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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Kevin Klehr, author of Drama Queens with Love Scenes

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Kevin Klehr, author of Drama Queens with Love Scenes
(Cambridge Press US)

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Close friends Allan and Warwick are dead. They’re not crazy about the idea. To help them deal with this dilemma are Samantha, a blond bombshell from the 1950s, and Guy, an insecure angel.

They are soon drawn into the world of theatre – Afterlife style, with all the bitchiness, back-stabbing and ego usually associated with the mortal world.

Allan also has a secret. He has a romantic crush on his friend, Warwick, but shortly after confiding in his new angel pal, his love interest falls for the cock-sure playwright, Pedro.

Not only does Allan have to win the heart of his companion, he also has to grapple with the faded memory of how he actually died.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write “Drama Queens with Love Scenes”?

Kevin Klehr: To be honest, I’m not quite sure. I began this project about ten years ago, handwriting it into a journal. At the time, programs like “Six Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Kevin Klehr, author of Drama Queens with Love Scenes →

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Carol Conn, author of Mascara Saturday

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Carol Conn, author of Mascara Saturday
(Park Press International)

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A leisurely morning abed with husband and coffee, a quick stop at Bloomingdale’s, and then the movies. What could go wrong?

By day’s end, Rachel Holtner’s been arrested for felonious assault, inciting a riot, hospitalized for acute allergy attack (by perfume). Even worse, she’s suffering from a newly discovered genetic disease: Shopping Impairment Syndrome (S.I.S.).

The symptoms: claustrophobia, impatience and an inability to tolerate delays or inefficiencies — in department stores and shopping malls, hence the name.

S.I.S. is the invention of Dr. Now, a brilliant opportunist who uses his findings to terrify the Retail Federation of America. Maximizing fears of an S.I.S. epidemic, Dr. Now extorts millions in research grants. Rachel is his Shopper Zero. Along with six other women arrested on Mascara Saturday, Rachel is forced to attend Dr. Now’s lame rehab. (“My name is Rachel, and I hate to shop.”)

Muscling in on Rachel’s criminal and civil travails is the legendary litigator Catherine “Madcat” Bingleigh, a lawyer who proves just as manipulative and narcissistic as Dr. Now.

Can Rachel and the rest of the Shopping Seven finesse a victory over Dr. Now? Is there life after tabloids? The answers are revealed in Carol Conn’s novel, “Mascara Saturday”.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write “Mascara Saturday”?

Carol Conn: “Mascara Saturday” started with a newspaper article about pharmaceutical companies scrambling to invent new uses for their drugs so Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Carol Conn, author of Mascara Saturday →

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Donnell Hicks, author of Lyric’s Song

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Donnell Hicks, author of Lyric’s Song

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The book “Lyric’s Song” is about a young 17-year-old who was given up at birth by his mother to be raised by his grandmother. Throughout Lyric’s life, he has been battled resentment, rage, anger, plus being sexually abused by a family member. When Lyric finds out a family secret that his grandmother and mother has been keeping away from him, it will either make Lyric stronger or break him completely.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write “Lyric’s Song”?

Donnell Hicks: Well, I got the idea of the title “Lyric’s Song,” from watching a movie one night on Lifetime called “America”, starring Rosie O’ Donnell Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Donnell Hicks, author of Lyric’s Song →