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~ Mychael Black ~

 

This month we have a sit down with author Mychael Black.

Born and raised in north Alabama, I am the quintessential Southern Scorpion guy. I love the outdoors (practically grew up camping), big dogs (none of those tiny things for me, thanks), fast cars with sexy curves and big-ass engines, leather, oh, and MEN. Mmm...yeah.

On the professional front, I write gay fiction, primarily erotic. I'm also an editor for Lady Aibell Press/Chippewa Publishing, I co-own/edit Erotic Dreams ezine, and am the Associate Fiction Editor for Forbidden Fruit ezine. In addition, I am one of the folks behind the scenes at Erotic Romance Writers' Forum.

 

Thank you for joining Sensual Reads for this interview, Mychael.   Coming off of the release of your latest book, Sword & Sorcery: The Lost Son, how has life as an author been treating you?

Thank you, J.L. It’s wonderful. I can’t imagine doing anything else. Even with all the edits and the legwork, not to mention fighting with the Muse, it’s my dream job come true.

Tell us a little about Sword & Sorcery: The Lost Son.  What was your inspiration behind this book?

I’ve always been a huge fantasy nut, ever since reading Tolkien (The Hobbit and the LOTR trilogy) at the age of nine. I don’t rightly remember what exactly sparked the inspiration for Sword & Sorcery, but once Micheil and Kalen took hold in my brain, they wouldn’t let go.


Of your published works, which do you hold the dearest?  Which title, for a new reader just exploring Mychael Black, would be the best to start out on?

Oh, Lord. Well, if I had to pick a favorite, it would be my upcoming short, “Century Hill, due August 18th from Torquere Press as the Death card in their new Arcana line.

Your writings are very genre-fluent.  Everything from cowboys to angels to the realms of fantasy.  Do you have a favorite genre that you like to work in?

Close tie between paranormal and fantasy, actually. I’m a sucker for vamps. Okay, that was just bad… You get the idea. *laughs* Though I must admit, coming from the South myself, country boys hold a special place in my heart.

How would you best describe Mychael Black as a person?

 Hmm… Confident, kinky, a bit quirky, friendly, dependable, perfectly content to bend society’s rules and watch ‘em shudder under his weight. *winks*

Did you always know that you wanted to be a writer, and if so, did you know that it would be erotica?

Yes and no. I originally intended to (eventually) get my PhD in Archaeology, with a focus in medieval history and warfare. Writing was meant to be a hobby. Somehow, somewhere along the way, they flip-flopped.

When I started writing, I wanted to be the next Tolkien (like anyone’s ever attained that status!), but then I “met” my first gay characters when they popped up in a story I was writing, and the rest was history.


What’s next for Mychael Black?  Anything new coming up that you’d like to share?

Lots of things coming soon… Let’s see…  August is a busy month in terms of releases, both for me and my co-writing with Shayne Carmichael. My 2007 Arcana, Death: Century Hill, comes out. It’s a bit of a ghost story with a very bizarre twist. Then there’s The Duke’s Husband, due out on August 27th from Phaze. Like our (my and Shayne’s) best-selling romance Kitten, The Duke’s Husband centers on romance more than some of our other works. Plus there’s a bit of the paranormal in it. August 29th sees the start of my Chaser series from Torquere, collectively titled Hearth & Home. The first story, Well-Laid Plans, takes place a few months after my Single Shot, Going Home.” The whole series involves the men from “Going Home” – tattoo artist Robbie Sexton, and his Texan cowboy Seth Ellis.

September 4th, Shayne and I celebrate the release of Magic & the Pagan, our first novel with Samhain Publishing. It brings together the realm of Earth, with our fantasy world of Aurora – complete with a young human pagan and the Auroran dark fae necromancer who steals his heart.

October we have the long-awaited sequel to The Power of Two. Dominion is due out October 1st and delves deeper into Griffith St. James’ dark past at the hands of his former Master.

The Full Release Schedule (as it stands so far.)

What advice do you have for other aspiring authors of gay erotic fiction wishing to show their talents to the world?

Number one rule: never give up. No matter how many rejections you get, never take them personally. Use them as fuel to make you work all that much harder. Tell the stories that are in your head; ignore what you think people want to read.


Where do you hope to see yourself in the next ten years, as both an author and as Mychael Black, the person?

As an author, hopefully a Lambda Literary Award winner. Barring that, I’d be happy to be a household name in the realm of gay fiction – erotic and not.

As a person, I’d like to have my own office! *laughs* Someplace where I can close the world out and just write.

Final question, Mychael!  If you could be any one of your characters, which would it be and why?

Oh, God… I have to pick one? I can’t just jump from one body to another? Hmm… it’s a tie between Robbie Sexton and Cian Carmichael, my angel from The Prince’s Angel (a Shayne/Myc novel with Torquere Press).

Robbie because he’s a country boy, like me, and because he sleeps next to Seth every night. Cian because he can walk between worlds and gets to make it with the hottest vampire prince in the world. *winks*

Mychael, it’s been a pleasure.  Thank you again for joining Sensual Reads in this interview and the best of luck on Sword & Sorcery: The Lost Son, and all of your terrific reads!

Thanks, J.L.! It’s been great!

 

Interview was conducted by JL Foster
July 2007
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