Q&A
Hilarious Q&A with Allison Gatta!
Anyhow, to make up for my awful stage fright I’ve asked my bestest friend Christine Bell to ask me a couple questions so you can learn about me in a way that doesn’t take five years of slowly learning that I don’t eat mayonnaise and have only been eating your mom’s macaroni salad to be polite.
Ready, Christine? Take it away!
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So happy to be here to grill ask Allison some questions today in celebration of her very first Entangled release! rubs hands together Standard disclosure: As always with these types of interviews, 100% honesty is expected, or the interviewee gets struck by lightning. By answering these questions, you also acknowledge that said questions might have side effects including but not limited to:
Dizziness
Irritability
Leaky bowels
T-Pain
Rib Displacement Syndrome
And other not good things
SO, on that note, let’s get started, Allison!
Q: Why do you think women find men in uniform so sexy?
A: The answers to this question are limitless, but to be perfectly frank, I think we all prefer men-in-uniform without their uniform 😉
Q: Do you ever write your own qualities or quirks into your characters? If so, are there any ways that Holden or Avery are like you?
A: Well, I think Avery is the person I want to be and her best friend, Myla, is the person I actually am. It’s a little weird because the idea for Avery came to me when I was in a grocery store and saw an ice cream scoop with a sprinkle (or jimmy or shots depending on where you are) dispenser in the handle. I looked at my husband and was like “what kind of person would own this?” and I thought it would be someone quirky and fun with a child-like side—from there, Avery came pretty naturally.
Q: What’s the weirdest writing habit or superstition you have, if any?
A: That if I answer this question I will never be able to write again?
Q: Do you actually like my new haircut or were you just saying that?
A: I actually like your new haircut…it’s a little long for my taste, but you do look glamorous.
Q: Who is your favorite author and why?
A: I love Meg Cabot firstly because I’ve read all her books and she’s hilarious but secondly because I met her when I was sixteen. My mom drove me three hours to this rinky-dink bookstore in the middle of nowhere and Meg Cabot was very nice to me even though the bells chimed when we walked in in the middle of her speech and my mom kept shouting at her that I’d read all her books.
Q: If you could have written any book in the world (other than your own) which would you pick and why?
A: Hmmmmm that’s a hard question! I feel like you’re only asking to get me to plug your book, Dirty Trick. Though I also love Samanthe Beck’s Private Practice. Oh! And Wedding Night by Sophie Kinsella. Yup, that’s it. Wedding Night by Sophie Kinsella—it’s hilarious!
Q: What is your favorite, non-work related time-suck?
A: hangs head in shame I obsessively watch Game of Thrones fan theory videos…it’s not okay.
Now, gird your loins because it’s time for the Speed Round of Doom™, mwah ha ha ha ha!!!
Part One: Choose ONE from each question (and no skipping)….GO!
Rafael from Jane the Virgin or Edward Snowden
A: Rafael, no question. He is the perfect man.
Sushi or Soup
A: Sushi. Come on, Chris, I think you’re getting soft in your old age.
Chocolate or Cheese Plate
A: Bahahahaha Chocolate. Always chocolate.
Hamilton or In the Heights
A: Private Concert by Lin Manuel Miranda.
Rom coms or Weepfests
A: Rom Coms. It’s not a movie until someone awkwardly smashes into someone else who happens to be naked.
Part Two: The Choosening™ Rather than choosing the one you like best, you must choose to give up one (like no more, never again) thing from each pair.
Game of Thrones or Harry Potter
A: This is straight evil. I would give up…my life. I cannot live without either of these things.
Planners or Podcasts
A: sniffles the cruelty… I would give up my perfect, beautiful planner because I cannot live without my weekly dose of My Brother, My Brother, and Me.
Music or Audiobooks
A: I would give up music. Audiobooks are life.
and, last but not least, the most difficult question of all…
Coffee or wine
A: weeps throws coffee mug across room tries to collect the pieces screams apology to the heavens
ALLISON GATTA is an avid writer of steamy contemporary romance, an obsessive viewer of bad television, and an occasional player of overly-complex board games. In her free time, she thinks up fun, new characters and argues with her family over sci-fi trivia. She is a firm believer that Voldemort would vanquish Darth Vader in a duel.
Allison lives in the bustling city of New Haven, CT with her husband and their scrappy pup, Sophie. She is fueled by coffee and feedback, so feel free to get to know Allison though Twitter (@Allison_Gatta), Facebook (Allison Gatta), or her website!
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ABOUT THE BOOK
Best friends with benefits…
Avery Forrester has never been the type to settle down—not to one place, not to one job, and certainly not to one man. Still, when her long-term best friend with benefits comes home on leave with a plan—including marriage and children—she realizes she’ll have to do something drastic in order to keep him. Luckily, drastic is what she does best.
…isn’t enough anymore.
U.S. Marine Holden Morris has never backed down from a challenge. And this time, that challenge is persuading wild child Avery Forrester, the woman he’s loved his entire life, to marry him. He wants the whole deal—a wife, a family. But convincing her to become a military wife won’t be easy. Then again, he knows Avery—in every way possible. Armed with that kind of knowledge—carnal and otherwise-how can he possibly fail?
