{"id":603,"date":"2014-09-22T12:36:18","date_gmt":"2014-09-22T16:36:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beydeckard.com\/blog\/?p=603"},"modified":"2014-09-22T17:23:25","modified_gmt":"2014-09-22T21:23:25","slug":"beth-brock-mm-author","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beydeckard.com\/blog\/beth-brock-mm-author\/","title":{"rendered":"Beth Brock – M\/M Author"},"content":{"rendered":"

Next up we have Beth Brock, author of the up and coming novel, King of the Storm.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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Hiya Beth - welcome to my blog!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Can you\u00a0describe yourself as a writer in ten words or less?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019m a bully who relentlessly picks on gender stereotypes.<\/p>\n

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You\u2019ve just submitted your first novel to a publisher. How does that feel?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Terrifying. Like I\u2019m the first one to get laid in a horror flick.<\/p>\n

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What was the impetus behind going with traditional publishing?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Connection and security.<\/p>\n

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Can you tell us a little about the story?<\/strong><\/p>\n

My novel is a MM Erotic Romantic Fantasy set in a made-up world, but loosely based off of Ancient Greek mythology. I\u2019d love to say that it\u2019s a pure and true romance, but I can\u2019t. It seems to be more about a demigod hero who doesn\u2019t want to be a hero, fighting against the expectations of the mortal society in which he lives in, and the meddling of the gods. There\u2019s definitely drama (these are the Greek<\/em> gods), and there is the occasional tender moment, but it\u2019s mostly fighting and fucking. *grin<\/em>*<\/p>\n

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What do you struggle with the most in your writing?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Making the scenery come alive, so that it serves more of a purpose to the story.<\/p>\n

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Since someone told me this is National\u00a0M\/M month or something, what do you think you bring to the genre?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I had never read Romance, of any type, before I started my novel. I finished my first draft and then realized that maybe I should read a romance, and maybe see if there were any works like mine out there. Mostly I think I was trying to justify the fact that I had written a dirty story. I was partly successful.<\/p>\n

I found some great Romance that I truly respect, and I\u2019ll continue to read MM. But I still haven\u2019t found a story that\u2019s quite like mine. Maybe that\u2019s a good thing. Or not. I don\u2019t know. I do<\/em> know that I can contribute something to the genre.<\/p>\n

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You and I have talked about having a little F in our M\/M - how do you think that will effect the reception of your work?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I don\u2019t know exactly, but I can tell you how I felt about writing it.<\/p>\n

I never felt so much disappointment over my characters\u2019 limitations, as I did during those moments between my protagonist and the woman in his life. I wanted to change both of them, make them more appealing somehow, but I couldn\u2019t. They were who they were, the ugliness and the beauty. It was an agonizing struggle for me to accept that.<\/p>\n

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And finally: what do your characters mean to you?<\/strong><\/p>\n

My characters are people who are reality challenged - they exist only in my imagination. But I want others to see them too. I want them to be \u201creal\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Thank you, Beth - and good luck with the novel!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thank you for the interview. This was fun.<\/p>\n

Beth Brock
\nbethbrockbooks@gmail.com
\n<\/a>bethbrockbooks.com<\/a>
\nGoogle+<\/a><\/p>\n

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Next up we have Beth Brock, author of the up and coming novel, King of the Storm.\u00a0 Hiya Beth – welcome to my blog! Can you\u00a0describe yourself as a writer in ten words or less? I\u2019m a bully who relentlessly picks on gender stereotypes.   You\u2019ve just submitted your first novel to a publisher. How does that feel? Terrifying. Like I\u2019m the first one to get laid in a horror flick.   What was the impetus behind going with traditional publishing? Connection and security.   Can you tell us a little about the story? My novel is a MM Erotic … <\/p>\n

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