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ABOUT TEYA
My mother likes to boast that I was reading at the age of
three. I'm not sure if that's strictly true, but my childhood
memories are mostly of being indoors with a book of some
description. I distinctly remember having a Ladybird copy
(English young children's books) of Dracula, so I think
my tastes were set quite early. Like a friend once said, while
other young girls wanted to be ballerinas, I kind of always
wanted to be a vampire.
I grew up in Belgium and went to a multi-national school
before moving back to England to get my first degree.
Microbiology and Virology...what was I thinking? Naturally I
didn't do anything with it, in fact the thought of real life was
off putting enough that I went and did another degree straight
away. Medical herbalism this time, much better although it was
in my final year of this degree that I rediscovered writing. Not
sure why I ever stopped because once I started again it became a
compulsion.
Once the second degree was finished, I was stuck, I didn't
want to practice herbalism, I wanted to write...only write. So I
got a job in a health food shop and that was the first in a long
line of short term jobs to pay the bills while I wrote. Some of
them were brilliant though. I met some of my best friends ever
when I was a barista in a coffee shop, and I got many wonderful
books and ideas when I worked in a sex shop...okay not
technically a sex shop as we didn't sell porn but still an adult
'toy' shop. During this time I lived with my sister which was
also brilliant but made me incredibly lazy. It took nearly five
years before I actually wrote a full length, complete novel.
Moving to the other end of the country to live with one of my
best friends, and I would go as far as to call her my muse,
really kickstarted the novel writing and now I have several that
are complete, although again it took me a while to actually
start sending them out. I don't know if other writers feel the
same, but they're my babies and rejection is extremely painful.
INTERVIEW
Q: What made you choose to write erotic romance?
A: It's one of my favorite genres to read, and sometimes I
couldn't seem to find what I was looking for, especially in the
M/M category, so I decided to write what I wanted to read.
Q: Why M/M erotic romance?
A: Mostly because it's hot, but I find the idea of two guys
special as well, and it's a challenge to write from a man's
point of view.
Q: Do you read or write in other genres?
A: I always have erotic romance in my writing regardless of
genre, but I tend to prefer the paranormal, fantasy and horror
end of the spectrum when reading or writing, including young
adult versions.
Q: What's your inspiration?
A: Depends really, I tend to start with a vague idea, start
writing and see how it goes. I once wrote a whole book that
started because my best friend wanted to have a naked man
splattered with paint featured in a scene.
Q: What else do you do other than write?
A: Apart from reading? Mundane jobs to pay the bills so I can
write as much as is humanly possible really.
Q: What are you working on now?
A: I'm taking a break from the series of which Pack is the
first to try something new and a bit more fantasy than
paranormal, but it's slow going, in fact, it's driving me nuts,
the romantic lead is very confused by his feelings at the
moment!
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