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| Interracial Historical Romance |
SASSE:
Tell the readers a little about yourself. How did you get into writing? Have
you always thought you would be a romance writer?
Sienna:
Writing has pretty much been ingrained in me from the first day I learned to
pick up and hold a pencil. I escaped into books as a young girl so telling
stories was just the natural progression. I entered the publishing business
after big publishing houses dismissed my taste and writing style in
multicultural romances. The rest is history!
SASSE:
What was the first romance book you ever read? What did you think? What was
your first impression of the genre?
Sienna:
I don’t remember the first. I remember the book that was on the fringe of
romance that I read which defined me as an author. Chances by Jackie Collins
introduced me to Lucky Santiago. Oh boy! I’ve never been the same.
SASSE: Can you explain to the readers about the The
Wild Ones? Will it be a series? Can the readers expect more I/R stories from
you in the historical Wild West?
Sienna:
I love westerns. There are very few historical romances in the IR genre set
after the Civil War. I wanted to take that leap. I’m talking saloon girls,
bandits, outlaws, Native Americans and freed slaves. The book takes you to a
time period where we owned our destiny despite what the history books say. And
it’s sexy, funny, shocking, and endearing. I reached into my bag of treats and
tapped into my writing persona that created novellas like Harmony and
Buttercup. I crave the unexplored. So it’s my risk to take. Not everyone will
love this story but I guarantee everyone will walk away with a ‘thirst’ for
different storytelling by us. As an author I will continue to tread water as I
strive to create from my imagination.
SASSE:
Bring us into the world of your latest release NICADEMUS. Introduce the readers
to Annabelle and Jeremiah.
Sienna:
Annabelle is a young woman who never knew slavery. Her parents escaped slavery
to ensure she grew up free. They died when she was a child. This story is one
year after the civil war and Annabelle lives in a town known as Nicademus
founded by freed slaves, and those on the fringe of acceptable society. In the
unexplored West towns like this did exist. Annabelle stumbles on an outlaw near
death. She initially wants to help him. But she learns soon after that his past
sorrows of lost parents to the cruelty of the world is like hers. And it
changes her. Jeremiah is a confederate soldier who returns from the war to find
that his family is dead and robbed of everything. He seeks vengeance and by
doing so brings an old enemy to the town of Nicademus. He joins the fight to
save the town and falls for Annabelle in the process.
SASSE:
What was the most emotional challenging scene to write in the book?
Sienna:
The ending with Jeremiah and Annabelle is realistic in my opinion. It’s not a Happily Ever After but a Happy
For Now kind of ending. I wanted to show the complexity and fragility of
falling in love during that time period with a person the world said you should
not be with. It was hard to write because it makes you reflect on how hard
life’s rewards were for people of color, and how many sacrifices our
foremothers had to make.
SASSE:
If you could write in any genre that you have never written in before what
would it be?
Sienna: Horror! One day! One day!
Sienna Mynx is your naughty-author of Contemporary, and Historical
Multicultural Romance. Her dramatic tales of forbidden love are for readers
that love the bad boys but desire to be the women to tame them. Variety is the
spice of life, and each Sienna Mynx tale reflects the diversity that continues
to remain colorblind. Sienna currently has 32 published books, as an indie
author under her publishing company The Divas Pen LLC. A current resident of Georgia,
Sienna Mynx has emerged into the e-publishing scene with spicy uncompromising
tales of decadence.
Website: http://thedivaspen.com
Twitter: @SiennaMynx
FB Author Page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/425298174168156/
Get your copy of Nicademus today!
I just one clicked.. I so love westerns. Thanks Sienna and Yvette :-)
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