Ten Questions That Rock: GCC Style - Fringe Girl In Love

Err...I've been on a blogging hiatus. And totally forgot that it was GCC Tour time.

Sorry Valerie!!

Author of Fringe Girl In Love, Valerie Frankel hangs out in the Clique Lounge with me today. You guys talk amongst yourselves while I go stand in the Time Out corner.


Val, you're on!

TCL: If you could enter your MC into a MTV-style Celebrity Deathmatch, what protagonist would you challenge and why?



VF: Dora Benet, my main character, is a non-violent person. She wouldn't stand to participate in such a thing. Instead, she'd be making cynical, sarcastic comments on the sidelines.


TCL: Shoes say a lot about a person, what type of shoe are you?


VF: I wear my clogs nearly every day. If not them, New Balance sneaks.

TCL: What type of writer are you: plot-driven or character-driven?


VF: Character driven, with a fast-paced plot.

TCL: Word association time. What do you think when I say:

Chick-lit: pink
Best seller: Nora Roberts
Best Band Ever: Green Day
Most rockin' author: Huh?


TCL: Name the Top 3 books on your To Be Read (TBR) List


You Don't Love me Yet, Jonathan Lethem
Jen Lancaster's Bitter Is the New Black
Undead and Unappreciated, Mary Janice Davidson


TCL: If you had anything to do with it, what would the next hot lit trend be?


VF: Erotic PI mystery novels

TCL says: Erotic, huh? Quick, kiddies, close your ears! I mean your eyes.

TCL: What celeb would you love to see play your MC on the big or small screen and why?


Jo Jo. She has a bit of an edge, and seems thoughtful.


TCL: Whether it's because you admire their work or adore them, who's your author crush?

Jennifer Crusie does an awfully fine job with contemporary romance.


TCL: What TV show do you watch that you're ashamed to admit liking?

VF: Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader.


TCL: SSP: Tell the cliquesters why your book should be in their TBR list.


VF: Fringe Girl in Love is for readers who love to laugh, like tracking the ups and downs of a conflicted relationships and adore their friends, never more so than when things go wrong.