Today I'd like to welcome Kay Jaybee to the Author Hot Seat. Kay is currently in the middle of a blog tour to promote her new book, The Retreat. Information about the book can be found at the end of the interview along with buy links. The Retreat is book two in the very popular Perfect Submissive Trilogy and in the next day or so I'll be including a highlight from each book and review in relation to each. Before that happens though, lets meet Kay and see what she has to say in response to a few tricky questions.
About your writing:
How many books
have you written during your career so far and which is your favorite?
So far I have written 18 solo books, including 6 novels (such as The
Perfect Submissive, Making Him Wait, and The Voyeur), 4 novellas (inc. Digging Deep and
Not Her Type: Erotic Adventures With A Delivery), 7 anthologies (inc.
The Best of Kay Jaybee, Equipment, and Yes Ma’am), and the stand
alone short story, Punished.
It’s really difficult
to choose a favourite from all these, as each one is quite different from the
next, but at the moment my latest release, The Retreat, is very close to
my heart. This was a book I didn’t think I’d ever write, for it is the sequel
to my novel The Perfect Submissive- which, to my amazement, was so
popular that my publishers asked me to turn it into a trilogy!!
Have any of
your books received negative reviews and how did you handle the criticism?
I have been
fortunate enough not to have many poor reviews (so far!!)- but I did have one
for my erotic romance, A Sticky Situation,
that really upset me. It wasn’t a criticism of the book, but a personal attack
on me. The reader left a review on Amazon- they really hated that I’d used
English words and not American ones. However, I’m English, the book was set in
England, and all the characters within the story were English. If the story had
been set in the US, then it would have been a fair comment, however abrupt- but
it wasn’t, and it really got under my skin. I handled it by drinking more
coffee and eating chocolate!!
Do you believe
in writer’s block and if so, how do you overcome it?
I do- it’s a
nightmare. For me writer’s block is more an overload of ideas that just won’t
move from the brain to the pen, rather than a total absence of ideas. I deal
with it by walking it off- a long walk usually puts the brain cells back in
gear.
What is the one genre you would never
write and why?
Teen fiction- I
was no good at being a teenager myself- I’ve never been into popular bands, or
fashion, or makeup- frankly I’d be hopeless at it!! I just haven’t got the skills
to think on the correct mindset.
Have you ever
written a book that you’ve regretted publishing and why?
Not so far thank
goodness!
If a reader
said they wanted to write a book, what advice would you give them?
Go for it!! But
do it because you love to write, because something in you burns to produce a
good story. Don’t do it if you think it’s an easy way to make a living- I
promise, it is the most fun, but it’s very hard work and for the majority of
writers there is little or no financial return.
About you:
Tell us what a
typical day in your life is like?
I’m very much a
creature of routine, and every weekday is pretty much the same.
I’m up at 7am,
and at my computer by 7.30 putting out the days blogs, and PR for both my web
sites (www.kayjaybee.me.uk and www.jennykane.co.uk)
Once my children
have left for school, I scoop up my pad and pen (I largely write long hand),
and head towards my local coffee shop, where I write from 8.45 until 11.30.
Then its home
again, where I work via the Internet as an administrator for a Distance
Learning Company from 12 until 1.30pm. Then I’m on the move again- back to a
cafe in town to write from 1.45 until 3.15.
Life pauses for
an hour then, so that I can do the return school run- before going back to my
admin job from 4.30 until 6pm.
During the
evenings I then type up, edit or produce new blogs for the following few days.
I really am that
regimented!!!
What sort of things put you in a bad mood?
Lack of
consideration of the feeling of other’s feelings, and when people assumed
because I wear hearing aids I’m stupid.
Do you have a bucket list and what’s one thing you still want to do that you
haven’t done?
Up until this
summer I had a bucket list. The last thing I wanted to do on my list was to see
Pompeii in Italy, and in August I did just that!! It was every bit as
incredible as I thought it would be!!
Admittedly my
bucket list was only short- but I didn’t want to have a list I had no hope of
finishing! Now I’ve done everything on it, I guess I’ll have to write another
one!
What makes you
laugh?
Being with my friends, being happy- I’m a big laugher and smiler. I like
clever comedy- MASH, Only Fools and Horses, Blackadder, QI- I can’t stand
anything that get’s its laughs from humiliating or belittling other people.
What is the most embarrassing
thing you’ve ever done?
Where shall I start?? I’m always
dropping myself in it! Most of my embarrassing moments come from
misunderstanding people. As I don’t hear very well, I rely on lip reading and
gestures a great deal whenever I’m in crowded noisy places- so you can imagine
how many times I’ve got things wrong.
I won’t go into details- as I
promised I wouldn’t- but once I jumped on this poor guys foot really hard
because I thought he’d asked me to. What was I thinking!!!??? Why would he have
done that? I wasn’t drunk- no excuses- just got it wrong- again!! Whoops.
Do you
like to read and what are you reading at the moment?
I love to read, and wish I had
more time to enjoy other peoples work. I’m currently indulging in reading the
brilliant Death Is Now My Neighbour
by Colin Dexter. I just adore his Inspector Morse novel. The TV series was
fantastic- but the books are even better.
If you couldn’t write anymore,
what would you do instead?
I’d be doing historical research
or working as an archaeologist. I trained in both fields when I was at
university, and have a degree in archaeology and a PhD in Medieval Criminology-
there is very little I don’t know about Robin Hood!!!
Fun Stuff:
If you could go out with one famous person who would it be and why?
Stephen Fry- his mind fascinates me.
Do you have a habit that drives your partner/friends/family nuts and what
is it?
I like to sing to myself- I can’t sing- totally tone deaf- drives
everyone bonkers.
In your opinion, what makes a person attractive?
Kindness combined a happy smile and nice eyes
What is the strangest food
you’ve ever eaten?
Snake- I was on dig in Africa- it
was snake or starve. It was very chewy!!
Would you rather have a
classic 1969 convertible Mustang or have the use of a beach side condo any time
you want?
The car every time.
And finally:
Would
you rather survive an apocalyptic event (yes, even a zombie apocalypse) or die
instantly without knowing what happened to your family and friends?
I’d
pick the apocalyptic event- at least then I could try and save my family and
friends, even if there was no hope.
Many
thanks for inviting me here today Jan!
Kay
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Just as Jess is beginning to relax into her new life as a submissive at The Fables Hotel, her employer Mrs Peters announces that she is loaning both Jess, and her dominatrix Miss Sarah, to one of their most demanding clients; Mr David Proctor.
Whisked away by the mysterious Kane to The Retreat, hidden in a remote part of Scotland, Jess and Miss Sarah find themselves teaching another submissive to meet Proctor’s exacting rules.
As Jess comes to terms with the techniques of The Retreat Mistress, and the strictly overpowering dominatrix Lady Tia, she discovers that Proctor’s motives may not be all they seem.
Just who or what is Fairtasia? And why does Jess feel like she’s walked into a warped fairy tale?
In order to get back to The Fables, Jess is going to have to be more than just a perfect submissive...
If you’d like to buy The Retreat, it is available from Amazon –
If
you’d like to find out more about Kay’s work you can find details at www.kayjaybe.me.uk
You can follow Kay on Twitter- kay_jaybee
And on Facebook- http://www.facebook.com/KayJaybeeAuthor
On Goodreads- http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/3541958-kay-jaybee
Pinterest- http://pinterest.com/kjberotica/
Kay also writes romance as Jenny Kane- www.jennykane.co.uk
Thanks ever so much for the interview Jan- loads of fun to do! Kay xxxx
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