Interview With Lisa Fulham
- Can you tell us a little about yourself?
Hi, well as you now know,
I’m Lisa Fulham. I’m an author of erotica, poetry and I like to
mix both those things together from time to time. I like to be
slightly out of step with whatever’s considered the norm and I’m
a sucker for a good giggle. Make me laugh and I’m likely to never
let you go.
- Can you tell us a little about your books?
My two books Out on
Business and Delicious Just Desserts are books containing erotic
stories. Out on Business is actually featured in Delicious Just
Desserts as it’s an anthology of stories and poetry of the erotic
genre.
My third book is called
Words of a Season and contains only poetry of which none are erotic.
There are a lot of sensual moments, but the poetry in this book is
aimed purely at tapping into the emotions of love, lust, pain fear
and loss.
- What book did you enjoy writing the most?
Ooohhhh meanie lol I loved
writing all of them, but Out on Business and The Wedding Guest are
two stories which mean a lot to me. Lust Through a Lens is one where
I seemed to put a hell of a lot of myself into the main female
character.
I love writing poetry too,
something which happened by accident. It’s something which is easy
and hard in equal measure. If I try to sit to write poetry I have
nothing, if an idea for a poem pops into my head then it distracts me
until I have it down. Poetry is also the only thing I always, no
matter what, write long hand first.
- Do you have a favorite character to write about?
I’ve had a few if I’m
honest. The suit clad Blake Cassey from Out on Business. The Groom
Jonathan and his best friend Melissa in the Wedding guests and some
of the supporting roles were funny too.
That’s the thing for me,
I love writing sex and emotions, but I also like to slip bits in to
make people laugh. Enjoyment of erotica isn’t all about how good
the sex scenes are.
- Do you have a favorite spot to write?
Up until this year I
exclusively wrote on my PC (when not curled up somewhere with a
notebook) at my desk in my bedroom. This was simply because that’s
where the PC was, but now I have a laptop I’m sitting in my kitchen
a lot more and have my miniature Yorkshire terrier keeping me
company. He’s so cute and very naughty at times.
- Do you have any “odd” writing habits?
Not really. I have to have
tea and juice at all times as I suffer from migraines so hydration is
very important. I only like to eat foods I can pick up and shove in
my mouth so I can type while I chew. Other than that I just sit and
tap away at the keys which I’m sure move around when I’m not
looking.
- Do you listen to music while you write?
I do, I listen to Oasis
exclusively. I lived my teens through the 90’s and I’m from
Manchester which means Oasis are ingrained into my soul. I can have
them playing in the background and it feels like an old friend is
with me without trying to make conversation and it not be weird.
When I’m editing however
then I need dead silence and if I can’t get that then I get very
grumpy.
- When did you know you wanted to write a book?
I’ve wanted to write
since I was fifteen and discovered the author Kate Cann. She made me
want to build a world where people wanted to visit time and time
again.
- What was the last book you read?
Second Chance Hero by my
good friend Rebecca Sherwin. I LOVED it and didn’t want to put it
down. You know when you read a book and you want to slap, hug and
scream at the characters all at the same time? That’s how fantastic
it was.
- What are writing projects are you currently working on?
My current project is yet
to have a title. Nothing has jumped out at me. It follows Sophia, a
rich girl not quite like the rich girls we’ve seen in the past. We
follow her during her gap year where she has four very different
adventures. Here is the first chapter. It’s unedited, but I’m
still pretty pleased with it.
Chapter
One
When
I woke up this morning I never expected my day to end up here. In
fact, if someone had told me over my sugar puffs this would be where
I’d be at four-thirty am, I’d have suggested they seek medical
assistance. Thing is, now I’m here, it feels as though I’m
finally where I belong. Life’s funny that way with all its little
surprises.
I
suppose I should tell you a little about myself before I share my day
with you, after all you’d at least want someone’s name before you
woke up in bed with them naked wouldn’t you?
The
trick is to tell you about myself without sounding like I’m either
filling out a dating website profile or a job application.
I’m
Sophia, I’m twenty years old and I guess the thing people notice
about me most is the fact I come from money. When I say money, I’m
talking sixth generation old
money. Well half of me comes from that life; my mum came from a
normal, run of the mill family. Nan and Pops both worked hard their
whole lives to give their daughter the things in life they never had
growing up. Grandma and Pappy are where the money comes from.
To
say they are the biggest snobs I’ve ever had to endure would be an
understatement. The differences between times spent with my different
grandparents are opposite ends of the normality spectrum. From high
society living to homemade Christmas presents, one thing’s for
sure, I definitely had an interesting start in life. Mum and Dad met
when they both took a gap year before starting university to go
backpacking in the Far East. They fell in love in the shadows of the
Himalayas. Grandma was not impressed when Dad came home in love with
someone not from an upper class bloodline and announced they were
getting married while still in University. Apparently she was in
therapy for over a year trying to cope with the stress and shame of
it all, though of course she told her friends she had simply been
suffering from migraines when they asked why she had been shying away
from social gatherings.
The
only reason she didn’t cut Dad off completely was because Mum
offered to sign a prenuptial agreement stating if the marriage ended
she didn’t want a penny. She also added the reason was because any
money from Grandma’s family would be tainted with her sour soul,
which I think is pretty funny considering it ended up in a binding
legal document.
The
reason I’m telling you this is to explain the two worlds I’m
from. Mum has always kept me grounded and for as long as I can
remember I’ve spent half my holidays with Nan and Pops. They showed
me the value of a good heart far outweighs the value of a bank
balance. How my Dad turned out to be as down to earth and brilliant
as he is–considering he grew up in the coldest house I’ve ever
known—is beyond me.
Don’t
get me wrong, we’re no tree huggers and I went to the best private
schools in the country, but I learnt the rich way of living is not
how life is enriched.
So
that’s a little about my upbringing and background, but I want to
tell you about the journey which lead me to where I am now.
A
group of friends and I decided to take a year off between leaving
college and starting University. They planned to sail the world on
their Daddies yachts, catching a suntan and probably herpes along
with a whole other host of STD’s in the process. That scene has
never been for me and even though they begged me to go with them, I
knew it wasn’t how I wanted to spend a year of my life. This caused
a huge row with my boyfriend Henry and was the ultimate reason we
broke up. If I’m honest with myself I would have ended things
before university no matter what. Henry was a boy my Grandmother had
set me up with, we went to the same schools and his bloodline was as
old as ours–perfect match in Gran’s eyes, but we were polar
opposites. He liked clubbing and flashing his cash and ‘woman’ as
he tried to call me around. Our Grandparents were more upset then
either of us and I was pretty sure he had been shagging around behind
my back the whole time we had been together. My only regret about the
whole thing was sleeping with him. I knew I didn’t love him, but I
figured I should get the deed over with and I did, quickly. Either
sex wasn’t as good as people made it out to be or Henry was a
little too eager for the post-coital cigarette he seemed to enjoy
more than he had being intimate with me.
Truth
is, I can barley handle a long weekend of the scene my friends live
for when I can’t think of a plausible excuse to get myself out of
it. So the thought of spending a whole year doing nothing of
substance made me feel physically queasy. Club hopping wearing heels
higher than the Empire State building, skirts which looked nothing
more than thick belts and the way they all tried to big it up as
though they were all gangsta and appearing in a Tupac video just
wasn’t for me and the nights I was forced to tag along I hated.
Instead
I decided to split my year into four very different adventures.
When
I’m not working on this I’m trying to promote my latest book
Delicious Just Desserts.
Thank
you so much for having me and I hope you’ve enjoyed getting to know
me a little better.
Stay
Kind, Stay Kinky, Stay True
Lisa
Delicious Just Desserts
by
Lisa Fulham
These eight poems and six stories, redefine friendship, drip with lust and invite you to a wedding with a difference.
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Be bound by freedom.
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Out on Business
by
Lisa Fulham
Blake Casey is all business and no play. Could his shy and bashful PA be the one to change all that in just a weekend?
When the company goes Out on Business, fantasies are experienced, stockings are worn and suits are torn apart.
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