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Welcome back to Satisfaction for Insatiable Readers.
Today, we're taking part in the paperback release party/tour for author Stephanie Evanovich's The Sweet Spot. Perhaps you remember my review of it once upon a time right here on the site? No? It's ringing any bells? *sad face* Okay, well HERE is a refresher for those suffering from I-read-a-lot-of-books-and-may-have-forgotten-your-exact-review-itis.
~waits~
All caught up?
Good!
Now, back to the show already in progress....
So, since we already reviewed the book, I obviously wasn't going to sign up to do it again. Don't get me wrong, it was an interesting read, but you know...do overs on the site don't go over so well. So, when the tour came around, I opted for an inside look at the mind behind the writing...an AUTHOR Q&A POST! Ready to meet and greet today's guest? Here goes. Ladies and gents, please welcome author Stephanie Evanovich!
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Meet
Stephanie Evanovich...
Hi!
My name is Stephanie Evanovich and I have a confession to make.
Ever
since I was five years old, I wanted to be an actor. Okay, that’s
not entirely true. At first I wanted to be a singer, but in my
teenage years I started smoking. It didn’t take long for me to
realize I had started sounding more like Bobcat Goldthwait than
Celine Dion, so I scrapped the crooning. It would be years until I
finally figured out that what I should have scrapped was the smoking.
Can I get a rebel yell?
For
decades I studied and practiced the craft, trying to pay my dues. I
took classes; I did more cheesy community theater productions than I
can count. I did some low-budget films—I don’t think I even
remember the titles. I was also an extra on Fletch
Lives.
If you look really
closely
at the end, you can see a blurry head in a blue choir robe peeking
through a door as they wheel a body past. The look I was going for
was horror; the assistant director actually told me to keep doing it
for all the takes, so I’d like to think I made an impression. But
my real claim to fame is that there are probably enough head shots of
me in garbage cans to shut down a local landfill.
And
since I’m being completely honest, there were long stretches of
time when the priority was entertaining my two sons, who
(coincidentally) were also my best audience. If they didn’t have to
go and grow up on me, I’d still be happily doing it. But I knew
that if I raised them right, eventually they would venture out into
the world on their own and I would have to have something to replace
that tremendous void.
I
started writing to amuse myself and my friends, but still held on to
the acting dream. It was actually the release of the movie The
Wrestler that
finally put a pile driver to it. I found out a good deal of it was
filmed in Asbury Park, New Jersey—literally a half mile from my
house. It was then that it dawned on me, like waking up out of a
sleeper hold: if I can’t find my way onto a set as an extra in a
movie about a washed-up wrestler that is being filmed a stone’s
throw from my front door, maybe I don’t have the right connections.
I won’t even bother going into detail about the funk that followed.
Luckily,
I have some very supportive friends who also happen to be writers and
creative types in general. They encouraged and motivated me to write
the novel Big
Girl Panties.
I can’t help but see symmetry in it all: whether I’m singing,
acting, or writing, maybe what I really want to do is entertain. I
just took the scenic route to my medium.
I
consider it a privilege to have this opportunity to try to entertain
you. In fact, I’ve been waiting for it most of my life.
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Q&A: Author Stephanie Evanovich
The
Story Behind The
Sweet Spot
Dorothea
Benton Frank, bestselling author of The
Hurricane Sisters,
interviews
Stephanie Evanovich
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| (Isn't the PB cover GORGEOUS?!) |
Stephanie: Thanks, Dottie! It’s been a really fun year. I’m looking forward to the July eighth release of The Sweet Spot. I can’t wait to get back out there and talk to readers about it. And congrats on your new release—The Hurricane Sisters. It’s the book I think I’ll be taking with me when I travel, if I can wait that long to read it.
Dottie:
The
romantic duo in The
Sweet Spot,
Chase and Amanda Walker, were sidekicks in Big
Girl Panties—did
fans specifically ask for you to bring them back for a star turn?
Stephanie:
After
Big
Girl Panties hit
the streets and I started getting feedback, it was pretty clear that
some readers really took to them. They nearly stole the show! And I’m
positively thrilled by that. They may be my favorite couple.
Dottie:
Chase
Walker is a superstar baseball player and a lot of the tension in the
novel comes from Amanda trying to decide if she wants to be a
superstar’s girlfriend. I know you’re a sports fan. Were you
excited to have a pro athlete as your hero?
Stephanie: Excited is a bit of an understatement. It was more like crazy-over-the-moon psyched. There’s just something about athletes . . . yum.
Dottie:
There’s
some genuinely fun, spicy scenes in this book. How do readers react
when you turn up the heat?
Stephanie:
When
I went out on the road with Big
Girl Panties and
met readers, fun seemed to be the order of the day. Throw some spice
in there and it’s a recipe for delicious hotness—at least I’m
hoping that’s the case.
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Special thanks to Diana at HarperCollins Publishers for the chance to bring this tour to all of you. (THANKS!) For more information on this title, the author, or the publisher, feel free to click through the links provided above. This title is on sale now via William Morrow an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, so be on the lookout for it on a bookstore shelf or virtual retailer of your choosing. oh and before you go, don't forget to ENTER TO WIN one of THREE copies of this very title! Just CLICK HERE
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Until next time...happy reading!
thanks for being so sincere and honest makes us know you are just like each and every one of us
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