Please welcome
Mary Marvella to my blog this week. Her latest book, Cheerleader Dad, looks like a fun romcom!
RW: What is the best thing about being a writer?
MM: I can write the crazy stories that form in my
brain.
RW: Who are your favorite authors?
MM: I love Nora Roberts and Jane Porter and Karen
White and…
RW: Who are your favorite characters among the
books you’ve written?
MM: Maybe Douglas Drake (a bad guy), and Sam and
Drew and...
RW: Why did you decide to write?
MM: I thought I would write the stories my gandmama
told us about her teen years and about Mama. Then I wrote the stories I made up
for my daughter. Finally, I knew I wanted to write romances instead of children’s
stories or stories with historical settings.
RW: How much of your personality and life
experiences are in your writing?
MM: A lot of my
personality and none of my experiences. I make up better stuff.
RW: Do you feel humor is important in fiction and
why?
MM: Humor allows balance in fiction, even dark
humor.
RW: What about your family? Do they know not to
bother you when you are writing, or are there constant interruptions?
MM: I live alone. My EX interrupted my writing to
send me on errands for the photography studio, so I wrote at night after he
went to sleep. I am a night owl, so that worked.
RW: Picture yourself as a store. Considering your
personality and lifestyle, what type of products would be sold there?
MM: Walmart—Everything.
RW: If you were stranded on a tropical island, who
would it be with? You can choose any living, deceased or mythical figure.
MM: Adrian Paul.
RW: Generally, how long does it take you to write a
book?
MM: I wrote this sweet romance in a month. Usually it
takes three to six months.
Thanks so much for joining us today. We’ve
really enjoyed getting to know you. Now, let’s learn a little more about your
latest book.
Cheerleader Dad
The Plot
This sweet contemporary
romantic comedy is reminiscent of the Parent Trap movies. Single parents
Jesse and Lily are raising eleven year-old daughters on their own. Lily’s
husband walked out on her while she was pregnant. Jesse has raised his daughter
alone because his ex didn’t want to be a mother.
Jesse and Lily try to
resist the ploys their daughters use to push them together as the attraction
between the adults grows. Are they any match for scheming ’tweens and growing
adult attraction?
Excerpt:
He hadn’t moved away. It was dark,
but she could see his mouth beckoning. Just a fraction away from kissing him,
she couldn’t move. Jesse parted his lips, licking them. They’d taste of butter
and popcorn, ordinary flavors, but so damned sexy!
“Jesse,” she managed to whisper.
“Yes?” he croaked.
“Would you just go ahead and kiss
her so we can watch the movie?” an old man behind them complained.
Lily jarred the popcorn tub. “Oh,
no!” White spots covered Jesse’s lap.
“Oh, Herbert, you have no romance. You
spoiled a lovely moment, old fart,” the woman behind Jesse and Lily scolded.
Lily grabbed the extra napkins to
clean up her mess.
She wasn’t helping Jesse as
her hand grazed his zipper placket. In fact, she was making him hard as a rock.
If she didn’t stop rubbing across his lap his crotch would surprise her. She’d
be as embarrassed as he’d been wiping her breast earlier. He grabbed her wrist
to stop the brushing movement that was giving him a raging erection.
Bio:
Ms. Marvella describes herself as a “story-holic”
and says, Yep, I’ve loved to read since the first grade. I’ve been a storyteller for
as long as I can remember. I made up stories for my friends, and the details I created
for our ‘play like’ or ‘let’s pretend’ games were so real, sometimes they
scared even me.”
She
taught language arts for fifteen years, using her BA in English. An M.Ed in
Counseling served her well during her years as a school counselor and as a
teacher later.
Now Ms.
Marvella tutors, teaches writers, and edits. Her inner English teacher “loves
the editing part.” Her forty-three year-old daughter doesn’t read her books. (“Something
about TMI.”) She lives north of Atlanta, Georgia and has published six novels,
two novellas, and five short stories.
Conact
Mary at:
Author Website: http://www.MaryMarvella.com
Goodreads Page:
https://goodreads.com/author/show/4909455.Mary_Marvella
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mmbarfield
Twitter: @mmarvellab
Amazon Author Page: http://www.amazon.com/Mary-Marvella/e/B008E1SJ32/
Thank you, Rochelle, for having me as your guest!
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