Learn the craft! This means grammar, characterization, plot, etc., all the good things that go into a story. You might be able to tell a good story, but if you can’t write it by showing what the characters are doing/feeling, your writing career won’t go anywhere. Get involved in a critique partnership/group. Learn the non-creative side of the business as well. Be prepared.
Name one thing readers don’t know about you.
I used to crew for a balloon pilot.
Who is your favorite all-time author?
It’s a tossup between Anne Rice and Stephen King.
Are love scenes easy/difficult to write?
Sometimes they’re easy, other times they’re hard. For me, it depends upon the story and the mood of the characters. In one story I worked on, my hero and heroine were supposed to have a threesome with another character and then my hero decided he didn’t want anyone else but him to touch his girl. We were at a stalemate and the story went on hold until he stopped having a hissy fit.
What’s your biggest reward in being a writer?
I’m able to get paid doing what I love.
To date, which is your favorite story? Which one did you have the most fun writing?
To date, my favorite Extasy Books story is The Redeemer found in The Mystics. The one I’ve had the most fun writing so far is Dirty Little Trip in my Dirty Little series of books that follows scrumptious, bad boy demon, Ash.
Readers can find C.R. Moss at www.crmoss.net
Monday, December 27, 2010
Author spotlight with C.R. Moss
Monday, June 21, 2010
Character spotlight with Ash – A C.R. Moss Character
What makes you special? What differentiates you from your kind? Do you have special abilities?
I am a bi-sexual demon who lives in the human realm and can manifest as a physical person or spirit entity whenever I want. Along with this, I have romantic adventures and the ability to influence human minds to do my bidding.
Tell us about your most current adventure.
In the current Dirty Little adventure Dirty Little Girl, my son, Michael, takes charge of his first conquest—I mean romantic interest. *evil chuckle* Unfortunately, he bit her. A demon bite usually isn’t a big concern. Normally, it just creates what mere mortals like to call a vampire, but with certain individuals, a bite does more than turn them into the living undead. She’s one of those individuals that had what I like to call a reaction. Should you like more information on this story, you may find it at the end of the interview.
If you could offer your author advice, what would it be?
Keep the stories coming. I love being bad and having her write about my antics.
Are you happy with the way people perceive you?
Why, yes, I’m happy with the way I’m perceived. I’m evil. Aside from a couple of my lovers who adore me, people think I’m absolutely wicked and I love it!
If you could time travel, where would you go?
Back to Bethlehem, late BC early AD. I’d follow a particular man around as he grew up. Help out with the temptation.
Share a little bit of the real you with our readers. Any Dark secrets?
Contrary to popular belief, I do have feelings. I just tend to present them in a different light than humans and my contemporaries do. A dark secret? *scratches black-haired goatee* There’s a particular woman I’m in love with, but she’s with another and does not know the extent of my feelings.
What motivates you to continue on these adventures?
It’s in my blood, who I am. Plus, I have to continue on , hunt for the perfect drones to add to my master and father’s army. Perhaps by persisting with my adventures, one day I’ll be able to rid the world of my interest’s partner and claim her for my own.
What is your most favorite thing to do?
Enter humans’ dreams. It’s so much fun being able to woo them or frighten them in slumber’s reverie.
Do you think you are a superior being?
Of course I am. I’m a demon with great abilities. Need I say more? *brushes backs of fingers against burgundy silk shirt*
Describe your Demon abilities and how exactly did you get them?
I was born with my abilities. I can shift from a handsome man with dark hair and dark eyes to my true demonic form, which is dragon and monster-like. You know the kind with the bat-like wings, angular fear-provoking face, horns, claws…the works! In human form, my dark-eyed gaze mesmerizes my victims. I can tap into their minds, talk to them, invade their dreams. I can change matter with a thought, but most times, I chose not to. I like challenges too much to make life easy for myself.
Is your gift always right?
My gifts are always right. At least for me that is. Others might not feel the same though.
Does your gift get you in trouble?
No. I’m the one who creates trouble with my wonderful gifts.
What good thing have you done with your gift?
Traveled to a secluded cabana on one of my favorite tropical islands with one of my victims *cough* I mean love interests. We spent a nice bit of time in bed. She became the mother of my children. Good for me but bad for her. *snicker*
Would you trade your gift for a different gift?
Hell no. My gifts are wonderful and I wouldn’t trade them for the world. Oh wait, the world already is my playground. Guess I have both my gifts and the world. Isn’t life grand?
Dirty Little Girl available from eXtasy Books May 15, 2010
One bite and life will never be the same… Tired of living with her crazy mother, Jamie Sue embarks on an adventure of her own seeking life in a big city. A strange urge prompts her to stop and stay in Las Vegas so she gets off the bus and settles in. When she meets her golden angel, Michael, she believes she’s found the love of her life, but things aren’t always what they seem. Will the bite of his love change her forever?
Excerpt:
Michael pushed his jeans down and stepped out of them, then removed his black t-shirt. Naked as the day he was born, his chiseled muscles creating shadows on his skin and his cock jutting forth, he offered her a devil-be-damned grin. “Titillating, isn’t it?” The deep-voiced question reverberated throughout the congregational hall.
Jamie Sue squirmed against the restraints, her ass burning lightly against the rough red carpet. “I don’t know, Michael. What if we get caught?”
“No worries, my dear. We won’t. Now, be a good girl and spread your legs for me.” He knelt down and placed his large hands on her knees, making sure to move her extremities far enough apart for his body to fit between.
At his touch, the happy haze returned and she submitted herself to him.
He kissed her forehead, her nose and quick on her lips. His tongue trailed from her chin, down her neck to in between her breasts, then laved over to one areola and circled it. His mouth latched onto her nipple. He teased the peak with the tip of his tongue. Tingles of pleasure trickled up and down her body. He pulled off her tit, licked his way over to her other breast and suckled that for several minutes. She wanted to touch him, touch herself, and at any point she could have slipped her hands from the bonds, but didn’t. Being tied up was part of the game.