Bookablies: Across Worlds: Collide by S.A. Snow

Title: Across Worlds: Collision

Author: S. A. Snow

Genre: mixed gender sci-fi erotica adventure

Tour Host: Dreams Come True Promotions

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Today's Stop: Author Interview with Katheryn Kiden who is currently on tour for her novel: Across Worlds: Collision! A giveaway and a few special teasers!

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Did you do any research for your novel?

I did a little bit of research for this one. I mean, did you know the UN does have a division for Outer Space Affairs? No? Neither did I until I started writing this! Other than that, given the genre and content, there wasn't much research to be done. Most of it was written by the seat of my pants, just as I thought it up. That's how I tend to write.

What is your favorite theme/genre to write about?

I’m not sure I have a favorite. I like to write blended genres. That means there’s a good dose of at least two genres in the story/novel itself. Across Worlds: Collision is equally science fiction and erotica. I’m also planning on writing an urban fantasy/erotica novel for my next novel.

While you were writing, did you ever feel as if you were one of the characters?

I wished I was the character! I’m not sure I ever felt completely being one of them, but I certain wish I was Jane or Usnavi. Jane is hot, kick ass, and amazing. She’s not really scared of much. Usnavi is a lot quieter and mellow about life. Zhe goes throughout the world as if zhe knows all the outcomes, and I suppose in a way zhe does because zhe has lived far longer than a human could ever imagine.

Have you ever hated something you wrote?

Yes. Absolutely. I don’t know a writer who doesn’t. Rarely is it an entire piece I’ve written, although that has happened. Usually it’s just scenes or sentences that I hate. When that happens, it’s easy to take it out, rework it and then love it.

Do you ever experience writer's block?

I don't know if I really, truly believe in writer's block. Certainly an individual piece can get blocked and that has happened to me. When it does, I take a break. I read a book(or ten), I read or write some fan-fiction, binge watch a TV show. Something will kickstart the creative process and then I'll be going again. For me, most of the time it's not that I can't write at all, it's that I don't want to write what I'm working on either because I don't like what I'm about to have to write, or because I just need a break from it. If it's the former, I'll just procrastinate until I talk myself into doing it. If the latter, I take a break.

Do you think that the cover plays an important part in the buying process?

I do, absolutely think that. The cover is the first impression that you get of the novel. If, for example, in Across Worlds: Collision, the cover had on it two trains coming at each other, you might think that the book was about trains. The cover should represent something about the book and give the reader a sense of it, whether it's tone, plot, character, whatever, but the cover should tell a story, too.

Do you think that giving books away free works and why?

I believe it does. I think giving away books has to be done with the right expectations in mind and the right way in order to increase sales (if that’s the goal) or to get notices (if that’s the goal). If the goal is to increase sales, it’s often seen and proven that giving away the book in question for free for a day or two will still increase sales after. If there’s a series, it’s proven that making the first book free will increase sales on the books that follow (can also do reduced pricing). Likewise, giving away book during cover reveals, blog tours, etc also has its benefits. Those benefits aren’t necessarily sales, but if it gets someone to like my Facebook page, then they can keep up with me after the cover reveal and might perhaps buy the book later.

Anything done with marketing has to be done smartly. Just giving books away randomly without a plan and without a reason doesn’t help the author at all. The author must look at the reasons why they’re giving the books away and what benefits for them they can see coming from it. If it doesn’t work out, then try it again in a new way. Marketing is all about trial and error.

If you could have been the original author of any book, what would it have been and why?

Ugh, this is a hard one, but I'm going to go with Lord of the Rings. Tolkien was just so creative and his world is so well thought out that it's hard to beat. He has whole languages and worlds developed and there's no limit to what you can do with what he created. I wish my mind was as open and creative as his.

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Jane expected six months undercover to be hard; she expected it to be lonely and bleak. She didn’t expect to find love.

Jane Butler, a CIA operative, is assigned the task of infiltrating the Xanthians and determining if they’re a threat to humanity. Going undercover as a Xanthian mate, she boards the transport ship and meets Usnavi—her new mate. After spending six days traveling through space, Jane is ecstatic to explore the Xanthian station and soon sets out to complete her mission. The only problem? Usnavi—and the feelings she is quickly developing.

Fumbling their way through varying sexual expectations, cooking catastrophes, and cultural differences, they soon discover life together is never boring. As Jane and Usnavi careen into a relationship neither of them expected, Jane uncovers dark secrets about the Xanthians and realizes she may no longer be safe. When it becomes clear she’s on her own, Jane is forced to trust and rely on Usnavi. Simultaneously struggling with her mission, her feelings for Usnavi, and homesickness, Jane faces questions she never imagined she would have to answer.

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https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/435337

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After chasing around puppies and corralling kittens, S.A. Snow flips open her BSG replicated console and enters her mysterious world of imagination. Seeking to escape the rigors of her day jobs, she enters flight mode and powers her engines full-speed ahead.

A prolific writer of non-traditional erotica, S.A. Snow grew up on a small alpaca farm high in the Andes Mountains. A lover of yoga and meditation, she spends her free time constructing alien space stations, organizing werewolf governments, and cataloging all episodes of Star Trek in order of technical soundness. A firm believer that one need not choose between Gene Roddenberry and George Lucas, she also has closely examines all Star Wars movies in order to determine which episode is more factually based.

S.A. Snow writes truth and only truth, factoring in all evidences she can find. She writes only about parallel universes she has personally visited, and believes if something about her books isn’t shocking, she’s not effectively telling the story.

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