Author Name: Rebecca Cohen
Book Name: Overly Dramatic
Series: Treading the Boards
Book: One
Release Date: August 19, 2015
Blurb:
Andy Marshall moves to London looking for a fresh start after breaking up with his long-term boyfriend. To stave off boredom from his day job as an accountant and to meet new people, Andy joins a local amateur dramatics society called the Sarky Players based in Greenwich, South London. Despite his best efforts to avoid it, Andy is cast as one of the leads in a truly dreadful play called Whoops, Vicar, There Goes My Trousers, written by a local playwright.
The play might be bad, but the Sarky Players are a friendly bunch. Andy quickly makes new friends and finds himself attracted to Phil Cormack, a local artist helping with the props. But life doesn’t run to a script, so Andy and Phil will have to work hard to improvise their own happy ending.
Pages or Words: 120 pages, 40k words
Categories: Contemporary, Humor, M/M Romance, Romance
Excerpt:
The handout turned out to be a few pages of the play stapled together. Andy had expected the script for Cold Comfort Farm—this definitely wasn’t that.
“Er, Derek, have you given us the right play? This says it’s from Whoops, Vicar, There Goes My Trousers.”
“You old dog, Derek,” said Ryan with a guffaw. “You’ve lured in this poor man on the promise of a proper play.”
“It is a proper play, Ryan. Just because it was written by a local doesn’t make it any less credible.”
Dear God, what had he gotten himself into? He quickly checked the flyer and saw for the first time that the date for Cold Comfort Farm audition was the year before. Derek must’ve used the flyer to scribble down the audition times, but whether he’d deliberately meant to mislead Andy was another matter. Andy skimmed through the partial script. Instead of the gentle comedy based around a young woman who arrived in an airplane and something nasty in the woodshed, he had a 1920s farce involving a runaway goat, a vicar, and a large quantity of stolen French brandy. And that was just the scene in front of him.
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About the author:
Rebecca Cohen is a Brit abroad. Having swapped the Thames for the Rhine, she has left London behind and now lives with her husband and son in Basel, Switzerland. She can often be found with a pen in one hand and a cup of Darjeeling in the other.
Today I’m very lucky to be interviewing Rebecca Cohen author of Overly Dramatic.
Hi Rebecca, thank you for agreeing to this interview. Tell us a little about yourself, your background, and your current book.
Q: What’s the best line you ever wrote?
A: Oh I don’t think I could call that! But my favourite line (not necessarily the best) from Overly Dramatic is:
“As long as the guttersnipe stays away from me and my husband, there won’t be a problem.” Naomi glowered at Jeanette. “One step wrong, you hideous trout, and I’ll slap you so hard the inch of makeup you’re wearing will be knocked into next week.”
Q: Do you listen to music while writing? If so, what kind?
A: Usually I listen to whatever is on in the background of living room. I do most of my writing on the sofa once my son has gone to bed. So I don’t have a particular soundtrack from my jottings.
Q: If your book were made into a movie, what actors would you like to see star?
A: Andy is a pretty normal guy so some like Martin Freeman would be great. Phil is pretty well built so maybe Chris Hemsworth would do a great job.
Q: What genres do you write in?
A: So far contemporary, historical, high fantasy, sci-fi and urban fantasy… It’s probably quicker to say what I don’t write
Q: Where and when do you prefer to write?
A: It’s not a matter of preference. I have to squeeze my writing in when and wherever I can. I can’t really afford to be too fussy, otherwise I‘d never write. So I’m guess I’m lucky that I can generally write wherever as long as I’ve something to write with.
Where to find the author:
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/rebecca.cohen.710
Twitter: http://twitter.com/R_Cohen_writes
Blog: http://rebeccacohenwrites.wordpress.com/
Goodreads Link:
Book http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25934191-overly-dramatic
Author: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4515613.Rebecca_Cohen
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Cover Artist: Paul Richmond
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I really like the Shakespearean plays