A Life Less ordinary
By,
Victoria bernadine
Contemporary
Romance/Chick Lit
Date
Published: December 2012
For
the last fifteen years, Rose “Manny” Mankowski has been a very good girl. She
turned her back on her youthful fancies and focused on her career. But
now, at the age of 45, she's questioning her choices and feeling more and
more disconnected from her own life. When she's passed over for promotion
and her much younger new boss implies Manny's life will never change,
something snaps. In the blink of an eye, she's quit her job, sold her house and
cashed in her pension, and she's leaving town on a six month road trip.
After
placing a personal ad for a travelling companion, she's joined in her mid-life
crisis by Zeke Powell, the cynical, satirical, most-read – and most
controversial – blogger for the e-magazine, What Women Want. Zeke's true
goal is to expose Manny's journey as a pitiful and desperate attempt to
reclaim her lost youth – and increase his readership at the same time. Leaving
it all behind for six months is just an added bonus.
Now,
armed with a bagful of destinations, a fistful of maps, and an out-spoken
imaginary friend named Harvey, Manny's on a quest to rediscover herself –
and taking Zeke along for the ride.
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Victoria was nice enough to stop by and answer a few questions for me!
Plus she brought along a giveaway..we all like those right!
What was your favorite scene to write?
Thanks for hosting me today!
My favourite scene to write varies
depending on the day you ask me. Today, it’s the scenes that take
place in a fictional town called Ringo. The whole chapter signals a
shift in the relationship between Zeke and Manny, but I find there’s something
very sweet about their interactions at that moment in their journey.
What is your favorite genre to read?
I read all genres, but my all-time favourite
is science fiction.
Where did you come up with the idea to
write this book?
The book is based on how I was feeling at
that particular moment in my life. I wanted to run away from
everything, and since I couldn’t do it myself, I had Manny do it for me.
What are you writing now?
I’m currently writing another romantic
comedy called Along Came Jones. I’m hoping to publish it
later this year. I also have another two books (already written)
that I’ll be publishing in the next few months called Historian’s
Daughter (a tragic romance in a dystopian post-apocalyptic setting)
and Plugs (a dystopian post-apocalyptic novella).
Any advice for writers?
Write the things you love to read, and love
the journey, not just the destination.
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Twitter: @vicbernadine
Hi - thanks for hosting me today. The interview was a lot of fun! :)
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