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Good ReadBonnie Trachtenberg is the author of the bestselling romantic comedies, Neurotically Yours, and Wedlocked, which won the Gold Readers Favorite Award, the Beach Book Festival Award and the Indie Excellence Award. She writes a monthly advice column for LoveaHappyEnding.com. Bonnie lives in New York with her husband, four cats and a dog. What is the one book you want us to read (title, genre, and availability). I’d love for everyone to read my newest book, Neurotically Yours. It’s a romantic comedy that’s available at Amazon http://amzn.to/HY4PyF and Barnes & Noble http://bit.ly/KumteQ Give us a one sentence synopsis. Dara Harrison, a single, thirty-seven-year-old advice columnist, opens a successful Los Angeles dating service for the romantically challenged, and finds herself forced to join the ranks of its lonely-heart clientele. Who are the main characters and who would you like to see portray them in a movie? The main characters are Dara Harrison, owner of MateSearch. I’d like to see Rachel McAdams or Jennifer Aniston in the role. Her best friend and co-owner is Reggie Dayton, and Daniel Sunjata would be great. To play handsome stuntman Nick Wyatt, I see Josh Brolin. Tell us about the story, but please don't reveal too much. Smart, attractive, and ambitious, thirty-seven-year-old Dara Harrison is, nonetheless, still single—and on sabbatical from dating. Ironically Los Angeles’ most renowned relationship advice columnist, Dara has become a Southland sensation with her “tell-it-like-it-is” approach to the mating game. Parlaying her success into a new business, Dara launches a revolutionary dating service geared for the perennially single and romantically challenged. Its no-holds-barred theme soon makes the company a roaring success, even catapulting Dara onto the national talk show scene—until, of course, it all backfires. With her company under threat and a publicity stunt gone haywire, Dara is forced to join the ranks of her lonely heart clientele, and suddenly realizes that saving the business she cherishes, means facing her lifelong fears—and maybe even falling in love again. What inspired you to write this book and how long did it take? Neurotically Yours took me about a year to write and another few months of editing. It was inspired by my two, long decades out on the dating scene. All the crazy experiences I (and some of my friends’) weathered were the perfect fodder for this book. I often wondered what it would be like if there was a dating service that forced its clients to “let it all hang out” in an attempt to make dating more “real” and productive. It sounds good in theory, but of course in my book, chaos ensues! What other books have you written?
My debut novel is Wedlocked. It’s also a bestselling romantic comedy, and it won the Gold Readers Favorite Award, the Beach Book Festival Award, and the Indie Excellence Award. Which authors inspired you, your style? One of my all-time favorites was Nora Ephron. It was so sad to see her go last year. I love her philosophy about taking life’s hardest times and making them funny. That’s what I did with Wedlocked, which was inspired by my first brief, disastrous marriage. Where can we learn more about you and your books? Readers can learn much more about me and my work on my website: http://www.BonnieTrachtenberg.com/ They can also read my relationship advice column at http://loveahappyending.com/editor-bonnie-trachtenberg/ How can we follow you? Twitter, Facebook, Google+, etc. Find me on Facebook: http://www.Facebook.com/BonnieTrachtenberg Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/writebrainedny Follow me on Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/btracht/ Is there anything else you would like us to know? If you enjoy my books, I’d love to hear from you and can be reached through my website.
10 Comments
Jack Durish
1/2/2013 11:39:49 am
Thanks for stopping by and commenting. "Well written, witty, and the keep you guessing," are great recommendations for any book.
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1/3/2013 04:31:35 am
Thanks so much, Elizabeth! So happy you enjoyed the books!
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1/3/2013 12:58:53 am
I never think of reading romantic comedies.Bonnie makes me think I should. Good job as always.
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1/3/2013 01:13:29 am
I quoted some of the fabulous reviews Bonnie got on one of my book talks. :) Well done, Bonnie! xx
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1/3/2013 04:15:24 am
Great feature, congrats to Bonnie and *waves* hi to Jack, what an interesting site to have found. I LOVED Neurotically Yours and it's lovely to get Bonnie's behind-the-scenes view here. :-)
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Jack Durish
1/3/2013 04:29:57 am
Please stop back. I try to make history interesting as well as introduce interesting people. I am more interested in people than events.
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1/3/2013 04:36:16 am
Thanks so much for commenting, Nicky! Loved your books as well!
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