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URL:
http://www.lizacurtisblack.webs.com
ABOUT LIZA CURTIS BLACK
Liza Curtis Black has been writing
fiction in various forms for many years
until she discovered romantic erotica.
Realizing she was addicted, she decided
to attempt to write what she was reading
and enjoying everyday. Lo and behold,
Siren BookStrand loved her work as much
as she delighted in writing it!
Liza lives in Midwestern suburbia where
she cares for her astoundingly bright
and witty husband, her two beautiful and
gifted children and their noble and
devoted pets. Her days are spent
catering to lawyers and her nights are
spent in lively discussion with her
favorite editors, her sisters.
INTERVIEW
Q: How did you come up with the
idea of a female bounty hunter for
Endland Moon?
A: Generally, I can't build a character
until I have a name. Keer's name
literally came to me as I was thinking
about writing sci-fi. Keer was a strong
female heroine who literally took over
and wrote the first chapter herself.
Q: Why science fiction erotica?
A: You know, if you'd told me ten years
ago that sci-fi was how I would finally
get published, I would have laughed long
and hard! But I am a fan of sci-fi.
There are no 'rules' about time and
place or what is possible. And I got a
lot of pleasure out of creating neat
gizmo's for Keer to use.
Q: What's on your bedside reading
table right now?
A: Well, my husband makes me clean it
off once in a while because the books
start to fall over, but most recently,
the latest J. R. Ward, who I think
writes the perfect alpha male. I nearly
always have Sarah McCarty, Lisa Marie
Rice, and on my laptop Samantha Cruise
and Lara Santiago. There is always a
copy of Jane Eyre, which I literally
know almost by heart, dear reader!
Q: Do you write everyday?
A: No, I'm ashamed to say I don't. I
fall in the category of 'binge'
writer. I'll write like a demon for a
week and then stop and mull things over.
I do tend to think about my characters
everyday and what they should be doing
and why.
Q: What inspires you to write?
A: Nothing will make a vain writer sit
down at a keyboard faster than reading
something truly bad. I find myself
thinking that "I" want to read something
better than whatever it was I bought by
mistake.
Q: Do your heroes represent
someone in real life?
A: Oh, I'd love to say I'd met a seven
foot warrior with legs the size of tree
trunks, but unfortunately, no. I will
say that Cian, in the Endland
Chronicles, is slightly reminiscent of
my husband when he scowls. Gotta love
those strong male types!
Q: How hard is to write a love
scene?
A: I think if I were younger it might be
very difficult, but as I've aged (like
fine wine!), it has become easier,
mostly because I feel like you should be
able to read or write ANYTHING you
want. If you are asking if it makes me
squirm to write a hot encounter, then
yes. I have been known to get up and
take a little walk to calm down.
Q: Did you do any research before
writing your book?
A: For sci-fi erotica, it was more a
matter of using 'terms.' I finally read
some old science fiction movie scripts
to give me ideas for what to call
things, for example what Keer wears in
Endland Moon. (A skin suit is the
answer.)
Q: Will you go back to the
Endlands?
A: Oh yes, I'm already there! Or at
least on a prison ship orbiting the
Endlands. It's going to be a great hot
adventure!
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