Welcome Jayne!
Interview with Jayne Rylon
1. Describe a typical writing day for you. Do you plot out
your stories or are you a pantser?
These days my typical day is a lot different than it used to
be. I’m finally a full time author!
Previously I was used to squeezing writing
into the evenings and weekends along with all the business of writing tasks
that also had to be completed (like edits, web site updates, social media,
promotion, conference preparation, contract reviews, royalty tracking and
forecasting, etc.). Now…it’s like I live
in a world of perpetual Saturdays. I can
hardly believe it’s real.
At the time of
writing this, I’m only on Friday of my first week as a full time author so it’s
sort of surreal. My intentions from here
on out are to wake up at my usual time with my husband around 5:30, have some
breakfast, check email etc. and hit the gym for the early class. After that I’ll write until lunch, do some
laundry, dishes or whatever else might need to be done around the house (which
I haven’t had to do in five years as Mr. Rylon has taken care of everything
while I’ve worked two jobs!). Then back
to writing until it’s time to make dinner.
In the evenings I plan to tackle the non-writing stuff while hanging out
on the couch with Mr. Rylon. And most of
all, I’ll go to bed at a reasonable time instead of sneaking to bed at 3am like
I used to do in the days of two careers.
It sounds so perfect I can’t believe it’s real!!! I’m sure not everything will go according to
my grand plan but I’m looking forward to this new chapter in my life.
2. What author do you love to read when you are not writing?
One of the things I missed most when I was working two jobs
was reading! I’m an avid reader, always
have been.
Some of my favorite authors
are Suzanne Brockmann, Elizabeth Lowell, Cherry Adair, Lora Leigh, Jaci Burton,
Cindy Gerard, Sandra Brown, Sylvia Day, Maya Banks, and of course I read a lot
of books by other authors I meet in my travels to conferences or online.
Most recently I read Under His Skin by Sidney
Bristol and really enjoyed it! I can’t
wait to start digging in to my enormous To Be Read pile here shortly!
3. What is your favorite kind of hero? One that is described
as clean-cut, sharp-dresser, and would be featured on G-Q or one that is
described as dark, damaged and you'd find on the back of a Harley?
Of course I prefer the bad boy, doesn’t everyone? Actually, it’s funny because I recently wrote
a book called Pick Your Pleasure where the reader gets to choose what happens
in the book including which of the two heroes the heroine ends up with.
Chase is the GQ type and Ryder more of the
rebel. I wrote the Ryder paths first but
ended up kind of falling in love more with Chase in the end.
So sometimes you don’t know what you’re going
to like until you see it I guess! I will
read just about anything and if the story is good those characters will be my
favorite until the next book I really love.
4. Describe the hero in Hot Rods and what you think will
make him sexy to your readers.
Well, there are lots of heroes in the Hot Rods series. Seven guys plus the Powertools crew make a
lot of appearances too.
But in the first
book of the series the focus is on Eli, King Cobra, and Alanso, who is his
right hand man.
Readers may have already
met the pair if they read the Powertools series as they were introduced in
Nailed to the Wall and Hammer it Home.
Eli is sexy because he’s the leader of the gang, he’s the person they
look to in order to keep things in line.
He’s had the most normal childhood of all the Hot Rods, thanks to his
dad Tom who is in the series too. His
mother died when he was young but he’s strong and knows the value of love.
Alanso is sexy too. He’s more vulnerable, since he believes his
mother abandoned him when he was younger and she was deported back to
Cuba. But he’s stronger in some ways too
and is really the driving force behind the Hot Rods beginning to explore the
latent bond between them.
All the guys are
rough, down to earth, heavily tattooed and kind of bad ass. They are mechanics but smart about their
restoration business and work well together.
5. You write a lot about poly-relationships. What kind of
woman do you think it takes to "handle" that kind of
relationship?
That’s a good question.
I think all my heroines have certain things in common.
First, obviously, they’re open minded and
forward thinking, willing to let love happen to them in any shape it takes
instead of sticking with preconceived ideals.
They have to be strong to stand up to what outsiders might think and to
deal with not one but two (or more) usually stubborn men.
I think there’s an element of flexibility
too. And not just the physical
kind. Usually the men rely on her to
glue them together.
The heroine has to
be able to emotionally fill in the gaps the guys leave behind and kind of act
as the grease between their gears to keep things from jamming up. Mustang Sally has a lot on her plate at the
beginning of the Hot Rods series!
Oh, yes indeedy. And I can't wait. Thank you soooo much, Jayne, for letting me ask you a few questions.
Nothing’s sexier than seven men with hot rods.
Hot Rods, Book 1
After Eli’s mother died, his father honored her life’s
mission as a social worker by taking in several kids from the wrong side of the
tracks. Not all of them stuck, but those who did became Eli’s quasi family.
Their bonds, forged in fires set by their personal demons,
are unbreakable—or so Eli wants to believe. Especially since he and Alanso, his
best friend and head mechanic, witnessed the overpowering allure of polyamory
while visiting the Powertools crew.
Much as Eli would like to deepen the relationships among his
foster brothers and sister in the Hot Rods Restoration Team, he’s hesitant to
risk everything on a quick romp behind a stack of tires.
But when Eli catches Alanso exploring their mutual fantasy at a known hookup spot in a public park, all bets are off. And Eli must decide if it's time to jump in full throttle -- and trust his instincts to guide him through the night. If the pair can dodge the potholes in their own relationship, maybe they can race together toward the unconventional arrangement with Mustang Sally they both desire.
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