I
AM PLEASED TO WELCOME AUTHOR
Shawna
Hunter
BANTER – STUFF ABOUT YOU
Q: Tell me something
you would like your readers (fans) to know about you.
A: I keep my
writer self and my personal life self as separate as possible. It’s not really
a surprise, many erotica authors use pen names, but unlike most I don’t do it
to protect my identity or hide this side of myself from my readers. Quite the
opposite. I want my work to be judged on it’s own merit and not be muddied by
people’s personal opinions of me as a person.
Q: If your life were
a movie would it be considered an action film, comedy, drama, romance, fantasy
or a combination?
A: A tragedy. My
parents both battled long term illness while raising two children on a cab
driver’s earnings and social assistance. My father died in my final year of
highschool and my my mother over christmas break during my final year of
university. I left school broke and orphaned, spending a year living on my
sister’s couch. Writing, for me, was an escape from the struggles of building
my life out of those beginnings and it has become my reason to get up every
morning and keep fighting.
Q: Did you like
school when you were a child?
A: Yes and no. I
liked learning but as a socially awkward aspie (I didn’t know I had aspergers
until I had finished school) I had a lot of trouble making friends and was
frequently bullied. I was the quiet book worm that teacher loved and my fellow
students loved to pick on.
Q: Have you ever been
too embarrassed to promote any certain titles to friends or family?
A: Me? No. My friends and family? Many of them worry
about public image thanks to career or social obligations. They view erotica as
something illicit that should not be discussed and as such they frequently ask
me to avoid the subject. I had to create separate social media accounts for my
writer-self and personal-self to keep many people I know from unfriending me so
my work wouldn’t show in their timelines.
Q: How do you feel
about exercise?
A: I love it. Not
just for the results but for the challenge. I like weight and strength training
combined with the mild cardio of long hikes. Nietzsche said happiness comes
from the feeling that power increases and I very much agree. There’s nothing
like lifting a weight you couldn’t before or conquering a trail that used to
leave you winded halfway through.
BOOKS – ABOUT THE CRAFT
Q: Where do you get
your ideas?
A: Life. You can’t
be a good writer if you don’t get away from the writing desk to live. I love
little adventures. Exploring a new town, going to a festival, going off trail
hiking and just seeing where you end up. I’m always up for trying new things
and just seeing what happens. I’ve always said that my guiding star when
writing is the question “what would happen if I said yes?” It’s doubly true for
life.
Q: How did you come
to write your genera of choice?
A: I tried a few
different genres before erotica but none could hold my interest long enough to
finish writing a whole book. Erotica is as fun to write as it is to read and
that makes it easier to focus on for me.
Q: How do you handle
a writer's block?
A: I let thoughts
percolate. I don’t write everyday and I don’t make myself write x amount of
words every time I write. You can’t force it. You have to let ideas come to
you. I do, however, keep a note book so that if an idea strike me in the shower
or wakes me in the middle of the night I can jot it down before I lose it.
Those little lightning flashes always lead to spurts of major productivity.
Q: Do you always know
how a story will end when you begin writing it?
A: I never know
how a story will end when I begin. I don’t create plot out lines. I take a good
idea and a blank page then I start writing. I tell myself the story first then
edit and re-edit it to make sure it all makes sense. I’ve been told my stories
have surprising twists and that’s because I didn’t know that would happen when
I started writing. So how could I accidentally spoil it?
BOOKS - NOW LETS PROMOTE – STRUT YOUR STUFF
Q: What are you
working on now? Would you like to share anything about it?
A: I have two
books I’m in the middle of writing and one idea percolating. The story I’m most
likely to finish is a lesbian seduction tale about a personal trainer and her
client. My first work was inspired by Tarzan and this one, in a similar vein,
will be inspired by beauty and the beast. I am also working on some genre
blending tales. An erotica/mystery/tragedy blend that is proving to be the my
most difficult novel to date and a horror/erotica idea I’m hoping to finish and
publish near October.
Q: Do you have a new
book coming out soon? Tell us about it.
A: I am busy
writing at the moment but my shortest novel, Submission Backstory, will be
released in audiobook format very soon and I’m pretty excited about that.
Q: How can we find
you? Do you have a web page, FaceBook page or any buy links?
A: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ShawnaHunterErotica
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Shawna_Hunter_A
Blurb:
Immersing herself in
work worldly reporter Alyssa K travels to New York on the trail of a hot story.
After arriving she discovers that the story is much bigger than she could have
dreamed. Facing steep competition from a rival with no scruples, Alyssa must
think outside the box to find a fresh angle. Her search leads her to David, an
overconfident younger man who promises the inside scoop Alyssa needs. All he
asks in return is a little of her time. At first thinking she has the edge on
her cute young admirer Alyssa soon learns that there is more to young David
than meets the eye. Ultimately she realizes that she's not just hunting this
story she's living it, and must decide if she will run from her future or
submit to desires she didn't even know she had.
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