Author: Dee DeTarsio
Publication: April 29th 2013
Genre: Adult, Romance
Synopsis:
Award-winning author Dee DeTarsio combines life’s darker side with humor and tenderness in a wonderfully charming look at love and the afterlife.
Life is a soap opera, especially for Elle Miller, who is a TV producer. (Ellen dropped the “n” in her name in hopes of finding a better ending for herself.) When her laptop crashes, she borrows her dead dad’s computer and gets way more than she bargained for.
As Elle tries to save her career with a storyline featuring a trip through Atlantis, she takes a trip to the Emmys, and finds herself in the middle of a romance between a real doctor and a hunk who just plays one on TV. Friends, family, and clues from “the other side” all help Elle figure out the difference between living the good life . . . and living a good life.
Excerpt:
“I can’t believe that I’m
really not that nervous,” I kept saying being takes. “Acting is so easy. Way
easier than writing. Maybe I should be an actress.”
Liam just smirked at Tanya McGonya, who flipped
him off with both middle fingers as her arms were folded across her chest.
“This is good for me to get in character and see
what it’s
like. I can write better drivel than Liam. Sorry.” I shot a quick look at him
and covered my mouth.
“Stop talking,” Liam ordered. “Start
kissing.”
“Oh.” I guess I was nervous.
“You are doing great,” Brad whispered. He leaned
down as his arms wrapped around me, pulling me and my Bra Vo in close.
“Where do I put my hands?” I asked, both palms
against his bare chest. Please don’t squeeze the Charmin.
“Over his coat, around his waist,” Liam said.
Brad’s smooth mouth kissed
me, bending my head slightly so the camera could get an angle.
“Hold it,” Liam
said. “Christ,
move around a little.”
I couldn’t move. I was just
enjoying smelling Brad and feeling his breath on my upper lip, and really,
really liking his two lips resting on mine.
“Hair,” Liam directed. Brad
started softly pushing back my hair. My hair was nothing special
shoulder-length, that Tanya McGonya curled into a natural tousled look. In Brad’s
fingers, it became an erogenous zone. He cupped his hand and pushed my hair
behind my ear. He ran his finger and thumb over my ear, and massaged my lobe
ever so gently, before getting back to the business of fondling my curls.
My heart was cartoon loud. I wouldn’t have
been surprised to hear a horn ahooga. Liam had us stop and start several more
times for different angles.
And then I forgot where I was and started
kissing Brad. I wasn’t acting, I didn’t know how. The music
got louder, the light seemed to dim, and Brad kissed me back.
“And cut. Cut. Cut. Jesus.”
Author Bio:
Dee DeTarsio is a graduate of The Ohio State University and lives in southern California with her family. She did not teach herself to read at an early age or write stories by the time she was in kindergarten. She was still wetting the bed and playing in the can cupboard.
Interview:
Tell us about All my Restless Life to Live:
I always wanted to be a soap opera writer. Even though an 8th
grade career aptitude test indicated I would make an excellent farmer’s wife. Of course, I also wanted to
marry one of my junior high crushes, Jim Flower . . . which would have made me
Dee Flower! (I need to write that book someday.)
What do you find most challenging about the writing life?
Distractio . . .
Where do writing ideas come from?
I grew up in Ennui, Ohio, and only wish I had started taking
notes earlier—some of the funniest people I know are from the Midwest. I
think it is constant fear of tornadoes or being trapped in a snowstorm that
forges a delightful melancholy of the absurd. Plus, I come from a long line of
teasers where NOTHING is sacred. Teasing is some complex form of hazing
required to be a member of my family. And yes, when I was a teenager, my whole
family totally made fun of me and my Scoliosis back brace (a la Joan Cusack,
Sixteen Candles).
Are you a TV junkie?
I don’t watch much TV at all—only
when I’m in the kitchen, family room, living
room, bedroom, or on the treadmill. It’s
not like there’s a TV in the
bathroom or anything.
What do you do when you’re
not writing?
When I’m not writing, I’d like to say I’m busy speaking (and cooking) fluent Italian,
teaching yoga, and volunteering for the Peace Corps, but none of that would be
true.
Read any good books recently?
I’m a Virgo, (*shakes head sadly* at the
other eleven inferior signs) and I run a tight ship on my kindle. I can only
manage up to five books at a time on there, despite temptations, I’m
talking to you, buy-now-with-1-click button.
Side note: I am currently reading Dangerous Women, a brilliant
cross-genre anthology, in hard back, borrowed from my nephew (meaning no
Cheetos allowed).
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