Pink Pucks
& Power Plays
by V.L. Locey
1 – My first question, and I’ve been wanting to ask for a
long time, what’s the background to your blog-name
thoughtsfromayodelinggoatherder?
That`s a good question. From the time my daughter was
around eight my family and I raised dairy goats. Sadly, we just recently sold
our herd due of a number of reasons. A few weeks after our goats had new homes,
I had to decide if I would change the name of my blog, which had been up and
running for several years. I decided to simply use a new banner, but keep the
Thoughts From A Yodeling Goatherder blog name, as it was well known to my
readers, and reflected the love I will always have for the goats that we owned
for so many years.
2 – I’d say you’re one of the most versatile writer I’ve
met so far. You write Greek mythology, Sports Romance or Gay Romance. Where do
you get all your ideas from? How involved is the research?
My Muses drink Red Bull
with black coffee chasers. It`s crazy scary at times. As with most authors I
know, the ideas just appear. Take yesterday for example. I`m driving home from
grocery shopping, sipping on a container of chocolate milk, when this image of
a man with dark wings who loves chocolate milk as much or more than I do, appears
before me. It was so strong that when I got home I sat down and wrote out a
Word page of information about this fallen angel who obviously wishes to have
his story told. Like I needed his voice in my head? There are already about a
dozen characters vying for attention as it is!
As for the research,
that varies. If I`m doing Greek mythos, I tend to spend much more time involved
in double and triple checking my facts with what is known or considered the
proper telling. Since every Greek poet tells his tale in a slightly different
way, I tend to rely on Edith Hamilton for the bulk of my Greek research. The hockey books also require some research, but since I`m a fan of the game, it`s not as detail-oriented as the Greek mythology research is. Most of the hockey research centers around certain aspects of the business side of professional sports, as well as the need to investigate defensive or offensive plays .
The gay romance is written no differently than my het romances are. Love is love. I suppose some writers might mind spending hours buried in dusty old tomes devoted to Greek gods the ultimate punishment, but not me! I can lose myself in research if it`s about something I enjoy. Hockey and the Greek pantheon fill that bill!
3 – Tell us a bit about your current project.
Right now I`m working on a M/M
romantic-comedy I`m hoping to sub for an anthology call. It`s about two comic
geeks (Yes, I am one of those as well. You should see my shrine to the Avengers
atop my entertainment center) that end up falling in love then facing down an
evil villain at a comic con. The working title is The Romantically Daring Adventures of Darren and Connor.
Blurb:
Viviana Land
just can`t seem to say no to her younger sister. Somehow, the curvaceous
society page reporter gets lassoed into serving as her niece`s Busy Bee scout
leader. One overheated engine later, Viviana and her girls find themselves in
the Green Hills Ice Rink. Enter Alain Lessard, the charmingly handsome
defenseman for the Philadelphia Wildcats, who is donating his summer to coaching
the youth league.
When
our intrepid reporter is given the opportunity to write the break-out story of
her career, Viviana leaps at the chance. Thinking it would be easy to flirt and
tease some juicy tidbits out of Alain, Viviana soon finds herself falling for
the sensual, younger, kind-hearted man. Will she put aside her virtual pen for
a chance to stay at her new paramour`s side? Or will Viviana finally get away
from those mundane bakery opening articles by using the man she may possibly be
in love with?
Author:
V.L. Locey
loves worn jeans, belly laughs, anything romantic, Greek mythology, New York
Rangers hockey, comic books and coffee.
(Not necessarily in that order.) She shares her life with her husband, her
daughter, one dog, two cats, a steer named after a famous N.H.L. goalie, and a
flock of assorted domestic fowl. V.L. is a self-published and conventionally published author. She is a proud Torquere Press and Secret Cravings Publishing author. When not writing romantic tales, she can be found enjoying her day with her menagerie in the rolling hills of Pennsylvania with a cup of fresh java in hand, writing, or cheering on her beloved New York Rangers. She can also be found online on Facebook, Twitter, and GoodReads.
Blog:http://thoughtsfromayodelinggoatherder.blogspot.com/
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