1. When/why did you decide to become a writer? *
I don't think I ever 'decided', I just always knew I wanted to tell stories. I've been telling them since I learned how to talk!
2. What authors inspired you when you were younger? What books do you enjoy reading today? *
J.K. Rowling, Douglas Adams, Neil Gaiman... their books shaped the way I read, and now, write. These days I'm still into Science Fiction, but I'm challenging myself to read non-fiction to broaden my horizons.
3. What was the inspiration behind your latest release? *
Alienation (October 24th 2017) was, at first, just a novel about a stratified society where "moving up in the world" was quite literal. The first draft was written 7 years ago, before I had the tools to really talk about social mobility. Finding it too dark, I used the character of Sally Webber to explore the absurd aspects of a world not so different from our own!
4. Were any of the characters personalities or emotions taken from real life? *
Not from people I know, but from real struggles, sure. Sally Webber deals with anxiety and depression, but it does not define her life.
5. Why do you write in your chosen genre? What other genres would you like to try your hand at? *
I write scifi because I LOVE scifi. I'm actually getting a masters in Astrophysics! But I would love to write fantasy, or contemporary lit, too.
6. What would you do if you were your main character? *
Probably freak out and explore the universe. She's got such an exciting opportunity to see space up close!
7. Will we ever see these characters again? *
I sure hope so! If all goes well, the series - or, should I say, saga - will span 15 novels.
8. Would you like to see this book as a film or TV show? If yes, who do you want to see play your characters? *
I think it would be amazing for Starstruck to be a TV show! Sally could be played by Britt Robertson, Zander by Rohit Khandelwal, and Blayde by Summer Glau (if she's be willing to dye her hair!).
9. Where do you see yourself and your career in the next ten years?
Hopefully with a bestselling series and a show! I would love to balance both my writing career and research into astrophysics and cosmology.
10. Is there anything you haven't touched on that you'd like readers to know about your book? *
It's exciting, it's funny, and it answers the question of whether or not we're ready for space tourism. Oh! And there's pizza!
11. What would you be doing if you weren't writing? *
Reading, knitting, and studying space.
12. Can you tell KSR what you're working on next? *
Well, I have quite a few projects in the works. I'm working on the next Starstruck book (Traveler, coming spring 2018) but also a YA scifi which I'm really excited about. No spoilers!
13. What authors, dead or alive, would you like to collaborate with? *
Nail Gaiman (PLEASE!) and Douglas Adams.
14. What are three things that may surprise your readers to know about you? *
I mapped the surface of Mercury, have a cover design business, and can sing the periodic table song. Hi!
15. Please list your links where readers can find you online and purchase your works. *
Starstruck by S.E. Anderson Author Page: https://www.facebook.com/seandersonauthor/
Website: seandersonauthor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/sea_author
Book: http://bit.ly/KSTAR
Title: Battered & Bruised, but not broken
Release Date: August 18th, 2017
Publisher: Encompass Ink
Genres: Erotic male/male romance
Goodreads: 
Battered & Bruised, but not broken, is an erotic, male/male, gay romance novel. It's the culmination of two lost souls finding what they didn't know they were looking for.
Hunter's an ex-con, always in the wrong place at the wrong times, which is how he landed up in prison. He's looking to start anew, when in walks Elliott.
Timid , sheltered, Elliott, has his life in order. Or so he thinks. That is until, Hunter, introduces him to a whole new world.
Both are battling demons from the past, but what happens when their two worlds collide?
Where in the hell did I get that prissy, little take charge, bitch attitude from? That’s so not like me, I’m actually quite the opposite. Yet every time I’m around Hunter I turn into a fucking queen. But the way he freaked when I told him I was a virgin sent me into fight or flight mode and I’ll be damned if I’m going to let him or his ‘my shit don’t stink’ attitude get the best of me. Tell me I can come and go as I please, it’s like ‘no fucking shit I can’, but right now, all I want to do is lose my virginity to this cocky man. Why him? I honestly don’t know, but twenty-three years of waiting can make a guy do crazy shit.
I know he wants me, it’s written all over his smug face. I see him grin when he thinks I’m looking the other direction. There’s a reason our paths keep crossing, call it karma, call it kismet, hell, call it whatever the fuck you want, but I know damn good and well there’s a reason for it. But last night, I saw a glimpse of his gentle side— the side that calls me to him when I shivered while he was undressing me.
As I lay here watching him sleep, I see so much more in him than he does. I see the gentler, need to be loved side that he desperately tries to hide behind his tattooed bad boy façade. But what makes him tick? Baggage he claims, fuck dude, we all have baggage. Try getting past a homophobic father who damn near beats you to death when he finds out you’re gay. Talk about baggage, I never let anyone in after that. Fuck, it’d been years before I even
tried to so much as kiss anyone after that. Hook-ups were my chosen vice in college, but I never let anyone in. And lo and behold what happens the first time I do? I get my dick sucked by the most amazing man I’ve ever met. The same man laying here beside me sleeping. The same man who’s quickly winning my heart.
I was so nervous last night when he undressed me, so afraid he’d reject me in my vulnerable state of nakedness. My body still bears the physical scars from my father’s abuse which I thought would turn him off. But he looked right past them as though they didn’t exist. And when he called me baby, I lost it. A term of endearment from a self-proclaimed bad boy. That alone shows the depths of his humanity. I know the real Hunter’s in there, now all I need to do is prove to him that I won’t hurt him because clearly, something in his past has seriously fucked him up.
Piper Kay is your average cup of tea with a splash of southern sass. She was born & raised in Houston, Texas-USA and her skills include pitching a fit and throwing a hissy. She also happens to be an author….with a bi-polar muse…who may or may not have sarcastic tendencies….and/or a potty mouth. Together, they share head space w/the men living in there… her boys with baditude. Piper is an Amazon #1 International Best Selling author of LGBT Erotica, and an Amazon International Bestselling author of LGBT Erotica romance, specifically in the M/M Erotica genre, and LGBT drama. She has been known to genre hop a time or two into YA/NA stories, also M/M. Piper brings her passion of storytelling straight to the pages, most times served with a super-sized sprinkle of sexy, a slice of sarcasm and a carafe of crazy.
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