Love Bytes says hello to author Jennifer Cie stopping by on her pride promotions blog tour for her hew release “Down on the Other Street Vol 2”
Jennifer aswered some questions for us , shares an excerpt and there is a giveaway to participate in!
Welcome Jennifer 🙂
Author Name: Jennifer Cie
Book Name: Down On The Other Street: Volume Two
Series: Down On The Other Street Book: Two
Release Date: April 13, 2015
Publisher: Jennifer Cie
Cover Artist: Najla Qamber
Blurb:
Scars dripping over broken skin and whispers silenced, there can be no point of return. Wrapped in the ripples of warm waters, staring down at unkempt mountains, Stefanie can feel the thrum of the old world’s song. The first conversation, stained into ceramic cups and shadows in the night, gave birth to the last confession. Before metal bars clanged shut or chanting grew quiet, there was the woman with the violet smile. Somewhere in the gaggle of exposed bodies, worn cassettes and children’s fairy tales, he is waiting for the red coat. Woven together through trials of sexuality, political dissonance, and self-discovery, this heady collection of six short stories examines who we become after finding love
Pages or Words: 152 pages, 29,122 words
Categories: Bisexual, Contemporary, Fiction, New Adult, Romance
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Can you tell us what inspired you to write this collection of stories?
There were a few things, but I think the main reason why this collection was written comes from a discussion I had about visibility before writing the first volume. During that conversation, the truth that growing up there wasn’t an abundance of books with characters whose sexuality was openly outside of the heteronormative really stung . Then, of course, came that reality of longing for books centered around women, especially those within the minority. This collection was essentially inspired by my desire to answer to that conversation.
Do you feel you have a specific writing style?
You know, in someway or another, I am consistently given two descriptions about my writing style: 1) It almost feels like spoken word, 2) It’s a type of organized chaos you can’t look away from, because it leaves you gutted in the best and worst way. I really can’t speak to my writing style, it’s what I’ve known for most of my life– we’re lovers in an understated commitment that is constantly evolving.
According to your bio you are a fan of whiskey… What is your favorite brand and why?
I would say that it’s a tie between Jack Daniel’s and Four Roses bourbon whiskey. Jack probably gets an edge because it reminds me of home, and goes perfectly with breakfast and dinner–all you need is a cup of tea and a spoonful of honey. While Four Roses is easier to pass around with people who’ve never had or aren’t sure about their taste in whiskey–its a bit more of a new and established crowd pleaser than Jack.
Where do you like to drink your whiskey?
Everywhere. I am the most active “Sam, I am” when it comes to whiskey. In a box, with a fox, while doing a trot–the where of having glass does not stop. However, I will concede that on most occasions it’s during casual nights with friends, when we’re all huddled up in someone’s house chatting about everything and nothing.
What are you working on now?
Right now, I’m working on a couple short-stories outside of the Down On The Other Street collection. I wanted to switched things up a bit, and test my limits before diving into the final book of the series.
Sofia Aguilar changed that.
I literally fell into her at a restaurant in East Memphis. I was there with a friend who swore that little shack had the best hot wings in the city. I don’t recall if that was true. I just remember tasting her.
I tripped over a chair while coming out of the bathroom and landed in her lap, with my lips drilled into her shoulder. It was a sweet kind of salty, like brown sugar thrown on top of salted nuts. I tried apologizing. She grinned at me and rubbed my back.
The warmth returned.
Each glance at her grin-turned-smirk, dark brown eyes, or touch of her hand swirling electric heat into my skin brought on even stronger flushes than before. She knew it too. The way she cooed, “Amor? Está bien,” as if her lap was my rightful place, as if we were lovers, could only have been an effort to make me combust.
When I finally lifted myself off of her, hoping there were no signs of what I was feeling, she held my hand. She pulled me close, whispered that she was happy about my fall, and slipped a napkin with her number written on it into my hands.
Jennifer Cie is a Tennessee native who loves taking aimless road trips and diving into social issues through her writing. A fan of poorly playing tennis, using snail mail, and longing for the return of Brach’s Red Twist, when she is not indulging her guilty pleasure of taste testing whiskey and low grade tequila—for science, you can find her rambling about poor life decisions, book formatting, and everything in between on her blog:www.journeytopaperback.com
Where to find the author:
Twitter: @JenniferCie1
Pinterest: www.pinterest.com/jennifercie/
Blog: www.journeytopaperback.com
Goodreads Author Page: www.goodreads.com/author/show/5215342.Jennifer_Cie
Tour Dates & Stops:
13-Apr
14-Apr
Scattered Thoughts & Rogue Words
15-Apr
16-Apr
17-Apr
20-Apr
21-Apr
Book Reviews, Rants, and Raves
22-Apr
23-Apr
24-Apr
27-Apr
Rafflecopter Prize: E-copy of ‘Down on the Other Street, Volume Two’
Welcome Jennifer. I love to read anthos, I get several books in one. Thank you so your part in this antho.
hi Jennifer!
congrats on your new release