Interview with Renee Rocco, Lyrical Press
Interview with Renee Rocco, Lyrical Press
Q. What is your role at Lyrical Press?
Publisher.
Q. Do erotic authors have a limited lifespan, or can they happily write in the erotic genre for many years?
I believe they can continue to write their genre for as long as their imagination allows.
Q. What are the most important components that go into making a good erotic fiction?
Believable characters, a rich setting and well-written sex.
Q. Do you think eBooks impinge on the market for traditional books or do buyers come from a different demographic?
Impinge? No. Enhance? Absolutely.
Q. What does your working day typically consist of?
Getting up at 5 or 6am and heading to the computer to work until 7. I then wake my daughter, see her off to school, come home and work until 2pm. From there, I pick my daughter up from school and head back to work until around 6pm. Yes, I even eat breakfast and lunch at my desk. Dinner, however, is family time.
Q. What makes you laugh?
My husband. He’s the funniest person I’ve ever known.
Q. What makes you cross?
These aspects in a person: rudeness, arrogance and self-righteousness.
Q. What’s the best present you’ve ever been given?
I’m not a person who measures the quality of a gift by material possessions, so I have to say my husband and two daughters (the second will be born in July) are the best gifts I’ve ever received.
Q. What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever been given?
Always remember you are exactly where you need to be in life.
Q. What advice would you give to anyone currently looking to break into erotica?
Read your dialog aloud. If it sounds silly, it will read even sillier. Write complex and believable characters and put them in a vivid settling that will draw your readers in. Don’t be afraid to let your imagination run wild.
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