This week, I’m
helping Entangled Publishing celebrate the heroes of Embrace & New Adult
Romance!
Today we’re shining the spotlight on musicians and
rockstars. Here’s what Embrace authors have to say about their rockstars.
Are any of your rockstar characters inspired by real life people? If so, who?
A.S. Green (author of Summer Girl): Well... there may
have a been a gorgeous guitar-playing camp counselor in my early teen years who
left an impression and inspired Bennet from "Summer Girl."
Katie Delahanty (author of The Brightside series):
Many of the experiences, especially in IN BLOOM, are inspired by real-life
events/run-ins with real-life celebrities (sometimes actors, not exclusively
musicians) so my characters are sort of inspired by real people... I'd say they
are a mishmash of the many artists, both famous and up and coming, that I've
had the privilege of knowing over the years as part of the Los Angeles music
scene. When we were dating, my husband (then boyfriend) was in a band that used
to open for Kara's Flowers--who went on to become Maroon 5. My husband is good
friends with Adam Levine so I was along for the ride (and was often the shy
girl hiding in the corner at celebrity parties) as they rose to success. People
often ask if Berkeley is based on Adam and the short answer is he's not
character-wise, but in some ways Adam taught Berkeley everything he knows
experience-wise. Other bands/celebs that have "cameos" in my books
include The Killers and Jake Gyllenhaal, and all of the music/lyrics are
borrowed from my husband's band, The Remainers.
Lisa Burstein (author of The Possibility of Us): In
my YA Mia and The Bad Boy. Ryder Brooks a reluctant member of a boy band is
based on River Phoenix.
Tara Kelly (author of Encore): Yes - Sean in ENCORE -
was actually inspired by my husband. They are differences, for sure, but their
personalities are similar.
Besides rockstars & musicians, what kind of heroes do
you like to read about?
A.S. Green: I love any hero with a troubled past and
something to prove, even if he's the only one who needs convincing.
Katie Delahanty: Entrepreneurs--anybody who is
chasing a dream and is driven to succeed.
Lisa Burstein: Artists of any kind. I find creativity
and angst super sexy.
Tara Kelly: I've got a soft spot for computer/science
geeks (particularly of the hacker variety), any type of artist, mechanics,
heroes who, underneath their corporate suit/image, are tattooed and have a
chaotic, wild side.
How would you describe your own musical talent?
A.S. Green: I can do a mean karaoke version of
"I Will Survive."
Katie Delahanty: Ugh. Non-existent!
Lisa Burstein: Not great talent-wise but better
story-wise. I took keyboard lessons in middle school from one of them members
of Kool and the Gang. He told us he used to be a member, but he also worked at
Sears in the keyboard department, so looking back I'm not so sure. He'd bring
his bass over and play in my dining room while trying to teach me the keys.
Tara Kelly: I'm a songwriter, producer, and
multi-instrumentalist. I play guitar, bass, piano, and sing.
Encore by Tara Kelly
Amplified
I lied my way into a band, humiliated them on stage, and got
my heart broken by the bassist. Now...we’re on tour together. This is the best
opportunity we may ever have –and it’s already a disaster. We’re broke. We
can't stop fighting. And being in such close quarters to Sean isn't exactly
helping me get over him. Even though we're just friends now, every time our
fingers brush or our eyes catch, my heart betrays me. He's the kind of
distraction I can't afford to have right now...no matter how much I wish things
were different.
Get Encore: https://entangledpublishing.com/encore.html
In Bloom by Katie Delahanty
The Brightside Series
How does someone like me, an ordinary girl from Pittsburgh,
wind up in the arms of the world’s sexiest rock star—surrounded by celebrities,
fashion, and music—and not be eaten alive? Berkeley Dalton is everything I've
ever dreamed of in a boyfriend, but the paparazzi, the tabloids, the rumors,
it's all getting a bit too crazy. My life has become every girl’s dream come
true, if only I don’t blink and lose it all…
Get In Bloom: https://entangledpublishing.com/in-bloom.html
Blushing by Katie Delahanty
The Brightside Series
When Berkeley proposed, I thought we'd live happily ever after.
Instead he dropped a bombshell: he's starring in a movie with his gorgeous ex,
Christina Carlton. And what's more? I've been erased from the public eye. To be
together, Berkeley asked me to work on set as a costume designer—a dream come
true—but there's a catch: we have to keep our relationship secret. I'm okay
with not being photographed, but the sneaking around, the lies, his love
scenes; it's not how I imagined our engagement. Am I ready to drop everything
to become Olivia Dalton?
Get Blushing: https://entangledpublishing.com/blushing.html
Believe by Katie Delahanty
The Brightside Series
Never in my wildest
dreams did I expect to fall for the adorable bass player of my favorite band.
I'm a doctor beginning a five-year residency, and there’s no room in my life
for fairy tales—only patients and perfection. But I can’t stop thinking about him.
Could he be the One? Am I ready to risk everything I’ve worked for? All for a
chance at a happily ever after I never believed possible.
Get Believe: https://entangledpublishing.com/believe.html
Summer Girl by A.S. Green
A songwriter is nothing without his muse. Sucks that mine
turns out to be Katherine D’Arcy—hot as hell, but the very definition of
country-club living and everything I came to this quiet little island to
escape. I thought I’d find inspiration here, but I’ve been unable to write
crap. That is until the uptight summer girl arrived to tend the lighthouse and
the music began to flow. If only there wasn’t that one inconvenient truth I’ve
been keeping from her…
Get Summer Girl:
https://entangledpublishing.com/summer-girl.html
The Possibility of Us by Lisa Burstein
Cassie doesn’t want to go to the funeral. She had enough to
handle with her own hollow existence. But she knew she should pay her respects
to her old camp counselor...as long as her ex, Ben, wouldn’t be there. Except Ben is there. Still gorgeous, still
angry, and still able to penetrate her defenses with one intense stare. All the
reasons they left each other in a flurry of heartache start to fall away over
one long, snowy weekend. But tough Cassie can’t truly open up to Ben when she
knows confessing her secrets will leave her raw, defenseless. And the
possibility of forever might not be enough to gamble on all the impossibilities
of now.
Get The Possibility of Us:
https://entangledpublishing.com/the-possibility-of-us.html
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