Hi, everyone! Ah, Wednesday…and that means it’s author interview time.  Today, author Vonna Harper–a woman with a gift for writing very steamy tales–is our guest.   Welcome, Vonna!

1.    Please tell us a bit about yourself and the genre (or genres) that you write.

A lifelong reading/writing addict, I was first published before the invention of the printing press. <g>  Seriously, I can’t remember when I didn’t consider myself a writer.  Although I’ve had a lot of writing gigs, I’m currently completely immersed in erotica.  I write for Kensington Aphrodisia, Ellora’s Cave, Loose-ID, and Samhain.

2.    Tell us about your most recent release.

Here’s the blurb for NIGHT OF THE HAWK:

Reporter Smokey Powers has come to a small Oregon town to investigate a developer’s disappearance.  But from the moment she wanders into a local art gallery, she’s captivated by a stunning photograph of a hawk in flight–and by her urgent need to meet the photographer, to touch him–to know him.

When Smokey comes face-to-face with Mato Hawk, a member of a local tribe, his masculinity overwhelms her.  For once, this ambitious career woman is learning what it means to submit in every way.  Again and again Mato takes her to the brink of release, becoming more dominant and demanding, awakening every inch of her body to pure sensation until she’s never felt more alive–or less in control.

Seduction was a way for Mato to stop Smokey from jeopardizing his people’s land with her investigation.  Now their desire has become an unstoppable force that’s wild, risky, and deliciously unpredictable.

3.    Which character do you like better from your current  release—the hero or the heroine?  Why?

I’m going to generalize here because I’ve given birth to so many stories.  My heroines tend to be more complex, probably because I spend more time in their point of view but I can’t say I ‘like’ one more than the other.  All of them challenge me and I’ll always hold that against them.

4.    What is the most challenging part of being a writer?

The writing part. <g>  I love those ‘light bulb’ moments when something new starts to take form.  I love the nights of insomnia while characters whisper to me and plots go off in this direction and that.  Research, mostly online, is a kick and can kill an entire day.  Then comes that moment when I actually have to come up with a twist on, “It was a dark and stormy night” and I wind up writing emails for hours instead.

5.    In a fight, who would win…Dracula or the wolf-man?

Having given this considerable thought and debate, it has to be wolf-man.  Yes, Dracula has all those built-in protections against mortality, but he’s a pretty skinny dude while wolf-man is all muscles.  At least I’m assuming that’s what’s beneath all that hair.

6.    What’s your favorite scary movie?  Come on, spill.  No explanations—just name it.  Let everyone else guess why.

Deliverance.  (Yes, I know, its an oldie but I have my reasons and its not what you’re thinking.)

7.    Tell me the one thing you wish you’d known about being a writer, um, before you became  a writer.

More about the business aspect of this career.  I could go on forever on that.

8.    What is your writing schedule like?

It’s a rare day that I don’t spend part of it creating or editing.  That said, no two days are the same.  I’m a morning person and my brain dies about dinnertime.

9.    Tell me anything you’d like to tell me.

Life without a daily glass of wine just isn’t.

LOL, thanks for the responses, Vonna!  Good luck with your new release!

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