Yes, I write in Young Adult and in Adult Contemporary, and so far all
have been gay romance.
As my theme states, “Love is what I see” when I write, so all of my
books are in one way similar in that they revolve around the journey of a
couple (or a triad)—and the individual growth of each of the people involved.
Currently, I am writing a YA LGBT Fiction novel that has only a shade of
romance.
What if any, is the
hardest part of writing for you?
The hardest part is organizing my ideas. I find that I have so many
ideas and I have to somehow focus them into a story. In other words, I must
create that first rough outline and doing so can literally hurt my brain!! I
need to take the research I have done, which is sometimes extensive, and decide
how I will use it. This preliminary stage is very challenging.
What inspired each
story?
My first novel, Beggars and Choosers, was largely inspired by my desire to create a character who I could totally fall for. I had read Twilight and I loved the danger/selflessness of Edward Cullen and I had a huge urge to create my own character, one who I found equally intriguing. So I created Brett Taylor to fit my needs.
Music is another inspiration for my books. Not Broken, Just Bent is one
of my stories that was inspired by a specific Pink song. Intervention was
inspired by a whole bunch of songs that made me feel and think deeply. Many of
these songs are included, in part, in the novel.
Out of Hiding was inspired by my experiences with the semi-professional
NYC dance world of my teenage daughter who is a dancer.
The Red Sheet was inspired by my desire to just let myself go as an
author- I allowed myself to write every thought that crossed my mind, when I
was fully absorbed by the character of Bryan Dennison.
A Package Deal and Us Three were inspired by my desire to keep an open
mind in matters of the heart.
Can you tell us a
little about your books?
Young Adult Titles:
Description:
As a musician at the popular college café Coed Joe’s, high school senior
Kai Manter is never lacking for male attention. Out, proud, free-spirited, and
sexually aware, Kai sets his sights on his darkly Gothic and undeniably
bad-tempered coworker, Jamie Arlotta, a freshman at the local arts university.
Sporting long hair and alluring hippie style, Kai expects his interest will be
reciprocated, with satisfying sex as the end goal. That’s what usually happens.
But Jamie’s lessons in life have been harsher. Having been sexually abused by
his older stepbrother for several years, Jamie has grown an impenetrable outer
shell meant to keep the world at a safe distance.
Kai is angry at first when he takes the brunt of Jamie’s bad temper, but
after Kai accidentally discovers the abuse Jamie has suffered, he wants to fix
things. Kai’s plan is based on what he knows best—music—and he stages a
“musical intervention” to let Jamie know he’s not alone and things can get
better. When Jamie’s perspective changes and he emerges from his shell, Kai
changes, too, gaining a whole new understanding of what sex can be when love is
there too.
Book Links:
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Description:
Braving the start of high school, longtime childhood friends Benjamin Wells and Timmy Norton quickly realize they are entering a whole new world colored by their family responsibilities. Ben is trying to please his strict father; Timmy is taking care of his younger sisters. While their easy camaraderie is still comfortable, Ben notices Timmy growing distant and evasive, but Ben has his own problems. It’s easier to let concerns about Timmy’s home life slide, especially when Timmy changes directions and starts to get a little too close. Ben doesn’t know how to handle the new feelings Timmy’s desire for love inspires, and his continuing denial wounds Timmy deeply.
But what Timmy perceives as Ben’s greatest betrayal is yet to come, and the fallout threatens to break them apart forever. Over the next four years, the push and pull between them and the outside world twists and tears at Ben and Timmy, and they are haunted by fear and regret. However, sometimes what seems broken is just a little bent, and if they can find forgiveness within themselves, Ben and Timmy may be able to move forward together.
Book Links:
http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=4386
http://www.amazon.com/Not-Broken-Just-Bent-Kerick-ebook/dp/B00GNQZ0SM/ref=sr_1_4_bnp_1_kin?ie=UTF8&qid=1386028567&sr=8-4&keywords=mia+kerick
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To add the book to your Goodreads account:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18730914-not-broken-just-bent?from_search=true
Book Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aERyDOVFFpQ
(There is a short continuation of Tim and Ben’s story in Grand Adventures called Water Under The Bridge)
Description:
One October morning, high school junior Bryan Dennison wakes up a different person—helpful, generous, and chivalrous—a person whose new admirable qualities he doesn’t recognize. Stranger still is the urge to tie a red sheet around his neck like a cape.
Where he’d been lazy in academics, overly aggressive in sports, and socially insecure, he’s a new person. And although he can recall behaving egotistically, he cannot remember his motivations. Everyone, from his mother to his teachers to his “superjock” former pals, is shocked by his dramatic transformation.
However, Scott Beckett is not impressed by
With a foreword by Cody Kennedy
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http://www.amazon.com/Red-Sheet-Mia-Kerick-ebook/dp/B00IJQS6KS/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&sr=1-1&qid=1396540889
https://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-theredsheet-1404989-149.html
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-red-sheet-mia-kerick/1118710756?ean=9781627987158
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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20619717-the-red-sheet?ac=1
Book Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niYJOT76q4g
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.
Book Links:
http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=4857
http://www.amazon.com/Us-Three-Mia-Kerick-ebook/dp/B00JFLL7NE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1396536883&sr=8-1&keywords=Us+Three+Mia+Kerick
To add to your Goodreads account
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21473632-us-three
Book Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAG9Xv5yXz4
Adult Titles:
Description:
After a hard life filled with experiences he’d rather not remember but can’t forget, Brett Taylor decides he doesn’t need anyone or anything. He gets a job at a bar in a nothing little town where he can fish and race dirt bikes and hide from the world. So naturally as he’s walking across the parking lot at his new job, reminding himself how self-reliant he is, he meets someone he can’t shove aside.
Brett can’t help but admire Cory Butana, the kid who lives above the bar where his father is the principal bartender. Unwanted by either parent, the sweet, personable Cory grew up neglected and hungry for affection. Now he’s determined to make something of his life, even if he has to work himself ragged to do it.
Cory shouldn’t have to suffer like Brett did, and Brett wants to lend a hand. But when their relationship evolves into something Brett isn’t ready to need, he reacts… and the consequences may destroy their fledgling future. With scars like theirs, forgiveness is never easy.
Book Links:
http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=3229
http://www.amazon.com/Beggars-Choosers-Mia-Kerick-ebook/dp/B009ERVHD4/ref=sr_1_6?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1385952553&sr=1-6&keywords=mia+kerick
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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15840389-beggars-and-choosers
Description:
After struggling through dishonesty, betrayal, and the kind of pasts they’d like to leave behind them, Brett Taylor and Cory Butana are back together and starting to build a new life. Brett has a good job. Cory has started college. But not everything goes the way they planned.
Still recovering from the emotional and physical repercussions of a brutal assault, Cory finds himself trapped by his own insecurity and fear, unable to believe that his heart is safe with Brett or that his body is safe without him. On the other hand, Brett has total faith in Cory’s love and commitment, even though he still struggles with his own ghosts.
With girls flocking to Brett’s side and a wannabe-lover lab partner feeding his doubts, Cory can’t find a way to tell Brett about the unfinished business that haunts him. If Brett wants to save him, he’ll have to see through Cory’s deception in time.
Book Links:
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http://www.amazon.com/Unfinished-Business-Mia-Kerick-ebook/dp/B00BUPMB2O/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&sr=1-4&qid=1385952553
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To add the book to your Goodreads account
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17379153-unfinished-business
Description:
Robby
But
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http://www.amazon.com/Package-Deal-Mia-Kerick-ebook/dp/B00GD20VXA/ref=sr_1_6_bnp_1_kin?ie=UTF8&qid=1386028567&sr=8-6&keywords=mia+kerick
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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18659462-a-package-deal
Description:
After graduating from high school early, twenty-year-old Philippe Bergeron spent the past several years lost among the stars while fishing off the
Sophie meets with professional dancer and choreographer, Dario Pereira, to prepare a routine for her college auditions. Dario’s cool perfection and immaculate style contrast with Philippe’s awkward scruffiness, but it wakes desires Philippe thought he’d left behind. When the attraction is surprisingly returned, Dario’s confidence won’t let Philippe remain invisible. Unsure but curious, Philippe relaxes his rule of isolation, and as the summer progresses, his relationship with Dario leads him to a surprising discovery of his submissive sexual tendencies and a greater sense of self-awareness.
Tragedy threatens to destroy the connections Philippe has made and forces him to retreat into the shadows of his past, far from the radiance of Dario’s love. Ultimately, he must decide if it is time to stop hiding and set himself free.
Book Links:
http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=4571
http://www.amazon.com/Out-Hiding-Mia-Kerick-ebook/dp/B00HU6FEKI/ref=sr_1_1_bnp_1_kin?ie=UTF8&qid=1396556610&sr=8-1&keywords=Out+of+Hiding
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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19518735-out-of-hiding?from_search=true
Book Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yY1M1Hx_YQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yY1M1Hx_YQ
What are some of your other favorite activities?
I love to read (not a surprise) and I enjoy attending all of my kids’ performances and games. I love a long walk by the lake near my house and I enjoy mocha lattes.
Where can we find your website?
www.miakerick.com
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