Thursday, December 15, 2011

Interview with D.L. Jackson


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I would like to welcome D.L. Jackson to Curling Up By The Fire.  She is here with us today to discuss her short story This Endris Night, featured in Madame Eve's One Night Stand Holiday Anthology.  Although I often tend to shy away from romance novels, except for the historical kind, every once in a while I am in a mood for a good ole steamy romance, and this one is full of interesting stories from the following authors:
·      * Silent Night's Seduction by Clarissa Yip
·     * I'll Be Mated For Christmas by Rebecca Royce
·     * He Came Upon a Midnight Clear by Desiree Holt
·     * All She Wants for Christmas is Her Dom by Stacey Kennedy
·     * Santa, Cutie by Cerise DeLand
·     * Her First White Christmas by Liia Ann White
·     * This Endris Night by DL. Jackson
       
     
     

This Endris Night
One night. One party of a lifetime. One secret a century old, which could end it all.

Shiya, a Yupik supermodel, travels to Alaska in pretense of attending a party where she’ll find the man of her dreams, but her real intent is to lure the man of her nightmares to where she can finally end the deadly game of cat and mouse.

Gunnar is on Earth for one reason—to recover the wreckage of a Doppelganger crash, but recovering the ship isn’t as easy as expected. The debris is scattered for miles, throughout a resort and human settlements. In order to get closer, he agrees to a date to attend a ball and finds himself face to face with a Terran woman who doesn’t know her genetics are from his world, or that she was born to be his. She’s also in grave danger from a Doppelganger hunter.

Now the only way to save her, is to claim her, and Shiya isn’t about to make it easy.



          1) To start off, can you tell the readers a little bit about yourself?

I write mostly science fiction, military and dystopian romance and erotic romance. My work leans toward a darker side of human nature, and it’s not unusual for me to take something in a direction a reader wouldn’t expect. Happily ever afters are important to me, so I won’t short change you on the ending, but I might make it painful for the characters getting there.

2)  2) Can you tell us a little about your new release, This Endris Night?
It’s a genre crosser, one of the 1NightStand Christmas stories in Madame Eve’s anthology. Here’s the blurb:  One night. One party of a lifetime. One secret a century old which could end it all.

Shiya, a Yupik supermodel, travels to Alaska in pretense of attending a party where she’ll find the man of her dreams. But her real intent is to lure the man of her nightmares to where she can finally end a deadly game of cat and mouse.

Gunnar is on Earth for one reason—to recover the wreckage of a Doppelganger crash that is scattered for miles, throughout an Alaskan resort and human settlements. In order to get closer to the ship’s debris, he agrees to a date and finds himself face to face with a Terran woman who doesn’t know her genetics are from his world, or that she’s being tracked by someone whose duty is to eliminate all threats to their secret. Shiya’s heritage has placed her at the top of the killer’s list.

Now the only way to save her, is to claim her, and Shiya isn’t about to make it easy.

3) What inspired you to write the novella, This Endris Night? How much research was involved in the writing process?
The song itself was my inspiration for the story, as well as the setting—Alaska. Very little went into the research as it was a subject I was both comfortable and familiar with.

4) What is your favourite scene in the novel?  Who is your favourite character? Well, I’d have to say where Shiya meets Gunnar for the first time and passes out. Hmm hard to say. I like them both. They were a lot of fun to write. Gunnar is from another world, has the ability to change his shape to blend in with native wildlife and indigenous populations of the worlds he visits. He’s both incredibly intelligent and alpha. Shiya is a Yupik supermodel, luring a killer back to territory she’s familiar with. She’s tough, spunky and smart. A good combination.

5) What are 3 things that are 'must haves' for you when you sit down to write? Do you have any writing rituals? 
I must have my music. I must write in the front seat of my truck, and I must have my laptop. Rituals—I leave chapter 12 out of all my stories until I submit them. I either go from 11 to 13 or I have an 11 ½ 

Too much bad luck has been associated with that number and my writing. I’ve learned not to take chances when it comes to 12. LOL other than that, I can usually write if I have those three elements.

6) Can you share with us any projects that you are currently working on or plans for the future? 
Sure. I’m working of one of the science fiction stories to launch Decadent’s science fiction line. I’m also working on book two and three that follow my novel Blown Away with Passion in Print. Book two that follows Slipping the Past. Book two that follows Last Flight of the Ark and I’ve just contracted two Edge stories for Decadent publishing. Naughty little 3k quickies that pick up the pulse and target the more wicked side of my writing.

7) Who are some of your favorite authors or books? 
Wow, so many. Let’s see. I love Barbara Elsborg, who is not only a fantastic author, but a peer who I started my writing journey with. I have the utmost respect for her opinions and I love, love, love her work, especially Strangers. I love Jim Butcher’s Dresden Files, John Scalzi’s Old Man’s War and all the stories that follow, Karen Marie Moning, Jayne Ann Krentz and her Arcane Society, John Ringo for his science fiction, NH based novels, Rebecca Royce and her shifters, Jessica Subject and her aliens, and Arlene Webb who has one of the most unique styles I’ve read—any of her stories. They always surprise me. So many authors—too many to list.

8) What do you like to do when you are not writing?  
Work. Hang out with my sister-in-law. Paint, go to the gym, clean house—the usual.

9) With Christmas approaching, what are some of your fondest memories?  Any special plans this Christmas? 
Fondest would be the letters home from my husband during the Gulf War. We were both in the Army. I was pregnant and our first Christmas was spent apart, on different parts of the globe. The love letters kept me together during my pregnancy and later helped me to help my daughter-in-law who was also pregnant when my son was deployed to Afghanistan, get through the difficult time in her life. He’s back and they, including my granddaughter of 18 months, will be coming home for the holidays. My plans are to get my hands on that baby first. LOL And then after I smother her with love, I’ll share. And I intend to spend as much time with all of them as I can. It is the most precious thing I have. You can never get time back, and I’ve learned to spend it wisely on the things that matter.

9) Is there anything else you would like to share with your readers? 
 Thank you. I hope you enjoy This Endris Night and may you have your own this Holiday Season. Thanks for having me on your blog.

You're welcome!  And good luck with all of your writing projects!

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