I want to welcome Trevann
Rogers. First I’d love you to introduce yourself.
Tell us about your
latest release.
I’ve recently released an urban fantasy novella titled After Midnight. It’s the prequel to my
first novel, House of the Rising Son,
and it clears up a few unanswered questions. Here’s the blurb:
After Midnight
Prequel to House of the Rising Son
Living After Midnight Series
Author:
Trevann Rogers
Genre:
Urban Fantasy Romance
Improbable
love. Impossible life. Immeasurable danger.
Jewell’s
stepfather thinks she’s worthless. She agrees. When she looks in the mirror she
sees an overweight, overemotional, overeating mess who can’t keep her fangs to
herself.
Ria
hails from a family of old world vamps who'd be happy to share their wealth
with her, if only she’d fall in line. Fat chance, especially since being in
that line includes not being gay.
Being
in love is easy for Ria and Jewell—the young vampires belong together like
vodka and tomato juice. Adding Cheyenne, a talented and sexy incubus, to their
union is the hot sauce in their Bloody Mary. The only problem? Vampires and
incubi are mortal enemies.
Despite
the odds Ria, Jewell and Cheyenne find their way to happiness. But Jewell is
hiding a huge secret, one that defies the laws of procreation: She’s going to
have a baby.
While
she tries to figure out how to break the unbelievable news to her lovers, a
horror from Jewell’s past slithers into her present, forcing choices no one
should have to make.
Will
it be love or death? Happiness or safety? She has until dawn to decide...and
it's already After Midnight.
Now I have a few
questions for you – I have found readers do like to know fun things about us
writers.
1. Who is your
favorite villain – it can be from a book (even one of yours), movie or TV show.
And why?
Tough first question! It would have to be Zillah, from Poppy
Z. Brite’s Lost Souls, for all the wrong reasons. He’s completely amoral,
totally gorgeous…and true to who he is from start to finish. And what a finish
it was.
2.) Who is your
favorite character out of your books? Why?
Cheyenne, the incubus rock star, is hands down my favorite
character. He first appears in House of
the Rising Son. There are so many reasons I love him. First—incubus AND
rocker? They don’t come sexier than that. More importantly, however, is his
love for his children. He loves them so deeply, enjoys their quirkiness, and he
would die for them.
3.) What do genre do
you write? What made you pick that one?
Urban Fantasy and paranormal romance. I write what I like to
read. I’ve loved the genre since reading Interview with a Vampire. Man oh man,
was that a sexy book.
4.) What are you
working on now?
A few things. My writing group is putting out a holiday
anthology in late November, so there is some pressure to get a winter-ish short
story done. I’m also working on Cheyenne’s continued trials, tribulations and
romantic journey in the sequel to House
of the Rising Son, and a YA urban fantasy set in the same world.
5.) What got you to
start writing?
Believe it or not, I belong to a circle of penpals who have
been writing for two decades. We started sharing stories we made up, even
circulated an underground newsletter. I started to fall in love with the worlds
that were swirling around in my head. Seemed a natural progression to write a
book.
6.) Where do you get
your ideas from?
Music, mostly. Lyrics and songs set a mood and spark
feelings. Mood and feelings start stories. For me, anyway.
7.) What would people
who read your work be surprised to find out about you?
They’d be shocked to find that in addition to book
boyfriends, I have a couple of WWE boyfriends, too. Randy Orton…Roman
Reigns…You probably shouldn’t get me started.
8.) Do you have any
special talents?
I seem to make traffic lights turn red. All the time, but
especially when I’m in a hurry.
9.) What was the one
piece of advice you received when you were an aspiring author that has stuck
with you? Why?
“Write what you love.” There is occasionally pressure to
write to the market, or to the latest “thing”, or to one editor or another’s
wish list. But I know that wouldn’t be my best work, and it wouldn’t be fun for
me.
10.) If you could talk
to any famous figure (present, past or fictional) who would it be and what
would you talk about?
I would talk to Damon, from Vampire Diaries. I beg him to
never forget his true nature, as he is far, far sexier when he is his evil,
serial killer self. The touchy-feely Damon doesn’t become him. Oh, and a few
minutes to bask in the beauty that is him wouldn’t hurt either.
I think I might like to talk to Dean Winchester too, but
that would be risky—for him, as I am likely to throw myself at his feet, naked,
and not let go.
11.) What song would
you say describes your life?
“Voices”, Randy Orton’s theme song. “I hear voices in my
head, they council me, they understand. They talk to me.” Fitting for a writer,
no?
12.) If you could come
back as any animal – what would it be?
Easy. A cat. They’re pampered and nothing is expected of
them. Not even walking on a leash. I remember seeing this cat video on Facebook
where the cat is looking at her owner while slowly pushing a glass vase off of
the table. Yup. That’s me.
EXCERPT:
The choice between staying in on a Saturday night to
clean and going to see Cheyenne at his first real gig hadn’t been a complicated
decision. He was a world-class rocker who could play the guitar like a fiend
and had a voice that made you feel…everything. Or made you horny. And hell if
she didn’t love him. Damn incubus.
She reached across him and caressed Jewell’s side.
Jewell’s eyes opened and she stared expressionless at the ceiling, hyper-alert
to danger. It always took a few moments after resurrecting for her to remember
where she was and who was with her, but since moving into their new home it
seemed to take even longer.
Ria sighed. She’d do anything if it would help Jewell
feel safe enough to die each dawn and awaken peacefully. “All is well, Babydoll.
It’s just me. Time to rise and twinkle with the stars.”
“Already?” Jewell scrunched her eyes and blinked as
if trying to focus them.
Cheyenne lay his head on the soft swell of Jewell’s
belly. “Didn’t we just go to bed?”
Ria kissed his back and licked a slow trail down his
spine. “Hours ago. Did we tucker out the poor little sex demon?”
“Not hardly, dead girl.”
She grabbed a fistful of his hair and turned him to
face her. “That’s undead girl, thank
you.” She bit his lower lip and let it drag between her teeth. “Show us what
you’ve got left.”
BUY LINKS:
You
can find AFTER MIDNIGHT at http://amzn.to/2dEOt59
HOUSE
OF THE RISING SON, Book 1 in the series, is available at http://amzn.to/2bmiPx8
