You've Got Male Trilogy with Elizabeth Bevarly

Hi, Dream! Hi, everyone! I'm so sorry to just now be showing up! Due to e-mail mix-ups, I just now realized this post was up. (e-mail mix-ups are the story of my life, I'm afraid...)

Thank you for the nice words, Dream.   I honestly don't think too much about the humor in my books--it just sort of shows up. It helps that I come from a pretty funny family, and having a thirteen-year-old with a wicked sense of humor (and much quicker brain than mine, alas) keeps me on my toes. 

I do think humor is an essential part of life, though. And you absolutely need to have a sense of humor if you fall in love. So it makes sense that it would find its way into my books.

Thank you all for having me! I hope there are some readers out there who have been enjoying the OPUS books. I'm VERY excited that they're being reissued, and am particularly looking forward to finally seeing OVERNIGHT MALE in print in June. If I can answer any questions, I'll be happy to do so... 

I can't believe it.  I heard about this a while back, finally tracked down a copy through Amazon marketplace . . . and now it's reissued.  Meaning I could pick up a copy in any store.  At least it'll be easier to get the rest of the series -- the computer geek heroine hooked me firmly.

 Though I did find it somewhat odd that she only had one online friend.  Most have dozens, if not hundreds.

You know, Dream, there are a lot of times when I can't pinpoint where ideas come from, but for this series, the moment is crystal clear. My then-third grader came home from school one day saying that one of his classmates had claimed that his dad knew how to hack into the computers of the CIA. Since I knew this particular kid's dad worked as a corporate VP, I was reasonably certain he was just yanking my son's chain. I explained this, sent my son off to play, then went back to work on whatever my current novel was.

 Then, inevitably, I started wondering, "But what if his dad COULD hack into the computers of the CIA? What if this mild-mannered suburban dad was really an international spy?" That became the genesis for my book JUST LIKE A MAN, which I'd intended to be a stand-alone. But after writing about OPUS for that novel and including some characters who were supposed to just be peripheral, but who became VERY interesting to me, I knew I had to write about it for more. That's what spawned the trilogy. 

 And Werefan, thanks for going to all that trouble to find the book! I hope you enjoy the rest of the series as much as YOU'VE GOT MALE. You make an excellent point about Avery's lack of friendships. But I think that speaks to her character--even in a pool of potentially millions of friends, she hasn't made any. And then, when she finally does let someone in, it's the worst sort of candidate for friendship. 

That one just may be the most unusual, Dream. But I've gotten ideas from songs, newspaper articles, television commercials, overheard snippets of conversation, you name it. Sometimes it will be some visual that catches my eye. Something will just get caught in my brain, and eventually, my brain begins to weave a story around it. I try to just stay clear and let it happen.  

Thank YOU, Dream, for having me. Thanks to everyone on the boards here.  I promise not to be a stranger!