STEVE RYAN! LEGEND OF AIR ROCK! (nb: not Ayers Rock)
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A while back, I interviewed a top lad, Steve Weinberger, author of the hilarious book, No Air Guitars Allowed (to recap your memory, here’s the interview link). A little while later, I got a message on Twitter from a guy from New York City, not that I knew this, as I didn’t have a clue how to use bloody Twitter. Anyway, a week ago, I worked it out and managed to read the message from a certain Steve Ryan, boasting of his success on the air guitar scene - former New York City champ. I was sceptical, after all, I’ve always considered myself a bit of a master of the air-axe. What makes him so good? I decided to contact Steve, to find out what all the fuss was about…
It’s not every day that you speak to a man and say “I have never met anybody in the world quite like you, before.” In fact, if memory serves me correctly, only Kendo Nagasaki, Nigel Havers and Steven Segal were on that list…until now. I can guarantee that you, reader, have never met or heard of anyone quite like Steve Ryan (disclaimer: this doesn’t include people who know or have heard of Steve Ryan).
Ladies and gentlemen, I introduce to you a Legend of Air-Rock!
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Steve, you were NYC Air Guitar Champ. The champ, man. Firstly, how can you be a champ at playing something that doesn’t exist?
You can be a champ at anything, and many things. Not only am I an Air Guitar Champion, I’m also a Skeeball Champion and an Air Sex Champion. The Air Guitar competitions are run like Olympic Ice Skating. You have 3 judges scoring you between 4.0 and 6.0. You are judged on technical ability, stage presence, and airness, which is exactly what it sounds like.
There’s an artistic program and a compulsory song, and, like in Ice Skating, you wear lots of spandex while drinking mass amounts of alcohol. You have 60 seconds with a song of your choice in round one and if your scores are high enough you move into round two where a 60 second song is thrust upon you, like Odin’s Hammer was to the Mighty Thor. Only he is truly worthy can handle the power.
So what makes you so damn good?
I was born with a chemical imbalance. I have about 300% more awesome in me than the average, healthy American. Doctors can’t really do anything about it; they tried Lame-therapy, but my system kept rejecting it.
I had a similar issue with piles.
Air Guitar is about energy. You have to amp up the crowd, you have to carry a force around in your hands and make it seem as though you are powering the music, not just moving along to it. You don’t need to know how to play (I can’t play at all) but I can make you believe that I bleed heavy metal and vomit hard rock. My suggestion to all who enlist in the Air Guitarmy is that they should engage, if not outright interact with, the crowd, use the space on the stage, and stop looking like a tool. Think about your song choices, your costume choices, and act like you’re shagging your hot cousin. Sure it’s wrong, but it feels so right.
Amen, brother. How did you know you could cut the mustard?
I originally showed up at Aireoke because I used to be a Karaoke DJ and I was hoping to find something lower on the food chain. But after half a bottle of Jack Daniels I was convinced to go do Bohemian Rhapsody (possibly the very hardest Air Guitar song in the book) and I won a $50 gift certificate at some guitar shop (I bought a tamborine). I was approached by a man know as Air Lingus, who told me I had potential to be one of the greatest. Finally my mother was proud of all the laziness I gave to all the music lessons I didn’t take throughout my youth.
Champion of New York is pretty impressive? You got any plans to conqueor the world with your air guitar?
First, I have to win the National Title. I couldn’t compete last year because I broke my foot and gave my spot up to a really strong contender named Shreddy Mercury, who lost. He was beaten by Hott Lixx Houlihan, who I had demolished in NYC. He then scampered to and won DC and then the nationals. He was then crowned 2008 World Champion in Finland. For a year I was better than the best Air Guitarist in the World. He hates when I say that, but what can he do about it? I’ll tell what he can do: He was one of the judges this year and he tanked my scores. He was like the Russian Olympic judges in the 1980s.
I am however a member of Category Sixx, The World’s Greatest Air Band. I play keys.
So at least I’m the number 1 Air Pianist in the world. Hey, that sounds like Air Penis, no wonder I’m an Air Sex Champ!
I thought you were joking? Air sex? As an English gent, I think I could only do that with the light off. How the hell do you win?
Well, most importantly you have remember to stretch often and drink a lot of water. Of course, that’s only foreplay. Once you’re on the stage and full on shagging your invisible partner, as with most air-tivities, you need to be effing wasted. I don’t just mean tipsy or drunk - no sir - if I can still feel my face I’m doing something wrong. Now, this is where I get a little preachy and political, but deal with it. You have to practice safe air sex. You have to. I’m not just talking about the pill, you need to where protection. If you’re not wearing a condom, you might catch some airborne disease.
Like flu? Anyway, when Steve Ryan isn’t playing air guitar, trying to have some of his awesomeness removed, playing skeeball, or air-shagging or real-shagging his hot cousin, what does he do?
Isn’t that enough for one man? One mortal man, perhaps, but you’re right; there is more. I am a filmmaker, I produce television and video (www.independenttogether.net), I work with the CockEyed Optimist Theatre Company (donate now!), I am a puppeteer with the Czechoslovak American Marionette Theatre, I’m putting together a rock and Roll Puppet Revival Show where I play a Satanic creature who saves souls. I also gamble and drink. A lot. Which might be why I’m trying to turn my Meat Loaf tribute show (Anything for Love) into a full fledged Vegas Act.
Steve, it has been an absolute pleasure.
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Nick Tate Has Entered The Building
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As you well know, I’m the lead singer in the band, Five Inches of Steel. Admittedly, we don’t write our own music; we certainly don’t play our own music; we don’t sing live; we look crap without make-up; but we do write our own lyrics, which means we ain’t doing too bad when compared to some of the reality-rubbish we get these days.
That’s why I am so pleased to introduce to you Nick Tate, a young musician who has taken the route into music involving working hard, developing his own sound and tapping into his raw talent. I was lucky enough to catch up with the man himself and find out all about him and his, soon to be released, debut album.
Nick, first of all, thanks for stopping by. Why don’t you start telling us about you, and what got you into music.
Afternoon. It’s all a bit random really. Firstly, I come from a pretty musical family. My granddad was a composer and arranger, as well as the conductor for the BBC Scottish National Orchestra. We had his piano sat in our living room at home. Myself and my two brothers were all sat down as seven-years-olds and told we had to learn to play the piano or we wouldn’t be getting any food and that our hands would be chopped off…OK, that’s probably a slight exaggeration, but it was basically a given that we’d all play, because everyone, and I mean everyone, plays something.
That sounds great. The Jackman family didn’t indulge in such culture, although Old Man Jacko told me he threatened Des O’Connor, once.
Hang on - did he threaten Des, or did he threaten you with Des. Both a bit random.
I grew up enjoying a real eclectic set of music, a lot of early jazz, blues and then obviously stuff like The Beatles, Stones and Beach Boys. I picked up guitar when I was about thirteen to play through the Oasis and Nirvana songbook (having become utterly sick of jazz). I always kept it going, not taking it too seriously, but then I totally screwed my back, when I was twenty-one, and kind of found it again. That coincided with a move to London after Uni. and, all of a sudden, I found I had a lot to write about. London’s mental, especially when you’re managing two careers, one that pays the rent and one that you really love, which is music. I started playing gigs, just because I wanted people to hear the tunes. London’s weird because people really don’t talk to each other so for some unknown reason I thought it might help.
Damn straight they don’t talk. The cockneys just ignore you. Dizzee Rascal completely blanked me when I asked him to pull my finger.
Haha - I’m sure it’s not just Grime artists mate. The thought would terrify anyone with a nose. As for the feeling of anonymity in London, it’s weird as I’m from a small town outside Nottingham where everyone knows your business. I haven’t lived there for six years and people still know my business but I think that’s more down to Facebook and my mum. There’s no community in London, although, mentally, people are very much in the same place which is why I find it quite strange. Also, everyone’s on top of each other, all of the time. Ever tried the tube in rush hour? It’s like being in a sardine can…in Hell.
Mentally the same? No other region is deranged enough to say “apples and pears” when they unclearly mean “stairs.” Jesus, what’s cockney rhyming slang for “Stennah Stair Lift”? (Oh, and RIP Thora Hird)
Cockneys were put on this world to confuse people. That’s why everyone wonders what Danny Dyer is actually famous for, because let’s face it, it ain’t his acting, and he looks proper shit-scared on “Britain’s Hardest” or whatever it’s called.
I like the episode where he wouldn’t stay out in the woods, for a night, because he needed a poo. Back to your music, what makes Nick Tate’s sound, Nick Tate’s sound?
I think the jazz influence certainly comes through, as well as blues and rock. F*ck - writing this makes me now think that I play in a jazz/blues/rock fusion band which is a bit worrying! I try and write tracks that people can relate to, whether that’s something that gets you going, or something more melodic. I’ve always wanted to play stuff that sounds, well, good, but is also music that people can understand. Being very musical is also really important to us. I sat down with my drummer, Dom, at the start of this, and we talked about what we wanted to do. We both agreed that it was incredibly important for the musicianship to come through on all of the tunes. Translated, this probably meant he wanted to do a shit load of drum solos, but we’re totally dedicated to making the songs sound as good as possible, both live and recorded, for both our own sakes and the audience. Why don’t you decide? Go to http://www.myspace.com/nicktatemusic where there are a few songs from the album that you can listen to.
Sounds great, my man. Sounds great. What can you tell us about the new album?
Well, it’s called “Turn Into Twilight” and it’s basically about an experience of living in a big city.
Have you written a song about getting black boogers when travelling on the tube? Actually, that would go well to Ram Jam’s “Black Betty”. “Big Black Boogers, bambalam, Big Black Booger, bambalam…”
“Black Booger from the sweat bammalamm”? Nice. There’s a cover right there methinks. As for the big smoke, I find it weird that I’d probably be a different person if I’d moved back home. I guess London or any big city acts a filter to your experiences.
What do you mean by that?
Big cities are pressure pots. My dad always said they’re like sewers, and that big shits rise to the top, but then again he also thinks the best thing to come out of London is the road north. I think living in London leaves you with a thick skin. It’s abrasive, it’s a real assault on the senses which takes a lot of getting used to. The pace is different is well, so I think it’s made me work harder, act less complacent and probably see more opportunities.
How long did it take you to record the album?
It took from December ‘08 to Sepetember ‘09, so close to ten months and was a real labour of love. Balancing day jobs, gigs, recordings and people’s availability is a real mission and often involved getting up earlier, going to bed later and letting a lot of people down. I was really lucky to get picked up by a producer who not only loved the tracks but who had as harsh a work ethic as I do.
So, if I was put “Turn Into Twilight” into my music collection, which artists would it sit well with (assuming I don’t organise my CDs in alphabetical order)?
It’s a difficult one, most artists hate answering this question because it makes it sound like they’ve nicked ideas and their sound from someone else. I’d stick myself half way between John Mayer (but less bluesy), Ray LaMontagne (but less acoustic), Jack Johnson (without the surfboard), The Fray (without the ugly lead singer), Dave Matthew Band (without the random melodies and jazz flute) people like that really. I’d be pretty chuffed if I was compared to any of them to be honest with you. Sorry lead singer of the Fray-you’re beautiful in your own way : )
You’re beautiful too, Nick…swoon
…erm…right…how about I just stick you between Power Ballads 5 and Power Ballads 6.
Nice - thanks for that. Top Gear Driving Anthems here I come….
When’s the album out and have you got any party plans?
The official launch date is November 17th and it’s going out through iTunes. We’ve got 1000 limited editions pressed to sell at gigs and get out to radio stations and all that. The album launch party is at The Green Carnation, 5 Greek Street, Soho, London, on the 17th Nov and we’ve got some great support acts. Failing, that you can get a sneak preview now at www.nicktate.co.uk and there’s the usual info and gig dates and all that stuff on their too.
Lastly mate, fancy joining up with Five Inches of Steel?
Which artists would it sit well with?
I’ll take that as a no.
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Soldiers Base Jump for the Poppy
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I’m not a crazy guy. “What do you mean, you’re not crazy, Jacko?” you cry. Yeah, it’s surprising. After all, I studied science at university; I spend my evenings in front of a computer, writing fictional tales about vampires and benefit-fraud; and I was Great Yarmouth’s finest table tennis player, U15 category, in the year of 1995.
Those things may sound like off-the-wall shenanigans to you, but seriously, I’m a meat and potatoes kind of guy. I’m from Norfolk and we don’t like crazy stuff (marrying sisters isn’t crazy, it’s legal). We like a nice quite life, and we believe that B.A.S.E. Jumping is something that can only be enjoyed by the clinically insane (incidentally, these people are not insane; they are possessed by demons, demons possibly from Suffolk).
For those who don’t know what B.A.S.E. jumping is, have a read of this…Go Go Wikipedia
For those who can’t read (my Norfolk brethren)…
I’ll take them at table tennis.
Damn impressive, huh? The lads in the video are part of the Jump4Heroes team and Major Alastair Macartney, Warrant Officer Class One Spencer Hogg and Corporal Deane Smith went on to jump off the bloody Eiger (it’s in the vid, actually). Clint Eastwood could only perform a sanction on the Eiger, these boys jumped off it!
Jump4Heroes aren’t happy at simply jumping off a ridiculously dangerous rock. No, they’ve got something bigger planned. Ruth Powell is the PR consultant behind the boys. She used to work for Apple Computers, but now she’s a marketing pro who uses all her skills, creativity, expertise and a li’l’ bit of magic and love for a successful, high profile fund-raising campaign for UK charity, Help for Heroes which supports the wounded in current conflicts. So far, she’s helped raise over a million quid! She volunteers for all this. She’s a bloody good egg. She took time to tell me what these guys have got planned next.
Ruth, great to have you here. Jump4Heroes, are they just a group of mentalists? Can you tell us a bit about them?
I help out on a number of fundraising projects behind Help for Heroes and Jump4Heroes is one of them. They kinda kidnapped me (not in a bad way) and I’ve been involved with some of their daredevil, high visibility activities which raise publicity and awareness for the service charities.
What sort of things have they done?
Well you’ve posted the video of their Norway training and their Eiger jump. They come up with some awesome ideas such as sky diving in a red poppy formation over Tower Bridge for Poppy Day, and calmly stepping off the top of a pod of the London Eye. They’re dedicated professionals, and serving officers too, so every trip is leave. Alastair looks after the other two, who we call the ‘kids.’ Smudge (Dean) is a Para commando and defuses the IEDs [Improvised Explosive Device, or bombs for us civvies] in Afghanistan. I can’t imagine the nerves of steel you’d need for a job that dangerous but he doesn’t tell me much, he just comes back and gets jumping. Spence is also a top army Nordic skier. He jumped freefall and took their this fantastic picture.
I think they’re more than brave. Their military discipline makes sure they do things absolutely accurately. They’re the ultimate professionals. ‘Adrenaline junkies’ I think young people of today call them.
Yes, we do.
They’re determined to get me doing something called a tandem.
Oh aye….
Pack it in! I jumped out of a perfectly good plane in Hereford once. A SAS man trained me and shouted VERY LOUDLY and quite rudely for me to get out of the open door so Alistair reckons Ive got it in me but need the real experts to tandem. You’re welcome to join us, Jacko?
I’d love to Ruth, but, unfortunately, a freak table tennis accident in my younger days means that won’t be happening, nor will regular intercourse. Tough leagues, back then, man. Tough leagues.
Chicken.
Moving on. What have they got planned next? Eiger not big enough?
No it’s not! The boys want a world record. They want to take part in something that can only be called the marathon of B.A.S.E. jumps. Alastair and Smudge will take part in the record attempt, jumping off the Menara Kuala Lumpur Tower in Malaysia during 28-29 October 2009 (starting about midnight, UK time). It’s the fifth highest communications tower in the World.
Whoa! The jump will be a cakewalk compared to surviving an attack from that giant nerd and his merciless use of Star Trek facts.
Erm…try this one, my dear:
Oh, right. Look at the size of that thing!
The daredevil B.A.S.E. jumpers will leap from 915 feet, with up to 6 seconds in freefall before opening their parachutes and floating down to delicately land in front of the crowds of spectators.
That’s mighty impressive. So what makes this a world record?
The lads will form part of a team of 24 people, each who, over 24 hours, will jump each hour, every hour. They’ll be jumping with the Royal British Legion flag (poppy) and, as this is a world record attempt, it will definitely get lots of publicity.
And damned right it should. That is an amazing feat of endurance. This isn’t the sort of thing people usually do for charity events, is it? Couldn’t they have sat in a bath of beans for a medium-to-long period of time?
These guys don’t make things easy for themselves. They are serving soldiers who are paying tribute and respect to those out there, those fallen and those wounded. Remember
How can people donate money to Help the Heroes and Jump for Heroes?
They can find out more from the websites: http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk/ and http://www.jump4heroes.com/ There are links there to all the other activities that are going on and also links for donating money to these fantastic causes.
There you have it folks, and to finish…here’s a salute to the greatest B.A.S.E Jumper in history.
He’s never sat in a bath of beans, either.
Tags: Alastair Macartney, B.A.S.E., bath of beans, charity, Clint Eastwood, Deane Smith, Help4Heroes, Interview, jump, Jump4Heroes, jumping, Kuala Lumpar, London eye, Malaysia, mark jackman, Menara Kuala Lumpur Tower, nerd, parachute, poppy, rememberance, Roger Moore, Royal British Legion, Ruth Powell, Spencer Hogg, star trek, The Eiger Sanction, The Spy Who Loved Me
Jim Brown, The Man From LL-Publications, Publisher of The Great Right Hope
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MJ: A big hello to Jim Brown, head honcho at LL-Publications, publisher of The Great Right Hope. Glad to have you here, Jim.
JB: Great to be here! Actually, I half expected Sid to make an appearance. How is the Man of the North doing?
MJ: Sid is battling his way through the sequel, right now. He’d be here, but the Big Man doesn’t trust the Scottish. It’s the kilts. The Great Right Hope hits the shops on 1st August, what was it that made LL-Publications decide to take a chance on Sid Tillsley, Middlesbrough’s most famous hero?
JB: It’s all Mark Jackman’s fault, really. Not satisfied with writing a truly hilarious story, he did insist on keeping up contact, being civil and patient, until eventually he wore us down!
MJ: Yes, ironically, some have referred to me as an annoying prick before.
JB: Seriously, though, it was all down to the humour of the piece. The Great Right Hope is simply an astonishingly funny story, unlike anything we’ve seen. We like “different”, you see? And in Big Sid we have the most unlikely (anti)hero ever in literary history!
MJ: “Most unlikely hero in literary history!” I like the sound of that. Take that Shakespeare, you arse! We’ve got a big LL-Publications author’s day in Geordie-land. Can you tell us a bit about that?
JB: All being well, the cream of LL-Publications (that’s yours truly, editor/author Zetta Brown, authors Mark Jackman, Peter Ashley, Tony McGuin, and colleague Ellen Dean will descend upon the Borders bookstore in Gateshead near Newcastle, UK., for a day (August 23rd) of book-signings, chat, and screaming groupies. We hope to leave with our clothing intact…
MJ: I hope so, too. The groupies are getting a little much, if I’m honest. Tell us about LL-publications, when and why did you breathe life into the business?
JB: I breathed life into writing and publishing after I almost stopped breathing life into myself! Many years ago I suffered a heart condition and was ordered to rest completely until my body had recovered. That meant five months of doing absolutely nothing physically; even walking twenty yards left me breathless and sweating. And so I started writing, out of sheer boredom. Somehow, lord knows why, I found I was quite good at writing smut, especially comic smut. I had several shorts stories published online, and it was while part of an online readers group that two important life-changing events occurred:
1) I started a tiny part-time publishing company, and
2) I met my wife, Zetta
A publishing company is not something that suddenly appears, especially when, like myself, you’re starting at the very bottom of the pile knowing very little about the publishing industry. It’s taken a long time to build, because I’ve kept it part-time while growing contacts and forming good relationships with great authors and other notable people in the industry. With the additional help from Zetta - who is by far the perfect example of “Behind every man stands a great woman” (Her version is, “Behind every man stands a great woman - with an air freshener…”), we have built very steadily in the last two years. We have stuck solidly to our principles of publishing good books. Not everyday light reading, but original, creative, different stories. We love “different”. We could have formulated a plan to publish everything half-decent we received, especially when we turned full-time, but we will stick rigidly to only publishing works we think fit the “original and creative” label.
Nowadays, in addition to publishing full-time, Zetta and I offer services to other publishers through http://www.jimandzetta.com: editing, proofreading, typesetting, and ebook converions.
MJ: You recently gave LL-Publications a brand new makeover. What thangs have you got going on?
JB: We’ve undergone a wholesale makeover this year, with the introductions of two official blogs as well as the revamped websites and an additional publisher and author services website at http://www.jimandzetta.com. The blogs (http://llpublications.wordpress.com, http://logicallust.wordpress.com) already have some fantastic content, and we have some great interviews lined up in the coming weeks from authors and other industry personalities.
MJ: Apart from yours truly, what other authors and titles do you have in your stable?
JB: We have GREAT books and stories, from some of the world’s best genre fiction authors as well as authors you are going to hear a LOT more of - like horror author Ben Larken, whose debut novel we published - PIT-STOP - which won the 2009 EPPIE award for Best Horror; like Sci-Fi supremo Darrell Bain, whose works have won awards left right and centre. He has BARK! and a short story duo published with us. As well as an award, our books have been getting regular FIVE STAR reviews from established reviewers and the reading public. Look out too for our latest release; Peter Ashley’s A HUMAN REACTION.
Also watch out for some stunning books to come, like Mark’s follow up to THE GREAT RIGHT HOPE, Ben Larken’s second novel THE HOLLOWS, an anthology by Darrell Bain, a wonderfully written mystery by M. Millswan, plus plenty more on the romance/erotica imprint.
MJ: What are your long-term goals for LL?
JB: The goals are two-fold: One, is to naturally grow to be a reputable business that can represent authors fully, providing them with a slice of income from royalties they receive, and providing me with a living, of course. Two, is to become known to readers as a publisher of damn good books to read.
Neither one of those is easy. In any economic climate, unless you have that wonderful invention or patent no-one else has, you have to face competition and competition in the book industry is fierce. Readers are simply spoilt for choice, and to build a reputation on both counts requires honesty and integrity. I want authors to come to us to have their books published, and readers to come to buy them.
MJ: If you could give an author one piece of advice for getting their work published, what would it be?
JB: Be professional. As an author, to get your book published you need to deal with professionals, be that publisher a large outfit or a smaller independent. If you don’t, or won’t, be professional in your undertaking, you will quickly find that you’ll be passed by in favour of those that do. Publishers and authors now need to work together with a common goal. That requires team-work, and a professional outlook.
MJ: Cheers Jim. Professional, that’s me all over, baby. Now pull my finger.
Seriously, pull my finger.
Drop Jim a question, or check out the rest of what LL-Publications has to offer on their website.
Tags: A Human Reaction, Bark, Darrell Bain, Ellen Dean, Gateshead Borders, Jim Brown, jimandzetta, LL-Publications, Logical-Lust, Ordinary World, Peter Ashley, Roger Federer is a dreamboat, Tony McGuin, Zetta Brown
Tresart L. Sioux: Author, Artist and Much, Much More!
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Hey Tre, thanks for stopping by. Tell us a bit about yourself?
Well, what do you want to know? LOL!
Everything!
I grew up on a farm in Texas and then went on to live in Minnesota, North Carolina and New Jersey. I’m now back in North Carolina, which I love!
I’ve always enjoyed art and writing. My friends and I would come up with short stories about living on the farm and beating up any boys that tried to kiss us.
A fun fact: My bedroom is a shrine to horror movies, classic movies and my art. I wish I had pictures to share at the moment, but perhaps in the future on one of my sites!
I’ve been writing erotica for several years. What I want is to reach the reader and to keep their attention. It’s not all about the steamy sex, but about actually having a story that keeps them interested and wanting to know more. The sex is just the icing on the cake and spoon. Ya just want to keep licking and licking!
What sort of erotica do you write?
I started off writing comedy erotica but I’ve expanded to many other areas. I’ve created a few horror erotica and I’m currently working on a series of suspense erotica. It’s fun to explore other areas and create for people who enjoy all types of erotica.
I take it that you write a horror or a suspense story with erotic scenes? Or can you have erotic scenes mixed with horror? When they lifted the lid of Dracula’s coffin, in order to drive a stake through his heart, it wouldn’t have worked if he was having a cheeky wank. I don’t write erotica for a reason. Please tell us, how you mix the two?
I really don’t have a formula for mixing both…it just comes out of me. If I think it will work then I’ll stick with it. Once finished I’ll send to friends or a group and see what they think.
Again, I just write what is inside me…if I feel it’s going downhill fast, I simply put it to the side for the moment.
Never rush creativity.
I often wonder if someone were to read one of my comedy/erotica and then horror/erotica if they would think it was by the same author? Hmmm…
So, what got you into writing erotica?
Writing erotica came to me by accident. I was researching erotic modelling and where to perhaps put my pictures up when I came across erotica-readers.com. I had no idea what it was, but became curious.
I remember when I joined I had no clue what I would write about or who these people were. Would they think my writing sucked once I did submit something? The first piece I created was a flasher called “Lesbian Superbowl Sunday.” I believe at that time the limit for words in a flasher was 100, but mine went way over! Despite not following the rules, I received wonderful and supportive words! That’s where it all began. I have never left that group and I never will. I’ve learned so much from so many people and have made wonderful friends!
“Lesbian Super Bowl!” Awesome combination! I also noticed that you have written “Chainsaw Slut.” You have come up with two of my favourite titles of all time; you have to tell us the story behind both!
Well, both of them are flashers that the titles just so happen to hit me. “Lesbian Super Bowl Sunday” is about two lovers. One of them is knows all about American football while the other is clueless. Needless to say there are a lot of sexual puns in this one.
“Chainsaw Slut” is one of those twisted flashers that came out of me and was also made the title of one of my books that is filled with short stories and flashers. I like to create serious erotica, but sometimes I love to do the B-side when it comes to writing.
Cool! Any other creative skills?
I also enjoy doing my art in several areas and occasionally will do erotic modelling.
Erotic modelling… I’m curious. Actually, I have a question. Most of my fans are also fans of the erotic arts, and most are subscribers to Razzle. Why is there always a woman covered in beans and other foodstuffs, starring as the centrefold spread? (if you can think of something erotic about baked bean coverage, I’ll be impressed)
I have no idea about the baked bean coverage. LOL!
As far as food and erotic pictures, I think that a lot of folks relate food to sex. Good food, good sex. I guess for some, it’s a turn on to see a woman covered in whipped cream or some other type of sinful delight. For me…I could go either way.
I don’t get the whole food and sex thing. Look, these are some of our UK chefs…
Have us Brits got something horribly wrong here?
LOL! I love cooking shows! Must admit I’ve never seen these folks before. The only thing I can think of is good food and good sex. We all like to eat something good…in the kitchen or in the bed.
What have you been working on recently?
As of now I’m published with renebooks and logical-lust in erotica. Currently, I’m working on several pieces. I’m hoping to submit to Cougar; I’m working on a mystery/suspense; my next instalment to my lyncanthropy novella, Ethel and Vivian novel, and one more novel full of short stories and flashers.
Any pieces of work in particular you’d like to mention?
I’m proud of all the work I have accomplished, but two pieces I’m extremely proud of:
“Out Of The Shadows” is my first full-length novel. It’s about a woman that is married and has two kids, but has known that she was a lesbian and is in love with a woman. It took five years to write this novel and make sure everything was where it should be. I had a lot of help with editing with some of the best writers and editors out there.
“I Hardly Knew You” is very graphic in all areas. This is a novella that I plan to continue in the future. The story deals with a woman that is going to a seedy motel to hook up with a woman she had met at a bar in the city. Needless to say she gets more than she bargained for. Probably one of the most graphic pieces I’ve created!
Both you can find at renebooks
So what does the future hold for Tresart L. Sioux?
Well, more new books and stories will be released along with adding new art to my site for those to view. I’d really like to get out at least three new novels and several short stories before the year 2010. Other than that…you just never know when it comes to me!
Thanks Tre
There you have it, guys; please take a look at Tre’s websites:
http://www.angelfire.com/art3/eroticatre
http://www.angelfire.com/movies/artist
And if you want to drop her a mail, you can reach her through: xenafkme@yahoo.com
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