Camille Anthony Welcome one and all to the Hot Spot, where you'll be snooping with Sierra, asking your favorite Changeling authors the questions you REALLY want answered! How long have they been writing? BAH! Who cares?! We want the naughty, the juicy, the REAL inside track*! Give us dirt, give us details! That's what the Hot Spot's for!

*All my interviewees have promised to be absolutely honest, but you know writers and their imaginations…

This month in the Hot Spot, we have (ta-dahh!!) Camille Anthony, authoress extraodinaire of the Women of Steel series, and the classic and fantastic Tales of the Quiet Kitty! Just out now: Tales of the Quiet Kitty 4: Cat Scratch Fever!

Sierra Dafoe: Camille, I was SO thrilled to see a new Quiet Kitty story out! For readers just joining us, can I talk you into a quick overview of the Quiet Kitty universe and the Corporation?

Camille Anthony: First, let me say how happy and thrilled I am to be in the hot seat. Yeah…right! Anyway, the Tales of the Quiet Kitty began because I've always wondered what 400 plus people did on the Enterprise when they weren't on duty. What about all those different aliens…? What was natural to them? Sexy? All the stories I'd read always showed the story from the Human point of view. I can only think of a few writers who ventured in those areas, C.J. Cherryh and Robert Heinlein come to mind. I wanted to have fun and at the same time, embed a message very close to my heart: conservation.

When the Tales opens up, the Earth has been destroyed by her own children. Pollution and soil erosion to the point of the depletion of all needed nutrients, added to the idiocy of governments who finally pushed the button all played a part in the conflagration. Instead of learning their lesson, the Humans have spread into the Galaxies, taking their bad habits with them, slowly annexing and overtaking all the planets in the three Galaxies. Those they couldn't control through economics, they destroyed. To date, two sentient planets have been killed or injured, and the home world of the Sh'Bahkyr totally destroyed. I can safely say the Humans are the most hated and feared people in the spaceways.

In Under the Cat's Paw, the sprite, Willa, is sold to Bevel as a Sexengineer to service the ship and crew. In reality, she's been placed there by Lance Avron, head of the evil Human Corporation to spy on Brant Sylenus, the cat that got away from him. Willa and Brant quickly find themselves attracted to each other, but both have a hidden agenda. Brant wants to bring down the Corporation while finding his scattered people and rescuing his queen/sister. Willa wants to recover all the Sprites taken by force from their home planet and sold into sexual slavery. Bevel-leveB, the first officer is a Medusoid Jenari with a sentient cock. He is the bond-mate/husband of Letshya Sylenus. He just wants his woman back. There is a whole chorus of heroes determined to bring down the rotten regime, taking time out for plenty hot, steamy bouts of necessary sex! What a way to win the war!

Sierra: It's been a wonderful ride so far! So, what new twists occur in Cat Scratch Fever?

Camille: While there is a lot of sex involving everyone, Brant and Willa draw closer and solidify their relationship in this story. There's some humor as usual, and some vengeance going on. Most importantly, we finally get to meet Brant's much talked about sister in this one. Letshya is a strong, courageous female who has been held captive for over six years. To me, the most intense emotional scenes are some of the ones involving Letshya. I don't want to give any spoilers, but she is forced to make a decision that impacts all the members of the Quiet Kitty. I cried a lot while writing this one.

Sierra: Your last Women of Steel book was Women of Steel 3.5: Some Like It Hot (yes, we definitely do!) Is that number portentous? Can we hope for a Women of Steel 4?

Camille: And 5 and 6, too. There's Strawberry Daiquiri, Tequila Sunrise and When Steel Hearts Break in the works. Remember that cretin Aresti? Denzel's partner? Well, he gets his in the last story. I think-I hope-the readers will enjoy reading about the AI that captures his heart and brings him to his knees.

Sierra: Oh, yay!!! How about a Tales of the Quiet Kitty 5? (or am I being greedy, here?) What else do you have up your sleeve for us to look forward to?

Camille: Up next is the final story of this phase of the journey: Belling the Cat. The Corporation comes tumbling down and a new order emerges. There will be a major shaking on the Quiet Kitty. Nothing will remain the same…

Sierra: I also wanted to ask, you've been with Changeling from very early on -- what has it been like to watch Changeling grow?

Camille: Exciting! Wondrous! I don't think M envisioned Changeling exploding like it did. Bill and Margaret might own it, but Changeling belongs to us all and I for one, am proud to be a Changeling author. I believe the reason it's done so well is M's commitment to quality short fiction. HOT quality fiction. I'll tell you, it's not easy writing a complete, developed story in 8 thousand words or less! M recently made us do it in 3 thousand! Changeling is one of the best companies to work for and when an author is happy (read spoiled) they produce. I predict Changeling will weather any changes and continue to grow and gain a loyal audience.

Sierra: Your books are known for their incredible steam factor -- any chance of getting a sneak peek at a really hot scene? Pleeeease?

Camille: Keeping his hungry gaze trained on Nya's lush charms, Taelen hurriedly opened the lower placket of his uniform. His hands shook as he yanked the material apart and attaching the two panels back with their Velcro fastenings. Breaths coming hard, he reached in and released the buttons of his undergarment, allowing his cock to spring out. It bobbed up, the thick black barrel hugging the lean plane of his stomach, fat mushroomed head leaking pre-cum from the long slit at the tip.

Eyes glowing, he roughly fisted his jutting flesh, clamping down and squeezing a strategic spot to slow the inexorable rise of his passion. It took all his vaunted self control to keep back the flow of sperm already pulsing at the base of his cock.

Holding back with an iron will, he slowly circled Nya, walking the fingers of one hand up her rounded butt. Halting behind the Sprite, he took both ass cheeks in his hands. Lifting and cupping the resilient flesh, he rubbed the soft giving skin with his hard palms.

Moaning, she rocked her hips back into his caresses.

"Be still!" He punished one cheek with a quick, sharp slap.

She gave a playful yelp, glancing over her shoulder to view the reddening mark. He could almost smell her rising excitement, but her reaction, complimentary as it was, didn't suit his purpose.

Using an admonishing finger to gently tap her cheek, Taelen gruffly warned, "Turn back around, Nya, and stay still. Don't talk or move, don't fucking breathe until I give you permission or I'll punish you severely."

She obediently went still under his hand, but not before raising her bottom, giving it one last flirty little twitch. Biting back a laugh, Taelen placed a well-aimed swat across her ass. The full globes quivered beneath the blow.

"I warned you. There's more where that came from if you don't stay still," he admonished sternly, pressing her body back in the position he wanted her.

Placing both palms between her legs, he pushed her knees farther apart, exposing the sopping dark green flesh of her inner pussy to his hungry gaze. Mouth watering, he ran a bold finger down her slit, pushing in between the slippery lips -- already swollen and wet with her desire -- to pinch and prod the stiff little mini-penis rearing at the apex of her cleft.

"I don't plan to hurt you too much, Nya." Taelen kept his voice low and soothing as he rubbed his hands over her plump rump cheeks, fingertips applying her own body's lubricant to the secretive groove lying along the dark crevice of her ass. He dipped two fingers back into her sex, gathered more moisture and anointed her anus with the slippery fluid, slowly rimming the tight dark mouth with a firm fingertip. The elastic sphincter pulsed, tried to swallow the probing digit. Oh yes, she was ready for his possession.

"I need to be the one in charge for a while. I haven't been in fucking control since I stepped foot on this damned boat! But that will change right now. I intend to master your body."

Her swaying body and wordless moans answered for her, telling him she eagerly accepted his control, his mastery.

His smile would not have reassured her. Licking his lips, Taelen lifted and lowered his hand on the upturned globes of Nya's butt. Stomach muscles clenching, he did it again, this time harder. Under his hard hands, her flesh went hot, absorbing the punishing blows, turning the pain to heat. On the next slap, her ass jiggled and she deliberately shifted her body, wordlessly letting him know she wanted more, wanted him to escalate their play.

His pulse ratcheted up a notch, belly went hollow with fevered lust as his penis -- flushed so dark a brown it bordered on black, blood-gorged tip leaking pre-cum -- reared stiffly erect, hugging his taut abdomen. "I said, hold still!"

Taelen abruptly jammed two stiff fingers into her pussy, stroking her firmly a few times before withdrawing only to force them back through her narrow wet entrance, invading her tight sex, jarring her with his abrupt movements. His thumb strummed the erect button of flesh he'd sensitized, kept her clit vibrating. "That's right, honey… clasp my fingers with your tight cunt. Squeeze them hard. Think about how my full cock is going to fill this snug slit."

Groaning, Taelen pulled his fingers out of her convulsing pussy and brought them to his mouth, sucking her juices from his long digits. He closed his eyes, shivering as her taste slid across his tongue, sweet as a first kiss, stringent as a sassy-mouthed woman.

"Aged stars, Nya, you taste better than krasn." Shoving his fingers back inside her clinging pussy, he added a third and pumped a few times, gathering new slickness before pulling them out again. Bringing them to her mouth he said, "Here, have a taste…"

Nya moaned as he first slathered her juices over her lips, and then rubbed them along her tongue before leisurely pumping them in and out of her sucking mouth.

"You like your taste, baby?" Taelen slowly withdrew his fingers and slid them back into her quivering cunt. She nodded her head. "It can't be half as much as I do. If you're obedient, I'll let you lick my tongue when I finish eating your succulent pussy."

Crooning, Nya rocked back, earning another sharp slap. Taelen brought his big palm slamming down. Giving the pain of the blow time enough to recede, the Landresi rubbed the sting from her tender backside, his mouth widening in a predatory grin. "On second thought, by all means disobey my order. Move all you wish."

His hand lifted and fell, scattering spanks to her buttocks and the tender tops of her thighs in a slow deliberately calculated rhythm designed to heat more than her skin. "I know just how much your kind enjoys pain during your sexual play. I'll be happy to get to the bottom of your rebellion by applying firm discipline to the matter at hand."

Nya hissed. "Are you going to fuck me or beat me?" Her petulant voice broke his absorption with spanking her posterior.

He cupped her burning cheeks, digging his fingers in to resilient flesh. "Why, both, darling, since you enjoy them so much," he crooned. "And when I've finished, I'll start all over again. By the way, sweetness, these next are for daring to question me in that surly tone of voice." Saliva pooling in his mouth, he administered a flurry of hard blows.

He stopped. One hand cupped her sex, searching for signs the spanking had aroused her. His fingers found the tender flesh dripping with her sweet essence and he grinned, giving an open-palmed swat to her pussy lips just because.

She cried out, dancing and twisting under his touch, the stimulation of pain and pleasure working as he'd planned and Taelen froze, captivated by her naked charms, his hungry gaze eating her jiggling breasts and bouncing ass cheeks.

Kneeling beside her, he turned her face toward his and brought his mouth to her parted lips. Cock hard as plasteel, pressed against her tiny thigh, he rained kiss after open mouthed kiss on her face, finally taking her mouth in a conquering exchange of tongues and teeth.

His breath soughing in and out in lung straining gusts, he pulled back, smoothing the new growth of teal green fronds off her face. "Nya, my dove, what am I going to do with you? You tie my heart in knots. How can you be so giving in your emotions, so responsive in your pain? I can't seem to get enough of hurting you, fucking you…"

She collapsed across his arm, head lolling back, dark green eyes drowsy as she pleaded softly, "Please, Taelen, fuck me and come. Anywhere, anyway you want, just please… quench this thirst, satisfy this hunger ripping my insides to shreds."

Sierra: Oh, God. And I'm supposed to be coherent after that??? Speaking of love scenes, what's been one of your favorites that you've written so far?

Camille: The story of Thalassic and Darvic in Some Like it HOT! is one long love scene. I loved how they interacted with each other. I tried to explore the beauty and healing power of motherly AND marital love without skimping on the heat.

Sierra: Which one is something you'd love to try?

Camille: (blushing) I think I'm like a lot of women, in that I fantasize about being the meat in a hunk sandwich. Not sure I could ever go through with it, but man does it stir my juices! Is that naughty and dirty enough for you?

Sierra: And while we're on the subject, what's one scene you've researched personally? (Personally, I'd give just about anything for twenty minutes with Brant in zero-G!)

Camille: Gasp! Didn't you know…? I'm the virgin writer in this group. I've never done any of those things! It's all imagination. A lot of folk ask how my stuff is so hot and I tell them when the pot is covered, the steam has to escape! LOL

Sierra: Hee! Now it's time for the profile part of the interview -- all those intimate details we loooove to hear!

General:

Favorite beverage? Pink grapefruit juice

Favorite food? Chinese

Favorite self-indulgence? Reading. Since becoming a writer, I don't have the time I used to have for reading. I miss it!

Favorite place for a weekend tryst? At HOME with my feet up on the couch in front of a fireplace. With snow on the ground.

Men: YES! I'm an equal opportunity woman…men, all colors, all sizes. The mind is what counts. Alpha, strong men. (nerds can be alphas, too!)

Blond, brunette or redhead? See above. LOL

Smooth or hairy? Second verse, same as the first!

Muscly or lean? Yes! Yes!

Sub or Dom? Uhm…here we better think. Me no likey bossy! ROFL Me is the boss! Just not in the bedroom!

Sex: Please…!

Lights on or off? Who give a bleep? Its Sex!

Rope, silk scarves, or handcuffs? They all sound good…on him! I'll take the silk, though. =)

On you or on him? Well…

Quantity or quality? Quantity will ALWAYS win. It's kinda like size…who cares how big it is if you only get it once a year. And who cares how good it is if it only comes around every two years?

Strangest place you've ever done it: In my HEAD!

Strangest place you'd like to do it: In reality! ROFL

Writing:

Favorite writing apparel? Nightgown. Makes for easy access. Don't pretend you don't know what I'm talking about!

Favorite writing implement? My fingers of course. Oh, you were talking about writing! I use my laptop. Upgrade that baby every year. I am a gadget geek.

Favorite form of inspiration? Life. Be very careful (turns to look into the audience)…I might use YOU in my next story.

Favorite part of writing? Sometimes…? Typing the END! so I can get to the next story.

And now, the down, the dirty, the REAL nitty-gritty:

Sex, or chocolate? Uh…chocolate! Men are a dime a dozen, but Good chocolate is hard to find!

Camille, thanks so much for joining us!

Thanks for having me. This was fun!

Readers, you can get your copy of Tales of the Quiet Kitty 4: Cat Scratch Fever right here: http://www.changelingpress.com/product.php?&upt=book&ubid=604

And check out all the Quiet Kitty books on Camille's author page! http://www.changelingpress.com/author.php?uid=3

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