HI,
TONEY. TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT YOURSELF.
I'm a writer, father, husband, health enthusiast, and
in general I can't seem to stop bouncing off the walls.
WHEN
DID YOU START WRITING?
When did I start? Wow. I actually, technically started
about a decade ago when my wife and I first married and moved away from our
family. I wrote a story back then that has never been published. Then about a
half-decade ago I got a bit more serious and started writing what's published
now.
WHAT'S
YOUR FAVORITE GENRE AND WHY?
My favorite genre? I can't honestly say I have a
favorite genre to write. I've written some humor, some drama, some romance,
some hard-core sex, and am dabbling in sci-fi. They each have their exciting
moments.
WHO
ARE YOUR FAVORITE AUTHORS AND HOW DO THEY INFLUENCE YOUR WRITING?
My favorite author, without a doubt, is Nora Roberts
writing as J.D. Robb. It was reading her Naked In Death that inspired me to
start writing more seriously. That was literally the first book I'd read in my
life that I could not put down. I had never picked up another author that
captured me that well. To this day, it's mainly when I read another book by her
that it helps to kindle the fire inside to give me more creative ideas for my
own stories.
DO
YOU PREFER TO WRITE SHORT OR LONG STORIES?
I prefer to write stories that are longer than just
one page. Though, I admit, I have a really tough time stretching a story out to
the length that Stephen King or others like that do, but I also have a really
tough time trying to tell a complete, full story with depth in just one page.
So, I don't like messing with short stories. Even the "short stories"
I have out, the All Jacked Up series, are really mini episodes in Jack's
overall story. They are each one stage of his life and journey. I like to get
into each character and it's tough to really dive into their motivations,
feelings, dreams, desires, and resolutions in just a short space...and have the
reader actually know and feel what's going on.
ABOUT
'MONICA', WHAT'S THE STORY ABOUT?
In it's essence, Monica focuses on one lady that is a part
of the cast of Money Talks (continuing story). It's a story that allows the
reader to get into the peak of the mind and heart of this one lady and will
likely give most readers a completely different perspective on why she is who
she is. She's multi-faceted. Most readers will have the impression, at first,
that she's manipulative, tough as nails, a seductress, maybe even evil.
However, after peeking closer in Monica, most readers will likely be left with
another view of this complex woman.
WHAT
FEEDBACK ARE YOU GETTING ON THIS STORY?
The feedback that I get, in general, still surprises
me to this day. I guess as my own toughest critic, I cringe at knowing either
what I left out (and wondering if I left out too much to get the point across)
or in general hoping I painted the picture that I wanted to paint. My feedback
is usually that readers relate to and love the story and characters...yet as
their creator, I know I can do better. Of course, all of us, as artists, have
those negative feedbacks, and I like even those because it helps me to see my
weaknesses in, hopefully, a new light, and be able to improve on that as well.
WHAT
ARE YOUR PLANS FOR THE FUTURE IN WHAT COMES TO WRITING?
My future writing plans include sitting by a bay
window, overlooking the ocean, watching nature change from minute to minute, as
I sit with my headphones in, music cranked up, and letting the characters and
their stories continue to flow out of me. One can dream, right? I plan to keep
All Jacked Up going for quite a long time. He has a long story and journey to
talk about. I have one more book to finish the series that Monica is from. Then
I'm dabbling in other areas, such as the sci-fi. I also have a couple of other
stories that I'm playing with. A bit sci-fi, a bit almost religious, and I can
probably never leave the hot sex stories completely alone.
WHERE
CAN READERS FIND YOU?
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