BearManor Media News — q&a

Q&A with K R Levin, author of Great Exploitations After four decades behind the scenes as a property master, what inspired you to step into the spotlight with this novel? Was there a particular moment that triggered Great Exploitations?I’ve been writing extensively since the mid-90s. When I was in between shows, I used to ghostwrite and write byline articles for trade press magazines. There wasn’t a particular moment, but when I started working on Wizards of Waverly Place, I germinated the seed that eventually grew into GE.    Charlotte DeBlane’s journey from being fired to becoming a showrunner feels deeply...

Q&A with Kate Arndt, author of Rare Beauty, Bonita Granville, A Biography BM: Hi Kate! How are you? KA: I am great, how about you?BM: Great! Let's talk about your book: Rare Beauty, Bonita Granville, A Biography! KA:  Sure thing would ! That would be great!  (1) BM: First off, how did your interest in Bonita begin? KA: Well, my granny really introduced me to her when I was 5th grade and ever since then, I have been attached to her.2) BM: What made you decide to write this book? KA: Well, I've always wondered why Bonita Granville never had a book written about her,...

Q&A with the authors of Celebrities on TV Game Shows 1950-1999 Volume 1 How did this book come about? It started with a phone call about a single game show question. That call turned into a half-hour discussion about the genre, which then led to back-and-forth e-mails about different stars appearing on game shows over the years. After a while, it occurred to us that there might be a book to be written about this. Why did you want to write a book on this particular subject? Since the rise of the Internet, a lot of information has become available...

James Kahn’s Jedi Memoir Q & A   1.     Q: The subtitle of your Jedi Memoir is “A Double Life.” What’s up with that? A: The main thrust of the book is about my career in Hollywood, from the early 1980’s to the early 2000’s. That was mostly writing novelizations, like Return of the Jedi, along with various television series. But that was also a period when I was working as an emergency room doctor, primarily the 70’s into the 90’s, and I write about that too. That’s the Double part. But I was – am – also a husband...

       Ten Questions & Answers for: SHOW BIZ TRIPPING… A raucous, wild, memoir of life on the road, producing Wheel of Fortune, Live! The North American Tour, Live! On Stage! A memoir and expose by traveler, Bruce J Starin 1.     What made you decide to write a book about the international tour you produced of “Wheel of Fortune Live!” During the thirties and forties my father traveled with the Ringling Brother, Barnum and Bailey Circus as a “talker” (nee barker) for various side shows and events occurring along the midway prior to folks entering the “Big Top” for the three-ring...