I've loved being a part of the From Australia With Love Blog Hop and sharing some Aussie authors with you! We have some amazing authors Down Under!
Today, I am happy to introduce you to Ronnie Strong.
Ronnie Strong: an introduction
Today, I am happy to introduce you to Ronnie Strong.
Ronnie Strong: an introduction
I am pleased to be a part of From Australia With Love, a great showcase for Australian indie
authors. I am a male author writing erotica. I write about relationships,
desire and sex. So far, each of my stories has been quite different.
My first erotic novel, The Laundromat, was published two years ago.
This
is the story of Petra, who dresses daringly, according to her instructions, for
her walk to a nearby laundromat on Lygon St. She expects a tryst with Paul, her
online lover, at this first meeting. This is the beginning of a journey, where she
discards her inhibitions and finds an exciting life of sensual pleasure with
new intimate friends. She discovers inner resources taking her on an ecstatic
journey to a new future.
The
Laundromat is available widely including from Kobo.
My second story, Dolphin
Heat, is a short story and is available for free from many stores, but not Amazon
due to its content.
You can download
Dolphin Heat from iTunes, this is the US
link.
Kate
Gets Marks, a novella, is my most recent publication.
Kate
is a happily married woman with children who lives and works in Melbourne. She finds
herself becoming consumed by growing sexual feelings and desires. Despite her uncertainty,
she decides to explore the idea of having a romantic sexual relationship
outside her marriage. Letting go of her misgivings, she finally lets herself succumb
to a night of unbridled passion. Kate Gets Marks is also available widely,
including at the US
Kindle Store
I knew that being a male author was a little unusual when
I started two-and-a-half-years ago. Somehow it felt right when I found myself writing
in the first-person from the point-of-view of a female protagonist. Doing this seemed
more interesting to me as a writer. I really hoped women reading my writing
would find it appealing and authentic.
To begin with, I kept my gender low key, even ambiguous,
and until recently did not post photos of myself. I recently
changed my mind on this issue and posted this one of me on Facebook. I got a
few responses including this: “So, since you are a guy, it has made me wonder
... more than once ... how does he know all that shit about us (women)?”
Feeling flattered, I replied: “I think I would have to
put it down to my powers of observation and imagination”. If my writing is good
enough this probably shouldn’t be a big deal, but I have also recently
participated in a short discussion of this topic on a friend’s blog. Some
readers said they wouldn’t buy erotica written by a man. I understand this but
I can’t undo being a man. Not easily anyway.
So, Ronnie is a fifty-five-year-old man, married with
four kids, the two eldest from a previous relationship. My children, ranging in
age from seven to twenty-five years of age know I write erotica. They aren’t
interested in knowing anything more about it, which is understandable. My tolerant
and loving wife doesn’t much care for my writing either; it is not her thing. I
write under a pen name. I need to preserve my anonymity as I am employed in the
public sector as a social policy researcher. I am qualified for this kind of
work through my experience in advocacy and postgraduate studies, including a
PhD. I also write and publish non-fiction and other writing under my other name.
One day soon I hope to be writing full time.
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