Tell us about your latest release. What inspired it?
My latest release is a paranormal M/M romance or Yaoi, set in 1930′s California Bay Area called “The First Full Moon”. Here’s the blurb:
Adam Ross doesn’t believe in demons. After a house fire killed his family at the tender age of twelve, he’s not even sure he believes in God. But that is about to change. Under the light of the full moon, in 1930, rumrunners wash ashore dead on the Northern California coast amidst carnage, slashed and drained of blood. Rumors and local Indian lore tell of the existence of creatures out at sea, demons. Among a second rash of dead bootleggers, Adam finds Necalli, a stunning young man with strange physical anomalies and amnesia, who arouses him beyond belief. Adam becomes determined to help Necalli and solve the mystery lurking in his broken memories. Will he fall under Necalli’s spell and save himself in the process?
This book was inspired in part by the anime Ergo Proxy. I was fascinated with the character of Vincent Law and drew on some of this character’s attributes when coming up with my character, Necalli. I also used to live in the town that the book is set in and always thought the backdrop of late-summer fog and the rich history of the California coast would be a great setting for a paranormal story.
Did you always want to become a writer?
No, I wanted to be an artist or a veterinarian. I’ve always had a knack for writing, but only started writing stories 2 years ago when I stumbled upon anime and fanfiction.
What is the most, and the least interesting fact about writing?
I’d say the most interesting part of writing is making up the stories and the creative process of just letting go with it. The least interesting has to be the promotion. I’m a single mother of two young boys and my time is very limited, so taking time out for promoting is hard for me.
How did you celebrate your first release? What was it like to see your book in a bookstore/internet? Do you have a special ritual for celebrating a book release?
I was out with friends at a local bar and we basically had a toast and a drink when the book went on sale at midnight. It was my first novel, A Summer without Rain, and this went on sale February 1, 2009. It was very exciting seeing the book for sale online, my friend has an iPhone, so we pulled it up on his phone. I don’t really have any special rituals for celebrating a book release, maybe I need to start one;)
Do you prefer stand-alone books or series?
I prefer to write stand alone books. I tend to write full-length novels and after writing about two characters for 300 some pages, I tend get bored with them. I’m fickle like that…
If you could change places with one character from your books, who would it be and why?
I think I’d like to change places with Adam Ross from The First Full Moon because he has a hot boyfriend, LOL.
If you could go back to any time period, which one would it be and why?
I’d go back to the 1920′s. It was a time of cultural change and upheaval, yet it was still elegant. I tend to buy a lot of antiques from that time period. I have a real sculpture from Demetre Chiparus – it’s an art deco statue of a flapper girl and I love it!
You got to meet any mythical creature/person, who would you choose to meet and why?
I’d like to meet Anne Rice’s Lestat. I loved her vampire chronicles and I’d love to just see what the real Lestat would look like.
Where can readers find you on the web?
I’m on the web at the following places (there are a lot of them;) )
www.christiegordon.com
www.facebook.com/ChristieGordon
www.myspace.com/author_christie_gordon
www.twitter.com/ChristieGordon
http://lestat2007.deviantart.com – artwork
http://animegeik.deviantart.com – writing
http://www.goodreads.com/Christie_Gordon
http://www.goodreads.com/.M_M_Romance – my M/M Romance Group on Goodreads
What is coming in 2010 that you want to tease the readers on?
I have another full-length M/M Romance novel coming out on February 15, 2010 called “The Obsession”. Here’s the blurb:
As a senior-year art student at a Santa Barbara university, Tristan is caught in a mental prison of his own making. Sexually repressed and emotionally abused by an oppressive mother, his preference for men leads him into sexual addiction. Then a new roommate appears in his dorm – Collin, a stunning psychology major from class he’s fantasized about since the start of the school year, a young man Tristan’s fallen in love with from afar. Collin uses his charm and knowledge of psychology to pull Tristan out of his self-destructive existence and into a tumultuous affair. But Collin has a secret, a secret that could potentially further damage Tristan and send him plummeting farther into isolation and desperation than he’s ever been before. Will Collin’s secret emerge? And will Tristan move forward and find the love he’s always craved or will he fall headlong back into addiction and lose everything he’s worked so hard for?
Excerpt from The First Full Moon:
Heat pressed against Adam’s cheek. His eyes fluttered open to an exotic set of light-brown eyes with flecks of gold gazing back at him. “Whoa.” Startling, he clamored to crawl up against the back of the couch, tilting his body up at an angle. The eyes, framed by long, black hair, followed him. “Ah, so you’re awake?”
Sitting on his legs on the floor, the young man continued to study him as if fascinated by everything about him. His hand came up to rest over Adam’s.
He flinched and yanked his hand away. His breath quickened from the contact and his morning erection felt hot.
As if on cue, the young man’s gaze roamed Adam’s chest and rested on his groin.
Feeling self-conscious, he draped his arm over his hips in an attempt to cover himself.
The young man leaned forward. Reaching up with a quizzical gaze, he ran a clawed finger down Adam’s cheek. The touch tingled all the way down into his groin. Why is he touching me like this? And how was it his mere presence aroused him? He melted further into the couch. “Um, do you understand English? Do you speak?”
The young man focused his attention on the hand covering Adam’s groin. Reaching over, he took it, absently brushing Adam’s erection through his trousers.
He gasped, closing his eyes for a second. His hips moved forward ever so slightly with the contact.
The young man pulled Adam’s hand toward him and inspected it. His delicate thumb arced across the top, giving it a light caress. His fingers probed underneath. He held up his other hand, fingers splayed, and examined it as if comparing the two.
An abrupt tug on Adam’s hand made him jerk forward to mere inches in front of the young man’s face. He became mesmerized, lost, in the beautiful eyes. The shape was like the Chinamen he saw in San Francisco, but not as pronounced. Not quite Indian either.
Lifting himself up on his knees, the young man reached his free hand out and cupped Adam’s chin, pushing a thumb into his lower lip. He ran the thumb along the thick flesh of Adam’s lip, moving it gently to the side, before releasing it.
“Ah…” Adam whispered, despite himself.
“Your breath and pulse quicken when I touch you.”
The young man’s voice was soft and smooth, but much lower than Adam expected. It held a soft accent he couldn’t place. “What? No it doesn’t.” Snapping back to reality, he yanked his hand away from him.
The young man grinned, showing long eyeteeth. “I excite you.”
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Hi Christie,
Welcome to my blog. I love the snippit of The First Full Moon. Can’t wait to read it in full.
Raine D.
Thanks so much! This was a fun interview;)
Christie
The post was great! I’m ready to buy. I love yaoi, too.
Thanks,
Tracey D