Guest Post: G.B. Gordon

Please join me in welcomng G.B. Gordon and Riptide Publishing to the Biskit today!

Thanks for joining us on the Riptide Publishing First Anniversary Blog Hop Bash! All month long, we’re bringing you guest posts and interviews from your favorite authors, artists, and Riptide staff. As a thank you for helping us celebrate, we’re also giving away $10 in Riptide store credit to one lucky commenter at every stop! Simply leave a comment below by 11:59pm on Sunday, October 14^th to enter. Be sure to check out our complete tour schedule to find out where else you can enter to win—one Grand Prize winner drawn from commenters at all the stops will also win a Kindle that we’ll load with every book we publish in 2013!

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Today we have an interview with brilliant debut author G.B.Gordon, whose novel Santuario is available now. Buy this title direct via Riptide Publishing and save 25% with our debut author discount! Keep up with G.B. on the Santuario Virtual Book Tour all week long for more chances to win anniversary prizes J

What draws you to romance? M/M romance?

I'm a romantic soul. It's not just romance as a modern novel genre that draws me in, but romance as a human emotion, be it music, poetry, a walk in the woods or two spoons in an ice cream tub. And yes, in real life I can get embarrassingly cheesy given the right incentive. 

My interest in M/M romance is maybe a bit more specific. Story feeds off conflict and my guys can be wonderfully tortured about admitting to something beyond physical attraction (or even that).

And then there's of course that delicious voyeuristic tingle of watching two guys getting it on, or even just the chemistry between them develop and grow thick as syrup.

Have you ever written outside the romance genre? If not, do you ever plan to?

I'm not sure I've ever written strictly inside the romance genre. It depends on how narrowly that genre is defined. While most of my stories have a strong romantic plotline, the focus is often on action and a related inner conflict. I like speculative fiction, because it allows me to explore angles and juxtapositions that might not exist. Or not yet.

What do you think is sexy?

Life. Joy. Seriously. I find almost anything can be sexy that is vibrant and positive (or at least potentially positive). Even inanimate objects, like cars, can be sexy if you infuse them with those qualities.

More specifically I find people sexy, no matter what sex or gender, the curve of a throat, collarbones, jawbones, cheekbones, the scent of clean skin, eyelashes, butts in well-worn jeans, capable hands, blown pupils, moans, licks, touches, kisses; and just feeling someone else's attraction can be sexy as all get-out.

We know you’re a romance writer. What’s your day job?

Communication. Non-fiction writing (educational material, web content, whatever I can contract), structural editing, the occasional translation. I'm a freelancer, working from my home office. I've had quite a few very different jobs in my life, but this one, being in control of my own time and environment, is the best one yet.

 Do you write under a pen name? Why or why not? Will you tell us your real name?

I do write under a pen name. I firmly believe that an author's sex or gender has nothing to do with what kind of material they write well, so I prefer to take mine out of the equation, write under a neutral name and hope my books will stand on their own merit. I'll answer pretty much any other question as honestly and straightforward as I possibly can.

Have you read any great books lately?

The last one that blew me away was Dani Alexander's Shattered Glass. Before that Dark Soul: The Complete Collection by Aleksander Voinov.

What’s the one question you wish people would ask you when you tell them you’re a writer?

"What are you working on?" Because that's what occupies my mind at that moment and what I like to explore and talk about.

If you were stranded on an island with one book and one object, what would they be?

My left brain recommends a survival handbook and a really good knife. My right brain wants Ondaatje and a super-sized box of pencils.

What do you love about being an author?

Falling down the rabbit hole. The discoveries, and, ultimately, the freedom to do what I want.

What inspires you?

A conversation overheard on the train, a note in the daily paper, a shadow behind a curtain, a piece of furniture in an antique store, a 'Missing' poster on a lamp post; people, places, songs, music, stories; anything really. My muse is very equal opportunity that way. I never know when she's going to kick me in the shins.

Can you tell us a little about your latest release?

Santuario is social fiction in that it's set in the future on a different world, not for any of the edgy technology hard SF is known for, but rather to explore an alternate universe and the development and clash of cultures. It's also a murder mystery and the beginning of a love story. The complete blurb and an excerpt can be found here.

G.B.Gordon worked as a packer, landscaper, waiter, and coach before going back to school to major in linguistics and, at 35, switch to less backbreaking monetary pursuits like translating, editing, and writing. Having lived in various parts of the world, Gordon is now happily ensconced in suburban Ontario with the best of all husbands. Santuario is G.B. Gordon’s first published work, but many more stories are just waiting to hit the keyboard.

Gordon online:

Website and blog: http://gordon.kontext.ca/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/gb_gordon
Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/367361.G_B_Gordon

 

 

 

Comments

[G.B.Gordon]

The draw is done and the winner is: bn100candg.

Congrats. :)

[G.B.Gordon]

MC, I hope you'll enjoy it. Thanks for letting me know.

[MC Houle]

It was nice to learn more about you. I haven't read Sanctuario yet, but I did buy it, so it should come soon enough.
MC
contact at mchoule dot com

[Jessica Freely]

You're welcome GB, it's been my pleasure!

[G.B.Gordon]

Thank you for hosting the interview, Jessica, and thanks to everyone who came out to comment.

[G.B.Gordon]

Thank you, Orsi, I'm glad you did, too.

[Orsi]

it was a great interview, I am glad I stopped by....)

[G.B.Gordon]

Ashley, always glad to help. Call me the great enabler. Here it's cool and rainy - perfect daydreamin' weather.

[Ashley E]

I completely agree with your answer to what is sexy, G.B. Just the description you give there makes me start to daydream...

ashley.vanburen[at]gmail[dot]com

[G.B.Gordon]

Pointycat69, looks like you did everything right. Glad you enjoyed the interview. Thanks for stopping by and commenting.

[G.B.Gordon]

bn100, thank you. :)

Aija, very true. You can always visit on Goodreads, though. Don't be a stranger.

[Pointycat69]

Tried to comment but not sure it saved - got a bit tangled up in the sign in process (fuzzy brain).
Just wanted to say I love these interviews - it's so interesting getting glimpses into how a book came about or how an author thinks. Thank you!

[Aija]

Gotta love these interviews, 'cause there's only so much I could think of asking on twitter... And let's admit it - that place is not exactly for serious convo's! :D

[G.B.Gordon]

Tina, thanks for stopping by. If you'd like to be included in the draw, you'll need to provide your email address or we'd have no way to get a prize to you.

Urbanista, thank you so much.

[bn100]

Congrats on the book! Nice interview.

bn100candg(at)hotmail(dot)com

[Urbanista]

Great interview! Much success with this book and all future ones!

[G.B.Gordon]

It doesn't look like I can reply to single comments, so:

Avalie, your comment showed up in the right place, so all's good. Thank you so much for the good wishes.

gigi, thanks for stopping by.

Melora, thank you. Exciting times.

Trix, I guess the resistance tends to be higher, both from the world towards m/m and from guys towards emotions. Thanks for the good wishes.

Laylah, thanks so much. Hating plane rides myself, I consider that high praise. Hope you'll find it engrossing enough to forget about the discomfort for a while.

Well, if that isn't the lovely Amara herself. Always glad to get your imagination going, Darling.

[Tina]

Please include me!

[Avalie]

I hope this is where posts for Santuario go.
Would like to wish G B Gordon every success with what sounds like an interesting book

[gigi]

Please count me in. Thanks!

[Melora]

Congrats on getting your first book published. I always look forward to finding another author to put on my list.

[Trix]

There does seem to be a lot more at stake emotionally in an m/m romance. Good luck with the book release!

vitajex(at)aol(dot)com

[Laylah Hunter]

Ooh, what a lovely interview. The answers to the genre and "what is sexy?" questions especially delight me (and make me really look forward to starting my copy of Santuario)!

I've been stocking my kindle with books that sound particularly delicious in preparation for some cross-country flights this weekend; you have me almost looking forward to the plane ride, G.B. :)

[Amara Devonte]

Well... isn't your description of sexy... sexy. *fans self*

Just coming by to say howdy. Great interview. :)