Crystal Inman

Crystal Inman is a prolific author who likes to push the boundaries of writing. She writes Contemporary, Paranormal, Time Travel, Erotic, and Fantasy Romance. Many of her novels are bestsellers and continue to enchant readers. She’s written about love in the world of Virtual Reality. Love that won’t be denied even through the decades. Love that conquers the harshest of curses. And love that sees through the façade to the heart of the matter. Crystal lives with her three girls in the middle of nowhere with a messy desk, a crazy dog, and a feline that adopted her family. The writing always calls to her, persistently, and she loves every minute of it. visit author's site here

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I’m drawn to words. The way they look. The way they sound. They absolutely fascinate me. I’m the type of child who could sit down with an encyclopedia and be a happy camper. Or go through the dictionary and highlight every word remotely pertaining to mythology.
Um…yes. I am odd. *laughing*

I’ve always wanted to write. But when I was younger, I would wait until the urge was almost unbearable. Then the words would spill onto the page, and it would be like releasing a pressure valve. Until the next time.

I’m a single parent of three beautiful teenage girls. I work full-time besides the writing. Time is at a premium in my little world. So I finally decided to chunk the “all or nothing” approach about four years ago and settle into my head with the goal of finishing a book.
I did. And it was remedial. I can say that now. Back then, I thought it was gold. I had no concept of form. And even though I thought the characters rocked, they didn’t have a literary leg to stand on.

So I tucked that little gem away and started another. The second book I wrote was Perfect Timing. A Time Travel Romance set in my great state of Oklahoma. What happens when a man from the future falls in love with a woman from the past and can’t have her?
Then Virtually Yours rolled off my keyboard. I wanted to know what love would be like in the world of Virtual Reality. And having no knowledge base of it, I crafted the world myself. It was the first book I sold to Whiskey Creek Press. Perfect Timing was the second. That was over two years ago. I was overjoyed. It was the culmination of a dream that started when I was so young.
Then the floodgates opened.

Not only did the words come, they sometimes came so fast that I couldn’t type quickly enough. And then I had an idea for another story. (This is one sentence that pops up in my vocabulary ALL the time).
But this next story was HAWT. I mean, turn the fans on and lay in ice water hot. So I decided to submit it to Whiskey Creek Press Torrid. What He Wants, my first full-length Torrid novel, was the number one bestseller for 2006. I’ve never written such an alpha male and likely never will again. Sheridan is sex incarnate. Powerful, arrogant, and always in control.
I’ve also written several short stories for Torrid. They’re listed on my Author Page on the site. My second full-length novel, Programmed for Pleasure, is available now. And I have to admit, I love the story. What happens when the Ultimate Sex Toy, fashioned for pleasure, begins to emote? And then the scientist who created him and the unsuspecting test subject start seeing each other with no clue as to who each other really are?

And I began to realize that I had two types of stories in me. I had both the traditional romance and the erotic romance. I decided to fashion a pen name for myself so as my girls wouldn’t be too mortified when it became clear to their friends that I wrote “the spicy stuff.” So for all the Torrid material, I write under C’ann Inman.
I always say I write Contemporary with a twist. All of my romances are set in the here and now. But I’ll play with them a bit and add to them.

I love Paranormal Romance. I can push the boundaries even farther. The Portrait, my first Paranormal Romance, received four and a half stars from Romantic Times Magazine. And isn’t that a lovely thing to behold? But I always find myself pushing to create works that haven’t been done to death. To put my little fingerprints all over new ideas and shape them into my own.
Then came the idea for a series that wouldn’t let me sleep at night. Books that followed four goddesses as they struggled to find their power in helping mortal women. And the Elemental Guardian series was born. Fire Goddess and Water Goddess are available now. Wind Goddess and Earth Goddess will be available next year.
I believe that every woman is a Goddess. Sometimes we simply forget ourselves in the day-to-day. And a woman’s strength can move mountains. Or, in my case, write books.
Let’s face it. You’ve got to love a career where you can talk about the voices in your head and not say hello to men who want to put you in a jacket that buckles in the back.

I find that I write what interests me. I grew up on Fairy Tales. We didn’t have a lot of money, but I would find a hardback book of Fairy Tales under the Christmas Tree every year. I read Anderson, Grimm, and the classics. They absolutely enchant me to this day. So I decided to create a story that dips into that world. One Enchanted Evening will be out February next year. What does a cynical girl do when the prince of a fairy tale kingdom needs her help? Ivy tries to ignore it all. But with a gnome and fairy inhabiting her workspace, she quickly changes her mind.

Writing to me is like breathing. It’s an outlet that I need and crave. I’ve jotted down notes on the back of a receipt with only five words and created a full-length novel. I don’t plot, per se. It makes my eye twitch to think of it. All my stories are character driven. Let’s throw two people in an interesting situation and watch them work it out. I’m shameless like that.

So to sum it up…I’m a thirtysomething woman with three beautiful daughters living my dream. Writing the books that interest me. Telling the stories that come from my heart. And totally unrepentant while doing it.
It doesn’t get any better.