
setting, and forbidden romance. Almost all of my books will have
a gothic setting unless it’s a suspense or a perhaps a thriller
with a few gruesome characters to give the story depth. Of
course, there is also plenty of erotic activity, and beautiful
people to stimulate our imaginations.
Q: Where do you get most of the ideas for your stories?
A: I’ve had ideas come from dreams, conversations, TV, or other
books. When it comes, your eyes widen, and your heart flutters.
With me, it feels line one tiny little seed drops into my psyche
and begins to grow. Before I know it, I have a full blown story.
For instance, one night I saw a beautiful man in a devil costume
dancing across the stage. Needless to say, my heart jumped into
my throat. From that one magnificent experience Dancing with the
Devil was born. I’ve heard that some people are natural
storytellers. I hope that description fits me.
Q: Who has been your most difficult character to write and
who has been the easiest?
A: I think Franz Staresini, the elusive magician in The Erotic
Ghost was my most difficult. I really had to dig down into his
psyche to understand him, but I think it was a real triumph. The
easiest was the twin werewolves in Brothers of the Night. I
enjoyed who they were, and could even understand them. Even
though I had to mentally jump from one to the other, it gave me
so many opportunities to surprise my readers. Lance Duquesne was
my favorite twin, only because I could do more with his blatant
immorality and swaggering conceit. I personally think he’s a
writer’s dream character.
Q: How hard is it for you when you have to kill off a
character?
A: It can be difficult when the character is colorful, and
you've grown to care about them. For instance in Sin City I had
to kill off Cap Robertson, the wacky private detective with a
colorful past. I really liked him, but he smoked too much and
was stricken with throat cancer. He made a triumphant exit,
though, and his death was needed to give the novel its happy,
but bittersweet ending. I’ve had many characters who seemed to
steal my heart. Who knows why?
Q: How much of your personality comes through to your
characters?
A: Too much, I'm afraid. I
never realized until I began writing how very twisted I was!
Q: If you could become one of your characters, which one
would it be and why?
A: Now, this is hard to answer because all of my heroines have a
lot of me in them. If you really want to know me—read about me
as the kick-ass late night radio deejay in Dirty Little Steam Queen, the
never-say-no nymphomaniac in Sweet Hell, the frustrated captive
in The Erotic Ghost, the wild child in Brothers of the Night, or
the lonely erotica writer in Shadow Lover. I show up in all of
them, and this only scratches the surface!
Q: What is your favorite part of writing?
A: I love to create unique and unforgettable characters. In
Dancing with the Devil there's Dagmar, the housekeeper, who is a
lost soul with a tragic past. In Sin City, there's Cap Robertson
whom I mentioned earlier. He had a few humorous quirks. And then
in Brothers of the Night there's the old/young voodoo queen
"Calico" who wipes her makeup off and surprises us all. I
believe in colorful characters the way I believe in spices for
your food. Without them your food is dull and plain, but apply
those exotic spices and it is lifted out of the ordinary and
given plenty of pizzazz!
Q: Do you have any unfinished projects sitting around?
A: Do I ever! Between them, and the ones I still have in my head
I shouldn't be lacking for writing material for a long time to
come.
Q: Do you have a favorite song that you could listen to
over and over again?
A: I adore old love songs. There's one that I used in my book,
The Erotic Ghost, called That Old Black Magic. For those that
don't know, it's literally a musical description of the sex act.
In the book, the heroine gets lost between the pages of her
favorite historical romance novel, and meets the hero of that
story in the flesh. Read it and see how the song ties in.
Interesting.
Q: For fun: Who is your favorite actor?
A: I love the film industry and know a little about it as you
will see in my novel, Dancing with the Devil, but all my
favorites are those of yesteryear. The sentiments that came out
of the mouth of my Lorna Desmond character were mine, and it
took just a little twist of my imagination to turn her into an
old actress that was deliciously evil and out of place in
today's world. Like her, I always loved Hollywood’s glamour era.
Truthfully, the actresses of today leave me cold, but many of
the male stars like Antonio Banderas are really hot. I see him
as Lance and Stefan Duquesne in Brothers of the Night. Bottom
line? Like, Lorna, I saw glamour die. Unlike Lorna, I'm not
mad—I don't th—well—maybe a little.
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