Jen: Please help me welcome Adrianne Brennan to Romancing the Book this week. Adrianne, will you share a short bio with us?Adrianne: Sure! :D Adrianne Brennan stumbled into her love of writing by accident at the tender age of ten when she was given a creative writing assignment for her science class. The end result was her writing a brief science fiction comedy featuring numerous puns regarding vegetables. Once the writing bug bit, it bit pretty hard, and from the age of fourteen onwards she worked on a lengthy fantasy novel.
An avid reader, Adrianne has been most influenced by various science fiction and fantasy authors including Madeleine L'Engle, Roger Zelazny, Laurell K. Hamilton, LA Banks, Yasmine Galenorn, Michael Ende, Neil Gaiman, and Alan Moore. Like her main character from Blood of the Dark Moon, she professes a love for Iamblichus and Greek philosophy.
The author resides in Boston, Massachusetts with two cats and a car she has aptly named "the TARDIS." She assures her readers that people tell her it looks bigger on the inside.
Jen: Tell us about new releases and where they are available.
Adrianne: Certainly! I've had three recently, so I'll talk a bit about those:
Blood of the Dark Moon, a vampire/paranormal erotic romance/dark urban fantasy novel in the Dark Moon series, recently had a print release. It came out in ebook first back in '07 with Aphrodite's Apples. When the publisher closed the following year, Freya's Bower accepted it and has since released it and other books in the series. You can read more about it here: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/botdm.html
Dawn of the Seraphs, a m/m scifi/paranormal erotic romance, just had a print release in the Immortal Fire anthology in addition to its original release in ebook and Kindle. It's published with Love You Divine and its information link is here: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/dawnoftheseraphs.html
My Big Fat Greek Pagan Lesbian Wedding, a f/f sweet romance in the To Love and To Cherish anthology of lesbian wedding stories, is about to be released by Love You Divine. You can read more about it here: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/greekpaganwedding.html
Jen: At what age did you discover writing and when were you first published? Tell us your call story.
Adrianne: Since I was ten and wrote my first story I've dreamed of writing! It has always been my passion. I was first published back in '07 with Aphrodite's Apples with the first release of Blood of the Dark Moon on ebook. After it closed, I submitted it to Freya's Bower where it now has a happy home. :)
Jen: How does your family feel about your career?
Adrianne: Only my dad knows, and he's both proud and very supportive of me.
Jen: Describe your writing in three words.
Adrianne: Only three words? Intense, unique, and thoughtful.
Jen: Do you have any “must haves” with you while you’re writing?
Adrianne: Music, time, and on occasion a nice glass of wine. :)
Jen: What is it about the romance genre that appeals to you?
Adrianne: I'd have to say that I was inspired to write paranormal, scifi, and fantasy works first and romance last. :) I didn't intentionally start out in romance; I just sorta stumbled into it! LOL I love all forms of the speculative fiction genres including mainstream, erotica, romance, and erotic romance. They're my favorite genres to read and hence are my favorites to write. The actual process of writing--especially and including finishing a manuscript! I love, love, love to write. Love it! I think it's the concept of building worlds and all the unique people who go into them.
Jen: What’s the most challenging aspect of writing? Easiest?
Adrianne: Most challenging? TIME. As in, enough of it! I live a pretty full life and it can get in the way of my writing. My day job is software engineering and you can only imagine how that goes!
Easiest? Finding the inspiration. I have so many stories in me!
Jen: What’s the most rewarding aspect?
Adrianne: The idea of building worlds, the people in them, and how others react to them when they read my stories.
Jen: Do you become attached to your characters and have a hard time letting them go, or are you happy that their story is told and you can move on?
Adrianne: I do indeed! It's why I love to write series versus one-offs. :)
Jen: What five authors or people, from the past or present, have been important to you as an author? What question or comment have you always wanted to say to them?
Adrianne: Madeleine L'Engle, Antoine de Saint-Exupery, Neil Gaiman, Alan Moore, and Robert Calasso--the last one being non-fiction. I would love to talk with them about what inspires them and the philosophy behind their writing.
Jen: What did you do to celebrate your first book?
Adrianne: I went out to a wonderful restaurant and toasted with wine. :D
Jen: What’s the most interesting comment you have received about your books?
Adrianne: "How does a gorgeous woman like you write vampire novels? Is it due to some psychic impression of a past life event?"
Jen: What's next for you?
Adrianne: Finishing the Oath and Dark Moon series plus various short stories in anthologies. :)
Jen: Where can you be found on the web?
Adrianne:
http://www.adriannebrennan.com
http://twitter.com/AdrianneBrennan
http://facebook.com/AdrianneBrennan
http://adriannebrennan.blogspot.com
Jen: Is there anything you’d like to ask our readers?
Adrianne: What have you seen me write which you would like to see more of? Which *haven't* you seen from me which you would like? And lastly...what have you read from me which you would like me not to repeat? ;)
Jen: This week's contest prize is ebook, winner's choice of PDF of either vol 2 of To Love and To Cherish anthology featuring "My Big Fat Greek Pagan Lesbian Wedding" (f/f sweet romance), Dawn of the Seraphs (m/m scifi/paranormal erotic romance), or The Oath, Book 1: Bound (m/f, BDSM/paranormal/fantasy/erotica). The contest is only open to those 18 years of age or over due to potential adult content. To enter the contest, you first need to leave a question or comment for Adrianne. Then to finish your entry, you must either leave your email address in your comment or send a message to contests.bookblog@gmail.com (with your choice of book in the body of the email). The winner will be chosen on Sunday, March 7.
17 comments:
Your imagination is stunning and very admirable! Thank you for giving your readers a place to crawl into and get away from the everyday stresses.
Yours,
Gina
ginakincade@rogers.com
Great interiew. I'm a Laurell Hamilton fan too. Your books sound so interesting and I can't wait to begin the series.
Do you outline a story before you write it?
lenikaye@yahoo.com
Have you ever considered using Classical Greece as a setting for one of your stories? If so, what kind of story would you set there? If not, why not (potential pitfalls, etc)?
Great interview, Adrianne! Such a talented writer, and you can write computer code, too! :)
Wonderful interview! I am a vampire lover, so I am very excited to read your books. I have heard such great word-of-mouth about your writing style.
Thanks for writing!
stephie.xoxo@live.com
SO what was that first story at age ten about?
Terri
Hi Leni! I begin with an idea in my head of where I want the characters to start, where I want them to wind up, and a rough concept of how I want them to get there. I only really take notes for nit-picky details about characters that may come up later like shoe size or something. :)
Suneagle, I have! I think my biggest limitation would be how to make it accessible enough to the reader without bogging it down with info and detail. I may know TOO much to some extent and in some...not enough. The thing with historicals is making sure you have enough information to give it the correct feel/flavor of the era and make sure it's accurate in terms of info. I may be too passionate about the subject to give it its just due!
Thanks Imari, Gina, Stephanie and Katrina! :D Glad you enjoyed the interview.
Terri, the story was about sentient vegetables traveling in outer space. I knew I knew what became of it! It may be buried in my parents' house somewhere....
A very insightful interview, Adrianne. Congratulations.
To be honest I haven't actually read anything by Adrianne Brennan. Many of the authors I have met on FaceBook are new to me. The main reason I joined FaceBook was to connect with authors I have and have not heard of. I think Adrianne is definately an author whose books I would like to read. GEE
With each announcement of a new publishing, I race to get in line. So, I do own Immortal Fire, Blood of the Dark Moon, and have To Love and Cherish or order. However, I will say most of what I've read has been insightful commentary over Doctor Who (or more precisely, Mister Master).
I can't wait to get started on one of the publications and wonder if there is a fitting story to accompany me on my journey to England.
Keep up the word weaving!
Thanks for being so forthcoming about your work, Adrianne. I'm looking forward to To Love and Cherish. I do have one question for you. Do you base your characters on particular real life characters, are they composites, or do you make them up completely?
soror.iam@gmail.com
Adrienne, good to see you here. enjoyed learning a little more about you in this interview.
If I am picked as a winner, I will be happy with any choice
Lisa
It's always interesting to learn about fellow authors.
I had a question but you answered in already in the comments. :P
*sigh* Now I got nothin'! Watch, I'll post this then come up with 37 1/2 questions I didn't know I wanted to ask.
"The Oath, Book 1: Bound" sounds rather interesting. *wink* I reach my mid 30's this month and it's time to spice things up. Mwahahaha!
heathersays@gmail.com
Adrianne - Your books sound very interesting. I have not read your books, but I am sure I would enjoy the fantasy mixed in with the romance! :)
Liza Quisisem
lizelli@yahoo.com
Thanks to everyone who stopped by to support Adrianne over the past couple weeks. Sorry this winner post is a little late... but better late than never, right?
Congrats to Sororiam. Please watch your inbox for a message from admin.bookblog@gmail.com. I need for you to reply with your choice in ebook. If I don't hear from you by next Sunday, a new winner will be chosen.
Jen
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