Today's guest author, Jason Aaron Baca, was discovered by a photographer on location for the movie, I Know What You Did Last Summer, where he'd doubled for Freddie Prinze Jr.
Jason went on to pose for some of today's top magazines including YMLA Magazine, Industry, Men's Workout, Men's Fitness, Hong Kong Silk, Joe Boxer Int., For Women UK, InStyle Magazine, Playgirl, Passion, and many others. He's also had movie roles in The Sculptress, The New World, and in Nash Bridges.
A California native, he continues to model in between writing books on his profession. He's recently ventured into romance cover modeling, with an emphasis on fantasy and sci-fi covers.
We recently sat down with Jason and asked him a few questions about his latest book,
Overexposed.
MMC:
How did you become a romance cover model?
JB: Well I kind of fell into it recently. I was at a local bookstore and happened to be looking at some of the romance book covers and noticed a lot of the models on there had my same look and were the same age as me.
MMC: How much time do you spend in the gym to keep in 
shape?
JB: Ideally, I like about 6 weeks to get in good shape for something. But I have managed to get in shape in as little as a month.
MMC: Have you ever read one of the books you’re featured on?
JB: No actually I haven’t, I should though. I’m sure the authors are very creative in their writings to be able to complete a fantasy book.
MMC: Is there anything in particular you think about when you’re posing for a photo shoot?
JB: Good question! Yes, I try to get an idea of the character on that cover from the art director. If I know the theme of the book, I can usually act like this person. If I don’t get any info, I just try to act as cool as possible. When in doubt, pretend to be the most confident person in the world and they will usually go for it.
MMC: Do you ha
ve any interests or hobbies that might surprise our readers?
JB: Maybe, I enjoy writing a lot! I actually have written and published 3 books. Two of them are on how to model.
MMC: Please tell our readers a little about your latest book.
JB: Well my latest modeling book is titled “Overexposed” and discusses how to become a successful model from the ground up. I wrote the book because it seemed that when I began modeling, there weren’t any resource books to look at. I had no direction with my career. I had to go at it in the dark basically. So what I came up with in the end, I wrote about.
MMC: Did you find your latest book easier or harder to write than your first book?
JB: A lot harder because the first book was mainly a picture book with only 50 or so pages of my writings. This one I had to dig deeper to complete.
MMC: Do you have any plans to make a return to acting? What was that like, anyway, going from modeling to acting?
JB: Well actually its funny you should ask, I went the other direction, I wanted to do acting first and did a few things but it just wasn’t me. Being an actor is tougher then I thought! I just remember going on to stage for a casting call to play a boyfriend in some movie and I completely froze up. It was one of the most embarrassing moments of my life! I went home after the audition and I cried my eyes out! I knew that I wanted it so bad but I didn’t have the actors “talent.” I felt I had everything else, the look, the attitude, the drive, just not the skill.
Luckily for me, modeling was there! I fell right into it and the camera and 
I had a great relationship from that point on.
MMC: Do you have a newsletter, blog, or website where our readers can learn more about you?
JB: I have a few sites that readers can reach me. I have my management,
http://www.hmmodels.com/model.asp?modelID=395
then there is my book link which has my info –
http://www.amazon.com/Overexposed-Model-Journey-Male-II/dp/1425748287/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1280765073&sr=8-2
Overexposed: The Overexposed Model
/The Journey of a Male Model by Jason Aaron Baca
ISBN-10: 1425748287
ISBN-13: 978-1425748289
