Sizzling Sunday
with LA Jones
1.
How did you make the decision to become a
writer?: When I
graduated from high school, I was inevitably forced to confront the prospect of
having a career. For a while, I thought only about success hence why I decided
on a business degree. I failed at that miserably. School has always been
exceptionally hard for me. I didn't realize until after I failed at the
business degree that I should be more concerned about what I love to do rather
than success. What I have always loved to do was write, and create stories. I
have always wanted to become an author but really drove me was my Uncle Steven
Pressfield. He wrote the Legend of Bagger Vance, and the War of Art. It was
that last book that inspired me to finally write the book series I had always
dreamed of writing. I haven't stopped writing since.
2.
Who is your favorite author? Favorite book?: Needless to say, my favorite author will
always be my Uncle Steven Pressfield. He inspires me in so many ways both with
his books and his advice. My favorite book will be always be War of Art. My
second favorite book is Matilda by Roald Dahl. The story of a young girl
achieving success in the face of adversity.
3.
Where do you get the inspiration for your
stories? I get
inspiration from everything and everyone. My friends, family, and the
experiences of my life all play a major role in my stories. My friends inspire
me with their dreams, hopes, love lives, and more. My family has always pushed
me to achieve the best I can so I definitely get inspiration from them. My
experiences as a bully victim, an Aspergers Syndrome kid, and world traveler
help to shape my characters and what my plots.
4.
Do your characters come first or the does the
plot come first?: I come up with both at the same time and sort of add on to it
later. I look at the process a lot like cooking. I add ingredients like depth,
character traits, plots twists, and so on. After I am done, everything becomes
a delicious dish.
5.
Have you ever fallen in lust… I mean love with one of
your characters?: I look at my stories as if they were my babies, my children so to
speak. The way I look after them, and try to improve them and believe in their
worth is like one would encourage a child. Yes, I love my characters especially
my novels but not like a lover. It is more like a parent loves a child.
6.
When it comes to your sultry sex scenes – where do your ideas come
from?: I have
always said that people don't depict sex as real as they should. They also
neglect to mention things like condoms, the pill, and so on. I never do. I
describe the foreplay, and the actual sex as best as I can. However, I never
fail to mention taking precautions.
7.
Have you ever been turned on by something you’ve written?: Sometimes the guys I
describe I become so enthralled with that I start fantasizing about them. I
must confess that sometimes I imagine having sex with Dax, and Roy at the same
time. They are both so wonderful.
8.
If you had the opportunity for a one night stand
with one of your characters who would it be and why?: I think it would be with
all five of Aradia's love interests at the same time: Dax, Roy, Tristan,
Lamont, and Jayce.
9.
Tell us about your current novel: My current novel is the
beginning of my Tales of Aradia the Last Witch series. It introduces the main
characters and how the dynamics of the story works. Most of all, it describes
the main character Aradia the last witch alive!
10. Is it a
stand alone story or part of a series? If it’s a series what can we expect in the next
chapter?: It's
the first of what will be a ten volume series. You can expect to see the true
direction of what path Aradia takes for the next novels. In the second novel,
she discovers a mission that she must complete or at least achieve. Among the
hiddens there is still segregation and Aradia who grew up in the human world is
not used to that. She learns that as the last of her kind she hold a lot of
political power and decides to use it to promote tolerance among the hiddens.
11. What can
we expect from you in the future? Any new books in the works?: Right now, I am focusing
on finishing my Tales of Aradia book series. I hope to make it into a franchise
similar to Harry Potter. Afterwards, I plan to write a book series about
guardian angel aliens.
"Unknown to the humans who hanged innocent people at
the Salem Witch Trials, real witches of the hidden race were slaughtered on the
belief that they had betrayed the hiddens to the humans. Not one witch survived
the genocide, or so it was believed for more than three hundred years. Until
one day a girl named Aradia moves to Salem, Massachusetts, and all that
changes."
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