Sapphire Romance Realm: Interview & Giveaway with Keta Diablo!

Monday, September 20, 2010

Interview & Giveaway with Keta Diablo!

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Today we have the wonderful Keta Diablo stopping in as a part of her blog tour for Where the Rain Is Made!

About Where The Rain Is Made:

A decadent savage has captured Francesca DuVall and her brother, Marsh. Now she must spend every waking moment planning an escape. However, she didn’t count on the powerful draw of desire interfering with her scheme in the camp of the brutal Cheyenne dog soldiers.

Ethan Gray is a curator at a national museum . . . most of the time, but when he travels through time to help his beloved People he becomes Meko, leader of the most revered and feared tribe of the plains.

Although their worlds are decades apart Meko can’t resist the dark beauty he kidnapped during a raid. He has many battles to fight but none he wants to win more than the one that will capture Cesca’s heart forever. From the windswept plains of Colorado and the harsh life of a Dog Soldier to the placid life of a curator their love was fueled by passion and kindled by destiny.

See my review in the previous post here! :)

You can find out more about Where The Rain Is Made by visiting the publisher’s site, Decadent Publishing, http://tinyurl.com/37oepsy

You can also read Chapter One and part of Chapter Two here: http://tinyurl.com/2drur2y

Keta is very active on Twitter and would love to have you follow her: http://www.twitter.com/ketadiablo.

(Here is a photo of Meko that Keta sent to share....)

Keta welcome to the Realm so good to have you join us today!

Keta how did you start your writing career?

The first book I wrote was a sensual historical based on a real-life event in my family history. Not too long after that first book I began writing erotic romance and like I mentioned above added Gay fiction. Several years ago I wrote an erotic fantasy romance called Dust and Moonlight and I really enjoyed writing that genre too. I hope to do another fantasy/time travel one day.

More information about Dust and Moonlight (Amazon Kindle) here: http://tiny.cc/9kr6v

Tell us about your favorite character from your books.Who is your favorite author?

That’s like asking me to name my favorite child – lol. I really enjoyed writing Decadent Deceptions, a historical erotic romance with intrigue and suspense. And I loved both of the characters from this book, Olivia and Morgan. But I really think Where The Rain Is Made is my favorite story as far as plot and characters. It’s so much fun when you have one character from the present and one from the past. The contrasts or differences in how they live is always fun to explore.

When in the day/night do you write? How long per day?
My schedule is very odd. It depends on whether everything gels for me. You might find me writing at 4:00 in the afternoon or 4:00 in the morning. I don’t have a set time, but I do write every day just to keep myself fresh on the story.

What is the hardest part for you of writing ?

Always the beginning. It’s hard not to get into a lot of back story because we love to tell the readers about our characters, but this isn’t to exciting for them. I try to start out with excitement or at least an incident, yet place the setting and one of the main characters.

Where do you research for your books?

Internet, libraries and books. I have a large collection of books on writing and refer to them often. Once I just purchased and am really enjoying is Bastards, Bullies and Bitches. It’s given my new insight on how to write the perfect villains.

What does your significant other and family think of your writing career?

My family has always been very supportive, but I seldom take their word verbatim. Of course, my mother thinks all my books are fabulous, but she’s my mother after all. Trying to get an unbiased critique from her is difficult. My children don’t read my books – and that’s a good thing, but they are very respectful and accommodating about my writing schedule.

Who is your favorite author to read?

Again, this a hard question to answer. I wouldn’t choose a favorite, but some of the authors I read are Helen Kirkman and Joanna Bourne. I love Bourne’s The Spymaster’s Lady. I also love a few older novels, To Kill A Mockingbird and Windflower, which I read about once a year.

What are your favorite genres to read?

When time, I do read in a wide variety. Right now, I have about three books going, which isn’t unusual for me. One is a fantasy, one is a historical romance and the other is a book on writing.

How do you describe your writing style?

I think I’m a fairly simple writer. I try not to get too verbose, and I think I probably talk very similar to how I write. And I ask a lot of questions of my characters, as I do in life. My brothers said I should have been a lawyer.

Do you hear from your readers and what do they ask?

Thank goodness, yes. I love hearing from readers. Mostly they tell me how much they enjoyed the book. I haven’t had any write to me and complain, but I suppose they wouldn’t. Sometimes they say, “I have this great idea for a story. Can I send it to you?” And I must tell them that I have so many stories in my head now, I won’t live long enough to publish them all.

One last question before you go do you listen to music while you write?

I don’t listen to music while writing and never have. It has to very quiet when I write or I can’t concentrate. I know there are authors who wear headphones when they write, but that wouldn’t work for me.

We hope you enjoyed stopping by Sapphire Romance Realm. Tomorrow, you can have another chance to win Where The Rain Is Made by stopping by Happily Ever After Reviews & Talk About My Favorite Authors Blog

Now for the GIVEAWAY!!!!! Keta will be giving away one copy of Where The Rain Is Made in PDF. To be eligible, all you have to do is...

Follow my blog

Follow Keta’s Erotic Romance Blog, http://ketaskeep.blogspot.com/ and,

Leave a comment below with your e-mail address.

A winner will be selected at random from the qualifying comments in 3 days and announced here on the blog, so be sure and check back to see if you won. Keta will be notified by me and will send the book directly to you. Good luck to everyone, and again, thanks for dropping by!

Labels: Contest, Giveaway, Interview, Keta Diablo

6 comments:

Keta Diablo said...: Hi Jenn, you know I love your blog. Peeps, did you know she's also a graphic designer and does wonderful work!

Thanks so much for hosting Where The Rain Is Made on the blog tour. Good luck to all in the contest! If you win a copy of WTRIM I hope you enjoy reading it.

I loved writing about Meko and Cesca.

Have a wonderful week everyone and thanks so much for dropping by.

Best, Keta
http://www.ketadiablo.com; September 20, 2010 6:55 AM
Abigail-Madison Chase said...: Loved the Interview! U have a great mom!; September 20, 2010 7:19 AM
Brita Addams said...: Hi Keta,
I'm deep into the book now (can only read at night so it takes me longer to finish) and I love Meko and Cesca. I'm proud for you. Memorable characters for sure.

Brita; September 20, 2010 7:24 AM
Cecile said...: Woooohooooooo!!!!!!!! Great interview! This is awesome honey ~ both the interview and giveaway! You rock honey!!!
Please count me in!!!!
Awesome!
alliwantandmorebooks@ gmail.com; September 20, 2010 9:19 PM
Carol L. said...: Hi Keta,
I love when the past and present come together like that. I can't wait to read it. Thanks for another opportunity to win.
Carol L.
Lucky4750@aol.com; September 21, 2010 7:51 AM
Stella (Ex Libris) said...: Hi Keta, thanks for the nice interview! :-)

I keep "stalking" you on this blog tour, because not only would I like to win a copy of Where the Rain is Made, I enjoy getting to know more bits about you and your writing process :-) Congrats on the release!

I follow both your blogs.

Thank you!

stella.exlibris (at) gmail (dot) com; September 22, 2010 4:10 AM

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