BearManor Media News — q&a

Q&A with composer Brian Gari, author of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to My Stress Test 1. Your first book had a title based on a play’s title. This book is also based on a play’s title. Can you say which one?BG: Sure. A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum. I wanted to give it a humorous slant given the fairly serious subject matter. 2. Did you give the book to any medical professionals when it got published?BG: Yes. I actually dropped it off to Dr. Oz but never received a response. I also gave...

Q and A with David H. Lewis, on Keep That Day Job! (#1 on amazon!)   1 WHERE DID YOU GET THE IDEA FOR THIS BOOK?  When I added up all the jobs I have worked, I was fairly amazed by the total number: 50.  It felt like a good hook and book title, but it was only the beginning.   2. IS THIS A HOW-TO BOOK?   No, not per se.    It’s more a memoir of how I chased my own dreams while holding down day jobs.  In pursuing the arts, you’ll need to face reality, you’ll need to...

Q&A with Gary Smith, author of Cavemen vs. Dinosaurs Q: Why do you think the public has been fascinated with the idea of cavemen and dinosaurs from the very beginning of film to the present day? A: Men fighting monsters has always been fascinating in any era. Think of St. George and the Dragon. Since dinosaurs were real and not mythical beasts, it adds an additional cache to the idea. Q: When did you begin your love for this type of film? A: That would go back to when I was six years old and my mother took me to...

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...