Ask the Author: Jodi Payne

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Eek.... Thank You Jodi Payne!!! OMG to find this gem addition to my all time favorite Deviations Series. I can truly express how happy that made me. Thank You. Haha Please can we have more? Hmm there's Brian, Levi, Cade and more boys that I just am absolutely positive you would do justice and give love and more to their stories!! 😁
Jodi Payne I'm thinking about Levi! Brian is a tough one, since he doesn't settle with a single Dom, his HEA isn't a traditional romance.
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Will you consider writing more about Nikki and Bradford after Soft Limits? I really liked their stories in Soft Limits and wish to read more about them
Jodi Payne Their story continues into the Deviations Series! Their relationship isn't told from Bradford and Nikki's POV, but as the books go on, you see plenty of how they develop together!
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Will you be re-releasing "Founder" anytime soon? I bought it from Torquere many years ago, but since then have had some computer crashes and have lost several book files that I had. I would like to add it back to my collection.
Jodi Payne I would LOVE to, actually. It's on my list. You maybe have just bumped it up a few notches! <3 So that's a definite maybe.
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I feel like I've already read Refraction and Syncopation. Are they a reissue?
Jodi Payne No, it's a new series by me and BA Tortuga, set in NYC.
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Can you tell us a two-sentence horror story?
Jodi Payne It was a dark and stormy night. Jodi was completely out of coffee.
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How do you deal with writer’s block?
Jodi Payne Not well. ;-) Depending on how blocked I am, I'll try to push through it and worry more about word count than style for a while (that's what the first read through is for!) or I'll step away from the computer and map the story out more completely. Sometimes having a good map lets me navigate through the block. If that doesn't work, I'll have some fun with the characters. I'll interview them, make up things about them like what was said about them in their high school yearbook - things that wouldn't come up in the story. Sometimes that kick-starts things for me. The key for me is just to switch things up.
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Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?
Jodi Payne I got the idea for Linchpin because I wanted to write a romantic suspense. I hadn't ever written on before and I didn't have a lot of confidence that I could make up a convincing mystery, so I tried to think of a situation where two men would just be thrown together (and trapped together) and the mystery was more about who they were and why they were there than something to "solve". And then I got the idea for the mobster, and a contracted murder that didn't happen. Also, the concept was kind of funny to me and that's always a draw.
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How do you get inspired to write?
Jodi Payne When ideas aren't flowing freely, I people-watch. I love characters, love creating personas and back stories. I can sit in a coffee shop and watch someone typing on a laptop or chatting with his boyfriend and imagine what brought them there that day, where they are going next, who they're in love with, what their biggest obstacle is - whatever. Make up a short story about them. Often, those little tales and the people end up as characters in my stories.
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