MEET.... ISIS ROGERS

Isis Rogers, the heroine in the College Love 101 Series, dropped by the Press Box to visit with Author K.T. Bishop before school started in 1991.
K.T.: Thank for you dropping by.
Isis (frowning): It's about time you invite a girl in here. Everything's been about Arnaz.
K.T.: Now we're on the subject, tell me about your relationship with him.
Isis: Where do I begin?
K.T. (snorts): At the beginning.
Isis: Even though we're four hours apart, we manage to make it work. We take advantage of the small amount of time we have together, like the Thanksgiving and Christmas Holidays and summer vacation. I think that makes us click. We're there for each other, despite trying to finish out school.
K.T.: Was it love at first sight?
Isis (sticks out her right hand): Hell no! When I first met Arnaz, I thought he was overbearing and obnoxious. I wanted nothing to do with him. He was like that fly buzzing around the picnic table at a Fourth of July Barbeque.
K.T.: What changed that?
Isis: He didn't give up and wore me down. Once I looked into his deep brown eyes, I was hypnotized. Another look at that slender body because we're about the same height didn't hurt matters either. A lot of guys get intimidated by tall women, but my Arnaz did not. He still pursued me. That's why I am in love with him. He allowed me to overcome my insecurity over being tall.
K.T.: Enough about the love affair, tell us about you.
Isis (Claps her hands): Thought you'd never ask. I am a Cajun princess who lives in New Orleans and attends homestanding Xavier University. I major in pre-medicine and planning to become a pediatrician. My family's well known in New Orleans. My dad played for the New Orleans Saints. I have a brother who plays at LSU and will be in the NFL someday.
K.T.: You and Arnaz come from different ethnic backgrounds.
Isis (giggles): You know what they say, opposites attract. Seriously, I don't flaunt my heritage in his face. I am not one of those people looking to hook up with someone because they have lineage. I'll quote one of my favorite songs from Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam, Someone to love me for me: “All I want is for someone to love me for who I am, not for materialistic things.” Arnaz loves me, not the money. For that, I am grateful.
K.T.: Where do you see yourself ten years from now?
Isis: Hopefully, married to Arnaz and starting my practice.
K.T.: Hope it works for you both.
Isis: I think it will. He'll graduate one year ahead of me and that's an advantage. We can be together when I start med school. I wouldn't mind juggling the role of a wife and med student, if we both compromise. We have to cross that bridge when the time comes.
K.T.: Thanks for your time.
Isis: Thank you for having me.

MEET.... Arnaz Booker

Arnaz Booker, the main character in the College Love 101 series, dropped by the Press Box to discuss life and love with Author K.T. Bishop in 1991.
K.T.: Thanks for taking the time out of your busy schedule.
Arnaz: Not a problem. Always glad to talk with my role model.
K.T.: Tell us a little about yourself.
Arnaz: I am a senior at Stillman College in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, majoring in Journalism. By the way, Stillman's a real college, its not Hillman from the Cosby Show and A Different World. I work part-time at the Tuscaloosa News and live at home with my mother.
K.T.: Seems that you're living the life of a typical college student.
Arnaz: My life is far from perfect.
K.T.: In what way?
Arnaz: I don't like discussing my family business with non-relatives, but I just found out my father's alive.
K.T.: I bet that sucks.
Arnaz: (rolls his eyes). No kidding. It's just something I have to deal with, I guess. Life's never easy, you know. On top of trying to graduate with honors, find a job and a long-distance relationship.
K.T.: Okay, I see how this is making you uncomfortable. Let's change the subject: tell me about your girlfriend.
Arnaz (face lights up): Isis Rogers, the most beautiful woman I ever seen. When I first laid eyes on her at that pre-med program at Fisk University two years ago in Nashville, I burned my little black book. There was no other woman that came close in comparison. I pursued Isis until she became mine. She's brillant and a future doctor who attends Xavier University in New Orleans.
K.T: A long-distance relationship that works. Glad it worked for someone.
Arnaz: It's not easy. We only see other for holidays and parts of the summer because of our busy schedules. If I had to go back in time, I'd do the same thing. Isis is worthy of pursuing. Besides, it wouldn't hurt to have a doctor around to take care of you.
K.T.: If you could spend a day with someone living or dead, who would it be?
Arnaz: Martin Luther King because the way he fought for blacks to be equal with whites. I've heard so much about him from my mother, who saw him in Birmingham, and met members of the King family.
K.T.: What's your ultimate goal?
Arnaz: Follow the path you set. Land a reporting job at a newspaper, and write a book someday. Hopefully, I'll marry Isis someday. She becomes a doctor and we live happily ever after.
K.T:Hope it works for you. Enjoyed the interview.
Arnaz (gives a half shoulder hug): I'm optimistic we can work something out. Great chatting with you as well.

MY LATEST BOOK!

Here's the cover to my latest release, which comes out next month at Red Rose Publishing:

WHAT's IN A ROSE?

Good Morning everyone. I talked with the talented ladies of Rose and Prose this morning. http://rosesofprose.blogspot.com/2010/03/kt-bishop-guest-spotlight.html

CURLING UP at Moonlight, Lace and Mayhem

I was a guest at Moonlight, Lace and Mayhem today. Go to http://moonlightlacemayhem.blogspot.com/2010/03/phantasm-friday_19.html and comment.....

Curling Up with.......

I appeared on Sapphire Phelan's blog and discussed Curling Up, my newest release.
For a look at the interview, go to:http://is.gd/9DEYY

Say hello to ..... Sapphire Phelan

Sapphire Phelan, author of erotic and sweet paranormal, fantasy, and science fiction romance, dropped by the Press Box. One of her books, Being Familiar With a Witch. just made EPIC Awards 2010 finalist. She also writes as Pamela K. Kinney.
K.T. -Thanks for dropping by; please tell us about your latest book.
S.P.-- That would be two. Being Familiar With a Witch, which is an erotic urban fantasy published by Phaze Books that is a finalist for the erotic paranormal romance category for EPIC Awards 2010 (winners will be announced at the EPIC Conference in March) and Unwitting Sacrifice, an erotic Lovecraftian horror novella, published by Under the Moon.
K.T. -What can we expect from you in the future?
S.P.-- I will have an erotic paranormal romance short, Ain’t Nothin’ Like Succubus Lovin’ coming out this Spring from Phaze Books.
K.T. -How do we find out about you and your books?
S.P.-- Right now my website I use as Sapphire Phelan and my other writing name, Pamela K. Kinney at http://FantasticDreams.50megs.com I am thinking getting a website just for me as sapphire Phelan, but I will post on the Fantastic Dreams one the link if and when that happens.
K.T. -How would you describe the genre in which you do most of your writing?
S.P. --Paranormal, fantasy, urban fantasy, and science fiction romance, plus erotic horror (besides Unwitting Sacrifice, I had a horror erotica short story, “Jack” published in a horror magazine about three years ago).
K.T. -- What motivated you to start writing?
S.P. -- I read books since I was really young and at age 8, I wanted to be a writer. I got published in 1972 at age 17 with poetry, in a poetry magazine.
K.T. -What kind of research do you do? Depending if I need to understand lions for S.P.-- Beast Magic, or learn demon names for Being Familiar With a Witch, I look up things. Same for myths and legends that I can use for a story.
K.T. -Do you have a set schedule for writing or do you just go with the flow?
S.P.--Generally I like to write during the week, during the daytime the best, but I have done writing on weekends and at nights, if need be.
K.T. -Where do your ideas come from?
S.P.-- From my own imagination. I just think of what hadn’t been done before for a storyline or what if? then the story forms there.
K.T. -Who, if anyone, has influenced your writing?
S.P.-- Ray Bradbury, Shirley Jackson, Barbara Cartland, Victoria Holt, Madeleine L’Engle, Anne McCaffrey, Edgar Allan Poe, H. P. Lovecraft, plus many more.
K.T. -What is the most rewarding thing about being a writer?
S.P.-Hearing from readers that have to tell you they enjoyed your books. After all, in the long run, it is they that you write for, besides yourself.
K.T. -Please tell us about yourself (family, hobbies, education, etc.)
S.P.-- I like to make and wear costumes (historical, TV/movie related and original) to conventions, crafts, read, write, act (done film and stage as Pamela K. Kinney), bake, Mexican and Oriental--esp. Sushi, watch movies or DVDs with my husband, horseback ride (though hadn’t done in quite a while), go to scifi conventions, b een to college twice in my life and my two cats, Bast and Ripley.
K.T. -Are there any words of encouragement for unpublished writers?
S.P.-- Just keep writing and submitting. Join a writer’s group or find a great critique partner, and learn all about the craft of writing, plus the business side too.
K.T. -- Where else may readers find you? Other sites, since you gave out your website earlier?
S.P.--http://www.myspace.com/SapphirePhelan
http://SapphirePhelansPassionCorner.blogspot.com
groups.yahoo.com/group/SapphirePhelansParanormalNewsletter
http://twitter.com/SapphirePhelan
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sapphire-Phelan/324399690647
K.T. -- Now for something fun:
Chocolate or vanilla? Chocolate!
Erotic or inspirational? I like both. I just like to read.
Favorite color? Purple.
Favorite paranormal being? Werewolf, plus all shapeshifters.
Favorite mythological being? Dragons.
Do you like science fiction, fantasy or horror? Enjoy all three genres.
All time favorite book? The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson and Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury.
Favorite TV show? Supernatural.
Favorite Movie? Avatar, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, The Haunting (1963), and LOTR: Return of the King.
What makes you laugh out loud? A good comedy.
If you could go anywhere in the universe where would that be? Another planet. I think that would so cool.
A secret fetish? If I told you, it wouldn’t be a secret then, would it?