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This is part of a daily series of
interviews leading up to the July 21st launch of Hockey Is My Boyfriend, Part One, where I ask myself questions and
then answer them. You don’t have to tell me, I know it’s weird. I’m looking
forward to the actual book launch, where I’ll get to answer someone else’s
questions.
Q: Well, our reading audience seemed to
enjoy hearing about the hero of the book, page hits were way up. Except for the hero sandwich photo.
I’m sure some other kind of ribs would have gone down better. Heh, heh.
A: I refuse to objectify men. Except in my
writing.
Q: Let’s get back on track. Tell us more about
Kelly’s best friend, April Lachance?
A: I have a beta reader named Daisy who adores April.
She likes her sarcasm, her confidence, her great clothes, and the fact she gets to dole out
advice to Kelly all the time. Daisy has a secret dream to be an advice columnist or a television judge. I think she identifies with April, big time. Daisy was quite offended when April said something slightly cruel to
Kelly and made me take that part out of the book. Daisy seems to be bossy enough to be a judge. Good thing she doesn't read my blog.
What I like is the easiness of the
relationship between April and Kelly. They’ve known each other since they were
ten years old, and remained best friends the whole time.
I love my long-term girlfriends, the ones I
too have known for years. We understand each other’s personalities so well and
there’s no fooling each other or pretending to be something that we’re not.
April knows Kelly’s idiosyncrasies and helps her when she wants help.
And the book has one of my favourite kind
of scenes: a makeover! I love all kinds of makeovers—rooms, finances,
gardens—but my fav is appearances. So that’s what I wrote in here. In fact,
April fixes Kelly up in each book in the series! You’d think Kelly would get
the hang of dressing herself, but apparently not. So if you too like that,
here’s a little excerpt from Chapter Nine, Makeover Magic.
Back at her place, April sat me down at her dressing table. “Okay, makeup time.”
“Really? I don’t want to wear a lot of makeup,” I protested. This date was turning into a way bigger deal than I thought.
“Don’t worry, Kelly. After all these years, I know you.” April and I had been friends ever since I moved to North Van seven years ago. “Close your eyes.”
I closed my eyes, felt April’s fingers near my eyes and then a sharp pain.
“Ouch! What are you doing?” I asked. My eyes flew open, and she was holding a pair of zebra print tweezers with one of my hairs in them.
“Do you know how long I’ve been wanting to clean up your eyebrows? You have nice brows, but when I take out a few stray hairs, it’s really going to open up your eyes.”
“But it hurts,” I protested. My eyes were watering as she kept plucking.
“Don’t be a baby. I’m sure getting slammed into the boards hurts more than having your eyebrows plucked.”