I've been asked since I released my first book, why mpreg? And my answer is always the same. Why not? I get that mpreg is not part of reality, but I'm a fiction writer and love to bend the boundaries just as much as the next writer. I will start out by saying when I first started writing it was not my intention to write mpreg storylines it simply happened. Will I continue to write mpreg stories as I improve as a writer? I'm not sure. I cannot predict what I will be writing next. I get it; I really do, not everyone is into reading or writing mpreg. What it all boils down to is imagination and what if's.
What if we lived in a world where both men and woman could get pregnant? I look at things this way if we can imagine the possibility of a man or woman shifting into an animal why can't we view men getting pregnant as just another possibility. Fiction is a vast world of what if's. I understand that at times there are some truths to fiction, but as writers, we build the world we would want to live in sharing it with readers who would also want to be apart of it. Some readers stumbled into mpreg and realized that it wasn't as bad as they thought it would be. Just as real life can put things into our path and give us a better understanding of why things happen, so can the books we read. Now, I do not proclaim to be some all knowing mythical person; I honestly believe I live in the fiction world more often than reality. Which is why I find mpreg so interesting to read and as well write. I have a strange motto, as long as it's not illegal and will not be detrimental to my health I'll give something a no thank you chance. If I like it, I stick with it, and if I don't at least, I gave it a chance before saying no thank you. Please understand that this is not my way to sway or encourage anyone reading this to dash over to Amazon and purchase a mpreg book; I'm merely stating my obsession with the sub-genre. 
Giovanna (Gia) Reaves is my alter ego, who is a dreamer. I spend my days and nights dreaming and thinking of the world's I want to create with words. I started writing about three years ago, when I was introduced to the world of fan fiction. I loved the idea of creating a new world around characters that people already knew about. And ones that are original of my own making. I have written two novels and a few free stories.
I am a mother, wife and a military veteran. I enjoy trying new things such as; traveling, cooking and reading. I try to incorporate some of the things I have experienced into my books. Currently, living in Newport RI , with my two favorite men. If I am not hidden in my cave writing, I like to read and spend time with my hubby and son. I love listening to R and B along with Neo soul when I am writing. When I'm not writing I am trying to perfecting my baking and decorating skills or try to pick up something new. I love spending time with my husband and son playing video games and traveling.
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I love the Winter Olympics. I look forward to them coming around every four years, much more than the Summer Olympics. Why? Because I grew up and still live in the great white north of the upper midwest. Snow has fallen October to May before so there are only four months that you can guarantee there won't be snow. So the winter sports are exciting to me and I've tried several of them.
I used to figure skate until our coach moved three hours south. I stopped at Freestyle 1 which is learning spins and jumps. It's the first skating class where you have to skate to music to pass. Figure skating in the Olympics is always watched by me, since I know it so well and because I miss it and wish I had been able to continue skating. It's such a beautiful and difficult sport. If anyone asks who my favorite figure skater is, I would say the English ice dancing pair of Torvill & Dean from the 1984 Olympics. That was such an event changing skate. I had chills watching it live. Stunning, beautiful, mesmerizing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2zbbN4OL98 I hadn't followed the figure skaters before the 2018 Winter Olympics, until Adam Rippon suddenly shot to fame with a tweet by Reese Witherspoon. What kept Adam Rippon in the spotlight was his sassy, funny, positive, honest, handsome self. He was born for stardom. And so inspiration struck. What if an Olympic figure skater met someone at the Olympics? I kicked around the idea and decided he'd meet a snowboarder. But then I was reminded about the upcoming royal wedding with the British monarchy. How about a prince instead of a snowboarder? And what country should the prince be from? It had to be Sweden. I've had a slight obsession with Sweden since stumbling across Henrik Lundqvist in the list of the 2010 Winter Olympic's hottest athletes. If you currently are not obsessed with him, let me help you out. He's from Sweden, is the New York Rangers starting goalie, is ridiculously handsome, is a super nice guy. So I've been in love with Sweden since then. The more I've found out about the country, the more I love it. So Prince Henrik, I had to name my prince that, could be from no other country than Sweden. My characters in the book, Jeff and Henrik, were inspired by real life people but I definitely made my own characters with their own quirks. I also made up the Swedish royal family, even though they have one, the royals in my book are fictional. The landmarks in the book are real though such as Stockholm Cathedral, the Royal Palace and Drottningholm Palace. There really is a blue princely mantle, prince's coronet, throne and throne room. I want to travel to Sweden even worse now. I'll add Stockholm to the list of cities I want to visit other than Gothenburg, where Henrik Lundqvist played professional hockey before getting drafted by the NY Rangers. I told you I was obsessed. Omega's Prince is my fifth book. It's amazing to me that I'm writing that statement because publishing three novels and two novellas since October is quite stunning. Writing was not my career until September when I got laid off from my computer job of over five years. I had written short stories a few years ago, and kept in touch with authors, so I wasn't completely out of the loop. When I thought of applying for another job, working for someone else, earning them money for 8 hours and then trying to write at night at home, well I just couldn't do it. So I rage quit the corporate world. All of my books are humorous and include crazy things that have happened to me in real life. When you can be sure that when you pick up one of my books, you're going to be entertained! 
Always daydreaming and making up stories in her head, Bella didn't write her first novel until 2017.
Bella has a Computer Science degree, but that doesn't hold a candle to her true love of reading. She has a cat, a corgi, hates doing cleaning, and loves playing video games. Bella loves sexy men and a happily ever after romance. Happy reading! 
We asked Quinn Michaels to tell us what inspired her to write Omega's Shadow, her new action-packed Mpreg novel.
I've always been a misfit. I grew up going to Star Trek conventions (playing laser tag in the hallways...super fun!) well before such things were socially acceptable. I got more than my fair share of teasing because I was always a touch out of step with what was supposed to be cool or interesting. Because I’ve never quite fit in, I tend to write stories about other misfits. Shadow, the alpha hero of Omega Shadow, is more of a stay quiet and listen than take charge kind of alpha (though he can and does take charge when he it’s necessary.) Unlike most alphas, he’s also not particularly interested in leading a pack. He doesn't really know what he wants, and given a choice, he'd rather keep to the background to figure it out. Unfortunately, he doesn’t get this luxury when he goes to Blackcreek and meets Kyle. Shadow is instantly attracted, and this attraction only grows as he spends more time with Kyle (and they start sharing dreams.) So much about Kyle is a mystery. Kyle doesn't even know who Kyle is, even though he knows exactly what he wants and is working doggedly to get it. As Kyle is forced to face himself, what he learns puts him and (especially) Shadow in really hot water. If I say anymore, I'll probably just end up giving away the whole plot so I’m going to leave it. One thing that was really important to me in this book was showing that there are multiple sides to every story. I wanted to write a villain who you could look at and say, “this person has a point,” even as you know they’re wrong. The best place to do in the Pine Creek Lake world, and the place I knew I’d wanted to go since the first book in the series, was to Gale’s old pack – the one he ran away from. I’d even toyed with telling parts of the book from Gale’s point of view, but ultimately, I wanted to focus on new characters and a new story because I like each book to stand alone. My favorite part of writing a book is when it takes a sharp left from the outline, and I discover something totally new. That's how I know book is alive. Omega Shadow took sharp lefts and sharp rights, and it grew into something much better than I’d planned. There’s also some really steamy sexytimes! The best, unexpected surprise for me in the book was how awesome the shifter version of Capture the Flag turned out to be. Just imagine Capture the Flag with Werewolves and Paintball. Nuff said. 
All about Quinn Michaels:
Quinn Michaels is a Pennsylvania native who has been writing her entire life, but really began to take it seriously in 2001. She’s taken a huge variety of writing classes in person and online, and she also has completed a MA in English Literature. She loves cats, karaoke, writing, cosplay and painting pottery. 
First and foremost, allow me to answer the question folks may not realize they have on their mind when faced with the name "Quinn Michaels" ~ is this a boy or girl? Or something outside of that dynamic?
To clarify, Quinn Michaels is a light-skinned, cisgender black lady from the great state of Pennsylvania. She has a passion for writing, drawing, painting, karaoke, language learning, sci-fi, and tabletop role-playing games. In short, Quinn is a total nerd. How much of a nerd? Quinn is the geek level who went to sci-fi and anime conventions well before it was cool. Not nerdy enough for ya? Quinn is a level of geek who downloaded a book in PDF format about ICBMs and studied it over her one week, high school Christmas break (taking notes, in a spiral notebook that she wishes she could find now,) because it was written by a science-fiction author she liked. And yes, Quinn has done Renaissance dancing, camped out for the premiere of Star Wars the Phantom Menace, and dressed up as a stewardess in order to see Snakes on a Plane. (She was almost escorted out of the theater by a bouncer for the last one.) It is at this point that Quinn decides she's going to stop idiotically referring to herself in the third person. Because it's getting kind of whack. What got me into writing Mpreg? I got into Mpreg through fanfiction. I wish I could find the story that first made me think, "Wow! This is neat!" It was in the Sherlock genre, which is my “go to” fic universe. Unfortunately, I think the author has taken the story down because it’s no longer in my bookmarks. For me, the most exciting part of the Mpreg sub-genre is how it plays with gender norms. As a writer, this leaves you with a lot of room to experiment with story and character. In my heart and deepest core, I am a science-fiction and fantasy writer, and I approach Mpreg as a subset of these speculative genres in my writing. What’s most fun about mpreg, and about writing anything actually, is the characters. In my upcoming book, my main omega character, Kevin, is a man out of options. He has lost everything, been beat down by life, and the only way out he sees is by faking his own death and going on the run. But, all of his plans fall apart when he meets Blaze, an alpha spy with secrets of his own. This is a shifter book, and the pack dynamics play a large role in the story. I really felt good about that. My favorite thing about writing mpreg is no matter how hard the road the characters have to go through, at their core, they are genuinely good people and their love for each other is true. In Alpha Blaze, both my alpha and omega main characters try to deny their attraction to each other, but as the story progresses, they each discover their individual plans aren’t nearly as powerful as what they can do together. I feel like romance in general is about that kind of synergy. Each person brings themselves, and together, they create (and become) something more. I know a story is alive when it departs from my outline, and sometimes I think I just write outlines to get the mediocre ideas out of my head before I sit down in front of the real blank page. Alpha Blaze quickly took on its own life. I'd intended to write a 30,000-word novella, and I ended up with a 64,000-word novel. And that's not counting the 6000+ word bonus "baby book" you can download at the end. What I hope makes my stories interesting is that I work really to make sure that the most important conflict stems from each character's actions and motivations. Beyond that, I just try to make sure I'm telling a story so good readers can't put down. To do this, I have to make sure the story surprises and delights me in some way every time I sit down to write it. If I can keep myself engaged, I figure that will carry over to other people. If nothing else, to thine own self be true. It's been a wild ride so far. After Alpha Blaze, my next book is going to use some of my personal history as veterinary technician as a key part of the plot. I'm excited to be able to use this experience as a part of my mpreg writing, and I’m so excited to start this new project! 
All about Quinn Michaels:
Quinn Michaels is a Pennsylvania native who has been writing her entire life, but really began to take it seriously in 2001. She’s taken a huge variety of writing classes in person and online, and she also has completed a MA in English Literature. She loves cats, karaoke, writing, cosplay and painting pottery. 
To Mpreg or not to Mpreg…
First off, big hugs to Giovanna Reaves for having me here today! I want to share with you my journey to Mpreg. Primarily because I didn’t start out by reading/writing fan fic. Actually, I didn’t even start out writing M/M that way either! So, I guess I’m the freak of the crowd (what else is new?). Let me start off by providing you with a little background on me as both a reader and author. As Morticia Knight, I’ve been writing and publishing M/M, M/F and LGBT romance since 2011. Beginning 2013, it became M/M romance exclusively. Why? That’s sort of a long story, but essentially, there are only so many hours in a day (much to my chagrin), and I had a very successful M/M series, started a second one that was more a labor of love than a success… anyway, I decided to stick with M/M. The thing with Morticia and her series, though, is that she primarily writes in the genres of BDSM and Men in Uniform. Even the sci-fi and historical stories are BDSM! But I’ve always loved paranormal. Sci-fi too, but I always envisioned myself writing paranormal when I first started out. Within the last couple years, that wish has become almost overwhelming, but Morticia is a demanding little wench and she currently has three different series in play, so she was of no help to the cause. Then in walks M.M. Wilde, and ta-da! Problem solved. Where does Mpreg fit in to all of this you may ask? As I mentioned before, I do love sci-fi. A friend of mine had recommended M.A. Church’s Harvest Series, and I was like, I dunno. Mpreg? I’m not sure I’m up for that. I hated that movie with Arnie all preggers, so that was what I had stuck in my head. However, she insisted it was the most amazing series ever, and that I had to read it. Fine. Well, hot damn, she was right! I’ve re-read it at least three times since then. Then, I picked up Ravella Hawthorne, Wolf Specter and a few others and I was sold on the genre. But that didn’t necessarily mean I was going to write Mpreg… or did it? When I first committed to writing shifters as M.M. Wilde, it wasn’t with the intent of writing Mpreg. The first series I began developing was the Alaskan Wolf Alliance, and that idea was based on my love for Alaska, the wilderness and white wolves. As I was outlining the first story and doing the world-building for Rescued by the Alpha, there came a moment between Nicolai and Elam after Elam is turned, where it was so damn perfect for Mpreg to become the main theme. I even tried to turn away from it, shook my finger at M.M. and said, ‘No! That’s not what you were going to do! Behave yourself’. Yeah… I didn’t win that battle. So, here I am, with the first book of the Alaskan Wolf Alliance almost finished along with the outlines for two more. And I have to say that I’ve fully embraced the genre and it’s inspired me to come up with even more Mpreg themed stories. Watch for Rescued by the Alpha to be on preorder in May and out in June. Make sure to follow my Facebook page or on Twitter to keep up to date! 
More about M.M. Wilde
M.M. Wilde, author of knotty mpreg romance is the alter ego of M/M erotic romance author, Morticia Knight. Her adventures as a published author began in 2011 and since then, she’s been fortunate enough to have several books on bestseller lists along with titles receiving recognition in the Rainbow Book Awards, Divine Magazine and Love Romance Café. M.M. Wilde’s debut mpreg romance, Rescued by the Alpha (Alaskan Wolf Alliance 1) is due to be released in June of 2018. |
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