I am going to start off by saying I absolutely love this person - Z has turned into a very good friend of mine, & I have Kris Jacen to thank. I first became a stalk... I mean fan of Z when Kris posted and excerpt for The Dark Angels: With Wings, and then I happen to be lucky enough to win a copy of that very book and I fell in love with every character... especially Robin (for some reason his shyness called to me). So without further delay here is my friend Z Allora.
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Tell us how this particular story came
about? Was there a particular instant when it all just fell into place and you
thought that is my next story?
The
Dark Angels: Tied Together
is the second book in The Dark Angels series. I usually write in a series format
because if I am writing about a character I find out his whole story and then I
just want to share it. As I was writing The Dark Angels: With Wings, The Dark
Angels: Tied Together was being written…as well as parts of the third
book in that series (The Dark Angels: Finally Fallen).
How
long have you been writing?
For as long as I can remember I have always
written. I started publishing because I believe gay romance helps promote
equality and some of my characters demanded it.
How do you choose which genre and
flavour your story line will take, and what influences your choice?
I
love romance, happily ever afters and sex. Too many times life doesn’t allow
happy endings, so I write them. Currently, my characters are gay, bi-sexual,
straight but open-minded and a couple of them are transgendered so you could
say they picked the genre: erotic gay romance.
What
is your specific writing style, if any?
Yaoi-style. I write a bit over the
top. My characters are larger than life. I allow them to feel their emotions as
strongly as they make me feel them. As a reader, I want to get swept away by a
story so as a writer I just follow my characters wherever they wish to go…and
they all seem to go Yaoi.
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Is
there anything you find particularly challenging about bringing a story to
life?
Sometimes, my characters are doing or
saying things contrary to reason and it drives me nuts. A good example of this
would be Darius Stone in The Dark Angels: With Wings, he made
me (and many readers) crazy because
he really struggled so hard by refusing to accept a label for his sexual
orientation. But he needed his circular thinking to finally follow where love
was leading him. Thankfully, by the second book he is happily exploring parts
of himself he never did so before.
Who
is your favourite character you've written to date and why?
I love them all. It’s like asking a
parent who is their favourite child. Robin (The Dark Angels: Tied Together)
is just too sweet and his conflicting desires make him infinitely appealing to
me. But the one character that is really breaking my heart right now is Tai-hua
Zhehao from my Made In China series (not
yet uncontract). His nephew is the main love interest in the second book of
that series and his story involves being separated from the man he loves for
twenty years. He plagued me with a reunion scene. Then followed that by a super
hot sex scene…Anyway, I love them all!
Which
character in your body of works was the hardest to write?
Boon-nam (from The Lady Boy Chronicles:
Illusions & Dreams) born genetically male, she had the surgery that
made her outside match her inside. However, she still has some male energy that
couldn’t be ignored during the sex scenes. I spent time in both Bangkok and
Pattaya with the Lady boys in an attempt to portray the characters in this
series as realistic as I could.
I had a difficult time writing some of
the love scenes for Boon-nam because she was recently transgendered person. I
couldn’t write it as m/f sex scene because it isn’t. It has a very different
feel to it. The katoey I spent time with have a very different energy. I had to
really think about Boon-nam as an individual who wasn’t going to fit in the preconceived
boxes we like to put people in. So I wasn’t writing a sex scene for a
transgendered person but for Boon-nam. I found writing her best friend who
maintained her male parts but lived as a woman much easier to write. The
difficulties with Boon-nam caused me enough stress to write the first book with
two loving couples and not just one.
Which
stories have you enjoyed working on the most and why?
Anything that is edgy and different. (If you couldn’t tell) I like playing
with labels and re-examining what the definitions society has assigned and
shake them up a bit. I like working on something that brings ‘normal’ into
question so we can take a look at the boxes we tend to put things in.
Of course, hot rockers will always
have a soft spot in my heart. Fantasies of a rock star falling in love and sweeping
someone off their feet is too delicious not to enjoy writing. (Okay, not to mention the sexy makeup!)
What
will people come away with after reading your books?
I hope people come away from my books renewed
belief that love is love and gender really shouldn’t be an issue. I want the
reader to have a feeling of love and happiness that follows them through their
interactions with others. And of course, leaving the reader with a few good sex
scenes that replays themselves in a sexy loop. LOL
What are you currently reading?
I
will be reading NJ’s Rules Are Meant To Be Broken…. as
soon as it comes out!!! Have you seen that cover??? Damn!
(I will let you know as soon as I know. I am
still in edits.)
What music is in your stereo at the
moment? And does it influence the way you write?
Tokio
Hotel
Absolutely!
It helps me focus. When I have trouble getting into a writing space, I watch
some music videos. For the series Made In China, I find my focus by
watching the Black Veil Brides music video- Fallen. Seeing those sexy rockers
in their glam make-up screaming the lyrics puts me in a place to write.
Are
you still as passionate about writing as you were when you first started?
Yes.
I am looking forward to my life calming a bit because I have a bunch of
stories plotted out and I want to give them time to develop.
Name
three Authors you read over and over again?
Only
three? Even NJ couldn’t give only 3 and it was her question! LOL
Jet
Mykles: Heaven Sent Series (on my 15th
read)
GA
Hauser: Action Series (Mark Richfield
is one of the best characters ever written)
SJ
Frost: Conquest & Black Heart Down.
Clancy
Nacht & Eucid Thursday: BlackGold
(Goldie is too delicious!)
JL
Langley (Regency Series-virgin princes’…need
I say more? Sexy shifters)
Ayano
Yamane: Crimson Blood & Viewfinder
Series (Manga)
And
I have a feeling The Lines of Marsden
will be joining this list!
(I can only hope The Lines of Marsden lives up to your expectations.)
Can you share any of your current
WIPS?
Made
In China- a new
band is forming in China. My five and half years of living in Suzhou China
helped me write very specific details of the culture that may be missed if my
time there was shorter. Most of the characters really struggle against the
society that doesn’t even acknowledge ‘gay’ is an option.
The
Lady Boy Chronicles: Illusions & Dreams- This series is about performers in a
Bangkok lady boy show. The club owners assist the performers to better
themselves as well as helping those who are in a bad situation out.
Viking
Haven-
Futuristic, sci-fi space opera. This series will explore life of the lord
warriors and the pretty slaves that serve them. In the first book, the
punishment wall and The Feast of The Virgins is experienced. We get glimpses of
the ruler who wants nothing more than to be a slave himself. Maybe with the
invasion of The Black Night Rebels will allow him the opportunity?
Cambodian
Dreams- Brad is
almost done with his graduate degree and goes to Cambodia for a little
relaxation. Shane is an adorable little do-gooder who dreams of a strong Dom to
make all his BDSM dreams come true.
The
Dark Angels: Finally Fallen-
This is Dusty’s story. I enjoyed seeing more of his life. He is a very good big
brother even though it has made his life much more difficult. His love interest
has been horribly violated but is trying to overcome the demons of his past
that still plague him.
For those readers that have yet to
know you please tell us something about yourself.
I
have lived in Singapore, Israel and China. I don’t think a book can ever have
too much sex. I believe in true love and everyone getting their happily-ever-afters.
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