Amanda Meuwissen

I love fantasy—high fantasy, urban fantasy, sci-fi, and superhero tales. They’re all enchanting to me and one of the best vehicles for getting across some of the heavier real-life subjects that can often be difficult to discuss. After Vertigo is not my first foray into a superhero love story. That was my duology Lovesick, made up of Lovesick Gods and Lovesick Titans. In that story, I paired a superhero and his nemesis, who eventually teamed up to defeat a larger villain. Thei

What does this have to do with a recent M/M romance release? Everything when that romance is based in a world with superpowers, villains, and heroes. After Vertigo is Urban Fantasy, but specifically, a superhero story. I love superheroes. I’ve been a comic nerd—and devourer of superhero tales in other mediums—all my life, ever since growing up on the Spider-Man and Batman cartoons of the early 90s. So today, I’m going to run through my top 5 favorite superheroes and why they

I often get the question – why M/M? Why a focus on male characters and male relationships? The simple answer for me is that I relate more to male characters, always have, and I connect more with the portrayal of male relationships, whether friends, family, or romantic. It’s difficult to express exactly WHY that is, but it’s been true all my life. We live in a society now where questions of gender identity are as often discussed as sexual identity. There is a spectrum of possi

Many authors identify with their heroes. In my case, my ‘hero’ is an actual superhero. He’s also more villainous than his nemesis. The Lovesick Series, made up of Lovesick Gods and the new release Lovesick Titans, has two equal protagonists – Danny Grant, who is secretly the Lightning Elemental superhero Zeus, and Malcolm Cho, better known as the Ice Elemental thief Prometheus. The real villain and antagonist of the story is both a separate villain, Hades, and the emotional h

Three years ago, my husband and I donned Captain Cold and Heat Wave cosplay for the first time, inspired by the versions on the CW’s The Flash and Legends of Tomorrow, and I have to admit, the costumes and photos turned out pretty amazing. It even helped get me on CW Fantalk at the time where I got to ask a question of John Wesley Shipp (and Keiynan Lonsdale on a later episode). A year ago, getting ready for a vacation to Jamaica, we decided to try out Nutrisystem to get our

Fans of my work know that while my stories are urban fantasy/paranormal/sci-fi tales filled with detailed plot and character growth, there is always a love story at the heart of it. In some ways, I am forever retelling my own love story, which through every chapter, every book, every new set of characters, rekindles my love for my husband. Because he and the story that led us from friends to lovers to happily married is the most interesting thing that ever happened to me. Out