Romancing
Broadway
By
Debbie Zello
There are so many unique things about this book that
fascinated me. To begin, the cover is beautiful, and just looking at it alone,
should mesmerize you enough to want to buy this book, let alone read it.
Another unique thing is within the book. The book itself
has dual endings, allowing the reader to chose which ending suits their needs
with concluding the way they want the ending to succeed for them.
The character Samantha West is a strong willful woman who
has dreams, just like any one of us. But she plans to at least try to make an,
and hopefully succeed at making it big.
Sam has a best friend named Gabby and together they live in
an Apartment in New York City. Just like Sam, she too has goals.
Eventually a part comes available in an off Broadway
Production. With it comes Cesere Bottari who also grasps Sam’s attention.
Without even noticing how involved she’s getting with Cesere, Sam doesn’t even
realize he’s dominating her life and interfering with everything.
Disaster arises for Gabby and false accusations end up
ruining everything for her. Gabby ends up distraught, but her best friend Sam
is seemingly always busy now.
This book, “Romancing Broadway” has two endings, two
beautiful, strong, entertaining women, humor, romance, relationship problems,
romantic good looking men, and even offers up the world for you to visualize
all on a silver platter! This book would make for an excellent movie, so
exciting, and so picturesque.
Everything
about this book thrilled me! I intend to read it again, only slower so that I
can enjoy the characters and sights more thoroughly. This book is truly five
stars, I promise you, you will want to read it again, and enjoy it more than
once, after all, you can, with two endings! Debbie, truly has a gift, I just
hope she plans on including me in her reviews, I totally found a new favorite!
Here
are my questions for Debbie:
1. What made you write this book AND how long did it take you?
Samantha came to me in a dream. She told me the whole story over a month or so. I would get up around 4AM to write what she had given me the night before. It took 38 days to write.
2. Who designed this beautiful cover?
I found the pictures and my publisher, Bitten Press LLC put them together. I'm so glad that you like it. It's my favorite cover so far.
3. Do you have photos or descriptions of Samantha and/or Gabby?
No
photos of either. I describe them as the best friends push each other in front
of the mirror in their tiny apartment. Sam is petite with a dancers body. Gabby
has more curves in just the right places. Both women are less concerned with
their looks than they are with the love they share for each other. They would
do anything for each other.
Sam
is 5'7" with blond hair and grey eyes. Gabby has brown curly hair and
brown eyes. She's 5'2" and she says 4 feet of it is boob and butt.
4. Have you ever been to a real Broadway production? If so- do tell!
Yes,
I've been to several. Titanic, Lion King, Miss Saigon, Beauty and the Beast, to
name a few. I live a 90 minute train ride from NYC. It's a fabulous city
and I go there often.
5. What made you decide on two endings AND which one is your favorite?
After
I finished the book, Cesere gave me the second ending. I'm not telling
which one I like best.
6. How long have you been writing?
I
began writing the stories down two years after they started coming to me. It
was the summer of 2011. I wrote several stories before I started looking for a
publisher. My first book has 4 of the stories, it was published in 2014.
The second 5 stories.
7. What all education have you had?
Nothing
to prepare me to be an author. I'm not an English Major and never took a
writing course in my life. This proves that you can change the course you have
chosen. Do something totally different. Just do it.
8. What can you suggest to anyone trying to become a writer?
Try
to write everyday. Even if it's only a few hundred words. Get into the habit of
editing as you go. Correct spelling, do the best that you can with punctuation,
make proper paragraphs and capitalize appropriately. No editor wants to work on
a mess.
Have
your friends and family read your story. Not everything you write is marketable
but practice does make perfect. Finally, read as much good literature as you
can. The classics as well as contemporary authors.
9. Was it always your dream to be a writer?
9. Was it always your dream to be a writer?
No
it wasn't. This is as much a surprise to me as if I had won the lottery.
10. Please provide your social and book links:
10. Please provide your social and book links:
Debbie
Zello Book list and links
Amazon
author page http://www.amazon.com/Debbie-Zello/e/B00JA71W0G
Facebook
@
Twitter:
@ZelloDzello1
Online:
debbiezello.com
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11. Anything to add:
My
books are about strong women and confident men. I write history that's easy to
understand and interesting to read. I hope to give you something to think about
with each book.
About the Author:
Debbie
has always been an avid reader, but writing was not her interest. That was
until an illness gave her the time and inspiration needed to begin her journey
in words. After writing down a few chapters of a story that had whispered into
her head, she gave it to a few friends to read. The rest became her first book,
The Kiss Me Chronicles.
Debbie
freely credits her stories to her muses, the characters themselves. They occupy
her thoughts and dreams, presenting her with their narratives on their lives
and loves. On occasion, she has tried to put her own take on their story, only
to be quickly corrected by the true authors.
Debbie
has traveled extensively and has a deep love of American history. Her novels
are often based on historical events as well as places she has visited. She is
also an amateur genealogist, having traced her own family roots.
Debbie
currently has eight published books with many more in various stages of
production, including a tetralogy of 'what or where is your safe place.' She is
also branching out of the romance/historical romance genre to include a teenage
appropriate story based on Dorothy's(The Wizard of Oz) great-granddaughter,
Dee, and her adventurous shoes.
Romancing Broadway by Debbie ZelloMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
There are so many unique things about this book that fascinated me. To begin, the cover is beautiful, and just looking at it alone, should mesmerize you enough to want to buy this book, let alone read it.
Another unique thing is within the book. The book itself has dual endings, allowing the reader to chose which ending suits their needs with concluding the way they want the ending to succeed for them.
The character Samantha West is a strong willful woman who has dreams, just like any one of us. But she plans to at least try to make an, and hopefully succeed at making it big.
Sam has a best friend named Gabby and together they live in an Apartment in New York City. Just like Sam, she too has goals.
Eventually a part comes available in an off Broadway Production. With it comes Cesere Bottari who also grasps Sam’s attention. Without even noticing how involved she’s getting with Cesere, Sam doesn’t even realize he’s dominating her life and interfering with everything.
Disaster arises for Gabby and false accusations end up ruining everything for her. Gabby ends up distraught, but her best friend Sam is seemingly always busy now.
This book, “Romancing Broadway” has two endings, two beautiful, strong, entertaining women, humor, romance, relationship problems, romantic good looking men, and even offers up the world for you to visualize all on a silver platter! This book would make for an excellent movie, so exciting, and so picturesque.
Everything about this book thrilled me! I intend to read it again, only slower so that I can enjoy the characters and sights more thoroughly. This book is truly five stars, I promise you, you will want to read it again, and enjoy it more than once, after all, you can, with two endings! Debbie, truly has a gift, I just hope she plans on including me in her reviews, I totally found a new favorite!
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