Stephen Colbert, romance novel hero?!
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Okay, it’s not *exactly* Stephen Colbert who’s in the novel, but romance novelist Kathleen O’Reilly let this little tidbit drop in an interview posted on the “Got it goin’ on” blog (emphasis mine):
Welcome Kathleen O’Reilly
Thursday, November 08, 2007The Lady Novelist is very pleased to welcome RWA NYC member Kathleen O’Reilly to Got It Goin On.
Kathleen O’Reilly wrote her first romance at the age of eleven, which to her undying embarrassment was read aloud to her class. After taking over twenty years to recover from the profound distress, she is now proud to announce her new career – a romance author. Kathleen lives in New York with her husband and their two children who outwit her daily.
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Q: You just completed a trilogy for Harlequin Blaze called the Red Choo diaries. Any behind the scenes stories or the idea that you’d like to share?
LOL. Okay, I actually got the idea for the first book from my husband. He got stuck in Washington DC, and planes weren’t flying, so he was going to rent a car and drive back to NYC. There was a lady behind him who wanted to hitch a ride, so they ended up sharing a car-ride back into the city. Transit emergencies can always cause lots of problems and thrust people into situations that they ordinarily wouldn’t be put into. Anyway, I thought it was a hoot. Tthe lady worked for a magazine and told him all sorts of fun magazine stories (which will probably end up in a book at some point in time), so I scarfed the idea for the first book in the series. Also, I will say that Sam (the hero in the third book) is loosely based on Stephen Colbert, whom I have a secret crush on.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! “Stephen” as the hero of romance? Well, it makes sense. I mean, who could forget this image from the March 29th episode from earlier this year?
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9 Comments
November 8th, 2007 at 9:01 am
So this is her projection of her feelings for another man paired with another woman her husband met? They must be very open-minded. :D
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November 8th, 2007 at 9:30 am
Hahahaha. Amazing.
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November 8th, 2007 at 9:36 am
I honestly don’t know a female fan of Stephen’s who DOESN’T have a secret crush on him. Seriously, I’ve seen the photos from the October 26th reading/book signing…all I’ll say is that it took awhile for me to clean all the drool off my keyboard.
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November 8th, 2007 at 10:48 am
LMAO! Not surprised, lol. And wow, that’d be pretty embarassing having to read it to the class. I hate reading stuff that’s NOT romance, jeez, I imagine that’d be pretty hard to do (no pun intended). :D
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November 8th, 2007 at 11:45 am
Oh my god! That woman stole my idea! ;)
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November 8th, 2007 at 12:26 pm
Eat your heart out Charlene! :D
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November 8th, 2007 at 1:01 pm
It’s clear this woman knows how to move some paper, too… ;)
I know I’ll be picking up a copy!
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November 8th, 2007 at 6:36 pm
“I honestly don’t know a female fan of Stephen’s who DOESN’T have a secret crush on him.”
Whaddya mean, “secret”? I know plenty of women with a crush on Stephen, and not a single one of them can keep it to themselves. ;-)
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November 15th, 2007 at 4:10 am
In other news, sales of Formula 401 go through the roof…
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