Thank you for inviting me to
your blog with my new release gay romance from Evernight Publishing, Dear
Heart.
This
will make you smile.
I
wrote Dear Heart for my guardian angel, because he’s worked overtime all my
life so far.
Blurb
Aiden
Flint goes on vacation with three friends to Pamplona, Spain. Seeking
excitement, they will run with the bulls in the festival of St. Fermin. As the
four friends enjoy the nightlife, they notice an attractive man watching Aiden
in the bars they visit. In the warmth and heady atmosphere of the exotic city,
Aiden takes a chance and approaches the handsome man.
Enigmatic
Santiago Arista is sexy, kind, desperate for love, and achingly lonely. He’s
just about given up on finding love, until one warm, summer night, sitting
alone in a bar, he sees gorgeous Aiden. He’s elated when Aiden joins him at his
table.
Deep
attraction swirls between them. At the end of the night when they share a kiss,
Aiden can’t believe the bliss that enfolds him, but have both men found someone
to love just when fate is about to throw Aiden into mortal danger?
Welcome E.D. Parr, I have a
few questions for you today.
Who
would be your favorite character across all of your books and why?
I love all my characters, but I think the one I’d choose as
favorite (only if I had to)
is Nick Kringle from Make a
Wish. He’s enchanting, happy, and uplifting. Hmm, actually I feel disloyal now
to my other gorgeous, lovable characters.
Writers
block can be a real pain in the ass! Do you suffer from it sometimes? And if
so, how do you deal with it?
I’ve never had writers’
block, luckily. I’m the opposite I have so many ideas I don’t get enough time
to write every story I think of. I do sometimes run out of stamina and wish the
words would jump out of my mind onto the computer screen. I go for walks when I’m
mentally tired or I watch a favorite movie.
What are you working on at the moment? Can
you share a little snippet to whet our appetites.
I’m writing a gay Sci-Fi
romance. So far, I have no title for it. Titles generally drop into my head
some way into the story.
Here’s a snippet:
Corin
took the step and closed the gap between them. He grabbed Zeb around the head
and kissed him. The kiss lasted longer than he intended. Feelings Corin had
pushed to the bottom of his heart rose in a tide of remembrance and flooded his
body with tenderness. Horrified he pushed Zeb away, aimed, and clicked the
button on the portalphone. Through the aura of white light cast as the portal
took him away, Zeb’s loving smile tore at his heart. Corin closed his eyes, but
he knew he’d see Zeb in his dreams forever as his former lover raised a hand in
farewell.
He
bent his head when scalding tears rushed from his eyes and traced a path down
his cool skin. To hide them, he scooped up Zeb’s sword, before he turned to Marcus
who joined him silently.
Marcus
placed his hand softly on Corin’s arm.
He
knew it was a gesture of support, but all the same, Corin shook it off.
“I
need to report the corpse.” He pressed the communicator lodged in his ear.
“JaKobi. The mission is complete, but there’s a bloody mess in Sector Five.
Send a cleaning unit ASAP. I’ll wait here in case the red stuff attracts
undesirable behavior.”
Copyright E.D. Parr 2019
In
5 words, describe your writing style.
Narrative, sensory, emotive,
colorful, dynamic
In
reference to writing, are you most productive in the morning, afternoon or are
you a night owl?
This is really because of my
day job. I write at night, but I am naturally a night owl and hate getting up
in the morning.
Do
you write one story at a time or more than one? How do you balance them?
I used to write more than
one story at a time, but usually it was no more than two. I’d balance them according
to how the characters developed. Then that changed and I usually write one
story at a time, but I have a few partly written stories in folders on my
laptop waiting for me to find the time to get back to them.
What
is your least favorite part of the writing or publishing process?
It’s marketing because it’s
so time consuming and relentless with not so much result per effort expenditure.
It has to be done, but it takes away from writing time and I resent that.
Where
do you find inspiration?
Well, the oddest places and
things provide me with inspiration.
An interesting building I
pass, a road sign, the natural world, for instance, a forest.
The inspiration for my story
The Night Gardener came to me one
night. Zachary Yarrow one of the heroes, came to me in the night. There are
lots of natural noises in the night where I live. Recently something larger
than usual had been padding along the patio and wooden deck at the side. As I
listened one night, I suddenly thought, its gardening, the animal is the night
gardener, and it made me laugh. Then Zachary dropped into my mind like the hot
stuff he is and I had to write. Dane Lovell, my other hero, is the guy who’s
had some heartbreak. He’s still shaken by it, and perhaps he doesn’t need the
paranormal side of Zachary, but the tradeoff comes because Zachary is such a
happy character, and there’s no inkling of what’s really happening with him
until they fall deeply in love, and Dane asks Zachary to live with him. That’s
the catalyst for Dane to give Zachary the support he’s needed all along.
I love them both. They’re
perfect for each other. They have the kind of love we all deserve.
By the way, this is a happy
story, it can tug on the heartstrings, but there’s a HEA
Fun questions if you feel like
answering them:
If
you had to pick one song of all time that would be the theme song to your life.
That will probably change.
What is your favorite quote?
“I spent all morning putting
in a comma and all afternoon taking it out.” Oscar Wilde. (This quote varies in
lots of sources but the sentiment remains the same.)
Name your guilty pleasure.
Lemon drizzle cake
Tea or coffee
Black Tea
Black or blue denim
Too hard, I have to say both
Top or bottom
Yikes, as above, both (grins)
Wish list car
Honestly, I’d just like a
brand new Jeep Wrangler. My Cherokee is way old but still a goodie.
Wish list vacation
This changes with how tired
I feel. Sometimes it’s a tropical island, sometimes touring every single castle,
old abbey, and pre-historic site in the UK.
Let’s go back to Dear Heart have you brought a teaser with you?
Yes,
here’s where Santiago and Aiden first kiss.
*****
On
the narrow sidewalk, when they’d left the bright lights of the bars behind,
Santiago took Aiden’s hand.
Excitement
rocketed through Aiden. He took a deep breath, and on a dimly lit side street,
he turned to Santiago and dragged him close. He molded the length of his body
to Santiago’s, breathing close to the gorgeous man’s lips. “Kiss me,” he
whispered.
Santiago
responded.
The
gentle merge of his lips with Aiden’s sent wonderful melting sensations through
Aiden’s body. He clung to Santiago, taking kiss after kiss, lingering in the
delectable embrace, pressing his hips to Santiago’s, breathing with the
gorgeous man, sighing at the same time, until his legs weakened with raw
desire.
Santiago
drew only a fraction away from Aiden’s mouth. “Your kiss is addictive. I don’t
want to stop. I feel your need against my body, and I want to ease it.” He held
Aiden’s face and kissed him again.
Waves
of exquisite feeling rolled through Aiden. He murmured softly, incoherent
sounds of pleasure onto Santiago’s lips each time they broke contact to
breathe. His thoughts tumbled in those seconds. The kisses were the best he’d
ever experienced. He’d never before felt the kind of sensations running through
and over him. He rested his forehead on Santiago’s.
“I’ve
never had such totally amazing
kisses. I’m floating in pleasure.”
Copyright
E.D. Parr 2019, Evernight Publishing
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