BearManor Media News — q&a

Q&A with Mark Thomas McGee, author of Invasion of the Body Snatchers: The Making of a Classic Q: Did you always want to be a writer? A: I liked writing. In 4th grade we had to summarize the chapters in our history books. One or two pages. I dramatized it like a short story and turned in nine pages. The teacher gave me an "A" and told me to never do that again. In 6th grade, I wrote one-page stories and sold them on the playground for a penny. I was called into the principal's office and told I couldn't...

Q&A With Alina Adams, Author of “Super Soap Scenes: A Time Capsule of Daytime Drama’s Greatest Moments” Why soaps? Why now? Because soaps are back, baby! After “All My Children” and “One Life to Live” went off the air in 2011 and 2012 – this was after losing “Guiding Light” in 2009 and “As the World Turns” in 2010 – it seemed like the genre was slowly (or, actually, pretty quickly) fading away. But then we got a renaissance. “Days of our Lives” moved from NBC to streaming on Peacock in 2022, where it’s doing really well, and, then, of...

Q&A with Michael Monahan, author of American Scary  Could you please describe American Scary Vol One and Volume Two. What are these books about?    The books are a collection of in-depth interviews with various TV horror movie hosts from all around the country, spanning the early days of live television to the dawn of the internet. The interviews are organized chronologically, so you can chart the changes in broadcasting and culture over the decades. As much as it's about the art and the absolute fun of horror hosting, it's also about the life and death of locally produced television....

Q&A with Lon Davis regarding his new book (with his wife and co-author Debra Davis), The Unfractured Fairy Tale Life of Edward Everett Horton (BearManor Media, 2025).   Q: So, why Edward Everett Horton?   A: Why not? Eddie (that’s what Deb and I call him) is one of the most recognizable names and faces in Hollywood history. He led a fascinating life, and he’s never had a book written about him before now.   Q: I take it you and Deb are fans of Mr. Horton?   A: Of course! We first became aware of him as the offscreen...

Q&A with Tom Lisanti on Texas: An Oral History of Daytime TV’s Answer to Dallas What possessed you to write a book about this short-lived soap opera, Texas? After I finished writing my first soap opera book, Ryan’s Hope: An Oral History of Daytime’s Groundbreaking Soap, which was well-received, I was asked if I had another similar-type book in me. I said that the only other serial I watched religiously from beginning to end was Texas. I had to explain to some folks what it was because it was only on for two and a half years opposite General Hospital....