Hey there everyone.

Glad you could make it, as always 🙂

For tonight’s guest in the Author Interviews Series, may I present to you all romance and erotica author Fionna Guillaume, as she goes into further detail about how her stories excite and stimulate the mind, as well as the heart and body.

 

Hi there Fionna, thank you for being our guest here today to talk about passionately about your erotic romance works and your own passions as a writer.

Let’s start with your novels themselves. Your tales are enriched with details that pay particular attention to building a firm foundation to deliver the narrative from, in order to give the eroticism more impact, which is very refreshing to see in this genre. One of the most erotic things that can be stimulated is the mind. Can you give us a brief description about every single one of your publications, you are now up to a dozen and each one has its own unique focal point worth touching upon.

Oh, my it is hard to be brief when describing such a diverse collection! My inspiration comes from all over, so the stories I write fall into many categories. I’ll attempt to organize them somewhat here:

* Erotic Romance * (sexy, but emphasis on relationship)
– An Amazon’s Equal : historical fantasy, in which a society of warrior women flourishes in the midst of the ancient Greek Empire. A full length novel.
– Major Arcana : experimental erotic romance, set in modern-day Seattle. My hometown! Free to read on WattPad.
– Taking The Reins : cute short erotica, in which cowboy meets horse-loving girl, and flirting at the horse show transfers into serious action in truck.
– Lemons In Their Slippers : an erotic romance retelling of the old fairy tale, Twelve Dancing Princesses

*Historical Erotica * (historical fiction, with focus on sex and relationships)
The complete collection is called “Flowers for the Ancients.” Included are the following stories:
– The Girl With The Golden Eye : an ancient seer whose future-sight is only released with orgasm.
– Sheba’s Lovely Maidens : a shy servant girl falls in love with an Israelite during the Queen of Sheba’s legendary visit to King Solomon’s court.
– Queen of Beauty : now middle aged, the celebrated Queen Nefertiti struggles to hold Egypt together in the midst of her husband’s fatal illness. In the meantime, she is falling rapidly in lust with the court sculptor.
– How The Lotus Blossoms : lovely and graceful, but disabled by a club foot, the courtesan Yao Niang will do anything to capture the Emperor’s attention.
– Buktu’s Well : a lesbian slowly reveals herself to her longtime love (and co-wife), while trading sexual favors for labor on her dream: a garden well in the desert.
– A Bride for Seven Brothers : in ancient Tibet, one woman weds seven lusty brothers. She undertakes the project to sexually dominate them, one by one.

*Erotica* (pretty much just the sex!)
– One Night To Tango : super short one-night-stand, inspired by a masked dance at my old university.
– Football Her Way : hot housewife ties up her husband and all his best friends during halftime. Men will do anything for delicious homemade salsa…
– Her Birthday Breeding : probably my most controversial story. A husband hires a professional stud to join them in bed for his wife’s birthday present: a baby.
– Not So Square : a seemingly boring accountant surprises his rocker-chick coworker in bed. Light bondage fun!
– Tokyo: A Job With A View : desperate for a job, a Californian personal assistant signs on to be an international sex worker. Her first assignment takes her to fabulous Tokyo, Japan, where she falls in love with the city. And her job.

Your books cover a lot of diverse historical ground – how do you go about selecting which time periods or locations to use when writing your stories? Do the settings and location spring to mind first or do you focus on the love, romance and sexual aspects of the story first and then pick a setting/location afterwards?

Well, it depends. Most of my “Ancients” collection came from true historical mysteries, such as the disappearance of Queen Nefertiti, the discovery of a 5000-year-old skeleton with a false eye, or the mysterious origins of foot binding in China. All of these stories came with their own setting, and rich cultures to explore. However, in the case of “Buktu’s Well,” the story came to me gradually, as if the character revealed herself even as I sat down writing it. And in “A Bride for Seven Brothers,” I took the broad historical fact of fraternal polyandry in Tibet and just went wild with it!

Which one of your novels is your particular favourite and why is that?

Oh, I don’t like to pick favorites! I love them all, for different reasons. But I admit, I think “Flowers for the Ancients” is my best work so far. And among those stories, “The Girl With The Golden Eye” is closest to my heart. It was the first to be completed, and the romance came to life so vividly it felt as though I was living it. Even now, I cry a little at the end. Happy endings are the best.

What do you find the most difficult thing about writing? And what do you find the easiest?

Ideas are the easiest thing to come by. My mind is always bursting with great new stories, halfway finished in my brain, just waiting for their turn to end up on paper! However, I struggle with writing stamina. Often I get stuck in the middle of a story, and just feel unable to move on for whatever reason. Also, I have a busy life outside of writing, of course, and often it is just hard to make the time. Or find the energy to commit several hours of creativity to my craft.

Who are some of the authors in general that inspire you?

There are so many, and I continue to discover amazing new writers every day. My go-to favorite is Isabelle Allende. I just love her humor, her earthiness, and the rich description she includes. Another ASPA (Alliance of Self Published Authors) author I’ve come to admire is Patient Lee. She takes the everyday, humdrum elements of life and creates works of amazing beauty – and panting-hot erotica – with them. Her characters positively live next door, they’re so realistic.

What sort of research do you do to write your books?

I do a lot of research while writing. It’s important to me that my work be accurate, even if it seems like a minor detail. This is obvious for all my historical fiction, of course, but also applies to the contemporary erotica. For example, I did a lot of research on clothespins as nipple (and body) clamps when writing “Not So Square.” And with “Major Arcana,” I’m doing my best to depict sex with a paraplegic man as accurately – and hotly – as I can. This involves a whole lot of research. Wheelchair porn can be quite educational!

Why do you write? What inspired you to become a writer?

Writing is my creative outlet. I’ve been making up stories and writing them down since childhood. It’s a kind of journaling for me, I suppose, only I’m not telling my own story – at least not directly – but imagining other people’s lives. And through that, I get to live and experience things and places I could never really go. It’s a great way to travel!

What keeps you motivated during creative slumps? How do you deal with Writers Block?

Hot tea keeps me energized or, if it gets really bad, wine! (Heeheehee) Honestly, I don’t force myself. When I’m feeling too tired or just not creative, I let myself take a break from writing. Once, during a particularly hard year at work, I didn’t write a word for months. But the stories in my head don’t go away, and eventually they have to come out. I’ve always dived back in when conditions in my life were right. So Writer’s Block is never a big worry; I just wait it out with the confidence that creativity is still there, only paused.

How do you spend your free time when you are not writing?

I enjoy interesting TV series and movies. Otherwise, I do a lot of gardening, and I love to hike and explore my beautiful region, the Pacific Northwest of the United States, when the weather is nice. Most of my time is taken up with my husband and our new puppy! We work hard to make time for each other, even when work is busy.

Tell us more about your upcoming projects. Are you working on anything specific or have plans in the pipeline?

Currently, I’m focused on “Major Arcana,” and getting that completed. Only four more Tarot cards to go, and it’ll be done! It’s been a blast writing this story, and I look forward to seeing it finished. After that, I think I’ll be headed back into the past, and mythology. I’m planning a collection inspired by old fairy tales and legends from different cultures. Also, several stories of mixed-race women during the colonial era. I want to put women of color in the foreground of historical fiction, because they are sadly underrepresented, and their stories are incredible.

Finally, are there any nuggets of wisdom that you can impart to other aspiring writers?

My only nugget is to constantly strive to improve. A writer is a craftsperson; she must constantly push herself beyond her current skill level, and educate herself accordingly. Reading diverse genres and authors is a great way to keep your skills sharp. I love exploring that way, and it’s inspiring to see what other writers are doing.

And that’s a wrap! Thank you for enlightening us and giving us a deeper respect and admiration for your craft.

Bio:-

Fionna Guillaume is a nom de plume, for although Fionna loves writing and publishing erotica, she also has a day job. She is happily married, and can attest to the fact that marriage makes for an even better sex life! Her passions are travel, exploring other cultures, tasting strange foods, and reading — all kinds of books, all the time. Luckily she has a big purse to hold whatever book is currently in-progress. She particularly enjoys historical fiction, biographies of interesting people, good fantasy and sci-fi, The Classics, and of course romance and erotica. Fionna has plenty of time for reading in her lovably cloudy home in the Pacific Northwest. When not writing new stories, she can usually be found curled up in a comfy armchair with an open book and a ridiculously large mug of hot tea.

You can contact Fionna on the following Social Media channels:-

Amazon Author Page:- Fionna Guillaume – Amazon Author Page
Blog and Website:- Fionna Guillaume: erotica for sophisticated readers
Goodreads:- Fionna Guillaume – Goodreads Author
Twitter:- @FionnaGuillaume (Twitter)

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Still want more? Well, Fionna’s books are all about celebrating romantic and erotic pleasure across a variety of different backdrops and settings. For more articles relating to The Daily Post prompt of ‘Pleasure’ then click on the links below:-

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4. Saint P. Blogging – Prompt for the Day: “Pleasure”
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6. Layers – Pleasure
7. MC’s Whispers – The trouble with being busy
8. Let’s Blast Off with Napoleon Hill Think and Grow Rich – Success in Spry
9. Epiphany – Mind Cleanup – Roskilde Festival edition
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11. Poem for July’s First 8 Days of Daily Prompt – Sascha Darlington’s Microcosm Explored
12. Her – Some More Fiction
13. artifiswords – PLEASURE
14. Taboo: Loving Pain – Darkly Dezire
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16. Blogging Fundamentals Day 12: Make Some New Connections – GeoffreyShilling.com
17. earthypatterns – Simple pleasures of life – trust yourself
18. olessial – The pleasure from childhood
19. Sacrificial Chain Breaker – PLEASURE
20. The Taste Of Pleasure – Blog of Hammad Rais
21. They mean Life – exploradors!!
22. Here I am !! – Pleasure
23. “Pleasurable Reality” – A Pre-Published Indie Author
24. Poem: Free Verse (Quatrains) – “Slow Sweet Burn of Life” #amwriting #poetry – Mandibelle16
25. Can I Better Myself? – Sydney David
26. My Maiden Name, It was a Pleasure – law abiding brunette
27. A Number of Things – Pleasure
28. Your Nibbled News (c) 2016 – Rummaging for abandoned treasures
29. Sunken Thought – Oh No! Help!
30. Pleasure – Inner Whispers
31. pursuer of passions – Intoxicating Pleasure
32. The Pleasures of Being a Tourist in Life – ideas and culture
33. Daily Prompt – Pleasure – Short Story – Brandon’s Rambling Writing
34. Writing Web – Daily Prompt – Pleasure
35. Success Inspirer’s World – It gives me pleasure
36. HarlemATL Inner City Blues – The Pleasure of Playing Chess
37. HarlemATL Inner City Blues – Life’s Pleasure
38. Chasing Life and Finding Dreams – The Pleasure of Finding Me
39. Purposive Writer – Why Writing Gives Me Much Pleasure
40. Finding Hope Ness – The rain dance worked
41. The Girl Who Wanted To See Forever – Irridescent Feathers
42. Passion through Poetry – Guilty Pleasure
43. The Sleeping Reading Beauty ~ book reviews – Of Lakes and Pleasure
44. Sidenotes and Soliloquies – Dirty
45. Pleasure – Frinally – L’Escargot
46. first time – guavarilla
47. Razan Masri – What Prayers Look Like During Ramadan
48. Le Fool – The truth is, women are precious, not toys
49. A Momma’s View – Pleasure Of Blogger Connection
50. pleasure – Love it Now
51. speaking up for myself – Epicurean, redefined.
52. Positive Ponders – Pain and Pleasure of a Mom
53. A Vibrant Palette – Simple Pleasures ~ Daily Post Prompt
54. Pleasure – Inside The Writer’s Closet
55. Give It To Me – Karuchan
56. Sascha Darlington’s Microcosm Explored – My Pleasure
57. Fluffy Pool – Player’s and Pleasure
58. themomfred – Doubting Thomas
59. In Between Bites… – stephentotheplate
60. Lowland – Out of Practice
61. Pleasure like no other – Tee.Ukio
62. Queen Pleasure On a Hot Day – StrangeLander2015
63. Pain People Pleasure – A lot from Lydia
64. inspiration in progress – Give and Take – 100 word fiction – Daily Post
65. Relationship Advice Blog – The Pleasure Life: Daily Post
66. The Secret Weekend (Writer) Warrior – Humble pleasure
67. Frank Prem – a whole hour
68. For Christina Grimmie – Mac’s World
69. Pleasure – disue
70. Pleasure – rupalislale
71. This Week on Jordan’s Life… – Call Me Incorrigible
72. Pleasure – L’s Diaries
73. Serendipitousbloom.com – My Husband’s Smile
74. Jesus the Hedonist – Eagle’s Wing Ministries
75. The Pleasure In Photography – Adventure Hounds
76. Le Drake Noir – Purple pleasure
77. plaisir – onthevirg
78. Brendon Ward – Christian Hedonist
79. Mainline_Matter – Beer Attuned Listening Pleasure
80. Keep Drea – CreativeWritingBox
81. Foursquare For Pleasure – artsnla
82. LINES of SHADEAU – Pleasure
83. Petra Omoregie Caroline – Empowered woman – Oil painting, work in progress
84. Pleasure – z a y n e e a . n e t
85. A Couple of Opposites – My Crazy Graced Life
86. I Seek Pleasure Everyday – Onto My Next 40 Years
87. the beespeak – Opposites Attract
88. Light and Shadows – Heaven’s Sunshine
89. Daily Blogging Prompt: PLEASURE – The Blog of Maggie
90. Wallie’s Wentletrap – Lara’s Tree
91. The Little Pleasures – TheBlackKnight
92. Writing Web – Daily Prompt for July 01, 2016
93. Sandmanjazz – The Hub
94. Ahh…maybe I can be happy! – My Second Act, Scene One
95. Anonymous in Cali – the simplest
96. Pleasure – wordsareallihavesite
97. Its the First Friday in July and I’m feeling nostalgic for the 90s – filmmaven’s coffee chat
98. A Day In The Life – Pleasure
99. Pleasure ~ Lost – Word Adventures
100. Stories of The Wandering Feet & Mind – From Travel Pleasures to Gastronomic Pleasures
101. To go back – Sisters in Grief
102. kwesi – Pleasure
103. Musings and My Two Cents – Home Alone
104. The Purple in a Violet – (Mommy’s Pleasure)
105. Eden of Knowledge – Family – my pleasure
106. Pleasure Paradise – Mind, Body & Soul
107. Dollops of Heedful Ramblings – Word-High July: Kilig
108. Prompt for the Day: “Pleasure” – Saint P. Blogging
109. Pleasure – Daily Prompt – ladyleemanila
110. Favorite Reading Spot – mybookview.com
111. another quiet muse – Pleasure… A Walk
112. May the Odds be Ever in Your Favor: Party Games and Hangover Cures – theturtleoffice
113. My Daily Whine and Cheese – Pleasure
114. Pain and Pleasure – The Life of Jan – Daily Prompt 7/1/2016
115. Mr. Johnson’s Blog – Pleasuring Yourself
116. Zombie Flamingos – A walk, a finished hallway, and kitties
117. For My Pleasure|Daily Prompt – Catherine’s Blog
118. Daily post Photo Challenge – Pleasure
119. Sunken Thought – A Fair Day PT 6
120. The Failing Buddhist – The Terrible Price of Pleasure
121. Common Pursuit – Beware Not
122. Don’t Seek Pleasure – Fantasy Raconteur
123. Kilig – #WordHighJuly – The Piscean me
124. E. Denise Billups – Response To Pleasure
125. scavenger. – lemonadeletter
126. theblackwallblog – Tickling Your Funny Bone Can Increase Your Mental Health
127. Pawtails – atrangizindagieksafar
128. Standing in the Rain. – TheTattooedBookGeek
129. Barryjack’s Place – List Please? Sure.
130. The Long Way Home – Pleasure: Travel To A Happy Place
131. Pleasure – ~The Pink Lemonade Ladies~
132. SERENDIPITY – PLEASURE? HOW ABOUT A BIT LESS BYZANTINE?
133. I Want You to Rain Down – by emily
134. curiouslumiere – Pleasure=Cottage
135. Coffee Logophile – Damien at the Speed of Life
136. La Tour Abolie – Guilty Pleasures
137. Why My Kid? – Holy Addiction
138. wordsandmorewords – The search for pleasure
139. Margret’s Life Journey! – Pleasure!
140. Pleasure to Live – eddaz
141. Pursuit of pleasure – Awordseeker
142. Canterbury Convert – Communing With Nature
143. Pleasure Or Obession – farrahstyles
144. Lady’s finger for pleasure biting – Meow
145. July – Just Writing!
146. Lecia – Topographical Heart
147. somawrites – lust in love
148. Giggles & Tales – Pleasure – The Daily Prompt!
149. Happy Canada Day! – Think, Dream, & Believe
150. I DID IT! – Just Writing!
151. lifelessons – a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown – Finding Pleasure
152. The Voice Of My Conscience… – For Him that I love, I wish to be free
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154. adarkenedhouse – the lightning strike
155. Daily Post Daily Prompt – Pleasure – Brenda Travels Solo
156. Protestant Struggles – Where’s the Windmill?
157. Life with Jess – Because You Said I Couldn’t
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159. Sure Scribbles – Infinity.
160. Jibber Jabber with Sue – Celebrating Two Simple Pleasures
161. #FridayReflections on Usain Bolt – pins & ashes
162. pleasure ⋆ Obsolete Childhood
163. Making Time – Filbert & Smudge
164. Like the Lamp – A Thousand Bucks of Solitude
165. Martha L Shaw – YOU FILL ME
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167. The Shape of his Soul is Chains & Whips – Caillen James –Author
168. Pleasure and Happiness – Close to You
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170. Do Not Annoy The Writer – Uncle Laddie: The Polish Airman and Me
171. Be Brief – Sundragonlady’s House of Burgesses
172. The Zen Hiker – A Dog’s Simple Pleasure
173. Power of pleasure – powerofmovies
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175. An Upturned Soul – Reasons to Avoid People
176. Jacki Kellum Juxtapositions: Read My Mind – In Art, Release Your Pencil — Release Your Paint — Let Them Show Your Pleasure
177. Living Out Loud – PLEASURE
178. rhymeagination – A RARE PLEASURE
179. kristinakoti – Can’t wait for:
180. kStan(ly) kSays – he mumbled as he ran
181. I write because… – Geek Ergo Sum
182. Hot White Snow – Bedtime
183. Vampire Maman – Simple Pleasures at Dawn (with Coffee and a Vampire)
184. Can I lick the wooden spoon? – Uma’s life and thoughts
185. Adventure Fund – Get Lost!
186. kStan(ly) kSays – but wait, who’s this?
187. A Major Pleasure – Shelby’s Starlit Crossing
188. My Garden Bio-Diversity – Pleasure
189. Coloring Outside the Lines – Pleasure
190. The Pleasure of selling Wisdom – mySestina
191. thelonerose – Life is short
192. Duct taped elevator – zorazebic
193. Pleasure – alkasharmablog
194. Pleasure or Pain? – Good For You!
195. The Gad About Town – Lindsey Webster at Opus 40
196. Pleasure, Whippet-Style – whippetwisdom.com
197. Falling Slowly – Meg’s Magical Musings
198. Cup of Coffee… – clumsyandsilly
199. Christine’s Collection – The Art of Discovery
200. The Daily Post – Progressing into Solitude – Pleasure
201. Focal Breeze – What’s Your Pleasure?
202. A veil of clouds at the high himalayas – Hi India
203. It will sigh with pleasure – Scattered Showers in a Clear Sky
204. marbiyawithfaith – Enjoying life
205. somawrites – Hello, July
206. Pleasure – calliemm
207. Types Of Readers – Eloraquence
208. Prompt: Pleasure – LMTP Journey
209. PLEAS(e?s)URE! – Adarsha Kharel
210. the15thday – the pure sound of bliss
211. Designer Sophisticate – Simple tastes.
212. Bird dance – Jane Dougherty Writes
213. The Wandering Poet – DP Prompt ~ Pleasure of great dim sum?
214. Travel Much? – Snow car much?
215. Pleasure – The Daily Post – D.B. Mauldin
216. All That Glitters Is Not Disney – Unlearning
217. Montana Sundown – HemmingPlay
218. Tunes of Life – HemmingPlay
219. Lantern Words – He Takes Pleasure