tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:159441Writings and ramblingsBlog of random life things by Jacqueline Brockerjacquelineb2015-07-27T21:10:54Ztag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-01:159441:91264Guest Post: Interview with Giacomo Lee2015-06-11T08:04:12Z2015-07-27T21:10:54Zpublic0<p><img src="http://jacquelinebrocker.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/funerealcover1.jpg" alt="Funereal cover" width="375" height="600" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-3381" />Today I have a different kind of guest interview. Normally I feature other erotica writers, but for change, I’ve invited my friend Giacomo Lee to talk his new novel <em>Funereal</em>, which is set in present day South Korea (a current interest of mine, sparked by… well, if you were paying attention when I did my <a href="http://jacquelinebrocker.net/category/gentlemen-of-intriguing-appearance/">Gentlemen of Intriguing Appearance</a> series you might know why.)</p>
<p>Before the interview, first, a blurb about <em>Funereal</em>.</p>
<p><strong>Throw yourself a funeral. But will it make you happy?</strong></p>
<p>Soobin Shin is an aspiring young woman in a near-future version of Seoul. Ever since her college graduation, she has struggled to escape from her dead-end job in a doughnut chain. Her twin sister Hyewon is one of Korea’s most recognizable models, but Soobin just can’t seem to find her lucky break… until one evening, a creepy regular customer offers her a job in a company he has just started. OneLife Korea is going to save South Korea one funeral at a time… by burying the living in order to help them find some peace of mind in the country with the highest suicide rate in the developed world.</p>
<p>Soobin has already lost her mother, and her relationship with her boyfriend is on the rocks. What else does she have to lose? Everything at OneLife Korea seems perfect until high-profile clients actually start dying. Soobin Shin is Korea’s beautiful new angel of death, and Funereal is a snapshot of a city in flux, taking a look at the dark side to surgery, survival, and stardom in the near future of one of Asia’s most dynamic capitals.</p>
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<p>The winner from last week’s giveaway on the <em>Tailor Made</em> post for works from Josephine Myles backlist is MarMight! Congratulations! Jo will be in touch with you shortly. <img src="http://jacquelinebrocker.esquinx.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="wp-smiley" /> </p>
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Today I have a great interview with <a href="http://josephinemyles.com/" title="Josephine Myles" target="_blank">Josephine Myles</a> for her m/m erotic romance <em>Tailor Made</em>, which has just been re-released. And there is also a giveaway – read to the bottom of the post for details on how to enter!</p>
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<p>My first time hosting an interview here on my blog! I’m very pleased to have a Q&A from Nephylim for the anthology of supernatural m/m stories, <em>Hump in the Night</em>. </p>
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<em>How long have you been writing for?</em></p>
<p>All my life. </p>
<p>I remember when I was a kid, maybe ten or eleven, my mother would be constantly having a go at me for ‘having my nose in a book’. It didn’t matter to her whether I was reading or writing it was an alien concept. The only thing read in our house was the daily newspaper.</p>
<p>If I had gone to university straight from school I would have done an English Degree and would probably have started getting my writing out there sooner, but I decided to take a year out and work, then things drifted by and I eventually moved into Law.</p>
<p>It wasn’t until about five years ago anyone else read a word I’d written, although there were hundreds of thousands on the computer waiting to be read. When they did read they urged me to publish online, which I did with Gay Authors and the rest is history.</p>
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<p>Better today, mind, and I was able to get on with a few blogging things I’d wanted to do for a while. It’s a shame my head was the way it was, because I’ve been on leave for two weeks and had lots of time to write – life just got in the way, and resulted in me fretting about writing matters in general, which tends to lead to, guess what, no writing.</p>
<p>That said, I did get some more words down on a longer piece I have in the works, and in the good news, I’ve had some acceptances over the past week, which I shouldn’t talk about just yet, but suffice to say I’m pretty happy about.</p>
<p>And also! My first interview at someone else’s blog. <a href="http://www.ljlabarthe.com/" title="L.J. LaBarthe">L.J. LaBarthe </a> has <a href="http://misslj-author.livejournal.com/47563.html" title="Interview at LJ LaBarthe">this interview up on her LiveJournal</a>. I hope I’ve managed to sound at least a little intelligent rather than incoherent. <img src="http://jacquelinebrocker.esquinx.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif" alt=";)" class="wp-smiley" /> </p>
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