Hollywood Dreams
by Mae
Archer
1 - The main character in "Hollywood Dreams" becomes a
method actor to get a "the part of a lifetime". How did you
come up with the idea and how much research went into getting the
"method acting" right?
The
idea of Hollywood Dreams came with the image of a method actor who is
practicing for his next part by being in a wheelchair. While writing this book
was really easy after all the years of having it in my subconscious, I did have
to do a lot of research about the practicalities of being in a wheelchair. So
when Beau takes Maree out on a date there was a lot of detail about how he
would have transported himself and the car he would have used.
2 - Do movies / actors inspire you to write a story?
I’m
not usually inspired by movies/actors, but what I really love is romance novels
about characters who are in some way in disguise. So this whole premise of
having a secret identity and then the sense of suspense as to how long will the
secret survive and what will happen when it’s uncovered.
I’m
currently working on a follow up to Hollywood Dreams. I fell in love with
Allegra, Maree’s best friend, who is a lover of vintage fashion and a dame at
heart so I’m working on telling her story. It’s also going to have another
element of lovers in disguise so that’s going to be so much fun to develop.
Blurb:
Hollywood
Dreams by Mae ArcherFormer soap star Tom Calvert dreams of making movies that matter. To get the part of a lifetime he becomes a method actor, living as Beau Tennant, handicapped war hero. While in character he meets Maree Reynard, a costume designer, and takes her on a date. But when this practice date becomes all too real he realizes that he’s made the mistake of a lifetime. Will he be able to get Maree to fall in love with Tom Calvert?
Maree Reynard’s father is an actor and she has grown up on a studio lot. She has no illusions about the artifice of the movie-making business and has vowed she would never date an actor. When she meets and falls in love with Beau Tennant she knows that she’s found her dream man who is genuine and real. But when Beau disappears from her life she is heartbroken. She meets Tom Calvert on the rebound and sees their flirtation as a way of recovering her shattered confidence. Will Tom Calvert be able to convince her he is the real deal?
Author:
Mae
Archer knew she wanted to be a writer since she was a child. She loved
listening to her grandmother's war stories about English maidens falling in
love with handsome Yankees while England burnt under the Luftwaffe's blitz. When she discovered romance novels as a teenager she soon realised that her dream job was to be a romance writer. After many career twists and turns she’s making her dreams come true.
Her real life is like one of her grandmother's stories. She met a foreigner who travelled through Australia and it was love at first sight. She married him six months after they met and every day since has been an adventure.
She lives in Australia with her husband and daughter.
Mae Archer is the author of Return to Me and the upcoming Hollywood Dreams both published by Momentum.
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