Tuesday 11 December 2012

Welcome Decadent Publishing author, Kelli Scott!


Hi Kelli! So happy to host you on my blog today - I don't think we've 'met' before so I'm looking forward to learning more about you and your work. Let's get started with the questions...




1)   When and why did you decide you wanted to be a published author? 

I’m not sure how this crazy ride started. I got a story stuck in my head one day. The plot and characters kept me up nights. I continued adding to it, and finally decided to write it down. The story ideas wouldn’t stop, so neither did I. Eventually I began entering writing contests and getting agent and editor requests. Sounds easy, but it wasn’t. I got plenty of rejections before my first contract.

2)   What is the best and worse thing you have learned from an editor/agent? 

I’ve done everything from using the wrong words to misplacing commas to repeating the same word over and over. I have learned so much about grammar and punctuation as well as general dos and don’ts from editors I’ve worked with. They make my writing better with each book.

3)   Favourite author/s? I love Janet Evanovich!!!!

4)   What is your typical day?

I don’t have typical “writing” days. I have a day job like everyone else. I write, edit or do my social networking before work, on my lunch break, after work and on my days off.

5)   Who would you cast to play your hero & heroine in a movie? 

My story is so naughty I’d have to cast porn stars, but for fun probably Sandra Bullock as Heather because she’s pretty but doesn’t know it. She’s amusing and a bit self-deprecating about her life and looks. Tasha would be played by Renee Zellweger and Dr. Simon…let’s just go crazy and cast Channing Tatum. Why not?

6)   Did you plan this book? Or write it as it came? 

I had a plan in my head of where I wanted the story to go and how it would end. I wasn’t as sure how to get there until I started writing. And for The Edge series, I needed to get there in under 7000 words.

7)   What surprised you the most when you became a published? 

I’m not sure what I expected out of being published. I just knew I wanted it and went after publication like a pit bull. And I still get rejected sometimes.

8)   Do you have a dedicated writing space? What does it look like?

I like to write in bed. My room is decorated very romantically (but is usually messy). But I’ll write anywhere…at work…in my car…on the couch.

9)                   What’s next for you? 


I have a short vampire story titled Eternally Yours coming out later this month with Decadent’s The Edge series. And next year my first ménage, titled Birthday Bash, also in The Edge series will be released.


Blurb:

Heather Bowen is an uptight, stressed out insomniac in desperate need of a massage or a shrink or an orgasm to cure what ails her. 

On doctor’s orders, she starts with a massage to work out her knotty/naughty kinks. At the hands of a talented massage therapist, Heather gets a full body rub down. And more. Next stop—a psychiatrist to get at the root of her anxiety and sleeplessness. But is she ready for Dr. Simon’s controversial treatment?

What begins as prescribed therapy becomes a wild fantasy ride of erotic discovery that makes Heather question her sexual orientation along with everything she believed about her carnal desires.


Rub Me the Right Way
by Kelli Scott
Published by Decadent Publishing
Contemporary M/F F/F Erotica
Contains Elements of Comedy, Light Bondage
Heat Level: Sizzling
Length: 7,000 words

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Blurb:

Heather Bowen is an uptight, stressed out insomniac in desperate need of a massage or a shrink or an orgasm to cure what ails her.  

On doctor’s orders, she starts with a massage to work out her knotty/naughty kinks. At the hands of a talented massage therapist, Heather gets a full body rub down. And more. Next stop—a psychiatrist to get at the root of her anxiety and sleeplessness. But is she ready for Dr. Simon’s controversial treatment?

What begins as prescribed therapy becomes a wild fantasy ride of erotic discovery that makes Heather question her sexual orientation along with everything she believed about her carnal desires.
Excerpt:
“You all ready, Heather?” Tasha called out, probably worried about how long it took me to get undressed.

I shoved the drape of the dressing room aside. “Absolutely.”

She led me to the room across the hall as if through a slow motion dream. She was that graceful and lithe and willowy. Tranquil sounds filled the space. Waves lapping at a sandy beach.

She patted the massage table. “Up or down?”

“Excuse me?” I didn’t know there’d be a quiz.

Perusing the clipboard, she asked, “First massage?”

“That’s right.” Then couldn’t help but add, “I’m a massage virgin.”

“Well, we’ll see what we can do to remedy that.” She smiled, not taking my comment offensively, unless she was a really good actress. “Would you like to start face up or down?”

“What do you recommend?” I stopped myself from repeating the virgin reference.

She skimmed the clipboard again. “Lower back pain. Tense, knotted muscles. Insomnia. Headaches. Stress. Let’s start face down.” Looking up from my long list of afflictions, she asked, “Would you like me to step out while you disrobe?”

Would that be rude? “Of course not.” I scoffed. “We’re both women, right?”

Tasha turned her back, preparing her oils or instruments or whatever. With her attention elsewhere, I slipped out of the robe, hung it on a peg, and hopped on the table quick like The Flash, hauling the sheet over my nakedness, which I still wasn’t sure was appropriate. Oh, well, what the hell? She’d just have to deal with it. I planted my face in the face donut and waited.

The acoustics transitioned into raindrops on a tin roof. Occasionally a clap of friendly thunder rumbled in the distance to mix things up. She positioned me like a rag doll, placing my arms at my sides on the outside of the sheet.

“Comfortable?” she asked.

“Yes,” I mumbled.

I fixated on her delicate bare feet, her toenails painted a fuchsia color. The fringe of her sarong nearly tickled the floor as she gracefully glided around. A silver chain encircled her ankle. How I wished I could be more like her. Free-spirited. Serene. Bohemian.

“Be sure to tell me if I rub too hard.” She rested her palms on my skin, and I tensed.

“Okay.”

“Relax, Heather.”

“I am,” I protested.

About the Author:
Left for dead in an enchanted forest, Kelli was raised by wolves, which explains her thick coat of fur and keen night vision. As an adolescent, she was exiled from the pack due to her love of well-done steak smothered in ketchup (her penchant for blackened beef has also caused her ejection from several fine eateries). On her own, she roamed the streets, eating from dumpsters and sleeping in abandoned dog houses. Cold, starving and destitute, Kelli turned to the oldest profession—writing. Since her fall from grace, she has penned several smutty stories for which she has received many accolades. And despite her limited vocabulary, inability to punctuate properly and her well-documented spelling disability, Kelli has collected some awards (some of them for her writing). But what she wants most in the world is to return to the enchanted forest and her pack. As soon as she figures out north from south and east from west, she will do just that.

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Giveaway Info:
Prize is 1 eBook copy of “Rub Me the Right Way”. Contest is tour-wide and open internationally. Must be 18 years of age or older to enter. Ends Dec 19.

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