Author Name: Theolyn Boese
Year started writing for LI: 2007
Titles: The Ta’e’sha Chronicles 1: Daughters of Terra, The Ta’e’sha Chronicles 2: Shards of the Mind
Web Page: www.theolynboese.com
What genre do you write in, and why? : Sci-fi and Futuristic. I write in these because of the freedom they give me to answer my favorite question: What if?
How much time do you spend writing every week? : It really depends. Some weeks I don’t write at all and other weeks I’ll spend thirty or forty hours. If I’m not writing I’m thinking about where I want to go with what I am writing. Erm, Or I’m arguing with a friend about where we want to hide out during the upcoming Zombie Apocalypse.
What was the first story you ever wrote about? (not nec. first published story) : Oh geez, I think the first time I tried to write something besides poetry was when I was a freshman in high school and it was about my Dungeon and Dragons character. A sour tempers swords woman that would pick a fight with a badger just because it looked at her wrong. Cora Quicksteel. Grrrr, sounds fierce, doesn’t she? The story was AWFUL and filled with the usual teen drama and angst. She died a tragic and noble death, of course.
How do you judge the effectiveness of the sensual scenes in your stories? : I send them off to my crit partners and hope they don’t laugh themselves sick after they read it.
Do you ever try out the sexual positions you write to make sure of accuracy? : Hey, now! My Mom might be reading this!
What one word best describes your toy collection? : Boring.
Favourite candy while writing? : Wintergreen Breathsavers
Where did your most unusual plot idea come from? : Tequila. A friend and I were, um, having a movie night and talking about the plot for a novel I was working on and (this is a bit fuzzy now) but we were talking about how my mother described my books to someone (Polyamourous transsexual mermaids from space) and how absurd things sound when you add the words “from space” and by the time the evening was over we had Interstellar Serial Killing Hamsters with a penchant for galactic domination. Yes, said hamsters will be appearing in a novel.
What inspires you to write? : Everything, something will spark an idea and it just goes off from there! Then, I have to write it.
Plotter or a Panster? : Both, I make a skeleton of what I want to happen and then go with instinct when I’m fleshing it out.
Does your cat insist on sitting on your keyboard like mine does? : All four of them do. At the same time. Occasionally, they pull off a key and then stare, wondering why I’m jumping up and down making funny noises.
What is your most embarrassing moment as an erotic romance author? : When I found out that my boss’ wife and her reading group bought copies of my book and read it together like it was an Oprah Bookclub title.
When you get stuck, how do you find your way back to the writing? : Leaving it alone until I can work it out in my head. Or I go onto the next part of the book and then go back later to weave the ends together.
The Personal stuff:
What kind of books do you read for fun? : Sic-fi, fantasy, romance of most genres, New Age and religion, mythology, and science. Right now I am re-reading books by Mercedes Lackey.
Is your real life anything like your stories? What about your fantasies? : Not really, I am probably one of the least romantic women you’ll never encounter. And I seem to always attract the sensitive guys. Talk about role-reversal. They want to do the dinner and chick flick movie date and I’m staring at the latest advertisement for a flesh-eating monster movie with heart-felt longing.
If you were to make a bumper sticker for your car that had to relate to erotic romance, what would it say? : I always fall back on my favorite quote from Lord of the Rings: You shall taste man flesh!
Sex with anyone famous? : Not yet, but I have great plans of at least one instance of groupie sex with a couple hawties I can think of.
Cake or Pie? Coke or Pepsi? Tea or Coffee? : Donuts, diet cherry Coke and I live on coffee.
