BearManor Media News — bruce starin

Q&A with author of Montage, Bruce J. Starin 1. Montage as a title of book seems a bit odd. Can you explain?Yes of course. In the film and television world a “montage” is a series of shots and scenes without dialogue used to advance the plot. And so it is with this memoir and expose, my fourth published work, with one exception. I utilize quite a bit of dialogue to advance the plot of my experiences in international show business.2. Who was your most memorable character?All my encounters were memorable, hence inclusion in this book. But perhaps my most memorable...

  TEN QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FOR“WHAT TIME IS THE MIDNIGHT BUFFET?”  BY BRUCE J. STARIN             1. Your first memoir about cruising and Hollywood was titled “Does The Crew Sleep On Board?”. Why write a second? While employed as a Social Director during an early cruise in my career, a passenger who just happened to be an extremely successful sitcom writer imparted the following pearls of writer’s wisdom to me.  This occurred after I had successfully cornered the Hollywood scribe in the ships twenty-four hour pizza bar and cocktail lounge.  Sampling a late night Sicilian pepperoni...

10 Q & As Concerning “Does The Crew Sleep On Board?”     What made you think you could actually write a book? Since the advent of Facebook, I would occasionally submit stories and recount adventures and experiences I thought were interesting.   One day a published friend of mine with whom I worked as a staff writer for a fledgling network, read one of my stories I had posted on Facebook and asked if I had ever published anything.  The answer was no. He claimed my stories were very funny and entertaining, and if I was willing, he would help...