Featured Interview With Matt Converse
Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I grew up in Ohio and live in San Francisco now. My only pets are my cage-free hummingbirds that come by the feeder outside my front window. I strive to bring diversity to publishing and in March became Comet Press/Sex Files first author with a gay category book, my erotic gay thriller novella eBook Behind the Velvet Curtain.
At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
Reading was not one of my favorite subjects in school and I still read less than almost any author ever. But I love to write. I wrote my first short story in 4th grade and my teacher asked me if I copied it off a movie or TV show. I took that as quite the compliment. It was about a boy who kept sleep walking to a graveyard, only to find the grace with his tombstone. A bit dark for a nine-year-old I suppose.
Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
Stephen King is my idol. I can’t believe how many books he’s written, it’s mind boggling. Another that inspires me is not a writer but a director, Alfred Hitchcock. His mastery of suspense and mystery is just what modern horror needs to go with the blood and guts.
Tell us a little about your latest book?
I just finished my horror novel a few days ago, but my recently published work, the erotic gay thriller novella eBook Behind the Velvet Curtain was inspired by own life. The lead characters is, like me, and stripper turned author. It’s a peek into the life of what a stripper is really like, a real look, unlike the fun but unrealistic Magic Mike movies. Matt is a scrawny boy from Ohio who transforms into a sexy stripper in San Francisco who has a red hot boyfriend with off the charts hot sex. Right when he seems to have it all, a stalker with a twisted obsession threatens to take it all way. It’s a quick read and honestly didn’t take long to write compared to my novel.
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