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Welcome to our spotlight of Sascha Illyvich and his work.
Below is an interview I had with Sascha Illyvich via e-mail in 2001. Unfortunately with the expansion of our site some spotlights were delayed for quite some time.
CarolCastellanos:
What genres do you write?
CarolCastellanos:
What genres would you like to write?
CarolCastellanos:
Where do you get your ideas?
CarolCastellanos:
Do you pattern your characters after any real people?
CarolCastellanos:
What authors do you admire?
CarolCastellanos:
What authors do you read?
CarolCastellanos:
What genres do you read?
CarolCastellanos:
What other genres do you see yourself writing?
CarolCastellanos:
What do you see yourself doing in 10 years?
CarolCastellanos:
Do you see yourself ever not writing?
CarolCastellanos:
How did you get started writing?
CarolCastellanos:
What age were you when you started to write?
CarolCastellanos:
When is your next book due?
CarolCastellanos:
Was there any author or authors that helped you get your in start writing,
or helped you break into the field?
CarolCastellanos:
What do you feel makes your books unique or stand out from others in your
genre?
CarolCastellanos:
What made you choose the genres you write?
CarolCastellanos:
Do you have a special subgenre?
CarolCastellanos:
Do you have a favorite place you like to write?
CarolCastellanos:
In what order do you write? For example starting beginning to end,
combining parts, in random order or in development cycle?
CarolCastellanos:
Do you feel that the e-books afford authors a bit more freedom of
expression in their books?
CarolCastellanos:
What do you feel is, or isn't being done to promote authors?
CarolCastellanos:
Do you feel that the marketing departments have their finger on the pulse
of readers?
CarolCastellanos:
How do you feel about review rating systems?
CarolCastellanos:
Through what venues do you feel most of your books are being sold?
CarolCastellanos:
What do you feel is the best part of the publishing industry?
CarolCastellanos:
What do you feel needs to be changed about the industry?
CarolCastellanos:
Do you think small press and e-books will be the wave of the future?
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published.
CarolCastellanos:
Hello Sascha, How are you today?
Sascha:
Hello Carol, I am fine.
Sascha:
I've been writing erotica for the past year or so. Before that, however I was a romance
poet and I wrote just plain fiction as well
Sascha:I wouldn't mind fantasy erotica
Sascha:
Life. Experience. It's the best teacher and provider for ideas, erotic or not. Take a weekend where I was mowing a neighbors lawn for example. I'm sitting out on a mower just running over this huge lawn and my mind starts thinking, "is there a story out here?" Then I play with that idea in my head and eventually start to develop things like plot and characters
Sascha:Oh HELL yes.
Sascha
Emma Holly, Robin Schone, those two are the ones that really set me off into writing erotica, though Robin Schone's work is not erotic in the same sense as mine. I've read so many authors that it's hard to name a single inspiration. Danielle Steel, only her earlier work.
Sascha
Too many to name. Due to lack of funds, I've been given/handed anthologies of stories and there have been so many wonderful authors in those books. Eloise James, Tristan Taromino, Cara Bruce, Adrienne Bennedicks, M. Christian, Cecilia Tan, to name a few.
Sascha:
Erotica, Romance, general fiction
Sascha:
Essay type works, why I run, things like that.
Sascha:
Famous, rich and very, very good at whatever I'm doing
(which I am now as well but there's always room to learn and grow)
Sascha:
It would kill me, but there will come a time when I'll have to put it down. Or if I took off as a musician. But my girlfriends won't let me ever put it down. They protect my integrity when I forget.
Sascha:
I picked up a pen and paper and was taught to hold them. Then I was taught to make letters. And spell. And then I was taught grammar, and it just sort of picked up momentum from there.
Sascha:
I remember Moses and something about a burning bush.
Probably around second grade, so like seven?
Sascha:
Now I'm not certain on that. Having to look for day jobs to keep my bills paid keeps me from writing as much as I'd like to. But I'll have updates on my web page.
Sascha:
Emma Holly sent me in the direction of the Erotica Readers Association but Robin Schone sent me to Emma Holly.
Sascha:
It's POETRY!!!!!! And when I put out my prose novels, they'll be just as beautiful. As an erotic romantic, there is only so much that can be done to make my novel stand out. After which, I can only hope the readers like my talent and art.
Sascha:
I've always been in love with the idea of Love; it's a beautiful emotion.
There are many others out there, but Love is to me a very powerful one that carries more weight than any of us know what to do with at times. Love put me into situations that brought forth a person I didn't entirely know I had. And from those experiences, I wrote. And grew. And looked back and realized that Love is SO evident in my romance, my erotica and my BDSM that it just seemed logical.
Sascha:
Is Porno a sub genre of erotic romance? BDSM, Lesbian/Gay fiction, as opposed to just straight vanilla erotica. Or plain romance.
Sascha:
At the moment my favorite place to write is in front of my computer, preferably with music turned up really loud in my ears, so I can block out the days noise and just focus on the energy. From there, I create. But I'd like to make that portable.
Sascha:
Random order. "his Retreat" has me working on chapter two and three at the same time, but I may go off and plot or plan the next chapter ahead of time and get any thoughts out of the way.
Sascha:
Hell no. It's about the same. Why would it be different?
Sascha:
Not enough. I think the process should start in high school to get kids reading, and enjoying more. Then the market will be at more potential. The big companies should take notice and push the authors harder because there are numerous authors I know who are not getting credit.
Sascha:
Couldn't tell ya.
Sascha:
As long as I get good reviews, we're cool.
Sascha:
Renaissance E-books.
Sascha:
Couldn't tell ya.
Sascha:
That's a tough question.
Sascha:
Not likely. I think people will read more, but I'd rather have a hard copy of my book in hands.
Recent Or Upcoming Sascha Illyvich titles:
Erotic Flowers at Renaissance Ebooks
