Wednesday, April 9, 2014

In the spotlight: Mia Kerick

Welcome back to my blog, Mia. Congratulations for your new book!


Description:
A Harmony Ink Press Young Adult Title

In his junior year at a public high school, sweet, bright Casey Minton’s biggest worry isn’t being gay. Keeping from being too badly bullied by his so-called friends, a group of girls called the Queen Bees, is more pressing. Nate De Marco has no friends, his tough home life having taken its toll on his reputation, but he’s determined to get through high school. Zander Zane’s story is different: he’s popular, a jock. Zander knows he’s gay, but fellow students don’t, and he’d like to keep it that way.
 No one expects much when these three are grouped together for a class project, yet in the process the boys discover each other’s talents and traits, and a new bond forms. But what if Nate, Zander, and Casey fall in love—each with the other and all three together? Not only gay but also a threesome, for them high school becomes infinitely more complicated and maybe even dangerous. To survive and keep their love alive, they must find their individual strengths and courage and stand together, honest and united. If they can do that, they might prevail against the Queen Bees and a student body frightened into silence—and even against their own crippling fears.

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Hi, Iyana and thank you for inviting me to your blog.

Top Ten Random Facts about Mia Kerick

Mia Kerick…

1. Learned to read at 4 by watching Sesame Street on TV.
2. Played with dolls throughout high school.
3. Is a MAJOR Boston Red Sox fan- has a room in house (The Red Sox Room) dedicated to Red Sox memorabilia with a mural of Fenway Park on one wall.
4. Loves crime shows on TV- especially Criminal Minds.
5. Would prefer to eat cookies to a fancy meal…or any meal at all.
6. Was a middle school teacher/drama club director before having children and becoming a stay at home mother.
7. Would live in jeans, white collared shirts, and Frye boots—every day of her life—if she could.
8. Thinks heaven is stretching out on a reclining lounge chair by the pool with a gay romance novel in one hand and a mocha latte with extra espresso in the other.
9. Has touched Keith Urban on three separate occasions. (He is very soft.)
10. Has never, ever gotten bored—mind is much too busy for that.



About the Author:

Mia Kerick is the mother of four exceptional children—all named after saints—and five nonpedigreed cats—all named after the next best thing to saints, Boston Red Sox players. Her husband of twenty years has been told by many that he has the patience of Job, but don’t ask Mia about that, as it is a sensitive subject.
Mia focuses her stories on the emotional growth of troubled men and their relationships, and she believes that sex has a place in a love story, but not until it is firmly established as a love story. As a teen, Mia filled spiral-bound notebooks with romantic tales of tortured heroes (most of whom happened to strongly resemble lead vocalists of 1980s big-hair bands) and stuffed them under her mattress for safekeeping. She is thankful to Dreamspinner Press for providing her with an alternate place to stash her stories.
Mia is proud of her involvement with the Human Rights Campaign and cheers for each and every victory made in the name of marital equality. Her only major regret: never having taken typing or computer class in school, destining her to a life consumed with two-fingered pecking and constant prayer to the Gods of Technology.
My themes I always write about:
Sweetness. Unconventional love, tortured/damaged heroes- only love can save them.

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