{"id":400,"date":"2015-02-16T06:00:08","date_gmt":"2015-02-16T06:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/elsawinckler.com\/?p=400"},"modified":"2015-02-16T05:59:39","modified_gmt":"2015-02-16T05:59:39","slug":"a-cup-of-mint-tea-with-irish-author-sharon-black","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elsawinckler.com\/?p=400","title":{"rendered":"A cup of mint tea with Irish author Sharon Black"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Tea<\/a>\"Sharon<\/a>Today I’m sharing a cup of mint tea with Irish author Sharon Black about her debut romance, a romantic comedy,\u00a0Going against type<\/em>.<\/p>\n

But first, let’s see how she answers my questions \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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A. Quickies”<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Tea or wine?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Mint tea!<\/p>\n

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    1. Read or jog?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Read.<\/p>\n

        \n
      1. Cats or dogs?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Dogs.<\/p>\n

          \n
        1. Heels or flats?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          Flats.<\/p>\n

            \n
          1. Boxers or briefs?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            Boxers.<\/p>\n

              \n
            1. Milk, dark or white chocolate?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

              Dark.<\/p>\n

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              1. Sweet or savoury?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                Savoury.<\/p>\n

                  \n
                1. Sea or mountains?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                  Sea.<\/p>\n

                  B. Five likes and dislikes:<\/p>\n

                  Likes:<\/strong>
                  \nItalian coffee.
                  \nReal fires.
                  \nSunshine.
                  \nLie-ins.
                  \nKobo e-reader.<\/p>\n

                  Dislikes:<\/strong>
                  \nPeople talking on their phone in public.
                  \nSpeeding drivers.
                  \nFast food.
                  \nSnow.
                  \nLosing stuff.<\/p>\n

                  C. Three things on you bucket list?<\/strong><\/p>\n

                  Spend a month seeing southern Italy and Sicily.
                  \nWalk a marathon.
                  \nWrite a bestseller.<\/p>\n

                  \"Going<\/a>D. What triggered this specific story?<\/strong><\/p>\n

                  I used to watch the old Hollywood movies on TV when I was growing up. Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracey were absolute favourites; they sizzled together on screen.
                  \nOne of the films they made together was Woman of the Year, where Hepburn played a high-brow newspaper pundit, and Tracey plays a sports columnist. She rubbishes sport and he leaps to its defence.
                  \nI thought, what if my heroine were the sports journalist? She writes a sports column. Then I made my hero a fashion writer and gossip columnist. But I was determined to turn the stereotypes on their heads. I also keep the up suspense. Neither have any idea that they\u2019ve fallen for their bitter rival, as both columns are written under pen names. But Woman of the Year was my light-bulb moment.<\/p>\n

                  Blurb:<\/strong><\/p>\n

                  Some would say Charlotte \u2018Charlie\u2019 Regan has it all. Beautiful, smart, athletic and a great job working as a journalist \u2013 in the almost exclusively male sports department. But Charlotte is not quite as sure as she seems. Recently split from her overbearing boyfriend, she escapes for weekends, surfing in the Atlantic, and spends her free nights watching sports, roaring at the TV.
                  \nDerry Cullinane is a fashion writer, gossip columnist and sophisticated man-about-town. The go-to guy for any woman seeking expert advice on what fabulous outfit to wear for any given occasion. He\u2019s also tall, dark, good looking \u2013 and straight! So what\u2019s the snag? He has a track record of dating glamorous, vain and shallow women.
                  \nCharlie gets an opportunity to write a new column under the pen name Side Swipe, but is soon drawn into a war of words and wit with a rival paper\u2019s columnist The Squire \u2013 and their verbal fireworks get readers and editors talking. Yet neither Charlie nor Derry knows just whom the opponent is…
                  \nWhen Charlotte and Derry meet at the Races, the attraction is instant. As their relationship develops, so much more proves at stake, than protecting their alter egos. But a blunder puts Charlotte\u2019s job in jeopardy just as Derry\u2019s past makes front page, and Charlotte begins to doubt her feelings.
                  \nWhen Side Swipe and The Squire are finally forced to reveal themselves, will they revert to type \u2013 or confound everyone\u2019s expectations?<\/p>\n

                  Social Media links:<\/strong><\/p>\n

                  Facebook:\u00a0Sharon Black Author Page
                  \n<\/a><\/strong>Twitter: @Authorsharonb
                  \nWebsite: http:\/\/                  sharonblackauthor.blogspot.com<\/a><\/p>\n

                  Buy Link:<\/strong><\/p>\n

                  \u00a0tirpub.com\/gatype<\/a><\/p>\n

                  Thanks for stopping by, Sharon!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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